Georgia forestry, Vol. 16, no. 3 (Sept. 1963)

Georgia
OR ESTRV

G eorgia O RESTRV

September, 1963 Vol. 16 No. 3

Frank Craven Editor
Publishe d Quarterly by the GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
Box 1077 Macon, Georgia GEORGIA FORESTRY MAILING ADDRESS Route 1, Box 85 Dry Branch, Georgia
RAY SHIRLEY- DIRECTOR

Members, Board of Commis sioner s:

CHAIRMAN
C. M. Jordon, Jr.

-Vidalia

Andrew J. Aultman L. H. Morgan W. George Beasley Alexander Sessoms

-Sylvester -!::astman -Lavonia -Cogdell

DISTRICT OFFICES
GEORGI A FORESTRY COMMISSION
DISTRICT 1-Route 2 Statesboro
DISTRICT 11-P. 0. Box 26 Cami lla
DISTRICT IIIP. 0. Box 169 Americus
DIST~ICT IV--P . 0. Box 333 Newnan
DISTRICT V--P. 0. Box 96 McRae
DISTRICT VI--P. 0. Box 881 Milledgeville
DISTRICT VII--P. 0. Box 2136 Rome
DISTRICT VII--P. 0. Box 1160 Waycross
DISTRICT IX--P. 0. Box 416 Gainesville
DISTRICT XRoute 2 Washington

On the Cover
In 1962 Georgia produced 5,217,000 cords of round pulpwood. Duri ng th e pa st 16 years Camden, Char lton, Clinch, Ware and Wayne Counties have been the top producers. War e County has produced more than 100,000 cords for the past five consecutive years. On seven different occasions, Clinch County has topped the 100, 000 cord mark ..
Member of the Georg ia Pres s Association
Second-class postage pa id at Dry Branch, Ga .

Cruising the News
A LUM BER CRI SIS
Southern lumber mills are facing a crisis in the industry that will affect farmer-landowners in Georgia and the Southeast.
Canadian imports that are priced below local lumber, are making serious in roads in the building industry. As recently as the month of April 396 million board feet of Canadian lumber was shipped into the U. S. from Can::da.
Congressional inquiries have been held, with little result, very likely due to the precarious position of relations with the Canadian government.
Lumbermen from Georgia, Florida and Alabama who testified at the Senate hearings were alarmed over the trend.
According to a prominent local lumberman, the timber is controlled by the Canadian government, that is selling it at very low prices, and the lumber is being dressed and shipped into the huge U.S. market at prices below stumpage costs here.
U.S. Lumbermen, who are under Wage and Hour Law regulation, can not compete with the pricing.
"Unless we get relief, one of the oldest industries in the South is headed for disaster," according to a member of the National Lumbermen's Association.
The building quafities of the southern pine are much better, it was noted, "but we can't wait for a long educational campaign to take effect.
"We don't know what Washington is going to do, but it better be soon, or a lot of investments are going to be lost."
With forest products one of Evans County's major sources of income, it would be well for local people to heed the warning, and urge federal action.
(From the Claxton Enterprise /
GEORGIA'S FOREST ECONOMY
Latest figures show that 54,300 people are engaged in forest products manu facture in Georgia.
Georgia is a leading state in production of Southern Pine lumber. Endowed with an increasing supply of quality sawtimber, Georgia is seeking new markets at home and beyond for its native products.
Of growing significance is the market potential for "engineered wood." Since Southern Pine is the strongest of structural woods and adaptable to all forms of finishing, new plants are springing up across the South to use it in the 1 manufacture of glued laminated lumber arches, beams and columns. Georgia's first laminating plant is of recent origin, established at Waycross.
Such developments hold promise of ample outlets for the produce of Gear gia's "tree farmers." In the state, more than 25 million acres 69 percent of the total land area are under forest cover. Georgia has 7,100,000 acres of flourishing "tree farms" more than any other state in the Union.
Georgia's forest products industries and related enterprises find strong in centives in the predictions of U. S. Forest Service Chief Edward P. Cliff. He believes the Southern Pine producing states will eventually at least double their output of forest products while continuing to increase timber reserves.
(From the Cochran Journal
GEORGIA'S PULP MILLS
ARE HUMMING
Pulpwood capacity in the South continues to rise, with Georgia leading the 1 area in production. More than 25 million cords were cut in the South in 1962 , according to a report just released by the Forest Service of theU.S,Departmen1 of Agr iculture. The harvest was six per cent greater than in 1961 and suppliec : 58 per cent of all the wood used in the nation.
Georgia harvested five and a half million cords, with Alabama in secane place harvest ing three and four-tenths million cords.
fwenty years ago, many voices were raised against the pulp mills, w itl the uninformed claiming the mills would "destroy our woodland." Today, th1 valuable role of the industry is recognized. The farmer and the wood land owne have come to realize the value of proper thinning of the woods and to appreciato the opportunity to sell the "surplus" trees to the pulp mills.
The educational program carried on by the Georgia Forestry Commissio1 has borne fruit, and today's average owner protects h is trees from f ir e and ac cepts the advice of a trained forester on selective cutting and forest management
(From the Macon Telegraph 1

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An insect and cJ.isease control survey team removes and identifies the Southern Pine Beetle and associated insects from a bark sample. Team members include Forest Pathologist William H. Padgett, zone 2 office head, left, Leonce A. Cambre and Loyd E. Drake, forest entomologists. The Macon office researchers will be making detection and biological surveys and complementing direct control measures for insects and diseases.
US FS Relocates 1-D Control Office

