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Advice, 

 About two hundred letters have been received in the last few 

 months making inquiries concerning tree diseases. Special trips 

 have been made to various parts of the State in order to get 

 information and co-operate with forest owners. 



CO-OPERATION WITH PRIVATE OWNERS. 



During the past summer a large number of examinations have 

 been made of privately owned forest lands and advice has been 

 given in regard to their management. In all cases the parties 

 interested have paid the expenses of the forester, and on the other 

 hand, we have secured useful information of public importance in 

 regard to forestry matters in various portions of the State. 



The International Paper Company was interested, and a valua- 

 tion survey and map were made of over twenty-seven thousand 

 acres of their land in the Adirondacks. 



A similar map of a smaller tract of land owned by the Union 

 Bag & Paper Company was also made. 



The public is rapidly coming to realize the importance of the 

 better utilization of wood crops, and the proper management of 

 forest lands by the .owner. The work which has been done in 

 this connection will serve as object lessons in various localities, 

 and when the owners appreciate the possibilities of these methods 

 they will doubtless adopt them. 



The large number of matters in connection with the manage- 

 ment of forest properties and giving advice has nearly employed 

 one forester. The pursuance of this work will tend greatly to 

 increase the area under proper forest management. 



GROWTH STUDIES. 



Considerable work has been done the past summer in the field 

 and in making analysis of spruce and pine trees in order to get 

 definite information in regard to the rate of growth. These data 

 will be compiled and the information will be available in the near 

 future. 



FOREST TAXATION. 



At its last session the Legislature passed three laws relative 

 to the taxation of forest lands. Two of them are amendments 

 to the Tax Law, and one is a portion of the Conservation Law. 



