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

Mark your calendar now - for NYFOA's 5th Annual Meeting - Saturday April 15, 1967at the State University College of Forestry at-Sy r a cuse University. Your Officers andDirectors will look forward to meeting you and getting acquainted.

February 1967 No.2

ATTENTION ALL NYFOAMEMBERS

With this February issue of theForest Owner we are mailing you anew brochure stating our objectivesand what we are doing to accomplishese objectives.The brochure is not only intended

:or your information but it contains-n application form.

Now that you think about it, isn't- ere someone in your neighborhood-a relative, neighbor or friend whoould welcome an opportunity to be-orne an NYFOA member?You know, that if YOU, as an

_OYFOAmember would take not more::han five minutes for serious think-£ng about a prospect for a new mem-ber, why we'd have our. thousandznernbe r s by April 15, 1967.

It's a possibility you know, ande' d like to be pr oud of you and to beroud of our As sociation in having aousand members.Why a thousand members?It is because when we go to an in-strial company, a banking concern,

a supplier of wood using equipment-when we can tell these "big ticket"people that we have a thousand mem-bers - more than anything else itill show that we mean business!How about it? Can you spare five

zni.nutes of your time to make a tele-phone call?

Put this brochure in your pocket.en when you go to a meeting, toe shopping center, or call on friends

who own some woods or like trees -nav e them read the br ochur e, tellem about NYFOA.You've got it within your power to

_ t NYFOA significantly on the map.

SWEET WATER OF THE WOODS

According to Dr. Earle A. Bates,specialist in Indian lore at CornellUniversity, the Indian's Thanksgivingfor the "Sweet Water of the Woods,"was one of twelve celebrations per-formed by early Americans for thefruits of the earth. Cash income fromthe sale ofmaple syrup, creams, andsugar in New York State would indi-cate that modern Americans shouldalso give thanks for the "Sweet Water."

Farmers with sugar bushes arefinding that no farm activity will re-turn them more cash income, at atime when there is no strain on thelabor force, than the production andsale of maple products. This is es-pecially true for producers who havewell kept bushes that are above aver-age in size and who retail their mapleproducts in attractive containers atthe farm.

Maple syrup is produced in prac-tically every county of the state butin Lewis and St. Lawrence countiesit is an important industry. The 1965census reports 140 Lewis Countyfarms produced 44, 233 gallons of sy-rup. In St. Lawrence County, 214farms made 38,323 gallons. Much ofthis syrup, particularly in LewisCounty, was soldat $5.50 per gallonthrough the use of attractive signs atthe farmstead.

On these farms, woodlot manage-ment has been practiced; new sugarhouses have been built or old onesrepaired; as high as four evaporatorshave been installed and on some farmsplastic pipe has been installed to con-vey sap to the sugar house.

IMPORTANT NEW COMMITTEEAPPOINTED

A Committee on Land Use and Re-source Management was appointed byPresidentHanaburghat the 29th meet-ing of the Board of Directors of theNew York Forest Owners Association,Inc. in Syracuse January 14, 1967.Chairman of the Committee is Direc-tor Lloyd G. Strombeck, formerly4-H Club Agent at Norwich, N. Y.,and presently Executive Director, Ti-oga Opportunities Program, Inc , , 202Front St. , Owego, N. Y. (Tioga County).

To serve on the Committee on LandUse and Resources Management alongwith Director Strombeck, PresidentHanaburgh has appointed 2nd VicePresident Arthur E. Rasmussen, Fi-nancial Vice President, Avco Corpora-tion, 750 Third Ave. ,.New York, N. Y.10017; Henry Kernan, FOA ConsultingForester to South American and Afri-can countries, Worcester, N. Y.; DanSmiley, Proprietor, Lake MohonkMountain House, New Paltz, N. Y. ;Blair Smith, forest owner of Stuyve-sant, N. Y.; Wallace Brown, forestowner, RD I, Stillwater, N. Y.; andconsulting forester, Donald Peters on,Vice President, Adirondack Forest,Inc., Wilmington, N. Y., as members.

Taken together this NYFOA Com-mittee on Land Use andResource Man-agementwith its two professional con-sulting foresters, represents a broadrange of experience in forest manage-ment, pulpwood production, forest in-vestment, esthetic andrecreationman-agement, reforestation,. and extensiveexperience in land use problems ofNew York in many parts of the State.

FARM WOODLAND INTERESTSPROPOSAL FOR STATE PARK

Mrs. Dorothy Wertheimer,Syracuse, N. Y.

Dear Mrs. Wertheimer:I am enclosing my application for

member ship in the as s ociation.Ihave owned my farm on Skaneat-

eles Lake about 30 years. This islocated about six miles from the southend of the lake in a huge basin gougedout by melting glaciers thousands ofyears ago - an area of great naturalbeauty and geological interest.