The U. S. Forest Service, in a stepped up emphasis on control of f crest insects and diseases, has moved its Zone 2 Insect and Disease Control Office from Valdosta, Georgia to Macon.
James K. Vessey, Region 8 Fores1 ter, Atlanta, said the move puts the Loffice nearer research and should re-
duce travel time to projects in Alat bama, Florida, and Georgia.
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The Zone Office, headed by Wi I-
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Ii am H. Padgett, Forest Pathologist , is Iocated at the Georgia Forestry Center near Macon. Padgett, who ' transferred frcrn Alexandria, Louisiana, replaced Dale Vandenburg. Vandenburg was promoted to a position in the regional office at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Befcre joining the Forest Service, Padgett was with the Alabama Conservation Commission.
Vessey added that it is hoped the stepped up emphasis will lead to the reduction of timber losses due to insects and diseases. A sizeable amount of the annual timber growth is being lost. Bark beetles and weevi Is are accounting for the biggest losses, Vessey said.
Georgia Forestry Commission Diector Ray Shirley stated that present

survey and control methods along with new developments are and will be utilized to detect any insect or disease outbreaks. This wi II enable the use of control measures before they reach epidemic proportions.
Shirley pointed out. that through systematic annual air and ground surveys, trends can be determined and probable losses predicted.
The Macon Office wi II hav e tw o forest pathol cgists and fou r f crest entomologists in addition to technicians when fully staffed. They will be available to assist landowners when requested through the Forestry Commission director.
They wi II work with State officers in making detection and biologica l evaluation surveys and complementing direct control measures for insects and diseases. The research ers will also be available for training through the State Forester.
Vessey emphasized t hat sign ifi cant progress can be mad e in reducing timber losses through such a cooperative effort in building a stron g State forestry insect an d disease control organization in coopera t ion with private industry.

THREE PERCENT OF
FIRES UNAVOIDABLE
Debris burning was by far the largest single cause of wildfires during 'the first six months of 1963, said Georgia Forestry Commission Director Ray Shirley. from January 1 - June 30, there were 39,733 forest acres destroyed.
Shirley pointed out that only three percent of the fires were unavoidable. These were the 218 fires started by lightning. The remaining 97 percent were man-made. The acres destroyed by lightning, 771, accounted for only 1.9 percent of the total acreage destroyed.
The Commission Director cited these figures as meaning every Georgian had their work cut out for them during the coming fire season. He emphasized that a growing industry, which ranks third in the economy of our state, can i 11-afford carelessness that could destro:' the "hand" that feed us.
Shirley stated that 14,853 acres could be attributed to the 2,795 fires resulting from debr is burning. He said records show a total of 7,038 fires during the recorded period.
Incendiary or deliberately set fires were second as a major headache for Georgia's for est ers , Shirley added. There were 1,096 su c h fires in the half year period, destroying 8,395 acres. Smokers were blamed for 1,566 wildfires that destroyed 8,043 ac res.
Other causes list ed by t he Fore stry Commiss ion director included
light~ing, ma ch ine use, camp, and
miscellanec.:us fires. Georgia's campers had the lowest
fire starting record of any of the major caus es covered in the report. They were held responsible for 104 fore st fires burning 778 acres.
Sh ir ley said the Tenth District, with headquarters at Washington, had the smallest acreage loss, 1,552.
The largest loss in the State was reported in the Seventh District, wi t h headquarters at Rome, 9,271 acres.

JOHNSON COUNTY GETS FORESTRY
PROTECTION
WASH IN GTON
Organi zed forest fire protection has expanded to 154 counties in Georgia, announced Georgia Forestry Commission Director Ray Shirley.
Johnson County, on July 23rd, came under protection in c ombination with the Washington County Forestry Unit. This brings to 23,676,500 acres, of the state's 25,772,200 forest acres, now under organized protection.
The Washington-Johnson County
Unit is headed by Calvin C. Rhodes,
a forestry veteran of nine years. Shirley pointed out that thi s is an-
other step toward our goal of providing organized fire protection for all of Georgia's 25,772,200 forest acres. The five counties not und er protection are Baker, Qu itma n, Glascock, Union and Towns.
Johnson County's 113,500 acres of forest land represents 56.8 percent of its total land area of 200,300 acres. The combined WashingtonJohnson County Unit has a total forest acreage of 420,400.
The unit headquarters is located north of Tennille on Ga. 68. A seconda ry headquart ers wi II be located in Johnson County in the near future.
Ranger ~hodes stated that the 1963-64 budget for the two counties 1s $66,986. Johnson Coun ty's por-

tion 1s $12,567 and Washington's, $9,757. Rhodes added that the first year appropriation is higher for Johns on County due to the purchase of two tractor units, a pickup and construction of a sub-headquarters.
The program is financed two-thirds by the State and one-third by the county. When combined, the counties one-third is divided according to acreage. The state assumes the cost of new tower construction.
With the addition of Johnson Camty, the Commission's Sixth District has 14-counties. The District is
headed by Forester Wi II iam D. Mi 1-
lians, Jr. Counties making up the Sixth Dis-
trict include Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Hancock, Jasper, Jefferson and Jones. Others are Monroe, Peach, Putnam, Twiggs, Washington, and Wi Ikin son.
Shirley pointed out that the new unit will mean extra dividends to the people of Johnson County because it wi II work to protect, improve and perpetuate their vast timberland area.
The Georgia Forestry Commission congratulates the Johnson County Commissioners and other citizens who have worked to pi ace the county under organized protection.
COUNTIES MERGE PROTECTION EFFORTS
HARALSON
The Hara Ison and Polk County Forestry Units have been combined in an effort to provide the same efficient operation at a lower cost.

Georgia Forestry Commission Director Ray Shirley said many counties have already recognized the value of joining their neighboring counties in support of the combinati en unit. He added that sharing a forestry unit means, economically speaking ... savings on the local Ieve I; and program wise ... a more efficient unit.
The Haralson-Polk County Forestry Unit is one of 29 combined units, one of which is a three county combination. There are 154 counties that are under organized forest fire protection of which 58 are in combined units.
Haralson-Polk County Ranger James J. Carter said that the unit's cost per acre protection budget is 13.5 cents counting the State's and both county's contributions. The 1963-64 budget for the two-county unit is $39,939. Carter pointed out that if the counties had operated individually the budget would be $41,042. The state pays two-thirds of the total budget.
A fair average figure for a II combined units is 11.3 cents per acre, Shirley said. It should be remember- ed that this figure is shared by each county or counties and the State. The average for non-combined units is 11.8 cents per acre.
In addition to savings on the county level, the State also benefits. It means conserving heavy equipment, personnel, buildings and the many 1 other costs of a forestry unit, while t still insuring adequate protection.
Carter emphasized that no changes wi II be made in equipment. Personnel changes included the transfer of Haralson County Forest Ranger Troy Floyd to Rome where he heads up the Floyd County Unit. Spencer McGraw, a native of Haralson County, is the assistant ranger. McGraw has been the assistant ranger in Paulding County.
In addition, Roy Ramp ley of Cedartown has been put on a full time basis. He has been work ing part time for the unit during the past four fire seasons. These additions will give each county four men on-the-ground.
To the Commission charged wit~ the responsibi Iity of protecting our forests and conscious of the need tc economize, combined county unit~ have paid off in greater efficienc~ and savings, Shirley emphasized.

