Season's Greetings Page 1 TALNADG~'S INTEREST VOICE OF (Jeff [)avis Ledger - Oct. 21, 19!+8) THE PRESS l:o:::=:=:=:=:=:=:==:=:=:=:=:=::==:=::: The interest which Herman Talmadge, cGaovttelrenora-nHd mfoinreatset,rys,howwhsicihn aargeritchurleteureo,f~ the prime concerns in Jeff Davis county, as well as many others, is very encourag- ing. BURNING fOREST DOLLARS When Talmadge came here as the guest of various club:; !ind organizations he (Coffee county Progress) spo~e not of pol1t 1cs, but of t_hese very Nature has done a wonderful job of subjects so close to us- agr1cultur~, providing this community with a slash ca~tle, forestry- and the manner 1n pine paradise,but it took her many years WhiCh he handle~ them showed he knew to, grow as much forest as fire w1ll dewhat he was talking ab~ut. His speech stroy in an hours time. was an able presentat 10n of the ~reat potentialities that lie jn Georgia and What would you think of a man who every per~on who h~ard ~~~ ag;eed that goes out and burns his doll13;rs? You'd conservation and d1vers1f1cat1on was a no doubt havd only one reaction to such great step forward. an out 1and ish ordea 1. And yet, a11 of us burn our dollars when we set fire to In his first sreech after winning t~e forest. g~v~rnor's race he ~oung ~armer-pol 1- ~ It 1an returned to h1s agriculture and Trees, unlike natural resourc!'ls such Industry program and urged that our raw as oil and minerals, grow, and 1f they materia1s 9e processed in Georg[a.rather grow, we must at least be kind to them. than sh1pp1n9 them elsewhere. Citing the need for so1l conservation and greater Every time we burn our forest, we are 1 ivestock industry he declarecf: burning our wealth and many times burn the property adjoining our own. with our naturally better climatic conditions and longer grazing period, save that tree for turpentine or tjmGeorgia can become one of the great ber. Keep fires out of your forest. N1ne dairying and beef-producing states. out of ten fires are caused by people 1 ike you. Just remember that when you That, you remember, was a major point burn your forest, you're burning your in his speech in Hazlehurst. dollars. In his Atlanta talk, he predicted sound economic future for Georgia as a a PUT IDLE ACRES TO WORK result of better balance of industry and agriculture, plus ever increasing uses (The Sylvania Telephone) of its natural resources. There are, according to a recent sur- vey,some 90,000 acres of 1and in Screven Georsia is both an agricultural and county not producin~ a dime. This is i ndustnal state. our own county of Jeff 1and, suited to the product ion of trees, Davis is primarily.agriculture,consider- but dormant because fire has been per- ing forestry in that category, but it is mitted to destroy all the seedlings, getting more industries and the more it leaving nothing but the valueless scrub gets the better off it will be. Just as oak. Illinois, for example, is a wonderfully It would benefit everyone if these productive state in both 1 ines, so can acres were converted into useful land by Georgia become. No state has better~r_e~f_o_rff_i_t_a_t_i_o_n--------~----~------ posslbilities. GEORGIA FORESTRY THINNifG DEMONSTRATION Vol. 1 No.~ (The Madison ian) DECEMBER 1948 we hated to miss the fine barbecue out at the Nolan farm last week when the A monthly bulletin published by the pulpwood people gave a demonstration of Georgia Departmept of Forestry,l+3~ State how the wood should be cut; but even so, Capitol, Atlanta, Ga., as a publIC ser- our real reason for wanting most of all v!ce to farmers, other landowners, and to be out there was to ask some of the t 11ltler growers. visiting pulpwood experts how to go about getting cut selectively in Morgan coun- lnte~ed as second-clas? matte~ AP~~. l 15, tyl some day there should be, and will 191JB, at the Post Offtce, Atla.nta, Ga., be, a law against cuttlnq it any other undP.