﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  85 
  

  

  which 
  pine 
  and 
  hemlock 
  were 
  well 
  represented. 
  (The 
  country 
  west 
  

   of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  has 
  always 
  been 
  a 
  spruce 
  rather 
  than 
  pine 
  and 
  hem- 
  

   lock 
  region.) 
  These 
  trees 
  were 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  when 
  the 
  

   country 
  was 
  opened 
  up, 
  and 
  today 
  stumps 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  growth 
  

   can 
  be 
  found 
  whose 
  huge 
  dimensions 
  show 
  the 
  heavy 
  cut 
  that 
  was 
  

   obtained. 
  At 
  first, 
  only 
  the 
  best 
  was 
  cut 
  and 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  the 
  

   hemlock 
  was 
  cut 
  for 
  its 
  bark 
  alone 
  and 
  the 
  trunks 
  were 
  allowed 
  

   to 
  rot 
  in 
  the 
  woods. 
  About 
  forty 
  years 
  ago 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  the 
  virgin 
  

   timber 
  was 
  cut, 
  the 
  numerous, 
  tanneries 
  closed 
  down 
  and 
  to 
  all 
  

   appearances 
  Warren 
  county 
  had 
  ceased 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  factor 
  as 
  a 
  timber 
  

   producing 
  region. 
  

  

  Within 
  the 
  past 
  decade, 
  however, 
  a 
  marked 
  change 
  has 
  taken 
  

   place 
  and 
  owners 
  are 
  commencing 
  to 
  realize 
  that 
  the 
  pine 
  seed- 
  

   lings 
  previously 
  cut 
  down 
  by 
  the 
  thousand 
  to 
  clear 
  land 
  for 
  pasture 
  

   have 
  a 
  great 
  potential 
  value 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  protecting 
  their 
  lands 
  

   against 
  fire 
  and 
  trespass, 
  knowing 
  that 
  they 
  will 
  ultimately 
  reap 
  

   a 
  harvest 
  from 
  these 
  trees. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  the 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  area 
  is 
  either 
  culled 
  or 
  second 
  

   growth, 
  the 
  only 
  virgin 
  timber 
  being 
  found 
  on 
  mountain 
  peaks 
  and 
  

   other 
  situations 
  where 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  lumbering 
  was 
  prohibitive. 
  

  

  TYPES 
  OF 
  FOREST 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  needless 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  in 
  a 
  reconnaissance 
  of 
  this 
  sort, 
  with 
  

   a 
  large 
  area 
  to 
  cover 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time, 
  the 
  results 
  obtained 
  must 
  

   necessarily 
  be 
  quite 
  general. 
  For 
  example, 
  the 
  map 
  accompanying 
  

   this 
  report 
  should 
  be 
  considered 
  rather 
  as 
  a 
  diagram 
  indicating 
  

   the 
  approximate 
  size 
  and 
  relative 
  positions 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  types 
  

   than 
  as 
  an 
  exact 
  survey. 
  Type 
  distinctions 
  are 
  necessarily 
  

   broad 
  and 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  small 
  areas 
  of 
  one 
  type 
  have 
  been 
  in- 
  

   cluded 
  in 
  the 
  prevailing 
  one, 
  as 
  nothing 
  less 
  than 
  640 
  acres 
  has 
  

   been 
  mapped 
  unless 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  ordinary 
  importance. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  kinds 
  of 
  forest 
  have 
  been 
  differentiated 
  and 
  

   mapped, 
  viz. 
  : 
  

  

  Hardwoods, 
  Pure 
  pine, 
  

  

  Hardwoods 
  with 
  spruce, 
  Mixed 
  forest, 
  

  

  