the voice of 255,000 forest owners in New York- representing an ownership of 11 million acres'

A NEW YEAR AND A NEW LOOK

The products and services of the Forest have never been moreindispensible than they are today.

Our standard of living, in thousands of ways, is wrapped aboutand surrounded with products of the Forest.

In the search for quality of living and environment, the Foreststands out for both beauty and utility of the utmost importance .

•GORDONDE ANGELO'S LETTERDECEMBER FOREST OWNER

was very impressed by GordonAngelo's letter in the last is sue ofForest Owner. He did an excellentof pointing up certain concepts ofpublic land management contro-

-'-'«". I think the proponents of bothare inclined to see everything

"blacks and whites, with little re-for the greys. "

Many of the people who like true.lIilldE~rll ss camping have little sym-••_hv for the 100,000 individuals who

turned away from the more so-.1ki:stic<1ted public campsites because

was no room. They fail to con-that these campers may not have

knowledge, equipment or desirecamp without facilities. On the oth-

dthecampsite users cannot seethey should have to wait all nighteir car for a vacancy to occur,

all around them they can seeareas apparently unused.e hundreds of thousands of deer, who see more and more pri-

land being leased to small groups,why something can't be done

prove the hunting on the Stateonwhich they help pay the taxes.ters, especially in large nurn -are nd1;.~ry compatable with. A pr ogr arn of game manage-that would produce more deernot be welcomed by the hikers.e forest manager who sees un-

"E.,l!:ed woodlands as a celluloseis seeing only the bl~cks

hites. He doesn't take into con-the feelings of the people

Forest products in an average yearprovide United States railroads with100 million tons of freight.

who like to go into areas where theycan see conditions that might haveexisted forever. These conditions arenot found where there is management.

How to resolve these divergentpoints of view is our real problem.How to satisfy Mr. De Angelo who ishappy on a sand spit on the shore ofCranberry Lake, andat the same timepay attention to the campers who wantto "rough it" with hot showers, flushtoilets, and "dig up" the change forthe lady who delivers the fresh bakedbread every morning.

The public forest must be all thingsto all people, and this is difficult.

John Stock

FORMER VICE PRESIDENT NYFOAMADE PRESIDENT HOUSEHOLDFINANCE CORPORATION

Dear Dave:

Effective December first, I am join-ing Household Finance Corporation inChicago as president. This will entailmy moving to Chicago, and, althoughmy intere sts in forestry in New YorkState will continue to be as active asbefore, andIhope' continue to expand,the move will make it impossible forme to attend NYFOA board meetings,except at best, on rare occasions.

In view of the resolution recentlyenacted regarding board member at-tendance, and, even apart fr om this,since I feel that board members shouldtake their duties seriously and attendmeetings with great regularity, Ihere-by tender my resignation as a directorof NYFOA, with great reluctance andregret.

I will continue to follow NYFOA'saffairs with great interest and con-cern, even though from afar.

Our as sociation continue s to have,in my opinion, a vital role to play inthe constructive development of theState's forest resources and forestproduct markets.

I have thoroughly enjoyed the,as-sociations and friendships I have madeduring my brief tenure on the NYFOAboard, and regret that I must bringmy participation in the As s ociation' saffairs to a premature close, at leastfrom the standpoint of board activity.

Best wishes.Most sincerely,(signed) A. E. Rasmussen

"ARCHITECTURAL USES OFOUR NATIVE WOODS"Talk by Frederick S. Webster,Professional Architect,At 5th Annual Meeting, NYFOAApril 15, 1967

Last summer (1966) I made a sortof pilgrimage to visit a house in Wy-oming County that had been built by mygreat grandfather about 1835. I en-hancedmywife's regard for my bumpof directing, by finding it without ask-ing directions, after not having beenthere since about the age of ten. I hadonly a dim recollection of being metat the railway station and driven byhorse and buggy up a long easy gradeout of the village. We found it withonly one wrong turn.

Great grandfather had been a RhodeIsland farmer living on the shores ofNarragansett By. He joined the trekto weste.rn New York, lured by theHolland Land Company's offerings ofcheap land, and partly it was said, toremove his son from the lure of thesea.Afterafewyears of rather primi-tive living he built a fine house, typi-cal of the era, with side-lighted frontentrance, center hall with gracefulstairway, three chimneys, severalfireplaces et cetera.

