. Annual report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York. Forests and forestry; Fisheries; Game and game-birds. Forest Taxation. By C. A. SCHENCK, Ph. D* THERE are found in this country thousands of cabins and houses, uninhabited and uninhabitable, with the roofs and windows gone, the floors destroyed, and the sides falling to pieces. Apparently it does not pay the owner of such ruins to keep the place in good repair. There are thousands of forest tracts in this country, unproductive and neglected, with the merchantable timber gone, the vegetable ground-floo
. Annual report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York. Forests and forestry; Fisheries; Game and game-birds. Forest Taxation. By C. A. SCHENCK, Ph. D* THERE are found in this country thousands of cabins and houses, uninhabited and uninhabitable, with the roofs and windows gone, the floors destroyed, and the sides falling to pieces. Apparently it does not pay the owner of such ruins to keep the place in good repair. There are thousands of forest tracts in this country, unproductive and neglected, with the merchantable timber gone, the vegetable ground-floor destroyed by fires, and a few decrepit and worthless trees gradually falling to pieces. Here, too, it does not pay the land- owner to keep the woods in good condi- tion ; the outlay required for forest preser- vation is found to surpass the revenue derivable from such expenditure, in the very large majority of cases. Unfortunately for the commonwealth, the neglected forest forms the rule ; the preserved forest is the exception. We never think of putting before the owner of a dilapidated cabin the financial wisdom of proper repairs and of timely care. That owner, without a doubt, understands the requirements of the case better than an outsider. On the forest owner, however, all bystanders (who, of course, do not own a foot of woodland) lavish their kind recommendations and friendly advice with a view of bulldozing him into forest preservation and sylvicultural *Forester to the Biltmore Estate, N. C; Principal, Biltmore School of Forestry; and Forest Assessor to the Government of Hesse Darmstadt. 26 395. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York (State). Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests. [Albany, N. Y. : The Commission]
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