Georgia forestry, Vol. 15, no. 4 (Dec. 1962)

Georgia FORESTRY

Decembe r, 1962 Vol. 15 ~o.4

Frank Craven Editor

Published Quarterly by the
GEORGIA FORESTRY IOMMISSION Hox 10"'7
Ma con, 1..-org-ia

RAY SHIRLEY DIRECTOR

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Gl"orgia Forl"stry is PntPrPO as sf'cond class mattf'r '" thP Post OfficP unriPr th!' Act of Augu,t 24, 1~12.

Cruising
the NeVIs
Pine Trees For Those Idle Acres
To enco ur age lan d owners to p l ant idle acres t o pin e trees, Georgia Forestry Com mission Reforestation Chief S. P. Darby has se nt o ut literature to all Georgia landowners who bo ught trees last year.
Chief Darby pr esent s fa cts on last ye ar's production of seedlings in Georgia nurseries (mo r e than 54 million seed ling s) a nd on placing orders for trees fo r the coming season. To mak e it as easy as p ossibl e for farmers to order trees, a new po licy perm its p laci n g an o rder witho ut payment. However, payment must be made before del ivery of trees is made.
The package to Georgia landowners includes a Georgia Forest Research paper by E. V. Brender a nd W. H. McComb, th a t show s th e val u e of farming the woods. St atistics o n a 29- acre tree farm at the Hit chiti Experimental Forest show the an nual st ump age val ue of pulpwood for a 12- yea r period amounted to $70.'50.
There are s till idle acr es in our state which would make good returns to the owner if plant ed to trees. We applaud Refor es t er Darby for hi s efforts towar d e n co ur agin g mor e tree planting.
(From the ,\lacon T eleg raph)
Woodland Farming
Gives Steady Income
Woodland owners a re starting a new business to g iv e steady reven ue from the woods, on at least part of their hold ings.
The program i s started o n a modest scale, and a s ingle product basis. The plan c alls for farm ing the woods by harvesting, we eding and planting a specified acreage each year. This has in mind the s ma ll woodland owner who does not realize a regular income from th eir woods. To wait 10 or 15 years between harvest offers little incen rive coward farming the woods.
Some have tried a pulpwood rotation by clear cutting o ne acre each year and planting it back to p ine that same year. This in time nearly doubles the g ros s re turns from the forest acre. This program wi ll take time a nd effort to carry it out. The need is to plant 1,000 seedlings per acre each year. The planti ng of small acreage yearly on rotation basis will mean more in the fore s t owners pocket.
(From th e Adr?! Nell 'S )
Unemployed Trash Burners
Not so very lo ng ago huge and busy trash burners, two or three stories high, adjoined the lumber mill s .
They belched smoke and fi re as they disposed of the great amount of waste that resulted when trees were transformed into boards a nd s hing le s and other such natural products.
It's very diffe rent now. The bur ners are pretty ge nerally if not entirely idle. They 're unemployed. For nowadays almost not hing is wasted. Almost everything that comes from a tree-all the bits and p ieces, all the odds and ends-h as a valuable use.
Th is is the fruit of research and experimentation. More than 4,000 products are made from wood, wood fibers, a nd wood c h emical s. A f ew of them: Cellopha ne , pla s tics, in sulation, lacquers, photograph film, shotgun shells, fabrics for clothing, fur niture, boxes, and canon s.
It's a nalogous to the old saying that packers use all of the pig but the squeal. The tree that o nce was part of a forest ser ve s u s every day in an almost incredible variety of ways. And we're gow g to keep o n having fore st s, d ue to modern "sustam ed yield" logging methods, based on the tr ee farm idea, where new growth equal s or exceeds the c ut.
So this co untry's s upply of wood and its 4,000 by- products is assured. And that's a matter of top importance. For wood, despite the developmt:>nt of competitive products, holds its preemine nt place in our lives, because of its attractiveness, durability, adaptability a nd economy.
(From the ThomastJil/e Tim es Fnterprise)

Awards Program Recognizes

Forestry Conservationists

A piOn e er forester, this is A. V. Ke nn e dy, State Forest Conservation winner, Region Four, ~ayc ro s s, Ga. Gove rnor Ern est Va ndiver made the award presentation at the 27th annu al meetin g o f the Georgia Sportsman Federation. The Se ars Roebuck F o un da tion spo nsors the awards program.

Kennedy adopted, throughout his forestry career beginning in 1916, many new ideas and programs that improved and made his operations more efficient. The selection of ten inch diameter trees as a mrmmum for gum production, adoption of advanced conservation practices for working trees and collecting gum, constructed improved fire stills and a leader in the organiza tion of the American Turpentine F armers Association were among hi s contributions.
One of Georgia's largest individual landowners, Kennedy was a pioneer in reforestation, fire control and water drainage.
His reforestation activities began in 1926 with the planting of s eedlings he pulled from ditches near Ruskin, Ga. Over a period of nine years, Kennedy, with a dip iron, set out some 64,000 'ditch' grown seedlings without any site preparation. Overall he has planted more than 1. 5 million trees on his forest land.
Witp the planting of s eedlings, forest fire protection was a natural inovation. He purchased a tractor and two plows for controlling fires on his own land and assisting hi s neighbors prior to any organized fire protection program.
In 1928, Kennedy joined with the late Alexander Sessoms, Sr. and other turpentine producers and landowners in organizing a timber protection organization for fire protection. With headquarters at Homerville, the T. P .0. provided protection in parts of Atkinson, Clinch, 'Lanier
and Wa re Counties. Kennedy i s ch a irman of the T.P.O. Forestry Board of which he was a charter member.
The establishment of commercial pine in ponds and swamp areas was
a personal triumph for Kennedy. During extreme rainy periods', he and hi s laborers would s e arch out the norm al drainage channels. Long stakes were placed 10 the drainage direction. With the sub s iding of the wa te r ,

