ORE ST RV Georgia C ruising the NeVIs FORESTRY Forest Products Week Sep., 1962 Vol. 15 ~~0. 3 Frank Craven Editor Published Quarterl y by the GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION Hox 1077 Macon, Georgia RAY SII~RLEY - DIRECTOR Members, Hoa rd of CommissiOners: C H AIH.~tAN C. ~1. JORDA N, JR. - VlDALIA Al'\DRE\\ J. A ULTMA:"\ - SYLVI:::-;TEI{ OSCA R S. GARRISON - 110.\tER W. GEORGE BEASLEY - LAVONIA ALEXA!'\DEH. SESSO~tS - (.0(j[) i 1.1. DI~THI\T OFFICE~ GEORGI.\ FOHE~THY CO,DIIS~IO:'\ Pi:->TRI<"T I f{ ou te :.!, .C::talt'shoro DI "TRICT I II P. 0. Ro' :!I; , Car111lla - r. o. DI ~ TRI< T II I Ro' 11;!1, A meriT RI<"T .I\ " P. 0. Rn' :~~~. .\"l'w nan DI :-;TRI< T \ - r. o. R<,, 96 . :'II c l\a0 lli STR I< T \"I - r . 0. Bn, 881 :'II ilil'd~ \ill(' llisTRI< T \ "11 - RPutr 1, I{Oillf' lli :->TRI<"T \"Iii P 0 Hn' 111;0, \\"aver' ' ~" lli STRI<" T I X . - P. 0 . Ro:\ .j 11;, r;aJnp,.;vill< DI:-;TRin X - f{ outr 2 \\" a ,; h 1ng-tnn On the Cover National Forest Products Week will be observed during the October 7- 13 period. And this event deserves a great deal more attention and interest than the bulk of the "days" and "week" which are periodically announced. Wood is absolutely basic to the life of thi s country. Some 5,000 different products are made from forest materials today, and lumber groups search in orde r to unlock r emai nin g secrets. One out of every 10 manufacturing employees in the country is in some branch of the forest products industry. And the forests, by the ir very nature, provide an invaluable service in protecting water supplies; p roviding a habitat for wildlife, and in offering superlative recreational resources. One of the brightest chapters in the age-old history of timber is found in present management practices. The destructive era of "cut and get out" is gone. Now, through "tree farms" and other technique s, this country is actually growing 25 percent more trees than are removed for all purposes. The forest products industry is seeing to it that we'll never run out of wood-and that wood and its thousands of derivatives will play an evermore important part in the American home and American industry. (From the R ockmart journal) A $291 Million Bug War It used to be that pine trees were immune to just about everything but lightning, forest fires and the woodman's axe. But now comes the pine beetle which, since its appearance in Georgia in recent years is threatening to destroy them in a 75-county area involving more than 14 million acres in the middle and northern parts of the state. This poses a potential $291 million bug problem according to estimates on the value of all pines in the infested zones. It is well, then, that a full-fledged war on the beetle has been initiated by state, federal and industrial forestry leaders. Governor Vandiver, on being apprised of the seriousness of the situation by Ray Shirley, director of the Georgia Forestry Commission, made a $300,0(){) emergency appropriation to help eradicate the pests, and now the U. S. Department of Agriculture has mate hed this amount. This $600,000 total will be used to survey forests, cut down infested trees and spray them with bug- killing chemicals. The line of light , moderate, and heavy infestation extends from Columbus to Augusta and reaches into many counties in North Georgia. Pines have, of course, become one of Georgia's major economic assets and are likely to become even more profitable in the future. Since every effort should be made to protect them, Governor Vandiver, the USDA and the state's industrial interests are to be commended for their prompt steps in this direction. (From tbe .tugustrt 1/eralrl) Tbere are 'some 52 -f.-man crelt 'S in ,\fiddle a uri ,\iorth (, eorgia 7t orking to bring th e floutb e rn l'ine ~~eetle o utbreak he/at! e('i-len,ic /'rrJ/IOrtions. flince mid-'f'lrch t here bflve heen more tb an 70,000 trees trertte./ i11 o1e r 2.1 00 spots. flpe "neetle Fpi.'e ic (n11trolle.f in T11 o (ounties". :'\1 e mber of the Georg-ia Press Association. Georgia Forestry is enterrd as second class ma he r at the Post Office under the Act of Augu s t 21, 1912. Money Tree Flourishing During a recent meeting of the Georgia Forestry Association it was pointed out that Georgi a is the fourth ranking state in lumber production, with approxi~ mately one and one-half billion board feet per year. In addition, total raw value of forest products sold by Georgia's timberland owners is approximately $155 million annually. The forest industry itself is valued at $950 million annually. The forestry crop means a large number of jobs for Georgians. \l:'e also find our timber growers, the farmer who plants and cares for his money trees will have a fine future for the years to come. The vast amount of woodlands in the state and in our section of Georgia is one of its most important assets. We have a number of industries using some type product from our forest right in our own county. We hope they continue to prosper anct aid in the grow- th of this area of Georgia. FORESTRY ACT BENEFITS STATE Georgia Gets Free Use Of $1 , 260,863 Forestry Facilities. P resident John F. Kenn edy, on Jun e 25, signed an Act provi din g fo r th e var.!rm s- St a t es to cont i nu e u s in g Soil Ban k fo r es try fa ciliti es without cos t to the States. The Act was p assed by the U. S. Sen a t e a n d the Eouse of Represent atives. Under th e Ac t , the Secre t ary of Agriculture i s a ut hori zed to permit co ntinu ed u se o f equ i pment and .i mprovement s acquired or cons tructed unde r the So i l Bank progr am, for forestry in other related Federal and State forestry programs without payment from the States. The Soil Bank Program began in May, 1956 and ended in Oct., 1960. Soil Bank funds, $1,260,863, were made a vail able to the Georgia Fores try Commission, through the U. S. Forest Service, to construct the followin g facilities: "1org an "1emorial Nursery, Byron; Pa ge Memorial Nursery, State Prison land, Toombs Co.; Walker ~1err,or ia l Nursery, State Prison land, Tattnall Co.; and to expand fac.il.it.ies at Herty :'-Jursery, Albany. In addition, a seed extractory, cold storage Suilding, and seed testing laboratory (now the Eastern Tree Seed Testing Laboratory) were cons tructed at the Forestry Center, Macon. The State's contribution in thi s ~1uildin g pro .;;ram was $53,984 of which 535,000 v.as for land purchase. The Macon Area Development Corr,mission and Houston County contriSuted $12,500 and $2,500 respectively towards the land purchase for the Morg an Nurser y . Georgia farmers placed, under contract with the Farm Reserve P rogram, 32 p ercen t of all forest acreage planted to trees under the Soil Bank Program in the United States. Some 692,340 acres were planted to trees, requiring 678,226,000 tree seedlings that were grown by the Forestry Commission from 19561960. Mo vement for passage of this legislation, that will permit states to continue using these facilities J .. 