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get at and attack fires quickly, but also one which must be able to provide 

 reasonable prevention. 



Annual Forest Production 



On account of the large amount of labor and time required to secure 

 data from the many hundred mills scattered throughout the State it is 

 impossible to gather this information in time to submit it in the report for 

 the current year. Therefore, the figures submitted are for the year 1907. 



The total output of the forests and woodland of the State of New York 

 for 1907 amounted to 1,266,754,365 feet, board measure, an increase of 

 10,544,731 feet over that of 1906. This State now ranks twentieth in the 

 production of lumber, producing .021 per cent, of the total cut of the United 

 States. From the returns made by the mills the following results were 

 obtained: 



Forest Production for the Year 1907 



lumber feet, b. m. 



Hemlock 207,217, 498 



Spruce 166,047, 604 



Pine 114, 989, 074 



Maple 92 , 694 , 961 



Oak* ' 55,723,170 



Beech 48 , 383 , 696 



Birch 42, 161, 902 



Basswood 39,564,284 



Chestnut* 28 ,033 ,029 



Ehn 25 ,426,829 



Ash 16,175,131 



Poplar 2,517,474 



Hickory 2 , 353 , 109 



Cherry 2, 00 5, 541 



Miscellaneous 5 . 600 , 693 



Total lumber cut 848 , 893 , 995 



Pulpwood, 5 1 1,201 cords — equivalent B. M 280, 649 , 349 



Hardwoods, round, 246,678 cords — equivalent B. M 135,426,222 



Softwoods, round, 3,251 cords — equivalent B. M 1 ,784,799 



Total 1,266,754,365 



* Including railroad ties. 



