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.Issued Monthly by New York Forest Owners Association,
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Acting 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
WEATHER BRINGS OUT 100 AT ANNUAL
Deckert of the College-of Forestry, cited the great improvement in the market for hardwoods for pallet and, other purposes ; Tom Sherer, With Harvey H. Smith, Second ViceConservation Department, presented an illusident, Auburn, presiding; an enthusiastic tratedsummary of the mArket development for 1•• .a1~'ng of 100 members of the New York Forest soft pulpwood, and Dr. Eric Anderson, College I"lne~rs Association got underway about 9:15 ofltorestry, emphasized the cooperation beMarshall Hall at the State University tween State agencies working on a sub-committee of Forestry on Saturday, April 24, re forest products as a part of Natural Resources Committee sponsored by the College of Beginning with the welcome from AssocForestry and Cornell University. Dean Graves the business meeting moved At noon the members took time out to dispatch. Mrs. Luella B. Palmer, Treasrummage through well stocked box lunches.!_m]r-"~f>rrmf'rship Secretary, reported a balance Then Floyd Carlson, moderator for a second 20.30, membership at 604, a::50% increase panel introduced speakers on liThe Market Outthe last Annual Meeting. look".' Francis Demeree presented the views After the report by the Secretary,(to as seen by the woodlot owner; Jack Webb, Pres-. rinted in the June Forest Owner) Chairman ident Webb Lumber Co., Bernhards Bay, emphasittees on Legislation, John Daly, on ized the importance of quality ti~ber and "nK~am, Director Palmer; on Arrangements, sustained woods management; Dr. Richard E. e Borland; and on Auditing, Dr. Herbert Lea, Manager, New York Timber Unit for Diaepper, submitted reports which were mond National, Inc., Ogdensburg, presented the _IDr1DVf>d• picture as seen by the softwood pulpwood buyer; A proposal by H. Dyer Phillips, Chairman and Harry Southard, Wood Procurement Manager .e New York Tree Farm Committee that the for West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. in eeting be held in cooperation with the Mechanitville, discussed the expanding market Farm Committee, was reported favorably for hardwood pulpwood. Sev~ral of the talks e meeting. given will appear in later issues of the Forest Owner. After- the election of directors, reportAs the afternoon panel got underway, and e_sewhere in this issue, at 10:30 there was _ee break marked by a busy and happy buzz the student lounge cleared of the luncheon crowd, the hard working Arrangements Committee, versation. Then followed a panel on t Development" with Alex Dickson, ExtenLeslie'Borland, Chairman; John Ridings, SecForester, Cornell, effectively serving .~ retary; Russ Deckert, Ed Killeen, Sam Silverborg, Phil Turner and Dorothy Wertheimer, in erator. Henry Gallien, Jr., Director e Bureau of Industrial Development, emjig time converted the student lounge in Marshall Hall into "The Forest Market Place. n, zed the importance of privately owned in New York State economy; Russ (continued Page 2)
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As soon as the panel talks were over NYFOA members swarmed allover the 15 exhibits in "The Forest IMarke-tP'lace' presented by as many wood. using! industries of New York St.ate~ , With everyexhi'bi t manned by one or more' ,representati vesatjr NYFOA memb~rs 1:l:h8!!i'el1y '. ' "scooped up'''lnl!format]onon J1ust what kind of wood was purchased f or such manuf ac tur-ed d tems on display as bas~b~11 bats, charcoal, dimension stock, flooring, pulpwood., toys" veneer" wood war e , pallets, panelling, rules arid yardsticks and sawmill p'r oduc t s that were exhibi ted mostly on 8 root tables positioned around the 'room. , There was many'a "I didn't .kriow that and "'That'5 news to me'i and 'II' ; ,had no idea toys were made in, Skaneate les", etc., etC. PiJr'theruse of the di splays had already been requested by Toin Shearer, Conservation "Department for .use in County Fair exhibl ts. '" ' The exh3zbits wi'll also; be displayed in several of the ,District Offices aro)Jnd the State as a promotion idea calling attention to wood products made in New York State.' Tom Shearer, rnernbe aeof -the Program Gommi ttee, said six exhibi t s in "The Forest Mark.et Place." were immediatelysecured fOT this purpose on Saturday afternoon and trucked away, and ,that five ' more wood manufacturers promised exhibits would be made .ava lLab le during the summer. An alert; .cr'ea t i ve .and hard working Pro:..' gram Committee comprised of Alex Dickson, Tom Shaar ar., Dr» Gerald R. StarrsandMrs. Dorothy,Werth~irneri headed up by Emiel D. Pa Ime r v -Chafrman , and Lloyd G. Strombeck, Secretary,deservea big hand from the mem~ be rsh i p "for the push they gave to the advancement of forest-ry 'at the Third Annual Meeting at ;the College of Forestry on Saturday, April 24, 1965. More than ever .we realize the importance of markets to the timb~r growers of New York Stat~ •. And now the big push will soon be on for an Autumn tinged Association Fall Meeting most. likely to be somewhere .i n the Eastern Adirondacks the'last Friday and Saturday 1n September.. Let's plan to take to the w.oods in a big way for our Third Annual Fall Meeting! ---f.E.C. =>.
