THENEW YORK FOREST OWNERS

ASSOCIATIONAssociation Officers

Lloyd G. Strombeck, President57 Main Street, Owego, N.Y. 13827

C. Eugene Farnsworth, First Vice-President1219 Lancaster Ave., Syracuse, N.Y. 13210

Robert M. Sand. Second Vice-PresidentOdessa, N.Y. 14869

William C. Craig, Third Vice-PresidentRD1 Sherburne, N.Y. 13460

Helen Varian, Membership Secretary204 Varian Road, Peekskill, N.Y, 10566

J. Lewis DuMond, Secretary9 Grand Street, Cobleskill, N.Y. 12043

Erniel D. Palmer: Treasurer5822 S Salina Street, Syracuse, N.Y. 13205

Alan R. Knight, Editor526 Anderson Hill Road RD 2, Candor, N.Y. 13743

DIRECTORS 1978

William W. Ballagh7717 W. State Street, Lowville, N.Y. 13367

Allen BrattonCooperstown, N.Y. 1.3326

William C. CraigR.D.1,Sherburne,N.Y.13460

Kenneth L. Eberley9 Edgewood Drive, Whitesboro, N.Y. 13492

C. Eugene Farnsworth1219 Lancaster Ave., Syracuse, N.Y. 13210

William Lubinec22 Cor~ish Ave., Binghamton, N.Y. 13901

A. W. RobertsR.F.D. 3. Cortland, N.Y .. 13045

DIRECTORS 1979

DIRECTORS 1977

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

Mrs. Kenneth L. Eberley9 Edgewood Drive, Whitesboro, N Y 13492

Barbara Pittenger9 Orange Street, Marcellus, N.Y. 13108

William S. PowersR.D.1,Milford,N.Y.13807

Ronald Baldwin11 Eighth Street, Oneonta, N.Y. 13820

Robert M. BramhillBeaver Falls, N.Y. 13305

Gordon l. ConklinR .0.2, Trumansburg, N.Y. 14886

Richard C. Fassett512 Center Street, Horseheads, N.Y. 14845

Robert R. MorrowFernow Hall, Ithaca, NY. 14850

Evelyn Stock5756 Ike Dixon Road, Camillus, N.Y. 13031

Raymond R. Walker7549 Ridge Road, Gasport, N.Y. 14067

It' s all too easy for forest lovers to getwrapped up in matters of forest taxation, en-vironmental protection, or running a ForestOwners Association. It's too darn easy to getmoving too fast to hear the evening breeze inthe hedgerow or to take a walk in search ofwild strawberries. Today was my lucky day.After three decelerating days of vacation, Iwas able to do both. And it's been too long.

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Francis H. RossBox 51, Hamburg, N.Y. 14075

Robert M. SandOdessa, N.Y. 14869

Harold B. TylerR.D. 2, Worcester, N.Y. 12197

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Wisconsin NaturalResources Dept.Flambeau State. Forest

Editorial

"All quiet on the Western Front." Noletters to the editor. No pennings from Pine-waldo No article from Ron Baldwin. Gee, itmust be summer. Everybody is in their woods,instead of writing about them, I guess. Don'tlet the new format of the Forest Owner foolyou. It needs articles and essays and photosas much as ever...maybe more. Who knows?Maybe we can pay for them one day. Our tour of Germany, Austria, and

Switzerland seems to be progressing nicely.Spring, 1977, appears more popular and feas-ible. We need at least 20 and not more than40 travellers to make this dream a reality.Correspondence with our European counter-parts is growing more frequent and more de-tailed as plans become more polished. Be sureto study the itinerary and highlights in thenext issue of the NY Forest Owner,

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* * * * * * * *It's gratifying to hear so many people

say they like the new Forest Owner. They'vebeen kind to say nothing about the typographi-cal errors and bloopers missed in proofreading.We'11try harder.

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White Pine Branchesinto new Trees

Raymond R. Walker of Constablevilleoffers an entry to the Unusual Tree PhotoContest.

Mr. Walker says that the most uniquething about the tree is the top of the tree. Hewas unable to get a picture of this because ofits location but said that a branch at the topgrew sideways and then turned up to grow asecond top about 30' high.

Unusual, wouldn't you agree?

Readers are encouraged to brush thedust off their cameras and capture an oddtree for the rest of the readers to see. TheForest Owners Association is offering prizesof $5.00 (1st place), $3.00 (2nd place), and$1.00 (3rd place), for photographs and com-plete descriptions of the three most unusuallooking trees.

