The New York Forest Owner - Volume IV, Number 1

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Issued Monthly byNew York Forest Owners Association, Inc.

an unprecedented opportunity to become ac-quainted with these leading organizationsof the nation in the field of forestry, re-creation, conservation and wood use.

President: Dr. Eugene Klochkoff, 20 E. 74th St., New York 21, N.Y.Editor-Secretary: Floyd E. Carlson, College of Forestry, Syracuse, N.Y.

Treasurer-Membership Secretary: Mrs. Luella B. Palmer, 157 Ballantyne Rd., Syracuse, N.Y.

FOREST BEAUTY CLINIC-FEATUREAT FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING

Su6csss of the Forest Beauty Clini~ isassured. Taking place Saturday after-from 3:30 to 5:00 o'clock in the Stu-Lounge of Marshall Hall we are now ass-that 12 national organizations will be.

and 'with a small exhibit for displaytwo representatives at their exhibit

with information about their organizationviews on the subject "Forest Beauty and

.Harvesting. "Among the national organizations assur-

us of their participation are: NationalService, Forest Service, Bureau of Landement, Boy Scouts of America, Americancd AssOCiation, American Forest Pro-

s Industries, American Forestry Associa~, American Society of Landscape Archi-s, Soil Corise~vation Service, U. Socultural Extension represented by the

ga County 4-H Clubo And we are anti-ngcooperation.from the National Wild-

Federation and the National Audubon .- - I.

etyoIncluded in the Forest Beauty Clinic,be/e special display of details int beauty, -the work of photographer Dr.

iam Mo Harlow, recently retired from theege of Forestry as Professor Emeritus.photographs are from a book "Patterns of- the Unseen World of Plants" to be

ished by Harper and Row July 1966.NYFOA members will have the opportunity

talk to leaders in the fields of forestand forest utilityo Through publi-

s available from these national organ-ons and from talking personally to

r representatives our members will have.---------------------------------------------

DIRECTORS COMPLETING THREE YEAR TERMS

Among the NYFOA 15 member Board ofDirectors, those finishing their three yearterms in 1966 .are Mrs. Dorothy Wertheimer,Second Vice President Harvey H. Smith, Stan-ley W. Hamilton, John W. Stock (1 yr.)*, andFloyd E. Carlson.

Anticipating that the suggestion forincreasing the number of the Board of Direc-tors from 15 to 21 will be approved at theAnnual Meeting, Fred E. Winch, Jr., Chairmanof the Nominating Committee, has been workingto secure two nominees for each office to befilled. Fred is developing a brief biograph-ical sketch for each candidate. Be sure andbe present to vote on April 30 at the FourthAnnual Meeting.

(*For last year of Ted Buckley, resigned.)

PANEL ON FOREST BEAUTY AND TIMBER HARVESTING

A four-man panel with First Vice Presi-dent David H. Hanaburgh serving aS'moderatorwill kick off the morning sessionrc>f theFo~~th Annual Meeting of the New York ForestOwners Association.

Panel members and the varied titles oftheir talks are as follows:

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PANEL ON FOREST BEAUTY etc. (continued)

"The Professional Forester Looks atTimber Harvesting" - Prof. Jean E.Fisher9 Chairman, Dept. of Extension,state University College of Forestryat Syracuse University.

'~orest Industry and Posterity - OurObligation" - Norman W. Olmsted, Wood-lands Manager, Finch, Pruyn Co., Inc.,Glens Falls, N.Y.

"The Logging Mess - Whose Fault?" -John W. Stock, Supt., Litchfield ParkCorp'9 Tupper Lake, N.Y.

"The Consultant Contemplates the Com-patability" - David E. Strong, Consult-ing Forester, Wilmington, N.Y.

Sound intriguing? Can natural beauty (orforest beauty) be harmonized with forest util-ity? Come, see, and hear - for yourself.

MEMBER NEWS ~ FROM "Au TO "Z"A gratifying response to the recently re-

vis~d dties schedule indic~tes that our membersare firm believers in the objectives and, thefuture of the New York FOfest Owners Associa-tion. As this is written, less than a weekhas passed since the new schedule was announc-ed.

,To date, we have no SUPPORTING member; orSPONSORING member" but every other category iscovezad 0 .Jbe. .re.spoos.EL_tQ_the Fami l¥ .Memhe.r-ship idea and also the CONTRIBUTING membershiphas been especially favorable.

Among new members are:Mr. George A. Viele (Warren)Mr. Marshall A. Greene - Former accountant andoffice manager of the now dissolved OtsegoForest ~roducts Corp. Assoc., Inc.Mr. George L. Adams (Otsego)Mrs. Helen W. Xanthaky (Otsego) - Every letterin the alphabet is now represented.Mr. Philip Boos (Du~chess)Mr. Oliver Stromberg (Warren) - Teacher inBinghamton.Mr. & Mrs. G. N. LaVeillie (Oswego) - 2 member-ships.Mrs. Helen Kopke (Otsego)Mr. Robert D. Kunzman (Broome) - N. Y. Tele-phone engineer. Is a Certified Tree Farmerand an FPA Cooperator.