A . V. Kenned y
drainage di tches were con structed making reforestation economically feasi ble.
His civic contributions are many , partic ul arly with the Baptis t Childrens Home, Odum; and the Baptist V,i llage , Waycross. He is a director of both groups. Kennedy is a member of the A TFA, of which he was a dire c tor for many years; Georgia Fores try Association; deacon, First Baptist Church, Waycross; charter member, Waycross Rotary Club; and director, Atbinta Times.
Governor Vandiver also recognized four oth er reg ional winne r s fo r ou tstandi ng contributions to for es try . They are Tom Mullen, Cedartown, R e gio n One; Augusta Junior Women ' s C lu b, Region Two; Harvey Jordan, Leary, Region Three; and William R. '3illy' Johnson, Doraville, Region Five.
Mullen wa s cited for furni s hing 4-H and F FA youths wi th seedlings and erecting a large native s tone conservati on sign fe a turing the 4-H
emblem. ti <: has also planted pine s,
wil dlife feed beds, designed a planter for direct seeding and cooper ated with th e Univers ity of Georgia School o f Fores try on a direct seeding s tudy. To effectively and economically clea r scrub specie s for tree planting, Mullen has developed a bl ade and harrow which i s be ing used by ma jor

for es t in dustri es here and abroad. The "Good Outdoors Manners Pro-
gram" has been brought to the attention of Richmond .Countians t hr ough the Junior Women' s Club Conservation Department. Radio programs, feat uring fo rest fire preve ntion a nd
forest fire laws have been aired. F orestry minded youth were sponsored by this organization and sent to fores ~ry tra in ing c amps. Other e v ent s included Arbor Day Program s and the building of a roads ide park ad jac ent to th e Rich mond Co un ty Fo re s try Unit. For th eir efforts in forest c onservation th is year, th e Georgia For es try Ass oc i a ti on 's a nnual award was pre s ent e d to th em .
As a tre e fa rm er, J or dan beg an s e rious management of his 4,000 acres ten y ears ago wi th spot p l a nti ng. In addi tion, he has cleared 45 0 ac re s of c u ll species du ring th e p a s t tw o years. P res ent management plans call for harro win g the a re a for t wo to three years and th en putting it in pine. In fire control, Jordan has been of great as sistance . His equipment, which includes a 2,000 gallon water tank, is al ways at th e di s posal of the local fore stry unit. His 25 miles of fire breaks are an indication of the importance he places on fire preven-
As tion. a member ' of the legis l a ture ,
he has a l ways s upported th ose fore stry issu e s which benefit and legally protect th e woodland ow ners.
"The Singing Woodsman," ' Billy ' Johnson, h as approached for es try through th e trees. In music and s ong he has painted the image of a tree
biologically as well as a provider of jobs and recreation. The nation ' s first outdoor show, of this type, was orig inated by ' Bill y ' 10 . 1952 at WTOP-TV and Radio, Wa s hing ton ,
D. C. While there, he teamed up with
the Sons of the Pioneers on a Fire Prev~ntion se ri es. In Sep t em be r, 1961 ' Bill y ' a nd his for estry guit ar arrived on the Georgia s cene at WAil-TV , Atlant a. H e tr a vel s some 300 mil es per week e nt e rt amJ r,g Georgia' s youth and speaking to a-
dult groups . 'Billy' has just fini sheJ a film strip on trash burning that will be rele as ed t he fi r s t of 1963.

M .OKEV

Whether man or beast, a wedding, to a male, seems to draw the same reaction, _a state of cool calmness.
Smokey's reception of his bride Goldie was no more than a glance. He was much more interested in the peanuts some 400 wedding guests were tossing into the 'bridal suite'.
On the other hand Goldie made a 'splash' on her arrival at the Washington Zoo. The teenage bride , 18 months, who hails from New Mexico, decided to freshen up a bit from her long plane ride with a quick dip.
Like any bride, Goldie had something new, borrowed and blue. Tinfoil and glass jewelry set-off the bear size 'diamond' given by the children of Indianapolis, Ind. New Mexico State Forester Ray L. 3 ell, an 'old friend' ac companied her and she had borrowed transportation to the zoo. Another item, a blue garter contributed by the people of Sant a Fe, New Mexico, she considered improper to v.ear.
The backgrounds of both bears are similar. The 'newlyweds' are both orphans and hail from New Mexico. Smokey is the living legend of a dramatic forest fire that burned the Lincoln National Forest. Since 1945 he has been a national symbol of forest fire prevention. Goldie, an orphan, was found in the Cibola National Forest.
Zoo Director Theodore has predi cted 'fire prevention cubs' by the winter of 1963.
If so, forest fire prevention will become a family affair with Smokey as it has wit;-, families from all walks of life throughout the natio n.