2 ..~.............. r tUt&lll! 1 T hese Georgia F orestry Commissio11 fo rest t ree nursery (acilztzes arP e((Pcted unde r t he re cen tl y passed Fo rest ry Act . ( 1) Morgan ,\1emo rial YursPry (2) Seed E"<:tract ory (3) Cold St orage B u ilding (4) Eas t Pm Tree Seed Lahorritory. Not shown ar e tbe Page and Walker t\1e'?lorial Nu rse ries and tbe P"<:pansion at the 1/ e rty II.Jursery. without cos t, was begun by the Associ ation of Stat e Forester s in their meetin g a t Ma c on las t year. In view of the l arge So i l Bank program conduc ted in Georgi a, Georgi a rece ived th e largest amount of fede ral assi s tance than any State to provide the fo r es t trees needed by bodow ne r s . Su pporting the passa~e of this Act were Georgia's Senators Richard B. Russe ll an.J He rman E. Talmadge . Also s upporti ng the measure \vere the fo llow ing Congressmen: G. Ell i ot lwgan, Sylv ani a; J . L. Pilcher , Me i gs; E. L. Forrester, Leesburg; John J . Flynt , Jr., Griffi n a nd James C . Davi s, Decat ur. Others are Carl Vinson, Milledgevill e; JoPn W. Davis, Summerville; Congresswoman Iris F. Blitch, Homerville; Phil M. 'Landrum, Jasper; and Robert G. Stephens, Jr.,Athens. Forestry Commission Director Ray Shirley stated that PP was plea- sed with the Act's passage. He added that it enables the Commission to meet the needs of future fo r est farm programs that may be enacted into law. SUPERIOR TREES 'fHROUGH GENETICS The old Horseshoe Bend seedlin,; nursery now is the site of a cooper- ative pine tree genetics program be- tween the Georgia Forestry Com- mission and Union Bag-Camp Paper Cor p. Forestry Commission Direc- t or Ray Sh irl ey said the purpose of th e pro~ r arr. is to develop tr ees wi t h superior qua lities and genetic char- acteri sti cs desired to proJuce high- er quality wood products. Under t Le co-op program, Union Ba_; selects the superi or plieno- types , furni shes scion material for gra ftin g and land. The Commission does the .;ra fti ng and pla ntin g (all cultura l prac ti ces) and wi ll shar e the seed prod uced frorr the superi or trees on a fifty-fifty basis with Uni on 3 ag, Sh irl ey added. The Corr.- rr i ss i on direc t or s tated that he ex- pec ts the orchard to be completed in 1965. T he co-op genetics prog ram is bein .,; co nduc ted on 76 acres o f land c onveyed to the Commission by Union Ba.; i n Dec . , 1958. In Feb., 1955 Uni on Bag conveyed some 97 a cre s to t he Comm ission, for 20- years, for pin e tree gene tics pro- jec t s wh ic h ar e u nderway. Prior to 1955 the Commission rented, for a period of ten years, beg innin ;; i n Dec . , 1952, a!Jout 77 acres of the Hor seshoe 3end farm tract. Under this lease the Commis- sion agreed to construct and operate a nursery for the production of for- est tree seedlings and related acti- vities. In connection with this work the Commission was granted the right to use two houses and one dairy barn for nursery operations. When the Hor s eshoe Bend Nursery was moved to Rei dsville it enabled the Comrrission to continuP to use .the same s ite for g enetics work. P erm anent irri gation facilitie s made poss ible research to s timulate seed production through irriga tion and fertilization ,tudies. fohi1 II'. f obi/ SOil, assis l a11t ll !lrs ery- :v. 11/all, \, l e iiii'Ood ; f. foh ii SO II, '\ufll., il' oorlla ll rl s '~ <>search Def>art- ment, l ' 11ion H t7g, '\at,amwh; an d fohn Harher, firoject lea'ler, l ''\ P'\, ,\lacon; r/i s cuss f>/ ace/1/ellf of gra ft s in see d orc hard. The laying out of 66-acres for pl antin g !:>egan in 1959 with t he fi r st pla nt ing takin,~ place in 1961, according to Forestry Commission Re- fo r estation Chief Sanford Darb y . A 90-percent survival was obtained on the initial planting with 1,336 living trees. Darby added that there a re 2,118 livin g grafts in the \V alker Memori::ll Nursery, Reidsville, th'lt will be transplanted this fall. The grafted material is planted on a 20 X 20 s pacing randorr.ly planted in blocks. Each full block contains 400 tree s of 20 indivi J ual clones. The clone s , in each block, are spaced to minimize the possibility of self-pollination. Tbe Horseshoe Bend Seed Orchard i s boun ded by a 400 foot isolation strip. Thi s s trip minimi zes the chance of pollin a tin .:; the trees witL pollen of unknown s ources. Species, whicl. may produce pollen that would contaminate seeci orchard trees have ~1 een removed frorr the isolation strips, Darby said. DarSy pointed out that when the project is completed there will be approximately 6,500 grafts from some 60 superior trees. While the program is in progress Union Bag is constantly checking the progen y of the superior trees to make sure they mee t specifications such as rapid growth , straightness, horizontal branchin -~ , narrow crown, insect and dise~se resistance, hig h specific gravitv and long fibers, and abundant cone bearing ability. The scion material is obtained from the desig n a ted superior trees by Union Bag foresters. The scion rraterial is nken by the Corr.mission and grafted on one and two year old stock in tbe spring. After successful .:~ raft s 'lre taken the plants are tran s pbnte.i tl e folfowin :; winter. BEETLE EPIDEMIC CONTROLLED The Southern Pine Beetle has been brought below epidemic proportions in Greene and Taliaferro Counties, announces Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission. In making the announcement, :.;hirley stated that the two counties are bein,~ kept under observation for additional outbreaks. Results of the suppression work showed that two four-man crews treated I, 139 trees in the two counties. An additional 123 trees