Georgia forestry, Vol. 11, no. 10 (Oct. 1958)

Georgia

October, 1958

Cruising the News
Guard Against Flaming
Battlefield In Telfair
(From Th e Lumb er Cit y L og )
Retreating soldiers burn everything behind them. They realize it will take years to rebuild communities, decades to grow forests. They know that to win a war, they must destroy natural resources. In Telfair County, we are not retreating , and no foreign enemy is encamped on our soil, yet each year we lose acres of growing timber from forest fires. Most forest fires in this area, according to a report issued this week by the Georgia Forestry Commission, are the result of carelessness or of wanton disregard for the rights of our neighbors. These twin causes of our forest fires are our real 'enemy,' a home foe rather than one which strikes from foreign shores. Defeat of the enemy, however, can never be realized until citizens of Telfair County come to realize that burned trees build no homes , pay no wages , and produce no taxes . With that realization will come care with fire in or near the woods. When we make a flaming 'battlefield' of our county ' s huge forestland acreage, we are accomplishing what any foreign enemy at war with our country would sacrifice large numbers of men and amounts of equipment to perform- sabotage and destruction of a natural resource which is a vital part of America' s strength. We can protect this highly important resource by crushing out our smokes while in or near the woods, drowning our campfires, and using our automobile ashtrays. Remember, it takes ALL our Telfair County citizens, working together, to prevent forest fires in our valuable woodland areas.
A Costly Menace
(From the Bulloch Times)
Forest fires, in the next few months, raging over valuable timber lands, will cause damage that may run into the hundreds of millions of dollars. Last year, many thousands of square miles of forest lands were burned over, and the presumption is that the area devastated this season will be much larger, unless adequate care is taken to prevent the carelessness to which most of the fires are attributed.
Readers of the Times should realize that eighty per cent of the forest fires which destroy so much valuaple timber are caused by the action of man - one-fifth of which is attributed to careless smokers.
The carelessness of American people in such matters ts a source of great amazement to peoples of other lands. It takes an emergency to make American citizens realize that conservation of natural resources should be the practice in this country.

Vol. 11

GEORGIA FORESTRY
October, 1958
Published Monthly by the GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
Box 1183 Macon, Georgia Gu yton DeL oach , Directo1

No.9

Members, Board of Commissioners :

C. M. Jo rd a n, Jr. , Chairman

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EDITOR __ __ -------------- ---------------------- ------------------ Frank Craven

STAFF ARTIST ---------------------------------------------------- Dan Voss ASSOCIATE EDITORS____________ Bill Ke ll a m, J o hn C urri e ,

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Rip Fontaine

DISTRICT OFFICES,

GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION:

DISTRICT !-Route 2,
Statesboro DISTRICT li-P. 0. Box 26,
Camilla DISTRIOT III-P. 0 . Box 169,
Americus DISTRICT IV-P. 0. Box 333,
Newnan DISTRICT V-P. 0 . Box 328,
McRae

DISTRICT VI-P. 0 . Box 505, Milledgeville
DISTRICT VII-Route 1,
Rome DISTRICT VIII-P. 0. Box
11 60, Waycross
DI STRICT IX- P. 0. Box 416, Gainesville
DISTRICT X-Route 3, Washington

Plant Pine Seedlings
For Best Investment
(From the Lanier County Ne ws)
Today many farmers are having to leave the farm because of lower net income. Many farm families are seeking employment in industry and therefore many farm families sell their farms and move to the city to obtain city jobs.
Farm land is still the best investment any person can have, and if one searches we find that even though farm profits have gone down the price of farm land has gone steadily up. It may be necessary at times for part of the farm family to seek jobs to gain extra income, but it is not wise for them to leave the farm completely.
As one looks around and counts up the best investment anyone can make in this day and time it is to invest in pine trees. Persons owning land can plant pine trees at very moderate expense and have their land increase in value each year. After 10 to 15 y ears they can begin harvesting their crop, taking out the pulpwood first to thin the stands and then begin selective harvesting of the timber.
For land not being cultivated, planting trees is the best answer. They require no cultivation or fertilization. The only management required is maintaining the fire breaks an d protection from fire. Yet, as time moves on , a greater amount of income can be gained from even the poorer farm land.
Why not supplement the farm income from field crops by planting pine seedlings? They are a good investment.