Goldie g iv e s cameraman the eye as she leads keepe r on fast p-ace to he r new home and responsibilities.
Dr. Theodore f-l. R eed, di recto r, National Zoological Park, displays engag emen t ring du rin R Goldie's rece tion ceremonies.

tieorglo Lends

p ood Residue

And Board

Georgia, for the 14th consecutive year, l eads the South in pulpwood pro du ction .
The 1962 edition of ''Southern P ulpwood Production" shows that 4,949,100 cords were harvested in Georgia i n 196 1. This is a one percent in crease over 1960. The pulpwood purc hases totaled $98,982,000. This i s four percen t higher than the 1960 fi gure s .
Am ong the leadi ng produ cers, Alabama was second with a 3.3 million cords . No rth and So uth Carolina and Florida each produced over two million cords. T ennessee had a 16-percent increase to 418,500 cords.
In the production of paper and board , Ge orgia wre s ted the nation's leade rship away from Wisconsin. Georgia' s output was 2,297,020 tons. Since 1950 Georgia has shown a gain of 131.4 percent.
Georgia's manufacturing plants placed second in the nation in the amou nt of wood pulp used in the pro-

duction of the final product. Geor-
gia's output of 2, 7 49,954 tons of
wood pulp was second to Washington's 3,282,162 tons.
Georgia also remained the leading producer of wood residue with 543,076-cords. States producing rr.ore than 100,000-cords included Alabama, Arkansas, and North Carolina. For the South, wood residue production totaled more than 3.3 million cords.
Hardwoods was another area of increased production. A seven percent increase over 1960 and 17-percent over 1959 was noted in the 1961 production of some 4.3 million cords. Alabama and Georgia were cited for production gains. They rank second and third respectively in production after being doormats of the South only ten years ago.
The South's leading producer of roundwood was Baldwin County, Ala., with an output of 171,485cords. Camden, Clinch, Ware, and

Wayne Counties are pointed out as among 16-counties in the South cutting more than 100,000-cords of round wood.
Pulpwood output in the 12-Southern States increased three percent with nine of the States showing increases. Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma were the only States showing a decline.
The Southern States production of 24,230, 728-cords is 60-percent of the nation's total in 1961. In other production areas, hardwood and residues increased. However, pine ro undwood remained virtually unchanged for the third consecutive year, according to the report.
The report includes charts, and graphs on the number of companies procuring pine and hardwood roundwood, mill capacity, production increases and declines and detail tables on all phases of production by State. Hardwood and pulpwood cordage is listed by State and county.

Seedling Planting Time

A new tree seedling shipping policy, aim ed a t s moo th er seedling distribution has gone into effect with the 196 2-63 shipping season, according to Ray Shirley, direc tor, Georgia Forestry Com mi ssion.
Shirley said that seedling deliveries, by St a te truck, are being made by district offi c e and county unit personnel. The scheduling of these shipments are made by th e nur series. Landowners are urged to work through their local c ounty forest ra nger in the ordering and pickup of seedlings.
The Commission director pointed out that a more effective scheduling and hauling system can be affected

at the local level. Initial deliveries were made around Dec. 1.
Inquiries, as to delivery, should be made to the forest rangers or nursery superintendents. Questiohs concerning payment and availability of trees should be directed to the ~1acon office.
Commission Reforestation Chief Sanford Darby stated that the Commission has some 60 million seedlings for sale. Approximately 23-
million had been sold by Nov. 1. Species grown and cost per thousand are slash, loblolly, longleaf, short-
leaf, and Virginia pine, $4; eastern
white pine, $6; and Arizona cypress,

yellow poplar, cotton wood, and red cedar, $10.
A transportation charg e of 25 cents
per thousand trees is made on del iveries by State truck. However, any purchaser may pick up his seedlings at the designated nursery , Darby said.
Seedling orders may be placed wi thout payment. However, payment must be made before delivery. Shirley erophasized that no cash will be accepted. Only checks, money or ~, and ASC purcha se orders :ue accerc able.
Order blanks may be obtained from the County Forest Ranger, County Agent, ASC a nd ACP personnel.

Georgia Forestry Commission Sou-

thern Pine Be etle control activities

have spread in to Harris, Heard, Meri-

wether, and Troup Counties. Corn-

mis sion Direc tor Ray Shirley said

that seven 4-man crews have been

moved into the newly infested areas.

Shirley expressed optimism in the

overall beetle picture, stating that

it is during the fall and winter months

when the efforts of our suppression

work will be most effective as the

beetle will not be in its reproductive

period. He added that in seven coun-

ties, Greene, Hancock, Jasper,

Jones, Putnam, Wilkes, and Talia-

ferro, the beetle population has been

reduced below epidemic proportions.

In counties where treatment is

still being applied, air patrols are

being flown to detect any additional

spread and areas of reinfestation.

Periodic flights are also being made

in counties not infested in order to

spot initial signs of Southern Pine

Beetle outbreak. The above areas

are pinpointed on aerial photos

which enables easier location of

spots by ground crews and provides

a record of infested trees which is

valuable in detecting reinfestation.

Since mid-March there have been

sorn e one quarter million trees treat-

ed in 22-counties. These trees were

located in approximately 7,000 spots.

This represents a loss of about

4, 2a~0d00

000 775

board cords

feet of sawtimber of pulpwood. Addi-

tional losses have been incurred

from trees not treated. The average

size of the treated trees is about 8. 7

inches. The treatment has utilized

more than 350,000 gallons of chemi-

cal and taken approximately 85,000

man hours.

Assistant .Management Chief John

Harnrnond, beetle project coordina-

tor, said work progress by counties,

where control has been in operation

1n recent months, is as follows:

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The area, for all practical pur poses is under control. 1/o we uer, the rang er and his cre w is still keeping the co unt y under s ur ve illance. There were 23-spot s, conta ining 322 tree s treated. No breakout is expecte d.
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(rmtro l operations uill be terminat etJ md the first of the year as operation::, t<re bringinf!, the beetle outbreak he 1-m e{1idemic proportions. The greatest area of infestation has he en along the H ibh-M omoe County Iine.

