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Horse Logging?I enjoy the Forest Owner very

much and hope you expand it. Theaddition of ads has added interestand should keep down the cost. Iwould love to see some attentiongiven to forest improvement projectsin the Forest Owner. I am particular-ly interested in horse timbering. Ifa workshop could be organized, Iprobably would attend.You asked in the March issue how

land owners feel about telling peo-ple how many acres they have. I dofeel it is similar to asking questionsabout a person's financial holdings,which is between me and my tax-man. When people ask me howmany acres I have, I ask them howbig they think a medium sizedwoodlot is. When they give a range,I answer with: Well, I guess mine issmall (medium, large).

-James N. MartinMuenster, W. Germany

Computer Program

A package of microcomputer pro-grams for forest managementdeveloped by the Tennessee ValleyAuthority is gaining widespread ac-ceptance in forestry circles. The keyto woodland planning and analysissoftware, called VJOODPLAN, is itsversatility. Forestsrs are using theprograms to quickly analyze yieldsbased on harvest schedules andmanagement practices, as well as tomake inventories, handle bookkeep-ing and accounting problems, and todeal with other financial andmanagement needs. To dateWOOD PLAN has been used on600,000 acres owned by 1,800private landowners.For more information, write to us.

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-The Cover-"The Fantastic Mr.

Fox" is the name of achildren's story, andthis is surely an ap-propriate name for thisMr, Fox: Richard J, Fox,of Moravia, NY,founder of NYFOA'sfirst chapter, The storyis on page 4,

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Association Officers

Mary Soons McCartv, President4300 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14618

letters posted &

IN THE MAILBOXpassed along.

June coverPicture - many words, Helmet,

brush guard, squirrel? Goodroot fruit.

·_·Dick FoxChairman,

Chapter Development

Back Issues?As recent owner of 60 acres of

woodlands, I would appreciate 6back issues of the Forest Owner. I'dlike to familiarize myself with theorganization.

-John DowningRed Hook, NY

(editor's note: a limited number ofback issues, beginning in January,1985, are available for the cost ofpostage to get them to you. Someolder ones are available and for thecost of photocopying plus postage,they, too can be sent along.)

Forest RoadsWe have some very useful publica-

tions on forest road building.Farmers may have more to gain thanother woodlot owners in creating apermanent road system, since theymay want more access to theirwoodlots. The Soil ConservationService also has a good deal ofknowledge about low cost roadbuilding. you may want to contactthem. You can write to me at ...

-K. J. KosprezykSenior Utilization

and Marketing ForesterNYDEC.

50 Wolf Rd.,Albany, NY 12223

Encourage Planting

The January, 1982, issue ofMechanics Illustrated, a surprisingplace for a forestry article, had agood one entitled, "Long on Wood,Short on Lumber." It summed uppretty well my feelings for the futureof forestry in this country. At thepresent time the lumber market is asslack as ever, yet I believe we've gotto take steps now to plan for futuredemand.I hope you can use your resources

to encourage landowners to plant,thin, prune and care for theirwoodlands in a manner that willmeet the country's and their ownneeds in the future.

-R. Myron Knight(Former Outstanding Tree

Farmer of NY)Hancock, NY

F.I.P.In 1980, New York led the nation

in funds earned and acres im-proved under the Forestry Incen-tives Program (FIP). During thatyear, $269,701 in cost-sharing wasearned and 10,023 acres of forestland were improved. Since that year,our position has dropped. In 1983earnings were down to $113,436 andacres down to 4,225, dropping ourstate to 4th in acres improved. Thisis in part due to national policies;however, allocated funds in recentyears have not been fully utilized.

If you know of persons that mightbe interested in learning more aboutthe program and have forest land inan approved county, please advisethem to visit their county ASCSoffice.

-Frank WalkleyState Executive Director

Agricultural Stabilization andConservation Service

Norman A. Richards, 1st VicePresident156 Westminster Ave.,Syracuse, NY 13210

Richard E. Garren, 2nd VicePresident1261 Apulia Road, Lafayette, NY 13984

Robert M. Sand, SecretaryCotton Hanlon, lnc., Cayuta, NY 14824

Stuart McCarty, Treasurer4300 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618

Howard O. Ward, AssistantTreasurer240 Owego Street, Candor, NY U743

George Mitchell, MembershipSecretaryBox 69, Old Forge, NY 13420

Thomas A. Conklin, Director10 Artillery Lane,Baldwinsville, NY 13027

Richard J. Fox, DirectorRD 3, Dresscrville Road,Moravia, NY 13118

John H. Hamel, DirectorBox L, 3805 Sweet Road,Jamesville, NY 13078

J. Morgan Heussler, Director900 Porterville Road,East Aurora, NY 14052

Allen F. Horn, Director3978 Pompey Center Road,Manlius, NY 11104

William H. Lynch, [r., DirectorlOO \'(lhitestonc Drive,Syracuse, NY I J215

Harold Petrie, DirectorR.D. I, &" ll7, Parish, NY 13131

Earl Pfarner, DirectorAllen Rd., Chaffee, NY 14030

Alec C. Proskine, Director9370 Congress Rd.,T rumanshurg, NY 14886

A.W. Roberts, Director981 Rtc. 222, Cortland, NY lJOll

Evelyn Stock, DirectorCamillus, NY U031

Lloyd G. Strombeck, Director57 Main Street, Owego, NY 11827

Wesley E. Suhr, DirectorRanger School, Wanakena, NY 11695

Materials submitted forpublication should be ad-dressed to: A Inn R. Knight,Editor, N. Y. Forest Owner,257 Owego Street, Candor,New York 13743.

Written materials, photos,and art work are invited.A lthougb the return of un-solicited materials cannot beguaranteed, they are normallyreturned after use.

