FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONER. 13 7 



FEET, B. M. 



Kalurah 7,187,341 



Canton 7 ,035,957 



Herkimer 6,973,974 



Parish Ville 5 , 590 , 000 



Owls Head 5 > 5 5° > °°° 



Edwards 5 , 545 , 000 



Green Lake 4 . 905 , 000 



Harrisville 3 ,714, 784 



Ticonderoga 3,625, 000 



Mountain View 3,512, 000 



Fort Ann 3 , 500 , 000 



Rouses Point 3,250,000 



The foregoing chart shows the lumber cut of the Great Forest of North- 

 ern New York for the past eighteen years. In these figures the output of 

 the following sections is included: The counties of St. Lawrence, Franklin, 

 Clinton, Essex, Warren, Washington, Saratoga, Hamilton, Herkimer, Ful- 

 ton, Lewis and Oneida. 



It is interesting to note that the annual output is increasing rapidly. 

 The decrease in spruce lumber does not mean that less spruce is being cut, 

 but that a very large part of the cut is going into pulp wood. The large cut 

 of spruce in 1892 does not show the real facts. These figures are given 

 us by the various mills as showing the actual amount of lumber sawed each 

 year. On account of a drought in 1891 many operators were unable to 

 drive their logs down the stream, and hence their stock did not reach the 

 mills that year. This produced a small output of lumber in 1891, with a 

 corresponding greater amount the next year. A fair average for these two 

 years is indicated by a dotted line. It is interesting to note the steady 

 increase in the output of hardwoods. The utilization of our hardwoods is 

 beginning; but as they cannot be floated down the streams other means of 

 transportation must be secured before they can be marketed to any great 

 extent. 



To the average citizen the figures showing the output of lumber or other 

 wood material are rather uninteresting and meaningless; but a statement 

 showing the value of these products may be more intelligible. If we assume 



