May 1965 issue of the New York Forest Owner. Published by the New York Forest Owners Association; P.O. Box 541; Lima, NY 14485; (800)836-3566; www.nyfoa.org
<i~ 'T"'~!:' , - ,;, 9, .~~ J'~" •• ~ .. F .- Issued Monthly by New York Forest Owners Association, Inc. 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 "~r''T''-'''' With Harvey H. Smith, Second Vice- ident, Auburn, presiding; an enthusiastic 1•• .a1~'ng of 100 members of the New York Forest I"lne~rs Association got underway about 9:15 Marshall Hall at the State University of Forestry on Saturday, April 24, Beginning with the welcome from Assoc- Dean Graves the business meeting moved dispatch. Mrs. Luella B. Palmer, Treas- !_m]r-"~f>rrmf'rship Secretary, reported a balance 20.30, membership at 604, a::50% increase the last Annual Meeting. After the report by the Secretary,(to rinted in the June Forest Owner) Chairman ittees on Legislation, John Daly, on "nK~am, Director Palmer; on Arrangements, e Borland; and on Auditing, Dr. Herbert epper, submitted reports which were _IDr1DVf>d• A proposal by H. Dyer Phillips, Chairman .e New York Tree Farm Committee that the eeting be held in cooperation with the Farm Committee, was reported favorably e meeting. After- the election of directors, report- e_sewhere in this issue, at 10:30 there was _ee break marked by a busy and happy buzz versation. Then followed a panel on t Development" with Alex Dickson, Exten- Forester, Cornell, effectively serving .~ erator. Henry Gallien, Jr., Director e Bureau of Industrial Development, em- zed the importance of privately owned in New York State economy; Russ Deckert of the College-of Forestry, cited the great improvement in the market for hardwoods for pallet and, other purposes ; Tom Sherer, Conservation Department, presented an illus- tratedsummary of the mArket development for soft pulpwood, and Dr. Eric Anderson, College ofltorestry, emphasized the cooperation be- tween State agencies working on a sub-committee re forest products as a part of Natural Re- sources Committee sponsored by the College of Forestry and Cornell University. At noon the members took time out to rummage through well stocked box lunches.- Then Floyd Carlson, moderator for a second panel introduced speakers on liTheMarket Out- look".' Francis Demeree presented the views as seen by the woodlot owner; Jack Webb, Pres-. ident Webb Lumber Co., Bernhards Bay, emphas- ized the importance of quality ti~ber and sustained woods management; Dr. Richard E. Lea, Manager, New York Timber Unit for Dia- mond National, Inc., Ogdensburg, presented the picture as seen by the softwood pulpwood buyer; and Harry Southard, Wood Procurement Manager for West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. in Mechanitville, discussed the expanding market for hardwood pulpwood. Sev~ral of the talks given will appear in later issues of the Forest Owner. As the afternoon panel got underway, and the student lounge cleared of the luncheon crowd, the hard working Arrangements Committee, Leslie'Borland, Chairman; John Ridings, Sec- retary; Russ Deckert, Ed Killeen, Sam Silver- borg, Phil Turner and Dorothy Wertheimer, in jig time converted the student lounge in Marshall Hall into "The Forest Market Place. n, (continued Page 2)
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<i~ 'T"'~!:', -,;,9,.~~
J'~" ••~..F
.- Issued Monthly byNew York Forest Owners Association, Inc.
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"~r''T''-''''
With Harvey H. Smith, Second Vice-ident, Auburn, presiding; an enthusiastic
1•• .a1~'ng of 100 members of the New York ForestI"lne~rs Association got underway about 9:15
Marshall Hall at the State Universityof Forestry on Saturday, April 24,
Beginning with the welcome from Assoc-Dean Graves the business meeting moveddispatch. Mrs. Luella B. Palmer, Treas-
!_m]r-"~f>rrmf'rshipSecretary, reported a balance20.30, membership at 604, a::50% increasethe last Annual Meeting.
After the report by the Secretary,(torinted in the June Forest Owner) Chairman
ittees on Legislation, John Daly, on"nK~am, Director Palmer; on Arrangements,
e Borland; and on Auditing, Dr. Herbertepper, submitted reports which were
_IDr1DVf>d•A proposal by H. Dyer Phillips, Chairman
.e New York Tree Farm Committee that theeeting be held in cooperation with the
Farm Committee, was reported favorablye meeting.After- the election of directors, report-
e_sewhere in this issue, at 10:30 there was_ee break marked by a busy and happy buzzversation. Then followed a panel ont Development" with Alex Dickson, Exten-
Forester, Cornell, effectively serving .~erator. Henry Gallien, Jr., Director
e Bureau of Industrial Development, em-zed the importance of privately owned
in New York State economy; Russ
Deckert of the College-of Forestry, cited thegreat improvement in the market for hardwoodsfor pallet and, other purposes ; Tom Sherer,Conservation Department, presented an illus-tratedsummary of the mArket development forsoft pulpwood, and Dr. Eric Anderson, Collegeofltorestry, emphasized the cooperation be-tween State agencies working on a sub-committeere forest products as a part of Natural Re-sources Committee sponsored by the College ofForestry and Cornell University.