were dead or felled, but not treated because the beetles had left the trees. The treated and untreated trees were found in 86-spots. Shirley emphasized that getting into the two counties, before the beetles were able to gain too much grolilld on us, contributed to our successful operations. In addition full landowner cooperation with our ground crews enabled us to conduct a thorough operation. Suppression crews are concentrating their efforts on treating green trees and faders as the insect approaches the end of this year's reproductive period, Shirley said. The insect has five to six broods per year. Shirley pointed out that the insects have left the 'red top' trees and now are in green trees and faders. The 'red top' trees are being marked now for identification this fall and winter when crews will return and treat the reinfested areas. The 'red tops' that are not marked will be treated. In winter the beetles remain in the trees even after the trees begin to fade and the needles turn red. This makes the treating of the 'red tops' more feasible and improves the chance of reducing the beetle below epidemic proportions. After an area has been treated, a close check on green trees is made around the faders to be certain that a new brood doesn't have a chance to continue the attack. Periodic checks, keyed to the life cycle of the insect, are made to subdue any additional outbreaks. Shirley added that, by passing up the 'red tops' now, field crews will be able to move faster and make their control efforts more effective IN TWO COUNTIES The green infested trees and faders are cut and sawed into logs. The stump and logs are sprayed thorouf!.hlv on all sides. by treating the green trees and taders. The Commission director emphasized that it is during the fall and winter months when the efforts of our suppression wor~ will be most evident as the beetle will not be in its reproductive period. Recently the Forestry Commission received an additional $192,000 from the State, bringing to $492,000 made available by Governor Ernest Vandiver. Earlier in the year Governor Vandiver had made an emergency allocation of $300,000, which was matched by the federal government, to fight the Southern Pine Beetle epidemic. Shirley stated that the Commission's control program covers only those areas where timber IS present in commercial forest areas. Residents who find the beetle in their ornamental pines s hould contact a local commercial tree expert. The ~ percent BHC s oluti on in nu mber two fuel oil, chemical us ed in treat- ing commercial timber, is not suitable in residential areas as it is harmful to lawns and shrubs. Assistant Management Chief John Hammond, beetle proJeCt coordinator, sai d that since mid-March there have been 71,187 trees treated in the original IS-counties under a zone of infestation. These trees v.ere located in 2,144 spot s. Hammond stated that Commission foresters are directing crews in the marking, felling and spraying of infested trees. He added that those landowners desiring to take eradication s tep s on their o wn la nd can obtain the chemical and spraying equipment by contacting their local forest ranger or district fore s ter. The counties now un der a zone of infestation are Bibb, Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hancock, Hart and J asper. Other s are Jones, Madi s on, Monroe, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Ste phen s, Up son an d \l:ilke s Coun ties. A new ''Utilization Report and Directory .of Wood-Using Jndu strie s in Georgia" will soon be published, announced Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission. The combined Report and Directory was compiled by U. S. Forest Service Technologists Paul Bois and John White. Shirley s tate d that for the first time the C ommission an d the South eastern F ore st Exp e rim e nt Station, Ashevill e, ~~. C. , ha ve corr b ine d a county by county v.ood-industry dire ctory v. ith a deta il eJ v. oo d-in d ustry production report. Shirley emphasi zed that th e boo k wi l l ass i s t ne v. indus try in locat i ng in the s tate and old indus try in pl anning e xpans ion and be tt er me t hods for utili z ing existing fac ilities. \\ ood usin.~ i ndustries, in ope r ati on duri n,<:; 196 1, are pr esen ted in a lp h.:1Se tical order wi thin eac h cou nty. )James and addresses and a bri e f de scriptior of materials purchased a nd prod u c t s sol d are _given. In t he last column o f each page a s i Ze class code, based on number of err: ployees, is listed. The production dat a are presented by g eog raphical areas identical to the fore s t s:.~rvey units of the recent C eorgia Fores t Su rv ey , In thi s way production data can be compared directly with the forest survey s tatistics. The Utili zation Report shov. s that in 1961 Geor;:;ia harvested 1. 1 billion board feet of log s and stand int; timber and 4. i million cords of roundwood for all wood-using indus tries and pulp and paper mi ll s. The sa wmill industry utilized s ome 1. 2 billion board feet. This is 88-percent of the all-indus tr y total. Their principal spec ies used was p1ne, 80percent or 948.3 million ooard feet. The next large user of logs and s t a ndin g timber, accord i n;:; to the report, was the veneer and plywood in .J u s try which cons umed 106.1 mi l lion Soard feet. This is 7.9 percent of the total used in the State and le ss th a n onetenth used by the saw mill indus try. Their principal species were gum a nd ye llov. poplar. The report gives considerable de tail to describing the sawmill indus~ tries that have changed considerably in size and total number during the past ten years. Chapters are also devoted to the veneer, plywood and furniture industries, treating plants, cabinet shops and a few of the specialty industries. In addition the report shows how production volumes are distributed with details on species utilized for each type of industry. Sh irley added th a t over 12"i-forest ran gers contac t ed wood-usin g industri es in their respective counties collecting detail ed information for th e repo rt. The fu ll cooperation of the various industries and rangers made this report possi!Jle, Shirley said. NEW FARM LOAN PROGRAM A three percent farm fore s try loan progr am was announced recently by Agriculture Secret ary Orville