Photos and details should be sent tothe editor for publication,

by G. A. Van Horn, . .Pennsylvania State University

Trees, unlike people, do right well when"potted," according to 10 years of experimentsat Pennsylvania State University. In recentyears, growing Christmas trees in tiny potsfor later transplanting has become big business.

In 1973, for example, about 26 millionseedling trees in the United States were grown insmall pots, much like flowers and vegetables. In1974, an estimated 42 million container-growntrees were produced in the Pacific Northwestalone.

Such containers, often made of, paper orplastic, reduce the stock, and improves the first-and second-year growth in field plantings, saysEdgar H. Palpant, Penn State research assistant.

Palpant believes the container systemscompete costwise with the older nursery systemusing bare-rooted seedlings. He favors the newsystems, especially when superior genetic seedsare planted. Idaho Douglas fir seeds, for ex-ample, are producing plants up to 15 inchestall by the end of the first growing season.

In the 1975 genetic studies, Scotch pinesplanted one tree per pot -- and grown with anundisturbed ball of soil - averaged 72 per centtaller than trees grown 4 and 5 per pot or grownin a nursery and transplanted with bare roots.The plastic or paper pots are 3 to 4 squareinches in size.

One containerized system uses paperpots developed in Japan; another system usessemi-translucent plastic pots. Known as the"book plantersystem," the latter allows easyremoval of tile plant and its miniature ball ofroots and soil. The "book planter," (its sidesopen like a book) is best for species such asDouglas fir which grow poorly under wet cond-itions in paper pots.

Survival of seedlings in the latest studyaveraged nearly 100 percent - much better thanfor bare-rooted seedlings on poor sites. Thenew container systems can produce qualityseedlings in nearly half the time required withthe older bare-rooted system. But, the newtechnique involves more than containers - pro-per light, soil conditions, moisture, and nu- 3trients are vital .

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Conservation CommentsBy Paul M. KelseyNew York State

Regional Conservation Educator

A week or so ago I was in a red pineplantation that was just over 50 years old,and observing it I couldn't help but recall theearly fears of wildlife managers about the effectof reforestation on wildlife. This particular plan-tation had an abundance of food for deer in theform of both herbaceous and shrubby vegeta-tion. Ground cover was dense enough that italso would have formed good brook cover forgrouse, something that early g~e IIl:anagerscould not have imagined even in their mostoptimistic dreams.

A few days later I was in another redpine plantation that was almost the same ~e,and it showed many of the problems that wild-life managers had been predicting. The densecanopy overhead had so shaded the for:stfloor that there was very little there but pineneedles. Here and there were small hardwoodsthat were heavily browsed by the few animalsthat happened to drift through the cover underthe pines.

What was the difference?

The first plantation had been managed toproduce a maximum of timber and, in the pro-cess, had been thinned four times. The secondplantation had been planted as a preserve. Init plants were to be left as nature intende.d andnothing was to be removed. As a concession togive the trees just a little ~ore room S? t~at theywould not be too whip-like, one thinning hadbeen made. The little vegetation on the forestfloor was a remnant of the past effect of thatthinning.

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Mother Nature's "balance" has beengoing on for years, but her aims are not nec-essarily those of man. She will restore trees toour worn out farmland, but she will start withbrambles, sumac and aspen, rather than hardmaple and ash.

Man can accelerate the return of trees byplanting conifers. This will eliminate some plantand animal communities Mother Nature wouldprovide, but need not make a sterile mono-culture of one type of plant as once assumed.After planting red pine, it is actually three tofive years before they are big. enough to evenchange the animal life associated with the origi-nal field. At this time they are beginning tocrowd out some grass, giving heavier coniferouscover and are starting to attract cottontailrabbits year round.

In another 10 years they have closed intheir branches and are shading out all coverbeneath. This is the stage which frightened earlygame managers, for, though it may furnish goodprotective cover for a time, even this soon getstoo tall. The plantation, if left to Mother Natureto manage, could go on this way for decadesbefore the whip-like trees were broken by snowor wind, again letting light to the ground andpermitting food plants to grow.

For a few short years this dense stage isgood to force trees to grow straight. If, as theyare growing straight and close, more than halfthe crown dies, the trees begin to lose strength,speed of growth and vigor to overcome diseaseor insect damage. Before this point is reachedtrees should be thinned so that half their heightis still in growing branches. This is about 15years in red pine.