At noon the members took time out torummage through well stocked box lunches.-Then Floyd Carlson, moderator for a secondpanel introduced speakers on liTheMarket Out-look".' Francis Demeree presented the viewsas seen by the woodlot owner; Jack Webb, Pres-.ident Webb Lumber Co., Bernhards Bay, emphas-ized the importance of quality ti~ber andsustained woods management; Dr. Richard E.Lea, Manager, New York Timber Unit for Dia-mond National, Inc., Ogdensburg, presented thepicture as seen by the softwood pulpwood buyer;and Harry Southard, Wood Procurement Managerfor West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. inMechanitville, discussed the expanding marketfor hardwood pulpwood. Sev~ral of the talksgiven will appear in later issues of theForest Owner.
As the afternoon panel got underway, andthe student lounge cleared of the luncheoncrowd, the hard working Arrangements Committee,Leslie'Borland, Chairman; John Ridings, Sec-retary; Russ Deckert, Ed Killeen, Sam Silver-borg, Phil Turner and Dorothy Wertheimer, injig time converted the student lounge inMarshall Hall into "The Forest Market Place. n,
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As soon as the panel talks were overNYFOA members swarmed allover the 15 exhibitsin "The Forest IMarke-tP'lace' presented by asmany wood. using! industries of New York St.ate~ ,With everyexhi'bi t manned by one or more',re-=>. •
presentati vesatjr NYFOA memb~rs 1:l:h8!!i'el1y '. '"scooped up'''lnl!format]onon J1ust what kind ofwood was purchased f or such manuf actur-edd temson display as bas~b~11 bats, charcoal, dimen-sion stock, flooring, pulpwood., toys" veneer"wood war e , pallets, panelling, rules aridyardsticks and sawmill p'r oduc ts that wereexhibi ted mostly on 8 root tables positionedaround the 'room. , There was many'a "I didn't
.kriow that II 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 sev-eral of the ,District Offices aro)Jnd the Stateas a promotion idea calling attention to woodproducts made in New York State.' Tom Shearer,rnernbe aeof -the Program Gommi ttee, said six ex-hibi t s in "The Forest Mark.et Place." were imm-ediatelysecured fOT this purpose on Saturdayafternoon and trucked away, and ,that five 'more wood manufacturers promised exhibitswould be made .ava lLable during the summer.
An alert; .cr'ea t ive .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 Imer v -Chafrman , and Lloyd G. Strombeck,Secretary,deservea big hand from the mem~be rship "for the push they gave to the advan-cement of forest-ry 'at the Third Annual Meet-ing at ;the College of Forestry on Saturday,April 24, 1965. More than ever .we realizethe importance of markets to the timb~rgrowers of New York Stat~ •.
And now the big push will soon be onfor an Autumn tinged Association Fall Meet-ing most. likely to be somewhere i .in the East-ern Adirondacks the'last Friday and Saturday1n September.. Let's plan to take to thew.oods in a big way for our Third Annual FallMeeting! ----
f.E.C.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * *DEAN GRAVES WELCOMES NYF'OA AT THIRD ,ANNUALMEETING, ' .(Dr. Paul F. Graves, appointed AssociateDean for Resource Management and Forest Ex-tension at the State University College ofForestry at Syracuse University on February
18, 1965, hascbeen a member of the facultyfor 18 years. Born in Owego, New York, hegraduat~d frorj1the College of Forestry in1939, '.stayed on to receive a Master of For-estry qegree,-in 1941 arid earned a PhD. in195Q~from Syracuse University Graduate Schoo'.' (Dr. Gr ave s served with the Soil Cense-r-
vatiOri SerVice, was administrative officerfor the Secretary of Agriculture for twoyears, a District Ranger; and Staff Assist-ant in the U.S. Forest Service in Minnesotaand III ioai s ,
(Dr. Graves joined the faculty of the. Colleqe of Forestry in 1947 and was promotedsuccessively from Instructor, Assistant Pro-
.fessor, .A~sociate Professor to Full Professorin 1956 arid Chairman of the Forest ManagementDepartme~t. His address follows.
