Georgia forestry, Vol. 17, no. 4 (Dec. 1964)

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Dec., 1964

No. 4 Vol. 17

Frank Craven Editor
Publish ed Quarterly by the GEOR GIA FORESTRY COMMISSI ON
Box 1077
Macon, Georgia GEO RGIA FORESTRY MA IL1NG ADDRESS
Route 1, Box 85
Dry Branch, Georgia
RAY SHIRLEY - DIRECTOR

Members, Board of Commissioners:

CHAIRMAN

C. M. Jordan, Jr.

-Vidalia

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

-Sylvester
-Eastman -Lavonia -Cogdef I

DISTRICT OFFICES
GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
DISTRICT 1--Route 2 Statesboro
DISTRICT 11--P. 0. Box 26 Cami II a
DISTRICT 111--P. 0. Bax 169 Americus
DIST~ICT IV--P. O. Box 333 Newnan
DISTRICT V--P. 0. Bax 96 McRae
DISTRICT VI--P. 0. Box 881 Mi lledgeville
DIST~I C T VII--P. 0. Box 2136 Rome
DIST~ICT V II --P . 0. BOle 1160 Wa y cross
DIS TRICT IX--P . 0. Bax 416 Ga inesville
DISTRICT X--Raute 2 Wash ingtan

On the Cover

Nature's Gift To Man 's Needs

Member of the Georgia Press Associati on
Second-cia- s pos tage paid at Dry Branch, Ga.

CON TENTS

Forestry Commission Personnel Go Under State Merit System

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Commission Personnel Issued Uniforms

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Forest Maps Avai Iable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Georgia is Leading Pulpwood Producer ............. . .. 6

Today's Planting is Tomorrow's Product ............ 6

Counties Merge Forestry Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Forestry Showcase at Fair ...............8-9

Conservationists Honored. . . . .

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Shirley Cites Industry Needs .................. 10

Signs Promote Forestry Conservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Rangers of the Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

An Outdoor Research Lab ............. 12-13

Training Increases Efficiency

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Logging the Foresters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

CJtiLiAi ttg tkt tttutA
Improves Trees
The new tree planting season finds the Georgia Forestry Commission with a real first-improved pine seed Iings developed from a program begun in
1954 and grown from seeds produced from 33,000 grafted parent trees,
The department's magazine this month calls the seedlings a major ste p ~ toward a superior tree, a pine that grows faster, resists in sects and disease, bears more cones and produces a longer fiber in its wood, Each pi enter will
be permitted to buy only 1,000 trees, about enough for an acre, this year, of the season's 700,000 superior seed Iings,
Total seedling production from state nurseries will run to about 50 mil -
l ion. Production of the improved trees, which are not a new variety but simply the progeny of careful selection and strong root stock, is expected to increase,
Since pulpwood and timber are major items in Georgia's economy, develop ment of a better pine represents a genuine step forward, Shortening the time to produce pulp by a year or saving even a small percentage of otherwise afflicted trees from insects and disease translates into large amounts of money in the state' s economy.
Th i s patient, sk illful advance in an important agricultural industry de serves note from all of us whose stakes are set in Georgia's progress,
I; (From the Gainesville Daily Times)
Rookies Beco me V eter a ns
Accustomed as are CSRA people at military maneuvers in this area, wh ich s imulate warfare so as to give our soldiers realistic training, few realize that we also have simulated forest fires,
Today i s the first day of a four-day training session for rangers and other pe r sonnel of the Georgia Forestry Commission, near Covington, Ga. Using a "fire si mulator," conditions which might occur anywhere in this state will be assumed, and rangers must solve the problems thus thrust at them,
Th i s will involve quick decisions on complex matters of moving and de pl oy ing men, materials and fuel, in all kinds of weather in mountains, swamp l and, h i ll country or flatlands,
Real i z ing that forest products are one of the key factors in Georgia's ex pend in g economy, and that fire can wipe out millions of dollars in such assets over nig ht , it is reassuring to know that the state i s training even the most in :! ex pe r ienced rangers to act Iike veterans when the need arises.
( From the Augusta Chronicle)

