﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  105 
  

  

  Although 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  large 
  blocks 
  of 
  territory 
  that 
  are 
  not 
  

   traversed 
  by 
  regular 
  worked 
  highways, 
  nevertheless 
  the 
  county 
  as 
  

   a 
  whole 
  is 
  well 
  provided 
  with 
  roads 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  

   State 
  road 
  system 
  will 
  rank 
  very 
  well 
  with 
  the 
  other 
  Adirondack 
  

   counties. 
  

  

  As 
  has 
  been 
  stated 
  before, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  streams 
  are 
  an 
  ex- 
  

   tremely 
  valuable 
  asset 
  in 
  that 
  they 
  provide 
  a 
  cheap 
  method 
  of 
  

   transportation 
  of 
  lumber 
  to 
  the 
  mills. 
  

  

  CONCLUSIONS 
  

  

  In 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  from 
  present 
  indications 
  only 
  63,000 
  

   acres 
  or 
  11.4 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  of 
  Warren 
  county 
  is 
  suitable 
  

   for 
  agriculture, 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  realized 
  that 
  forestry 
  will 
  play 
  an 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  role 
  in 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  this 
  section; 
  and 
  many 
  points 
  

   are 
  in 
  its 
  favor, 
  viz. 
  : 
  

  

  1. 
  Timberland 
  is 
  in 
  large 
  blocks, 
  thus 
  rendering 
  systematic 
  man- 
  

   agement 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  scale 
  possible. 
  

  

  2. 
  With 
  railroads 
  for 
  the 
  hardwoods 
  and 
  numerous 
  streams 
  

   down 
  which 
  the 
  softwoods 
  can 
  be 
  floated, 
  the 
  transportation 
  ques- 
  

   tion 
  is 
  satisfactorily 
  answered. 
  Warrensburg, 
  Glens 
  Falls, 
  and 
  

   Hudson 
  Falls 
  are 
  advantageously 
  situated 
  markets 
  for 
  the 
  soft- 
  

   woods, 
  and 
  while 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  only 
  the 
  highest 
  grades 
  of 
  

   hardwoods 
  are 
  valuable 
  enough 
  to 
  bear 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  shipping 
  to 
  

   Albany, 
  Boston, 
  etc., 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  question 
  but 
  the 
  next 
  decade 
  will 
  

   see 
  a 
  far 
  greater 
  demand 
  for 
  these 
  species, 
  thus 
  giving 
  them 
  a 
  

   far 
  wider 
  market. 
  

  

  3. 
  Land 
  values 
  quoted 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  are 
  reasonable 
  and 
  

   when 
  considered 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  assessed 
  values 
  and 
  tax 
  rates, 
  

   make 
  it 
  highly 
  possible 
  to 
  buy 
  timber 
  land 
  for 
  an 
  investment; 
  or 
  

   in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  pine, 
  to 
  grow 
  trees 
  to 
  a 
  merchantable 
  size 
  at 
  a 
  profit. 
  

  

  4. 
  Concerning 
  the 
  safety 
  of 
  timber 
  land 
  as 
  an 
  investment, 
  it 
  is 
  

   true 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  past 
  the 
  risks 
  were 
  very 
  large 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  present 
  

   effective 
  fire 
  organization 
  maintained 
  by 
  this 
  Commission, 
  backed 
  

   by 
  the 
  campaign 
  of 
  education 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  conducting, 
  the 
  outlook 
  is 
  

   very 
  bright 
  for 
  ever-increasing 
  safety. 
  

  

  