At this point, thinnings are of no value,but by the time the crowns again come togetherand they should be thinned once more to keephalf the trees in living crown, the stems are bigenough so that they can be sold for posts, pulpor chips.

With each thinning to give the tops grow-ing room, sunlight gets to the forest floor ~dsuch trees as ash and oak, which grow best inlight shade, can become established as replace-ment forest. For the first few years after athinning even such sun-loving plants as black-berries may be common.

The time schedule for this practice variesfrom one tree species to another, depending onhow fast they grow, how tolerant they are toshade and crowding and site conditions. Properthinning keeps a healthier plantation with amuch broader type of plant and animal associa-tion for better natural balance.

"WOODLAND SS and SENSE"

Carol and David Vaughn, Forest OwnerAssociation members from Erin, N.Y., recentlypromoted an ambitious educational programfor forest land owners. Coordinating contri-butions from Chemung County CooperativeExtension, Department of Environmental Con-servation, Soil Conservation Service and theTwin Tier Consulting Foresters Company,B.O.C.E.S., and Bob Sand (who probablyrepresented Cotton Hanlon, the Tree FarmProgram, and the Forest Owners Associationall at once), the Vaughn's efforts were repaidwith an attendance of 36.

Topics covered in the fast moving morn-ing program were "available helps for woodlandowners", "tree growth, timber value and har-vesting", "fostering good cultural practicesand utilization of wood for fuel", "woodssafety", and "the Forest Owners Associationand Tree Farm System". One extra specialattraction was the wood identification con-test which each participant had the oppor-tunity to puzzle over.

A tip of the hat to Carol and DaveVaughn for pioneering a program which mightwell be matched in towns across the state.

Dave and Carol Vaughn of Erin, N. Y. at the "WoodlandDollars and Sense" meeting which they coordinated.

Arthur Kopp receives a hardwood butcher block fromBob Sand for winning the wood identification contest.

TREE FARMERS can now enroll in a practical corres-pondence course in "Small Woodlot Forestry", givenby the Pennsylvania State University. The course coversestablishment, care, management and use of forests andcosts $4.50. For information write the PennsylvaniaState University, 307 Agricultural AdministrationBuilding, University Park, PA 16802. Inquire aboutthe correspondence course No. 79.

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Te*tile Manufaeturer Switehing from Oilto Wood Chips for Power

American industry is taking a dramaticstep away from its dependence on oil and gasto power its factories with a woodwaste burn-ing boiler nearing completion at a giant textilemill in Alabama.

Russell Corporation (American Stock Ex-change) of Alexander City, Alabama, is thelargest manufacturer of athletic apparel in theUnited States. This month, Russell Corporationwill become the first non-wood product relatedindustry in America to install a modem indus-trial boiler system utilizing wastewood - woodchips, sawdust and bark - as its primary fuel.In the process, according to E. C. Gwaltney,Jr., president, the company expects to save sixmillion gallons of oil annually, cut the presentfuel bill almost in half, payoff the $1.7 millionnew boiler installation cost from operatingsavings within five years and provide a depen-dable source of steam energy.

Ben Russell, president of Econ, an Alex-ander City-based company promoting waste-wood as a primary energy source, sold the con-cept to the textile mill a year ago. "The Environ-mental Protection Agency notified the millthat its aging coal-fired boiler would have to berebuilt or shut down by January 26, 1976,"Russell relates. "And No.5 fuel oil used by themill had doubled cost in one year with furtherunpredictable hikes guaranteed. In addition, thefuture price and availability of natural gaswere very unstable factors so the mill could notconsider it as a primary fuel source for thefuture.

"After considerable research into theavailability of waste wood and its burning andeconomic characteristics, we entered into anagreement with McBurney Stoker and Equip-ment Co., Inc. of Atlanta," Ben Russell con-tinues. "McBurney has several hundred boilerinstallations around the country burning waste-wood as a primary fuel in such installationsas papermills, plywood plants, particleboardplants, furniture plants and sawmills. McBur-ney's engineers worked with me in the design,manufacture and field construction of the twoBabcock & Wilcox wastewood fired boilerswhich will produce 120,000 lbs. of steam perhour for the 5,000 employee mill system.

***The conversion of wood into usable products requiressix times less energy than for steel and thirty ninetimes less than for aluminum.