Beetle Program Successful

Carl E. Sanders
Governor's address, election of officers, Miss Georgia Forestry of 1963 crowned, awards made and talks presented, highlighted the 56th annual meeting of the Georg ia Forestry Association. "Georgia Forestry Progress Through Private Forest Land Management," was the theme 1 of the two day session held at Jekyll Island, June 18-19.
Governor Carl E. Sanders, in a by proxy address to the more than 500delegates, announced that their efforts against the Southern Pine Beetle Infestation had been successful. The i infestation had been reduced below 1 1 epidemic proportions. The Governor
l~ pointed out that the areas affected will be kept under constant surveil-
! lance by the Forestry Commission .
~ Governor Sanders commended the ~ Forestry Commission for their out-
standing records in fire control, man' agement and reforestation. He added
that Georgia's forests can be the bridge between our past and our future, as we undergo the quickening transformation from an agricultural to an urban society.
The Governor also called for a closer bond of cooperation between foresters, her Forestry Commission, our game and fish officials and State government in forest management. The address was delivered by Forestry Commission Director Ray Shirley.
In talks, Georgia's foresters and landowners were brought abreast with

th e cur re nt s ituations in taxation, marketing on private forest lands, forest legisl a t ion , for est educa t ion and protection serv ices, rese arch a nd the tree farm program.
The speakers were Harley L ongdole, Jr., president, The Langdale Co., Valdosta; N. Pr att Secrest, Secrest Pulpwood and Timber Co., Thomasvi lie; Donald Ba ldwin, Legislative Relations Dir e ctor, National Lumber Manufacturer s As sociation,
Washington, D. C. ; Dorsey Dyer, Ex-
tension Service Forestry Leader, Athens; E. A. Davenport, Jr ., c ha irman, Georgia Tree Farm Committee, Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp., Savannah; Ray Shirley, and Georgia Forest Research Council Director H. E. Ruark, both of Macon.
Langdale was named president of the Association. He succeeds Jim L. Gi IIi s, Jr., who was elected first vice president.
A. E. Patton, treasur er; Har vey R. Brown, execut ive direc t or; and Mrs. Helen M. Dixon, office secr e tary; all of Atlanta, were reele cted to t he ir respective positions.
New directors are E. A. Dou gl as, Augusta; E. A. Hine ly, Hazl ehurst; N. P. Secrest; Erie T . Ne ws ome, Rome; and Lee Sette l, Ell ijay.
Miss Bebe Durden of Swainsboro was crowned Miss Georgia Forestry. She succeeds Miss Penelope Andrews of Columbus. Miss Martha Jo Reese of Cordele was named a lternate
Harley Langda le, Jr.

Ray Shirley
queen . The 17-ye ar o ld hi gh sc hoo l senior
fro m Emanue l C o unty was chosen from a field of 41-contestants.
For outstanding and meritorious servi ce to the Association, three Georgians received the Order of the Go lden Pine Cone. Recipients were
W. S. Stuckey, Eastman; Merri II C.
Lofton, At lanta; and Harley Langda le, Jr., Valdosta.
C. Russell Smiley, Walthourvi lie,
was given special recognition as the State's 2,000th Tree Farmer. Smiley, who owns 1,700 forest acres, is presid ent of the Liberty County Commissioners and a member of the Amer ico n Turpentine Farmers Association.
The Forestry Commission's Tenth Distr ict received the Association's outstanding general performance award. H. G. Collier is the district forester.
Talbot County wa s named t he outs tan d ing county. Har vey Bu c kn er is th e Ta lb ot County ranger.
The be s t fi re re c ord award went to Og lethor pe C ounty headed by Forest Ranger J ohn H. Buckman.
Individual county winners and ranger s are Dodge, J. D. Beauchamp; Do ugh e rty, Arthur W. We s t; E manue l, L . A. Ray; Fu lton , Loui e F . Deaton ; Hall-Bank s , Verla T . Smi th , Haral so n, Troy FIC1fd; Pierce, Wil lard Davis; Putnam, Jerry Rid le y; Richmond, T. M. Strickland ; a nd T a lbot, Harvey Buckner.
Jim L. Gillis, Jr . and Bebe Durden

Georgia Retains Pulpwood Leadership

Georgia repeats as the leading southern pulpwood producer and the South rose to an all-time high in pulpwood production in 1962.
Georgia's production of 5.2 million cords gave her the southern leader ship for the fifteenth consecutive year according to the 1963 edition of "Southern Pulpwood Production". This is a five percent increase over 1961. Pulpwood production in 12 southern states totaled 25,386,300cords.
Alabama ranked behind Georgia, producing 3.4 million cords. States producing more than two mi II ion cords included Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and North and South Carol ina.
The pulpwood purchases in Georgia totaled $104,340,000. This is five percent higher than the 1961 figure; $98,982,000.
Georgia also remained the leading producer of wood residue with 660,700-cords, a 22-percent increase over 1961. For the South, wood resi due production totaled more than 3.8 million cords.
The South's pulpin g capacity increased from 51,000 tons of pulp per day in 1961 to 52,000 in 1962. Geor gia leads all states in pulping capo city with 18 perce nt of the South's toto I.
Baldwin County, Alabama again led the south with 208,500 cords cut. Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Ware and Wayne Count ies are pointed out as among 23 counties harvesting more than 100,000 cords of roundwood . Clinch County led the Georgia group with 146,772 cords.
The report incl udes charts and graphs on the number of companies procuring pine and hardwood roundwood, mi II capacity, production increases, and declines and detailed tables on all phases of production by State. Hardwood and pulpwood cordage is.listed by state and county.
Publication
Released
A new pub Iica t ion , "Pulpwood Production in Georgia, 1939-62", has been released by the Ge orgia 1- ores try Commission .
Commt ssion Director Ray Shirley

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The report inc Iude s charts and graphs on pine, hardwood and chip

production. The figures were com piled from data published by the Sou thern and Southeastern Forest Experiment Station in cooperation with the Southern Pulpwood Conservat ion Association.
This publication is avail ab le through the Georgia Forest ry Com mission, Bo x 1077, Macon , Ga.

