Georgia forestry, Vol. 11, no. 7 (July 1958)

Cruising the Nevvs
Winning Forest Fire Fight
(From the Adel News) The Forestry Service campaign of recent months and years has paid off. Last year it is said the number of fires in the woods had a new record, 83,392, under 100,000 for the first time in history. The United States Agriculture Department gives some credit to the Keep Green Campaign put on by industry and government, also to the Southern Forest Fire conference, and to a cooperating public. Education along any line always pays off. In our schools, vocational Agriculture programs and from newspapers, magazines and even stories in textbooks we are gradually acquiring pride in the guardianship and wise use of our forest. For a few years reports came in almost weekly here in South Georgia of forest fires that were quickly destroying some of our finest young timber. Property owners were alarmed and discouraged. At present, because of the rainier season and because of more precaution and training among our forestry department and farmers, we are having fewer and fewer fires in this section. Remember, ''An ounce of prevention i_s worth a pound of cure.''
The Forestry Commission lost one of its ablest rangers in June when Upson County Ranger Jesse E. Johnson, 62, succumbed at his Thomaston home to a heart ailment.
Johnson joined the Commission on July 1, 1949, as a patrolman of the Upson County Unit. He became assistant ranger a year later and was appointed ranger on Feb. 1, 195 2.
Fourth District Forester James Henson of Newnan said that Johnson was one of the district's outstanding rangers. ''He could always be counted on to do a thorough job and he always carried more than his share of the work load,'' Henson said.
Johnson is survived by his wife, Gaynelle, and a son, Thomas R. Johnson. Johnson was a member of the Woodmen of the World -and served in the Virginia National Guard from 1916-18.
Georgia Must Grow
More Timber
(From the Adel News) Georgia has been in nationwide leadership in the timber industry until recent months. In these months we have recently lost two first place spots to Florida, which forged ahead in seedling production and in tree farm acreage. It is believed that Georgia will recapture the lead in seedling production during this year. We recognize that timber has developed into a multimillion dollar industry in this state. We have not yet reached our potential but we must not slip behind neighboring states in preparing for the wonderful harvest ahead,

Vol. 11

GEORGIA FORESTRY
July, 1958
Published Monthly by the GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
Box 1183 Macon, Georgia Guyton DeLoach, Director

No.7

Members, Board of Commissioners: C. M. Jordan, Jr., Chairman ....................................... Alamo
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DISTRICT OFFICES,

GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION:

DISTRICT !-Route 2, Statesboro
DISTRICT li-P. 0. Box 26, Camilla

DISTRICT VI-P. 0. Box 505, Milledgeville
DISTRICT VII-Route 1, Rome

DISTRIOT Ill-P. 0 . Box 169, Americus
DISTRICT IV-P. 0. Box 333, Newnan
DISTRICT V-P. 0. Box 328,
M-cRae

DISTRICT VIII-P. 0. Box 1160, Waycross
DISTRICT IX-P. 0. Box 416, Gainesville
DISTRICT X-Route 3,
Washington

Macon Becomes
Forestry Center
(From the Macon Telegraph)
We hail with delight the announcement that work is to start next month on the construction of a $270,845 forest fire research laboratory at the Georgia Forestry Center near Macon.
Only a short while ago the announcement came that a seed testing laboratory was to be constructed here from state and federal funds at a cost of $200,000. Requests for seed tests have increased from some 400 in previous years to 1,200 in 1947, the Commission director tells us. The new seed laboratory will provide testing of seed for planting in the nurseries of the state and the seed to be .used in studies made by research personnel at the Center.
The forest fire research laboratory will be the only fire laboratory in the world, Director Frank Albert says. The division of forest fire research of the U. S. Forest Service will be moved to Macon from Asheville, N. C.
More than $100,000 annually will be spent on research by the federal government and the research program, here, will be unexcelled in the nation.
Already Georgia holds top place in the production and planting of pine seedlings and it ranks high in studies made on production of superior trees from selected seed.
Wi th the continuing advancement which is being made under the direction of Director Guyton DeLoach, Georgia's forestry program holds the spot light for the United States.

