.:IJ : Ot --- \ ~J ) ( .h ! Georgia FORESTRY Vol. 14 December, 1961 No. 4 Frank Craven Editor Published Quarterly by the GEORC.IA FO RESTRY COMMISSION Hox 1077 Macon, Georgia RAY SHIRLEY - DIRECTOR Member~. Roard of Commissionc>rs: C HAHU.IAN C. ~f. JOlWA N, JR. - VIDALIA ANDRE\\' J. A ULHIAN - SYLVESTER OSCA !{ S. GARRISON - !101\fL[{ W. GEORGE BEASLEY - LAVONIA ALEXANDER SESSm ts - COGD I ~ LL 11ISTI{ICT OFFICES GEORI.I.\ FOHEST!{Y ('0:\DIISSIO:\ DI:-;TRICT I - [{outc> ~. Statc>sho ro DI'-'TRII'T li - P . 0. Rnx 21!, Camilla DI!'TRII T li I r. 0. Rox lfi!, Am c> ricu " DI::iTRI< ' T .I\' ~- P. 0. Rox ~~~. .:\cwnan DI:-;TRICT \' - P. 0. Rox 96 , :\Icl~a <' DI<;TRICT \'I -P. 0. Box 881 :\! illPd).!'P\'illc> DI<;TRII'T \ ' II Rnutc> 1, }{nmP DI:-;TRJC"T \'lil - 1'. 0. Box ] Jlill, \\'a\' CWSS DI :-;TR ICT IX. r. 0. Rnx 4lli, (;aine >< \'ill DI!'TRICT X Route 2 \\'a s hin~:ton On the Cover MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! Mc>mber of the Ceorg-ia Press Association. Georgia ForP s try is entPred as ~wcond c lass matter at the Pos t Office undc>r t h c> Act of August 21, 1912. Cruising the Nevvs FOREST ERS CONVENTION HELD IN RIGHT STATE The Association of State Foresters, which is holding its annual convention in Macon, should find Georgia most hospitable. Fore stry is a greatly appreciated industry in the state as is evidenced by the fact that Ge orgia leads the nation in privately owned commercial forest land, in forests under fire protection and in reforestation. Half of the world's supply of gum naval stores are produced in Georgia and the state leads the Southeast in pulpwood production. The value of Georgia forest products last year was a whopping 978 million dollars. C onvention delegates can be assured their efforts are appreciated in making the forestry industry the giant it is, especially so in Georgia, (From the Atlanta Constitutio n) BE CAUTIOUS .. PREVENT WOODS FIRES It has been a very dry fall. Frost has arrived to further dry out the ground by drawing the moisture to the surface for the sun to evaporate. Days are often windy. This is a dangerous time for forest fires. A moment's carelessness, a match or cigarette tossed out of a passing car or hurled to the ground by a hunter can result in a blaze that could reach major proportions with weather conditions as they are now. This is now and is increasingly becoming an area where pine trees are grown for profit. These woods fires can destroy years of growth and work and result in dollars going up in smoke. Be careful in the woods. Don't be the cause of a forest fire. (From the Baldwin-News) FOR A BALANCED ECONOMY There should always be a ready market for pulpwood and it is important to this area which has become one of the largest tree growing sections of the nation. Newspapers alone use several million tons of paper each year and the produc tion of paper and paper-board combined in 1960 is placed at a trifle over 34 million tons. Since pulp is made from wood, and wood comes from our growing trees as well as those in other parts of the continent, it is of vital interest to the people of the Southeast that the industry shall remain in a prosperous condition and the use of pulpwood and its products shall be stimulated. Use of submarginal lands for growing timber means converting to eventual pro fitab le use, lands which otherwise might not produce a profit. But to take good productive farm lands and plant in trees might not be so profitable as in row crop farming based on annual yield. Let's keep timber growing a nd protect it against fire , but not overlook the necessity for maint aini ng a good balance on productive farm lands. We do not want to see this become a vast wilderness of trees anymore than we want to see this be come a great open country which might easily become a dust bowl. A good balance of farm and timberlands is vital to our economy. (From the Thomasville Times-Enterprise) NATIONAL FOREST LAW ANNIVERSARY ' Georgia ns have a special reason to observe the 50th anniversary of the Weeks Law. The Weeks Law, passed in 19 11 , was the basis for acquiring most of the national forests in the Eastern United States. To Georgia, the law has meant establishment of one of our two national forests, the C hattahoochee in Nort h Georgia. The other one , the Oconee National Forest between Athens and Macon, was acquired under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act during the 1930's. The Weeks Law ca me into being during a period of cha nge in basic philosophies in the ust: of natural resources, c hange from a ll-out exploitation and outright waste