L. Freeman. The Farmers Home Admi ni s tration will make loans to e nable e liJ ible farme r s to carry out better forestry rna nageiTent practices, expan d their forest resources, and to convert crop land to fqrestr y uses. The prog r am is designed to help family farmers IT ake fu 11 use of their forest resources. An applicant, to be eligible, must be una ble to obtain credit from other sources, agree to follow an acceptable plan for the proper management and operation of his forest land, be of lega l a:;e and a citizen of the United States. If borrowing funds to pay for land, equipment, operating expenses or refinancing,_the applicant must have a farm background and experience needed to be successful in the farming operation. :\fter the loan is made, the applican t must be an owner or tenant operating not larger than a fami ly farm. An acceptable forest management plan will include projected yield s with operating expenses and estin;ated income as well as a crUise of existing timber. The cruise report should include an inventory of the kind and amount of timber on the land, the size and growth rate of the predominanJ; type of tre es, amount of rrerchantible timber, as well as the dates the timber shoul d lJe ma r ked fo.r sale. The kind of forestry products to be sold should be shown also. L oans will be made for fencing, pest control, thinning, and fire protection, includinz development and PERSONNEL CHANGES Julian D. Reeves , Georgia Forestry Commission Seventh District forester, Rome, has been assigned to the U. S. Forest Service Region 8, Division of State and Private Forestry, Atlanta. He succeeds George L. Reinert . The announcement was made jointly by James K. Vessey, USFS Region 8 forester, Atlanta; and Ray Improveme nt of fir e lanes. Lo:ms :-v ill be advanced for clearing and preparing land for forestry planting, purchasing and planting forest seed or seedl ings , farm land that is or will be fore s t land, and fo r refinanc.ing debts against forest land. The loans will bear three percent interest and .will be repayable over periods up to 40 years. Loans previously were made at five percent. The lower rat e is. designed to enco urage greater part ici pation. When nece ssary, the initial payment on the loan may be deferred for periods up to 15-years. The maximum loan under the program is $60,000 or the value of the security provided by the individual farmer. A borrower's Druid N. Preston Shirley, Forestry Commission di rector, I\lacon. Druid N. P reston, Third District assistant district forester, Fire Control, Americus, \vas promoted to Seventh District forester. Shirley added that ~eeves will se rve a tv.o ye:u termre \\ith the USFS under a cooperative agreement be tw een the Comrr:ission and the US FS. The experience ;;ained by \ eeve s in "'orking on coopera tive ITana;~er:.ent pro!Srarr:s will be utili zed by t he Corr:rr.ission on his return. Vessey pointed out that work in the various stat e and federal cooperative programs v.ill enable Reeves to become more famili ar wi th the inner operations of statefe.:feral projects. He emphasized that the exchange employee has an opportunity to observe the workings of the regional office, research centers, and national forests. Reeves, a native of Palmetto, came with the Commission in June, 1954 as ranger of Fulton County. In July, 195 5, he was promoted to assistant district forester at :\lew- tota l princ ipa l indebtedness for immediate-term F arn:ers Home Adm in is tration loans for equipment and operating expenses may not exceed $35,000 . Security for the loans depends on what the loan fund s are used for and may consist of a mortgage on the farm, or on chatte ls, or on other suitable property. Lon:.;-term loans will be secur ed by a mort,sa:;e on the farm. To apply for the loan contact the local F::ume rs Home Admini strati on .office where yo u expect to c arry out yo ur fa rmin g operation. T he supe rvisor will be ~~ lad to ans'' e r any additiona! questions. Juli an D. Reeves nan. A year later Reeve s v.as made forest management fiel d assi s tan t, Atl anta. Hi s duties as Seven th District Forester began in Feb., 1957 . A graduate of the University of Georgia's School of Forestry in 1953, Re eves has a Masters in Fores try r eceived from the University in 1954. Reeves is a member of the Society o f American Foresters, ~la son ic Order 633, Palmetto, and the Lion's Club, Rome. He is marri ed to the fo rmer Virley t-.lari e Dufr ene of Raceland, La. Preston, a native of Buena Vista, came with the Commission in 1955 as Newton County Ranger. On succeeding yea rs, 1956-57 he served as assistant district forester, ~lan lgemen t for the Fourth District, Newnan and Third District, Americus. In 1960 Preston was moved into Fire Control at the Americus office. Preston is a member of the Society of American Foresters, American Forestry Association, and the American Legion Post at Buena Vista. by Rip fontaine, Jr. (,corgia leads the nation and the world 10 the production of naval stores. She produces RO-percent of the nation's supply and over 50percent of the world's output. It is in the southern part of the state th a t thi s grea t output i s real- ized with Val dos t a , Ga. kno wn as the gum capi tal. In Lowndes County l ast year there wer e 30 producer s working some 411,000 fac es. This amounted to a production of approximately <3,836 barrels. The value of naval stores in Lowndes Co. has been placed at $294,223 by an Extension Service survey last year. This was based on the working of 373,61 7 faces. This same survey placed the value of naval stores in the Valdosta trade area a t slightly over two million dollars. The leading county was Clinch with $1,241,432. THE- CAPITAL Other count1es 10 the trade area and naval stores value included 3errien, $394,039; Brooks, $109,748; Cook, $156,435; and Echols, $192,830. A recent survey of 11->yood-using industries in Lownde.s Co. showed that there were 2,132 employees with an annual take home pay of $7,734,886. In her trade area there are 1,934 employees with an annual income of $3,094,325. In addition to payrolls more than 7.8 million dollars was spent for raw forest materials and approximately one million in freight in Lowndes Co. The trade area figures are some 2.2 million for rav. ma terial and $200,000 for freight. In the production of lumber, plywood, veneer, crates, bags, poles, posts , pilings, crossties, pallet s and other wood products approximately 64,000,000 board feet of sawtimber and 485,000 cords of pulpwood were used by the Lowndec:: Co. industries. Trade area industries con sumed 79.1 million board feet of s awtimber and 323.1 thousand cords of pulpwood. The just completed U. S. Forest Survey of Georgia's forests shov.ed that Lo wndes Co. has a net volume of 48 1. 