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Key
CRA \\FORD
Control work is 90-percent complete. The ranger is constantly rechecking the area for reinfestation. Small outbreaks have been spotted but these have been cleared up.
ELBERT -MADISON
The number of small spots have been greatly reduced, however, the size of spots appear to be larger. The greatest degree of infestation is in the vicinity of streams and rivers. The counties have been covered three times in treating reinfested areas.
FHA '1\LIN-_HAHT

HABERSHAM
Mop-up efforts are in effect on re infested privately owned fo rest land. The U. S. Forest Service is treating the national forest land in the county.
HALL
The beetle outbreak was first spotted last February in this county and it still poses the greatest pro blem. Five additional crews will be added about November 1, bringing to 11-crews working in the county.
J ACI<SON
County unit personnel have kept the area under control. There have been no reported outbreaks during the past several weeks.
MONROE
Initially one of the heavier infested counties, the beetle population has been reduced R, reater than in any other county. Very little reinfestation has occurred and as a result crews will be cut from six to three.
OGLETHORPE

Over 45-percent of the area has been treated with operations expected to be completed around the first of the year. More encouraging is the fact that very little reinfestation has occurred.
FORSYTII
Control uJ ork is being brought to an end w itb s om e 5, 275 tre e s tr eated. One crew has alre ady be en dispatched to 1/a/1 Co unty.
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Control work is 90-percent complete with spots being few and small. Work is expected to be terminated within the near future.
TALBOT
Beetle infested spots have been large but few in number. In September there was a rapid spread of the insect and an additio~al crew added. There has been no appreciable amount of reinfes tation.
UPSON

One unit is s till s tationed in the c ounty to tre at an y additional outbr e aks. If none occur uithin th e ne ar future the crew will be transfe rr e d to another county.

One of the more heavier infested counties, progress is being made toward control as no re infestation bas been spotted on treated areas. Control operations will speed up after infested areas in the vic inity of th e Flint !Uver are cleared up.

Shirley pointed out that, with few exceptions, the 'crash' Southern Pine Beetle control program has been highly successful. In those scattered areas where the beetle has continued to spread, additional crews are being added to bring the outbreak below epidemic proportions. There are 51-crews employed in the State control program.

. oEORGIA YOUTH
ATTAIN NATIONAL
RECOGNJTI~
\\illi arn F . \\ atson, Jr. Is anational forestry wmner. The announcement was made at the 41st 1-11 Co ngress in Chicago.
Wi t h one national fo r es try wmn e r named, the Sta te of Georgia has a chance to claim three na ti onal winners before the rront!J of No vember ,r; ives way t o Decerr ber.
Lanier Count y Future Farme r Canny F en d(" r was narr. ed n a tion al wi nner o f th e FfA Fores try Foundation award at the 'Jati onal FFA Conventi on in Kansas Ci ty in October. In :.J ovembe r two ~ eo rgia 1-I: rrerr.bers vied fo r national for es try hono r s in th e boys and girls divi sion a t t he i-I : Congress in C!1ica3o, Ill. They are \\;illi am F. \~atson, Jr., Tift on ; and :.:iss Kay Corl ey, \';oodoury.
Fender has the full respons ibility of rr.ana~i n g some 1, 200 fores t ac re s. This past year l1e thinn ed 2 14 ac res o f which 16 0 ac res was in na val s tore s th a t had been wo rk ed out. f;e also set out 4,000 pin e seedlin gs.
In sect and undesirable specie control were given con s i de raole a tt e nti on thi s year. Approxi rratel y 25 acres of naval s tores trees were treated for black turpentine beetle , and some 75 ac res for undesirable speci es.
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Fende r a ls o do es :1 i s ow n ma rke ting . Le say s he ha s al ways draw n up business agreements with sawmill s, pulpwood yards and post plants . Hi s lumber is sold by th e s c ri bner s c a le. Th i s past year he cut about 2, 700 board feet.
Watson, the son o f :-.Jr. and ;..I rs. \'(' illiam F. Watson, (Wat s on i s TiftTurner County Forest Ranger), i s c arrying his national hopes on hi s naval s tore s proje ct. In winning the State title, Watson used a live 30inch s tump. With th e s tump, he demonstrated chipping and cup hangin g. lie was also graded on his record book.

On a dare :-.!i ss Ka y Co rl ey is repre s entin g t he 4 -l l C irl s in Fores try at the National Conventi on . First, s he wa s told th a t fores try was for the boys and s econd, her pro jec t Fore str y Sa fet y wo uld not be recog nize d.
Failin g on her fir s t a t t empt, she came back in 1962 wi th an impro v ed program and c ame out with State honors . With ch arts, live s na ke s, ha nd tool s an d a fir s t a id kit s he convinced the judge s th at there wa s a place for 'Safety' in fore s try.
Fores try, however, is not new to the 17-year old Meriwether High School senior who is the daughter of Mr. a nd i\lrs. J. A. Corle y . Over the past seven years she has hand planted six acre s of loblolly and shortleaf pine and thr ee acre s of Ari zona cypress. She has obtained 90 perc ent
survival. In 1960-61 Miss Corley put up 300 fire prevention signs in the Woodbury-Manchester are a.
As for her future educ ation she plans to atten d West Georgia College and s tudy elementary education and
occupati onal th e rapy. At present Miss Corley is a membe r of the 4-H and FHA Clubs of which she is president and reporter, re spec tively. Other organi za tion s include FT A and cheerleader.