to the conviction of a few leader s that we must g uard and treat with special care certain critical areas located and naturally suited for production of water and timber. The Weeks Law authorized the federal govern me nt to acq uire lands along the headwaters of many navigable streams and e ncouraged states to control damaging forest fires, making it possible for ci ti zens to enjoy ma n y benefits from o ur forests. In Georgia, the more than 770,000 acres of land in national forests are managed under a multiple use principle, provid ing o utdoor recreation, timbe r, water and wildlife for the people of this st ate and the nation. The Weeks Law was an important contribution to conservation of America's vast natural resources. We are happy to sa lute it on the 50th anniversary of it s adoption. (From the Augusta He rald) Ptomotion Lumbermen express views during panel discussion at Macon meeting. Cooperation Georgia lumbermen, faced with problems of declining Southern pine markets and stiff competition, were strongly urged recently to get to- gether and promote the fine structural qualities of their product. W. Scott Shepherd, vice president, Southern Pine Association, New Orleans, La., told a lumberman's meeting in Macon that the new build- ing products on _the market are "not temporary fads." He called on lum- ber producers to turn out better quality wood at competitive prices. Ray Shirley, director,Georgia Forestry Commission, said Georgia's lumber business had declined by one-third in 10 years. He termed this trend alarming and said the meeting had been called to discuss what might be done to regain markets for Southern pine. Shirley joined other speakers in urging a drive to develop additional markets, promote wood use in new products and educate the public and builders to the high constructiov qualities of Southern pine. West Coast timber, Shirley said, has made strong inroads in the East and recently obtained a seven per- cent freight cut. The lumbermen themselves, m < lively panel discussion, outlined problems from their points of view. They discussed the need for better promotion, better cooperation in selling lumber and developing mar- kets,a better product from the South- ern pine mills and more equitable rates for raw material. Rufus Page, assistant forest utili zation chief, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Asheville, N.C., told the lumbermen they were them- selves partly responsible for the decline of their markets. He emphasized the need for proper wood seasoning. "Acceptance of Joseph Pechanec Lumbermen Success Southern pine by the public depends on its performance in their homes and buildings," Page said, "and its performance depends on proper seasonr0 ng. " Joseph Pechanec, director of the Forest Experiment Station at Asheville, presented a statistical review showing there has been an 18 percent drop in pine lumber production over the past 20 years. Citing U.S. Forest Service figures, Pechanec said the drop in lumber production was not due to a shortage of timber. Growth of large saw timber is currently about 780 million board feet annually, he said. But there has been a decline in the amount of saw timber 15 inches and over. This made up a third of the state's saw timber 20 years ago, but only a fifth at present. However, Pechanec said, the volume of pine cut for all products -pulp, plywood, veneer, etc.- has increased 29 percent in 20 years. The increase in total cut has been accompanied by an increase in timber growth. Current growth appears to be sufficient to sustain a cut of about a billion board feet of lumber and still leave room for an increase in the pulpwood cut. Joseph Liska, physicist with the Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wise., detailed structural qualities of Southern pine and said architects and engineers need to be convinced of its value. H. 0. Fleischer, another Forest Products Laboratory scientist, discussed various mediods of treating and finishing wood in the lumber yards. Scientists, he said, have found that wood is better than metal for some experiments in outer space. Alec Skoropat, saw_milling superintendent for Valdosta's Langdale Industries, called on lumbermen to produce the type of product in demand. W. R. Smith, U. S. Forest Service researcher, described the remarkable qualities of Southern pine in resisting hurricane and storm damage. Max Webb of the Del-Cook Lumber Comrany, Adel, stressed the economic advantages of debarking and chipping. Harley Langdale, Jr., Valdosta, called for a Back to Wood'' promotion campaign to meet competition from other products