~ the Act of Auf!ust 21J, 1912. wav. Page 2 SUPPORT IS GROWING FOR PROPOSAL TO GIVE FIRE PROTECTION TO ALL FORESTLAND IN STATE lNG CROP Support forest fire for a statewide _systemoff control for Georg1a crr1t1n-j SEE D L ------- MOVED ues to gro~ as the date ~or the pruDos~l GE lNG R~.PIDLY b; 3 to cons1derr''' ,y th~ ',enerc:l "' "" FROM STATE NURSERIES near-. . . J G.Phil_l man who IS ipouMtoohr1.nJga.nt,nSeavcpnrr,op''osDaUlSirce,'S,~Se--jt: ;eenMomreovethdanfroemig ht mi state l l ion s~edl nurser1ec ings had 'lecnmber half of t11e ueorc11' Forestry Assoc_:dtlon,11'i le3.ving approximc'.oll announced Gov~rnor T~lma~ge and Lie uten~ t~'ce shipped. ant Gov. M&rvln s.Gr1ff1n are "h~ort1ly c ri 1on yet in favor of a statewide orotect1on sys- L.C.Hart, Jr., assistant director of tem. The proposed bill 'was drafted _by the Forestry Department in charge of the W.E.Dunham, manager _of the Savannan Rl~- nurseries, saio late orders were conti~ er Lurc1be~ C'f.lldosta has been Dougherty county Farm Bureau at Albany. announced. Plans ca 11 for increasing the capacity 15 per cent. Page 5 fLYING SAWMILL OPERATOR- Wade H. SeagLer, right , enterprising Lumberman of Roberta, Ga ., operates his own p Lan e. It comes in handy for getting par ts i n a hurry. This photo ttns mad.e at Chattanooga when Mr . SeagLer made a rush trip f or a part for his mdL. With Mr. Seag Ler is MaLcoLm Smith, aLso of Robert a . LAURENS COUNTY LANDOWNER HAS COMPLETE PROGRAM FOR HIS WOODLANDS--SELLS FOUR PRODUCTS Anothe r be liever in good fo r estry is William F. Bel ote, of Rockledge, i n the eastern part of Laurens County. Better r ecomme nded in sel ectiv e c upping . This prac tic e i s r ecognized f o r paymen1 unde r th e 19 ~9 Naval Stor e s con se rv a tion progr am . known as "Billy", he owns over 3,000 acres of which 2,000 acres are in woodlands. He owns and operates a fire still Mr: B~lote's objective i.s t o.plant and in addition to stilling rosin and one m1l.l1on slash p1n.e se~dl1ngs 1~ the turpentine from his own gum he buys gum next f1ve years. This Wi nter he I S to from his nei ghbors. Mr. Belote recently Plant 100,000 on about 100 acres of.old purchased a small sawmill and he is now fields . To protect these plantations 1n the process of cutting worked-out fr9m ~1re he flans tq construct and pine s, black pines and hardwoods on his maintain a sys ~m of f1reb~eaks . ~t a lands. later d~te he. will extend his plant1ngs to open1ngs 1n the woods tha t a re not Mr. Belote is also a pulpwood pro- naturally developing good stands of ~ucer, both on his ovJn land s a_nd by buy- young trees. 1ng stumpage. By making th 1nn1ngs, Billy says he is doing two thing s : Fi rst, he . This. Laure~s County Cl. ~l. zen . 1.s .lnt~r- is getting a good Income from the trees ested .1n a f1re protect ion un1t being he cuts in thinnings, usuall y not over established . ~e sees. the valu e ?-nd the one-half of the stand.Also, he is giving ~eed for organized. f1re protec;t1on.and his best trees a better spacing and t he IS a~ present pos.t1ng fores.t f1re s1gns f~ster growth will yield more gum and on h1s lands and 1n that neighborhood. t Imber products of higher value. He al - ANOTHER so cuts railroad cross t ies from worked- o~t trees, 1ow-9rade hardwoods and black TREE PLANTER p1nes . El. gh~y acres of 1~-year old planted Another mechanical tree planter been put into use in Middle Georgia. ha s slash p1nes were recently marked for se- lect this ive c from upping. Farm Fo resHteerreJc. eciv.edTurhneelrp in and Forest Management Assistant A.H.Antonie, w.T.Forbes, of . Marsha)lvllle, Mac~n of the Georgia Department of Forestry. County, has bought a machine because h1s ~ele ctive cupping i~ a new development conservation plans call for planting 1n the nav al stores Industry. Trees that 50,000 or more pine seedlings a year for should be cut .a re .marked. about three the next few years. By using the plant- ye ars be fore the th1nn1ng IS to be made. er, Mr. Forbes estimates the planting The se marked trees are then worked for job will be finished in a week or 10 naval stores as heavy as P.Oss.ible. The days, compared to a month or more by use of bark hacks and ac1d IS usually hand planting. Thinning your woods When trees are too close together, they fight for sunlight and food. By thinning your woods when they are too thick, you'll get better trees faster-in short, you'll make more money from your forest crops. If you want more information on how to harves_t greater cash crops from your woods, see your forester. GEORGIA FORESTRY DECEMBER 1948 Dean D. J. Weddell School of Forestry University of Georgia Athens, Georgi a Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office, Atlanta, Ga.