The paws that refresh you on fire prevention

There is a lively newcomer at the Sixth District Office in Milledgeville. It's none other than the new Smokey, Himself, the Fire Prevention Bear of the Georgia Forestry Commission.
Young Smokey was sworn in as the real, living official fire prevention symbol last month. The youngster, who'll be two years around the first of the year, came to Milledgeville from the famous Okefenokee Swamp Park near Waycross. Park Supt. Liston Elkins heard that the Forestry Commission needed a mascot, so he donated the playful black bear. Smokey was one of triplets born in captivity.
The youngster quickly won the affection of the Sixth District Office staff with his friendly antics. District Ranger Hubert Billue and Assistant District Forester John Dickinson are most attached to the young bruin, who's now about half the size of the previous mascot. The elder Smokey succumbed earlier in the year to the infirmities of old age.
Young Smokey is a snorting, whining bundle of curiosity and appetite. Cokes and candy are his favorite delicacies, but his consumption of these goodies is held to a minimum by his keepers, who fear he'd soon eat himself to death with such an unbalanced diet.
Smokey thrives on a vitamin-enriched dog food and various greens and bread. However, he'd prefer candy and his howls for sweets can be heard all the way to the district office from his cage home.
Milledgeville may not continue to be Smokey's home indefinitely. Commission Director Guyton DeLoach has mentioned that he'd like to get the mascot moved to Macon, but plans for housing and feeding the youngster haven't been worked out. The addition of Smokey would make the Forestry Center complete.

fSwump Bar'

Sworn In As New Smokey

Suuff out your smokes, too, please

Governor formall y opens lab
Three Forestry

Labs are Dedicated

at Savannah Ceremony
Giant paper-making machine commands pilot plant

October 9 was a memorable day for Georgia forestry as
Governor Marvin Griffin dedicated three vital new laboratories which should bring untold riches to Georgia.
Hundreds of Georgians flocked to the new $750,000 Herty Foundation Laboratory and Pilot Plant at Savannah to hear the Governor dedicate that facility and two Macon research buildings-the Southern Forest Fire Laboratory an d the Georgi a F ore s try Commission ' s tree seed testing laboratory .
Governor Griffin hailed the lab as a symbol of Georgia ' s increasin g rese a rc h and industrial progress. "I am more convinced than ever, " he said, "of the truth that one doll ar inve s t ed in research in Georgia will bring back fifteen dol-

t

Macon labs were dedicated, too Governor shows gift from trustees

V is it ors inspe ct little paper mak er
lars to the state's economy. This i s another step forward in Ge orgia's advance to take its place in the nation's research.' '
Research can make millionaires out of all Georgians, he added , to .the amusement of the audience, if "we can profitably utilize the blackjack oak sapling.''
"I think we have in our forests perhaps our greatest potential , " the Governor said. "Truly our trees make for a greater contribution to the economy of our state than most people realize. " He pointed out that forest:ry brings incom e to every one of Georgia's 159 counties.
Griffin praised the He rty lab for continuing "the work of a Milledgeville native who is largely responsible for Georgia emerging as a forestry giant." Dr. Charles Herty working in a small laboratory in Savannah several decades ago, perfected the processes which now make possible the conversion of pine pulpwood into newsprint and other paper products. The lllb is now seeking a method to produce news print commercially from Geo rgia hardwoods such as cottonwood, willow and gum.
The Herty Founda tion, di rec ted by Dr. William Be lvin , engages in research on wood utilization for industry, individuals or public agencies. It operates on a non-profit basis.
Lack of research in all fields has held back the s tate, the Governor pointed out. ''Our frontiers are in the brains of our citizens," he said. "We will get behind if we don' t provide adequate teaching tools . We are spendi ng mi llio n s of dollars so Georgia boys and girls will have the worki ng tools in the future to furnish leadership."
The Governor was honored by the Founda tio n tru s t ees fo r, according to master of ceremonies and Herty trus tee, Kirk Sutlive of Savannah , the "outstanding personal contributions you have made to the protection of our forests, all of which will redound to the welfare of the people." Sutlive presented the Governor with a silver tray.
John W. Middleton of Savannah, chairman of the Herty Board, introduced the Governor and thanked him for his "good offices and foresight in obtaining the fu n ds for the lab and pilot plant. ''
The U. S. Forest Service will operate the fire lab and provide part of the personnel of the seed lab, for which it furnish ed three -fourths of the construction funds from the Soil Bank Program.