and strongly advised fellow lumbermen to cooperate in promoting research, better products, better prices and more wood utilization. ,\ ...,. '1 Sl ,.,,, I Dwight Phipps, Oregon; John Beale, Wisconsin; Francis Raymond, California; Ralph Wible, Penn sylvania; A . D. Po/we iler, T e xas. Georgia Up-holcls National Ranking ... NATION'S FORESTERS AWED More than forty chief foresters from other states sat under a hot Georgia sun one day in O:tober and watched with cool professional interest as Georgia Forestry Commission personnel displayed their fire fighting equipment and techniques. This was a hard audience to impress. As a group, these foresters knew about all there is to know about state forestry operations. But impressed they were. As the Georgia demonstration reached a climax with a demonstration of fire fighting aircraft, the out-of-state forestry chiefs broke into a spontaneous round of applause. And when the Association of State Fores ters ended their 39th annual conve ntion at Macon on October 5, th ey pas sed a resolution prais_ing the Georgi a Forestry C ommission's ~ex c eptionally well planned program." The high point of the five-day convention wa s an all-clay field trip through Middle and South Georgia, a trip crammed with interesting sights for the vis iting foresters. "A mam moth operation," commented Ra lph C. Wible, Pennsylvania State Forester and newly elected president of th e Association, as he viewed the Georgia C ommission's Morga n T re e Seedling Nursery near Ryron. Wib l e n ot e d that his state is also in th e nurs e ry business, but not on the same scale with Georgia. "Amazing progre s s since the last time I was here j n 1931," said Perry Merrill, Vermont' s Director of Forests and Parks. The Vermonter was not only impressed by the Georgia F orestry Commission's facilities and operations, but also by the evident progress of Georgia in agriculture and industry. Georgia's treasure in trees was bountifully evident on all sides as the state foresters rode buses along the highways south of Macon. The rapid growth of slash pine and other species particularly impressed men from th e fa r northern states where timber grows much more slowly. And two naval stores stands attracted particularly keen interest since this forest product is almost a Georgia monopoly. The state is the world's leader in naval stores production. The fore~ters visited the Georgia Commission ' s Arrowhead Seed Orchard, where again the size of the operation was the most impressive factor. Man y e xpr e ss e d amazement, tinged perhaps with some natural envy, at the equipment provided Georgia's county forestry units -the first line of d efens e against fires. The Macon Fore stry Center's mobile field headquarters, mobile kitchen and other rolling equipment were real eye-openers to the visitors. Al Folweiler, Austin Wilkins, Tom O'Ryan The field trip included stops at a gum processing plant at Helena, a pulp wood yard a t McRae, a FFA High School Forest, the Dodge County Forestry Unit and the Fifth District Headquarters . Fried chicken was served from the mobile kitchen at the fire control demonstration in the wilds of Bleckley County and a steak s upper put the finishing touches on the trip at Little Ocmulgee State Park. The Association of State Foresters were welcomed to Macon by Mayor Ed Wilson and to Georgia by Ray Shirley, d irector of the host Georgia Forestry Commission . Georgia went all out to make the conven tion a resounding success, and the effort paid off. Gov. Ernest Vandiver was scheduled to address the state foresters but was taken ill. His aide, Wallace Jernigan, filled in ably a nd delivered the governor's prepared address, a resume of Georgia's for est potential and economic importanc e. Dr. Frank Welch, assistant secretary of the U. S. De rartmen t of Agr iculture, assured the foresters that the present administration has a strong interest in conservation and forestry. Other speakers included Mortimer Doyle, executive vice president of the Nationa l Lumber Manufacturers Association, who presented an en- couraging view of the future in opposition to the prophets of gloom in forestry. Owen Riley, of the Association of Consulting Foresters, described the problems and aims of consulting fore ste r s. W. V. Benedict, U. S. Forest Service pest control chief, spoke on his specialty. The wives of the state foresters were conducted on sight-seeing tours to Ida Cason Callaway Gardens, the Stuckey Candy Company in Eastman, Little Ocmulgee State Park, and were treated to bridge partie s and other special events. The foresters and their wives