Willia m F. Watson, Jr.
Watson's project is located on a five acre tract behind his home in the Eldorado Community, near Tifton. He worked 350 tree s th at averaged 12 ~ inche s d.b. h. and 35 years. During the year he sold eight 435-pound s t a ndard barrel s o f gum at an average price of $29 per barrel. All his gum was g rade d WW. Watson plans to work the trees for at least two wore years.
In wo rkin g the tr ees, Watson said th at he prescribe burned the area and then put his cups on in ~l a rch. In early sprin g he chipped once every tv.o wee ks increasing to onc e every ten days durin g th e summer.
The 17-year old Tift County High School senior plan s to s tudy forestry at A3AC Junior College and fini s h his scholas tic career at the Unive rsi ty o f Georgi a , majo rin g in Forestry.
Watson i s a member of the Key, 4 -H and Drama tic Clubs . He is recording secre tary and coun ty council rep ort er for the Key and 4-H C lu bs res ectivel .

[) mm y l- ender

Forestry's place in agriculture becomes more emphatic wi th each passing year. However, even in the infant years of Albany, wood played a major role.
Longleaf pines were used in the erection of the initial buildings in Albany in 1836. "King" cotton was also dependent upon todays multimillion dollar crop... trees. "Cotton boxes", built of rough boards and pitched with pine tar, were used to float cotton downstream.
Today, seedling production, the manufacture of cleats, golf clubs, spools, and lumber are all a part of the Albany trade scene. These and other wood-using industries employ 4 50 person s in Dougherty County with a take home pay of more than 1.3 million dollars.
Trade area counties, Baker, Calhoun, Lee, Mitchel l, T errell and Worth, have some 396 wood-usi ng in dustry employees wi th annual sal aries of appro xi mately $998 ,044.
The a nnual value returned fro m the sale of forest products in Dougherty County was placed at $934,307 by an Extensi,on Service survey la s t

year. In the trade area the value was placed at $3,277,09 1. These fi gures do not include posts, poles, veneer and specialty products.
Dougherty County has a net volume of 393.1 million board feet of saw timber and 1.5 million cords of pulpwood gro wi ng s tock, according to a recently comple ted U. S. Forest Service Survey. This timber is growing on 106,600 acres or nine percent more than in 1952.
In 1961 industry utilized 46,729 cords of pulpwood and over 3.5 million board feet of sawtimber from Dougherty County. In addition 2, 760 trees were being worked for naval stores. In the outlying trade area, industry uti:ized 72,229 cords of pulpwood and 39.6 million board feet of sawtimber. In naval stores there were 602,882 trees worked.
The USFS survey showed that Baker and Terrell Counties had the largest increases in forest acreage, both showing 10.4 percent. Lee County had a 7.8 percent in forest acreage with Mitchell and Worth Counties remaining stable. A .5

percent decline was indicated for Calhoun County.
In Southwest Georgia farmers own 84 percent of the forest land of wh ich there is 3.1 million acres. Hardwoods have replaced pine on 155,750 acres. However, pine still makes up approximate-ly one-fourth of the stand on 65 percent of the forest area. Current softwood growth is some 123,288 cords short of replacing the mortality and volume cut each year.
Total forest acreage for the five county area is 732,700. The net volume of growing stock is 1,090.3 million board feet of sawtimber and
4. 7 million cords of pulpwood.
Hodges Builders Supply, one of the older wood-using industries in Albany, was established in 1919. They have year round employment of more than 60 persons and a payroll that exceeds $200,000. Hodges' is a manufacturer of rough green and kiln dried lumber.
The Taylor Cleat Company was orga11ized in 1952 with a working force of 25. This has since expand-

ed to more than 50 with a payroll in excess of $125,000. The company also spends more than $100,000 annually on raw forest material and a sizeable amount of freight.
The Giles Builders Supply, Inc., which specializes in millwork, has become a million dollar business since its formation in 1957. The company utilizes more than one million board feet of sawtimber annually, the majority of which comes from Middle and Southwest Georgia. Approximately 33 persons are employed with earnings of more than $100,000. Giles also puts out Keep Green Calendars listing the ranger's name and phone numbers to call in case of fire.
The Brunswick Corporation, a manufacturer of golf clubs, is in its infancy going into operation in Jan-

uary , 1962. At present they are spending approximately $125,000 for raw forest material.
Touching woodland owners through out Southwest Georgia is the Georgia Forestry Commission Herty Nursery. When established 'in 1932 , there only were 11.5 acres of seedbed. In its construction the Albany Chamber of Commerce donated the equivalent of $300 for water facilities for the nursery. More than 750,000 seedlings were produced in its first year of operation. The nursery now has grown to 50 acres of seedbed with a capacity of some 45,380,000 seedlings. This capa-
city was reached in the 1958-59 shipping season. The production figure for the 1962-63 shipping season is 12,084,000 seedlings.

The Commission employs eight permanent and 25 seasonal personnel at the nursery. These employees have an annual combined income of $26,000. The nursery spends an additional $4,000 in Albany on supplies and utilities.
The Dougherry County Forestry Unit, under Forest Ranger Arthur West, provide forest fire protection and management services for Dougherty County woodland owners. The unit has three employees with an annual take home pay of $9,660. Supplies and utilities cost the unit $3,271 in 1961-62.
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Richard E. McArdle recezves Szr William Scblich Memo rial Medal from SAF President Paul M. Dunn.

