98 REPORT OF THE 



pulpmill in the State, the logs and timber obtained from the forests of Northern 

 New York amounted in the aggregate as follows : 



FEET, B. M. 



Spruce — sawmills, - 166,614,856 



pulpmills, - 230,649,292 



Hemlock, ^g^^^^^^^^ 



Pine. 54,948,590 



Hardwood, - . 32,748,759 



533,339,072 



Shingles, 32,734,000 



Lath (pes.), - 56,840,550 



With few exceptions the pulpmills, in making their returns, sent in their figures 

 expressed in cords, as their purchases of timber are made that way, most of their 

 logs being cut in lengths of four feet. In contracting for their stock some of the 

 pulpmills bought by the standard or market log, which is thirteen feet long and 

 nineteen inches in diameter at the small end. The buyers generally estimate three 

 markets as equivalent to a cord, and pay the same price for either. As three stand- 

 ard logs contain 549 ft. by Doyle's rule (3X 183 = 549), ^^e 420,108 cords reported by 

 the pulpmills were converted into feet accordingly. 



The returns from the pulpmills, though correct, do not always indicate the 

 capacity of a mill or amount of its product, for some of them are stocked in part, or 

 wholly, from Canada, while the tabulations given here include the Adirondack cut 

 only. In 1900 the pulpmills of this State received from the Canadian provinces 

 151,157 cords — -equivalent to 82,985,193 ft., B. M. 



It is interesting to note that the amount of spruce used in making paper has 

 increased annually, until it now exceeds greatly the amount cut for lumber. In 

 1890 the spruce used by the pulpmills was reported at 51,966,262 ft. Last year 

 the amount reached 230,649,292 ft. 



ProdQct of tl)e Catsl^ill Forests. 



Hitherto, the output of the Catskill sawmills has not been included in my 

 annual reports, as it was supposed that, owing to their small size and limited 

 product, the information would have no especial value. In the annual report of the 

 Forest Commission, for 1885, I submitted some statistics showing the number of 