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A Message From the President

"I've Got a Little Message"Most of' us have heard "The

Mikado" by Gilbert and Sullivan. Itwas first performed March 14, 1885,at the Savoy in London. A favoriteof mine from this operetta is "I'veGot a Little List," sung by KO-KO.The musical score bears the instruc-tions "brightfully and gracefully."I, too, have a little list. It is rather

bizarre, I think, but how do I knowhow that compares to your lists? Mylist includes: a hot air balloon ride,rafting on white water, a trip aroundthe world, a visit to New Zealand,owning a sheep, a trip on the bargecanal, attending a Wimbledon tennistournament and seeing the GrandCanyon.Then there is another list, really

more important than the wish list.This other list is one of appreciationand thankfulness. These goals havebeen fulfilled: a loving and caringfamily, from Mother to youngestgrandchild ... caring people, all.Good health, too, and so far, we are

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blessed with that. My partner offorty-one years has been thekeystone of this successful venturein living with this dream list.And yet another list: this one for

the greater community; a wish toleave the world in better shape thanwhen I arrived on the scene. "Goalsof a lifetime" is the name of this list.Included are the nurturing and car-ing for thousands of trees, and sell-ing an awareness of the need for pro-per management of our woodlandsin New York State and worldwide.Our group, the Forest Owners, real-ly has made an inroad on awarenesson these issues for more than twen-ty years. My increased participationhas made one of my Goals of aLifetime come true.Being President of NYFOA has

been work, but it surely has beenrewarding. This solid base has pro-vided expansion at a pleasing rate.For those of you who have lists,good luck in achieving some of yourgoals "brightfully and gracefully!"

-Mary Soons McCarty

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Richard Fox:Cayuga Chapter is born.

Cayuga Chapter, the first localchapter of the New York ForestOwners Association, is now official-ly formed. Although the associationrules have provided for suchchapters since its creation in themid-1960s, until now no one has feltthe need or found the time to createone. Richard J. Fox, of Moravia, NY,who was elected to the board ofdirectors of NYFOA while in themidst of stimulating the creation ofCayuga Chapter, is widely regardedas being the driving force that vir-tually singlehandedly recruitedmore than 80 land owners to formCayuga Chapter.Despite his labors, Fox says, ''I'm

not sure we have a chapter yet, notuntil this organization has its ownagenda and its own activities thatwill give it life."Fox, who operates a chain saw

sales and service shop in an old barnatop a hill overlooking Moravia, sayshe is a student of Zen."According to Zen, there is great

significance in an uncarved piece ofwood. The Zen view is that a bowlhas value only in that is empty. Itsvalue to me ceases if it is already full.This chapter is an empty bowl," hesays.FANTASTIC MR. FOXA highly complex man, Mr. Fox

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had considerable difficulty explain-ing why he wanted the NYFOABoard of Directors to ratify hisrecruitment activities, far more trou-ble, apparently, than he hadrecruiting the members, themselves.No small task ... as anyone whoever tried to sign people up for acommittee knows.It's been a logical, if surprising,

route from the biology laboratory tothe formation of a forest owners'chapter for the fantastic Mr. Fox."I started in biology," he relates,

"but I didn't like their answers. Alltheir good answers came fromchemistry, so I studied a lot ofchemistry. I never got a doctorate,but I took from it what I wanted."Interestingly, the oldest

chemistry is probably fire. . . .firewood. "So, now, he deals in the tools and

materials of what he calls the oldestchemistry; firewood, and forests.Mostly, though, Richard J. Fox dealsin ideas, deep ones, philosophicalones, that blend together into a fan-tastic mix of Zen, chainsawmaintenance, local politics, affinityfor woods, and activism.

Why does Richard J. Fox, like theMan of La Mancha, do the things hedoes? Why did he get involved inNYFOA?

Richard]. Fox: Zen and the art ofchainsaw maintenance.

"I don't know," he says with alaugh. He stops to think about it."Take the case of a young man

who came in here. He was so hap-py. He had just bought twenty acres.He said to me, 'I don't think I'll everhave to cut a live tree, there's somuch dead wood for firewood.'" 'Wait a minute,' I said. 'Maybe

you ought to just let that stuff rot andcut the poorer stuff. Around here,the name of the game is good,straight butt logs.'"He didn't know that, and I hope

to turn such people around."But is that reason enough to do

what nobody else has done; start achapter of the Forest OwnersAssociation? ."1 see this as a way for neighbors

to help one another," answers Fox."Around here the tradition is 'hus-tle the farmer.' It's a little like thesefly-by-night roofers that comethrough. A lot of times the farmerdoesn't know the relationship be-tween loggers and the mill. Hedoesn't know that the loggers' equip-ment is financially backed by themill. These foresters, loggers, andmill operators ... it's a club!"I can think of as many objections

to the forester as I can to the logger,and, in fact, one more. That is, theyhave the backing of the state."

STATE RELATIONSRichard J. Fox has strong feelings

about the State and its departmentof environmental conservation, andthat department's relationship withforesters."I saw the State's strategic plan for

the forest resource as being allbackwards. It came from the topdown. I have wanted to dosomething about that, but I have hadno authority to do it," he says. "Asocial organizer needs an enemy. Inthis case, it is the State."Despite his feelings about the

State, or perhaps because of them,Fox is also involved in the ForestPractice Board, a quasi-official ad-visory and policy-recommendinggroup affiliated with the New YorkState Department of EnvironmentalConservation."When Henry Brodnicki, a state

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service forester, died right over hereon my neighbor's land, the statereplaced him with half a forester andgave us all lists of consultingforesters. I became concerned aboutthis poor manner in which he wasreplaced. I hollered enough to getappointed to the Forest PracticeBoard, but I didn't like that too wellsince it didn't seem independentenough. So, when I heard theremight be a merger between theForest Owners Asssociation and theForest Practice Board, I became veryconcerned. The Forest OwnersAssociation was, after all, the onlyindependent voice in forestry. Iguess it was through this that Ibecame involved in NYFOA, andalso came to like the idea of localchapters."I have repeatedly argued at

Forest Practice Board meetings thatthe consulting forester program is amistake, a mis-use of the state'spowers. And I say this repeatedly asa representative of Cayuga County,and yet the damned thing never getsin the minutes!"MYSTIC?For all his earthly activism,

Richard J. Fox is driven byphilosophical, perhaps mysticalforces. He is keenly tuned-in to an-cient symbolism of forests,mushrooms, and fire. He sees thesesymbols and recognizes theirsignificance in natural occurencesand modern human strugglesaround him. He says, "The environ-ment is our own unique responsibili-ty, collectively and individually." Hehas misgivings about ripping outhedgerows for agricultural progress,about posting land, or, indeed, evenowning land. The natives whopreceeded us didn't, he reasons, andmaybe we shouldn't either. After all,they were closer to those early forestcultures, as he calls them, than weare.Richard J. Fox is a man of many

reasons. He did what he did for allof them. Perhaps the reason is notimportant. Of his new CayugaChapter (so named to conform withthe general territory of the CayugaIndians, not the county lines ofCayuga), Fox says, 'It's not evenmine any more. Now it takes on alife of its own. I won't even be anofficer."He's too busy starting another

chapter near Binghamton .•;.