"We will be buying wastewood fromsawmills," Russell explains, "that formerlywas a pollutant with no commercial value.And with the intervention in 1970 and thenow proven ability of the Morbark Total Chipa-vestor, to reduce unmerchantable trees to woodchips in 30 seconds, we can guarantee thesupply of wood chips and wastewood on acontractural basis for decades."

Russell and McBurney report the use ofwood chips as an industrial fuel has severaladvantages:

1. Wood is a clean fuel; it containsno sulfur ..- the prime factor in air pollution.

2. The ash content of wood is low; itcan be removed by simple mechanical means;the by-product is useful as fertilizer.

3. Wood fuel is much less expensiveper BTU than fossil fuel.

4. Locally available wood fuel is read-ily attainable and is not as subject to inter-ruption due to political and labor problems.

5. Creating a local market for previouslyunmerchantable wood creates a new industryand allows land owners to economically clearand replant unproductive acres.

6. Wood is a renewable resource; fossilfuels are not.

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Cradle ofAmerican

Forestry

From a talk by Lewis E. Herron to state foresters visiting the Biltmore Estate timberlands.

Man and the American Forest. A nother in the series of historical vignettes to be published in GreenA merica during the bi- 7centennial period to help describe man's relationship to the A merican Forest.

American forest man-agement can be traced to aclear beginning point.

The year was 1889 andthe forest owner was multi-millionaire George W. Van-derbilt.

The place was the Bilt-more estate on wooded, hilly,acreage in Buncombe County,North Carolina.

Vanderbilt's first moveafter acquiring the initial sitewas to plant portions of it towhite pine. He wanted to con-ceal bare and eroding slopes, tofurnish attractive borders forestate roads, and build a for-est estate along European lines.

Forestry was already more than two centuries old inEurope, and what few graduate foresters there were in theUnited States were educated in Europe.

Shortly after the first white pine planting, Vanderbilthired a young forester named Gifford Pinchot who had justreturned to the United States from his studies in France andGermany. Pinchot later was to become the first head of theU.S. Forest Service, and is generally regarded today as thefather of forestry in the United States.

Pinchot set up a management plan for the estatewhich, at the time, was about 7000 acres. Vanderbilt lateracq uired a total of more than 100,000 acres ofland, report-edly so that when he looked from his mansion to the west heowned everything in sight.

Pinchot was succeeded in his job as the Vanderbiltestate forester in 1895 by Dr. CA. Schenck, a forester fromGermany. Within a year Dr. Schenck had half a dozenassistants, all serving without pay for the training theywould receive in forestry. This led' to the establishment ofthe Biltmore Forest School on the estate in 1898, the firstschool of forestry in the United States. More than 200foresters were graduated from the school before it closed in1908 when Dr. Schenck left the estate.

Dr. Schenck and his students carried out a number ofexperiments, including planting of 40 different species, halfconifer and half hardwood. Having poor luck with hishardwoods, Dr. Schenck turned to white and shortleafpines, and these plantings were highly successful.

Even though the estate is obviously the cradle ofAmerican forestry,there is no continuous record of careful

stateforest management from thefirst years until the present formost of the remaining estateacreage. Some of the standswere not thinned until theywere nearly 50 years old.

However, there are ex-ceptions, and those exceptionssuggest what modern forestmanagement can do. Anexample is the Old Orchardplantation, so called because ithad been an orchard beforeDr. Schenck's time, but wasbadly eroded when he first un-dertook remedial action. Heplanted the area to white pinesin 1899. The U.S. Forest Ser-vice started thinning the plan-

tation in 1916, and has continued to manage the area sincethen. In 1953 the Forest Service reported that, in spite of theextremely poor site, the value gained from thinning resultedin an increase of more than $200 per acre over theunthinned portion of the plantation.

The Biltmore estate still is a working forest today; acertified tree farm, one that's managed for repeated timbercrop production as one major objective. Most Americanshave seen glimpses of the estate lands, but probably don'trealize it. Estate forests have been used for backgroundsettings of numerous television commercials. And manymillions of tourists have examined the estate and its castleover the last 75 years.

Today the land is managed under a contract withChampion International Corporation and their conserva-tion forester for the area. Lewis E. Herron. Themanagement plan provides for special esthetic considera-tions because the estate remains a prime tourist attraction. Itis a tribute to the care with which the work is carried out thatfew, if any, of the hundreds of thousands of tourists whovisit the estate each year realize the extent to which the landis used for timber production. Company records show thatduring 10 years of operating on the east side of the estate,more than 100,000 cords of pulpwood were harvested, plus10 million board feet of sawtimber.