The present owners were pleasedto have us visit. They knew the historyof the place, and although it had chang-ed hands several times before theirpur chas e , they spoke almost affection-ately of "Mi s s Nettie, " the maiden auntwho was the last Webster owner. Theothers of my father's generation hadall left the area, and soon after mychildhood visit, Aunt Nettie left too,weary of trying to manage a farm withonly tenants to help.

This is of course just a preambleto the hackneyed obs ervation, whetherreferring to automobiles or buildings,"They just don't build them like theyused to. " Weall say this nostalgically,but actually we wouldn't if we could.True we won't again have floor boards24 and 30 inches w ide , we won't haveoak timbers to build barnframed hous-es with 8 x 8 columns and 8 x 12 gird-ers. But we have more efficient waysto build and more economical uses ofthevr esour ces we have. Narrow floorboards are better than wide ones any-way, narrower and deeper joists makea more rigid floor than the same a-mount of board feet in widely spacedheavier ones.

Great grandfather was somewhatof a forester but only incidentally tobeing a farmer. He cleared the big

and little trees indiscriminately tocreate fields for crop farming. Withthe help of his own or a local sawmillhe used the lumber effectively for hisown needs and disposed of the surplus.Unfortunately, the commercial lum-ber producers of his day were just asindiscriminate in their cutting meth-ods but without as valid a reason.

It is hard to believe it now but in1850 New York ranked first amongthe states in lumber production, ac-counting for 30 per cent of the lumbercut in the United States. The Albany-Glens Falls area, for example, be-came one of the great lumber proces-sing centers of the country, with tim-ber moving out of the Adirondack areaby way of the Hudson River and theBlack River and Erie Canals. For a-bout 40 years the state remained amongthe first ten in production, rap-idly declining thereafter until 1915and since then producing scarcely oneper cent of the nation's lumber.

However most of the for ests of NewYork State are in some stage of re-covery from man's impact. Marginalfarm lands, when abandoned, are tak-en over by scrubby cover like hawthornand locust and eventually by real for-est trees. But organizations such asyours realize what a waste of time andland it is to wait for nature's slowprocess. Proper management canshort cut the development of valuableforest growth, and evidences are allaround that this is being done.

My task here today is to outline theuses of the more important of our re-gional species that have been, are, orcan again be significant in the con-struction industry.

WhenIfirst started to write speci-fications we frequently required thatall exterior trim, such as cornices,windows, doors and frames should bemade of Northern White Pine. Foremphasis we parenthesized its Latinname, Pinus Strobus. As it becamemore difficult and costly to obtain wewould specify as optional, Idaho WhitePine or Ponderosa Pine, with the add-ed requirement of toxic treatment be-cause we still felt that Pinus Strobuswas unequalled for weathering situa-tions. White Pine is also an excellentwood for interior trim. It is dimen-sionally stable, easily worked, andtakes finish well, especially paintedfinishes.

The other conifers are not as highlyregarded by architects. When plenti-ful, hemlock and spruce were widelyused as structural lumber for rough

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HARVESTING FORESTSIN A NEW ERA

The United States today islong in the vast transition frominitial harvest of our forests intonew era of scientific tree farming.are growing wood faster than we areremoving it by harvest and losingto fire and natural enemies. Yet fmore wood will be needed in the futureto supply our expanding population,and there will be less land on whichto grow it.

(Source: Forest Industries Council)

THE TRUTH OF TREESWhen we would know the truth of

trees, particularly of the hardwoodsof our Northeastern hills, we go tothe woodlands in winter. Inthey are a vastness of green andocean of shade with islands of gr as sysunlight. They are woods in whichtrees are too seldom seen. Now it ithe other way. round. Now, reducedto fundamentals and revealed incold clarity of winter sunlight or slight, they are trees adding up towoodland.

At no other season of the yearthe uniqueness of a tree soNow the thick-boled indomitabilityan oak is unmistakable. There isdoubt about the corded trunk of a sar maple. The elms stand like iJi'UllJ<::1

against the sky. On the hillsidebirches are lithe as dancers, and inthe valleys are the tall, slim javeof ash and poplar. Now even theture and color of the barktakable.

Trees, not a forest or a wooTrees rooted in earth, reachingsun and stars, each in its ownAnd each with its own symmetry,own pattern. Trees that haveice and snow. Trees waiting, astrees can wait, for spring and summer when they will be a woodlandgain, avastness of greenandan oceaof shade.