August 1985

Moment InHistory

by Richard J. FoxA significant point in the evolution

of man in the Grand Scheme mayhave occurred when a uniquecreature consumed an unusual col-lection of fungi, and, upon recovery,moved from its home in the forest tovarious cavities, taking some treeswith it, probably because there wasa change in the weather.January 24, 1985, NYFOA, Inc.,

started a Chapter.So, just for fun, the chapter may

be seen as some part of the treeecology, and the period of time1980-1988 as a change in theAmerican national climate fromfederal weather to local effects, often

described as a grass-roots move-ment, but, more apropos, amushroom-mycelia movement. Theevident difficulty with the task ofreversion in this dubious analogy isthat the notorious Tree ofKnowledge and its informative fruitbear a thick crust of fungisophlsrlcus. The Americansophistication in this fungi was theso-called energy crisis, a peculiarhybrid of Christian-Islamic alchemy.But, then we remembered theoriginal tree-chemistry magic:firewood.Anyway, for membership in

NYFOA, chapter and verse, let ushave the knowledge of the tree andits fruits, to do for ourselves what wewill. Give us the information: what,for how much, and to whom. Giveus the skills, the how, by whom, andwhen. We will take what we need,and as we go along, work out thedetails. To be continued. +

Donald SpauldingMoravia, NYThomas HewittLocke, NyJohh.HatfieldMoravia, NYWalter TarztaMoravia, NYCharles ScottLocke, NYCharles WhitemanLocke, NYBruce BengeyfieldMoravia, NYRichard EdmondLocke, NYDavid TregaskisGroton, NYLyle AldrichMoravia, NY

ra andofficers'

Chairman: WenClellHatfieldVice Chairman: Alfred -":irrnl-,,,

Secretary: Lyle AldrichRD 4, 0Morav Y 13118

William MiIler, ..Jr.Moravia, NYRobinia Hill Deer FarmMoravia, NYWendell. HatfieldMoravia, NYFrancis WaltersMoravia, NY

Richard.aridJim Barrows John DermanLisle, NY Venice Center, NYDorothy O'Neil Mike JanasWhitney Point, NY Auburn, NYWilliam AlebaWhitney Point, NY

LarryWhitney Patnt, NY

Roger WardMoravia, NY

Fred NiemannChenango Forks, 'NYKenton PatchenLocke, NY

C. Victor SignorLocke, NYFred PalmerMoravia, NY

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Wallace JayneMoravia, NYArbon HatfieldMoravia, NYBruce FayMoravia, NYHoward BeckerMoravia, NYEarl DownesMoravia, NYMark KlippleScipio Center, NYFillmore Golf CourseLocke, NYRobert Hazleton, Jr.Moravia, NY

Bill TuttonLansing, NYLee Hopkins LumberMoravia, NYWillie PotterMoravia, NYJoe FoxGlen Aubrey, NYThomas HoldridgeMoravia, NYMartin and Bertha WhiteMoravia, NYCayuga County E.M.C.Auburn, NYSuckerport Lane FarmsMoravia, NY

"800/0 of thosevited to jointheir livingthe land."

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Edward BaylorMoravia, NYMelvin and Bentley BeanMoravia, NYJohn BaraubitzAuburn, NYDouglas P. TallmanMoravia, NYJohn GilesSkaneatles, NYDon StaytonMoravia, NYG. 1. VreelandScipio Center, NY

Ron KiebelWhitney Point, NY

Timothy BuhlLocke, NYRobert ThompsonKing Ferry, NYRichard SellenGenoa, NYJohn AbbottLocke, NYDierk TerlouwIthaca, NY

Olin BaconMoravia, NYC. BrunnerNorwich, NYWayne OakesAlbuquerque, NMDaniel DobrovoskySkaneatles, NYNicholas KowalAuburn, NYCharles LanphereSkaneatles, NYKen WilsonMontego Bay, JamaicaCarrie HansenTokyo, JapanPhillips-TylerNew Brunswick, CanadaPeter DixonKent County, EnglandMeirFeldRishon-Lezion, IsraelR.K. and H. Wood ProductsLocke, NYPowers LibraryMoravia, NYEvan 1. WebsterMoravia, NYShirley Hunter, M.D.Webster, NY

Cote Hardwood ProductsGroton, NYJohn RicksMoravia, NYRobert Welch

A. A. Peppe Timber Prod Manlius, NYMoravia, NYWassil ZabawskyMoravia, NY

Robert DeanWhitney Point, NYPatrick ClarkHarpursville, NY

Tim RobersonMoravia, NYLamco, Inc.Locke, NYSheldon ClarkGroton, NYMillard LeisLisle, NY

Other NewMembersDennis J. MoneyCanadaigua, NYJoseph MarcyMt. Upton, NYMichael GreasonCatskill, NY

Ruth ThodenBoonville, NYFrank LytlePittsford, NYW. F. MillerIthaca, NYDr. Harrison H. PayneJamesville, NYCurt BantaSpencer, NYJim CheesmanPerry, NYEric HalvorsenNewburgh, NYTodd HeidemannKent, NYDennis PetraskeWhitney Point, NYMrs. Robert PetrieMarblehead, MA

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The TwelveMonths ofChristmas

by Kathleen Kent, Christmas treegrower, Andover, N. Y.

