﻿68 
  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  species 
  and 
  the 
  most 
  desirable 
  method 
  of 
  reproduction 
  to 
  be 
  fol- 
  

   lowed 
  under 
  different 
  conditions; 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  present 
  and 
  possible 
  

   utilization; 
  of 
  the 
  fire 
  danger 
  and 
  how 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  reduced; 
  of 
  the 
  

   question 
  of 
  taxation 
  of 
  forest 
  lands 
  ; 
  and 
  finally 
  a 
  better 
  knowledge 
  

   of 
  the 
  present 
  forest 
  conditions 
  together 
  with 
  facts 
  relative 
  to 
  what 
  

   the 
  owners 
  demand 
  as 
  a 
  basis 
  of 
  forest 
  management. 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  

   begin 
  this 
  work 
  an 
  appropriation 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  $5,000 
  should 
  be 
  

   available. 
  A 
  beginning 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  made 
  and 
  the 
  forest 
  sur- 
  

   veys 
  of 
  two 
  counties, 
  Warren 
  and 
  Oneida, 
  are 
  published 
  as 
  an 
  

   appendix 
  to 
  this 
  report. 
  The 
  lack 
  of 
  time 
  and 
  money 
  prohibited 
  

   the 
  growth 
  studies 
  which 
  are 
  necessary. 
  

  

  Private 
  Forestry 
  

  

  Private 
  forestry 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  importance. 
  The 
  State 
  can 
  

   never 
  expect 
  to 
  acquire 
  large 
  forest 
  holdings 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  Adi- 
  

   rondacks 
  and 
  Catskills, 
  and, 
  therefore, 
  the 
  remaining 
  forests 
  of 
  the 
  

   State 
  must 
  be 
  held, 
  either 
  by 
  individuals, 
  corporations 
  or 
  munici- 
  

   palities. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  to 
  handle 
  these 
  properties 
  

   for 
  them 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  its 
  duty 
  to 
  assist 
  these 
  people 
  in 
  making 
  a 
  be- 
  

   ginning 
  and 
  direct 
  their 
  honest 
  efforts. 
  Our 
  citizens 
  are 
  ready 
  

   to 
  begin 
  the 
  work 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  advised 
  how 
  to 
  proceed. 
  

   In 
  a 
  State 
  like 
  New 
  York 
  with 
  its 
  irregular 
  topography, 
  forests 
  as 
  

   a 
  protector 
  to 
  watersheds 
  are 
  a 
  necessity 
  in 
  all 
  sections. 
  The 
  work 
  

   once 
  successfully 
  started 
  in 
  a 
  locality, 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  forest 
  manage- 
  

   ment 
  will 
  immediately 
  appeal 
  to 
  all 
  forest 
  owners. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  recently 
  stated* 
  that 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  alone 
  

   daily 
  consumes 
  3,500 
  acres 
  of 
  forest 
  for 
  print 
  paper. 
  These 
  figures 
  

   would 
  be 
  greatly 
  increased 
  if 
  the 
  calculation 
  was 
  to 
  apply 
  to 
  all 
  

   the 
  papers 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  to 
  it 
  added 
  the 
  quantity 
  used 
  for 
  lum- 
  

   ber, 
  poles, 
  posts, 
  fuel, 
  etc. 
  These 
  figures 
  strikingly 
  indicate 
  that 
  

   forest 
  management 
  is 
  a 
  necessity 
  and 
  must 
  be 
  applied 
  to 
  our 
  forest 
  

   properties 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  insure 
  a 
  future 
  supply. 
  

  

  The 
  great 
  clearing 
  and 
  lumbering 
  processes 
  assisted 
  by 
  forest 
  

   fires 
  have 
  already 
  removed 
  our 
  sources 
  of 
  supply 
  a 
  long 
  distance 
  

  

  Paper 
  Trade 
  Journal. 
  

  

  