(Source: New York TimesSection Jan. 22, 1967)

Maryland's Chesapeake Bay iscontinent's major canvasback winting ground. The birds funnel in allway from Alaska and the NorthweTerritories, and canvasbacksChesapeake Bay have practicallysame meaning during the gunning sson.(Source: Outdoor News BulletinSept. 1, 1967)

.Ic:::z::.tilnuledfrom page 2)_~~,pr't .••y: studs, joists, rafters,_r'dJ:rinl<', etc. Butthey are inclined to

and twist which makes the car-.,c:ters grumble. They will probably

e a threat to Douglas fir for fr arn-umber in the foreseeable future.

•••. .,ever, they should always have a••• ;ulymarket in expendable uses such

.scaffolding and form work for con-

Similarly our white cedar has beenmuch displaced by its Western

in red cedar. Nearby Canadian_..-,nres still market quantities of

cedar shingles and maybe thiscould be revitalized in New York

The white are just as weatheras the Western red and to

are more attractive.of the weathered gray shingles

associate with Cape Cod and theEngland coast are white cedar.

Looking at the state as a whole thewoods dominate our forest areas,

than s oft woods. Even in the• __::n::.Adirondacks where the conifers

most numerous, we find inter-of hard woods. Chief individualis of course the sugar maple.

as e in buildings is second only toin furniture. It has all the de-characteristics: heavy, hard,

, close grained, uniform tex-with excellent resistance to abr a-

_ •••••.•OLUU indentation. Ther e is nothingfor a gymnasium floor and hence

any wood floor requirement,Finecabinetry, doors, trim andfor natural finishes are

by maple veneers

osely following maple and foruses are beech and birch. They

the same good characteristicsa choice among the three would

be made on availability or aIC preference for color or grainn, We have even used floors ofee intermixed, second grade,a very colorful floor. At pre-

we seem to find birch more plenti-and more moderate in cost exceptooring which is generally mapleout of state.

posite to the maple- birch-beechwe usually think of oak as being

important to construction. Redand white oak are very similarin color as well as characteris-Oak has the same desirable char-

s previously mentioned for, but it is open grained ratherclose grained. Because of thepores oak takes a great varietyfilled or textured finishes, and

BOB MORROW TALKS ABOUT TALLTIMBER in Ced Guise Grove of Cor-nell's Arnot Forest to NYFOA mem-bers on 5th Fall Meeting Tour.

is widely used for doors, trim, andcabinetry. Oncewidelyused structur-ally, oak is now too valuable for suchuses where we can adequately substi-tute other species.

Less available' and hence some-times more highly prized because onedesires particular grain or colorcharacteristics, are a number of otherhardwoods native to New York State,and to my mind worthy of exploitation.One could find, even recently built,beautiful interior uses of Black Ash,White Ash, Black Cherry and Butter-nut. These would usually be small inscope and the wood only finally select-ed after learning that some lumberyard had a sufficient quantity for thejob at hand. American Walnut shouldbe grouped with these as far as NewYork State origin is concerned. Wal-nut is currently one of the "IN" woods,so to speak, for both furniture and in-terior panelling but virtually all of itis produced elsewhere.

One ofmy partners asked me to in-quire if the New York Forest OwnersAssociation might be interested insponsoring a research project. Ourfirm designs a great many schools andwe are continually searching for waysto reduce costs of school construction.Many schools of wood framing arebuilt in the west and, except in citie s ,our codes do not forbid it in one storyschools, but it is rarely acceptable toa school board or the taxpayers of aschool district.

Dr. William Haessig, Director ofthe Division of Educational FacilitiesPlanning of the State Education Depart-ment has indicated that his office wouldlike to assist in a research project on

wood school construction, its costs,insurance, safety, and prospects feifireproofed lumber. He thinks fundswould be available for such a projecteither from federal sources or a foun-dation. If you think you have the inter-est and a little seed money to get itstar te d we would be happy to initiatecontact with Dr. Haessig .

In conclusion I would like to stateapersonal belief and issue a pr ornise ,I am sur e that wood will continue to bean important segment of our buildingdesigns; its warmth and texture willnot be supplanted by masonry, metals,or plastics. Manufacturing methodswill help as much as forestry methodsin making New York State woods com-merciallyprofitable. The plywood in-dustry has made it possible to usevaluable woods more efficiently. Newglues for laminating and new methodsof installation have made it possibletouse smaller pieces resulting in lesswaste.

The promise is equally obvious: IfNew York State forests can furnishthe materials competitively, the arch-itects and the construction industrywill find ways to consume them.