Aug. - Finish the pruning. Remowany tree plantations that have heavygrass. Attend N.Y.S. Christmas TreeGrowers Summer meeting. Find outwhat's new in tree cultivation.

Sept. - Prepare next year's plantingsites. Spray brush killer if needed, cost$560lacre. Now is the time to ordernext year's seedlings to insure you'll getwhat you want. Meet with your veryanxious retail tree buyers and take or-ders.Oct. - Finish up your Christmas

tree sale contracts and put on yourhiking shoes and start grading andtagging your salable trees. Apply limeto plantations, as soil samples recom-mended.Nov. - Rain, rain, rain. Put the

mud-snow chains on your 4-wheel drivetractors. Make sure you have enoughrainsuits for all your employees. Tuneup your chainsaws, tree balers, trucks,and elevators and hopefully you or-dered enough tree baling twine for theseason. Now you're ready to harvestyour trees. If you are lucky the groundwill freeze; harvest will go smoothly. Ifyou get a lot of snow it will take you 2-3times longer to harvest. Remember,your cut trees aren't too salable afterDec. 25. Severe weather conditionsshows you who your most dedicatedemployees are.

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Dec. - Load truck in the cold allday and half the night. Tree buyerswho ordered trees have picked them upand paid for them. If not, this is whereyour lawyer comes in.

Dec. 25 - The grandest day of all.The rush is over and you're busy en-joying yourself and catching up on allthe rest that you missed. And don'tforget to count all of the piles of moneythat you earned. Take the money to thebank but don't forget the sales tax onall of your retail tree sales.Jan. - Attend N.Y.S. Christmas

Tree Growers Association wintermeeting. Finish year end books and filetax return. On calm, no-snow days,apply granular herbicide around eachtree. We also cut any brush and clearnew tree plantations. Repair anybroken machinery or make im-provements.Feb. - Start planning for spring

planting or southern exposures to growwell. Match your locations with theright tree. Planting Douglas Fir onpoorly drained soil you will producelow quality diseased trees. Douglas Firplanted on a southern exposure slopewill insure you of frost damage eachspring. High quality trees need goodsoil, proper soil drainage, and airdrainage.

March - Call nursery and remindthem of your early pickup. The soonerthe better. The earlier you get yourseedlings planted, the higher your sur-vival rate will be and the seedling willput on more new growth in this firstyear. All machinery and laborers areready. Finish herbicide work.April - Seedlings arrive, you unload

the truck, your heart pounds in yourthroat and you visualize the hours anddays of hard, body-breaking labor justto plant these baby trees. Then you askyourself, "Why do I do this to myselfeach year?" It's very important to getyour seedlings unpacked and replantedinto a nusery site. This will provide thebaby tree with a natural environmentuntil they are planted out into the field.In dry weather be sure to water theseedlings. Dry tree roots equal deadtrees and wasted money. Seedlings arenot cheap, figure $140/1000$350/1000. Remember, you get whatyou pay for. Also an extra year is betterspent in the tree nursery bed than inyour tree field. The bigger the seedlingsyou plant the sooner it will be a salableChristmas tree.May - As a tree grower you hope

for a wet spring and summer. Thishelps assure you of high seedling sur-vival rate. If you have taken specialcare, keeping your seedlings from

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drying out, with luck Mother Naturewill assist you in a good growingseason. Some years I have seen survivalrates at 50010,or up to 92%. You willwork just as hard and spend the sameamount of money on the dead seedlingas you will on the one that survives.One year I even had 15% survival inone plantation due to insects. In Mayall plants are starting to come back tolife, even the darn grass. Grass absorbsmoisture and nutrients from the soil,the same nutrients that your tree needs.So start mowing. If you wait to mow'later, your tree will be starving forsunlight in the deep grass. And youmight have a hard time finding thenewly planted seedling. By the end ofmay you should have most or all ofyour seedlings planted. If you havebeen planting by hand your feet will beblistered from stomping the soil tightlyaround each baby tree. And if you havebeen riding a mechanical tree planter,with your head between your legs, thedizzy spells will be getting fewer andyour squeezed bladder still won't knowwhen to go.

June - Finish up the planting, hangup the shovels, grease planter andgleefully park until next year. Makeperiodical checks for insects and diseasein tree plantations. Disease, wildlife,and insects can totally wipe out or eatup years and dollars, of your work.

Identify insects or disease and deter-mine what time to spray. Apply a com-plete, balanced fertilizer after you havedetermined what you need from a soilsample. Christmas trees are likechildren. The better you feed them thefaster they grow. The faster they growthe sooner you will harvest. Time ismoney to me.

July - Get out your pruning equip-ment. Get everything sharpened up, in-cluding your patience. Pruning makesyour tree. And if you don't know whatyou're doing you can ruin everythingthat you hope to achieve: a salable tree.First make sure you have compensationinsurance to cover pruner cuts, allergicreactions to bee strings, kids who fallout of vehiclesmoving from plantationto plantation, etc., etc., etc. Now youtry to' train your pruners, wife,husband, children or whoever workscheapest. You'll 'never know that youplanted too many trees until now. Eachyear the trees get bigger and thepruning job gets bigger. What startsout as a weekend's work rapidly turnsinto every weekend and every night af-ter work. As the trees from severalyears planting continue to grow, thejob mushrooms into "How I spent mysummer vacation" for the kids.-I don't mean to be discouragingabout growing trees. But there is a lot

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of unforseen labor and hazards toproduce a high quality tree. It's likeraising children, and it will consumeabout the same amount of time. At thepresent time you make a handsomeprofit in the tree business andeverybody and their brothers know thisnow. Everybody from the west to eastcoast who had vacant land have plan-ted it to trees. Knowing that it takes 10-20 years to grow a crop of trees, I fir-mly predict a tree glut. I predict thatthere are enough trees planted todaythat in the very near future the Christ-mas tree business will not be asprofitable. The National ChristmasTree Association has done extensivestudies and research on the future ofour industry. Their studies show thatartificial trees have been increasingtheir share of the market by 4.10% an-nually since 1978. About 78% of allhomes are using trees as a part of theirholiday celebration, but the share ofthe homes using real trees is decreasingat an annual percentage rate of 2.66.At this time I don't plant any trees

that wouldn't make good timber. If youdo decide to grow trees, do yourself afavor and join your state and nationaltree growers associations. Then find atree grower that you feel is successfuland with his advice maybe you will saveyourself some time and money and notmake the same mistakes that he has. •••