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Forestry Leaders Speak On Timber Growth

The South is the "wood basket" of the nation; certified seed is one answer to a growing population's crave for wood products; and more spare time means a need for improved and new recreational facilities.
With these remarks from Fredrick C. Gragg, International Paper Co., Camden, Ark.; Phillip A. Briegleb, director, Southern Forest Experiment Station, New Orleans, La.; and Fred J. Overly, superintendent, Great Smokey Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, Tenn., the 6lst annual meeting of the Society of American Foresters was officially convened.
In keeping with the theme, "Southern Forestry on the March", of the three day session, Gragg referred to the surpluses of timber as a growing stock that is paying dividends as industry expands. Briegleb emphasized that improved seed will be a boom to individual tree growth, with modern cutting practices and improved inventory methods as improvements m per acre wood production.

Overly added that though there is an abundance of recreational areas, these "playgrounds" need to be redeveloped and others established to meet the growing pains of outdoor needs.
Edward P. Cliff, chief, Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., focused his remarks on the small woodland owner. "Small woodland owners have some one-third of the nation's sawtimber volume ... much of the more accessible and highest quality timber land... are destined to supply approximately half of the timber that will be needed by forest industries in the future" were highlights of his talk.
The Forest Service Chief pointed out that a thorough restudy and reevaluation of our timber supply potential is under way. A significant part of our research program is being directed toward forest products marketing and utilization of species and lower quality material; a better un-

derstanding of the problems and potentials of small woodland owners is being sought are other areas of study, Cliff said.
Cliff added that there is a need for the woodland owners to make the most of all his resources in the national as well as his own interest.
The presentation of the Sir William Schlich Memorial Medal was a highlight of the annual banquet. The award for outstanding service to forestry was presented to Richard E. McArdle, Washington, D. C., by SAF President Paul M. Dunn, New York City. McArdle retired earlier this year culminating 39 years of federal service of which ten years he spent as USFS Chief.
Featured speaker at the Society's annual banquet was William A. Emerson, Jr., senior editor, Newsweek.
The four day session was attended by 1,500 members, the largest turn out in SAF history. General chairman of the meeting was James
K. Vessey, USFS, southern regional forester, Atlanta.

Plant Trees Grow Jobs

The initiative of the seven Tennessee Valley State's Governors in laun,ching the "Plant Trees...Grow Jobs"
program was praised by A. J. Wagner,
:hairm an, TV A Board of Directors. The program calls for the planting of 13 m ~i Ilion acres in the seven states 111 seven years.
"More than six million acres have been planted to date in the seven state area," Wagner said. This stepped-up program is indicative of the excellent forestry programs under way in the separate s tates.
Wagner pointed out that last year only about one quarter of one percent of the protected forest area burned.. Forest management practices are being adopted by increasing numbers of landowners..More than 430 million seedling s are being produced in 23 state nurseries this year.
Wagner emphasized that tree plant.: i ng means t wo things: More jobs in industry a nd a supply of ra w materi al for industry.
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Geneticists

TO LIGHT

The second national forest genetics meetin g , held in Macor,, G a., attracted the largest group, 80, of technical tree improvement and forest genetics research men ever assembled in this country.
The meeting included the pre sentation of technical papers and a tour of the Georgia Fores try C enter, Morgan Memorial Nursery, Hors eshoe Bend Seed Orchard and the Allentown progeny test area.
The National Science Foundation provided $2,600 to help cover expenses of the meeting. This also includes publication of the technical papers.
The workshop was jointly conducted by the National Tree Improvement Committee of the Society of American Foresters and the Committee for Southern Forest Tree Improvement. Chairman of the Southern group is J. W. Johnson, chief, Woodlands Research Department, Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp., Savannah.

A ray of light was thrown on the forests secre t s of th e past recently when mo ther nat ure rolled back the curtains o f tim e to reveal a tre e of prehi s tori c time in Marion County.
The disco very of the petrified tree was mad e by John O'D onnell, fo rest rang er, Marion Coun ty, B u ena Vista, Ga. O'Donn e ll fo und the petrified tree, over th ree feet in diameter, approximately nine miles northwest of Buena Vista. The tre e had been made visi ble th rough ro ad gr ading work .
The petrified tree i s believed to have exi sted during the Trias sic tim es , perh aps more than 150,000 ,000 years ago. In life, i t was the trunk of a coniferou s tree of th e kind known a s th e Norfol k Islan d P in e. Today, these trunk s, whi ch are moulds of former tre es, consi s t largely of the minerals cha lc e dony an d agat e, t wo fo rm s of sili c a which r eplaced the wood. Th ei r grayi sh col ors are made by streaks and spots of yellow, red, purpl e, and black produced by the oxides of iron and manganese.

Petri fied wood is formed by tree trunks which have been buried in mud or sand over a period of years and have turned to stone. This action is caused by underground water seeping through the mud or sand into the buried tree. The empty cells of the decaying wood are filled with mineral matter until the entire structure has become solid stone. The s tone found in Marion County still retain s the original wood structure which 1s even visible to the naked eye.
In the United States the most famous petrified fore s t lie s in Arizon a near the town of Adamana. It covers about forty square miles and has been set aside as the Petrified Forest National Monumen t.
Petrified forests have been found in many other states, especially in New York , Wyo min g , and Californi a . These trees date from differ r geo lo gical periods which h a'\ re<" characteris tic of that ' Rar( are petrified trees founJ 10 the deer south.