GEORGIA PULPWOOD PRODUCTION

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1946-62 \L

County

Softwood Hardwood Totol

County

Softwood

Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks
Borrow
Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb B leek ley Brant ley Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden Candle r Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahooc hee Chattooga Che rokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols Effingh am Elbert Emanuel

982,233 685,516 486,949
69,438 280,792
34,803 66,375
195,366 203,747 484,523 179,343
69,351 956,686 263,250 874,107 537,180 201,456 257,538 130,764 1,310,989 158,54 7 272,678 22,364 1,210,477 285,373 189,211 65,261 136,134 49,441 78,629
99,960 1,722,304
123,4 35 756,151 350, 015 264,263 184,994 367,802 298,235 155 ,6 51
8,025 17,318 568,745 63,808 4 94,277 140,211 284,994 194,685 231' 150 547,986 736,442 304,906 580,786

43,671 15,407 15,576 1,467 11,824
18 819 13,830 15,788 26,751 16,760 14,794 92,141 4,342 106,057 54,316 21,034 2,593 4,315 250,076 9,972 7,423 1,027 46,581 111,622 2,621 7,254 2,258 2,486 3,425 2,240 4,005 1,614 34,482 11,234 12,981 2,880 4,233 13,384 3,550 1,382 112 84,431
94 57,25 9
4,337 821
5,546 24,268
697 92,489 30,805 28,604

1,025,904 * 700,923 502,525 70,905 292,616 34,821 67,194 209,196 219,535 511,274 196,103 84,145
1,048,827* 267,592 980,164 591,496 222,490 260,131 135,079
1,561,065* 168,519 280,101 23,391
1,257,058* 396,995 191,832 72,515 138,392 51,927 82,054 102,200
1,726 ,309* 125,049 790,633 361,2 49 277,244 187,874 372,035 311,619 159,201 9,407 17,430 653,176 63,902 551,536 144,548 285,815 200,231 255,418 548,683 828,931 335,711 609,390

Evans Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady
Greene
Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier
Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison Marion McDuffie Mcintosh Meriwether Miller Mitchell Mon roe Mon tg om e ry Mor gan Murra y Musc ogee

200,141 89,756 164,791
239,164 30,706 131,098 161,179 97,634 25,773
537,817 153,623 374,713 519,135 265,422 81,654 240,228 420,55'1 135,884 648,125 50,812 94,597 274,410 221,892 218,039 220,049
502,273 682,285 206,698 160,955 124,482 578,987 229,408 294,990 398,197
61,925 640,192 107,706 513,541 619,773
33,181 164,575 158,814 150,368 196,280 508,176 525,219 175,540 359,535 712,852 243,778 348,876 65,479 137,539

\L There were 6,209,000 cords of round pulpwood produced fr om 1939 to 1946.

Hardwood
15,144 93,728
2,838 32,273
211 898 1,605 18,225 3,670 254,441 6,776 25,040 20,914 1,999 3,657 310 13,069 8,202 15,029 239 1,955 2,042 19,649 22,283 2,376 17,862 18,500 14,853 25,093 5,756 31,141 3,701 5,731 45,679 131 242,760 4,019 73,596 7,897 39 4,445
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1,667 11,891 192,305 13,140
567 22,298 23,783 57,063 10,187
3,554 2,642

Totol
215,285 183,484 167,629 271,437 30,917 131,996 162,784 115,859 29,443 792,258 160,399 399,753 540,049 267,421 85,311 240,538
433,628 144,086 663,154 51,051
96,552 276,452 241,541 240,322 222,425 520,135 700,785 221,551 186,048 130,238 610,128 233,109 300,721 443,876 62,056 882,952 111,725 587,137 627,670
33,220 169,020 159,049 152,035 208,171 700,481 538 ,359 176,107 381,833 736,635 300,841 359,063 69,033 140,181

County
Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spaid ing Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattna II Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth Total

Softwood
364,681 167,848 291,702
184,068 112,027 111,585 684,657 123,314 166,896 68,197 366,854 89,661 40,804 170,269 93,319 59,630 110,682 381,235 216,605 176,467 70,516 4 08,327 204,837 494,102 148,918 468,878 200,419 561,801 55,726 415,797 169,615 378,513 31,823 233,016 743,062 135,895 293,756 13,306 417,236 65,850 102,330 1,233,584 152,766 389,987 1,157,942 109,210 422,684
16,157 111,794 249,706 427,817 378,282 317,339 48,296,402

Hodwood

Totol

4, 320 5,544 4,989 22,063 4,084 1,554 15,296
638 11,753 3,152 8,380 2,939 60,847 7,042 6,795
3 3,905 58,017 33,137 1,993 1,230 3,785 2,420 32,872 5,682 37,013 2,953 81,471
207 23,195 10,795 67,689
13,364 21,972 9,395 7,801 12,110 38,033 8,407 4,071
595 16,051 5,264 11,368 124,503
355 52,274
12 4,925 13,460 8,330 16,077 5,108 3,634,621

369,001 173,392 296,691 206,131 116,111 113,139 6 99,953 123,952 178,649 71,349 375,234 92,600 101,651 177,31 1 100,114 59,633 114,587 439,252 249,742 178,460 71,746 412,112 207,257
526,974 154,600 505,891 203,372 643,272
55,933 438,992 180,410 446,202
45,187 254,988 752,457 143,696 305,866
51,339 425,643 69,92 1 102,925 1,249,635* 158,030 401,355 1,282,445* 109,565 474,958
16,169 116,719 263,166 436,14 7
394,359 322,447 51,931,023

*These counties have produced more thon 1,000,000-cords of round pulpwood. 1956; Comden, 1959; Chorlton ond Woyne, 1960; Wore, 1961; ond Appling ond For the post severo/ yeors they hove produced on onnuol overoge of 700,000- Brontley, 1962. cords. The r-ounties reoched the 1,oOO, OOO mork in the follow ing order: Clinch,

THE L

E CITY
by
Rip Fontaine, Jr.