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NYFOA Fall Meeting with Catskill GroupOffers Splendid OutingThe Catskill Forest Association in

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seminar will be The Status of theCatskill Forest, Past, Present andFuture. An historical review will setthe stage. Field walks which displayvarious management and monitor-ing activities will help you visualizethe results of a plan. The highlightof Satuday morning, a five-memberpanel discussion, will enlighten usall on the future couse of land useand taxation.Frost Valley offers 4,500 acres of

mountain, forest and field presen-ting mile after mile of marked hik-ing trails and cascading troutstreams for your pleasure.Registered guests can choose fromapple cidering, tennis, biking orhorseback riding (at $6 per ride) andmuch more. So, please mark the dateon your calendar and join us for anenjoyably informative weekend.

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Frost Valley YMCA offers a wide range ofprograms and activities. As a summerresident camp. adventure: program center.environmental education center. and con-ference center. we serve thousands ofindividuals and organizations each year, Ifyou would like to know more about ourprograms. you can write us at Frost ValleyYMCA. Oliverea. NY 12462 or call(914) 985·2291.

Sovttam ApproachFrom New York Thruway Exit 16 (HarrI-

man) go 54 miles west on Route 17 toUberty (Exit 100). At end of exit ramp turnleft and go to first trafflc light Turn left inloRoute 52 west Go one mile and turn righlInlo Route 55 east Go ten miles to Curry.Look for sign on right side of road marked"Claryville". Turn left into County Road 19and go four miles 10 Claryville. Look forsign on right side of road marked "BigIndian". Turn left and follow a brook sevenmiles to Frost Valley. Turn left at CampWawayanda YMCA sign. Check in at firstbuilding on right

Norfhem ApproachFrom New York Thruway Exit 19 (King-

ston) go 30 miles wesl on Roule 28 to BigIndian. Look for sign on righl side of roadmarked "Oliverea", Turn left into CountyRoad 47. go fourteen miles to Frost Valley,Turn right at Camp Wawayanda YMCAsign. Check in at lirst building on the right

Note: To reach the Straus Nalional Train-ing Center. do nol turn left in Claryville, butcontinue straight for seven miles proceed-ing past the" dead end" sign.

No. People

FRIDAY and SATURDAY MEAL REGISTRATION FORM

__________ ,Breakfast $5.00 __________ Lunch $5.00 ________ ~Dinner $5.00

No. People- - SATURDAY AFTERNOON FIELD WALKS: 1:45 - 3:45 PM --

__________ T,imber stand Improvement

__________ ,Shelterwood System

__________ ,Acid Rain

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Would you be interested in attendinga second field walk scheduled for3:45 - 5:45

Name WalkYes or No

n.y.Forest Owner

August 1985

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Proposed Agenda

Friday2:00 6 :00 PM

6:00

7:30

7: 00 PM

9: 00 PM

9: 00 - 10: 00 PM

Saturday8:00 9 :00 AM

9 : 00 - 10: 00 AM

10:00 - 10:30 AM

10: 30 - 12: 30 PM

12:30

1 :45

1 :30 PM

3 :45 PM

Registration at the Castle. Free time for horseback riding. hiking.fishing and apple cidering.

Dinner.

Historical review of logging and culture in the Catskill region withemphasis on the Neversink Valley.

Ice cream social: a chance to talk with friends. associates andfellow stewards of the land.

Breakfast.

New YorkAssociation

Forest Owners Association and Catskillin trod uce organizations' programs.

Forest

American Forest Institute representative will describe theAmerican Tree Farm Program and Project Learning Tree.

Round table debate focusing on: "Changes in the landbasestructure and its effect on future forest productivity". The panelwill include:

o Bob Sand, Vice-President of Cotton-Hanlon will represent thewood products industry.

o Eric Wedemeyer, Broker for Timberland Properties will supplyinformation regarding pressures for land subdivisions andsales.

o Philip Davenport, associated with Highmount Ski Area andChairman for the Town of Shandaken's Planning Board willpresent the impact of forest related industries on townshipplanning.

o Tom Miner, Executive Director of The Catskill Center willadvocate the needs of the public in relatiori to land use practicesand policies.

o Paul Burck ard , Director of Sullivan County's Real Property TaxService will express county concerns with dwindlin g tax incomederived from forestland v s the high tax income generated byrecreation and second homeowner land use.

Lunch

Choice of field walks:

1) Review of 3-year old timber stand improvement operation.

2) Review of the Shelterwood System harvested in 1983.

3) Acid Rain testing and monitoring station with presentation.

If enough interest is shown we may schedule each walk at two differentallov:ing participants to depart at will. Dinner will be available Sa turday evening.

times

Limited accommodations are available in the Castle and Margettsbuildings. To assure a room in the lodging of your choice, please fillout the attached form and return it with payment to: The Catskill ForestAssociation, Lnc ,, Arkville, NY 12406 on or before August 12, 1985.Reservations will be made on a .first come first served basis.

OVERNIGHT REGISTRATION FORM

Must be accompanied with check made payable to: Catskill Forest Association, Inc.

Accommodations in Castle or Margetts buildings (include bedding & towels, no maid service)*

No. People Adults No. People youth (2 - 7)$34.001 night - 3 meals

1 night - 4 meals

$53.00

$58.00 $37.00

*The above per person rates are based on double occupancy. Add $10.00 per nightfor single occupancy. Deduct $10.00(adult) or $5.00(youth) for third person inroom.