When I moved into this country-side the horse was still used on thesefarms with lands sloping to the lakeon both sides; the tractor made allthese farms impractical and as a re-sult thousands of acres on either sideof the lake have been reforested, in-cluding my own 100 acres.

I have a photograph taken frommyplace of the hills across the lakeover 100 years ago - practically de-nuded of forest excepting in the greaterosion gullies formed by meltingglaciers; today most of this is cover-ed with fine forest land.

I believe this entire area shouldbecome a state or national park-preserved forever from man's en-croachment. There are excellentswimming and boating facilities atthe very southern end of the lake. Alllands can be purchased at most rea-sonable prices, excepting many cot-tages along the shore which can beleft out of the park area.

Inthese great erosion gullies arestands of virgin timber - unaccessibleto the farmers who cleared every a-vailable foot of land a hundred andmore years ago. These stands oft irnb e.r could s.o-readily he made a-~_vailable to the public by trails andbridges.

Possibly the Association could beof assistance in making the properapproach to state or government of-ficials for a study of this possibility.

Cordially yours,

(Signed) J. Frank HavemeyerSkaneateles, N. Y.

Planning to move) anyone? If youare, please inform our MembershipSecretary, Mrs. Luella B. Palmer,157 Ballantyne Rd., Syracuse, N. Y.13205 - then you can be sure to re-ceive your Forest Owner and othermailings. Please let us know whenyou have a change of address.

NEWS OF YOUNYFOA member Donald W. Dar-

rone, Syracuse, has been the recipi-ent of two significant honors recent-ly. The Award of the Silver Beaver,the highest recognition that can begiven by a local Boy Scout Council,was presented to him for distingu is h-ed service to youth. As 'president ofAllen Tool Co., Mr. Darrone wasals 0 selected as the Outstanding Manof 1966 in the field of industry inSyr acus e..

Jerome (Jerry) Prigoff is retir-ing after 32 years of coaching highschool basketball, much of which hasbeen done in the Fayetteville-ManliusCentral School. He will remain ashead of the Physical Education De-partment. One of his former stud-ents, John Herlosky, is an NYFOAmember who is presently the basketball coach at North Syracuse.

Mrs. Prigoffis the proud posses-sor of a certificate from the Depart-ment of Conservation of Cornell U-niversity, stating that she completedthe Conservation of Natural Resour-

study course which wasby NYFOA at an earlier

ces hornepromoteddate.

Some of our new members are:Merton R. Bean (Cortland) -

Certified Tree Farmer, McGrawJ. Frank Havemeyer (Onondaga) -

Certified Tree Farmer, SkaneatelesJohn A. Cherry (Steuben) -

Corning.Hewitt Pantaleoni (Sullivan) -

Music teacher at State UniversityCollege, Oneonta

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Wells McCabe -Rensselaer, N. Y. - Mr. McCabe isChairman of the Hudson River Val-ley Commission, created by the 1966ses s ion of the State Legi sl atu r ejonrecommendation of the Governor toassure the orderly development ofthe Huds on River Valley.

FIVE CORDS PER ACRE PER YEAR

A ten year research project in theculture of sycamore carried on bythe Georgia School of Forestry andthe U.S. Forest Service indicatesthat sycamore planted four by fourwill yield the equivalent of five cordsper acre per year with a harvest ev-erytwoorthree years. Use of smalltrees and coppice sprouts would re-quire a special harvesting machine.Pulping tests which included limbs,leaves and stern have been promising.(Source: Forest Farmer 10/66)

The NewYorkForest Owners As-sociation's basic aim is forest con-s er vat.i on-and a replenishing of treesalong with the desire t.o find someeconomic reimbursement to enable:them to continue a program which'will enrich their woodlands and bringa sense of satisfaction.

Conservation means using forestswisely instead of carelessly destroy-ing them. It means cutting no moretrees than is necessary and makingsurethatnewtrees are kept growingto replace those that have been cutor are dead. It means protecting for-ests from being killed or wasted byepidemics of disease, by insects orby fires.

Forests are the homes of gameand they look to the woods for food,cover, and water, but in a poorlymanaged forest some of these essen-tials might be hard to find. The shadeof dense forests, for example, keepssmall herbs and shrubs from grow-ing between the trees.

In a well managed forest, "ripe"trees are cut for lumber and otherwood pr oducts and then weeds, gras-ses and young trees fill the openspaces for proper cover for game.

If forest trees are not cut as acrop and used, they will eventuallydie and be replaced by young trees-provided the added fire hazard ofdead trees doesn't result in a disas-trous fire.