9 mi llion board feet of sawti mber an d 1,966, 000 cords of pulp- wood gro wing s t ock. This timber is growi ng on 2 18 ,8 00 acre s which re presents a 3.6 percent increase in forest land over the past decade. The greatest increase in forest acreage . was shown by Brooks Co. with 6.1 percent. Clinch Co. has the largest forest acreage, 496,800. This .i s 97.5 percent of their total land area. A slight increase was noted in Echols Co. while Berrien and Cook Counties 1ost approximately one percent. Owens-Illinois contributes a S4;400,000 payroll through 775 employees. In its production of tall oil. linerboard, multiwall .bags, and heavy duty plastic shipping sacks some 360,000 cords of wood are used annualiy. The daily capacity 1s in excess of 500,000 bags. In addition some 850 tons of tall oil is produced per month at the Valdosta mill. In producing its products the mill uses enough water to provide 300 families with 30 gallons of water per day for 1,100 days or enough to_ fill a ten acre fish pond to a depth of three feet. The Valdosta mill began operations .in 1954 with the production of linerboard. A second paper machine went into operation in 1956. The first multiwall bags were produced in 1955. Future plans call for the construction of a plant which will utilize a new process for the fractionation of tall oil on a horizon still. The plant is scheduled for completion this fall. Production 1s expected to reach 3,000 pounds of crude tall oil an hour. The first central gum processing plant in Valdosta and one of th e first in Georgia, was the Shelton Naval Stores Processing Co. The Company, started in 1946, previously was owned by the Filtered Rosin Products. Co. The Company employs eight people with an annual payroll of around $30,000. In addition the Processing Co. puts out approximately $500,000 on raw forest materials and about $60,000 on freight annually. The Langdale Co., with a more than two-million dollar payroll em ploys 1,000 people at their Va ldosta plant and in the field. The Compan y spends annually some $4,700,000 for raw forest materi als and approximately $500,000 on freight. In their production of pole s, piling, posts, and crossties last year some 24,000,000 board feet of s aw - timber and 125, 000 cords of pulpwood were used. The products produced last y ear were 25, 000 poles and piling, 500,000 posts, and 30,000 cros sties. In naval stores the Langdal e Company processed some 45 ,000 barrel s of gum, 12,500 ,000 pounds of ro sin and 427,500 ga ll ons of turpen ti ne . A single turpe ntine s till wi th less than 5,000 acres of pines was the beginning of the Langda l e Company in 1894. By 192 2 'Langdale had 25-turpentine s t ill s a nd was working 2,750,000 trees. In the early 1940's the C om pany put in a Central gum processing p l an t . Following World War II a mod ern pressure creosoting plant an d a modern -:oncentration yard for lumber, dry kilns, and planer mill were installed. There is also a wood preserving plant at Sweetwater, T enn. Nelio C he mi cals, Inc. 1s a proc essor of gum resin. Last year they proce s sed approximately 38,000 drum s of rosin and 650,000 gallons of turpentine. The Valdosta located company employs approximately 58 persons with a take home pay .of so me $245, 000. In addition they spend about $2,000,000 for raw material s . The Prinsho Veneer Co., Inc. was s tarted in 1932 wi th 20-25 employees making som e $15,000 annually. This fi gure h a s grown to 75 employees with an annua l salary of $180,000. In 1961 they spent approximately $120,000 for raw materials and another $48,000 on freight. In their plywood manufa cturing some 1.8 million board fe et of sawtimber were u s ed. Valdosta P lywoods, Inc. is one of the ne wer mi lls established in 1946. They have some 100 em ployees who have a take home pay roll of $178,000 annually. In addition approximately $180,000 was spent in 1961 on raw forest materials. The company used about 2,500,000 board feet of sawtimber for its production of hardwood plywood. The U. S. Foresr Service maintains three offices in Valdosta. These include the supervisor's office of the Naval Stores Conservation Program, an office of the Division of Insect and Disease Control and an area forester who handles the NSCP. Nine employees staff the three offices with a combined payroll of approximately $64,000. For 26-years the '\JSCP has administered the program throughout the. turpentine belt in Valdosta. The American Turpentine Farmers Association is also located in the gum capitol of the world. The ATFA is a producer organization representing more than 5,000 gum farmers in seve_n southern states. They are South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. Georgia produces some SO-percent of dl naval stores in the United States and about SO-percent of the world supply. Providing protection for this vast amo unt of forest -wealth in Lowndes County and parts of Lanier County is the Lowndes Count. Forestry Unit. The Unit has nine employees with an annual income of $22; 704. In addition to fire suppression and protection duties, general forestry assistance is provided. The unit was constructed with two-thirds State funds and one-third county mon1es. The value received for the dollar spent in this service is beyond imagination when measured with the people dependent upon and the products produced through wood. "SOUTHERN FORESTRY ON THE MARCH" "Southern Forestry on the March" is the theme of the 61 st annual meeting of the Society of American Foresters. The three day session will be held Oct. 21-24 in the DinkIer Plaza Hotel, Atlanta, 'Ga. A business session and a special program on small forest ownership will conclude the first day's session. Topics for the program are: "The Profession of Forestry Looks at the Small 'Landowner. Why Does He Need Help? What Can Be Done? How Will It Be Accomplished?" Vice President B. E. Allen, Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp., will serve as chairman. Ten subject Division meetings will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday. Approximately 70 papers on economics and policy, education, forest fire, forest management, forest products, forest recreation, for- est-wildlife management, range management, silviculture, and watershed management will be presented. lhree keynote addresses will open the general session before some 2,000 expected delegates, announced General Chairmar. James K. Vessey, U. S. Forest Service, southern regional forester. Delivering the addresses, following a welcome by SAF President Paul M. Dunn, are as follows: ''Present and Potential Economics of Southern Forests," Fredrick C. 