Accommodations in Biscuib & Pigeon Lodge (bring bedding &"towels)

1 night - 3 meals $36.00 $26.00

1 night - 4 meals $41.00 $30.00

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Trade Upand DeferTaxes bySwapping Timberby James D. Scott

(special to the NY Forest Owner)

It has been said many times thatnecessity is the mother of invention.Certainly the current decline in tim-berland values as an investment hascreated a need for an inventive alter-native. The "like-kind exchange"described in Section 1031of the IRS taxcode would permit you to trade formore valuable property of a like-kindand defer the taxable gain until the newproperty is sold. Howevervyou mayelect to keep the new property anddefer the gain for an indefinite period,or trade up again and repeat theprocess.Timberland was considered an ex-

cellent investment in the early 1980sbecause it was believed that its valuewould always increase relative to the in-flation rate. Today, however, it isestimated that more than nine millionacres are for sale in the market. Accor-ding to recent news reports, companiessuch as Weyerhaeuser, InternationalPaper, Boise Cascade, and ChampionInternational have taken pre-taxcharges against earnings, or similiarmoves to cover anticipated losses fromthe sale or closing of some woodproducts manufacturing operationsand other anticipated losses associatedwith various timber operations. One ofthe key factors that has caused thedownturn in the wood productsbusiness is the huge increase in imports.And by all estimates, there is no end insight to turning the import situationaround.

It's obvious that an investment intimber is a long-term investment, andcarries some substantial risk in additionto poor economic market conditions.Fire, pestilence, and disease can destroyyears of hard work. Companies andprivate timberland holders shouldseriously consider shifting some of theirtimber investments to more productiveinvestments by utilizing the exchangetechnique. In other words, put thatcapital back to work through invest-ment in viable commercial and residen-tial real estate.

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Why exchange real estate? Over thelast decade, according to industry sour-ces, the average selling price of existingdwellings increased by 1880/0 from$25,700in 1970to $74,100 in mid-1980.Supply and demand, coupled with con-tinuing inflation, have escalated valuesconsiderably in all types of real proper-ty. All things being equal, real estatehas proven to be a true hedge againstinflation, unmatched by most otherassets. Real estate has more to offerth~ being just a hedge against in-flation; through the tax mechanism ofdepreciation, enhanced by leverage,real estate offers substantial current taxadvantages ~ well. Exchanging andrefl?ancmg will permit you to postponepaying your accruing capital gains taxliability. More important, you can owna property with a higher appreciationrate on which inflation can boostprofits. When you sell the home, youcan benefit from tax deferral and con-ve~si(:mof ordinary income to capitalgam mcome, thus, resulting in a muchlower tax rate thari ordinary income. Aproperty exchange is a sophisticatedtechnique for maintaining leverage andparlaying the principal untaxed. Realestate can be swapped without eitherside being required to recognize gainsas from a cash sale. The properties willnot necessarily have identical marketvalues or equity portions; one partymay really want liquidity, not anotherproperty. So each trade must beengineered to meet individual needs.How does one determine if a like-

kind exchange is the right thing to do?A low "carry-over" basis from theoriginal property reduces depreciation.deductions on the replacement proper-ty, and if you reflect a loss on theoriginal property, you will lose thededuction for it in a like-kind exchangeeven though the loss will be reflected ina higher basis for the replacementproperty.I am not suggesting that you should

divest yourself entirely, but diversify,Diversification into real estate' duringthis period of time, considering thecurrent economic environment in thetimber business, can provide a positivecash flow. As an added advantage, youcan exchange the cutting rights and stillmaintain ownership of the land. Thecreative like-kind exchange can,through diversification, enhance yourportfolio by spreading the risk.

Why would a developer exchange hishomes for timber? Although the pricemay vary, for the sake of this example,assume that the developer has a cost of75 cents on the dollar: and the ap-praised value of the finished home is$100,000: His acquisition, the tim-berland, has a fair market value of$100,000. Both parties agree that theirassets are of equal value and agree tothe exchange in the absence of a cashbuyer for either property, or at the veryleast, a cash buyer that is not willing topay the price. The timber owner's basisis probably much lower than thecurrent market value, so in addition toa sizable gain in profit, he also receivesthe tax-advantages of the 1031 tax freeexchange mechanism. The developeron the other hand will ultimately enterinto another transaction with his timberand convert that asset into hisoperating needs, profit margin intact.Bottom line: a cashless, tax advan-

taged exchange that has served bothparties equally. Need I say more?

Like-kind exchanges are complex,and it is best to use a specialist whenconsidering property exchange.The main consideration, therefore, is

the operating forecast for your presentproperty. If it no longer suits yourfinancial and tax goals, exchange it or,failing that, sell it. ••••

* James D. Scott is a Vice Presidentwith McMahan & Company, a NewYork City Broker/Dealer. Hespecializes in exchanges for businessesand individuals. For additional infor-mation, Mr. Scott can be reached at(212) 785-1330.

n.y. Forest Owner

Playing withBlack Walnutby Jack Hamel

Earl Pfarner, a board member fromChaffee, NY, is as avid walnut treefarmer. He thinks they grow well asseedlings and have an excellent ger- . rmination rate. Neither he nor I have I

had difficulty with rodents diggingthem up, but we both found an ex- r

tremely long tap root when we attem-pted to transplanting, but he claimsthat when he moved them to a per-manent location, the deer destroyedthem, mostly by rubbing. Darned if we ;could understand that or any logical ;reason for it. . :

The Eastern Black Walnut seems tobe a very useful tree. The cultivatedvariety grows huge nuts and, I read,ground-up hulls contain some oil saidto be one of the finest commercialpolishing compounds. We all know thedelectable taste of the nut meat, par-ticularly in fudge.

I have grown a 6 to 7 year old treethat is about 5 inches DBH and alreadybears nuts. Someone told me that atight chain wound about the tree causesan excellent wood grain.

Why don't we forest owners givemore space to the planting ofdeciduous trees, like the walnut, insteadof the conifer? +

Woodland Owner'sHandbookAvailable

The PFA Woodland Owner's Han-dbook features individual sections onforest ecology, forest managementplanning, wildlife management, timbersales and tax aspects of selling timber.It also includes information on treeplanting and tree identification.

Virtually all of the informationpresented in the Handbook is of valueto landowners in New York, as well asPennsylvania, according to the PF Aofficials.