toured the Georgia Forestry Center in Macon, a world-famed forestry center which combines the Commission's headquarters with the Georgia Forest Research Council and the extensive research facilities manned by U. S. Forest Service personnel. Wible, former vice president of the Association, succeeded Dr. A. D. Folweiler of Texas as president. Franc is H. Raymond, California State Forester, was named vice president, succeeding Wible. John Beale, Wisconsin State Forester, succeeded Kentucky's Gene Butcher, as secretary-treasurer. The Association voted to mee t in Wisconsin next year. The time and place will be announced later. The National Association of Transit Advertisers was honored with the annual presentation of the Smokey Bear Golden Statuette for outstanding contributions to the campaign against forest fires. This was the first time Georgia was chosen as a site for the annual convention since the Association's organization m 1920, although Georgia and Florida combined as hosts in 1931. The Georgia Forestry Commission carefully planned every day's events for the visitors, and made liberal use of training aids in telling the story of forestry in Georgia. The use of training aids -- pictures, graphs, charts, key words on cards, etc., was one of the devices th e C ommission learned to appreciate fully at the Instructor Training Course for its personnel m Athens las t summer. One of the U. S. Forest Service instructors at that course, Norman Hawley, naval store s project manager at Valdosta, was particularly pleased when he witnessed training aids effectively presenting Ge orgia's fore stry story. " I'm delighted with the effective manner in which the Commis sion is employing the principles taught in th e training course. " Hawley said. "I think the prescnta tion on this field trip h as been m.' velous." Abundant Forests Attract Industry Sen. Herman Talmadge, who does a good job of managing timberlands on his farm and knows what he is talking about, predicts a bright future in forestry for Georgia. "Georgia has merely scratched the surface of tremendous progress in its timber resources and produc- tion ," Sen. Talmadge told an audience of landowners, industrial leaders and others at the Extension Service F orestryM eeting in Statesboro Nov. 7. The Senator said the rapid growth of trees in Georgia has lured a high percentage of the new industry which has located here in recent years. These industries, he said, wanted to locate near the source of raw ma- terial -- wood. "We have now the outstanding forestry program of any state," Talmadge said, pointing out that nearly all Georgia's counties are now under protec tion of the Georgia Forestry Commission. "Timber is the only crop I know where, if properly managed, you don't have to plant it, fertilize it, cultivate it, pick it, poison it or harvest it on any particular day or week," Talmadge said. The forestry-minded audience heard William Smith, chairman of the Extension Service Advisory Commit- tee, W. A. Sutton, Extension Service director, and Charles R. O'Kelley, state agricultural leader, call for an increased landowner income from timber in the years ahead. D\\J t.Rs\r\t.D u\\\_ Senator Herman E. Talmadge 0' Kelley pointed out that landowner forestry income has increased greatly in recent years and that the Extension Service forestry promotion program has been of enormou s value in bringing it about. Georgia Forestry Commi ssion Director Ray Shirley outlined the work of the Commission in fire control and management services, and called for an emphasis on pine tree growing and a stepped-up effort to promote Georgia's timber products over out-of-state competition. Out!in ing the problems and future prospects in their respective fields were Downing Musgrove, manager of the American Turpentine Farmers Association; B. E. Allen, manager of the Union Bag-Camp Paper Co. woodlands division; Harley Lang- dale, Jr. , Valdosta, president of the Langdale Co.; and Tim Gillis, Tr ., president of the Georgia Forestry Association. Dorsey Dyer, head of the Exten- sion Service's forestry department, presided over the me e ting. A barbe- cue was served following the Talmadge address on the Georgia Southern College Campus, and visi- tors were invited to_ tour the Conti- nental Can Company's tree nursery and seed orchard nearby. Legislators Inspect Co mmission P aised Members of the Georgia House of Representatives Forestry Committee have completed an inspection of the facilities and programs of the Georgia Forestry Commission, according to Ray Shirley, director, of the State agency. The legislators had high praise for the Commission's .'