Georgia forestry, Vol. 1, no. 7 (July 1948)

Georgia Forestry JULY 1948
KEEP
GEORGIA GREEN

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of any sound and progressive legislation that

GEORGIA FORESTRY

may be sponsored by the Keep Georgia Green move-

ment, which may be designed to further promote

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A monthly bulletin of t1mber market lnforma-

t ion and forestry news, published by the G:orgia That copy of this resolution shall be preDepartment of .Forestry, ij35 St~te cap.ltol' sented to: Mr. Louis H. Edmondson, Director, Atlan~a, Georgia, as a free publ 1 ~ serv~ce to Keep Georgia Green, 65 Mitchell Street, Atlanta; Ge~rg I a farmers, 1andowners, and tImber I. ndus- Mr. B. M. Lu f bur row, Executive sec ret a ry' tr1es. Entered as seco~d-class matter April 15 Georgia Forestry Association, Savannah; Mr. Ray 19~8, at the post off1ce, Atlanta, Ga., under Shirley, Director, State Department of Forestry,

the Act of August 2~, 1912.

Atlanta; and the original shall be filed in the

--------------------!minutes of this convention.
BANKERS ASSOCIATION

ADOPTS RESOLUTION

EDITORIAL COMMENT

SUPPORTING FORESTRY

(Quimby Melton in the Griffin Daily News

Whereas: The Georgia Bankers Association Spalding county is one of the few counties

fully recognizes the value of our forests, soils in the state that has a fire protection unit

and minerals resources in the economic progress complete with rangers, observation tower and

of our state; and for many years has given its fire fighting equipment.

support, through the agricultural activities of

the association, to their conservation and deve- The unit has done much to reduce the fire

lopment. we have been greatly disturbed, how- damage, not only to forests but also to farm

ever, by the wanton waste of forest resources, houses and buildings and crops.

and the uncontrolled burning of forest areas

which have caused monetary loss running into Every county in the state should have a

millions of dollars annually, throughout the unit such as the one in spalding. such units

years.

would provide protection to families and proper-

ty and would more than repay their cost.

The Keep Georgia Green movement is the

first earnest effort that has been made to en- Georgia would do well to adopt a statewide

list our entire citizenry in a forestry develop- rural fire fighting service.

ment program.

CONSERVATION WEEK

Wherefore, in view of the facts herein be- 1S BE 1NG OBSERVED
fore set forth, be it

RESOLVED:

The week of July 11 through July 18 was pro-

By the Georgia Bankers Association in con-claimed ~onservation week" by Governor Thompson

vention assembled, this 10th day of June, 19~8, and he called upon citizens, schools, churches,

civic groups, agricultural agencies and other

That any industry of such present magnitude interested groups to observe the period with ap-

and future potentialities is profoundly impor- propriate educational programs designed to ac-

tant to the further economic progress and devel-quaint all citizens with the necessity for

opment of Georgia;

conservation and improvement of the state's re-

sources. That the Keep Georgia Green movement is
worthy of financial support of the individual FOREST FIRE PROTECTION

membership of this body, and we enthusiasticall commend its objectives;

URGED

FOR

LAURENS

COUNTY

A committee of the Laurens county Farm au-

That the Georgia Bankers Association will reau has been appointed to investigate the pas-

lend its support and influence to the passage sibilities of the county getting forest fire protection.

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TIMBER NOT BURNED TO PROTECT RAIL FENCE

ON T HE COVER THIS MOhTH

How a rai 1 fence provided fire protection for

This month on the co v er of Geor-

a t r act of trees is a favorite story of M. D. Aia Forestry is reproduced one of

Lang, of ne.ar Dawson.

the 140,000 'Keep Georgia Green' car

window sticker s . These are designed

"Years ag o we were not smart to taking care for the rear windows of automobiles,

of timber lii ke we are today, explains Mr. Lang. and are bei n A distributed through

we burned the woods whenever we took the notion local county Keep Green councils . If

but on about 75 acres we had a rail fence and your c ou nty is not yet orAanized,

d i dn ' t let fire get in that vicinity at all. write Keep Ge or gia Green,65 Mitchell

since those days we have cut that protected tim- St., S.W., Atla n ta, and ask for your ber four times and the other has only been c ut sticker.

twice.

