., LIBRARY GEORGIA CENTER FOR CONliN '.. ATHENS, GEO ' t ..'...... . " Cruising the NeV#s 1 11 I GEORGIA FORESTRY A Day Well W orth Vol. ll May, 1958 Published Monthly by the GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION Box 1183 Macon, Georgia No.5 Celebrating (From the \lacon 'J'ehg raph) Guyton DeLoach, Director It i s fitting that Georgia, the s ta te \vhich leads in many phases of forestry, celebrat e Pulp and Paper Day, 1:1 Members, Board of Commissioner~: with speeches by prominent Georgians, and tours of C. l\1 . .Jorda n, Jr., Cha irman Sam H. Morgan I; Oscar S. Garr ison H. 0. Cummings Alamo Savannah Homer Donalsonville various woodlots and p ulp and paper mills. Celebration of the Jay is meant to focus public a tten - ti on on the economic ifTlpor tance to the region of the John M. McElrath, Macon pulp and paper industries a nd to point up the value of II Georgia Forestry is entered as second class matter growing pulpwood to help a lleviate many of the South's agricu ltural problem s. 1. at the Post Office under the Act of August 24, 1912. Member of the Georgia Press Association. Forestry management has made s tri des in Geo rgia in the past decade, and the Sou thern Pulpwood Conser- I vation As socia tion has joined the Soil Con servation I EDITOR I I! STAFF ARTIST ASSOCIATE EDITORS Frank Craven Dan Voss Bill Kellam, John Currie, Service and the Georgi a Forestry Commission in teach in g woodlot own e rs th e importance o f good management. \\'hen tree s are thinned to permit better growth o f the I Rip Fom~ine rem a ining tr ees, the sale o f pulpwood enable s the farmer to make a profit on hi s selective c utting operation a t the I I' DISTRICT OFFICES, time of thinning, as well as to improve timber growth GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION: and ultimate profits on the woodlot. DISTRICT 1- Route 2, DISTRICT VI - P. 0. Box !'>05, Forestry expert s tell u s we are rea li zing only one I Statesboro DISTRII'T li - P. 0. Box 26, M ilied gevi lie DISTRICT VII - Route t', Camilla Rome third o f ou r potential in wood production. Such event s as tho se schedu led for Pulp an d P ape r Day will help to DISTRI(VI' 111 - P. 0. Box 169, DISTRICT VIII - P. 0. Box point up the tremendous economic opportunitie s more Americus 1160, Waycross productive forest s o ffer in the years to come. DISTRICT 1\'- P. 0. Box 333, DISTRICT IX - P. 0. Box 411l, Newnan Gainesville DISTRICT \'- P. 0. Box 328, DISTRICT X- Route 3, McRal' Washington All Win In This Contest Don't Cut That Old Pi ne Tree (From the .\lacon J' e l eg raph) Those of u s who love Georgia' s tall, maJestic pi n es wi ll be ple.1sed to know another honor has come to the object of our affection. The world's oldest known living things, it ha.s developed, are the bristlecone pine tree s o f California. Realizing this, the federal governmen t has decided to protect the gnarlec.i old trees from th e rav.1gc s of souveni r hunters. The forest se r vice has set aside a !.7 ,000-acre re s tricted bota nical area high in the White \ lount.1ins. One of the \lethuselahs, as th e bristlecone pines o~re c.1lled, is ~/>00 years old-more than 2,500 years o ld when Christ w:1s born. (The age is reckoned hy using .1 steel borer t o t.1ke out a core about .1s thi ck .1~ a le.1 ,! pencil; rings are then co unted.) \\'hile the \lc t hu~elahs be:1r lit tle resemblance to our \Iiddle c;corgia pines, they're still k infolks. And we're migh tv proud the v' re being taken care of in thcit old age . (From the .\t lanta journal) F ore s t products rate as a massive contributor to th e economy of Geo rgia-wi th re turn s we ll over half a billion dollars annually. Georgi a ran ks second in the South and fifth in th e n:1tion in lu mbe r p roduction , and certainly nothing shou ld be s pared in keepi ng thi s gigan ti c indu stry in a fl ou rishing cond iti on. One o f the areas fo r encourag in g proper manageme nt o f woodlands is founJ in a program ca ll ed t he Ame ri c:1n Tre e F:1 rm System. Spo n so r ed by th e American Fore s t Products In dustries, th e system concentrate s on th e deve lo pme nt and c:1 r e of privately ow n ed fo re s tlan ds. Geo rgia has ~89 tr ee farm s on ~.909, 193 acres, an d ther e is considerab l e talk in :\l abam:1 o f a contest among the Deep South s ta te s for tree fa rm leade rs hip. :\labama al r eaJy ha s is s ued a t en t a tiv e cha llen ge to .