Night ...

...and day

Atlanta

Ha wk i n s v i l l e

The Parades Go On

Pulchritude at McDonough

The Tenth District float, the Georgia

Forestry Commission's earth-bound

satellite was in orbit again this fall-

where it 'saluted everything from pimien-

toes to television station birthdays.

thiHs ofwalelv, ear~

it will have personnel of

some company the Sixth Dis-

trict Office at Milledgeville, led by

hammer-swinging District Ranger Hu-

bert Billue and Assistant District For-

ester John Dickinson, have constructed

a float of their own which they w1ll

carry a new version of the forestry me~

sage to a number of Middle Georg1a

celebrations. The much-travelled Tenth District

information and education unit started

its fall schedule at the Butts County

Industrial Day Parade in Jackson in

September. Fourth District Forester Al

Smith, who is a veteran of several

First District parades, turned out the

district office troops to help Butts Ran-

ger Robert Lane decorate the float.

Then they loaded it up and hustled it to the Fulton County Unit, where Ranger Art Promis 'and county and district office personnel prepared the float for the gigantic Southeastern Fair and WSB-TV birthday parade. The boys outdid themselves this time, for they decorated the entry with Miss Georgia Green. Lovely Miss Wylene Cowart motored over from Carroll County to adorn the float during the lengthy celebration in the capitol, which was viewed by many thousands.
McDonough and the Henry County Fair Parade was their next stop. Ranger Tom McLendon sponsored the entry. No sooner was this showing over, than Assistant Fifth District Forester Jim Hill gunned the float onto a waiting trailer and hustled it down to Hawkinsville, where .bewhiskered Pulaski Ranger Tommy Hogg was waiting to pretty it up for the Pulaski County ,Sesquicentennial.
If Ranger Hogg mashed a finger by accident while working on his entry, it's no wonder, for l) is beauteous wife was runner-up in the county beauty contest held in conjunction with the ses-quicentennial celebration.
The float's schedule ended in October at the Pimiento Festival at Woodbury. Ranger Ernest Orr and his unit decorated the entry this time.

This needs a cutlir.e? Dickinson tries cockpit of 6th District float

B a g -Camp Dedicates Nurser~

U. S. Senator Herman Talmadge and Forestry Commission Director Guyton DeLoach were among the speakers at the recent dedication of Union Bag-Camp Paper Corporation's new forest tree seedling nursery at Bellville in Evans Coun-
ry. Several hundred persons attended the opening of the 25-
acre facility which will produce 23 million slash seedlings this year. The trees will be planted on company lands and donated to landowners throughout the state, company offi-
cials said. The ultra-modern nursery contains its own cold storage
plant for storage of the 3,300 pounds of seed required to plant it this year. The seed beds are watered by an irrigation system which contains 1,400 sprinkler heads.
Seantor Talmadge, the featured speaker, said there is no danger of Georgia reaching the saturation point in timber
production. Talmadge commended the Forestry Commission and Director DeLoach for reaching the number one spot in the nation in fire control.
Buying sub-marginal land and planting trees on it is one of the best investments available now, T almadge said, pointing out th a t tobacco is the only farm crop which now yields more income than timber and its by-product s.
Talmadge recalled the low prices of forestry products during his youth and urged Georgians to take advantag e of Federal con servation reserve payments and plant trees under its terms. He praised Union Bag-Camp for its outstanding conservation program.
Other speakers included Executive Secretary Tom Gregory, who repre sented Gov. Marvin Griffin , Agricul ture Commissioner Phil Campbell, and DeLoach , who was bora and reared in Evans Counry and whose parents still live there.

