Georgia forestry, Vol. 11, no. 2 (Feb. 1958)

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3eorgia Arbor Day

Cruising the News
Progress Accelerated
In Georgia Forestry
(From the Atlant a Cons titution )
Annua l re port s of the Georgi a Fore stry Co mmiss ion and the Georgia Forest Research Council mirror rem arka ble s trides ma d e in enhancing the s tatus of trees as a leading money crop.
They represent a de cided c ontrast to the old day s when man and hi s s harp ax ruthlessly bled the forests of their wea lth and then le ft it up to na ture to repair the damage as best it c ould.
Scientists and forestry workers today are carrying out a succes s ful program which embraces such facets as selective breeding of trees , production of superior seed in pine orchards , control of hardwoods and seedling diseases, increased nursery production, forest management, reforestation and other measures.
Especially important is the record the state established in fire control in 1957. Less than one-half of 1 per cent of the 24 million a cres under protection of the forestry commission was lost to fire.
Georgia has harvested millions of dollars from its woodlands. Practice s being furthered by today' s forestry experts will as s ure the state of continued bumper crops in the years to come.
Forests May Be
Our Salvation
(From the Tho mas v ille Time s F!nt erprise )
The po t e ntia l t i mber or fo restry resources o f G eorg ia particul arly in this sec tion, are unlimited. T hat s tands u ncont es t ed b y t h ose wh o a re us in g modern meth o d s of treat ing forests, propagating th e type of trees that c an be u sed in devious ways a nd grow v e ry rapi d l y on a lmo s t a ny type of land we h ave in South Georgia.
Pine woods have meant a g reat boon to many l and owne rs in this region. Most of u s remember the Piney Woods Hotel of the past century and how it s timulated th e advent of throngs of tour.ists wh o have meanwhil e become re s idents with large holdings of piney wood land and are using the best methods of cultivating and increasing the production, instead of ruthlessly cutti ng and not ma king any attempt to stimulate regrowth in timber th at c an be u s ed.
Even the pulp wood potential is s a id to be greater than most la nd own e r s think ,but there is now a movement instigated a nd prac tic ed to make this an outst anding c rop and prove much of value to large a s well as small lando wn e rs . Seve ra l wis e and shrewd busines s me n of tl~is s ecti o n are now ta ckling the problem an d ma king progress in .ne e ti ng the n e eds of the state an d of the sect ion that we live in.

Vol. 11

GEORGIA FORESTRY
February, 1958,
Published Monthly by the GEOHGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
Box 1183 Maeon, Georgia Guyton DeLoach, Di1ector

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Members, Board of Commissioners:

C. M. Jordan, Jr., Chairman Sam H. Morgan . Oscar S. Garrison
H 0. Cummings .

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. Savannah ~ . . Homer .. Donalsonville

John M. McElrath,

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Georgia Forestry is entered as second class matter at the Post Office under the Act of August 24, 1912. Member of the Georgia Press Association.

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EDITOR STAFF ARTIST ASSOCIATE EDITORS .

Frank Craven
Dan Voss Bill Kellam, John Currie,

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DISTRICT OFFICES, GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION:

DISTRICT 1-Route 2, Statesboro
DISTRICT li- P. 0. Box 26, Camilla
DISTRIOT JJI- 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 l,
Rome DISTRICT VIII-P. 0. Box
1160, Waycross DISTRICT IX-P. 0. Box 416,
Gainesville DISTRICT X-Route 3,
Washington

Modern methods have been created for adding to these resources and they have worked out exceptionally well in several cases where land owners mixed business with pleasure and declared it to be profitable over the years to a startling degree. Saw timber, of course, brings in more money than any other type and while other parts of Georgia have shown a decline, the only stepping-up of production is found in South Georgia.
Our forests may become our salvation in the years to come but not if they are not studied and cared for as all of our educational agencies demonstrate they can be.