'Gregg, International Paper Co., Camden, Ark. "Progress Made in Technical Forestry in the South," Phillip A. Briegleb, director, Southern Forest Experiment Station, New Orleans, La. And "Developing Demands for Forest Recreation in the Southern Region," Fred J. Overly, superintendent, Great Smokey Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, Tenn. Chairman of the opening session will be Richard). Preston, Jr., director, North Carolina State College School of Forestry. IN MEMORIAM Tuesday, July 24th, started out as just another normal working day... beetle crews were trying to reduce the epidemic that was evident in the middle and northern section of the state... landowners were calling in for forest man_agement assistance... e.quipment was being cleaned, checked and repaired for the forest fire call that may come at any time... a normal working day had begun. However before dusk brought a close to this day the Georgia Forestry Commission had lost three valued employees...Henry 'Hank' C. 'Langley, 40, pilot; W. D. Palmer, 37, Tenth District ranger, management; both of Washington, and H arvin Quarterman, 54, Camden County ranger, Kingsland. Langley and Palmer met a tragic death in a single plane crash near Washington. The two men were working on the beetle control program locating infested areas for the ground crev '5 to treat at the time of the accident. The CAA and F'AB have the in- cident under investigation. Quarterman was struck by a heart attack while at work. Langley came with the Commis- sion in October, 1958 as Tenth District pilot. He was made district ranger in January, 1961. However he continued his duties as pilot. During his employment he did photography, art work and painted signs; jobs that he had previously done before coming with the Commission. A native of Rifle, Colorado, Langley attended Pomona Junior College in California and Southern Missionary College in Collegedale, Tenn. He was a member of the 'Georgia State Fireman's Association and the Washington VFW. He had been a member of the American 'Legion at Hikon, Tenn., Tennessee State Fireman's Association, and the Tri-City Volunteer Fire Department at Collegedale. Langley is survived by his wife, Frances Averene and one daughter. Connie, 3. Palmer, a native of Bostwick ] ames K. Vessey The featured speaker for the Society's annual dinner, Oct. 24, will be William A. Emerson, Jr., senior editor, Newsweek The presentation of the Sir William Schlich memorial medal by President Dunn will be another highlight of the annual banquet. The medal is given for distinguished service to forestry. Vessey added that SAF members should request their horel reservations through the SAF Housing Committee, Atlanta Convention Bureau, 1102 Commerce Building, Atlanta 3, Ga. All reservations will be confirmed if requests are received not later than Oct. 1. Early reservations are advised Monday evening will be open for forestry school alumni reunions. came with the Commission in Oct., 1951 as assistant ranger of Walton County. In July 1953 Palmer was promoted to Ranger of Walton County. He was made Tenth District ranger, management, in Oct., 1956. He was a member of the Tenth District Ranger's Club and the Woodmen of the World. He was a former member of the Farm Bureau at Monroe, Ga. P,almer is survived by his wife Sara N. and two daughters, Sally, 6, and Susan, 3. Commission employment for Quarterman began in Dec. 1954 as Ranger I in Camden County. He. was promoted to Ranger II in Jan., 1961. Quarterman was a member of the Woodbine Lodge 326, Masons and the Woodbine Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife Althea and two boys John H., Jr. and Carl Louie. Commission Director Ray Shirley stated that the Commission has lost men who were devoted workers and valued friends to all that knew them. QUEEN CROWNED... ta, treasurer. J:arvey n. '3rown, executive director, and Mrs. l!elen M. Dixon, office secretary, Atlanta, Paul Bois, USFS, Macon; Dr. Leon were reelected to their respective A.Hargraeves, University of Georgia, positions. Athens; John Hatcher, forest man- :'-Jew directors are \vallace Adams, ager, Atomic Energy Commission, Glenwood; Harley Langdale, Jr., Aiken, S. C.; Jack Heikkenen, Ma- Valdosta; \~. T. 'Thad' McDaniel, con Research Center; J o McClure, Jesup; and Lucien Whittle, ~3runs USFS, Asheville, N. C.; Ray Shir- wick. '\. J;. White, Jr., Atlanta, v.as ley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission, Macon; and Benjamin Spa- reelected to the board. F cr o~tstanding and meritoriou s da, USFS, Asheville. service to the Georgia Forestry Reelection of officers, awards Association, eight Georgians re- presented and Miss Georgia Fores- ceiveJ the Order of the Golden Pine try of 1962 crowned highlighted the Cone. Recipients were Waldo Brad- awards banquet. ley, Savannah; Dorsey Dyer, Athens; Penelope Lynn Andrews, 20-year L. C. Ilart, Jr., Atlanta; Stewart .11iss Penelope 4.ndrews and Gov. P.rnest l'andiver ''That our nation Is at a dangerous position 10 its history, no thoughtful person can deny. There has been an undeniable and everincreasing tendency among people to seek security rather than opportunity, the very factor which built old Columbus secretary, was crowned Miss Georgia Forestry by Georgia Governor Ernest Vandiver. An Augusta high school student, Glynda McAfee, was runner-up. Earlier Governor Vandiver was presented a plaque in recognition of his services to Georgia Forestry. Jim L. Gillis, Jr. was named to a L. McCrary, Gainesville; Gid