Frederick S. Webster

PAPER IS EVERYWHEREFew people outside the industry it-

self realize the importance, varietyand magnitude of the nation's ninthlargest industry.

Paper is everywhere. It is man'sessential mechanism of communica-tion. Civilization itself is dependentupon the ability of people to transmitknowledge to succeeding generationsas well as among themselves. Modernman stands in awe of his dependenceupon electricity and the automobile.Inlike manner when he considers hisbirth certificate, marriage licens e,newspaper, magazines, food packa g-ing, construction blueprints, text-books and the many thousands of otheruses for paper products, he realizesthat no other commodity is acutallymore important to his accustomedmode of living.

INTENSIVE CULTURE INCREASESLOBLOLLY PINE GROWTH

At L. S. U. sample plots were giv-en different combinations of treat-ments -zation,control.average

irrigation, mowing, fertili-tip-moth control and brushAt the end of four years thesize of trees that had the full

treatment was 3.4 inches in diameterand 20.5 feet in height as comparedto 1. 3 inches in diameter and 10.3feet in height on the control plot.(Source: Forest Farmer 11/67)

FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION LOANS FOR FORESTRY PURPOSESThe Farmers Home Administration makes loans to farmers and owners

of forest tracts for forestry purposes. These loans are especially designedto help make farm forests a full producing part of the farm and to make need-edadjustments inforests and land use. The agency makes three types of loansfor forestry purposes--farm ownership loans, operating loans, and soil andwater loans.

Farm ownership and operating loans may be made to farm operators, in-cluding part-time farmers. The applicant must have a farm background andfarm experience or training needed to be successful in the proposed farmingoperation.

Farm ownership loans may be used to buy forest land, develop forest land,and refinance debts on land to be used for forestry purposes, to establish for-estplantings, and to pay initial costs for carrying out approved forestry prac-tices.

Farm operating loans may be used to clear and prepare land for treeplanting, topurchaseandplantforesttrees, pay harvesting costs where neces-sary, and to pay other annual operating expenses of producing trees, includ-ingthe carrying out of improved forestry practices such as fencing, pest con-trol, thinning and fire protection.

Soil and water loans may be made to eligible farmers, members of a part-nership owning and operating a farm, and domestic corporations engaged infarming. Theymayuse loan funds to clear and prepare land for tree planting,purchase and plant forest seed or trees, and pay other costs of producingtrees, including the carrying out of approved forestry practices.

Soil and water loans may also be made to non-profit associations of farm-ers and landowners to shift land into forestry.

To be eligible for a forestry loan, the applicant must:1. Be a citizen of the United States.2. Possess the character, industry, and ability to carry out the proposed

operations.3. Agree to develop and carry out an acceptable forestry plan.4. Be unable to obtain sufficient credit elsewhere at reas onable rates and

terms.5. Possess legal capacity to contract for the loan.6. In the case of farm ownership and operating loans, be the owner oper-

ator after the loan is made of a farm that is not larger than family size.7. Farm owner ship and soil and water loans to individuals may not ex-

ceed the normal value of the farm, as determined by an appraiser. Also, theFarmers Home Administration loan, plus other debts against the property,may not exceed $60,000. The total principal indebtedness for operating loansmay not exceed $35,000.

The local County FHA Advisory Committee determines the eligibility ofapplicants.

The interest rate is 3 percent per year on the unpaid principal for loansmade in connection with forestry purposes. Funds that are advanced for pur-poses other than forestry will bear 5 percent interest. The maximum repay-ment period on operating loans is 7 years.

Applicants are required to provide and to agree to follow an approved for-estryplancoveringthe entire forest tract prepared by a qualified professionalforester. Installments onFHAforestry loans may be made payable to coincidewith the harvesting of forest products when justified in accordance with theforestry plan. Where needed, the initial repayment may be deferred as longas 15 years. Additional payments may coincide with future forest har ves ts ,These repaymentfactors make it possible for the loan to be repaid from forestincome, thus enabling borrowers to retain and properly manage forests.

Forestry loans are available in all states. Lending by Farmers Home Ad-rnini st r at ion for forestry purposes has beenmostactive in the Southeast. Statesin which the largest number of forestry loans have been made by FHA includeGeorgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee.