Georgia's woodlands ar e producing less than Mr . Lang is chairman of the Te rrell county one-half their capacity.

Forestry Board.

CHEMICALS KILL THE WEEDS I N NURSERY SEEDLIN'G BEDS
Science i s aiding nurserymen at the State Fores t ry De partment nur series this year throuAh the use of mineral spi r its for weed control. Each of the three nurseries has a power spray riA for apply i nA the chemical . Use of this method of killinA weeds is expected to reduce la- , or costs from 50 to 15 per cent.

State capit ol , At lanta. Suggest severa l al t"erna t e da t e s be cause the s upply of prints is lim it ed. Al so state whether a 16mm sound projector is available. Projectors and operators
ill be provided whenever possible.
fire film is documentary, shot in
The_dramatic motion picture of last fall's Maine forest fire disaster--"Then It Happened"is now available for all Georgians to see.
And all Georgians should see thi s film, because the title could well be changed from "Then It Happened" to "It co~ld Happen Here.
The film is available for showing to groups free of charge . All that is required is a letter to the State Department .of Forestry, 35

With a stronA wind behind it, the fire r ushed throuAh the dry forests.

HOWARD TRANSFERRED

Harry E. Howa rd, formerly supervisor for

t he Nava l St ores conservation Program at Va l

dosta, has been transferred to Atlanta with t

da Regional Office of the u. s . Forest service t

become administrative officer of Personnel

hoel

2, .500 fa.,i 1 i es of 32 million dol -

agement. He was succeeded at valdosta by Er nest lar. thi i a terrific toll to

R. DeSi l v ia.

ay lor careln

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GEORGIA FORESTRY CROPS

fer a real catastrophe, such asthe Maine forest fire of last fall.

HAVE NOT YET REACHED PEAK OF PRODUCTION
By B. M. LUFBURROW"

To meet such a situation we must plan well in advance. We must have an organization set up
ith both authority and responsibility definitely fixed. There are several approaches to this problem which should be given serious consideration before final adoption.

Georgi~'s $~75,000,000 ~year forest cr?p has My thoughts are that we should present a bill

not the

anytht~g 1 tke reached tts ~eak product ton 25 million acres of poten.ttal forest land

?n ~n

to the 19 9 General Assembly p.lace all forest fire control

which would (1) activities (both

the state. The forest crop 1 tke any other bust- authority and responsibility) under jurisdiction

ness requires management and forethought.

of the Forestry Department, (2) the Governor of

The

f~restry-mt. nded

p~ople

o~

the

state

to-

the state should of an emergency,

be given the authority, in case to call on any state agency to

gether wtth the forest t~d~strte~ ~nd forest assist the Forestry Department and its statewide

landowners are now demandtng sufftctent. appro- fire control organization in suppressing fire. priations by the state to support statewtde for-

est fire control, but this is not the complete

answer.

The Forestry Department must have a well devel-

oped plan which would regulate both the procure-

The organized forest fire control program ment and the movement of the men, supplies, and

which began in the state in 1925, now includes equipment, when ad where needed. State Depart-

some seven mill ion acres. Seeds that fell on ments, such as; the Highway Department, State

the protected lands can and are no~ being har- Patrol, Wild Life Department, Conservation De-

vested as both poles qnd pulpwood.