Good timber management meansjobs for loggers, men in the mill andall along the line to the finished pr 0-duct. These natural wood productsaddgreat~ytoth~~.~_qnomy of the na-tion and provides additional incometo farmers who have woodland re-sources to draw upon.

Few people realize, too, that ourwater supply and forests are truly

dependent upon each other.

Perhaps some of these facts willstart our reader s thinking about theirwoodlots and forests and how they,too, can help improve forest condi-tions and enrich the economy of a na-tion even though their efforts mayseem small.

It is the accumulation of manymany small efforts that eventuallymoves the greatest mountain.

Ben & Virginia SwayzeCorrespondentsUnion Springs (Cayuga County)N.Y.

"or Forest ServicePleasant Lake, Pennelville, N. Y.

Mills, Manager (age 16)

As you know I am a member of the NYFOA. I read the president's column= e November (1966) Issue, concerning writ e=ups for the Forest Owners, so

. ought I would sit down and write something for the Forest Owner.My subject is the Junior Forest Service atPleasant Lake, Pennellville,

_-a Y. The Junior Forest Service is a non-profit organization and at the timeists of six members, including myself, whom is the manager. The pur-

e of our group is to do the following things:1. To promote better forest and conservation practices, for the benefit of

? easant Lake and its people.2. To establish better recreation centers.3. To get more people of Pleasant Lake interested in some type of forest-cons ervation.4. And to teach boys the meaning of conservation.So far we have completed a project known as the woodland improvementset up by the A.S.C.S. Committee in"Oswego. The pr cgr arn was set up

- follows:First aforester came up to our wood lot, and marked all trees which werecome out for some reason or another.We cut down most of the trees that were marked, and used the limbs for

rving quarters for wildlife. We cut the logs up and will use them for fire woodour picnic area. We do not as yet have a picnic area but we are in the pro-

cess of having one. In this area (20' by 30' just as of now) we will have theowing:1. A picnic table2. A trash can3. A fire place with logs4. Sow grass to play on. We will not start this until we can get funds to do. Also Iforgot to say before that we have a conservation school for the someboys of Pleasant Lake. Enclosed you will find a booklet some of the boystaught made up.(Then Curtis supplied a 9 page Forest Notebook by the Junior Forest Ser-

ice with a page devoted to each of the following:1. Campfire safety2. Campfire safety con't3. What to do when lost in the woods4. Starting a community foresto, Conservation highlights6. Conservation activity7. Your' conservation ideas8. Conser.;;a:ti;;n school for Boys9. The Junior Forest Service

page 9 Curtis describes the Junior Forest Service as follows: Editor)The Junior Forest Service is an organization consisting at the presence 5mbers whom all are interested in some type of conservation. The Junior

t Service was started about one year ago. Ever since the club has beenling to do 2 things. First we are trying to promote better forestry at Pleas-

Lake. And secondly we are to get more boys and parents to become inter-ed in 2 things, one our club, and two better forest practices that willhelplake to become a better forest community. By getting more people inter-

f••-r'prl in our club and the condition of the lake and woods we can improve the1•.••~)G8. We have allready begun this project but can go further with your help.

ow I am going to talk about our project that we completed this year 1966.The Junior Forest Ser vice signed, up for wood land improvement, thisdone to produce better growth between trees. We were to remove all thethat were defective. By the end of Sept. we completed this 6 month pro-

and received 25.00 for the cost sharing. We hope next year we may doagain to impr ove the woods of Pleasant Lake.

TAX FAX

TEXAS ADOPTS CONSTITUTION-AL AMENDMENT TO MEET THEPROBLEMS OF ESCALATING TAXRATES ON AGRICULTURAL LANDINTHEPATHOF URBAN DEVELOP-MENT. The amendment- -adopted bya vote of 587,500 to 510,765 in a: briskcampaign--authorizes the assessmentof farm land on the basis of its agri-cultural use, rather than its potentialvalue for commercial or residentialdevelopment.

To prevent speculation, a threeyear retroactive tax based on the fullmarket value of the property will belevied if the land is sold or goes outof agriculture in the future.

About 20 states have taken somekind of action in this field in responseto rising tax pressures on farm landaround metropolitan areas. The taxburden often makes farming unecon-omic, and forces the abandonment ofagricultural operations. Valuable o-pen space and sources of fresh farmproducts are thus sacrificed, and thewasteful "leap-frog" pattern of urbangrowth continues.

Wise land use around mushroom-ing urban centers is a critical con-cern of Soil and Water ConservationDistricts. The preservation of primeagricultural, forest, and recreation-al lands in and around built-up areasis a goal worthy of consideration byevery progressive community. Re-source inventories and soil surveysavailable through Conservation Dis-tricts can help in the delineation ofsuch areas --including water and otherresource development sites--deserv-ing pr ote ction.

