Georgia Forestry APRIL 1948 .GEORG I A FORESTRY VlO1A~.md1;1thly, ,. . . . , q.u}le;pn bf'tirnber.market No . 4 infor- hiiltiooand,for;'estn~; news, :Pu:bltshed by the ..'leorgi\<1 Dapa r.t-ment 'qf Fq res try, 4.35 s~ ate . 'tapitql, AtlaQta, Qa., ~s a free pub~ tc ser-,-,. vice fo Georgta fanners' landowners, and -til"ber i .:.iustries. Application for entry as second-r.lass matter is pending THE COVER PHOTO. On the cover of Georgia Forestry this monthMiss LoisParrish of th.eUnion sag and Papercorporation at Savannah dispOlays a grocery bag, made of Georgia pulpwood an<) bearing a Keep Georgi a Green message. FORESTRY ASSOC1lAT I ON . PLANS CONV~NT ION ~OR .SAVANNAH . . The 24th annual meeting of the Georgia Forestry Association will be held at Savannah April 16 and about .300 members and visitors are expected to participate, Kirk Sutlive, president, announced. Emphasis will be placed on a1scussions about forest fire control on a statewide basi.s, and a Constitutional StateBoardof Forestry. s.. s. Meeks, chairman of the Sout~ .yaro1 i'na Forestry Co'01lllssion, wi l'l be present to tell of those act.ivities in ',is state. union Bag d1~tr1buted a million and a hi:l.lf of these bags to promote the "Keep Georgia Green program, a project of the Georgia f'orestry Association designed to acquaint pepple with the value of our forestlands, and to keep them constantly reminded that Forest fires rob all Georgians of much .l'.eal th. The morning session will pertain to contributions bei;:;; made to Georgia's economy by the five major .forest industries. Subjects to be considered include. lumber, p)ywood, pulpwood, naval stores, and poles, piliQg, and cross ties. Mr. Sutlive will preside. George Bazemv.e, of Waycross, will pre- side at a luncheon at noon. The group t':l'\en will hear an address by Walter H;:trrison, of. Millen. The DeSota Hotel will' be.the stene of. all sessions. 'NEW LOOK' THIS MONTH A disc!U~sion of the "Keep Georgia Green: FOR THE FORESTRY BULLETIN program, being sponsored by the Associat ion, is scheduled for the afternoon pro- gram. J, .P. Culpepper, of Alapaha, will speak. This will be followed by the state This month the timber market and news forest fire control and state forestry bulletin has that famous new look" and-- as you note---is all dressed up with pic- board discussions. tures and a more readable appearance. The publication is issued monthly by the Georgia Department of Forestry as a public service to farmers, landowners and members 'of the wood-us ina industries 6f A conducted tour of the union Baq and Paper Corporatio.n Plant at Savannah has been arranged for members and guests April 15, the afternoon before the association convenes. the state. There is no charge for adver- tisements, and these may be published only to aid farmers and 1and owners find markets All Georgians interested in forestry are urged to attend the meeting. for their timber. Industries may submit advertisements to locate timber and others are TOWER AND TWO-WAY RADIO permitted to submit notices of timber for>;-, ' sale. PLANNED FOR GORDON COUNTY .-,_, NEW RANGER 1 S HEADQUART~lS' FOR DADE COUNTY 'UN({'' .. Plans for constructing a 50-foot ste9n Mill s are no t wo rrying about the co a l ~tr 1ke as much as ma ny <;> t he r Ge rgia indu:;tr1es because when the m1nes shut down thiS company relies on its wood- lands for fue l . . ouri ng the coal str1 ke t wo years ago we used wood for six vice-president of weeks the f 1" 1 r r m: ecalls "Th~t c. K. Cobb, wood ma~e it possible for us to cont 1nue 1n product 1on and keep 1 ,1 00 emp loyees on the payrolls. The canton conc e rn at taches s o much im- portance to its .3 , 000 a cres o f Ch erok ee coun ty fore st s t hat off i c i als hawe employed an experi enced ma n to t ak ~ o ver an d loo k aft er t heir t r acts o f la nd. The1 r pr og r am c all s f o r the planting fire pr e vent i of on, a bou and t g1o0od07 000 p i nes a man a gement. y ear, Mr. C obb.poi~t ~ ou t his fi r m i s in ~ e r- . ested in ma1nt a 1 n 1 n~ a wa t e r s u11ply, 1n ad d i- tion to havtng the woodland av ailable