Copies can be had for theprice of $13.25, plus $1.50 for postageand handling. The address is:

The Pennsylvania ForestryAssociation

410 East Main StreetMechanicsburg, PA 17055

August 1985

";~},:3One Man's;?cl'~~~~:Walnuts

TIlE DARK ON A WALNUT TREE

AugustWalk

Woods

On August 17,1985, the New YorkForest Owners Association willsponsor a woods walk. Our host willbe member Willard G. Ives, nearTroy, NY.This will be an extremely in-

teresting walk, as the Ives have real-ly used their property intensively.There are 60 acres of Christmastrees of all sizes, and the Ives operatea choose and cut Christmas treebusiness. There is about an equalacreage of white pine plantation, anatural 52-year-old stand of whitepine, and of a thinned red pine plan-tation. There are also hardwoodstands which have been thinned.Because of the good care they havetaken of their woods, the Ives have

by Earl Pfarner

Twelve years or so ago we planted afew black walnut seedlings in ourbackyard. This year, for the first time,they produced heavily, 5 or 6 bushels ofunhusked nuts.

" But, how to get the husks off easily,j so the nuts could cure and dry? I drilled. 1-1/4, 1-3 8, 1-1/2, and 1-5/8 inch~,holes in a yellow pine board andproceeded to drive the nuts through themost likely hole with an ordinary car-penter's hammer. Most of the husk wasremoved in the process, but the nutmust be caught and placed so the huskthat remains on the bottom as the nut isdriven through is placed to the side asthe nut is driven through a second time.

There is an easier way, though. Iborrowed a corn sheller we used tohave on the farm. It did a much fasterand cleaner job of removing the husk.

I would like to hear from other blackwalnut growers to learn their methods.Some say they place the nuts in adriveway and drive over them with thecar. I once backed into a driveway witha loaded pick-up truck and heard asound like firecrackers. It was butter-nuts being smashed and ruined.

Walnut growers can contact me atAllen Road, Chaffee, New York 14030 .•:-

received a Tree Farmer of the YearAward.

In order to further utilize theirproperty, the Ives have developedand operate an extensive system ofcross country ski trails. They arebusy on their property year 'round.

The walk will begin at 10:00 a.m.Participants should bring their ownpicnic lunch. Join your fellow forestowners for an interesting and infor-mative day.The location is on route 7, seven

miles east of Troy, NY. There is asign on the highway at their en-trance advertising: "MountainGardens Ski Trails." Their telephonenumber is 518-279-3760.We hope to see you there.

A. W. Roberts, Jr.Chairman,

Woodswalks

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Woodlot: Shop~.

Classified Advertisements:There is a simple formulafor placing a classifiedadvertisement in the NYForest Owner. Write or,preferably, type youradverrtisement. Count thewords (this ad is 52 words),multiply by $.25 per word,and send a check payable toNYFOA to: Editor, NYForest Owner, 96 TargoshRoad, Candor, NY 13743.

Display advertisements:They cost $5 per columninch, flat rate. There arethree 10-inch columns perpage. Ads should be sub-mitted camera-ready or innegative form. Ads can bedesigned and laid out foryou at a flat rate of $25. Anyblack and white glossyphoto in the ad will cost$10. Please inquire for cir-culation and demographicinformation. Contact theeditor at 96 Targosh Road,Candor, New York 13743.Telephone 607-659-5275evenings.

Forest Owners Tour: NewZealand, early March, 1986.Visit other forest ownersand Christmas tree growersin this agriculturalparadise. Tour arrangedespecially for forest ownersby forest owners. Spon-sored by The New YorkForest Owners Association.Contact New YorkshireTours, 96 Targosh Road,Candor, New York 13743.Telephone 607-659-5275evenings.

For sale: White pine cabinlogs, sawn to your specs.6x6 and 6x8, single and

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double tongue and groove,rounded and flat. 2x6 and2x8 kiln dried and tongueand groove. ContactEastern States LumberCompany, Inc., R.R. 1, Box812, Willsboro, NY 12996.Telephone 518-963-4298.

For sale: LaFont firewoodprocessor, modelSM-I00-E. Three phaseelectric. 16 foot LaFontclean-out conveyor. 50 foothorizontal conveyor.$42,000. Contact RichardH. Hoffman, Camp HillFirewood Co., 400 LisburnHeights Dr., Lewisberry,PA 17339. Telephone717-761-0395 days or717-790-9018 evenings.

For sale: Two bulldozer ortractor cabs ($25 ea.);bulldozer blade for JohnDeere, ($125); 5 horse, 60gallon tank air compressor,never used ($575). ContactKeith Armstrong, WitterRoad, Altamont, NY 12009.Telephone 518-872-0369.

For Sale: 33.5 acres nearCorning, New York,surveyed with all boun-daries clearly blazed andpainted. Borders state land.All wooded except for anacre on good road. Couldhave excellent view withsome cutting. Mostly hard-wood. Cash or terms. JamesMartin, 607-936-8536.Thierst. 9, D-4400 Muen-ster, West Germany.For sale: 10,000 acres ofWest Virginia maturetimberland with coal andproven gas reserves.Eighty-five million boardfeet mixed timber. Contact

Edward Mitchell, EmpireState Building, Suite 5620,New York, NY 10118.Telephone 212-695-1640 or914-855-1448.

For sale: 223,000 board feetof timber, 12 inch and up,located in Bethel, NY.35,000 bd. ft. ash, oak andcherry; 126,000 bd. ft. ofmaple, birch, beech. Con-tact J.P. Zylstra, 410Saracino Drive, Maybrook,NY. 12543. Telephone914-427-2712 evenings.

For sale: Black walnut, 8and Vz" around. Ten feet tofirst limb. Contact LarryWiseman, Route 9W,Sparkill, NY. 10976.Telephone 914-359-4742.

For sale: Black walnut tree,33" DBH, 6 feet to firstlimb, contact Roger Burritt,Box 4, RD 1, Utica, NY13502. Telephone315-732-4964.

For sale: Forty-six inchDBH black walnut. 3 and Vzfeet to first limb. ContactBradley Bush, Box 5, RD 1,Utica, NY 13502.Telephone 315-733-1920.