The continuing efforts of the Georgia Forestry Commission to provide Georgians with the best possible fire protection service is evident by the record 5.37 acres burned per fire in 1961-62. In order to maintain and impro ve thi s record five fire problems were held throughout Georgia this Fall.
Mock fires "destroyed" some 11,000 acres of valuable forests during the fire fighting exercises. Forestry Commission Director Ray Shirley said the primary purpose of the exercises was to combine State personnel and industry fire fighters into an efficient team to battle major fore st fires. It also provided training in the management of personnel and and equipment on fires in the 1,000 acre and above class and on night fires, Shirley added.
The mock fires "roared" through the forests near Warwick, Fairmont, Eatonton, Claxton and Waycross. The five 24-hour drills resulted in the use of 520 fire fighters and fire suppression equipment from the State's county units and cooperating wood-usjng industries in the Commission's ten districts.
Industry is often called in to aide in combating large fires. The Commission wanted to acquaint those people as well as its new perc;onnel with the complete operati onal set-up em ployed by th e State ag ency when the big fire s strik e .
A headquarters trailer, fie ld kitchen and supply unit was dispatched to the exercise site from the Commission's State headquarters, Ma co n . Technicians from the district offices insta .... 1 radio and field telephone system s to handle communications as the imagl lary fires built up into a roaring inferno. Pc . ble water and electric systems went into op-

eration and a "tent" city was erected at the fire camp headquarters.
Suppression equipment, concentrated at the drill site, plowed actual fire lines and referees threw in obstacles to make the exercise.s more realistic. Men were "injured" in the battle against the "iires" and equipment "breakdo \\<ns" plagued the fire bosses.
Assistant Commission Director and Fire Chief James C. Turner, Jr. , Macon, was chief umpire for the fire problems. Regional F ore sters Turner Barber, Jr. and Curtis Barnes, Macon, coordinated plans for the "dry run" exercises.
Shirley, in visiting the simulated operations, termed them "very successful " ... excellent training for both the Commission personnel and th o se representing industry."
At Warwick, the fire problem was held on a tract owned by the St. Regis Paper Co. Olin Witherington, Third District forester, Americus, was fire boss. l-Iugh Allen, Second District forester, Camilla; and James Reid, Fifth District forester, McRae was service and plans boss, respectively. Hubert Kitchens, General Service, assistant, Macon, was service umpire.
The Fairmont "fire" roared through forests of Hiawassee Land Co. and Rome Kraft Co. The fire boss was Druid Preston, Seventh District fore.>ter, Rome. Ollie Burtz, Ninth District forester, Gainesville, was plans boss. Floyd Hubbard, assistant district forester, Management, and Pendley Holmes, district ra nger, Fire Contro l, Rome, was records officer and camp boss, respe ctively.
The Oconee National Forest was the site of the mock fire near Eatonton. The duties of fire, plans a nd

camp boss were filled by Floyd Al Smith, Fourth District forester, Newnan; William D. ~1illians, Jr., Sixth District forester, Milledgeville; and
H. 0. McMichael, Jasper-Jones County ranger, Monticello . James W. Richey, assistant district forester, Management, Milledgeville, was records officer.
Portions of Evans and Tattnall Counties, Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp. forests, _took the brunt of the Claxton "fire". Guiding these operations were Don Stewart, assistant district forester, Fire Control; William C. Harper, First District forf7ster; Jerry Lanier, assistant district forester, Management; and Henry Swindell, assistant district forester, Management, Statesboro. They were fire boss, plans boss, camp boss and records officer, respectively.
In the big "blaze" on the Waycross State Forest Billy P. Miles, assistant district forester, Fire Control; and James A. Henson, Eighth District forester, Waycross, was fire and plans boss, respectively. Robert C. Paulk, assistant district forester, Management, Waycross, and W. G. Morris, ranger, Wayne County, was camp boss and service boss, respectively.
Emphasis was placed on the use of the Commission's patrol craft and TBM in detecting and suppressing forest fires. The planes, equipped with two-way radios and loudspeakers, are also used for directing ground crews to the blaze and keeping them advised of any sudden change in fire direction. The TBM, fire retardant chemical bomber, is used on major fires over the State and on major fires in member States of the Southeastern Forest Fire Compact Commission.

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Georf!.ia Gol 1ernor Fnzest Vand h ,er f'uts bis s if!.1zature to National Forest Products We ek Proclamation. Present at th e sif!.ning are Lynn Rabun, chairman, Fores t Products Week, Atlanta; Jim L Gillis, Jr., president, Georgia Fores try Association, Soperton; F?ay Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Co mmission, Maeon; and llan 'e)' R. 13ro1l'n, executh1e secretary, GFA, Atlanta.

NATIONAL FOREST PRODUCTS WEEK

Georgia Go\ernor Ernest Vandiver proclaimed October 21 - 27 as National Forest Products Reek in Georgia.
Governor Vandiver s tated th at for many years forestry has been a vital key in Georgia's industrial economy for literally thousands of Georgians. Georgia has become a leader in fores try throu gh the scien tific manag ement of her forests and insuring a continuous supply of forest products and services, Governor Vandi ver added.
Forest Products \l: eek Chairman Lynn Rabun, Atlanta, poin ted out th a t in 196 1 Georgia le d the South

for the 14th consecutive year in round pulpwood production. Rabun, Sou thern \lanager, Floise Cascade Corp., said there were 4,949,100 cords produced, a one percent increase over 1960 and five percent over 1959.
In addition, a recently completed U. S. Fore st Se rvice Survey shows that Georgia's fo re s t acreage Increased some eigh t percent in the past decade. Governor Vandiver emphasized that the State's 25 ,77 2, 200 forest acres, 68.9 percent of total land area, are primarily owned by p ri va t e land owne rs , 93 percent.