partment, Health Department, and the National

Guard, can and should render much needed aid in In the not-too-distant future it is possible the case of an emergency. Of course, the Red for every forest acre in Georgia to be produc- cross and other agencies would be asked to paring a maximum capacity--some estimate the maxi- ticipate. The Bill would authorize a forest mum to be more than three times the amount of fire emergency committee with the Governor as forest products being grown today. With so much chairman. The members of this committee would at stake in our renewable natural forest re- include representatives of the above named desource, we cannot afford to take chances. we partments. The duties of the committee would be
should plan for the future. In a real emergen- to (1) prepare annually an inventory of the man
cy, an adequate statewideforest fire control power, equipment and supplies, (2) to coordinate organization will provide: (1) the trained per- the procurement and movement of men, supplies, sonnel to direct and supervise; (2) the fire- and equipment to the emergency areas, (3) to refighting equipment that can be sent when and view such other matters as come within 1imits of wherever needed (county or smaller units would its authority. The united States Forest service be subject to delay, confusion and probably be which has holdings in north Georgia should have kept at home for self preservation), and (3) an ex-officio membership on the committee. much of the manpower, transportation, supplies,

etc. But to do the job it is necessary that we The adjoining states have organized fire conhave the full cooperation and support of many of trol systems and 1 understand they are cooperathe state Departments and Agencies, and the co- ting with Georgia along their borders, but this operation of adjoining states in the adoption of cooperation could be intensified and similar a specific plan to take care of any emergency plans adopted to meet emergencies. Naturally that might arise should we have an extremely dry these things take time and it is of utmost imseason during which our forests areas could suf- portance that we begin now on such plans, be-

-------------------------------------------,cause there are sections of our state and some

*Mr. Lufburrow is executive secretary of the adjoining states that could, in case of

of the Georgia Forestry Association.

extreme drought, become a real disaster.

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LARGER BUDGET APPROVED FOR CAMDEN COUNTY UNIT

NEW GECRGIA PULP ~Ill OPERATING AT SAVANNAH:

A larger budget for the Camden Co~nty Fores tWill USE HARDWOODS

Fire Protection Unit has been authorized by the

county commissioners.

The 15 million dollar plant of the Southern

Paper~oard Corporation at Savannah has started

The budget

for

the

new

.
fls

ca

1

-
w:

11

b bt e a ou

operations. The mill is designed to use both pine and hardwoods and is expected to consume a

$$6295,02060mowrei

than last ye ll allow for

ar. the

The total purchase

budget of a

ot new

cons1"d

era bl

e

quan t"1ty

o f

gum.

suppression ilities.

unit

to

be

added

to

the

present

fac- Employing the most modern equipment in the papermaking field, the plant is located on a

FIRE PROTECTION WILL ADD

tract of 160 acres, 77 of which are under fence.

$3 PER ACRE VALUE TO LAND,
DECLARES H. R. GARRETT

George E. Dykes, president of Robert Gai r Company, Inc., of which the new concern is a subsidiary, is chairman of the board and Ernest

If fire is kept out of the forests of Brooks Rossiter is president.

county the land value would be increased at the

rate of $3 a year, according to H. R. Garrett, The payrolls will amount to more than one

of Quitman. Mr. Garrett is chairman of the and one-quarter mill ion dollars a year. At full

county forestry board.

production about 435 persons will be employed by

the mill.

Mr. Garrett met with the county commissioners TAL 8 0 T

at Quitman last month when the county fire pro-

.

COUNTY

FORESTS

tection unit budget was submitted for approval. TO HAVE PROTECTION He told the group that the county realized a

total of $1,328,000 in 1946 from forest products A fire protection system for Talbot County's

COWETA PROTECTION UNIT

forest will be set up just as soon as equipment and materials can be octained.

WILL BE EXPANDED

A ranger's headquarters will be located about Additional equipment and personnel for the two miles north of Talbotton. There also will Coweta County Forest Fire Protec:io~ Unit has be another tower located just north of Woodland.

been authorized by the county CommiSSIOners. The unit will use two one-ton jeep pickup trucks

.. equipped with the necessary fire fighting equipThe expansion program calls for the addition ment. Two-way radio communication between the of a one-ton jeep truck and the instanation of trucks and towers also is planned. two-way radio in all three trucks.

