48 TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Annaal Lumber Production 



Although the cutting of timber on the Forest Preserve is prohibited by 

 law, lumbering operations on private lands is carried on throughout the 

 Adirondack wilderness and on a scale more extensive than ever before. 

 In order that there may be a better understanding as to forestry conditions 

 in this State, and the extent to which its timber resources are annually 

 decreasing, the law requires that the annual report of the Commission shall 

 contain a statement showing the amount of timber cut the previous year 

 in the Adirondack and Catskill forests for all purposes except fuel. 



There are 491 firms or individuals engaged in manufacturing lumber, 

 pulp, excelsior, staves, heading, wood acid, shoe lasts, furniture, etc., that 

 obtain their stock of raw material from the Adirondack and Catskill forests. 

 It does not seem necessary to publish here the lengthy tabulations showing 

 the detailed returns made to this Department by the various manufac- 

 turers, as a statement of the aggregate amount of each species consumed 

 will probably suffice. A consolidation of the figures as reported from the 

 office books of each firm or individual gives this result: 



Adirondack Forests — 1903. 



FT. B. M. 



Spruce, for lumber 159,764,700 



Hemlock, for lumber 53,384,050 



White pine, for lumber 28,906,000 



Hard woods, for lumber 47,412,090 



Pulp wood, 481,876 cords 289,125,600 



578,592,440 



PIECES. 



Shingles 31,516,450 



Lath 52,659,692 