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Chairm.an Harvey Smi th~f ladies and. gentlemen of the New York Fcr-est Owners .AssocLast.i.onand guests.
On behalf of Dean Shirley, I am .honor edto bring you ~~re8tirigs and to welcome you'tothe Colle~e on thi~ beautiful,$pring day,.,
Dean Shirley asked that I convey his~sinCere regrets that he,canriot"be piesent"and extend his best wishes for a'highly succ-essful ~onference.
This lsonly the third annualmeetiiilgofyour'As$ociation. Since becoming orgcmizat your first: meeting on April 27, 1963," youhave made a mode st yet noteworthy beginningas a new force acting. in the, interest, of s-and proper forest resource use' for prLvate,tax-paY}Qg landowners. 'Fortunate 1Y» suchlandownersare'stil1 in the majority. Injust two years s ince that first -rneet inq youhave. grown from about 108 in the formingto just over.600 today.
We at the College share these In ter.est sand'responsibilities in proper forest ~e-source use wi th you. The. State" and our.pro-fession, has an obligation to the l~ndowners~to the industrY"and to th~:general,public tohelpmeet the continuing ne~ds6four sQ~ietas effectively as possible. Wecan'achi~vemost in this, direction by all working closelytogether for mutual understanding.
Consideraiion of markets and m~rket delopment,by your A$sociation is most timely.Inc-rea-singtheeffec;tiveness 'of the marketing4ffQrt fbi wood products is ~he ~ey to succ~essful enterprise for both the mills and thewood g~owers and producers~' Products must besold -t.orecoup investments and realize
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_ L, and in today's competitive economy thisquires constant and vigorous attention andovation. '
By and large the uses of woqd have q,eenaditional in our society and the manufactures
Dod products h~ve been a traditional in-This cannot long continue in today's
ic technology. Inriovation must provideuses 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 designingucts and uses to the available materials,
_ as sawing 2 x 6's from logs and then' con-cting b0ildings so that the 2 x 6 servesately as a rafter or joist, the approachis to establish the optimum performance
rements for a given purpose or need, andseek or make,the material or materialsthe right combination of properties tothose requirements. This materials-re-
tion is ~articularly apparent in the co~-• er and packaging industry. The war be- .
materials, such as plastics and aluminumwood and steel and others, and combina-s, moves ?t a very fast pace, causing many
~1KI~al ies to redefine their product objectives 'other companies to be extremely reticentt iiwesHng .rrrcost Ly modernization to
~a.~Tease efficiency for traditional markets.Market analysts are now pointing Qutboundaries between industries are be-
m.--lr g increasingly blurred. .Newer materialsbeing incotporated into traditional ones.
I•• .wler and plywood companies are manufactur-ood-based products with a variety ofgs, binders, and overlays made of
ics and synthetic resins. Forest pro-companies can now convert wood intoLe plastic, and plastic companies' can
ce synthetic paper. 'Besides the growing intensity of newct competition, today there is in-
g segmentation of markets. Manyt customer groups for product manu-
rs are emerging, with new and quitenctive needs. There is a growing de-for lumber products that have beened through various finishing and fab-on changes at the mill. This provides
opportunities for profitable use offore unpopular species and qualities
od, if effectively utilized and imagina-y marketed.In forest products m~rketing today aproblem that must be resolved is how
ntinue to profitably utilize wood asmateiial while the qu~lity of timber
and.the supply of larger trees of tradit i.on-.aliy prefetred species has seriously deClin-ed~"For exarnp Le jras U.S~ Forest ServiceChief Edward Cliff pointed out in connection'with the most recent inventory of forestre-sources, less than 10 per cent of tcitalin-veritory volume in our easter hard\fl!oodstandsnow is comprised of trees more than 15" indiameter -- 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 maylook forward to a still further decline intree size and d~sired species, and to con~siderable portions of the market for qualityhardwoods beingserved.,.
On the other hand the outlook for markef" .demand i~ bright~ According to this~latestU.S. Ti~ber Trends. report of the For~s~ S~r-vice, j~it oJt thii February~ demand for pro~cessedwood 'products 1s projected, to rise 'from the present annual il billion cubicfeet to about21 billion cubic feet in theyear' 2000 -- just about double. , Demand forpulpwood,piywood, and veneer is estimatedto nearly triple by the year 2000. Forlumber, our needs in a short 35 years wi 11 ;._have increased by nearly 50%, to some 54 bill-ion board feet. Imports of certain timber,products are likely to Lncre ase .sornewha t , butmost of the timber required for"f~tur~ U.S. 'markets in general is expected to come fromdomestic forests. ,', ' ,
FOr N'ew York state, these projectionsrath~rclearly indicate that we may expectstrongly increased utilization ofourmor.eextensive hardwood timber areas, considerabliexpanded and diversified wood product deve~lopment and marketing opportunities, more in-tensive and better quality management oncommercial forest, ownerships, and substantiallyimproved efficiency and mechanizatiot;1in,thewood harvesting and wood processing industriesin the years ·ahe~d.