Applications for loans are made at the county Farmers Home Administra-tion office which serves the county in which the applicant expects to carry outhis forestry operations. Anyone unable to locate the local FHA office may writeto the Farmers Home Administration, United States Department of Agricul-ture, Washington, D. C. 20250.(Source: Forest Farmer November 1967)

FORESTRY MOVES AHEAD!J'oh'nSrni gel of Preston Hollow has

completed 25 acres of woodland im-provement for the year 1967.

This was a thinning project in apole stand of native white pine andhard maple. It was marked by StateForester Jack Senecbau of the DistrictForester's Office at Catskill.

GEORGIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATIONDOES IT IN A BIG WAY

In its membership bulletinGeorgia Forestry Association,founded in 1907 has the following item:

Television program Monday July24, 7:00 p. m. on all Georgia educa-tional TV stations on statewide network hookup. The GFA Wood UseCommittee, HaroldO. Baxter, Chairman, has arranged the program. Getyour local school people and govern-mental leaders to watch it. The pro-gram is "Use of Wood in GeorgiaSchool Construction. II

Andhere is another item goingto membership.

1967 Annual Meeting success, Thelargest andfinest annual meeting everheld by your As s ociation was succe s s-ful in all respects. Over 700attended ...

CONSERVATION DEFINED"Conservation can be defined

the wise use of our natural environ-ment: it is, in the final analysis, thehighest form of national thrift--theprevention of waste and despoilmwhile preserving, improving and re-newing the quality and usefulness ofall our resources. "(Source: a bulletin on ConservationEducation Winter 1967)

SOUTHERN PULPWOOD CONSERVTIONIST ASSOCIATIONREPORTSPLANTING

Southern pulp and paper c__-v r- _ •.• _

and pulpwood suppliers accountedthe planting of 325,000,000 tree seelings during the 1966-67 planting seson, according to H. J. MalsbergerGeneral Manager, SPCA, Atlanta,Georgia. Total acreage reforested1966-67 was 461,849 acres.

More and more of the seedlingplanted each season, Mr. Malsbergersaid, are those which have been developed in special tree nurseriesder contr oIled conditions, to havesuperior characteristics.

The super trees grow faster,more resistent to forest pests andhave a fiber structure from whichter paper and paper board productsas well as other fore st pr oducts,be manufactured.

NYFOA MEMBERS ON TOUR CORNELL'S ARNOT FOREST(Left) Fred Winch, Jr. by headstone of rural cemetery marking location of formerfarming community on Irish Hill--now returned to forest. (Right) Bob Morrow pointsout marked differences in height growth among conifers planted the same year on formercultivated land--during 5th Fall Meeting, September 22':'23, 1967. All photographs thisissue courtesy of Douglas M. Payne, Dept. of Conservation, NYS College of Agriculture,Cornell.

TH SCIENCE AND

'tor's Note: The Question - Arewening too?)Do you recall this scene fromrnton Wilder's Our Town? Georgebs , age sixteen, and his eleven--old sister are talking:ecca: I never told you about thatetter Jane Crofut got from hermini st er when she was sick. Hewrote Jane a letter and on the en-velope the address was like this:

said: Jane Cr of'ut: The CrofutFarms; Grover's Corners; SuttonCounty; New Hampshire; Unitedtates of America.

••••.or ae ; What's funny about that?. But listen, it's not finished:---=----=-.e United States of America; West-

ern Hemisphere; the Earth; the So-zar System; the Universe; the Mind

God--that's what it said on theenvelope.

e: What do you know!~-:-_~a: And the postman brought it

st the same.: What do you know!---=':-conversation aptly describes

of the dimensions of the Earth Sci-• We start in space from where

are and expand our horizons in-widening arcs until we find ourin the universe.e other dimension is that of time

-~c'v~ugic time. And for this we lookearth its elf, to its rocks and. Through them we begin to de-our planet's history, and its

santprocess of change, biologi-

cal as well as physical. We gain glimp-ses of a primary fact, that all formsof life are kin, and are dependent oneach other and on their environmentfor very.existence.

Earth sciences inevitably deal withthe "stuff" of earth's environment--its s oils and minerals, its air andwater. And immediately we find our-selves in the realm of conservation,with its concern for the wise use ofthese priceless and too often misusedres ources.

Just as educators in the fields ofPhysics, Chemistry, and Biology havetaken good hard looks at outdated cur-riculums and have swung into action,so, too, have educator s teaching theEarth Sciences. Their endeavor iscalled the EARTH SCIENCE CURRI-CULUM PROJECT, with headquartersin Boulder, Colorado.