\1ississippi and Florida, and has suggested th a t perhaps Georgia would like to participa te. In reality there would be no loser s in competition of this kind . The winn e rs would b e the tree farmers , the communitie s a nd the stat es . In s ig ning up to be a certifi ed tree fa rmer, a landowner .1grees to a progra m of forest prot ec ti on, harvesting and replanting. Georgians know a grea t dea l about woodlands m:1nagement. and by joining in frien d lv competition with their neighbors , the y might learn even more. IVylen e Co l1 1rlrt o/ (',rl rro!l ('o unt y crOII' !Ied, P eg 1/am{'t oll uj Maco11 i s seco 11d Two time winners were the occasion rather than th e exception at the recen t 5 1s t annual meeting of the Georgia Forestry Association in Atlanta. Ca rroll County claimed her second consecutive \!i ss Geo rg ia Green Queen. \\'. \I. Ottmeier was re-elected Association presiden t. ~.!i ss Wy len e Cowa rt , 16, of Ca rroliton won th e title ove r 18 o ther ent rA-nt s . Th e Ca rr o ll Co unty beauty is secretary of the Roopvill e Hi gh Junior C la ss. :,!i ss Peggy H amp ton , 17 , of .'lacon Co unt y was runner-up. The annual Golden Pine Cone awards were made to Cla re nee Str ee tman , H. \\'. Vaughn and Ottmeier. Vaughn al so received the Georgia Tre e Farm award. The Fifth Di s tri ct received fir s t place for outs tanding statewide general performa nc e Juring 1957-58. Was hington Co unty won the to p spo t among counties. Gilmer and Pike-Spa lding Co untie s tied for second place. The mo s t outs t anding performance in fire protecti on went to Grady County. The Greene-Taliaferro unit was second. Other counti es receiving awards were Emanuel, Brook s, C ri sp-Dooly, Dodge, Lowndes , Gwinett and Lincoln. Opportunities are unlimited in fore s try, Dean Herrick of th e George Foster Peabody School of Forestry, University o f Geo rgi:1 t old the Associati o n. He added that there is no room for the incompetent in forestry. )Jew direc tors elec t ed for a three year term were Sam Bentw ell, Savannah, Ben Turner, Cordele, Ben \leadows, Atlanta, \\'illiam Simmons, \!.leon, St e wart ~1c C r a r y, Ga in esville and William Talley, Adel. O sbo !t i s runne r-up, ~?bodes i s s tat e u i n n e r '\treetmrtn, \'augbn gC' t go ld cones \'aughn, ,\tanager \lorris get farm a11rtrd I Can't Believe It.. Kay Adams holds onto 'hat' in foombs It's Wilkinson Ranger Cason neuer bad it so good Mi ss Georgia Green crowning time brought forth another crop of county beauty queens from Lincolnton to Folkston. Blondes, brunettes and redheads by the dozens attired themselves in elaborate evening gowns and paraded before dazzled judges, seeking the county beauty titles which would send them to the s ta te finals in Atlanta. There were all types of beauty contests-from elaborate outdoor spectacles which were part of forestry 'days' to small .indoor judgings. Forestry Commission county rangers often had the assistance of eager, public-spirited civic clubs which helped shoulder the complicated burden of s taging a beauty - l3ear Time A gain... \ ]!!anita r: v ans nam e d \!iss Lin coln nooly ']ueen Nanc v nrannen is talented Proud Mama sees Ft belvn c rown Sister !?ita in Oodg e contest. The shows, some of which were mammoth pro- ductions featuring over 40 contestants, went off without a hitch, thanks to the diligence of the sponsors. Large crowds attended the spectacul ars, which were held in gymnasiums, theatres, school auditoriums , community houses and even outdoors in a state park. Dodge County's pageant, the only one which featured a bathing suit division, incidentally, also produced the season's most unique note-sister succeeding sister as queen. The Eastman crowd was delighte d by the crowning of 16 -year-old Rita McMillan of Rhine by sister Ethelyn , the 1957 rule r. Wilkinson County sel ected a Pine Seedling Queen -Dorothy Ann Maddox-to go wi th it s regulati on-size ruler, ~! i ss Fearn Spear s of Irwinton . Beauty contests were held in Lincolnton, Dodge, Toombs, Wi lkin son, Macon, Terrell, Taylor, Ware