The program before you .today exhibits anawareness9f these trends. Some 17 differentmarket users of wood .have COme together to.cooper~te with your members, and with each·other, in heipiog develop a better apprecia-tion of the importance of markets as thelife-blood of modern wood production andmanufac~uring. The panels are comprised ofmen who are'unusually eminent and knowledge-able ,in,their subject fields ~ Your programcOmfnittee has brought together the ingredientsfor,an outstardingly successful meeting today.We at the Colle~e hope that your sessions anddiscussions and marketing activities will be
I n~tere s'tillngand tin sit'nuc'trve,,:antl,tb a:.t~ttiheywf.lI'help to:se'r':v:e -jf,:l:»E::e:s:-b~W:;lm~r0,ur"Sta;t'e:rby 'h€i::fpiin'gyou, to ,make ::i+t~,y>.
.'The .Board ofDi·rectursiscompris.ed .of 15members" onerthf nd of whom .are e.Lec ted eachyear 'for three year ·terms. Officers of the-As s oc iat.Lon will .be .el e c ted at the .nex t meet-ing 'of .t.he Board ':of Directors in May.
PRES,I9ENTJOHNSON"'S MESSAGE ON NATURAL BEAUTYPART'!1 '(Edito~~scn~te1 :This outstanding message will
"Thd s-rnearrs that 'he'auty must .not 'he j,uS',ta h,o.liday ,tr,e:at.,but "a pa:rtof our daIJ. yliie,.It mean's,n.otjust ,easy'ph\}Esimal -access ,but:equal sothU access Eor _r.i:ch zand poor, Nsqr o'and 'wh"Lte"'cIty -dwel'ler :an:dI=armer,.
"'B-e:auty ..isnot:;an~easy -th'ing to me,asure •'Lt doesmit showupdn ~the gross national pro-duct., ,:in sa 'weoekly p'ayche'ck",'~or in pr-ofdt andloss st:atements. .But these things 'are not end:in themselves. They are ,'a road to .satisfactiand p.l e.asure 'and the good .Li.fe , Beauty makes,its 'ownd'i're~ct tccrrt.r ibu td.on to these final 'end'7Ther.efo·re:d:t :1>:6 '~0IiYerof -:the -nros't important 'com-ponenns ,oiour 'true :na±'hmal .dn.come, .not to beleft out simply,be:cause sta,thtlCianscannotoaLcu.l a'tedbs worth .•
"And some tbingswe :doknow,. Associationwith beauty can enl:arge'man",s Imaqi.na't.i.on 'and'l"ev±v-e~h1'S::spr.tr.i't..Hg,line;ss 'oan demean the'pe:ople who ,live .among it. ,What a ci then seesevery day is his Amer i ca., .Tf it i.s attractiveIt add's '±otbequality of his Tife. If it .Ls'ug Iyit'can de:gradehi s existence.
"!Beauty has otber immediate -va Iue s., It.adds -to ,safety whether -removi nq direct dangersto :he'a'lth, or making h'ighways less monotonousand dangerous. We also know that those who.Li ve ,.In bUghted -and squalidcondi tions aremore :susceptl'1Dle ·to anxi'e:t'ies and 'mentaldi saacs.-e.•
".uglines:s~is cos.try, Tt can betocJ:ean:a 's'Ootsmeared building" OTnew 'ar-eas vof .recre atd.cn when the .oLdscape could bave 'been preserved far moreiche ap Iy.•
'''Certainlynoone -wou.ld 'hazar d a nationaldefinition of beauty. Bu't we do know thatnature Ls "nearly always 'beau'tdfuL, We do,for the mos.t part, kn'0wwhat,isugl y. And we'can d.:n't:ro'duce, IntoaHour planning, ourprograms, our building and our growth, a con-:scious and active concern for the values ofbeauty. If we do this then we can be succes,s-ful in preserving a beautiful America.
A year ago., ,CarlSaddlemire , joined ourAssociation, but we failed to get his address.Do you ha~pen to know him? If so please sendhis address to - Mrs.Luella B. Palmer, Mem.-