Record Pine Cone Crop
(From the Adel N e rL'S)
Georgian s collected the largest cone supply in history this past year. One hundred thousand bushels of cones including 75,000 s lash, 23,000 loblolly and 1,500 longleaf were harvested to provide seed for six forest tree nurs eries . The average price per bushel was $1.50 for loblolly a nd $ 1.00 for s las h.
A new c one curing and extraction plant is already full y opera ting in Macon. Reforestation officials said the p lant will proces s about 3,000 bushels of cones a day. Thre e thousand bushels of cones yield about 1,500 po un d s of s eed. The cones after the seed are ex tra ct ed are g round up and used as mulch ~n the seedling beds in nurserie s .
T hi s is a new industry coming to Georgia. With our growing pine trees we should be planting more small trees lo oking forwa rd to wealth from our trees.

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Fire Losses Held To All.time Low In 1957

Forest fires l in Georgia were held to an all-tim e low 1n
1957, Georgia Forestry Commission Director G uyton
DeLoach announced. Less than one-fourth of one percent of the protected
area in Georgia was destroyed by fire last year. Only
50,989 of the 21,225,396 acres under fire protection of the Forestry Commission were burned in 1957.
There were only 5,009 fires i n 1957, c ompared to
7,689 in 1956, when 102,037 fore s t acre s burned, De-
Loach said. For the first time .in severa l years, Ge or-
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record.
"However, most of the credit of this remarkable rec ord must go to the people of Georgia, whose increasingly careful handling of fire in their woodlands helped make

this memorable achievement possible," DeLoach declared.
"Georgia timber is increasing in value and demand every ye ar. Georgians realize that they burn dollars when they burn their woods."
Two counties with a total forest acreag e of 135,580 went , unde r GFC fire protec t ion in 1957, G F C Fire Chief
J. C. Turner, J r. said. This swelled the nu mber of pr o-
tected countie s t o 147. Over 30 coun ties approved the Notification of lnten
tion to B u rn Law in 1957, a county-opt ion measur e passed by t he General Assembly in 1955. J:h is law re
quues lan down ers to notify their forestry units before doing outdoor burning. It lessens chances of prescribed
burn s from g etting out of control, Turner said. Se venty three counties now have the law in effect.

Statewide Programs M ark Arbor Day

T housands of Georgia youngsters observed the sixty -seventh anniversary of Arbor Day this month with tree plantings and conservation ceremonies.
Arbor Day has been a traditional observance in Georgia schools s ince 1890 when it was decreed by the General Assembly. In 1941 the Assembly set the third Friday in February as Arbor Day.
In his 1958 proclamation, Gov. Marvin Griffin urged every Georgian to give attention to Arbor Day by taking part in the protection and development of forestry.
Many county forest rangers assisted schools with their Arbor Day observances. The Georgia Forestry Commis-

sian prepared a s ugge s ted prog ram which many of th e schools followed. Special films were available to the schools and forestry demonstrations were held to illustrate the Day.
Commission Director Guyton DeLoach complimented school and civic organi zation leaders on the job they did in conveying to Georgi a youth the value of their woodlands.
DeLo ach s aid th a t eac h Arb or Day project sponsore d by a s chool or organization was definite evidence of the co-opera ti on of Georgians in keeping th eir s ta te green.

L a vinder Leaves Waycross For
South Sea Isles

Many folk s, famous and infamous alike, h ave succumbed to the lure of the lush South Sea Isles. Now, forester George Lavinder, veteran Eighth District chief, will follow in the footsteps of painter Paul Gaugin, author Robert Louis Stevenson, adding machine executive Douglas MacArthur, golfers Bob Hope and Bing Crosby and glamour-girl Dorothy Lamour.
Only George isn't retiring, wading ashore or making movies. Seems he just doesn't do a thing for a sarong
Instead, starting late this spri ng, he' 11 grow rubbe for Goodyear Tire & Rubber in turbulent Sumatra. Indonesia, you know, has been making the headline~ lately as various political factions battle for control of the young government.
The threat that all this strenuous internal disagreement poses doesn't faze George, though. He'll grow rubber, he says, come Communism or high water.
George will serve in a supervisory capacity on either a 10,000 or 14,000-acre rubber plantation. He will be provided with a furnished home for his wife and two sons, who will fly with him to Sumatra. They will go directly from Waycross to the ')rient. The boys, who're all excited about the new adventure, will continue their
grammar school studies through correspondence courses from the States.
Lavinder joined the Forestry Commission in January, 1949, as Assistant Fourth District Forester at Newnan. He became District Forester a few months later and served there until becoming Eighth District Forester in October, 1951.
''\\'e hate to see George go," Commission Director Guyt 1 DeLoach said. ''He has done fine work for us in a tn 1._; '1 district and we will miss him. We know,