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DEAN GRAVES WELCOMES NYF'OA AT THIRD ,ANNUAL MEETING, ' . (Dr. Paul F. Graves, appointed Associate Dean for Resource Management and Forest Extension at the State University College of Forestry at Syracuse University on February
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18, 1965, hascbeen a member of the faculty for 18 years. Born in Owego, New York, he graduat~d frorj1the College of Forestry in 1939, '. st ayed on to receive a Master of Forestry qegree, -in 1941 arid earned a PhD. in 195Q~from Syracuse Uni ve r si ty Graduate Schoo '.' (Dr. Gr ave s served with the Soil Cense-rvatiOri SerVice, was administrative officer for the Secretary of Agriculture for two years, a District Ranger; and Staff Assistant in the U.S. Forest Service in Minnesota and III ioai s , (Dr. Graves joined the faculty of the . Co lleqe of Forestry in 1947 and was promoted successively from Instructor, Assistant Pro.fessor, .A~sociate Professor to Full Professor in 1956 arid Chairman of the Forest Management Departme~t. His address follows. . F ~E.C'.)
Chairm.an Harvey Smi th~f ladies and. gentle men of the New York Fcr-est Owners .As soc Last.i.on and guests. On behalf of Dean Shirley, I am .honor ed to bring you ~~re8tirigs and to welcome you'to the Colle~e on thi~ beautiful,$pring day,., Dean Shirley asked that I convey his~ sinCere regrets that he,canriot"be piesent" and extend his best wishes for a'highly successful ~onference. This lsonly the third annualmeetiiilg ofyour'As$ociation. Since becoming orgcmiz at your first: meeting on April 27, 1963," you have made a mode st yet noteworthy beginning as a new force acting. in the, interest, of sand proper forest resource use' for p rLva te, tax-paY}Qg landowners. 'Fortunate 1Y» such landownersare'stil1 in the majority. In just two years s i nce that first -rne et i nq you have. grown from about 108 in the forming to just over.600 today. We at the College share these In ter.est s and'responsibilities in proper forest ~esource use wi th you. The. State" and our. profession, has an obligation to the l~ndowners~ to the industrY"and to th~:general,public to helpmeet the continuing ne~ds6four sQ~iet as effectively as possible. Wecan'achi~ve most in this, direction by all working closely together for mutual understanding. Consideraiion of markets and m~rket de lopment,by your A$sociation is most timely. Inc-rea-singtheeffec;tiveness 'of the marketing 4ffQrt fbi wood products is ~he ~ey to succ~ essfu l enterprise for both the mills and the wood g~owers and producers~' Products must be sold -t.ore coup investments and realize (continued Page 3)
_ L, and in today's competitive economy this quires constant and vigorous attention and ovation. ' By and large the uses of woqd have q,een aditional in our society and the manufactures Dod products h~ve been a traditional inThis cannot long continue in today's ic technology. Inriovation must provide uses and new markets by anticipating the , r'~ ~eeds and t~en convincing him of benefits of the product over, that of com~ingmaterials. There is a large '~aterials~ ~,-,-,~;..;;..;;;..;;;..;;..;." going on. Rather than designing ucts and uses to the available materials, _ as sawing 2 x 6' s from logs and then' concting b0ildings so that the 2 x 6 serves ately as a rafter or joist, the approach is to establish the optimum performance rements for a given purpose or need, and seek or make,the material or materials the right combination of properties to those requirements. This materials-retion is ~articularly apparent in the co~• er and packaging industry. The war be- . materials, such as plastics and aluminum wood and steel and others, and combinas, moves ?t a very fast pace, causing many ~1KI~al ies to redefine their product objectives ' other companies to be extremely reticent t iiwesHng .rrrcost Ly modernization to ~a.