Other plans call for the erection of a tower FIRE PROTECTION UNIT

in the vicinity of Turin to assist in spotting

fires in the eastern section of the county.

SET FOR WHEELER COUNTY

MARKET IS SOUGHT FOR
100 ACRES PECAN WOOD

A budget of $21,418 has been signed authorizing the establishment of an organized forest fire protection unit in Wheeler county.

Equipment for the new unit will include two The Forestry Department has been advised four-wheel drive trucks, a tower, radio and a

that 100 acres of pecan trees will be cut this tractor and plow for suppressing fires and

sumner and a market is sought for the wood. In- building fire breaks.

terested parties should contact the Department Names of members of the county forestry board

for further information.

have not been received.

GEORGIA'S NEWEST PULP HIL.l., BEGINS OPERATIONS
Pictured above is the new 15 million do llar plant of the Southern Paperboard Corporation at Savannah.

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be atlanta Journal
THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1948
Keeping Georgia Green
To Keep It Prosperous
THE RICH verdure of the Georgia landscape,
a special delight at this turn of the year,
is scarred all too frequently by gaunt inter-
vals of burned trees. Sometimes they stretch
across hundreds of acres, grim reminders of a
carelessness that is costing us millions of dollars now and imperiling a main source of our
future prosperity. These. blots on the country-
side spell more than a misfortune to the own-
er of the land. They mean a loss, one way or
another, to every citizen and every interest of the commonwealth.
"Keep Georgia Green" is the slogan of a movement spon~ored by the Georgia Forestry Association and meriting our people's heartiest support. Green hills will not be gullied by erosion and loose ruinous floods upon the valleys. Green-guarded fields will hold their fertility instead of having it washed away. Keeping Georgia green with trees and grass and rightly chosen cover crops will keep her prosperous and permanently secure in her natural endowments.
The fiercest enemy of this undertaking is forest fires, from which our state suffers a direct annual loss and damage of $3,354,000. Authorities say that more than 90 per cent of such fires are man-macle, and very many of them are chargeable to careless smokers and campers. "Even a small fire," the same authorities point out, "kills seedlings, seed sources and life-giving humus in the soil. It can smolder for days, nip roots, pierce protective bark and gouge out dead spots which allow the entry of rot." And a small fire, once it gets beyond control, can become an all-devouring conflagration. Only 37 Georgia counties now have the benefit of organized forest fire protection. More than two-thirds of the state's woodland area is without .such safeguards. This tremendous hazard must be remenied if we are to keep Georgia green.
But stopping preventable fires is the least we can do in the way of preserving and developing our rich forest resources. They are

now producing less than half their capacity. Efficient management, with improved methods of cutting and marketing, could double their output, greatly increase profits and at the same time ensure a permanent yield. Free counsel and competent supervision in such matters are highly important because 70 per cent of Georgia's woodlands are in the hands of small owners. The State Department of Forestry renders services of this kind as best it can on a meager appropriation but it is sorely handicapped by a dearth of funds. That the state government should deal more liberally with this field of the people's interest is evident from the following facts cited by the Forestry Association:
1. Trees are Georgia's No. 1 crop. In the course of a year land-owners receive $123,000,000 from the sale of trees and gum rosin -"an amount approximately equal to the returns from cotton or livestock.
2. About 125,000 Georgians are directly employed in forest industries. There are 2,800 sawmills, six pulp mills and many other types of wood-using plants.
3. The Agricultural and Industrial Development Board reports that during the last two years the number of new businesses established in Georgia and dependent on forest products was 244.
4. In total forest acreage (two-thirds of the state's entire area) Georgia leads the South, and ranks second in the nation in commercial forest acreage.
Such is the importance of our woodland resources to our economic future and to the prosperity of our people. Such is the significance of the "Keep Georgia Green" program. It merits the earnest support of business, industrial, agricultural and civic leaders in every community from the moutains to the sea and also the public's active good will.
JONES ASSIGNED TO MACON AS ASSISTANT FORESTER
Charles B. Jones, of Milledgeville, has been assigned to the Macon district office of the State Department of Forestry.
A graduate of the forestry school at the university of Georgia, Mr. Jones served in World war 11. He was a staff serg~ant in a machine gun section of the 83d Infantry Division.