L. ~1cEachern, Atla!aa; Miss Susan ~1yrick, Macon; Thurman Sensing, Nashville; and Ray Shirley, Macon. The Georgia Forestry Commission's Third and Fifth Districts received the Association's outs tanding general performance av.ard. Olin Witherington and J ames ~e i d our nation, moreover a security provided by government rather than by individual efforts." It is "Tirre To Do," if we do not want to follow the fall of the T,OP POST FILLED... are the district foresters of the great empires of the past, continued Third and Fifth District s respec- Thurman Sensing, "Time To Do" tively. for ourselves. Sensing is executive Dodge County was named the vice-president, Southern States In- outstanding couuty for the second dustrial Council, Nashville, Tenn. consecutive year and for t ~ fourth These remarks keynoted the open- time since 1952. J. D. '3eauchamp ing of the recent Georgia Forestry is the Dodge County ranger. Association's 55th annual meeting. The best fire record award went The two-day session, held at the to Echols County headed by Forest Dinkier Plaza Hotel, Atlanta, was Ranger F. L. Staten. presided over by Jim L. Gillis, Jr., Individual county wwners and president. The theme of the meeting, "Tirr.e To Do," was used as a stepping _ . rangers are Dodge, leauchamp; Emanuel, L. A. Ray; Jackson-Jarrow, George Davis; I'-Jewton-Rock- stone by the speakers in showing Georgia's progress in research, re- fim L Gill is, fr. dale, James E. Pinson; Pierce, \\illard Davis; Putnam, Jerry Ridley; forestation, fire control, and man- second term as president of the Richmond, R. T. Strickland; Taylor, agement and needs in marketing Association. Other officers renamed Austin Guinn; Thomas, Jack Foley; and promoting timber as a whole. for a second term were J. Frank ar.d Walker, W. C. huggins. The speakers were John Barber, Alexander, Talbotton, first vice- President Gillis made the pre- Macon Research Center, Macon; president; and A. E. Patton, Atlan- sentation of awards. f. TJ, Beauchamp AWARDS MADE... awl 1i111 :; illis, Jr. DEBRIS BURNING TOPS FIRE CAUSES Debris burning was the l argest single cause of forest fire s d uring the first six !Tlonths of 1962, accord- ing to Ray Shirley, director, Geor- g1a Forestry Commission. There were 38,453 acres destroyed by fires during the period. This is a reduction of 5, 789 acres for the same period las t year. Of the total acreage burned, Shir- ley said some 13,276 acres could be attrib ute d tu the 2,439 fires re- sulting from debris burning. Smoker fires were second, as a major headache for Georgia's foresters during the year's first six months, Shirley added. There were 1, 348 such fires in the half-year period destroying 8,189 acres. Incendiary fires were blamed for 889 fires that destroyed 7, 158 acres. Other causes listed by the Forestry Commission director included machine use, 660 fires; mis'cellaneous, 356; lightning, 341; and camp fires , 99. Georgia's campers had the lowest fire starting record of any of the major causes covered in the report. They were held responsible for 99 fire s that burned 993 acres. Shirley said the Tenth District, with headquarters at Washington, had the smallest acreage loss, 1,569. The largest loss in the State was reported in the Forestry Commission's Second DiStrict, 6,080 acres. SAND HILL CONVERSION Tay lor Countians may boast of many things, but never do they boast about their sand hills. There are thousands of acres of them in the county. Once these sand hill areas supported magnificient stands of longleaf pine. But, through overcutting and land abuse the productive acres were made practically worthless. Now, its principal product is scrub oak. However, one Tay lor Countian, E. G. Gragg, is doing something about the situation. He is attempting to re-establish pine in tl}e sand hill areas, through the advice of Taylor County Forest Ranger Austin Guinn and Third District Forester Olin Witherington. Gragg a native of Bainbridge, began his reconstruction of the scrub oak area with the purchase of 1,425 acres in 19 59. These acres have been planted to sl a sh pine. At the outs et he was confronted with many silvicultural obstacles. Low soil fertility and the suppress iOn of the sc rub oak were problems that had to be s olved before the pine could be est ablished The latter problem was solved when Gragg found th at the scrub oaks are britt!~ at gro und level and readily break if pressure is applied at t he root collar. A era wIer-type tractor was equipped with a heavy steel beam mounted in front and four inches off the ground. The beam demolished and cleared away the scrub oaks as the tractor pushN through the thickets and underbrus h. Tractor-train serves a two-fold purpose Jor E. G.- GraRR A beam in front clears away the scrub oak as planter in rear puts in slash pine. Gragg established a planting quota of 125 acres per year. The first 125 acres were successfully planted in the winter of 1960. The planting was accomplished in one operation by using a mechanical tree planter behind the tractor. The second planting in 1961 also was completed on schedule. During the planting operation Gragg noticed that the planter frequently bee am e clogged with broken fragments of trees. This condition was corrected by placing a fire plow between the tractor and the planter. The train-like rig did an effective job of clearing away the debris, scalping the soil surface, and planting the seedlings in one continuous operation. Gragg planted approximately 750800 trees per acre. The trees were purchased from the state nurseries of the Georgia Forestry Commission. Gragg has now cleared and planted 375 acres of scrub oak sand hill land at an average cost of $12 per acre. A conservation marker, depicting the value being placed on our national resources, has been erected some e ight mil es north of Tallapoosa on Ga. 100. The purpose of the marker is to encourage conservation and recognize the 4-H Clubs anJ other youth organizations. N ative rock, concrete and steel went into the construction of the marker. Tom Mullin s, president, Rome Plow, was responsible for the erection of the stone and bronze conservation sign. The marker v.as designed by Tom Hall, Georgia Forestry Commission artist. 