The U. S. Forest Service, with its recreation and wildlife management areas, hove on important role in the forestry scene. There ore eleven developed recreation areas and two wildlife management areas on the Chottoogo Ranger District. Lost year there were 365,000 visits to the district for recreation purposes.
The Gainesville office, with a budget of some $380,000, has 44 employees. An additional 37 em-
pi oyees work in the Chottooga Ranger District. Their budget is approximately $140,000.
During the post fiscal year some 6,281,000 board feet of sawtimber and 2,403 cords of pulpwood were cut off the District. In addition onother 11,000 board feet were cut for posts, piling, fuel wood and other miscellaneous items.
The Georg ia Forestry Commission's Ninth District office and HallBonks County Forestry Unit ore located in Hall County. Primarily

thought of as a fire protection organization, this unit provided the county one of the most outstanding management services in the county's history during the post year.
The Southern Pine Beetle epidemic demonstrated the value placed on timber by local landowners and the close ties between the State and general public. In the 15-month opera tion 186,184 trees were felled and treated on property be Iong ing to 780 landowners. This represented some 868,749 board feet of sawtimber and 3,803 cords of pulpwood.
In the trade area, 37,216 trees were felled and treated on property belonging to 345 landowners. This represented 557,804 board feet of sawtimber and 1,290 cords of pulpwood.
The district and county unit offices hove 15 employees with a payroll of $61,104. Combined they spend some $5,300 on maintenance and supplies.

A 70,000 capacity house uses approximately eight tons of shavings or 15
tons of sawdust. The shavings are hauled into the area from as far away as
Macon, Ga.

In 1871, Gainesville grew into a town with the coming of the railroad. During the past decade, a city has merged with the growth of Lake LANIER land.
Industrial development, growth of recreationa l facilities and the influx of tourists have resulted from th is reservoir of water. With this intervention, the citizens of Hall County and its surrounding trade area can look beyond the chicken yard .
Although the Poultry industry is considered to be the bread winner, forestry is certainly a 'vehicle' to be reckoned with. The industry itself is one of the principal utilizers of wood. Wooden chicken coops, shavings and sawdust are the products. It is estimated that 2,400 tons of shavings and 4,500 tons of sawdust are used annually in Hall and adjacent counties.
Approximately 513 people are em

ployed in wood-using industries in the 'Lake City'. , These employees have an annual payroll exceeding 1.4 million dollars.
Lumber and furniture manufacturers, chicken coop producers, cabinet builders, and other wood utilizers in Hall County use more than 17.5 million board feet of lumber and 2.2 million square feet of plywood in the production of their products. In addition there were 36,962 cords of round pulpwood produced in Hall County in 1962.
According to the 1961 U.S. Forest Service Survey there are 186,500 acres or 75.3 percent of Hall County in commercial forest acreage. The report showed that this acreage has a net volume of 277.9 million board feet of sawtimber and 1,794,000 cords of pulpwood.
The value returned to the county in 1961 from the sa Ie of forest pro

ducts is estimated at $866,771. This figure does not include posts, poles, veneer and specialty products.
Gainesville's trade area counties include Bonks, Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Habersham, Jackson, Lumpkin, Rabun, Towns, Union and White. Wood-using . industries in these counties employ 1,556 people with a payroll of more than 4.2 million dollars.
The value returned from the sole of forest products in this area is 4.6 million dollars.
Their timber production is drown
from 1,595,000 forest acres. This acreage has a net volume of 3,307.6 million board feet of sawtimber and 18,875 thousand cords of pulpwood.
In the North Central Unit, commer ciol forest land has increased 569,000 acres and idle acres decreased 196,800 acres. The estob1ishment of natural and planted pine

seedlings on abandoned crop land has largely offset the pine to hardwood trend in the area.
The wood-using industries in Hall County have an outlay of approximately 3.3 million dollars for raw material. In addition, they spend more than $850,000 on freight. Row material for the trade area industries exceed 5.8 mill ion dollars. Freight costs totaled over $500,000.
The pine and oak-pine types increased 478,600 acres or 21 percent since 1953. Hardwood types showed on eight percent increase in timber volume. Pine volume increased 24 percent. Pine sawtimber accounted for 32 percent of this increase. Hardwood sowti mber showed a rise of 23 percent.
The Survey Unit is bounded on the South by a line extending from Troup to Elbert County and the North from Polk to Fronkli n County.

FORESTRY SCIENCES
LAB COMPLETED

Another door in the per petuation of Georgia's forests wa s opened this month with the completion of the Forestry Sciences Laboratory at Athen s, Ga.
The $665,000 facility was obtained through congressional appropriations and the efforts of Georgia Senator Richard B. Russell. Senator Russell's efforts ore illustrative of interest and recognition that is be ing giv e n forestry in Georgia on bot h the Nati ona l and State level.
The cooperative tie between the U. S. Forest Servic e and Ge orgia is accelerating present prog: oms and providing research in areas that wi II modernize forestry from "tr ee growth to utilization. An ann ua l research program costing appr oxim ately $500,000 wi II be conducted a t the new re search plant, located on fo ur a cre s of la nd near the University of Georgi a Schoo l of F orestry an d Sc ience Cent er.
ThP. fac ility is under t h e leader >hip of F, oject D irector Dr. Wi II iom /\ Ca .-pbe ll. Dr. C ampbe ll come s tc ~l,e re search center from th e F o,' t Sc ie nce Laboratory of Re-

search Triangle, Durham, N.C. where he was the Senior Scientist. He was previously at the University's School of Forestry 15-yeors.
Dr. Campbell stated that emphasis will be placed on basic research uti Iizing foci Iities of the lab and the University to the fullest. He added that for the first time Federal forest research efforts at the University hove been thrown under one roof.
The staff of scientist and technicians will conduct research in four ma jor fields of forestry. These include forest products utilization, pathology, entomology and forest management. The lab contains 30offices and 19 specialized laboratories.
The present staff of 15 techn icol personnel and 10 technicians and clerical employees will be expanded as competent and qualified researchers become available, Dr. Campbell added.
Dr. Campbell pointed out that the lab is one of the main research cent ers in the Southeast for utilization. Areas of utilization study include wood q uality, in conjunction with

