﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
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  so 
  great 
  is 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  fire 
  that 
  seed 
  trees 
  are 
  exceedingly 
  

   remote 
  and 
  the 
  only 
  practicable 
  method 
  would 
  be 
  planting. 
  

   Against 
  this 
  plan 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  objections: 
  

  

  1. 
  The 
  enormous 
  cost 
  that 
  such 
  a 
  project 
  would 
  entail 
  when, 
  

   in 
  addition, 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  are 
  already 
  asking 
  for 
  more 
  

   trees 
  than 
  the 
  State 
  can 
  supply. 
  

  

  2. 
  The 
  present 
  constitutional 
  provision 
  which 
  prohibits 
  the 
  sell- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  dead 
  and 
  down 
  timber. 
  Without 
  clearing 
  away 
  the 
  debris, 
  

   planting 
  would 
  not 
  only 
  be 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  question 
  but 
  even, 
  if 
  possible, 
  

   any 
  plantation 
  established 
  would 
  be 
  subject 
  to 
  extreme 
  fire 
  risk 
  

   during 
  the 
  first 
  dry 
  season. 
  Thus, 
  under 
  the 
  circumstances 
  the 
  

   only 
  plan 
  possible 
  is 
  to 
  let 
  these 
  acres 
  be 
  filled 
  in 
  by 
  natural 
  seeding. 
  

  

  AGRICULTURAL 
  LAND 
  

  

  Under 
  this 
  head 
  comes 
  land 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  cleared 
  for 
  farming 
  

   purposes, 
  pasture, 
  etc., 
  and 
  may 
  contain 
  up 
  to 
  fifteen 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  

   forest 
  land. 
  The 
  " 
  pine 
  plains 
  " 
  around 
  Glens 
  Falls 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  

   block 
  of 
  this 
  type 
  within 
  the 
  county. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  purpose 
  for 
  which 
  this 
  study 
  is 
  intended, 
  this 
  type 
  is 
  of 
  

   little 
  importance 
  except 
  as 
  indicating 
  the 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  agricul- 
  

   tural 
  soil 
  (at 
  least 
  in 
  blocks 
  of 
  640 
  acres 
  and 
  over) 
  found 
  in 
  

   Warren 
  county. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  included 
  in 
  this 
  type 
  is 
  of 
  doubtful 
  agricul- 
  

   tural 
  value 
  and 
  unless 
  used 
  for 
  fruit 
  production, 
  sheep 
  pasture, 
  

   etc., 
  might 
  better 
  be 
  growing 
  pine. 
  

  

  ENEMIES 
  

  

  As 
  is 
  usual 
  in 
  any 
  timbered 
  area, 
  certain 
  conditions 
  prejudicial 
  

   to 
  the 
  maximum 
  growth 
  and 
  development 
  are 
  found. 
  Concerning 
  

   pine, 
  the 
  chief 
  enemies 
  are 
  the 
  pine 
  weevil 
  and 
  the 
  leaf 
  blight. 
  

   Many 
  cases 
  are 
  found 
  where 
  the 
  leader 
  of 
  a 
  young 
  pine 
  has 
  been 
  

   killed 
  by 
  the 
  young 
  grub 
  and 
  a 
  side 
  branch 
  has 
  turned 
  up 
  to 
  replace 
  

   the 
  leader, 
  thus 
  producing 
  a 
  deformed 
  trunk. 
  

  

  Such 
  methods 
  as 
  spraying 
  or 
  cutting 
  off 
  and 
  burning 
  the 
  leader 
  

   with 
  the 
  larvae 
  inside 
  are 
  only 
  practicable 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  shade 
  trees 
  

   and 
  as 
  a 
  remedy 
  for 
  large 
  areas 
  are 
  entirely 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  question. 
  

  

  