S~lective taxation is one route toencourage particular land uses throughpublic action. Zoning, purchase ofscenic or development easements,and outright land acquisition are oth-ers. All have their advantages anddisadvantages. If we do not want ourgrowing cities to obliterate the coun-tryside surrounding them, everytechnique for reserving needed openspace should be explored.

(Source: Tuesday Letter, The Nat ,Assoc. of Soil & Water ConservationDistricts, Nov. 29, 1966)

To all NYFOA members:As you persuade new members to

sign up for NYFOA, write on the ap-plication forms "Introduced by----"and then your name.

I-. WALNUT LEADS FOR FURNITURE

Walnut is still the leading hardwoodfor furniture.

This fact was r eveal ed at the springSouthern Fur nitur e Mar ket, High Point,N. C. , by a team of wood experts whosurveyed the 2,331 bedroom and din-ing room suites displayed.

Walnut was showninnearly21 per-cent of the suites, a slight increasefrom its representation last winter.The species is in short supply becauseof the heavy volume of walnut logs be-_ing exported.

Cherry jumped from third placelast January to second position, withrepresentation in 16.6 percent of thesuites. A bigger advance, however,was registered by pecan and hickory,grouped together in tabulations. Thesespecies in fourth spot in January with11. 6 percent, trailed cherry only sli-ghtly, being identified in 16. 5 percentof the suites.

The study found maple dropping tofourth place with only 12.2 percentrepresentation. Last January it wasin second place with 17.8 percent ofthe market.

Painted woods, found in 7 percentof the suites, were in fifth place, upfrom seventh in January; oak, at6. 7percent, remained sixth; mahogany,5 percent, advanced one notch to sev-enth; and prints andplastics (3.4 per-cent) dropped from fifth place to eighth.

Source: American Tree Farmer &Forestry Digest - Silver AnniversaryIssue, 1966

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

Editor-Secretary: Floyd E. CarlsonCollege of Fore strySyracuse, N.Y. 13210

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

FROM 1755 EDITION OF "TEN BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE" WRITTEN460 AD BY VITRUURUS, ROMAN ARCHITECT.

NEW TREE FARMER CERTIFIEDOur congratulations to Francis M,.

Wroblewski, NYFOAmember, on be-ing certified as a Tree Farmer at theDecember 13, 1966 meeting of theNew York Tree Farm Committee.

As noted in the December 1966Forest Owner, Francis is ExecutiveSecretary of the New York ChristmasTree Growers Association, 753 DoatSt., Buffalo, N. Y_ 14211, and aCharter Member of NYFOA_

For those NYFOA members es-pecially interested in growing Christ-mas trees we suggest your seriousconsideration of membership in NY-CTGA as a valuable source of infor-mation and contacts.

Chapter VOf preferving the Trees after they are cut,

what to plaifter or anoint them with,of the Remedies againft their Infirmities,

and of alloting them their proper Places in the Building.

AFTER THE TIMBER IS CUT, it muft be laid where the scorching Heatof the Sun or rude Blafts of Winds never come; and efpecially, that whichfalls of itfelf, ought to be very well protected with Shade. And for this Rea-fon, the ancient Architects ufed to plaifter it over with Ox-Dung; which Theo-phraflus says they did, becaufe by that Means all the Pores being stopped up,the superfluous Flegm and Humidity concreting within, diftils and vents it-felf by Degrees through the Heart, by which 'Means the Drynefs of the otherParts of the Wood is condenfed by its drying equally throughout. And theyare of Opinion that Trees dry better, if set with their heads downward.

CHRISTMAS TREE SCHOOLMARCH 3-4

Production costs, weed controland fertilization, Christmas treemarketing, how a Christmas treegrows, and a question corner will allbe featured at Cornell's 1967 Schoolfor Christmas Tree Growers, whichwill be held on the campus Mar ch 3and 4. No fewer than three out-of-state experts will be on hand to sharetheir knowledge and experiences withthose attending.

For the modest cost of $7. 50, aregistrant can obtain an outstandingeducational experience hard to dupli-cate anywhere in the country. If yougrow or plan to grow Christmas trees,you should not miss this r ed-Tet te revent. Because March 3-5 promisesto be a particularly busy weekend atCornell, you are urged to write Cor-nell's Extension Forester, Ithaca,New York 14850 as soon as possibleto make sure of lodging reservations.

Building the forests of New YorkState is a big job. Nowput your should-er to the wheel and see that this bro-chure and the application f'orm areused. Don't let this brochure clutterup your desk. Put it to work!