the School of Forestry; treating; and effects of different combinations of wood with other material. Improved laminating methods and more efficient sowmilling operations will also be sought by the scientists.
The two story structure also houses a log and lumber preparation room. Here, a study of Iog and Iumber grades wi II be mode.
An Insectary, for entomology studies, is being constructed adjacent to the lab. Life cycles of insects will be studied for use in insect control work in this facility.
In connection with the research center, Dr. Campbell reports that prov1s1ons ore being made for a double green house. This will be used jointly between the U. S. Forest Service, University of Georgia School of Forestry and the Depart ment of Pathology. The green house wi II have control environment chambers for studies on tree growth, insects and diseases. Nutrition, photosynsi s, and respiroti on ore other areas of study planned.
In addition to the research aspects , i of the lob, Dr. Campbell stated that

the facilities will be shared with the School of Forestry in connection with graduate work. This offers an opportunity of larger utilization of facilities in forest management and insect and disease research.
Allyn M. Herrick, dean, School of Forestry, cited the lab as being an incentive to the academic qualified s tudent. The lab points out the professional aspects of forestry showing the role of the trained technician, Dean Ht>rri ck said .
The results of research are infinite. However, this two-story 'test tube' does offer one immediate theory. That our forests are more than a facade on our landscape, but a crop that has motivated landowner and industry to demand immediate evolutions to compete with wood substitutes.

Dr. William A . Campbell, proiect
director; and Robert G. McAlpine,
management proiect leader; 'research' construction of new Forest Science s Lab.

U'lliED STATES OF AMERICA

JOHN ~ KENNEDY
PRtSiutNi

196 2

Georgia Senator Richard B. Russell

lays cornerstone of Forest Science

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Laboratory in Athens, Ga.

Dr. Harry Yates, proiect leader insect research; and Joe Saucier, forest products technologist; check construction of lnsectory to be used for studying the life cycles of insects.

.....~VI NG Management

Growing timber has ceased to be a haphazard business, but a specialized and highly managed undertaking requiring profession al supervision. The Millhaven Plantation, a sprawling 19,320-acres of which 13,500-acres is in forests, is a glowing example of what management can do to put timber on a paying basis.
Albert C. 'Red' Hinson, a pro-
fessional forester, maintains the timberland for owner Mrs. George H. Larimer. In talking wit h 'Red ' about the vast area of timber you note a n air of responsibility and proudness...

a tour of the forest shows you why . You are impressed that 1.5 to 2
million board feet of timber are harvested and sold each year from the tree farm. However, even more emphatic is that the farm produces as much new timber each year as is cut.
'Red' states that under their reforestation program they have been planting some 350,000-seedl ings per year. He added that this year's plans c all for the planting of approx imately 20,000 poplar. The planting of this s pecie wi ll continue until a ll appropriate sites are planted.
The control of cull weed spec ies

has a prominent place in the management plans of the forest. Mist blowing aerial spraying, girdling and bulldozing are being used in an effort to put some 2,000-acres on a productive basis. Since i956, some 2,200-acres have been harrowed, poisoned and planted. These areas are now growing productive timber.
Most of the early planting on the plantation, that was purchased from the Comer estate in 1944, was done in cotton patches and on unproductive land. The spacing used is 5 X 8.
'Red' pointed out that this spacing is used because of their fence

The control of c ull we ed species has put some 2,200 acres on o productive basi s at the Mil/haven Plantation. Plantation Forester Albert C. Hinson, left, and Georgia Forestry Comm ission First District Forester Will iam C. Harper che ck growth of pine on what was once on unproductive site.

post business . A debarking drum a nd fence treating plant is located on the plantation where app roximate ly 35,000-posts are prod uc ed per year. The posts are soaked in creoso te before shipment to add to their longevity. Other wood pr oducts produced on the Millhaven Plantation include poles, piling, sawtimber and pu lpw ood.
This s ucc essful timber operati on would not be po ssible if it wasn 't for a wei' organ ized fire prevention program. This progra m not only c a lls fc protection on thei r ow n land but as sting the local Georgia Forest ry

Commis s ion un it on f ire s wh ere fe asibl e .
In 1961 t he ir fir e fighti ng equipment was c arr ied out 31 tim e s, and only on foJr of these occas ion s was the fire on Millhaven property. In addition to two tractor s and a water wag on, some 50-miles of fir e lane s and 56-m iles of road assi s t ' Red ' in his fire suppression work .
An up-t o-date communicat ion s system e na b les the Millha ve n t imb er mana ger to keep ' up with oper ati ons throughout t he pl a ntation . It also plays an importa nt role in fire suppression wo rk enablin g ' Red' to ke ep

in t ouch with the Forestry Commission fire reports . This enables a faster dissemination of his own personnel to fires on or endangering t imber in the immediate area.
During the past decade, timber production has become big business in Georgia providing jobs, higher income and a more diversified list of products for local, national and worldwide consumption. It is only through the c ontinued efforts of our woodland owners, such as Mrs. Larimer, to improve their woodlots that Georgia wi II continue to be a national forestry leader.

BORAX REDUCES
STUMP INFECTION
Borox significantly reduces slash pine stump infection, by fomes annosus, when opplied immediately following cutting in the dry form or in water suspension.
lnternotionol Poper Co.'s Southlands Experiment Forest Reseorch
Director C. H. Driver stated that
this finding is o result of prelimin-

ary investigations in the initial phase of reseorch on this diseose. Other results showed thot pole-treoting type creosote ond sodium pentochloropenote are not effective in preventing slosh pine stump infection by fomes onnosus.
Driver odded that present studies deol with developing stond monage ment methods for Iimiting the di seose mortality once it is established in a stond, ond the regeneration of annosus root-rot infe_sted sites.
Fornes onnosus has been reported occurring in some 50-percent of all

slosh and loblolly pine plantations investigated from Virginio to Texas thot had been thinned for o period of two-five yeors. Driver pointed out thot mortol ity, induced by this diseose in young plantations, ronges from detectoble to approximately 20percent of the remoining merchantible volume over a five yeor period foil owing the first thinning.
These observations cite the necessity of controlling the initiol occurrence of the di seose in southern pine plontotions foil owing thinning operations, Driver said.