and Charlton Counties. Other coLntie s picked by school contest or by committees. Georgia Forestry Association officials made the competition more attractive by announcing that the winner would receive a three-day trip to New York City via Delta Airlines. '~1 dage in Terrell --- l'e ggy 1/rt mf,t on rule s ,\lacon C:otoJt y !'at f\mith is ,\!iss ralhot ...In Georgia Springtime Brings Pine Festival ~ "J_"'o Georgia Festivals hailing the pine tree and its many products were almost as numerous as the Georgia pines themselve s this spring. Pine celebrati ons dotted south Geo rgia . Events sa luting other Georgia products featured bright fo restry float s . :-.1os t gl amorous event was the annual American Turpentin e Farmers Assn . convention at Valdosta, whe re 10 ba thing-suit clad beauties from five Sou thern s t a t es competed for the Miss Gum Spirits of Turpentine crown. The winner was 18-year-old An n Ewi ng of ~.1o nroe , Ga., a student a t Sou th Georgia C?llege, Douglas, and a veteran beauty contest w1nne r. A barbecue, speeches, exhibits, banquet and dance marked the two-day festivities. A speech by U. S. Sen ator Richard Russell highlighted the elaborate Pine Tree Festival in Swainsboro. Over 30 lavishly decorated floats praising fores try, numerous high school and military bands and enough beauty queens to dazzle a blind man paraded through the banner-filled streets. Thousands of Georgians flocked to the colorful Emanuel county feat. Ex tremely Sou th Geo rgians gathered at Laura ' Pine tree rewri lf -:Jther Goose IVa/stein Hooth 111ins Waycross tree fa rm all'ard Smokey, heifer friend parade in Sylvania Smokey visited Dublin Livestock Festival Tu rpentine 7ueen u Pc: ition fea tur ed. .. Schools entered oun royaLty Walker State Park for education and sigh t seeing a t th e Wa re Coun t y Fo re s try Fes tiva l. Eigh th District Forestry Commissi on Forester George Lavinder supervised the demonstra tions, which ranged from the latest pl anting methods to con trolling cull hardwoods by aeri al spraying . Ware Coun ty civic groups and business firms sponsored the outing, which featured a beauty contest-won by :,1iss Helen Hereford- and the selection of Walstein Booth of ~liano r as t he county's outstanding tre e farmer. Lively livestock festivals at Dublin and Sylvania in cluded big parades. Fore s try units in both counti es entered colorful flo at s i n th e parades. . . .chilled Siamese tw in /lost Mciver teacbes scaling Toombs W ins I P Co.-Sponsored Forestry Contest ~1iddle Georgia Future Farme rs of Ame ri ca bat tled it out for forestry excellence recently at a field day at Soperton. FFA chapters from Toombs Central, L yons, Soperton, Reidsville, Collins, . Glennville and .\it. Vernon vie d for awards in such event s as selective marketing, planting , tree identifi cation, timber estimating and scaling and bow and c ro ss I I c ut sawing. I When the saw dust had cleared, the Toombs Cen tral High School chapter, taught by James Brazzell, II was the winner. The host county's high school , Truetlen, was second. Hubert Glisson i s advisor. John ~!elver, district supervisor of the sponsoring International Paper Co., presented the winning chapter with a plaque and a cash award at the ban- quet following the competition. Cash prizes also went to the boys who were winners and runners-up in the wdividual event s . 0 . G. Traczewitz of International s poke on "Youth and Forestry." ]. N. Baker, assistant sta te supervisor o( agri c ultur al ed uc a tion , was mas ter of ceremonies. The field day climo.xed years of s tudy and work by th e chapter members. The .\lontgomery Co unty chapter, which didn't place in total points, but did have seve ral individual event wi nn e rs at ::;ope r- ton, held its own award night some days later to honor its outstanding young foresters and farmers. The .\1ontgornery County Keep Green Committee ,Jonated cash awards to the members wi th the out- standing home forest projects. Corn-growing awards were made and the chapter sweethearts, .\1isses Sue John.