.'efficient and well trained personnel" after a tour of the many actiVIties and units in Middle and North Georgia Oct. 9-11. W. H. Kimmons, Pierce County, chairman of the house committee, and fellow members also took an ali-day field trip with members of the Association of State Foresters while that group was holding its a nnual meeting in Macon Oct. 1-5. The legislators also attended the annual banquet of the Association. In addition, the legislators complimented the Commission for the efficiency of th e various county fire protection units. They noted that even though a number of fires occured in the counties visited, the average size was he ld to thre e-five acres. Rep. H. H. Wells of Oconee County is vice-chairman of the Forestry C ommittee and Rep. Tom Parker of Ware County is secretary. Other members include Roy R. Kelly, Jasper County; W. G. Todd, Glascock County; and Byrom M. Fitzgerald, Long County. Forestry Commissioner Appointed WJ. George Beas l ey , Lavonia, was recently appointed ro the Board of C om missioners of the Georgia Fores- t:y Com mission by Governor Ernest Vandiver. He succeeds John M. .McElri!th, Macon. Beas ley, elected for a five year term, is one of five commissioners who supervise the forestry program in Georgia. Other members of the Board are Andrew J. Aultman, Sylvester; Oscar Garrison, Homer; C. M. Jordan, Jr., chairman, Vidalia; and Alexan- der Sessoms, Cogdell. A staunch supporter of the Soil Con servat ion movement, Beasley first began the tree planting operation in 1938. During the last five years, he has planted over 900,000 seedlings. At present, the Commissioner has 1,200 acres m planted pine and another 200 acres in native pine. Beasley said he _is now raking part in the Commission's cull specie con- trol program. The \taster Tree Far- mer added that he is in the process of replanting his bottom land in pine and poplar. Besides forestry interest, Beasley is Captain and Commander of Com- pany 'B' 878th Engineering Batta- lion, Lavonia. He organized the Unit m 1955 with a complement of nine men. The Unit's manpower now totals over 100. Beasley served with the First Calvary Division m Japan during World War II. A deacon in rhe Baptist Church, Beasley is a member of the Franklin County Planning Commission, the Community Council, Rod and Gun Club and is a past Scoutmaster. His hobbies include coin collecting, fishing and raising camellias. Beasley received his high school education in Lavonia and completed a two year Math Course at North Georgia College. He attended the University of Georgia working toward a degree in mathematics. His college education was cut short in 1944 when he went to Officer Candidate School. A family man, Beasley and his wife Mary have three children. They are two boys, J ordi, 14 and John, lO; and a girl, \1artha, 13. W. George Beasley Fire Damage Appraisal Taught T h irt y fores ter s fr om the Georgia Fores tr y Commission's ten distr ict offi ces completed a three-day training sesswn recently at Little Ocmulgee State Park near here. Jim Turner, the Commission 's chief of fire control, said rhe course in fire damage appraisal was taught by a team of U. S.ForestService experts from the Region Eight Office in Atlanta. The Georgia foresters were trained in techniques of appraising and reporting forest fire damage. The federal government plans a program, with the cooperation of state forestry organizations, of accumulating statistics on fire damage for study. Teaching the course were U. S. Forest Service personnel, including Jim Cartwright, Rip Williams, Cliff Faulkner and Austin Basel. The Georgia Forestry Commission group, which stayed ar rhe camp for the three days of the training session, included management and fire control staff members from the Macon headquarters of the Commission. A new trammg program designed to increase ranger efficiency was initiated this summer, announced Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Fores- try Commission. Shirley said rhar the initial course has been completed with five new personnel assigned to county units throughout the State for further training as forest technicians. Shirley pointed out that rhe two month "in the field" rrammg course better qualifies rhe new, personnel ro advise landowners on the manage- ment of their woodlands. It also provided the Commission an oppor- tunity to familiarize the personnel with Commission programs and poli- cies. The two month short course in- cludes training in timber marking and cruising, site preparation, control burning, equipment maintenance, timber management techniques