Construction Starts On Fire, Seed Labs

Albert drives corner stake; DeLoach breaks ground

Governor admires seed lab painting_
Dirt and mortar are flying at the Georgi a Forestry Center this month as work got underway on t he Research Council's $370,000 forest fire rese arch laboratory and the Forestry Commission's $ 190,000 seed testing lab.
Both brick and aluminum s tructures are slated for completion and dedication either late this year or early in 1959. However, installation of all equipment proba bly won't be completed unti l next spring. Dedication details will be anno unce d later.
Both labs are the only ones of their type in the world. The seed l ab is being constructed by the W. M. Good Construction Co. of Macon a nd is being fin ance d threefourths by a U. S. Forest Service gra nt and one-fourth by Forestry Commission funds.
''Seed test re ques ts, which jumped from 300400 in previous years to 1,200 in 1957, made the lab necessary,'' Forestry Commission Director Guyton DeLoach said. "Research will also be conducted a t the lab. "
DeLoach said 15 persons will be a ble to test 3,000 seed lots annually, compared to the present capacity of 1,200. The new building will include s eed germination and preparation and analyst laboratories and cold storage and germination rooms.
The cost of the tests will be pro-rated among the
organizations and persons sending in the seed, DeLoach said. This will finance the lab's operation.
The Federal government is expected to spend more th an $ 100,000 annually on fire research at the lab, Research Council Director Frank Albert said. "Georgia is now assured of a very strong fire research program, for this lab will center Southeastern fire research in Macon. Number one project will be the study of means of controlling large, 'project' forest fires."
The new lab will contain a wind tunnel, water model room, combustion chamber and various laboratories. Installation and purchase of the scientific equipment will probably run the total cost of the building to almost half a million dollars, Albert added. John H. Smalling, general contractor of Macon, will erect the two-story lab.

To be or knot to be in Gainesville

...they held, after all

Rangers Studying Civil Defense Rescue

Don't rock the baby, says Lavinder, right

Forestry Commission personnel throughout the state are busy this summer learning the art of knot tieing, basket lowering and la,dder raising. They're not studying handicrafts, though.
It's all part of the Civil Defense disaster rescue training schools being conducted fo r the Commi s sion by State Civil Defense Communications Officer Jack Grantham of Atlanta. He is teaching two-day schools at every district office.
The arrival of Grantham in his white rescue truck at the distric t offices signals the start of over 20 hours of intensive training. Classroom work, at which the various types of knots and equipment are described and studied, opens the school.
The rangers then retire to a convenient building, from which they prac tice raising ladders and lowering 'victims.' The volunteer wounded have the schools' most hazardous duty, for they have to sweat ou t, literally, being wrapped in a wool blanket and tied to a stretcher or basket litter, even though it's summer, and then being lowered many feet to the ground.
Grantham shows several slide films and movies which demonstrate proper rescue procedure, building damage evaluation and civil defen se operations. A test, . featuring the rescue of simulated injured persons, whom Grantham c arefully hides in the building selected for the test, wi nds up the school. The rangers clamber through at ti cs and over rooftops to uncover the maimed and mutilated.
Upon graduating from the school, the rangers are available for assisting in actual disaster rescues. They can also teach the same course in their own counties. The course was arranged by Fire Control Chief J. C. Turner Jr. and St ate Civil Defense authorities with the co-operation of the district foresters.

...when the rescuer needs rescuing

Can't be perfect always. Let's try again .

Two hands are b ett er than one?