ta pr o- v ide f ue l for emergency us e. Elmo Dobson took over the forestland for the cott on mill s April 1. For t he pa s t t hre e and a ha lf ye ars he has se r v ed as c oun ty ran - g e~ for the Che r okee coun t y Fire Pro t ection Un1t . ELMO DOBSON former ranger f or Cherokee county who is now look i ng after woodlands belonging to the can t on Cotton Mills. NEW RANGER IN CHEROKEE COUNTY IS CONGRATULATED BY FORE lE R Nubert Blalock, left, new r anger for t he Cherokee cou nt y Protect i on Un it , i s c o ngrat~la t ed b Osc~r Battler right, district forester from Ga i nesville . Mr. Blaloc k succeeds Elmo Oobsnn who restgned April 1 to take over .3,000 acres of woodl and for the canton cott on Mills. PINE: CONES SOLD FOR $1,000 BY EMANUEL COUNTY 4:-H CL~B~ 0 0 Members of the 4-H c lubs in Emanuel county already have learned there ts proftt tn ptnes. The youngst ers collected 1,000 bushels of longleaf pine cones and sold them to the State Department of Forestry for $1,000. seeds from the cones were planted at the Herty Nursery at A)bany. Shown above are Lamar Brinson, Mac k Portwood, Unette Lamb, Earl Br i nson, Henry Gene Lamb, puptl s at Summertown w. School, and H. McComb, distri ct forest er from Statesboro. SEEDLING PRICES NOT TO BE CHANGED Prices for seedlings from the State Departme nt of Forestry's nurseries will not be changed next season , but delivery costs will be reduced in most c ases, A R. Shirley, the state forester, points out. Transportation c osts will be tedu ce d due to the f oact that trucks will oe used to move the seedlings directly from the nurse ries to county seats. Landowners will be req uired to pi ck up seed lings at the county seats. Mr. Shirley poi nted out the truck delivery method not only would save landowners money, but also would speed up deliveries and thereby assure a greater survivak percentage after the seedlings are planted. The truckdekivery system was f oirst tried during the planting season just ended. Seedl ings may st 11 be pi eke d up at the nursertes or sh pped by express, if landowners so desir, Mr. Shirley said. WSB IS BROADCASTING FORESTRY INTERVIEWS Forestry radio program s may be heard on Radio Station WSB At 1ant a, every Wednesday norning on Jim Ro mine's Dixie Farm and Home Hour whi ch begins at 5 :3 0 and contin ues for one hour. From 10 to 15 minutes are devote to forestry interviews. The Stat e Depa rtme nt of Forestry, the u.s Forest servi c e and the Georgia Exten si on Service alternate in providtng personnel fo the broadcasts. Forth c om i ng programs follow April 14--A comparison of Fire Results April 2;--9pening of Chattahoochee Natior al Forest Ftshtng Season. April 28--The 4-H Fores try Cam p. May 5--Sales Opportu n ities for Timber. May 12--lnvitation to visit Chattahoochee National Forest. May 19--4-H Forestry Pr ojects . ANNUAL PINE TREE FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD AT SWAINSBORO APRIL 30 The Third Annual Pine Tree Festival is to be held at swainsboro Friday, April 30 and will fe~ture speeches, a parade, forestry ex htbtts, and dances. In the parade, several dozen floats will depkt what Georgia's woodlands mean to the state's economy. Several bands also will participate. Jimy Morgan, festival chairman, has Mnounced Governor Thompson and Herman Talmadge will speak on non-political topics. Many other prominent Georgians have been invited to participate, Mr. MOrgan said. Folk dance exhibitions, street dances Md baseball top the ltst of entertainment features. A pine tree king and queen will be selected and crowned durinq the ceremonies. Hundreds of flags and banners will ~ecorate Swainsboro.'s streets for the occaston. Theme of the Georgi':'- Green . st~tewtde "Keep 198 festival is "Keep This.was selected from Georgta Gr~en ~ovement the betng sponsored Association. by the Georgia Forestry FFAC MOVES OFFICES Offices of the Forest Farmers Associa- w. tio" cooperative have been oved In valdos- ta, announces Paul Schoen, execut lve director. He said the o.ffices are no In abuilding formerly used for doctors offices, across from th~ telephone exchanae on North Toombs street. With agement proper protection Georgia's forest ianpdla~n1ti1ngparonddumcean- sufficient ttmber to supply all demands. MACHINE PLANTED PINES IN MITCHELL COUNTY . A be county, lief to rethfoartewstor6n0-oauct refasrmwitlahnd~s.cooouol d again become pr pine seedlings. oAfit~acbhlae~1}ce~dl At.rBe. eGpalrarnatr ed~, da~tdoveth, eo~!oMb iftochr eMllr. Garrard in about four days at a cost of only $370. One of hts matn Interests now IS protecting the young trees from fire. RAT DAMAGE TO P INES REPORTED IN BURKE COUN TY Rats have k i 11 ed approximately 20 per cent of a si x y ear old stand of planted ~al aynshespboi rneo, owned by Rob according to Neely. w. H. of Mc Comq, di str i ct forester at Statesboro. "The rats girdled the trees by chewing ~ frft he bark McComb . and part of the "The trees then wweoroed,lefr~eports stand i ng on a c o re of wood about one 1.nch in diame t er . The wood was chewed f~om the. ground u p to a he i ghth o f abo ut 10 1nc:hes. The r at s were killed , howe ver , by usi ng a mi xt ur e o f DDT and Serasin mi xed with grain. No trees ha v e been killed since the poison was used. Distr ict f~re st e r McComb aJ.so s a id the re had been repo r ted rat d amage on t he p1ant ation of Fran k ca tes in Bur k e County . WILKINSON COUNTY FIRE BURNS 800 AC RES Ranger Hubert Billue, of the Wilkinson county Protection Unit, had a hot time February 29 and Mar ch 1. A fi re broke out from a pile of ashes and pushed its way ove r an 800 -acre area de spite the e fforts of three fire trucks and at leas t 50 volunteer fire fighters. A high wind and wild rolling terrain hampered efforts in attacking the fire. A fire truck of the Macon Kraft Company joined and .fought the fire wi th Billue, his ass i stants and the Volunteers during th e 18 hour battle . More than 11,000 acres co ul d have bu rned h ad the fire no t bee n brought unde r control . Only 26 per cent of t he pr i vate ly- owned f orest l and of georgia PINES REPLACE WATERMELONS w. In 19311 wat ermelons grew here where Lon Chaf i n, of Norman Park, now pr oudly i nspects a gum- producing pine. He dec 1ded th i s f i eld was t oo wet and sandy f or other f anm crops and l et it grow up i n sl ash pine . He and his partne r -son, M.A. Chafin, declare they f i ght woods fires re l i glously and neve r have t o plant t rees. Their 135 ac res of forests have brought them about $13,000 during t he past six years, plus poles f rom th inning and sawtimber for their own needs. COWETA COUNTY ADVERTiSES FIRE PROTECTION ON HIGHWAYS Forest fire protection in coweta county is advertised with a series of attractive, well-kept al ong main highways. These are three by five feet and cost the county Unit about $15 each with ranger doing the assemblv work. Does your county ~ave road signs, and do they look this neat? ~0-FOOT TOWER IS ERECTED IN HARRIS COMMUNITY The Protection Unit i n Harris county has erected a ~O-foot fire tower near cataula, reports Oli n Witherington, forester for the Th i rd Di st r i ct. Frame for this tower was for e~ly us~d for a water tank at Mt. Hi 11 School. Si nee it was no longer being used, trustees of thes::hool maae it available for use by the unit. w. B. Grant, of Cataula, made avail- able land for the tower. The Harris Cuunty Forestry Board alsc tes recommended that a four-whee 1 drive Jeep Fire Fighting unit be purchased for use in the county. The board believes this will be helpful because heretofore it h~:~s been impossible to reach many of the fires with the type of vehicle being used. FORESTRY SCHOLARSHIP WILL BE AWARDED AGAIN The Union Bag and Paper corporation again will award a scholarship to the Forestry School at the University of ~orgia. One Georgia FFA member and onE ~-H boy will be cflosen this year from those competing. Final selection will be made by a committee composed of the Dean of the s:hool of Forestry, the State Forester , a representative of the Department of Vocational Agriculture and a representativ.e of the State ~-H Club office . This is a four-year scholarship-$~00 is available each year. The 1n7 winner was Frank lo!i les, of Appling county. KEEP GEORGIA GREEN PROGRAM IS UNDERWAY IN TEN GE0RGI A C0UN TI ES The "Keep Georgia Green movement is on march Ten counties already have formed ith~e~~otyn Keep Green councils and pre-organimeet 1ngs have been held in 20-odd other counties. county counci~s already operating, and ~eir officer~. include: . sen Hill--E. L. snoden, pres1dent; Pat Hen- derson, vice-president, and Jesse Reeves,. sec- retary-treasurer. Emanuel.