~Tease efficiency for traditional markets. Market analysts are now pointing Qut boundaries between industries are bem.--lr g increasingly blurred. .Newer materials being incotporated into traditional ones. I•• .wler and plywood companies are manufacturood-based products with a variety of gs, binders, and overlays made of ics and synthetic resins. Forest procompanies can now convert wood into Le plastic, and plastic companies' can ce synthetic paper. ' Besides the growing intensity of new ct competition, today there is ing segmentation of markets. Many t customer groups for product manurs are emerging, with new and quite nctive needs. There is a growing defor lumber products that have been ed through various finishing and fabon changes at the mill. This provides opportunities for profitable use of fore unpopular species and qualities od, if effectively utilized and imaginay marketed. In forest products m~rketing today a problem that must be resolved is how ntinue to profitably utilize wood as mateiial while the qu~lity of timber
and.the supply of larger trees of tradi t i.on-. aliy prefetred species has seriously deClined~"For exarnp Le jras U.S~ Forest Service Chi ef Edward Cliff pointed out in connection' with the most recent inventory of forestresources, less than 10 per cent of tcitalinveritory volume in our easter hard\fl!ood stands now is comprised of trees more than 15" in diameter -- of species such as birch, maple, white oak, ash, tUlip poplar, cherry, etc. for which there are well-established m~rkets. The facts and trends indicate that we may look forward to a still further decline in tree size and d~sired species, and to con~ siderable portions of the market for quality hardwoods beingserved.,. On the other hand the outlook for markef" . demand i~ bright~ According to this~latest U.S. Ti~ber Trends. report of the For~s~ S~rvice, j~it oJt thii February~ demand for pro~ cessedwood 'products 1s projected, to rise ' from the present annual il billion cubic feet to about21 billion cubic feet in the year' 2000 -- just about double. , Demand for pulpwood,piywood, and veneer is estimated to nearly triple by the year 2000. For lumber, our needs in a short 35 years wi 11 ;._ have increased by nearly 50%, to some 54 billion board feet. Imports of certain timber, products are likely to Lncre ase .sornewha t , but most of the timber required for"f~tur~ U.S. ' markets in general is expected to come from domestic forests. ,', ' , FOr N'ew York state, these projections rath~rclearly indicate that we may expect strongly increased utilization ofourmor.e extensive hardwood timber areas, considerabli expanded and diversified wood product deve~ lopment and marketing opportunities, more intensive and better quality management on commercial forest, ownerships, and substantially improved efficiency and mechanizatiot;1in,the wood harvesting and wood processing industries in the years ·ahe~d. The program before you .today exhibits an awareness9f these trends. Some 17 different market users of wood .have COme together to. cooper~te with your members, and with each· other, in heipiog develop a better appreciation of the importance of markets as the life-blood of modern wood production and manufac~uring. The panels are comprised of men who are'unusually eminent and knowledgeable ,in,their subject fields ~ Your program cOmfnittee has brought together the ingredients for,an outstardingly successful meeting today. We at the Colle~e hope that your sessions and discussions and marketing activities will be (continued Pag~ 4}
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PRES,I9ENTJOHNSON"'S MESSAGE ON NATURAL BEAUTY PART'!1 ' (Edito~~scn~te1 :This outstanding message will
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,CarlSaddlemire , joined our we failed to get his address. know him? If so please send Mrs.Luella B. Palmer, Mem.-