Forestry Commission
Personnel Go Under State Merit System

All per manent Georgia Forestry Commission personnel are under the State Merit System by virtue of an executive order issued by Governor Carl Sanders. The order was effective Oct. 1, 1964.
Commission Director Ray Shirley said the department is the last large state department to have its permanent personnel classified under the Merit System. This places Commi ssion personnel on a comparable basis with other state employees doing similar work.
The order affected 773 personnel and brought the total number of Commission personnel under the Merit System to 800, Shirley added.
One facet of the Mer it System, the pay plan, will be implemented
when funds are made available by the Legislature, Shirley stated. To fully implement the pay plan, will

require an additional $693,690 in Forestry Commission appropriations for the first year. The pay plan includes salaries, retirement, social security and Merit System processing.
Heretofore, due to the lack of funds, older employees have only been under retirement. Other personnel have only been afforded social security and retirement benefits after five years of service with the Commission, Shirley pointed out.
Shirley emphasized that to implement the pay plan and other expenditures, which inc Iude equipment replacements and maintenance, the Commission has requested an increase of $1,075,000 in state funds for the fi seal year 1965. Equipment replacements represent seven percent of the equipment purchase value. In the past three years, state

appropriations to the Commission have increased only $25,000. This increase came in the current 196465 fi seal year.
The 1966-67 budget request of the Commission to the state budget officer and Governor includes $205,000 additional funds. This is primarily for equipment replacements. There are no funds for equipment rep Iacements during the current fiscal year. The additional funds brings to $1,280,000 requested for the biennium period 1965-6667.
The executive order was a result of a petition by the Board of Commissioners of the Georgia Forestry Commission to the Georgia State Merit System Board to classify and establish permanent positions in the Forestry Commission for inclusion under the Georgia State Merit System of Personnel Administration. With the com pi etion of classification and recommendations, the Commission Board p ethioned the Governor, through the State Merit Board to place Commission personnel under the Merit System.
The Commission Board is headed by C. M. Jordan, Jr., of Vidalia. Other members are Andrew J. Aultman, Sylvester; W. George Beasley. Lavonia; Luke H. Morgan, Eastman; and Alexander Sessoms, Cogdell.

Commission Personnel Issued Uniforms

The initial step, of putting all supervisory Georgia Forestry Commission personnel in uniform, has been com pi eted, announced Commi ssion Director Ray Shirley.
Shirley said the first group, 167 men, to be outfitted included Regional Foresters, Forest Education, District Foresters, Investigators, Nursery Superintendents, State Forest Supervisor, County Rangers and shop personnel. When funds become avai Iable, other male personnel will receive their uniform issue in keeping with their work requirements, Shirley added.
There are two basic uniforms, semi-dress and work. The uniform cost for supervisory personnel is approximately $105 per man and for other, about $60 per man.
Shirley pointed out that the uniforms properly identify Commission personnel and are neat in appearance.
The Georgia Forestry Commi ssion emblem appears on all uniform clothing on the left sleeve. The red, pie-shaped emblem has white lettering and border.

Gwinnett County Forest Ranger Ray Thomas, left, and Forest Administration Chief George Bishop model the Commission's semi-dress and work uniforms, respectively.
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Forest Mops