James R. Lientz, Union Bag vice president, welcomed the guests, and Public Relations Director Kirk Sutlive, planned the program and served as master of ceremonies.
The 174-acre tract on which the nursery is located is also the ~ite of Union Bag's 10-acre seed orchard, whic h produces seed from superior, grafted trees for "The Bag's" nurseries. Plans are to expand the orchard to 20 acres, a company official said.
Machine age in nursery

Ninth District
Rangers Take
T-S-1Training
inth District rangers and distr~ct office personnel took to the woods recently for a session of unmerchantable hardwood control conducted by Forest Management Chief William McComb and Assistants T. B. Hankinson and John Clarke from Macon .
The school was conducted on five acres of private property whose owners gave Commission personnel permission to girdle and spray the unmerch antable trees. The outing was the first such in-the-field training staged in the inth District and should pave the way for increased timber s tand improvement work by the rangers in their respective counties.
Assis t ant District Forester Sam Martin divided the tract into five areas which were attacked by ax and spray-gun wielding rangers, who were tutored by the Commission Headquarters and
inth District Office forest management experts. The rangers applied basal spray to all trees with less th an four inches DBH (diameter breast high) and frilled and applied spray to the bigger trees. The field wo rk was completed during the morning, after which the men retired to the district office to figure the cost of the work and to review the results. The rangers can now perform the hardwood control work themselves or advise landowners on what timber stand improvement practices they should follow, inth District Forester Ollie Burtz of Gainesville said. The Ninth District is pushing forest management, Burtz said, to improve forest productivity in orth Georgia. Graduate foresters have been added to the district to advise landowners and perform various management services such as hardwood control. The new foresters include Assistant District Forester Armand Cote, ] efferson, and Project Foresters Leonard Kantziper, Clarkesville, and R. M. McMurry, Lavonia. Their presence has enabled the Ninth District to up its management work tremendously.

Lumpkin 'Grizzly' attacks hardwood Tree to Cantrell: I get a frill out of you

Cherokee Ranger Teaches Rescue School

Second-story man comes down

Spraine e gets free ride

Cherokee County Forest Ranger Eugene Dobson of Canton is the first Georgia Forestry Commission Ranger to conduct a Civil Defense rural disaster rescue training school since Forestry Commission personnel throughout the state attended district office sessions this summer taught by State Civil Defepse Communications Co-ordinator Jack Grantham,
The 20-hour school, at which six of 12 persons taking the course received graduation certificates, was conducted at the Cherokee County Forestry Unit near Canton,
Th'e Cherokee County residents studied various types of knots and their uses, rescue equipment, ladder handling and victim handling, with an emphasis on lowering injured per-

sons from damaged buildings. A simulated disaster, followed by rescue operations , climaxed the course. Dobson said the disaster' served as a final exam for the rescue students.
Ranger Dobson said the Civil Defense unit has scheduled refresher classes twice a month for the next year.
Seventh District Forester Julian Reeves of Rome praised Dobson for his initiative in setting up and conducting the school. Assisting Dobson in the demonstration of the resuscitator, rescue truck and fire truck were Calhoun Civil Defense Squadron Leader Carlton Hendrix, Ace Cook and Canton Fire Chief Bill Nelson. (Editor's Note: the photographs were taken by Ranger Dobson)

Forestry 'Town Meeting' Set For Macon

Small woodland owners from throughout the state will gather at Macon's Dempsey Hotel on November 13 for a "Town Meeting" of forestry, Forestry Commission Director Guyton DeLoach announced.
The discussion meeting is designed to find means of improving Georgia's 193,000 small, privately-owned woodlots. It is one of a series being sponsored throughout the nation by the U. S. Forest Service, state foresters, the Soil Conservation Service, state extension foresters and representatives of private industry.
USFS Region 8 Forester J. K. Vessey of Atlanta will present the problem, which is to raise production on Georgia's 12.5 million acres of woodlots under 500 acr&s in size. Few of the tracts have achieved their timber production potential, which is necessary if this nation is to meet the wood products' needs of its growing population in another generation.