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Americus garbage dump blows up

Sixth District rangers' dream come tru e

Grantham flaps w ings for tak eoff

Cantre ll: whatta mes s

Un loading th e easy way

ummer Brings Forestry Camp

Lee shows insect damage

Scholars get down to 1ork on tests

Another rousing success was marked up this year for the Georgia Boys Forestry Camp, held this summer at Alexander Stephens State Park near Crawfordville.
One hundred North and Middle Georgia Future Farmers of America studied forestry for a week under the pines at the scenic camp, which was again sponsored by six member pulp and paper mills of the Southern Pulpwood Assn.
The camp was conducted by the Georgia Forestry Commission, whose personnel were assisted by foresters from the sponsoring companies and by a dozen vo ag teachers, who served as cabin supervisors.
Co-operation was stressed even more by the addition to the curriculum of a game management course, which was taught by Hugh Pike of the Game and Fish Commission. Represented by foresters on the staff were the Forestry Commission, the SPCA, the Dept. of Education, the U. S. Forest Service, St. Mary's Kraft, Rome Kraft, Union Bag-Camp Paper, International Paper and Gair Woodlands. Brunswick Pulp and Paper and Owens-Illinois were other sponsors.
Courses taught included fire control, tree identification , thinning, mensuration, reforestation, harvesting, marketing, law enforcement, hardwood con-

trol and insects and diseases, which Instructor

Robert E. Lee III enlivened with his magician 's act.

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The campers practiced what the instructors

pr~ached by using fire tools, hardwood control

equipment, cruising sticks, reforestation equipment

and various textbooklets.

A test on all subjects climaxed the camp. Two

Lincoln Counry boys, Jimmy Justice and Billy

Ross, hogged scholastic honors with scores of 98

and 97, respectively. Johnny Gresham of Wilkes

County was a close third, with 96. Justice's schol-

arship netted him $25.

Carl London of Cornelia was named the outstand-

ing camper and won a back pump. Cash prizes , cast

ing rods, swimming masks and flippers and flash-

lights were awarded for excellence in other fields.

There was plenty of recreation-swimming, soft-

ball, a square dance with Home Demonstration Club

girls from the Crawfordville area, horseshoes, bad-

minton, stunt night fishing, movies and plenty of

good food.

The camp staff challenged the study groups' best
(earn to a softb all game, which the oldtimers won, 9-6 . A t rip to Hitchi ti' Experimental Forest, hich
was cut short by a clol'tdburst, was another fe.ature ,of the week.

Pike preaches ...

...boys practice Sgt. Friday takes hoof print

T o the brains go the gifts

T bro w it and duck

S lugger ent ers sack

Look out, hardwoods!

B oys practice planting

North Georgians Go To Saw Mill School

Class watches mill operate
Three sawmill schools were held this summer in North Georgia to promote better manufacturing practices. The first was conducted at the Ft. Mountain Lumber Co., Chatsworth , by state and federal foresters and representatives of industry.
Approximately 15 sawmillers attended the session taught by Tom Ramke, TVA, Division of Forestry Relations , Rufus H. Page, forest products technologist for the Georgi a Forestry Commission and the U. S. Forest Service and Harold Baxter, Georgia Agricultural Extension Forestry Marketing Specialist.
Page stated that the schools are being held to encourage more efficient harvesting, manufacturing, seasoning and merchandizing of timber and timber products.
Such subjects as "Trends in Lumber Prices," "Bucking Hardwood Sawtimber for Top Grade," "Wood Residue Study," and "Sawing Hardwood Logs for Grade" were discussed.
Others appearing on the program were ] ohn H. Hinton and Ben C. Cobb, TVA, Division of Forestry Relations; ] oseph R. Saucier, research forester , U. S. Forest Service; W. R. Smith, chief, Division of Forest Utilization Research Southeastern Forest Experiment Station; E. A. Clevenger, vice-president, Corley Manufacturing Co., and Lawton Holland, Simonds Saw and Steel Co.
Similar sawmill schools were held at Appalachian Oak Flooring Co., Ellijay, and at Wayne Collins' sawmill, Blairsville.

