A REMARKABLE indication of progress in matters conducive to 

 the welfare of the State may be found in the widespread interest 

 in forestry affairs which has recently absorbed the attention of 

 thoughtful people to an unusual extent. 



Beginning with the observance of Arbor Day and the minor senti- 

 ment engendered by it, public feeling has been aroused until there is 

 now an unmistakable demand from all parts of the State that its Legis- 

 lature shall make large appropriations for the extension of the public 

 woodlands and for the reforesting of denuded or non-agricultural lands. 



Responsive to these expressions of public opinion New York has 

 taken the lead of all other States in formulating a definite policy, and 

 in adopting active measures to ensure the preservation of its forests, 

 the protection of its fish and game, and, by the replanting of waste 

 lands, to make some suitable provision against the timber famine that 

 otherwise must surely come. 



An interesting characteristic of this forestry movement in our State 

 is the work recently undertaken in many places by the owners of 

 private woodlands. While advocating earnestly each measure under- 

 taken by the State for the better management of the public forests, at 

 the same time the farmers are taking better care of their own wood- 

 lots, the lumbermen are introducing more intelligent methods in the 

 management of their timberlands, and some of the larger lumber and 



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