RANGERS OF THE QUARTER

Fire control and timber stond im provement pro jects

have been named by Long County Forest Ronger M. F.

Futch, Jr. os the greotest contributing factors in the in-

crease in forest conservation in Long County.

With the Notification of Intention To Burn County

Option Law ond the "No Fence Low" passed in the mid-

dle ond lote fifties, the number of fires and improved

monogement practices hove been on the increose.

Futch reports thot very seldom does he have to send

his equipment out on control burns. Landowners ore ex-

cellent obout coli ing his office ond obtaining advice on

burning conditions. At present the Unit plows some 350-

miles of fire breoks onnually. This is considerably less

than the 7-800 miles pi owed when cattle were allowed to

room the forests.

The Long County Unit operotes as o Timber Protec-

t tion Orgonizotion. The individual londowners contribute

t the county's shore of participation. Futch is secretory-

treasurer of the T.P.O.

Annually there ore some 100 fires suppressed in the

county. Lost year, the average size of 71-wildfires wos

3.44-acres.

Interest in weed tree control work has picked up with

' the innovotion of the mist blower by the Georgia Forestry

Commission. This hos stimuloted reforestation in o coun-

t ty that is 94-percent forest. There ore 204,700 forest

ocres in the county. An overoge of 100,000 seedlings ore

. being plonted onnually. The mojority of the plonting is

being done on oreos that hove been c leered of scrub trees.

Prescribe burning, as a

monogement 'tool', is being

pushed by Futch. He is

working with monogement

personnel in tolking with

landowners about this phase

of site preporotion.

Futch works closely with

the FFA class at Ludowici

High School. He works with

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the group in the clossroom

Jnd on field work in their

/I

;,chool forest. The school

M. F. Futch, Jr.

forest hos ronked among the top eoch year.

Working with Futch, to insure Lon_.g County residents

,f the best possible protection, include Jimmy Lee Us-

;ery ond Cecil Morris, troctor operators; and Mrs. Vero

' Aoe Ussery, towerwomon. A port time potrolmon and

owerman ore hired during the fire seoson.

The first Timber Protection Organization, Clinch

County, was orgonized in 1926 ot Cogdell. The T.P.O.

covered some 400,000 acres in Atkinson, Clinch, Echols

ond Wore Counties.

In 1933 the T.P.O . wos reorganized and the heod-

- quarters moved to its present location in Homerville. In

1936 D. T. Spells came with the State Forestry Deport-
ment ond T .P .0. as secretory-monager.

Spells, 27-yeors loter, is still head of the tJnit thot

once fought fires with pine

boughs ond bock pumps.

Spells first duty os ronger
of the T.P.0. was to i nstoll

two-woy rodios. There was

one transmitter and receiver

in the headquarters ond re-

ceiver !".ets 1n privote

trucks.

\ D. T. Spells

The intervention of radio ond the purchose of addi-

tional equipment gove Spells the needed tools to service

the landowners of the T.P.O. However, it wasn't till

ofter 1950 when the number of fires were oppreciobly re-

_duced. Prior to 1950 on average of 400 wildfires occurr-

ed each ye or. The fi gure has been reduced to oround

150 Educoti onol programs in the schools, local forestry

meetings, notification of intention to burn county option

low ond the "no fence low" have oil been contributing

foctors. Spells reports that lightning fires now give him

the most trouble. In the past four years the unit has re-

ported less than 10 incendiory blozes.

The T.P .O. now protects 580,000 acres and includes

parts of Atkin son, and Lonier Counties and oil of Clinch.

The reforestation job in Clinc h mostly has been on

old fields ond pasture s. In oddit ion some 1,000 acres

have been drain ed for plonting du ring the past te n yeors.

In 1961 the T.P.O. was presented an Outstanding

General Performance award by the Georgio Forestry

Association in recognition of the work Spells and his
men had done in the T .P .0.
The T.P.O. personnel, in addition to Spells, include

Miss Sodie Belle Nettles, dispatcher; H. D. Griffin, E. Y.

Guess, Glen Highsmith, Arthur Hillord, Aubrey Register

and Waldo Strickland. Tower operotors are Mrs. Eliza

Delk, Miss Merle Howling, Alton Paulding and Miss

Betty Smith.

"Wood Blueprint"

Presented

SOUTH
AMERICAN
GOOD WILL
Georgia's Star Student Gus Oemler, Ill, of Savannah, literally spread seeds of good will on his recent tour of South America.
The 17 year old Country Day School student and his com panion Penn W. Worden, Jr., manager, Industrial Development Council, Atlanta, presented attractive containers of pine s eed to the Ministry of Education in six Latin American nati ons. They included Argentina, Bra zi I, Chile, Panama, Peru and Trinid ad.
The six one-pound containers of seed were compliments of the State of Georgia. They were prepared and furnished by the Georg ia Forestry Commission.
Oemler stated that the most favorable impact came with the suggest ion that the seeds be planted on va ri ous school s grounds as a Iiving remind e r of the fr ie ndsh ip of Georgia students for those in the respective cou ntri es.
The trip was sponsored by Pa nAmerican Air ways .