Smith grades fresh -cut lumber Smith grades uncut lumber

Smokey tries new duties

Craven, Voss, Schultz plot bigger floats

Ubiquitous 10th District Float Returns Home

Paul Bunyan towers over parade

The much-travelled float of the Tenth District was back home in Washington last month, enjoying a well-earned rest after a tour of South and Middle Georgia parades and festivals.
The road-weary figment of Assistant Tenth District Forester Bill Schultz's imagination, already a veteran of countless Tenth District parades, carried the forestry message from Folkston to Eatonton.
The wood and cardboard float fits over a jeep, which makes it handy to operate; however, getting it from town to town was a more taxing chore. First, Eighth and Sixth District personnel loaded and unloaded it safely, though, from
assorted trailers and returned it in good shape
to Washington. The aluminum foil covering took a beating
from buffeting winds, so it had to be recovered several times. Everything from drum majorettes
to heifers adorned it during its tour of duty away from home.
The float first appeared at the Charlton County Farm Festival in Folkston. Then it moved to Sylvania for the Screven County Livestock Festival, where Smokey and a three-day old heifer were on display.
The Pine Tree Festival at Swainsboro was next, where youngsters, Smokey and forest products decorated it. Then the Jasper Counry
Industrial Day parade at Monticello brought it
closer to home. The float made its final road appearance at
the Putnam County Dairy Festival, where Smokey displayed his versatility by milking a cow.

Southeastern States
Set Tree Farm Fight
Georgia has accepted a challenge to a fourst ate contest for top honors in the industryoperated American Tree Farm System, Georgia Tree Farm Chairman Erie T . Newsom, Jr., of Rome announced.
The challenges were made formally at a Forest Industries Day observance in Bay Minette, Alabama. Chairman M. C. Leach of the Alabama Tree Farm Committee challenged Florida and Georgia for the acreage leadership and Mississippi for top spot in the number of certified tree farms.
In a message to Leach, Newsom said: "We accept Alabama's challenge; we also serve notice on Florida that we will be out to regain first place in acreage for Georgia.' '
Florida, Georgia and Alabama rank one-t wothree in the number of acres, while Alabama trails Mississippi and Texas in the number of certified tree farms. Georgia has 406 tree farms, 4,.535,553 acres: and Alabama 895 tree farms, 3,923,674 acres; Florida 281 tree farms, 4,535,553 acres; and Alabama 895 tree farms, 3,890,865 acres.
Heading the Georgia Tree Farm Committee, in addition to Newsom, are Chairman Ex-officio B. E. Allen of Savannah and Secretary Clarence Streetman of Atlanta.

Newsome checks challenges

Foresters, Georgia Alumni Hold Joint Meeting

Research , personnel handling and elections dominated the recent joint meeting in Macon of the Univers ity of Georgia Forestry School alumni and the Georgia Chapter of the Society of American Foresters.
J. C. Turner Jr. , Georgia Forestry Commission fire chief, wa s elected alumni president, W. H. McComb, Commission management chief, was n am ed vice president, and Extension Forester George Walker of Athens, secretary-treasurer.
The alumni meeting opened the t wo-day affair and featured a golf tournament.
A varied program kept things sizzling the next day as Earl Redman, Union Bag-Camp Paper personnel analyst, emphasized the importance of attracting well-rounded men into forestry. He noted that today's forester is not an overall-dad character, but a professional who is constantly in the eyes of the public. He said non foresters were valuable in certain phases of the forest industry.
Wood utilization seer Rufus Page looked into the future and saw gasoline, sugar and hog and cattle feed being manufactured from gasoline. He said that the forest products industry, especially sawmilling, had lagged long enough in research.

Retiring alum chief congratulates new
Commission Director Guyton DeLoach, U. S. Forest Service Supervisor John Cooper and Herbert Carruth, Catawba Timber Co. Woods Manager, all spoke on advancement criteria within their organizations. Research Council Director Frank Albert served as emcee.

Logging the foresters ...