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The Georgia Forestry Commis sian has completed the development of four forest type and areo and type ond volume mops.
Georgia Forestry Commission Director Roy Shirley soid the maps would be an oid to industrial de velopment ond other forest interested groups in the expansion of present focilities ond ottrocting new indus try.
Pine and pi ne-hordwood types comprise two of the mops. Yellow pine ond oil species volume com plete the set.
The type ond orea mops show pine ond pine-hordwood types most ly in southeost Georgio. Pine and pine-hardwood types ol so ore num erous in middle Georgia. In these oreos of highest occurence 60 to
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77.6 percent of the forest area is in p ine and pine-hardwood types.
The growth rate of yell ow pine is shown best in Southeast Georgia end along the fall Iine of the upper and lower Piedmont. In these areas the yellow pine ranges from 6.6 to 8. 0 cords per acre.
For all species1 extreme North Georgia, along the fall line of the upper and lower Piedmont and Southeast Georgia show the largest vol ume. In these areas, all species show vc! um e from 9.6 to 14.5 cords per acre.
The cordage figures are derived by dividing the volume by the total area,
These maps may be obtained by writing the Management Division, Georgia Forestry Commission,
P. 0. Box 1077 Macon, Ga.
Forest Mops
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Georgia repeats as the leading southern pulpwood producer, and the South rose to an a ll-t ime h igh in pulpwood product ion in 1963.
Georgia's product ion of 5,520,400 cords of round pulpwood and residues gave her the southern Ieadership for the 16th consecutive year, according to the 1964 edition of "Southern Pulpwood Production". This is a six percent increase over 1962.
Pulpwood production in 12 southern states climbed to a fifth consecutive all-time high of 26,590,997 cords in 1963. This is 60 percent of the nation's total.
Alabama ranked behind Georgia, producing more than 3.6 million cords. States producing more than two million cords included Florida, Loui siena and North and South Carol ina.
Purchases of pulpwood grown in Georgia and delivered to pulp endpaper mills during 1963 totaled $110,408,000. This is approximately six percent higher than the 1962 figure, $104,340,000. Clinch, Ware, and Wayne Counties led the state with deliveries valued at $3,326,300, $3, 176,000 and $3,046,460, respec-
tively. Georgia also remained the lead-
ing producer of wood residue with 719,700 cords, a nine percent increase over 1962. For the South, wood residue production totaled 4,261,900 cords.
Georgia's 13 pulpmills had a

Georgia Is Leading Pulpwood Producer
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combined daily capacity of 10,113 tons per day. The daily capacity of all southern pulpmills totaled 54,222 tons per day in 1963.
The South's leading producer of roundwood was Baldwin County, Alabama, with an output of 226,566
cords. Camden, Clinch, Echo Is, Liberty, Ware and Wayne Counties are pointed out as among counties producing more than 100,000 cords

of roundwood. Clinch County Ied Georgia with 166,315 cords.
The report includes charts and graphs on the number of companies
procuring pine and hardwood roundwood, mill capacity, production increases and declines and detailed tables on all phases of production by state. Hardwood and pulpw ood cordage is Iisted by state cud county.

Today's Planting Is Tomorrow's Product

Yesterday, trees were cut out of necessity. Today, trees are planted and grown out of necessity.
The early settler needed wood to build his home, office, transportation and provide warmth for his family. This involved clear cutting our woodlands with no thought given to the wood needs of future generations.
Tomorrow is behind the need for planting today. Industrial demand, jobs, education, protection of water supplies, recreation and aesthetic values make tree planting a responsibility.
With 69 percent, 25,772,200 acres, of Georgia in forests, an infinite resource seems to be at hand. Is it? A 1961 U. S. F crest Service survey lists more than 5.2 million

acres in weed trees . In addition, there are 3.1 million acres in partial production that are in need of planting.
The 3.1 million partial productive acres could go to work immediately. Put into timber production, it will be a sound and wise investment for the landowner,assi st in meeting the needs of new and expanding industry and provide more jobs and healthier economy. The increasing population is putting a heavier demand on industry for products and on the landowner for the raw material.
Georgia Forestry Commission Director Ray Shirley states that now is the time to inspect your acreage and determine your planting needs. For example, submarginal or poorer classes of land, that are

now suitable for profitable agricultural uses, should be planted with ) suitable species, he added.
Shirley points out that your
local county forest ranger is avai 1-
able to answer questions concern- E
ing ordering of seed Iings, reforestation needs, payment and availability of seedlings. You may obtain your seed Iing order form from the ; county forest ranger.
Shirley Iists the following species being grown for landowner s needs : Improved Slash and Lob- (, lolly pine; slash, loblolly, longleaf, shortleaf, Virginia and eastern white pine; dogwood, yellow poplar, bi -
color lespedeza, catalpa, cottonwood and Arizona cypress.
It is a wise landowner who let s
his land work for him.