A new Earth Science course hasbeendevelopedfor Ninth Grade, alongwith a text and other teaching rnat ee i>also Two basic objectives character-ize the EXCP philosophy and are re-flected in all of its materials. First,to teach science as inquiry, and sec-ond, to stress the interdisciplinary,unified nature of the earth sciences.

Instead of listening to and watchinga series of lecture demonstrations,the students become involved in the"discovery" of science principles andconcepts thr ough laboratory and fieldinvestigations. In other words, stu-dents "do" earth science rather thantalk about it.--~--------

"Happy New Year To All!"

And in this doing lies the hope thatyoung people may learn to feel suchidentity with their environment- -theirplanetary home - -that they will of theirown accord become involved in its careand protection.

These young people - -these studentsof ours - -are faced with a hard, on-going task. In their hands, and laterin their children's hands, rests thefateful decision: Is our planet Earthto be maintained as an environment"fit for life and fit for living"?(Source: a bulletin on ConservationEducation Winter 1967)

WHY PEOPLE FISHWhy people fish is something that

scientists as well as recreation plan-ners ought to think about as they goabout their work. The main reasonwhy people fish is simply that peoplelike to catch fish. Good statistics fromvarious sources indicate that fishingis one of the most popular forms ofoutdoor recreation. It turns out also,according to an increasing number ofmedical authorities, that it apparentlyis good for people to go fishing. Thereseems to be a high therapeutic valuefrom recreational fishing in the nerve-wracking technological society thatAmerica has developed. If we take thelong-range view, it appears that fish-ery scientists and conservationistscan pr oceed on the as sumption thatrecreational fishing is a wise use ofthe resource .(Source: Sport Fishing InstituteBulletin Nov. Dec. 1967)

Dear Floyd:

ALEX DICKSON, CORNELL EXTENSION FORESTER, WELCOMES NYFOA MEMBERSTO RECKNAGAL MEMORIAL FOREST DURING FALL MEETING TOUR OF ARNOTFOREST. Shelter protects well designed panels on planting and plantation management.

FORMER FOREST PRODUCTSCOOPERATIVE

The Otsego Forest Products Co-operative Association, Inc. , now dis-solved, was founded in Cooperstown,NewYorkinl935, under sponsorship,then, of employees of U. S. ForestService. The purpose was to help ex-tablish, among farm woodlot ownersof Central New York State, the prin-ciple of using and caring for forestlands of Association members in ac-cordance with "Methods of ForestPractice adopted as standard by theAssociation. "

The Association operated, from1935 until 1962, with a maximum of1395 "woodlot owner" members.

The Cooperative bought logs, cutinaccordance with standard good for-est practice. Logs were cut by mem-bersthemselves or, if such a servicewas desiredbya member, by Associ-ation employees. In such a case, a"Standard Delivery Contract" was ar-

President: David H. HanaburghCraft Lane, Buchanan, N.Y. 10511

Editor-Executive Vice President:Floyd E. CarlsonCollege of ForestrySyracuse, N. Y. 13210

Treasurer-Membership Secretary:Mrs. Luella B. Palmer157 Ballantyne Rd.Syracuse, N. Y. 13205

ranged by the Association Forester.It specified what service, whethercutting, skidding and/ or hauling, wasdesired by the member.

Logs were brought to the Cooper-ators' mill near Cooperstown by logtrucks, operated by the Cooperativeor other owners.

The logs were processed at thesawmill and the lumber, slabwood,etc , , sold to farmer Cooperativemembers and to the lumber industryin general throughout the country.

The Association was dissolved in1962. From your writer' s viewpointthe OtsegoForestProducts Coopera-tive Association, Inc. failed becauseof an inadequate supply of logs. Andthe scarcity of log supply was due tofarmer owners over cutting their wood-lots to secure funds for use in opera-tion of their farms.

Marshall E. GreenFormer Sec. -0. F. P. C. A.

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I believe that there is a definiteneed for a directory with both thenames and addresses of members ofNYFOA, a directory revised perhapsannually. From time to time in ourmonthly publication, mention is madeof new members, but the new mem-bers would seem to have no simpleand/or sure way to learn of old mem-bers in the same general area. Forexample, how would a new, or evenold, member in my area know that Iam a member of NYFOA? A situationshowing the need for such a directoryoccurred only recently when throughanother organizationlmet Mr. HarryEcklund of Jamestown and Gerry andthen quite by accident learned that heis a member of NYFOA.

Yours truly,(signed) Miles R. Jacobs