<>on aA The Pike - ~palJin g \.o unt y F o r estry L' nit , he.1cled by Ran g er Jolm :\ . O sbo lt, ] r., with t he ai el of Smo - key the Bear recentl y gave a fores try demonst ration to approxi ma t e ly I "iO sco ut e r s o f th e Flint Ri ve r Co uncil Bo y ~c ou t s o f America. Smokey ,Henson Visit Griffin Boy Scout Camporee ] immy Hen son, Newnan Di s tri c t Forester, emcee,! th e program at the fair grounds in Griffin. Smokey emphasized the proper building of c.1rnp fir es, care of axes, firearm .1nd water s.lfetv .Jn,J how to fight fire s with hand tools. 'le srresse,J the importance of first aid for snake bites. por-..nn ivv and poison oak. .\!e mbers oi the Pike-Spalding l'nit .!tnwrhtr.lte,l the u se of the water truck an,! tr.lctor rrr fir<" fighttll,L: The fo r estr\' demonstr.uion in.lugur.lte.l the !trst campo ree \\'hi~h consisted ,,f .dl .C, .'.bc o n, county agents and soil conservation technicians. IB.\f equipment wi ll be u sed this year to process the orders. This will simplify th ei r hanJling and will enable the Commission to set up the orders for delivery as close as possible to th e date requesteJ by th e purchaser. This year al l orders of 50,000 trees or brger must be picked up at Commission nur serie s by the purchasers. State truck s will continue to deliver all orders under this s i ze to county forestry units or to county agents or soil technici ans in coun ties which have no fore s try unit s . Cancellations of o rders after the Sep t. 15 closing da t e will cost the purchaser 25 per cen t of the price of the cancelled seedlings. Thi s charge is made to cover the handling costs. Cancellations may be made during the ordering period without penalty, however. Persons who have to cancel their orders after Sep t: 15 may prevent the penalty by accepting their seedlings and then reselling them at cost-and for planting in Georgia only. Prices remain the same in 1958 Loblolly, longleaf and s lash pine will co s t four dollars per thousand. Eastern white pine will cost nine and eastern red cedar and yellow poplar 10 dollars per thousand. There is a transportation charge of 25 cent s per thousand on deliveries by state truck. Lifting and delivery will begin Nov. 15 and will end Feb. 15. As usual, the Commission will ship only heal thy, vigorous seedlings, but because of delays in planting, improper storage a fter the landowner receives the seedlings, adverse weather, incorrect planting and other such adverse factors, the Commission cannot guarantee seedling s urvival. All Commission personnel will be del igh ted to assist Georgians in any way in the ordering, receiving and pl anting of their seedlings. Commission Director Guyton DeLoach has said he' ll cover Georgia with pines i f th a t 's wh at his fellow Georgi a n s want. Commission personn el a re always ready to help h im do it . Dow Sponsors Forest Chemical Meet in Athens Almost one hundred fore s ter s from throug hout the Southeast got the latest word rec entl y on the use of chemicals in forest man:::tgement at a workshop sponso red by Dow Chem ical C:o. at th e Co ntinuing l ~d ucation Center in Athen s . L. L. Coulter , Dow inJustri_al h e rbi c id e Jeve lopmen t le:::tder, openeJ the Jay- long session by tracing the Jevelopment of forest chemicals since World \\'ar 11 an,J explaining Dow's research program for such products. Barry :-..!alae, Union Bag-Camp Paper forester reviewed the results of two years of aerial spraying undesirable hardwoods by his company. He sa id that aerial sprayi ng wil l release pines, but one spraying is not enough to do the job. John Clarke, Georgia Forestry Commission management a f>si stan t reporte,l on the Commissio n's helicopter spraying program in 1957. Clarke was in ciLuge of field operations. Ernst !\render of .