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state Forester Shirley said landowners of

GUYTON DELOACH NOW HEADS

the sixth District (Macon) were fortunate that Mr. Blanks could be replaced by such a capable

FIRE CONTROL PROGRAM

forester as Mr. Phillips. He joined the Forest-

AFTER ASSIGNMENT CHANGES

ry Department in 1937 and filled assistant and district forester positions until he joined the

Extension service in 19~2. He rejoined the For-

Guyton DeLoach, formerly district forester estry Department last year.

at waycross, became an assistant director of the

state Department of Forestry Ju 1y 1 and now IS ~ successor to Mr. DeLoach wi 11 be announcer

in charge of fire control activities.

at an early date.

Director A. R. Shirley announced that Mr. DIXIE LEADS NATION

DeLoach succeeds J. E. Phillips who asKed to be

relieved of those duties because of the exten-1 N USE OF PULPWOOD

sive travel required. Mr. Phillips, however,

will continue as a department official and on

July 1 became district forester at Macon. Mr. Shirley reported Mr. Phillips had requested

tion

The south is "far out in front of pulpwood for the manufacture

in of

consumppulp a~

assignment to a district office.

paper, the Atlanta regional office of the U. s. Department of commerce reports.

For the past 10 months Philips. Blanks has

In April, the report showed, more pulpwood

been acting district forester for the Macon of- was received for consumption in the South than fice, but Mr. Shirley said he resigned June 16, in all other regions of the country combined. effective July 1, to accept employment as a for-

ester with private industry at Macon.

Pulpwood consumption itself was far in ex-

"We

regret

that

Mr.

Phillips

could.n?t.con~

cess small

of any other section, and in corparison with those

inventories were of other sections.

tinue to head up our fire control act1v1t1es,

Mr. snirley said, "However, we wer~ fortunate to

During the first four months of 19~8

have another very capable person 1n our organ- southern states received a total of 3,026,135

ization to take over this tmportant post."

cords of pulpwood, which wa, 29,300 more than

Mr.

DeLoach

joined

the

For~stry

!received during the corresponding period last Department year. consumption from January through April

as a ranger in Jenkins County 1n 19~1. He ad- amounted to 2,907,0~1 cords, which was 112,023

vanced to assistant district forester at Baxley cords above that of the first fo~r months in

in 19~2. He was transferred ester from camilla to Waycross

as in

district 19~~ and

r.ors1nce

19~7 .

that time his fire control Georgi a.

district has handled more forest activities than any other in

During the South received livered to all

four-month period this year, the ~~ per cent of the pulpwood demills in the nation, and con-

A pioneer in adapting two-way rad .10 f or sumed ~2 per cent of the national total.

fire control activities, Mr. DeLoach has re-~----------~~~~~~~~---------------

ceived widespread praise for organizing and ad

MARKETING REPORTS

ministering efficient units. Mr. De.Loach also Marked and measuroo by the Department of Fores-
was credited with developing a special system ofl-________..,!:t~rLY:____:CO~n:.::,t::;ac~t::..._..::O:::.W!!ne~r~.~----------water tanks for fire fighting trucks. He de-

vised a system for placing deep but narrow tanks Pine sawtimber, 198,000 ft., medium, 25 acres,

on the sides of trucks, thereby retaining most Dougherty county, Miss Jewel Johnson, ~17! Broad

of the truck body space for hauling men and St., Albany.

equipment.