NURSERY SECRETARIES SCHOOL. .. .Secretaries from the Commission's six forest tree seedling nurseries and Reforestation Dept. per sonnel from Macon spent three days recently at Radium Springs brushing up on office procedure and getting th e latest wo rd on reforestation admini stration. Reforestation Chief Sanford Darby, Assist. Commission Director L. A. Hargreaves Jr., Administration Chief George Bishop and other Indians caught the school.
SILVICIDE STUDY APPROVED .... Harry Wi ant, on leave from the U . S. Fore s t Service, will screen silvicides used in controlling undesirable hardwoods and will study the physiology of silvicide behavior through a gran t from the Georgia Forest Research Council. The study will be conducted at the University of Georgia by the West Virginia University gradu ate under the direction of the School of Forestry.
SCHOOL FORESTS DEPT .... Alexander Stephens Institute vo ag students will practice forestry on 18 acre s of woodlands made available to them a t Crawfordville from Alexander Stephens State Park. The tract adjoins the school, the Dept. of Education announced.

Comm is s ion Director Guyton DeLoach welcomed at the Forestry Center th e 1958 University of Geor gia fores tr y graduates who joined the Commission in June. DeLoach and other Commission chiefs briefed th e lads on Georg ia fores tr y.
OLD FACES AT NEW PLACES.... Fore s try Commission personnel assumed new positions in South Georgia, Director Guyton DeLoach a nnounced. Second District Ranger George Shingler is the new Turner County Ranger, wh il e LeRoy Page moved fr om Turne r to Appling as ranger. Jess Tanner, a forestry graduate who served as assistant ranger at the Coffee-Atkin son Unit, has moved to Wayc ro ss as As sis c. Eighth District Fore s eer , Man agement. He was joined in the same position by Bill Bacon, another University o f Ga. grad, "who was assistant ranger in Way ne County.
LANIER FFA LEADS STATE.... The Lanier County High School FF A Chapter was the winner of the 1958 school forest program sponsored by Union Bag-Camp Paper Co rpn. and the Georgia Dept. of Agricultural Ed ucation. The chapter was awarded $175 for its excellent classroom and school forest program. Lanier Advisor W. H. Keene received $ 100. Charlton County High was tops in Vo-ag District I, whi le Claxton High headed District II.

Two of the Commission's leading TV personalities, Flo yd "Steve A llen" Cook, Muscog ee County Ranger, seated, and T. M. "Ed Sullivan" Strick land, Richmond County Range r, planting th e seedling, show Forestry Commission personnel how it's done at a recent TV production workshop at the Un iversit y of Georgia.
SEAB OARD FORESTRY WINNER.... Roger James, Clinch County High School student, won first place in the Seaboard Railway Forestry Contest and a free trip for himself and his vo ag advisor, Joe Brooks, to the national convention of the Future Farmers of America in Kansas City next October. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Carroway James of Homerville, Roger had a 30-acre timber tract on whi ch he plowed firebreaks, cut pulpwood, did non-commercial thinning and hardwood control, planted seedlings and worked the trees for naval scores. He is a certified tree farmer.

Take it, boy, says Jim IVyn ens, left, to ne w !llorgan Nursery Supt. J. D. Johnson as Refore station Chief Sanford Darb y gives his blessing. Acting Supt. IYynens presents Johnson with the office key, and a headache powder, to ease his burden.

July, 1958

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F.11tered as seo:>nd class matter at the Post Office , Macon , Georsia.

..The Village 'S:anith Stood
BUT not any more. He and the Joneses, Brownses and
Davises are too busy to stand still very long. They've jumped on the forestry bandwagon and are developing their woodlands by using the latest forest management practices. They're eliminating undesirable trees which crowd out marketable timber, they're plowing fire breaks, they're replanting seedlings so they'll have future crops and they' re talking forestry to their friends, so tney, too, will protect and promote Georgia's number one crop.

Dr. Rugb B. Masters
The University of Georgia. Atbens,. Georgia