-Gordon Hall, president; Jack Jen- kins, vice-presiden1, and Earl Varner, secre- tary-treasurer. Pulaski--s w Smith, president, H.M. Mar- tin, vice-presiaent, and R.H. Rush, secretary- treasurer. Talbot--J.H. Woodall, president, cecil cox, vice-president, and Frank Alexander, sec- retary-treasurer. Thomas--Robert A. Heinjohn, president; AltoA Harrison, vice-president, and Neil Boland, secretary-treasurer. Franklin--Mrs. Stewart D. Brown, presi- dent; Mrs. P.B. Little, vice-president, and ')ewey Pulliam, secretary-treasurer. Taylor--J.D. Wilson. president; Walter wainwright, vice-president, ana M.P. Dean, secretary-treasurer. Polk--Robert Hall Witcher, president, Dr. Fred Barrow and J. Gordon Brewster, vice-presi- dents, and stovall Trawick, secretary-treasurer. Atkinson--Maynard Higgs, president; Aaron corfitt, vice-president, and John Sheffield, secretary-treasurer. Bibb--Spain Willingham, president; Mrs. H. E. Brown, vice-president, and Dolores ward, sec- retary-treasurer. FIRES HAVE BEEN REDUCED IN THIRD DISTRICT COUNTIES Unless the remainder of the fire season reaches the disastrius stage, counties under forest fire protection in the Third Distritt wi 11 have a much better record than last year. Ulstrict Forester William L. Crisp who has headquarters at Newnan, says the total number of fires has been reduced to approximately two-thirds over last year with the per cent burned being correspondinly re- duced. Mr. Crisp pointed out that weekly ~io programs are being put on in counties IM'IOer protection in connection with other forestry education projects. Only 26 per cent of the privately-owned forest land of Georgia is protected from fire. ANNUAL ATFA MEETING Wjll BE HELD AT VALDOSTA WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 The 1948 annual meeting of the American Turpentine Farmers Association will be held at Valdosta Wednesday, April 21. site of the convention will be at the Ritz Theatre in downtown Valdosta. The barbecue1 queen's con!est a~d da~ce will be he1 at TWin Lakes. Reg1strat1on Will be at the Dan i e1 Ash 1ey A stag supper has been arranged for thos arriving the night before the meeting. This will be a fish supper at the Elks Club. A conmittee is planning entertainment for the ladies, it was announced. The session will open with the invocation at 10 a.m. visitors will be welcomed by Mayor Ed Mathis, of Valdosta, who is a memberofthe association. Judge Harley Lane dale, president, will preside and give his annual report to the members. New officers also will be announced. A barbecue chicken dinner will follow at Twin Lakes. The selection of Miss Spirits of Turpentine will be made. A dance is sc hedulP.d for the evening. All naval stores producers should make ~ans to attend this meetina. THIS IS THE TYPE OF BUSINESS WE NEED (Editorial from the Atlanta Journal) The Macon Kraft company's new container board mill in Macon, which soon will be9in operations, will consume 1,000 cords da1~y rf Georgia pine in its processin9. Here 1s another example of the type of Industry needed in this state. This new business will mean many thousands of dollars a year 1P pulpwood producers in its vicinity. It is an industry which not only affords employment to mny in the area in which it is located, but which also wi]l utiliz~ a Georgia-produced raw material. It IS the type of mdustry for which we have bee~ clamoring, and w~ ar~ happy to w~lcome It-any many more 1 1ke 1t--to Georg 1a. NEW RANGER'S HEADQUARTERS FOR FLOYD COUNTY A house on west 7th Street in Rome belonging to Floyd County ]s bei~g remodeled for the Floyd county Protection Unit. This will be one of the most modern Ranger's headquarters in the State upon completion. The headquarters will have six rooms for 1 iving quarters and a large lobby and office for the personnel to carry on the forestry work. The building will be plastered throughout and will contain two bathrooms. . FOR SALE Marked and Measured by the Department of Forestry. contact owner. 