﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  123 
  

  

  number 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  settlers 
  but 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  renters 
  and 
  

   recent 
  purchasers 
  of 
  land 
  are 
  later 
  arrivals. 
  German, 
  Polish, 
  Irish 
  

   and 
  Italian 
  names 
  are 
  common. 
  

  

  VALUE 
  AND 
  TAX 
  RATES 
  

  

  The 
  prices 
  of 
  farm 
  property 
  vary 
  according 
  to 
  location 
  and 
  im- 
  

   provements. 
  Good 
  farm 
  land 
  will 
  bring 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  $100.00 
  per 
  

   acre, 
  while 
  cut 
  over 
  lands 
  that 
  have 
  no 
  value 
  for 
  agriculture 
  are 
  

   assessed 
  as 
  low 
  as 
  $1 
  per 
  acre. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  rough 
  hill 
  farms 
  are 
  

   assessed 
  below 
  $10 
  per 
  acre. 
  The 
  assessed 
  valuation 
  is 
  probably 
  

   about 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  real 
  value, 
  although 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  it 
  would 
  

   be 
  hard 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  quick 
  sale 
  at 
  the 
  assessed 
  valuation. 
  

  

  The 
  tax 
  rate 
  varies 
  greatly 
  in 
  the 
  different 
  towns. 
  It 
  is 
  as 
  low 
  

   as 
  $3"-7i 
  per 
  thousand 
  in 
  some 
  towns 
  and 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  $25.67 
  in 
  others. 
  

  

  THE 
  LUMBER 
  INDUSTRY 
  

  

  The 
  lumber 
  industry 
  in 
  Oneida 
  county 
  is 
  at 
  rather 
  a 
  low 
  ebb 
  

   because 
  of 
  the 
  scarcity 
  of 
  timber. 
  There 
  are, 
  however, 
  mills 
  of 
  

   different 
  grades 
  found 
  in 
  almost 
  every 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  county. 
  Some 
  

   of 
  these 
  are 
  portable 
  mills. 
  Most 
  mills 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  do 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  custom 
  sawing, 
  charging 
  about 
  $3 
  per 
  M. 
  for 
  soft 
  woods 
  and 
  

   $3.50 
  per 
  M. 
  for 
  hardwoods. 
  They 
  pay 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  $18 
  per 
  M. 
  

   for 
  hemlock 
  and 
  elm 
  and 
  $20 
  for 
  maple 
  and 
  basswood 
  delivered 
  at 
  

   the 
  mills 
  throughout 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  county. 
  Prices 
  aver- 
  

   age 
  slightly 
  lower 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part. 
  The 
  price 
  on 
  the 
  stump 
  

   varies 
  with 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  the 
  timber 
  and 
  the 
  difficulties 
  encount- 
  

   ered 
  in 
  getting 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  mill 
  yard. 
  

  

  The 
  amount 
  cut 
  by 
  the 
  different 
  mills 
  is 
  decreasing 
  rapidly 
  on 
  

   account 
  of 
  the 
  growing 
  scarcity 
  of 
  logs. 
  The 
  mill 
  yards 
  show 
  that 
  

   more 
  complete 
  utilization 
  is 
  being 
  accomplished, 
  because 
  many 
  

   of 
  the 
  logs 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  poorer 
  quality 
  than 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  

   yards 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  ago. 
  

  

  The 
  timber 
  is 
  manufactured 
  into 
  a 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  material. 
  

   There 
  are 
  mills 
  for 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  grades 
  of 
  

   lumber 
  and 
  of 
  lath, 
  heading 
  and 
  shingles. 
  There 
  are 
  mills 
  also 
  for 
  

   the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  some 
  special 
  product, 
  e.g., 
  pulp, 
  excelsior, 
  chairs, 
  

   furniture, 
  notions 
  and 
  brooms. 
  

  

  