Almost that much has been produced from the westside.

Yet the casual visitor will refer to the estate as "virgin"forest. And regret their home town parks don't look asappealing.

Ne~ Conservat ion Commissioner· InstallsState Forest Practice Board Officers

Peter A. A. Berle, commissioner of theN.Y.S. Department of Environmental Conserva-tion, attended the State Forest Practice Boardmeeting in Albany on Thursday, May 13. Berle,an attorney from New York City, has been ap-pointed by Governor Hugh Carey to replace theresigning Ogden Reid.

Relative to woodland taxes, a major prob-lem of the forest industry which depends ontrees from about half the state's land area,Berle commented, "I feel very strongly thattax relief for forestry is critical for the forestindustry and preservation of forest land."

William B. Lambert, vice president ofHarden Furniture Company, McConnellsville,was installed as chairman of the State ForestPractice Board on May 14. In accepting theoffice, Lambert noted that 1976 was the 30thanniversary of the State's Forest Practice Actwhich was enacted in 1946. And he said, "Thepurpose of the act is to promote better fores-try practices for the protection of the forestresource and production of all forest productsincluding fiber, wood, recreation and wildlife."

Lambert emphasized the need for conser-vation education for youth when he declared,"Weare concerned with the education ofyoung people to conserve these resourcesfrom the forests which are renewable; and weshould pass on to future generations morethan we take." He added, "This can be done bythe application of scientific forestry and wild-life management principles."

Tree planting was one activity of highpriority with the Forest Practice Board. JamesO. Preston, Director of the 'Division of Landsand Forests with the N.Y.S. Department of En-vironmental Conservation reported that some 10million tree seedlings have been produced anddistributed by the State's nursery in Saratogathis year. That's enough trees to plant about10,000 acres of land with a crop that can beharvested for Christmas trees, pulpwood, andstructural 2" x 4" lumber for consumers in theyears to come. However, Preston noted thatpeople obviously appreciate the forests fortheir beauty, wildlife habitat, and watershedprotection.8

b~ Dave Taber

David W. Taber, Cooperative ExtensionSpecialist in Wood Utilization with the AppliedForestry Research Institute, State Universityof New York College of Environmental Scienceand Forestry, Syracuse, commented on the factthat natural regeneration of New York's forestsis of major significance since almost % of thetrees are deciduous hardwood species like beech,yellow birch, maple, ash, and oak which are nothand planted but develop naturally after timberis removed by logging. He said, "Often con-sumers don't realize how important NewYork's forests are for not only their beauty andrecreational atmosphere, but for wood productsthey yield. High quality ash baseball bats,Adirondack sugar maple bowling pins, NewYork State white ash hockey sticks, and evenChristmas trees are but a few of the thousandsof products people depend on from the for-ests of New York." He suggested that summervacationers and tourists will be impressed withthe vast expanses of forests comprising some 56per cent of the land area in this industrializedstate. Taber said, "New York's forests are animportant asset and resources to be used bysociety both now and in the future for the manybenefits they can continually provide."

At State Forest Practice Board meeting on May l Ith,in Albany to discuss forestry matters, in New Yorkare (l to r) James O. Preston, Director, Division ofLands and Forests, N. Y.S. Dept. of EnvironmentalConservation» acting commissioner of the Dept.appointed by Governor Carey,' Peter A. A. Berle;and Chairman of the State Forest Practice Board,William B. Lambert, vice president of Harden FUrn-iture Company.

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WOODS WALK to SHIRLEY FORBSTS\

August 7

Hardy L. Shirley will open his doors to the public for a Forest Owner Association sponsored"woods walk" on Saturday, August 7, 1976 at 9:30 A.M.

Participants must please notify the Shirleys of their intentions by noon, Tuesday, August 3rd. Thiswill help the Shirleys anticipate how many are coming and provide luncheon beverages (bring yourown lunch).