Lavinder ready to plant billionth rubber seedling
though, he'll grow rubber as well as he promoted the growth of South Georgia pines."
The Lavinders will take only their automobile and personal belongings. 'T ll send you all the tiger and snake skins you need. And I'll see if I can't get over to Bali and send you some shots of the girls, too.''
So stay tuned in, readers, for pictures of Rajah Lavinder seated atop his personal elephant in an air-conditioned howdah, blazing away at tigers, snakes and anything else shootable.

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FORESTRY CENTER FIREMEN TRAIN WITH NEW TRUCK

It's drop your typewriters and grab your fir e hose

every Monday and Thursday at the Georgia Forestry

Cen t er. Male personnel, from accountants t o artists,

are gathering 'round a newly-arrived red truck to learn

the strenuous art of fighting bui'lding fires .

Fighting woods fires 1sn't enough at the Center.

With buildings springing up fast as pines at the state

forestry headquarters , the need for a cityfied fire-fight-

ing forcf! became evident. Director Guyton DeLoach

obtained a government-surplus fire truck and ordered all

male hands to turn out to form the ''volunteer'' fire

department.

Shop Foreman Fran_k Bagwell, a former professional

fireman, and Chief Investigator Bob Gore, another ex

-smoke eater, are training the firemen.

Commission personnel are learning how to drive the truck, to operate the powerful pump and to connect an d handle the various types of hose . Five to nine men are required to operate the fire truck at full efficiency'

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Freezing weather made the early training sessions a

rugged proposition. DeLoach said he hopes to have the

training complete by the end of March. The Commis-

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a nearby candy factory.

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That whirring sound you hear in Dodge County isn't a satellite
buzzing over. It's Ranger J. D.
Beauchamp and his hardwood control crew hard at work doing away with undesirable trees.
Zip. Zip. Goes the brush saw. Squirt. Squirt. Goes the 2,4,5-T from the back pump. And another undesirable hardwood bites the dust, or sand, to make way for valuable pines. Elimination of undesirable trees releases growing space for small pines which are crowded by the larger scrub trees. It clears space for planting pine seedlings. Making idle land productive not only introduces a cash crop of trees, but it raises the land's value. Tending and harvesting the timber creates more jobs. i\fore than 100 acres of Dodge County woodlands have risen in value because scrub hardwood has been eliminated by the forestry unit.

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pines now," Dodge landowner IV. H. McCranie, who clear cut and burned land to fJrefwre it for

tells Management Field Asst. John Clark of Macon and Dodge RanJ!.er Dewey Beauchamp.

A 2,000-acre backlog of work orders verifies the support of Dodge County landowners in uncle sirable hardwood control. Landowners who have participated in this forest improvement project include W. H. McCranie, W. S. Stuckey, C. B. Hargrove, ] . L. Sanders, Lester Harrell and A. W. Harris.
Beauchamp and company do hardwood control whenever their other duties at the forestry unit enable them to do so. The brush saw and 2,4,5-T, a tree-killing chemical, are the primary weapons against scrub hardwood encroachment.
Undesirable trees up to four inches in diameter are cut down and the stumps are sprayed with the chemical. Trees larger than four inches in diameter are girdled with an axe and 2,4,5-T is applied to the girdle.
A nominal fee is charged for the work. The proceeds are used to pay for the equipment and what's left goes back into the unit budget for use by the unit.

"One good s7uirt ought to finish him off," nodge Patrolman Knight tells Clark as he af,plies 2,4,5-T.

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North and South Georgia geography are as different as hardwoods and softwoods, but forestry remains pretty much the same. However, the rugged hill ar.d laKe country of the Ninth District does present District Forester Ollie Burtz with problems which the flatlanders down South don't have to worry about.
Take a forest fire , for instance. When one of the steep mountainsides bursts into flame, it's up to District Ranger Clyde Cantrell, the ace tractor jockey, to zoom up the vertical slope and bulldoze or plow the blaze into submission.