How AVIP Takes AVacation

As k the average man on the s treet what VIP means to him, and he will come up with such words as president, congressman. senator, and mayor. True, but we believe that a man doesn't have to have a title to warrant such recogniti on .
I will s tart -with a man
have known but a short time, \X in d ford E. L ee, Raymond, Ga.. who In April, 1960 went door to door organizing ............ fth....... __ __. a Joy Scou t Troop. He start-
llinfred r: . l ee ed wi th 13-boys
and wi thin a y ear he and his scou t a ssi s tants had 30-scout s in Troop 'SS.
Two months a ft e r the troop was org.1nized th ey won s econd pl a ce at C J.Illi Thu nd er in co mp etition with ten other :rnops, and were one of the top troops at th:.: ' first c a mp-o-ree.
Ihrough his lea krship T roop 58 w.l'> named for th<: 1''00 award for best all-round troop .lctivities by the Flk's Club of ;\lewnan, (,a.

In 196 1 the y came away from Camp Thunder with Honor Troop of the week. Troop )8 was also the first in Cowe ta County to hold a countywide Court of Awards.
All members of Troop 58 have adv anced from 1 enderfoot to Second Class to Star in one year. Several are workin g on the Life rank. At the Court of Awards Lee was given a year' s s ervice pin and was commended for accompli shing five year s work in 18-month s by the Coweta Scout Council of ;\l ewnan.
Ilow is a vacation taken? Just come to Lee's home the day vacati on s tarts and you' ll find him loading his troop in cars for a trip in th e fields of camping and pioneering. There are few men of his caliber that will give their tim e and vacation as he does. ~ot only is vacation time given, but after a hard day's work, even on off-days, you find Windy Lee with hi s troop of scou ts. Come on, chicken, let's go.
Ass istant Scou tm as ter s Ralph Hayes and A. W. White are devo te d to such a man, who without any praise, should be praised for his devotion 'and s incerity to his Troop 58.

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M r. Ray Shirley D irecto r Georgia Forestry Commission Macon, Geo rgia
Dear Ray:
The Youth Conserva tion Workshop h eld a t Rome Coll ege was quite a success. There were 110 boys present representin g 63 counties and 18 Soil Conservation Di s tricts.
This workshop was outstanding due to the fine cooperation that you ga ve to this activity.
The instructors and counselors from your departments are to be commended on the job that they did.
Thank you very much for your help.
Sin cere/y yours,
Sam G. Dunaway, Chairman Youth Con senatic ltorkshop

Mr. Charles B. Place, Jr. I and E A ssi s tant Georgia Fores try Commission P. 0. Box 107 7 M3con, G eorgia
Dear Mr. Pl a ce:
All 24 children wrote you in thei r English class. They enjoyed writing you and a r e s incere in their expression of thanks. They are eight years old.
A s their teacher, I too, am very indebted to }'OU for the helpful material s that we are sti ll using.
Thank you.
Sincerel y,
Myra Rodgers

Mr. Frank Craven, Chief Information and Education Georgia Forestry Commission P. 0. Box 1077 Macon, Georgia
Dear Mr. Craven:
May I at this /ate date take the opportunity to express to you and to your co-workers through you my personal appreciation for the fine work you people did in our FFA and NFA Forestry Camp programs. We ha\e had man\ fine comments on the pro g rams that were conducted.
I know that }'OU people contribute much to the instructional programs th a t a r e conducted by our teachers each year. Thanks again for a job well don e.
With kindest pers on al r ega rds,
Sincerely .\our s,
j. G. Bryant State Supervisor Agricultura l Education

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Georgia Forestry Commission Director Ray Shirley, left, uas elected Member

at Large on the Executive 13oard of th e State Foresters Association at their

annual meeting in Madison, Wise. Other neu officers and board members are,

LR, R.alph ll'ible, Pennsyltania, outgoinf!. president, John Beale, Wi sconsin,

vice-president', Francis Raymond, California, president: and Tom 13orden,

Colorado, secretary-treasurer.

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jolm R. '13oh' (,ore, Jr., ,',(aeon, bas been named vice-president of the SiYtb Congressional Oistrict of tbe Police Officers .\ssociation of Georgia. Gore and his uife, Charlo tt e, rece it;ed tb e spec ial 'couple a1rard' at the ;1,.s sociation's 1962 annNal convention in Atlanta.
ME ETI~GS... Southeastern Section, Society of American Foresters, Jan. 10-ll, Dempsey ~1otor f! otel, Macon, Ga ., Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association, Jan. 29-30, Robert Meyer Hotel, Jacksonville, Fla.

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Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs, left, recently accepted, on hehalf of

this organization, the first place national auard in Conservation. Tbe State

project "Good Outdoor ,\'(amzers" uas also endors ed by the State Chamber of

Commerce. \!rs. C. C. Royal, Jr., Auf!.usta, president, Augusta Junior II o-

men's Club, accepted her club's au ard, in conservation, presented by the

Georf!.ia Forestry Association.

DECICATIO~ ... A new forest research laboratory has been dedicated a t ~orth Carolina's Research
Triangle Park. The four major research projects that will be undertaken are soils, physiology, disease, and insects. The new laboratory will be administered by the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 3 . Everett Jordan, United States Senator, N. C., made the dedication addre ss. Edward P. Cliff, chief, Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, officially opened the

buildings. FORESTRY BOARC ...Georgia Governor Ernest Vandiver has reappointed Erle T. Newsom, Jr., Rome, Ga., to the State Soard of Registration for Foresters according to C. L. Clifton, Joint Secretary, State Examining Boards and Dr. A. M. Herrick, Forestry Board chairman. The reappointment is for a five year term. Other members of the 3oard are T. A. Liefield , Thomasville, Ga ., J. Walter Myers, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., and A. Ray Shirley, Macon, Ga.

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