and administrative procedures. The course included a practical exercise in naval stores practices and techni- ques. Area Forester Charlie Shea, Naval Stores Conservation Program, Way- cross, was m charge of the naval stores training. The personnel re- ceived trammg on factors affecting gum yields and returns, cost and returns, chipping, installation of cups and the NSCP. During the training period, person- nel observed pulpwood, sawmill, and naval stores operations, assisted in supervtsmg turpentine crews and stood fire watch on weekends. Completing the initial course were Crawford Cooper, Athens ; Preston Fulmer, 'lacon; Dillard Ile lmly, Rincon ; John Mixon, Kite; and George Turk, Pitts. The Forest Technicians have been assigned respectively to Coffe e-A tkin son, Lowndes, Dougherty, Floyd and Liberty C ounties. I Rome ..The City of Seven Hills ... This thriving North Georgia city, whose name was drawn from a hat and whose prosperity began with cotton, is now drawing her economic wealth from an eighth hill ...a hill of wood. This 'eighth hill' has a lake at its summit, streams from which rivers are made, wildlife dotting its forests , and majestic colors to tempt an artist brush. It is a provider for all. The hills of forests that look down on the floor of the Coosa Valley have had an economic e ffect on Rome since its incorporation in 1847. As early as 1887, the Fairbanks Company went into operation. They are the manufacturers of hand-true ks, wheelbarrows , luggage carriers, and other related items. The Fox Manufacturing Company , Georgia's largest furniture maker, has been in operation since 1906. Mor e recently th e Rome area has become s teadi ly industrialized. In the fall of 1954, Rome Kraft Company, jointly owned by the Mead C orporation and Inland Container Corporation, began opera tion. At that time, there were approximately 600 mill employees producing some 750 tons of containerboard daily. With the addition of a second paper machine this year,Rome Kraft expanded their operations. The Company now employs some 900 workers with daily output increased to 1,300 tons of containerboard. Not to be overlooked in this enormous production is the 2,200 cords of pulpwood used daily. Approximately 25 percent is trucked into the plant from within a 50 mile radius of Rome. Economically Rome Kraft, through its employees payroll , pump $5 ,600 ,000 annually into circulation in the Rome a rea . In addition, the company spends $i2,500,000 annually for raw forest materials. Still another $7,500,000 ts s pent annually on freight by the company. Even more important than dollars and cents, is the fact that the majority of pulpwood used in the mill is provided by the private produc er and s mall landowner. The company has a lso contributed to the protection of fore st lands in the area making available the latest fire fighting e quipment. The company works hand in hand with the Georgia F orestry Commission's fore s t fire prevention program to insure maximum protection of all forest lands. Inland Container's Corporation's plant in Rome began manufacturing corrugated fiberboard shipping containers in 1954 with a nucleus of some dozen men. Today the Rome plant employs as many as 325. Shipments of containers are averaging about 20 carloads daily. This output provides considerable revenue to the transportation industry as well as to the general economy of the community. The large, modern plant provides shipping containers for customers throughout northwestern Georgia and the rest of the South and from Texas toNorth Dakota to Rh ode Island. Other wood-using industrie s in Rome and Floyd County e mployed some 245 persons with a n annual tncome of over $6 18,921 in 1960 . These workers turned out such nec essities as siding, moulding, cabinets, togl handles, caskets, s urveyors s takes and windows. Pulpwood mills, sawmills, and planer mills are also included. The Forestry Commission makes its contribution to the Rome economy. The Floyd County Forestry Unit and the Seventh District Office, combined, employ 18 personne 1. In 1960, these men drew an annual payroll of $76,860. ln addition, the units spent approximately $9,640 on supplies. Rome's retail sales in 1960 totaled $62,940,000 for a population of 32,105. With some five percent of the population directly employed in wood-using industries, it is evident that forestry plays an important role in the growth of Rome and its trade area. The trade area consists of Bartow, Chattooga, Gordon and Polk Counties. A recent survey showed that these counties have a total of 312 persons employed in wood-using industries