Burtz is a conbrmed believer in the value of first aid, so he and Asst. Dist. Forester ] im McElhannon frequently practice the latest bone-setting techniques. Some people, like Mrs. Zella Wilbanks, the district secretary, are dubious.
The man<;1gement foresters are the visionaries. Asst. Dist Forester Sam Martin and District Ranger George Bower are always coming up with new techniques and methods of improving North Georgia forests. The lads are now busy trying out Martin's new paint gun.
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W. H. Kierbow and Radio Technician Charles Whitlock. Whitlock is a newcomer to the Ninth, so ''Sgt. Friday,'' who also doubles as the district supply sergeant, issued Whitlock a helmet to wear when he climbs radio or fire towers.
Seems that jets fly low up in the hills (ask that Bar row County towerman) and the tin chapeau might keep Whitlock from getting his hair parted the wrong way some day when he's fixing an antenna.

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"Plant, man, or perish"
Editor Says Pines
Are South's Future
The rise of the South lies in the planting of pines, Jonathan Daniels, editor of the Raleigh, N. C., News and Observer, told the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Assn. at Atlanta recently.
Daniels' address highlighted the 1958 meeting which included election of officers and reports on forestry progress from Association officials and industrial lead ers.
Daniels stated that the small landowner has the mis conception that industry is trying to take his land away from him. The wellknown newspaper editor added that pulp companies usually purchase tracts of land that are over 500 acres. Therefore, through forestry, millions of acres of tax delinquent land have become productive.
Even with the development of the paper and pulp industry, the small landowner still owns approximately seven out of every 10 acres of farm land, Daniels said. The paper and pulp industry has brought about new changes in towns and woods that have been most significant to the progress of the South.
Daniels further stated that if we are to continue to advance we must change our doctrine from ''root hog or die" to "plant man or perish."
C. R. Mordecai, Jr., of the Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp., stated that the school forest program offers an opportunit y to gain a working knowledge of fore st.ry. ~1ordecai oninted out that the school program broadens the knowledge of the young forester so that he m:1y intelligently reap the maximum potential of his pine crop.
L. A. Whittle, 1957 vice-president, was n:1med president. Succeeding Whittle is K. A. Swenning of the Scott Paper Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.

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eastern Section of the Society of American Foresters at

their recent meeting in Panama City, Florida.

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lege at Atlanta, said that the forester can bring the pub-

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Keeping abreast of developments in Southern forestry

was the theme of the two-day meeting. Georgia Re-

search Council Director Frank Albert reported that his

group would study forest soils and hardwood and slash

pine plantation management.

At present, however, he said fire prevention and suppression research is being emphasized. A laboratory

Hargreaves, Wilson head SAP in '58

will be constructed at the Georgia Forestry Center in

Macon to study forest fuels.

Other panel subjects included fire prevention advance-

ments in the South, the economy of intensive manage-

ment on forest lands and Southern forestry research.

Leading industrial and government foresters composed

the discussion groups.
Henry Wilson of Grayson, Ala., was elected 1958
section chairman. Dr. L. A. Hargreaves, Jr. of Macon,
Ga., assistant director of the Georgia Forestry Com-

New Georgia Chapter officers elected were Al Davenport of Union Bag-Camp Paper, Savannah; chairman; Nelson Brightwell of the Georgia Agricultural E xtension Service, Tifton, vice-chairman, and Frank Bennett of

mission, was named chairman-elect, and Henry Roller

the Southeastern Forest Experimental Station, Cordele,

of Mobile, Ala., was chosen secretary-treasurer.

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Landowners Learn Thinning At Canton Demonstratio n

/Jell, /Jond, llamf't on won marking contest

Forest thinning h as becom e a major project in
Cherokee <::onnty. Recently some 25 landowners gathered on the farm of Carl Bennet near C anton at the first of six thinning demonstrations to be held in Cherokee County during the next few months.
Floyd Hubbard, Jr . assistant Seventh District Forester Management pointed out that the purpose of thinning is to cut out the bad trees, to give more nourish-
ment to the good ones and to cut down on the loss of pine growing space by eliminating the hardwood.
Hardwood can be eliminated to a large extent, according to Hubbard, through the use of 2-4-5-T, by mechanical means and by burning.
Clark Rodgers of Rome Kraft, which sponsored th e demonstration, stated that three factors determine whether a tree should be taken or left. They are the amount
of foliage in the top of a tree, the shape of the trunk and whether or not it is diseased or has suffered insect
damage.