The county in parenthesis indicates thelocation of forest land. In most cases thisinformation is on the original applicationblank. All other facts were obtained fromquestionnaires which have been returned.

Your membership secretary welcomes in-teresting bits of news and information con-cerning members. Our file cards need morethan bare statistics. Individuality and pesonality can only be supplied by you.

Total membership to date is 6660Luella B. PalmerMembership Secretary

DEAN SHIRLEY TO WELCOME NYFOA ONAPRIL 30

Dr. Hardy L. Shirley,as Assistant Dean and Dean of the State Uni-versity College of Forestry at Syracuse Uni-versity, will be on hand to welcome NYFOAmembers to the Fourth Annual Meeting in theAuditorium of Marshall Hall.

When NYFOA members visit the College ofForestry at the Fourth Annual Meeting theywill see marked changes on the College ofForestry campus. Bulldozers have been atsweeping the main forestry campus free ofshrubbery and trees to establish grade linesaccommodating the new Biological Sciencebuilding and new library building on whichconstruction will soon begin. Ground break-ing for the new Biological Sciences buildingtook place at noon on March 18.

Dean Shirley retires from the CollegeSeptember 1 of this year. A steadfast andstaunch .suppor-t.ee.cf NYFOA~ Dean Shirleystrongly supported the late Prof. Svend O.Heiberg of the College of Forestry in hislong time effort to bring the Association ito being.

DOROTHY WERTHEIMER - CERTIFIED TREE

"Being city-born and city-bred~of ever becoming a TREE FARMER was apossibility. We started buying land atLittle Point on Cayuga Lake at Interlake9Seneca County, mainly for a summer home.the years went on and our interest becamewhetted we kept adding pieces until we nowhave 112 acres directly on Cayuga Lake9 wit65 acres in woodlot, 24 acres in a larch

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ROTHY WERTHEIMER (continued)

lantation, and the rest in landscaped homeea.

"I have been an FPA Co-operator forny years, and have participated for sevenars in the ASC program of woodlot manage-nt by cutting and thinning. Last year wearted a pruning program in the hemlockands and are delighted with the aestheticsuIts.

"My own private project each year ise production of raspberries from a one

ere field, processed right on the place.st year our output was 444 pints of lus-ous preserves. I also take berries to thehaca Nursing HOme and to the I~pkins Co.spital.

"We are doing a waterfront improvement. b along the lake front and in the creek

tlets leading to the Lake. For this pur-se we have utilized treated locust madeilable by the thinning and cutting pro-

am. ,The latest portion of our cordwoods b~en given to the Seneca County Welfarepartment, for fuel use by the needy.

"So, you see, what started as a summer, for fun and boating, and fishing, hasbecome a full-fledged farm project with

I-time help necessary."Now - my greatest thrill in regard to

work at Little Point - the day (afteree years of trying) I received notice I

s accepted as a CERTIFIED TREE FARMER!t was in 1964, and I'll bet there isn'tin the state prouder of the certificate

that beautiful big sign I'm privilegeddisp~ay."

Director Dorothy Wertheimer

FOURTH ANNUAL MEETINGLUNCHEON WILL FEATURE AWARDS

Theodore T. Buckley, a Cornell graduateforestry and now sheriff in Washingtonty, served two years as first President

the New York Forest Owners Associationtil forced to resign for reasons of health.April 30 at the luncheon in Graham Hall,

President, Dr. Eugene Klochkoff willsent Ted Buckley an award in appreciationhis pioneering services as first Presi-

t.·from April 1963 to March 1965.H. Dyer Phillips, Chairman, New York

e Farm Committee, St. Regis Paper Co.,eriet, N.Y., will award Tree Farm certifi-

cation certificates to NYFOA members Samueland Dave Markle.

Climaxing the recognition by awardswill be the presentation of the first Hei-berg Memorial Award. It will be made byChief Edward P. Cliff in honor of ProfessorSvend O. Heiberg whose persistent influencebrought about the formation of the New YorkForest Owners Association.

KNIFE SHEARING OF CHRISTMAS TREES

Highlight demonstration of the MarylandChristmas Tree Growers Association, Inc., at_the_Anchor Nursery ,J,JnionviUe, _Maryland,was knife shaping evergreens for Christmastrees. This method may be of interest toNYFOA members.

The demonstration pointed up the super-iority of using long, narrow-bladed knivesover both hand pruners or hedge shears inshaping Christmas trees.