~ Lar~ ge ~ saw~ tim~ ber,~75~ ,00~ 0 p- ine- , 2~ ,000~ha~ rdw~ ood~on

A graduate of the School university of Georgia, Mr. and has a daughter.

of Fores:ry at ~h~
DeLoach IS marrle

60 acres, Richmond County, Gwinn-Nixon Forest, Augusta, Ga. ContaGt W.R. Johnson,
trict Forester, Washington, Ga.

State Dis-

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RECENT FIRES CAUSE HEAVEY DAMAGE TO WOOD USING INDUSTRIES
Eleven Georgia wood-using industries have were burned and large stacks of lumber threatbeen hard hit by forest fires in recent weeks, ened at the Burgin Lumber company in cuthbert and estimates of damage to equipment and lumber last month. cause of the fire was not deterrun as high as a quarter of a million d&llars. mined.

Fire that started in a shavings shed de- creosoted poles stacked on the yards of the

strayed the sawmill and yard of the Hamli~ Lum-- Brunswick Marine constructing corporation

ber company near Lizella June 6. The damage to caught fire, but damage was 1 imited by firemen.

this plant southwest of Macon was described as

"well over $100,000".

Fire of undetermined origin resulted in

considerable damage to the Shealy Lumber company

Henry Hamlin, owner of the ~irm, said the at Ocilla. completely lost were the sawmill,

entire plant, including more than 110,000 feet two trucks and two garages. The planing mill

of lumber, was lost. There was no insurance. escaped.

The lumber destroyed included ~0.000 feet of

finished oak flooring.

Another sawmill, operated by the Adams-Har-

rison Lumber company in Whigham, was razed in a

Scores of volunteers battled the blaze for spectacular fire which required the services of

five hours

firemen from Cairo, seven miles away.

. At Hinesv.ille fire. wiped out the planing GRAY BLOCK PLANT

m1ll of the P1ne Mountain Lumber company shortly

before dawn June 12. The Associated Press re- OFFERS DOGWOOD MARKET

ported the damage at "$50,000 or more. All

equipment was ruined along with the loss of lum-

ber stacked in the yard and on two flat cars on

A shuttle block factory which will prepare

a nearby spur railway track.

blocks of dogwood for manufacture into shuttles for woolen, cotton and silk looms all over the

Much of the furniture plant operated by F. world will begin operation at Gray soon accord-

G. Hodgson at Douglasville was burned recently. ing to James E. Ro.gers, mill manager for the

The kiln was said to have been the greatest loss Draper CorporatIon of Hopedale, Mass.

besides a large stock of doors and moulding.

As soon as machinery can be set up and a

Flames originating in a shed resulted in supply o~ dogwood obtained, operation wi~l st~rt

serious damage to the Lakeland sawmill oper- at the s1te of the former washburn Plan1ng Mill ated by the Upchurch and Taylor Lumber company. in Gray,. re~ently leased by the corporation from

Quick action by firemen limited damage at theWalterWilllams, of Haddock.

Cordele sash, Door and Lumber l umber caught fire near where in tar in barrels.

company workmen

when were

scrap burn-

t1. o~,

Grayd an

was the

psreelveac1teendceduoef

tdoo.~.i.o,t sodc e.1nn t r

al locathe ar~a.

g

Cho1ce of the ornamental tree for shuttles 1s

Fire also recently destroyed the lumber beca~s~ o~ its closeness of grain and durable

core m1 11 , d ry k1'l n and mac h'1ne s hop of the qual1t1es 1n the hard usage of looms.

Georgia Plywood Mill at Dublin, The blaze re-

.