RANGER ROUND UP
DeLoach talks at Perry...... GFC Director Guyton DeLoach recently addressed the Farmers' Club of the Macon Chamber of Commerce at a supper meet ing at Perry. lie was introduced by Mjss Susan Myrick, farm editor of th e Macon Telegraph, center. P. L. Hay of Macon, right, is club preside nt.
ATTENTION FUTURE- FORESTERS--Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp. is offering three four-year forestry scholar ships. Candidates must be Georgia residents, high school graduates with outstanding scholastic and extra curricular records and must be vitally interested in a forestry career. Full details may be obtained from the Woodlands Division, Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp., Box 570, Savannah. Application deadline is March 15.
NEW BARROW KEEP GREEN CHIEFDr. Robert L. Lott of Winder was elected chairman recently of the Keep Barrow County Green Assn. He succeeds Ross Maddox, who resigned becaus e of the press of other duties. FIRST AID PAYS OFF--Crisp Dooley Ranger Bobby Christian 's first aid training came in handy recently when Patrolman Gene Dillard of Cordele was injured while plowing a fire break. A falling tree struck Dillard in the head. Christian carried Dillard over a mile to their truck. The troubles weren't finished then, for the truck got stuck. Christian had to get the tractor and pull the truck out before he could take Dillard to Crisp County Hospital. RESEARCH CENTER GROWS--Three s cientists have joined the staff of the Macon Forest Fire Research Center. James Hefner, a recent Univ. of Georgia graduate, will study fuel characteristics, fire beh avior, prescribed burning and the effect of fire on soil productivity. Wa l ter Hough, a Penn State forestry grad, will study fire danger measurements. Daniel Krueger of the U. S. Weather Bureau, Minneapolis, Minn. , will be in charge of the Macon weather forecasting service. Daily forecast s will begin soon and will continue throughout each fire sea son. SCHULTZ ROARS AT LIONS...... Assistant Tenth Distrier Forester Bill Schultz told the Wilkes Co unty for estry story to the Washington Lions Club recently. Schultz analyzed the forestry needs of Tenth Dis:rict' s home county. He was introduced by Wilkes Ranger Tom Bullard.

TENTH REARS 300-FOOT ANTENNA--District Forester George Colli er and Co. will soon be coming in loud an_d clear. Completion of the new 300-foot radio antenna at the Tenth District office at Washington will give improved, direct communications with every county unit in the district, with the Forestry Commission s tate headquarters at Macon and with various other district offices. The tower will also be used for Civil Defense messages.
NEW HERT Y BOSS.... ]. K. Jones is the new super intendent of the Georgia Forestry Commission Herty Tree Seedling Nursery at Albany. He succeeds M. E. Murph y,. who resigned Dec. 31, 1957. Jones, an eight -year veteran of the Commission, served briefly as superintendent of the new Morgan Nu rsery near Macon before movin g to Alb any. Reforestation Field Asst. Jim Wynens is servwg as temporary superintendent of Morgan, which will receive its initial planting this spring. DOUGHERTY GETS NEW RANGER .... Paul Bledsoe, a University of Georgia forestry graduate, is the new Dougherty County ranger. Bledsoe completed his class room work in Decem ber and will receive his diploma this June. He i s no newcomer to the Commission, having served as assis tant ranger in Colquitt County in 1953. NEW COL UMB IA RANGER .... Lonnie Morris is the new Columbia County ranger, succeeding Leo Lorenzo, who resigned in J a nu ary to en ter private industry. Morris, an Appling native, has served as assis t ant patrolman a nd was assistant ranger when he was promoted. Larry Edmunds of Columbia County is the new assistant ranger.
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NEW I & E C HI EF--George S. James, assistant U. S. Forest Service Region 5 Forester in charge of Informa tion and Educ ation, San Francisco, has assumed the same duties a t the Region 8 office in Atlanta.

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