﻿FOREST 
  CONDITIONS 
  IN 
  WARREN 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  INTRODUCTION 
  

  

  Viewed 
  from 
  every 
  side 
  except 
  that 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  there 
  is 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  no 
  county 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  that 
  possesses 
  the 
  natu- 
  

   ral 
  resources 
  that 
  Warren 
  county 
  has. 
  Its 
  lakes 
  and 
  streams 
  at- 
  

   tract 
  hundreds 
  of 
  tourists 
  and 
  sportsmen, 
  bringing 
  in 
  many 
  thou- 
  

   sands 
  of 
  dollars 
  annually 
  ; 
  it 
  has 
  deposits 
  ot' 
  garnet 
  and 
  asbestos 
  and 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  valuable 
  graphite 
  mines 
  in 
  the 
  world; 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  

   timber 
  and 
  pulp 
  producing 
  center 
  it 
  ranks 
  very 
  high. 
  

  

  Considering 
  Warren 
  county 
  from 
  the 
  standpoint 
  of 
  its 
  timber 
  

   resources 
  it 
  is 
  remarkable 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  particulars: 
  

  

  First. 
  Diversity 
  of 
  types. 
  — 
  It 
  contains 
  practically 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  

   forest 
  types 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  viz., 
  the 
  sprout 
  hardwoods, 
  as 
  oak 
  

   and 
  chestnut; 
  and 
  the 
  northern 
  hardwoods 
  such 
  as 
  beech, 
  birch 
  

   and 
  maple. 
  Spruce, 
  pine 
  and 
  poplar 
  are 
  also 
  found 
  in 
  large 
  quan- 
  

   tities. 
  

  

  Second. 
  Abundance 
  of 
  second 
  growth 
  pine. 
  — 
  It 
  is 
  frequently 
  said 
  

   that 
  Warren 
  county 
  possesses 
  more 
  second 
  growth 
  pine 
  than 
  any 
  

   other 
  county 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  realized 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  area 
  

   within 
  a 
  radius 
  of 
  eight 
  miles 
  around 
  Chestertown 
  there 
  are 
  any- 
  

   where 
  from 
  twenty 
  to 
  twenty-five 
  million 
  feet 
  of 
  second 
  growth 
  

   pine, 
  some 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  this 
  county 
  as 
  a 
  pine 
  center 
  

   can 
  be 
  gained. 
  

  

  DESCRIPTION 
  

  

  Warren 
  county 
  is 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  

   is 
  bounded 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  by 
  Washington 
  county 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  

   south 
  by 
  Saratoga 
  county; 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  by 
  Fulton 
  and 
  Hamilton 
  

   counties 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  by 
  Essex 
  county. 
  It 
  is 
  roughly 
  tri- 
  

   angular 
  in 
  shape 
  and, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  lakes, 
  contains 
  almost 
  600,000 
  

   acres. 
  

  

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