drawing an annual payroll of approximately $456,150. These industries, producing boxes, crates, furniture, doors, window frames, dowels, and corrugated board, paid out over $1 000 000 for raw forest materials and in 'excess of $200,000 for freight. In 1960 , these counties produced approximately 61,615 cords of pulpwood, 38,603,000 board feet of sawtimber, 251,200 square feet of plywood, 8,500,000 square feet of corrugated board and 3,000,000 dowels. Pulpwood and sawtimber production in Floyd County totaled 36,137 cords and 23,905,396 board feet. Rome's ' Eighth Hill' ... its wood... is making itself more widely evident with each passing year. Held back in the haze of thos e who refused to recognize trees as an agricultural crop, forestry during the past decade has risen its head above the cloud s with the assistanc e of every landowner. The land owners in this are a can certainly be proud that they ha c! a part in making Georgia the number one forestry state in th e nation. Rome ...'The City of Eight Hills ' .. Short Course Helcl More than 250 county forest rangers and district office personnel assembled early last September at the FFA-FHA Camp on Lake Jackson near Covington for a two-day training session. Most of the courses were taught by department heads from the Georgia Forestry Commission's headquarters in Macon. The foresters attended hour-long lectures in a wide variety of special fields of knowledge, including lectures on news writing, meeting the public, making a talk, admiHistrative procedures, prescribed burning, marketing and utilization of timber, ad- vantages of field run seedlings, forest fire weather forecast, radio procedure, fire control procedures and use of tools and equipment. The training session also provided a fine opportunity for a discu~sion of overall Georgia Forestry Commission policy by Director Ray Shirley and his department heads. Shirley descnbed the Commission's programs and policies and discussed plans for the future. Department heads described the latest developments and plans in {ire control, management, information and education, safety and law enforcement, reforestation, general services, communication and administration. Shipping jimmy McElhannon All of the courses were taught by men who had attended the instructor training school held at the Center for Continuing Education in Athens last summer. The Athens school, taught by U. S. Forest Service personnel, lasted a week and was an intensive survey of effective teach ing methods. The principles of effective training learned at the Athens school were put into effect by instructors at the Lake Jackson training session. Many of those who were present for the two-day session at Lake Jackson commented that it was the most effectively presented training course they had ever attended. Seedling Time The shipment of Georgia Forestry Commission custom grown, field graded seedlings is underway. Forestry Commission Director Ray Shirley said that the disease-free, bed-graded stock is being shipped 100 percent _in Commission deve_l~ped 'wraparound' crates. Limited use of the crates last year proved them more effie ient, both from the landowner and nursery standpoint. In producing the high quality trees, seed bed density was reduced which cut the number of culls, controlled height and increa_sed diameter growth. :he Commission's quality product is a slll'rt stocky plant with a balanced root-top rcHio. Shirley pointed out that the 90,000,000 seedling crop is heing grown at all stx Commission nurseries. The nursery and specie being grown include Davisboro, slash and loblolly pine; Herty, slash, loblolly, and longleaf pine and Arizona cypress and yellow poplar; Hightower, loblolly, shortleaf, Virginia, and eastern white pine; Walker, slash, loblolly, and longleaf pine and Arizona cypress, Page, slash p~ne; and ~1organ, slash, loblolly, and longleaf pine and Arizona cypress and eastern red cedar. All pine seedlings, with the exception of eastern white pine, are $4 per thousand. Eastern white pine is $6 and yellow poplar, eastern red cedar and Arizona cypress are $10 per thou sand, Shirley added. A transportation charge of 25 cents per thousand must be added if deli- very ts by State truck to the county rangers headquarters. The minimum acceptable order is 500 for each tree specie. Seed ling order forms are available from county rangers, county agents, Soil Conservation Service technicians, or Georgia Forestry Commission, P. 0. Box 1077, Macon. Payment must be made when the order is placed. Only checks, money orders or government purchase orders payable to the Georgia