The amount reported as consumed for pulpwood includes some balsam, estimated at ten per cent. Of the 84 pulp mills in this State, three of them use poplar almost exclusively. These three mills make a pulp which is used in the manufacture of a high grade of paper needed for books and magazines, and for which spruce is not available. In making calendered paper a large proportion of rags is necessary, and poplar is the only species of wood that can be used as a mixture with good results.

In the classification of the product by localities the term "Farming counties," includes the entire State outside the twelve Adirondack and four Catskill counties.

The term "roundwood" includes not only logs, but also the largest of the round branches which are used in the manufacture of wood alcohol, furniture, excelsior, and for fuel in brick kilns. As the material for these industries is to a large extent cut into fourfoot lengths the mills make their returns in cords instead of logs, and it is impossible to separate the smaller wood from the logs.

The amount of shingles reported are made from logs cut, or set apart at saw mills, for this purpose. Shingle makers estimate that one thousand feet of logs will make from 8,000 to 10,000 shingles, the estimate varying according to the quality of the logs, and the length of the shingles- sixteen or eighteen inches. The figures given for the total output may therefore be increased accordingly. A large proportion of the shingles made in the Adirondack counties are