Shaping starts with a vigorous slashdownward, from the tree top to the bottom,cutting off all surplus new growth extendingbeyond a 60-degree angle of the sides of thetree to the ground. Done in mid-summer theknife cutting stimulates growth of new budson the cut off branches. The end result isa compact, full foliaged tree as new growthdevelops the year following. Extra longterminals and side branches are cut back,even into second year wood. This avoids snowweighing down long branches, creating undesir-able open areas and a degraded tree.

Knife cutting of second year wood is con-fined to Scotch Pine, spruces and firs. WhitePine should not be cut back beyond the pre-seni season's growth as new foliage rarelydevelops on second year branches and suchbranches will die back to the next whorl,causing an unsightly tree.

Knife blades used in shearing are narrow12 to 16 inches long. The blades must bekept razor sharp and honed about every 20-100trees. In cutting, move clockwise around thetree and hold the knife loosely to give awrist action snap. Keep the leg closest tothe tree as far back as possible to avoidinjory on the downward stroke. Knife shear-ing is dangerous work and it behooves theworker to wear gloves and leg guards. Work-ers need to be carefully trained.(Source: American Nurseryman, September 1965,Author, Harry William Dengler; reported byNYFOA member Stuart S. Hunt.)

FARM WOODLAND PICTURES ON DISPLAY

Shown for the first time in New YorkState will be a collection of Kodochrome en-largements of farm woodlands from all partsof America. The display is to be a part ofthe United States Department of Agriculture'sSoil Conservation Service exhibit at the NewYork Forest Owners Fourth Annual Meeting inSyracuse April 30.

The SCS will be one of a dozen nationalorganizations which will exhibit on the theme"Forest Beauty and Timber Harvesting" at theForest Beauty Ciinic, a unique feature of theNYFOA afternoon program held in the StudentLounge of Marshall Hall of the State Univer-sity College of Forestry.

Representing the Federal agency locallywill be Meredith Peters, Woodlands Conserva-tionist, State Office of the Soil Conserva-tion Service with headquarters in Syracuse,and Richard Howard, Conservationist of theSCS from Western New York.

Many of the farm woodlands scenes areespecially striking. They were taken by SCSInformation men and other employees of SCS.

THE KEY FUNCTION OF MAN

The philospher Alfred Korzybski chara-cterized plants a~ energy~Sfnders, animalsas space-binders, ano men as time-binders.

Converting solar radiation to chemicalenergy and moving from place to place tofind food and escape enemies are, indeed,key functions of plants and animals respec-tively. _ .__ _ _ _

Learning is the key function of man.Man must learn from the past, for now

is but a series of ever-fleeting momentsthe impressions of which mostly fade withequal swiftness. But some must be seizedand reflected upon, for such is the woofof learning.

The creative man is he who stores inhis mind the significant event of the mom-en~ and relates it to past experience con-structively.

Dr. Hardy L. Shirley, Dean

(Source: Honors Convocation, State Uni-versity College of Forestry at SyracuseUniversity, March 16, 1966.)

OPEN SPACE TAX LAW - IN CONNECTICUT

"Connecticut Woodlands" reports on alaw passed by the 1965 General Assembly inthat state. Called the "Open Space Tax Law"the measure was "an Act Concerning the Taxa-tion and Preservation of Farm, Forest, andOpen Space Land." The purpose of the Act isto encourage the preservation of farm, foresand open space land for the benefit of allpeople in the state. The key provision ofthe Law states that for assessment purposes,the present value of farm, forest, or openspace land, "--shall be based upon its ~ent use without regard to neighborhood landuse of more intensive nature,---." Addition-al restrictions apply to the open space cate-gory.

This a fundamental change in the taxa-tion of land in the United States; a changefrom the ad valorem to use values. If con-tinued, no longer will vast areas be shiftedfrom one specific use to another simply bythe pressure of taxation. The Connecticutlegislature has specifically stated that thepublic has a vested interest in preventingthe forced conversion of land brought aboutby high land valuation and resulting taxes.Orderly growth of the state's communities isone thing; but forced, aggravated growth isquite another.

This law is concerned with the vastmajority of the land in the State, since11% of Connecticut is urban.

(From Forestry Work To.21s, Octobermont Extension Service, University

PRESIDENT FOR WATER POLLUTION CONTHOL

President Lyndon B. Johnson on Jamw.xy24, 1966, sent his Annual Budget Message tothe Congress. In it he said, "Clean andsparkling rivers ought to be a part of everyAmerican'S environment. I intend to proposea new and expanded program to combat the pro-blem of polluted water. This program willcall for the improved enforcement authorityneeded to conquer pollution. It will alsoprovide for large-scale cooperative effortsof federal, state and local governments toshow how pollution can be eliminated through-out entire river basins."