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average of f 100^00 apiece while within the state, which gives an 



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 annual income of f250,000,000 from this source, rratt estimates 



that in 1903, when liunber production was approaching its maximum 



in New York State, that this industry constituted not more than 2u 



per cent of the business of the Adirondack Mountains region and that 



it was greatly exceeded by business relating to recreational use, 



I'o what extent human efficiency is affected by health is shown by 



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statistics of the U.S. Army for 1918 'which with a mean strength 



of S, 518, 499 men, suffered a total loss of 40,692,302 man-days due 

 to disease. The ratio of ineffectiveness, per 1000 men, was 44, and 

 this is in an organization where special effort is made to keep men 

 in condition. In these days of keen competition amone- men and 

 nations, when efficiency is the key note of progress, a healthy mind 

 and body is a fundamental requirement, and these are afforded by 

 outdoor recreation. 



With the introduction of new values, the best forestry practice 

 in order to serve the highest use, considers both the direct and the 

 indirect values of the forest. The direct values are obtained by 

 the harvest of the wild life useful as food or fur, which the 

 forest is able to support, as well as the ultimate harvest of the 

 forest trees when they have reached maturity, and before decay has set 

 in to destroy them by natural processes. The indirect values come 

 from the presence of wild life, the influence on stream-flow, and 

 the benefit derived from the entire forest community by its use , 

 for outdoor recreation. 



The private owner cannot be expected to consider the value of 



his forest for stream-flow regulation or for public recreation, but 