Wanted: We will pay cashon delivery for your oddlots of low grade hardwoodin all thicknesses. Can besub-standard quality.Preference to air driedstock in oak species. Con-tact Jules Budoff, BudoffFurniture, Inc., Box 530,Monticello, NY 12701.Telephone 914-794-6212.

Wanted: Exporter is inmarket for medium to largetracts of mature standingtimberlands located in theNortheast. Contact MitchellRealty Co., Empire StateBuilding, Suite 5620, NewYork, NY 10118. Telephone212-695-1640 or914-855-1920.

Wanted: Suppliers of smallquantities of dry dimen-sioned white oak timber12x12 and 10xl0. Also log-gers who will look forspecific white oak logs aswe need them. ContactTom, Rich at ManitouMachine Works, Inc., 14Morris Ave., Cold Springs,NY 10516. Telephone914-265-3153.

-Woodlot Datebook-August 17: Woods walk at propelty owned by Willard lves, Trov ,New York.

September 13-14: Fall meeting ofNYFOA, to be held in cooperationwith Catskill Forest Association atFrost Valley YMCA.

October 5: Woods walk at Jeffer-son County woodlands owned byWilliam Lynch, Jr.

October 13-16; IlOth annualmeeting of American ForestryAssociation, Traverse City,Michigan. Theme: Private Forests- Centerpiece of America's ForestResource. Contact AF A, 1319Eighteenth St., N.W.,Washington, D.C. 20036.

March, 1986: NYFOA tour to NewZealand. 607-659-5275 for details.

.',~'"&~IL ;;~+ ~~(D,,-~~,-, ~?;" ,~", \ .

V.Y- " ,.. heat for houses, work-1: ,c. ,ft;-. ." shops, and lumber

.~~ Jil··· d'~i:ta preservative_ "'~-1"~-:/ been invented to replace

pentachloraphenol? Canit be used with a brushor under pressure? Canit last underground as afoundation?If deer are raised as

domestic animals (deerfarming), can they beslaughtered any time ofyear, without limit as tonumber one person killsand be sold at any price?

-Robert C. WilcoxElmira, NY

Got a question?

ASK AFORESTER

Tree RemovalIs there a book on pro-

per felling techniquesand safety considera-tions for tree removalnear a house?

-Mike Nobiletti12 Beech Knoll Road

Forest Hills, NY11375

To my knowledge, nohow-to book ondismantling a large, ur-ban tree is readilyavailable, probably forthe same reason that it isdifficult to find a book onhow to fly a 747. It is toodangerous an activity todo from simple instruc-tions. It is foolish for anamateur to risk life andproperty in removing alarge, urban tree. Bothspecialized equipmentand experience, as wellas good liability in-surance, are needed forthe work, so it is bestdone by a competent treeexpert or arborist. Also,because removing thesetrees is expensive, it iswise to get more thanone quote on removal ofa tree. Consider reputa-tion of a firm as well asprice in deciding on treeremovals.

-Douglas MonteithSUNY School of Forestry

Syracuse

August 1985

Solar Drying

Solar heating planshave literally filledpopular home-buildingmagazines for the pastseveral years. Suchpublications as "FineHomebuilding, "SolarAge," and "NewShelter" have frequentlyfeatured plans and inter-views with builders.Such companies as Mor-ton and Agway will alsobuild workshops andgarages, etc. with solarcomponents. Retired Cor-nell professor E. 1. Stonewrote a pamphlet justbefore he retired on thesubject of a home madesolar firewood dryer. Itlooked like a glorifiedgreenhouse. Plans areavailable from mostcounty cooperative ex-tension offices or bywriting to formerNYFOA director JohnKelley at Fernow HallCornell University'Ithaca, NY 14853. '

-Editor(who just built a solarhouse)

Deer farming in NewYork, at least, doesn't re-ly on native white-taileddeer. I recently inter-

-Richard HaleUniversity of MaineForestry Department ~--------------~

viewed two commercialdeer farmers who tell methat there is no limiton the number to beharvested, nor on theprice to be asked. Thesefarmers rely on impor-ted or derived-from-imported Europeanfallow deer.

Contact Joseph vonKerckerinck, NorthAmerican Deer FarmersAssociation, c/o LuckyStar Ranch, ChaumontNY. '

-Editor

"Right now, theAmerican Association ofWood Preservative~anufacturers is argu-mg the case in court.These materials, in themeantime, are stillavailable, although on arestricted basis. Theymust be applied by a cer-tified applicator or at acontrolled, factory facili-ty. These preservedwoods must also not beapplied in interior usesor even in barns whereanimals might chew onthem, or in feed bins."

-K. GohPesticides Coordinator

Cornell CooperativeExtension

"Neither Penta norcreosote has been bann-ed, technically. You canstill buy it in a few rarestores in Maine, I think.But be sure to read andfollow the label and wearprotective clothing and arespirator.

"The only kind ofwood suitable for a foun-dation is factory treatedwood. Any wood that ahome owner might paintwith a brush and Pentacreosote, or Cuprinol willonly gain an extra yearof life, at most."

It Is Not EnoughTo Own a Forest.

The challenge is to nurture it, to fulfill adestiny of beauty, productivity, and familypride.. .while turning enough 'dollars overto hang on to it. But how?

There are no easy answers, only ideas toponder by the woodstove. That's whatNYFOA is all about ideas, family pride inforest management, and sharing ofdreams,

Through regular issues of The ForestOwner magazine. frequent seminars andwoods walks in one another's woodlotsand extended tours to extend thefellowship and learning in foreign lands.members of the New York Forest OwnersAssociation are growing as surely as thetrees in their woodlots.

New York Forest OwnersAssociationPost Office Box 69,Old Forge, New York1342()-()()69Yes, I'd like to learn more about The

New York Forest Owners Associationand how to get more out of my woodlan ds.

Name _

Phone

Address _

City _

State/Zip

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Please send notice of address change to Member-ship Secretary, NYFOA, Box 69, Old Forge, NY13420

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Permit No. 57

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