Bibb County school board officials and architects were presented a "wood" blueprint for better schools recently by the Sixth District Georgia Wood Council.
John M. McElrath, chairman of the Council, said that taxpayers are entitled to dollar value spent on new school construction. He pointed out that the use of wood will not sacrifice safety factors. Through the use of wood more money would be available to build more classrooms, McElrath added.
Harvey R. Brown, Executive Secretary of the Georgia Forestry Association, which is sponsor of the Georgia Wood Counci Is, cited
the fact that many arch iteet s are unaware that there are no restrictions on the use of wood in the construction of school buildings.
Grady Duncan, building code consultant for the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, Sanford, Fla., told the group that the modern one story wooden school offers the most for the taxpayer's dollar in safety, durability, flexibility, versatility, attractiveness and comfort.
Duncan pointed out three considerations in school planning. They are safety, cost and maintenance. The building code cmsultant emphasized that it is better to have a structure which is easily modified to meet current needs. The "wood" school is ideal for making additions and alterations as the future dictates.
He pointed out that some school boards and voters on school bond issues take lower cost of wood schools 1o mean that economy is sacrificing quality.
The purpose of the ten Georgi a Wood Councils is to promote the utilizati on. Brown said that local programs wi II be based on the need and interest of the local area of Georgia wood. Centers of operation are Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Gainesvi lie, LaGrange, Macon, Rome, Savannah, Void osta, and Waycross.

LETTERS

Mr . James C. Turner State Forestry Commission Macon, Georgia

Dear Mr. Turner:
My personal thanks for participating in Exercise Twenty-Ten .;; ond ucted by Civil Defense.
Since our emergency network is a com posite of all others we are well aware that we are dependent upon the cooperation of all for ours to be successful.
A review of the Exercise shows that we are indeed obI igated to the Forestry Net for the efficient manner in which the messages were disseminated.
You are to be congratulated on both your system, and your operating personnel.
Sincerely,

George J. Hearn Major General Director

Mr. Frank Craven, Chief Georgia Forestry Commission Macon, Georgia

Dear Mr. Craven:

b:
May I take this opportunity to express f,

to you and through you t o your co-work- C

ers my personal appreciation for your 1

work in connection with the recent NFA Ui

Forestry Camp. I know that you and

those who work with you provided a real 5(

educational program for the youngsters.

Q( All of us deeply appreciate the outs tanding work you people do in help- es

ing us with our program.

fe 1

rna
May I say "thanks" in behalf of our

students, teachers, and staff members .' ler

With kindest personal regards,

COl

es1 Sincerely yours,

J. G. Bryant State Supervisor Agricultural Education n

Mr. Bill Lawson Floyd County Unit R orne, Georgia

Dear Bill:

The co-sponsors of the First Annua Floyd County Dairy Fest ival conside this occasion a huge success.

We are deeply grateful to you and you

organization for the splendid coopero tion during our Festival. Your flea

~eo

added greatly to our parade.

':1e

'ne Please let us know if we can ever hel 1,\e you in any way.
unde

Yours very truly, :rds

r-.11

E. W. Brewster

ISOi

Genera I Chairman

Logging the foresters...

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The top three 'foresters' ot the 17th annual Future Farmers of Americo forestry comp were, L-R, George Andel, Perry; Wesley Haun, Edison; ond Ronold lddins, Reidsville. The comp was held ot Loura Walker Stote Park near Waycross. Robert Flonigan, Jr., Conyers; Esco Hall, Jr., Alamo; and Daniellvey, Thomosville; took top scholostic honors at the 5th onnual New Farmers of Americo camp held at Comp John Hope near Perry. The awards were presented by Comp Director Frank Craven, Georgio Forestry Commission lnformotion and Educotion chief. The comps were sponsored by the Brunswick Pulp ond Paper Co., Continentol Can Co., Owens Illinois Gloss Co., Rome Kraft Co., and Union Bog-Camp Poper Corp. The comps were conducted by the Forestry Commission. The Commission olso furnished instructors and councilors for the SCS Comp at Tifton and o number of Boy Scout comps.

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Is your county being robbed of timber production potentiol by irrespon-
sible individuals? From Januory 7-
June 30 of this yeor, 7,096 incendiory fires destroyed 8,395 forest ocres.

OCT. 20-26... This is National Forest Products Week. Some 5,000 different products are made from forest materials today. One out of every ten manufacturing employees in the country is in some branch of the forest products industry.
1 The Greot Southern Lond ond Paper Compony is nearing completion of its paper mill at Cedar Springs,
r Georgio. Edward L. Gowan, execu-
tive vice-president, /eft, onnounces the completed basic orgonization of the Woodlonds Department, which is under the direction of James W. Richordson. Other woodland staff person-
nel ore F. 0. Estes, technic al supervisor; H. J. Molsberger, Jr. , opera-
tions superintendent; ond W. W. Worr, ' administrative ossistont.

FACU LTY ADDITION ... Dr. Jerome L. Clutter has joined the faculty of the School of Forestry at the University of Georgia. He is teaching at the graduate level and wi II conduct research in operations analysis, according to Dean A. M. Herrick. Dr. Clutter comes to Georgia from the Research Analysis Corp., Washington, D. C. There, he was operation analyst.
NEWSMAN ... Russ Daley, a native of Dublin, Ga., has joined the staff of the U. S. Forest Service in Atlanta, Ga. Daley is working in the Information and Education Division of the Southern Regional headquarters of the Service. He worked for Un ited Press International for 15-years before joining the USFS.

Soil texture somp/es are reodied for Georgio Forestry Commission management field personnel. The somples will be used to assist the field personnel in recognizing soil texture and determining site index. Preparing the samples ore John W. Clork, John E. Hammond and T. B. Hankinson, Commission assistant chiefs, Forest Management, Macon, Ga.

APWP ... The accelerated Pub Iic Works Program brought federal expenditures of $5,630,000 during the past fiscal year to 11-southern state s in which national forests are located. Monies spent in Georgia totaled $595,000. Figures compiled by the U. S. Forest Service show a range from $180,000 in Florida to $1,100,000 on Arkansas-Oklahoma forests. Construction or reconstruction of roads and forest trai Is in the 30 national forests accounted for more than 2.8 million dollars. Recreation and public use facilities expenses were in excess of $950,000.

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SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT DRY BRANCH , GA .

Pulpwood production in Georgia
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rose to an all-time high of 5,217,000 cords in 1962 "or 17 pe rcent of
the South's tota l. At the year's end, 12 Georgia pulp~i lls wer e
operating; their combined daily pulping capacity was
9,288 ton s. In the South, 80 pulpmill s had a daily
pul ping capaci ty of 52,000 tons.
GECltGIA STATE LIBRl:.RY 301 JUDICIAL BUIIDII~G ATlANTA, GEORGIA