Contact: Hardy L. ShirleyStar RouteElizabethtown, N.Y. 12932Telephone: 518-873-2084

What the tour includes:Stop 1. Galamian Lot on Lewis-Wadhams road. Thinnings in white pine

plantation.Stop 2. Hayward Lot, Broofield Road. 1976 selective cutting in pine

stand, third under current owner.Stop 3. Brookfield Road. Timber stand improvement in hardwoods.Stop 4. Shirley residence, Ray Woods Road. Lunch. Explanation of

management plan and of results to date of 21 years of opera-tion. A tour of managed old growth timber and explanation ofpermanent inventory plots.

3 P.M. Adjournment.

Plan to assemble on Church Street, Elizabethtown, between the Adirondack Center Museum andCemetary (the museum is on Route 9 and 9N first street south west of blinker light).

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Sketch mor to1-i.L.Shirie'::l's

Eliz.abethtown, N.Y.

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OWNERS UNITE FOR

One of the most unfortunate aspects ofthe so-called "environmental" movement ofthe last ten years is the extent to whichmembers of many of the groups pressing formore land and forest use regulation have ig-nored the rights and interests of those peoplewho are most legitimately concerned about thefuture of the land: the land owner. False propa-ganda has portrayed the owner as a holder ofhuge blocks of land, heartlessly developing itand stripping it for every penny whiledestroying natural values. The truth is, in regardto forest land, that some 4% million peopleown some 363 million acres in the U.S., or anaverage of about 80 acres per holding. Theowners themselves are, as a rule, not wealthypeople, wage and salary workers, retired people,housewives and widows.

While their reasons for owning land varywidely, they all must pay property taxes, taxesthat are the basic support for many importantcommunity activities. Thus, the health andproductivity of their forest land is indeed ofgreat concern to them. It is not surprising,then, that owners associations have developedwhich seek to further their interests while pro-tecting forest land both from poor use andharmful and debilitating legislation.

In New York State this movement hastaken shape in the body of the New York ForestOwners Association (NYFOA), a young andgrowing organization which now has some 463members. Their objectives would serve as anexcellent model for any owners association,whether at the community, county or statelevel.

The primary objective is to advance, pro-tect and represent the 255,000 owners of 12million acres of forest land in New York inforestry programs, planning and policy. It isbelieved unified action in a common cause willimprove the forest resource and the opportuni-ties it presents, particularly when it supportssuch private programs and the Tree Farm Move-ment. In working toward an economic climatefavorable in permanent forest industry, theAssociation believes ownership of forest landwill become a more attractive investment andthus favor better stewardship. To improve thisstewardship the Forest Owners encourage edu-cation and research in forest management,marketing and use of forest products and ser-vices. Ultimately, it is hoped a balance betweentimber growth and cut will be achieved, whichwill assure raw materials for industry and steadyemployment in forest communities and ruralareas.10

BETTER FORESTS

by Bill Turner Associate Editor"Northern Logger"

Objectives require action to be met.NYFOA has an excellent program for attainingit's goals. This includes publication of TheFore s tOw ner six times a year to provide forthe friendly exchange of experience, outlookand opinion among its members. Members arealso mailed other instructive materials providedby private, state and federal agencies. Annualand Fall meetings and special tours, field tripsand "Woods Walks" round out the educationalactivities of the Association. Other work in-volves the development of standards for timberharvesters that protect forest owners in the saleof timber and during logging operations.NYFOA is actively seeking to foster the train-ing of skilled timber harvesters and forestworkers to implement these standards.

A prime interest is in working up asensible use-classification scheme for forestswhich will identify those areas best suitablefor timber growing, recreation, watershed,wildlife and summer home sites. An importantpart of such a program is formulation of aforest land tax adaptable to conditions oftimber harvest.

An ambitious program, yes, but onethat will assure the future productivity andbeauty of New York's forests far better thanany inefficient, indifferent government bureau-cracy or the actions of over-emotional, mis-informed "environmentalist" zealots. "Thatgovernment is best which governs least", Tho-mas Jefferson once wrote, and he meant thatindividual citizens, imbued with a sense ofresponsibility toward their land were a farbetter guarantee of the strength of a nationthan any governmental body. 'The New YorkState Forest Owners Association is the kindof citizen's group that Jefferson foresaw as afundamental part of the republic.

The Association stresses that one doesnot have to own forest land to become a mem-ber of NYFOA. It feels that all the citizens ofNew York have a stake in the future of thestate's forest land and can support the Assoc-iation's work through their membership. Ifyou would like to join or obtain further infor-mation on NYFOA, write to Mrs. Helen Varian,Membership Secretary, 204 Varian Rd., Peeks-kill, N.Y., 10566.