Forestry Commission will be accepted. Orders paid by government purchase orders should have vendor's copy with the order. Assistance in establishing your tree plantation can be obtained from your county ranger or district forester. / A PASSING TRIBUTE Georgia's first State forester is dead. Burley Matthew Lufburrow, 70, H inesville, died Sunday, October 15 of a coronary attack in a Savannah hos pital. A native of Oliver, Ga., Lufburrow was the first graduate of the University of Georgia School of Forestry. Lufburrow, who served as State Forester from 1925-37, was instrumental in se tt ing the ground work for a fores try department that today s tands number one in the country. It was through his efforts that the governing bodies and the people of Georgia were brought around to the fac t _t_hat there were "trees in 1the forest'' and forest a potential provider for industry. In 1951, Lufburrow became th e State's first registered forester. Prior to his death, Lufburrow served as a consultant to Fort Stewart from 1956-61. A coronary attack 10 195'5 had forced him to retire from his job as Executive Secretary of the Georgia Forestry Association; a position he had held since 1945. It was fitting that just th is past summer, Georgia's "Man of the 'Voods" was cited for outstanding contributions in the advancement of forest industry by the Georgia Forestry Commission. Lufburrow, a charter member of the Society of American Foresters, be- B. M. Lufburrow receives forestry award from Georgia Forestry Director Ray Shirley. gan his forestry career with the U. S. Forest Service in Virginia in 1914. He interrupted his tenure there in 1916 to serve a year as forester for the Case-Fowler Lumber Co. World War I found him with the U. S. Army Engineers in France supervising cutting operations. Following the war, Lufburrow was made supervisor of the Black Warrior National Forest at Bankhead, Ala.; a position he held untill935,and the beginning of an illustrious career as State Forester of Georgia. From 1937-40, he served as forester for the Southern Pine Association after which he was employed as purchaser for the Department of Agriculture. In this capacity, Lufburrow was in charge of land acquisition for Fort Stewart's 280,000 acres. Among his many awards include the Forestry Association award for his lifetime of service to forestry and the Forest Farmer's Association Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding contributions to the protection and development of Southern forest lands during his service as State Forester. The 1955 edition of The Cypress Knee, University of _Georgia, was dedicated to Georgia's first State Forester with these words ... "No other person has contributed more to the advancement of forestry in the State and in the South.'' LET'S UPGRADE FOR EST LAN D The 'upgrading of forest land' was the theme of a recent forestry demonstration sponsored by the Dade County Forestry Club. The demonstration was held at the J. A. Case farm on Sand Mountain. An 'eyeballing' contest in which partie ipants estimated board foot volume, a work accomplishment report on the Case tract and a ~our of the forest highlighted the day's events. The day's program was concluded with the presentation of forestry board awards by Frank Craven, Georgia Forestry Commission Information and Education Chief. Dade County Agent L. C. Adams gave a forestry progress report and John Sisley, Rome Kraft, a history of the Tree Farm Program. Billy Pullen, 4-H Club member, demonstrated proper management techniques. The demonstration was conducted by the Forestry Commission, Georgia Extension Service and the Tennessee Valley Authority. A. L. Dyer is president of the C lub. Bob Nelson, Rome K~a(t; f~os s Bernhard, Hiwa ssee Land Co.; 4. L. Dver, Dver Lumber Co.: A. B . Neu 'bv. f)ad e Cou ntv Number 2,000 1,000 900 800 700 600 500 400 30 0 200 100 Fires Worst Since '54 "Georgia was ready," remarked Georgia Forestry Commiss ion Director Ray Shirley in com menting on the worst fire condi tions facing the Commission since 19'54. Shirley said, "Some sections of the State had gone from one month to a month and a half without rain, creating a low moisture content and a high burning index. Only through the cooperative efforts of Georgia citizens and all news media we-e we able to successfully combat the hazardous conditions." During the month of October, there were 991 wildfires which br ought the 1961 total to 7,071 Add to that 364 wildfires that have occured during the first nine days of November and you have the hottest "Indian Summer" in (ieorgia since ''54. In that unforgeuhle ye