.

ortedl started from a ile of trash lumber

Some 135 different s1ze shuttles. are manu-

npear a by01. 1er.

p

factured Rogers,

from the the work

Wb.liallckslaasntd,apapcrcooxr1d. 1antge

to ly

Mr. two

A lumber fire at Forsyth i'l April took ayears.

toll of approximately 120,000 feet of dressed

lumber. The fire originated from a burning saw-

About 10,000 cords of wood are needed for

dust pile. The property was owned by H. H. Har- the operation being set up.

din, lumberman.

Mr. Rogers, a native North carol ian, said

Several hundred dollars worth of crosstie the firm plans to buy all the dogwood available.

Page Tel}

PROTECTION IMPROVEMENTS ARE ANNOUNCED FOR CHARLTON COUNTY SYSTEM

FORESTS KEEP FAMILY EMPLOYED All YEAR

(From The Charlton County Herald)

Forestry is a year-round business for Mr.
J. c. Stubbs and his sons, J. T. and v. P. of

Since the income of Charlton county come~ Lanier, Georgia, who together are working trees almost entirely from her pint trees, whatever for naval stores on approximately 4,000 acres of

protects and increases forest production is of woodland in Bryan County.

vital worth to our people. Forest fires have and still do the greatest damage to th~ economic This family staunchly supports fire pro-

interests here. Methods of fighting fire have tection and they have been firm backers of the improved vastly during the past few years, but Bryan County Protection Unit, which enjoys one they are st i 11 inadequate. Just now some of the best records of any unit in the state.

changes are taking ~lace that will make our

forests safer from the menace of fire.

To aid in the protection of their woods

from fire they have almost 100 miles of fire

Instead of depending entirely on fighting lanes which are maintained yearly.

forest fires with water from fire trucks the

newer system will first plow wide furrows with The Stubbs' have been planting slash pine

a special type plow. This plow will be pulled for about 15 years now, planting anywhere from by a tractor which will be kept ready-mounted 6,600 to 20,000 per year depending upon the on a truck for immediate transportation to the availability of seedlings and labor. A conscene of the fire. Following up this plowing siderable protion of their planting has been

right ahead of the fire will be the fire trucks done in the woods in openings where nature has

with a crew of men coming behind to see that failed to naturally reseed the area. All the

the fire does not become active again. sack- planting has been done by hand and has improved

firing can be carried on when necessary with with the years as new and better methods of much greater efficiency by the new method. The planting have been introduced. Some of the earplan is to have several of these plow outfits liest planting was done with a post hole digger.

in the county ready for action.

rn addition to planting, a program of thin-

The towers will still be used for discover- ning crowded stands, removal of worked out and ing and warning of fires and for calling the defective trees and pruning limby open grown

equipment into action. union sag and Georgia trees has been and is being carried on during

Timber already own a plowing outfit each. Others the. slack turpentine seasons when labor is

are to be added by Toledo Manufacturing company ava1lable to do the work.

and St. some of

Marys Land and cattle co., as the other large landowners.

well

as

by

Mr. "Looks

Roach, the 1 ike we're

woods rider, put cutting them down

it this way. or planting

When this equipment is functioning Charlton them ail winter long.

County will be in good position to protect her most valuable possessions.

Recentiy the Department of Forestry was

able to extend one of its services to Mr.

NEW TIMBER CORPORATION

Stubbs by having Jim Turner, Farm Forester at Statesboro, mark a sample area for thinning and

The southland Timber corporation is a new imp~ovement c~tt!ng which wi~.l make it easi.er .to

firm which has been chartered to do business in tra1n the th1nn1ng crews tu;s fall when 1t IS

Dougherty county.

planned to have the trees marked in advance of

the cutting crews, thus making sure that only

An announcement from Albany said the firm, the trees which should come out are cut.

owned by Paul E. Harper, Jr., Frances G. Harper,

Trees are Georgia's No. 1 crop - in 1946

and L. P. Gibson will "buy, sell, lease, devel- the landowners received $123,000,000 from the

op, manage and process timber of all kinds, the sale of trees and gum rosin. charter application states.