153-YEARS OF SERVICE The resurfacing of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington , D. C., has uncovered over a century and a half of Georgia history. The construction work required the relocation and enlarging of gas main facilities. It was during thi s work at lOth and Pennsylvania that a Georgia pine log, with typical re- sin odor, was uncovered. The log measured ten feet long and some 15 inches in diameter. Through its core a 3~-inch bore had been neatly made. Further digging showed that the log was joined to another by a tapered cast iron nipple which was forced into the bored holes. The s welling action of the wood around the nipple formed a watertight joint. Buried four feet below the street surface, the log's state of preservation was perfect after 153 years. A hi story of Washington's water s upply reveals that in August 1809 the city appropriated $300, about one-third of the costs, for con struction of pipe to convey water from Caffrey's Spring to the vicinity oi Pennsylvania Ave ., N . W. , between 9th and 14th Streets. The piping used then was of bored log construction. The state of preservation of these yellow pine logs was perfect when removed from the ground. However, with exposure to air the logs soon changed color. It is pointed out in the 'history' that ''remains of the wooden pipes are still uncovered in excavations in the streets." A section of the conduit is on display in the Washington Water Dept. QUITE A The tree was "born" in 1908, according to Eddie Powers, Naval Store s Conservation Program, Tifton. On December 11, 1961, it was 58 years old. It bore five faces and had been worked for g um naval stores for 12 years! Eddie is a Sherlock Holmes when it comes to run- ning down facts in the woods. He reports the first cup was hung in 1926 when the tree was 18 years old. It v.as worked seven years and rested one year. In 1934, when the tree was 26 years old, the sec- Area Forester Pouers and tbe fifth face. ond cup was hung. This face was worked six years, followed by a one-year rest. In order, then, the third cup went on in 1941. It was worked seven year s and rested t\vo years. The fourth cup was added in 1952, at age 42, worked six years, and then back-cupped. In 1956, the fifth cup was hung, and the final face worked s1x years. Eddie estimates that the tree produced ten pounds of g um per year for the 32 years it was worked, or a total of 320 pounds. Ee has gone back into the history of gum prices and has cone luded that the average price paid over the period was 5 per pound. Accordingly, from this single tree the owner received a tota l of $16.00 from gum, plus a final .~3.25 when it went to market as saw-timber, or a total of $ 19.25.. Quite a tree! By ~orman R. Hawley U. S. Forest Service FFA FORESTRY CAMP HELD --~ Jim my Goodner, ,\Jad i so n, took top s cho l astic hon or s at the 16th annual Future Farmers of America C arr:p at Ha rd Labor State Park. Davi d Garrard, \~ ashingto n , ~vas named top camper. Second place went to Charles P erdue, Thomaston. Edv.ard Beck- ham, Concord, placed third i" the scholastic co!Tlpetition. All of the FF A rr.ember s wer e given certificates. Approximately 100 FFA members frorr. \1iddle and North Georgia att ended the one week c:1mp. The camp v. :1 s sponsored hy six fTl ember mills of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association and conj ucted by the (,eor~ia Forestry Commission. Camp Director Frank Cr.wen, Camp f)irecto r Fr ank Crat,en presents t op scho l as tic u fnn er j immy G oo dner uit b a rod and reel. Second and third place atl'ards ue nt t o C harles P erdue and F?d uar d H eckbam. Comm i ssion Information and Education chief, stated that the scholastic wi nn ers were determined by a test on the subjects taught. The courses in cl ud ed fire control , re forestati on, me n s urati on , mark e ti ng a nd harvesting, insect s a nd di sease, t hinn1n g, law enforc e ment, game management, naval s tores, wood utili zation and weed tree control. The sponsoring mills include the Brunswick Pulp and Paper Co., Continental Can Co., Owens-Illinois Glass Co . , Ro me Kraft Co ., St. Mary's Kr a ft Co . , a nd Uni on Bag-Camp Paper Corp. C a m;1 Dir ector Frank Crave n and T op Cam;1er nat,id Garrard. Logging JOINT MEETL."JG ... There will be a JOint meeting of the Society of Amer.ican Foresters and the Southern Forest Tree Improvement Committee at Macon, Ga., Oct. 25-26. The program will include presentation of research papers and a field trip to observe some of the operational aspects of forest genetics. Headquarters will be at the Dempsey Motor Hotel. the foreste rs ... Paul !Jois, forest products technologist, U. 5. Pores! Service, .\lacon, receives the l 1J62 membersbiJI a,uard for the Southeastern Section Forest Jlroducts Research Society. IV. R. Smitb, national membership chairman and cbief, Forest Utilization Research, Soutbeastern Station, USPS, .\sbeville, N. C., made tbe presentation. Tbe a'l'ard Toas preat tbe National PPI?.S meeting in Spokrtne, IVasbington. .\Irs. Janic e f)ubberly hecame tbe f ir st recepient under tbe stat e emp loy ee's hospitalization plan july 1 ll'hen sbe gave birth to a girl, !Jrenda Gay Dubberly. The policy, ll'hicb ll'ent into effect july 1 is /){lid one-half by the state. Jl er husband, Carlton nuhberly, is a radio t echnician for tbe Georgia Forest ry Commission. The nubberlys reside at 515 Linwood Drive, Waycross. RETIREMENT. .. Philip H. Bryan has retired from the U. S. Forest Service after 37 years of govern- ment service. The assistant Region 8 forester has headed public re- creation development and land man- agement on the 28 national forests The U. .S. Forest Servzce Southern l?.e g ion ba s re c e iz1e d th e Na tiona l 5a fe ty Council's Au,ard of Honor for setting a nell' all-time injury fre qu e ncy re cord in competition with forest industries and public agencies nationll'ide . Sidn e y E ,\JcLaugbl in, southern region chief of personnel, left, and James /\.. Vessey, R egion 8 forester, display the National Safety \chie11e men!. l?.e g ional 5afety Officer Robert P. lru in presents the auard. \!iss Geo rRia F o restr y P enny ,\ ndreu1s and b:? r motbP r \Ir s. \fina111 Cocb ran le{/l!P for Wt!shing,ton and \JPU' Y ork. On tbe (JrizP-ruinninR tn,f1 \f iss t\ ndrpus lunc!wrl uith ';c>orgzn R e(l resr>ntnt ize 1.. L . 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