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE NEWYORK FOREST OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

(Please send to:)

Mrs. Helen Varian, Membership Secretary204 Varian Rd., Peekskill, N.Y. 10566

I would like to help advance forestry in New York State.I enclose my check payable to the New York ForestOwners Association, Inc. .••

I own __ acres forest land inCounty, N.Y.I do not own forest land but Ition's objectives.

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Particleboard made fromForest Residues

The U. S. Forest Service has founda new product to help the housing industry,use our forests more wisely, and leave log-ging sites cleaner. A structural particleboard,strong enough to help support a building, canbe made from wood now left in the forest asresidue because it has few economic outlets.

particleboard is not a brand new thing,around four billion square feet is manufacturedevery year, and is used primarily for furniture,cabinets, shelving, and the like. The secondlargest use is in home construction as a hard,stable covering for walls and floors.

But structural particleboard is somethingelse. It must bear heavy loads and be weatherresistant.

Forest Products Laboratory researchscientists are designing a flakeboard madefrom forest residues that is much strongerthan most other commercially made particle-boards.

They have found that a flake about .02inch thick and 2 inches long is the best-shapedparticle for a structural particleboard. Thescientists are now establishing productioncriteria such as board density, quantity of ad-hesive necessary, and pressing time.

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Structural particleboard is of great in-terest to the Forest Service. It fits in with theForest Service policy of using as much of atree as possible without damage to the environ-ment. Added benefits include visually attrac-tive harvesting sites, reduced fire danger, re-duced insect and disease problems, and bettergeneration of the new forest .

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ANNUAL DUES(Please underline choice)

Junior Member (Under 21) $1

Regular Member $7

Family Membership $12(husband, wife)

Contributing Member $12 - $29

Sustaining Member $30 - $99

Supporting Member $100 - $499

Sponsoring Member. $500 and up

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We welcome the following new members:

William H. Lamale144 Briarhurst Rd.Williamsville, NY.

Miss Virginia Ann Lepley66 Jeanie LaneNorth Tonawanda, NY 14120

John F. DavisMarietta, NY 13110

Togar Estates481 Kinder Komack Rd.Oradell;NJ 07649

Wendell N. WatkinsFoster Rd. Rt. 1Gowanda, NY 14070

Mr. Robert Knobel4 Bartlett Ave.Homer, NY 13077

Today more than 37% of the energy needed to op-erate the nation's paper mills comes from what oncewas considerable waste - such as tree bark and theliquid that's left over from the papermaking processitself Some mills are planning to become more than80% self-sufficient in energy.

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AnnouncelDents

Field Da~s

Fall Meeting

Logger, professor, and research scientist received honorsat the 22nd Northeastern Loggers' Congress in GlensFalls on April 13. J. Claude Lecours of Old Forge wasrecognized as the "Outstanding Timber Harvesterland Owners .." Professor Emeritus, Dean Hardy L.Shirley of the SUNY College of Environmental Scienceand Forestry, was lauded for his "Outstanding Con-tribution in Forestry Education." AFRI researcherRalph D. Nyland of the SUNY College of Environ-mental Science and Forestry, was praised for his "Out-standing Achievement in Timber Harvesting Research."Beautifully inscribed black cherry plaques donated byHarden Furniture Company were presented to eachrecipient by Ted Curtis, the new president of theNortheastern Loggers. Association. Curtis is from CurtisLumber Company of Hubbardston, Massachusetts.

N. Y.S. WOODSMEN'S FIELD DA YSAugust 21 and 22 , Saturday and Sunday, are the 29thN. Y.S. Woodsmen "s Field Days in Boonville. This yeara=special committee of equipment dealers is workingon making the event bigger and better for industry.Also for the first time, loggers will need to preregisterwith the Boonville Area Chamber of Commerce inorder to participate in the log loading and log skiddingcontests scheduled for Saturday afternoon. Only alimited number of entries will be accepted in thesecontests this year and registration will be by mail.in advance. Therefore, interested loggers should con-tact the Boonville Area Chamber of Commerce, Boon-ville, N.Y. 13309 (Tel. 315 942-5112). The contests aresponsored by the New York State Timber ProducersAssociation.

Awards

The fall meeting is to be held at the Fancher Forestnear Brockport, N. Y. The date is Saturday, October9, 1976 at 10:00 a.m. Dr. Robert Hellman will bearranging the details.

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