\facon, Hitchiti Experimental Fore s t proj L'L t le.lller, reported on forest weed control at ll itchiti. Other speakers were Walter Beers, Huckeve Cellulose C:Prp., Foley, FL1., and Duncan llarki~ , West Va. Pulp & Paper, (;eorgetown, S. C. Dr. Larry Walker of th e Univ. of (;eorgia and Dr. L. E. Chaiken of Duke University served as moderators. \l'al/...er, ( o11lter. /Uttr tn l'olatilih e xf'e rim e nt L ogging the foresters . FORESTRY SCHOOLS CONCLAVE .... Six to eight fores try schools of Southern college s and universities s ent repre s entati ve s to Camp Roc k E ag le ne ar Eatonton to the fir s t Southern School s F orestry Conclave. The outing was hos ted by the University of Georgia F orestry Club. The day featured all type s of f~ re s try a c t ivit ies from l og b url_ing to tr ee ide ntifi c a t iO n. The pur po s e of the me eun g was to prom ote good wi ll a nd fe llowsh i p a mong Sout he rn fo res try s tudent s. L AVO I A FOR ESTR Y DEMONSTRATION ... St a t e , pri va t e and indu s trial fo rester s and spectator s w~e forced indoors by raw at the recent demon s trau on a t Lavo nia . The d e mo nstra tion was i nt e nd ed to show landowner s how to get the ma ximum yield from th eir woo d l ots. Eas t Georgia Pulpwood Ya rd s contributed a barbecue at the conclusion of the training s essions. :-JEIV FU L TON RA GF: R .. . Arthu r E . Promis , a nati ve of 0/ e w J e rsey and a gradua t e o f the Pen ns yl va nia Sta t e College Schoo l o f F ores try , i s the ne w F ult on C ount y Ra ng e r. He s ucceeds Pvt. Terre ll J one s . P rom i s was empl oyed wi th the ~ f o o ri d i an Pulpwood Co. in Hapev ill e before jo inin g t he Com mission. FF A HO d E PRO) ECT WI l ER ... P hi li p Smi t h of \"('right s vill e Hi gh Sch oo l wo n th e s t a t e fo rest ry ho me project c ont e s t s pon so re d joi ntl y by the Dept. of Agri c ultur a l Ed uc a ti on a nd Union Bag-Camp Pape r Co rp . mith will u s e th e SlOO pri z e to help pay his way to the F F A convention in Kans as City thi s s umme r. Me lvi n Davi s o f At kin so n County High was secon d a nd thi rd was a ti e bet we en Ed ward Ada ms of Glen wood a nd Raybon C la rk o f Montgome ry Cou nty Hi g h. F OREST PRODUCTS \ fEETll G .. . Th e sprin g me e ting o f the Fl ori da -Geo rgi a- Al abam a Sec ti on of the Forest Produc t s Resea rc h So ci e ty was hel d in \iaco n las t mo nt h . A d i s cu s si o n o f woo de n pa llet man ufac turi ng was fea ture d, a lon g wi th tou rs o f s awm ill s a nd wood produc t s pl a n t s in the ~-l aco n area . , EW RAY O I ER S E EDLI G l URS F: RY ... Rayo nier , Inc., rece ntl y hel d an open ho u s e a t i t s new seedlin g nur se ry at Gl enn ville . The $ 130 ,000 in s t a lla tion emp loy s four full-time em p loy ees a nd 15 to 20 season a l empl oye es , .\1a nag er W. J. Cono ly s ai d. Commission Direct or Guyt on DeLoach shows a product of tb e Mo rgan Me mori al urse ry to D. A . Williams , left, adm inistrat or of t h e so il Cons erv ation S erv ic e , Was h ing t on, D. C. , and E . L. Peters on, right, assistant sec ret ary of Agric ulture, Washington . II' . C. Edw ar ds awards f ir s t prize in t be "Bu ilding Dodg e Co unt y Fores t Re sources " e ss ay c ont es t t o Gera ld l?oss of Gre ss t on. 1/ arold La wson, far left , uas fo urtb , Ricbard 13ulloc k , t h ird, and L i ll ie Ann L owery . second. A ll at t e nd Dodg e Co llll f) II ig b School . WOOD NEE DS TO SK YROC KE T .. . Ame ric a ' s wood c_o ns ump tion , like everyt hin g else , is s oaring s a t el lite high , a ccording to a 700- pag e report rec e ntl y rel ea sed by U . S. Secr e ta ry o f Ag ri cu lture E z ra T aft Ben s on. He po int ed o ut th a t thi s na ti on ' s pop ul a tion will need ne a rl y t wice as much wood i n 2, 000 A. D. a s a t pre s ent. T he demand s c a n be met , he_ s a id, bu t be tt er forest producti on will be requ1red throughout the na ti on. Fore s tr y l e aders chat at th e P ulp and Pape r Da y lu ncheon at J e su p sponsored b y Ra yonie r Inc. L eft t o rig ht, G. C. Harris, J e sup ; E. P. Dav is of Ra yonier, Fernandina , Fla. ; Guyt on DeL oach, F orestr y Com mission Director and luncheon speaker; and IY. . Williamson , J e sup ASC manage r. ll!lt,lllll;;ill rllrll MAY,1958 0 F;~:,~:,:,~::.~d,~;:. ~~:.:. TREES AND HISTOI?Y 'W"hen Opportunity Knocks ... OPPORTUNITY bounced off Sir Isaac Newton's head in the form of an apple .. . As we all know, he took this opportunity and invent ed the Law of Gravity . .. We can't all originate new scientific theories , but we can use the opportunities our trees give us... Protect them ; cut them wisely, and discover for yourself the Law of Steadily Increasing Profits. lfiSS PAULlliE CiRIFFIN RESOURCE l.iATFJUALS 8PF.CIALIST MAn;RIALS CFN TF..R GEORGIA C"F:fl'FR FOR CONTIHUING ED. m'HENS, GEOR0IA