The Agricultural Extension Service introduced a six-step forest management plan at Camp Rock Eagle last month. Extension Foresters Dorsey Dyer of Athens, a formulator of the plan, will report on the Rock Eagle meeting to the Macon group.
After the two speakers have presented their papers, persons attending the meeting will be asked at morning and afternoon sessions to air their views or ask questions on the timber growing situation. Government foresters hope to obtain information from the questions which will help them chart their future programs.
Others on the Macon agenda include DeLoach and Jim Gillis , Jr. , of Soperton, chairman of the State Soil Conservation Committee.
The 'town meeting' series was suggested by USFS Chief R. A. McArdle to find out how future Uni t ed States' timb er needs can be met. The South is expected to produce 46 per cent of the nation's timber by 2, 000 A. D.

L ogging the foresters ...
GEORGIA LOSES TO ALABAMA .... In the tree farm race, not on the gridiron , that is. Alabama forged ahead of Georgia, but not by much, in certified tree farm acreage total, Georgia Chairman Erle T. Newsom, Jr. , of Rome said. In the contest which started last spring, Flo ri da still hangs onto a diminishing lead with 4,545,344 acres of woodlands. Alabama has 4,289,544 and Georgia is third with 4,221 ,544. Mississippi is the fourth contestant.
PULPWOOD MEANS $$$$ .... Pulpwood cut in Georgia, the nation's 1957 leader, was worth more than $77 million, the Southern Pulpwood Assn., announced. All but one of the state's 159 counties shared this income. The value of all pulpwood cut in '57 in 12 Southern states wa s $396 million . Alabama was second with $46 million crop. More than 15 per cent of the pulpwood cut was hardwood.
ROADBL OCK DOESN 'T FOIL FORESTERS.... A long fr eight trai n delayed City of Fitzgerald fire equipment en route to a recent grass fire for almost 10 minutes . So the Ben Hill County Forestry Unit, which is located 'across the tracks,' went to the blaze and extinguished it before the city equipment could arrive. The blaze menace d several homes and building s, but was prevented from doi ng any damage .
SAW MILL EDUCATIO .... The Wayne Collins Sawmill at Blairsville and the Dyer Lumber Co . at Trenton are he.lping the Forestry Commission , the Agricul tur al Exten sion Service and the TVA harvest trees and produce lumber mo re efficiently. Fores ter s from the three groups will conduct demonstration s at the 'mills to teach lumbermen the latest i n ' mi lling.

Geronimo! Forestry Commission Fire Control Chief Jim Turner successfully test-parachuted a five l!,allon can of 'petro l' from a 'copter. Administration chief Ge orge Bishop rigged the chute. This technique may be useful in an emergency on a big forest fire .

Some of the multitude of Georgia -produced fo res t products wh ich were on displa y in the Georgia Forestry Assn. exhibit at the 1958 Southeastern Fair in Atlanta.
WOODLAND AID AVAILABLE .... The ACP will pay part of the costs of getting Georgia woodlands into top condi tion , Georgia ASC headquarters in Athens announced recently. Landowners interested in carrying out approved thinning and timber stand improvement work should contact their county ASC committees for information.

A contingent of Syracuse Universit y forestry students stopped off at Hitchiti Experimental Forest for a lecture by Project Leader Ernst Brender during their recent march through Georgia and the South ..

OCTOBER, 1958

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fJ1tere d a s s eco nd class mattu at

the Post Office, Macon, Geor8ia.

Man's Best Friend
Connecticut owes its existence to the Charter Oak, where a patriot hid the state's charter back in 1662, when the King of England wanted it back. Countless Georgians are finding their trees a friend in need now as they derive increasing income from a host of forest products. So, it' s to your advantage to improve and protect your woodlands in every way possible, for they will yield you boundless dividends.