'ulpwood, 50 cords, 20 acres, Floyd county, James Dayis 1 Rt. 2. Rome. Ga. P1ne sawtimber, med1um, 117,000 ft., 711 acres, Bulloch county, Dr. E.N. Brown, 129 N. Col- 6le7g,0e00St.rL,St atesboro, Ga. med1um p1ne sawt imber, 25 acres, Bulloch county, J.W. Robertsb Statesborof Ga. Med1umana large p1ne sawt1m er, 93,300 t., 150 acres, Bulloch county, J.S. Stuckey, Rt. ~ Statesboro, Gd. arge sawtimber, 3611,500 ft. p1ne, 111,500 ft. hardwood, 65 acres, walton county, Lawson P. calhoun, Walnut Grove, Ga. FOR SALE Reported 5~ owner ~proximately 560,000t. med1um p1ne and hardwood sawtimber, 600 acres, Terrell CounW W.G Laing Dawson Ga lied cedar fence posts, mostly spl1 t, 6! ft long, carloads of 2,000, or any number to trucks. Frank N. Wansley, Anderson Highway, Elberton, Ga. WANTED TO BUY Hardwood ttmber su1table for box material anti commercial veneer. s & G veneer Co., P.O. Box 3117, Douglas, Ga. Good wh1te ash timber for manufacture of baseball bats, K.B. Erd, 716 Karlsruhe Pl., Lemay, Mo. ARMY CAMP FIRE EXPLODED HIDDEN SHELLS Assistant Ranger Victor Smith and his patrolman, George Willis, ran into an unusual fire March 2 on the camp Wheeler site in Bibb County. Air Patrol dispatched Ranger Smith to this fire. The fire appeared to be an average fire, so Patrolman Willis took the pressure hose and began to extinguish the blaze while Smith drove the jeep. The fire crew had hardly started at their task when explosions and poppings were heard. MONTGOMERY COUNTY LEADS IN FIRE BREAK PLOWING Montganery County claims more miles of fire breaks for its size than any other county in Georgi a. J. carl Adams, ranger for the county Fire Protectioo Unit, is maintaining 1,200 miles of breaks. In addition BOO miles are being maintains:J by the 1and owners, although Ranger Adams plowed the breaks originally. John Duncan assists Mr. Adams as tractor driver. T~is va~t network of firebreaks is being cred1ted w1th a 50 per cent reduction in the area lost throuqh woods fires. Montaomery County has a good reason for protectin9 its forests because the county 1eads the F1rst District in the volume of standing sawtimber per forest acre. Pi lots flying over the county report that area is 9J well cut up by fire breaks that it resembles a lar~e checkerboard. FORESTRY LEGISLATION GIVEN CONGRESS Senator Russell of Georgia has introduceJ a bill which oroooses to increasP. from $100,000 to $2,000,000 annually federal funds for reforestation assistance to states. The bill was referred to the committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Two other bills have been introduced in congr~ss that are of direct importanc~ to every private timberland owner. They deal' with the cooperative fire protection program. These bills are to amend the ClarkeMcNary taw and are known as HR 5727 and HR 5733 They are duplicate bills. Both propose to raise the authorization for funds to match the states on a 50-50 basis. This proposed legislation has been strongly.suppor~ed by the Forest Farmers Association, at Valdosta. wwh.icnM. nas gen~ra1 oettme1er, heaoquarter~ of Fargo, 1s president, and Paul W. Schoen, of yal~osta, is execut ivff secretary. The assoc 1at 1on urges all citizens to support the bi~ls. A large explosion from a shell or grenade occurred about 60 feet from Willis and rifle cartridges were going offal~ around. Qu1~kly the crew withdrew to safer 1 1nes. Houses 1n the vicinity of.the fire ~ere protec1ed.and the fire burned on 1ts explosive way unt1l 1t could be stopped by safer means. Georgia forest lands are producing at less than one-half of their capacity. Between two and three mill ion acres are in need of planting in Georgia. Dean D. J. Weddell School of Forestry University of Georgia Athens, Georgia