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Counties Merge Forestry Services

The Bibb, Jeff Davis, Monroe, Stephens, Taylor, Telfair ond Upson County Forestry Units hove participated in mergers, according to Georgia Forestry Commission Djrector Roy Shirley.
The Lamar-Pike-Spalding-Upson combination, under John A. Osbolt, of Zebulon, is the first four county merger in the state. The unit has
417,000 forest acres.
The Crawford-Peach-Taylor merger makes the unit the third largest
in the state with 419,000 forest
acres. The ranger is Austin Guinn of Butler. The Consolidated Timber Protection Orgoni zation, with headquarters at Homerville, is the lar-
gest with 615,500 forest acres. The 420,400 forest ocre John son Wo sh-
ington Unit ranks second. The Bibb-Monroe combination
is the first involving metropolitan
and rural counties. There ore 315,400
forest acres under the guidance of Ranger W. W. Jackson of Forsyth.
The Hobershom-Wh ite-Stephen s
unit, along with Crowford-PeochToylor, ore the third ond fourth in volving three or more counties. The others ore the MontgomeryT reutl enWheeler and the Lomor-P ike-Spalding-Upson units. W. A. DeMore of Clarkesville, heads the North Gear
gia unit with 241,300 forest acres.
In addition, the U. S. Forest Ser-
vice owns 100,000 forest acres in
the three counties. The Jeff-Dovi sTel fair combino-
ti on is under W, F. McArthur of
McRae, There ore 376,100 forest
acres in the unit. The new combinations brings
to 32 the number of combined units ' throughout the state. Of the 154
counties under organized forest fire protection, 68 counties ore in combined units, Shirley said.
Shirley pointed out that under the merger the combination's con tribution is one-third ond the state, two-thirds. Through o merger, o financial savings is realized by both county ond state. In addition to financial savings, there ore other benefits. It means conserving equipment, buildings ond the many other costs of o forestry unit, while still insuring adequate protection.
In the North Georgia merger, Stephens County ~anger Wayne ~eeks was transferred to the Frankin-Hart County Unit.

In the Middle Georgia mergers, Upson County Ranger James E. Bowen ond Bibb County Ranger Milton Roberts were assigned to the Eighth District office at Braganza, neor Waycross. Bowen is d istrict ranger ond investigator, and Roberts is ossi stant district forester in Forest Protection. Crawford-Peach County Ranger W. A. Lassiter wi II be assigned to a Watershed manage ment posit ion.
In the South Georgia merger,

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Combination un i t s

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C oun ties not protec ted

Jeff 9ovi s Ranger Kenneth Pur cell wos promoted to assistant
State For est supervisor ot the Woy cross State Forest, neor Waycross.
Headquarter locations of the units ore Bibb-Monroe, Go. 83, Eost of Forsyth; Crowford-Peoch-Toylor,
Go. 96, West of Butler; Habersham
White-Stephens, Cl orkesvi II e; Jeff
Dovi s- Telfair, U. S. 41, eight miles
South of McRae; Lamar-Pike-Spald-
ing-Upson, U. S. 19, four miles
South of Griffin.
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Governor Cor/ Sanders
Georgia Governor Carl Sanders recently led an array of local and state dignataries in opening the Southeastern Fair which celebrated its 50th Anniversary. The Fair theme was "Georgia's Woodland Wealth".
The Governor, along with Georgia Forestry Commission Director Ray Shirley and Miss Georgia For estry Lyn Ray of Thomasville and her court Iiterally sawed the forestry exhibition open.
In officially opening the forestry exhibition, Governor Sanders said, "the most important feature of this exhibit is not what . it shows but what it represents." It represents the untiring work not only of the Georgia Forestry Commission, but also of the many, many thou sands more concerned with the conservation and utilization of our forests.
The Governor cited the further enrichment of our economy and the promotion of our industry as a most important objective toward the conservation and development of our timber lands. "Therefore, our greatest challenge for the future is to work toward furthering such programs as those sponsored by the Forestry

Commission, and striving to main tain our concern for the kind of programs which will increase the beauty as well as the prosperity of our progressive state'; Sanders said.
He pointed to increased forest management assistance, the less than one-fifth of one percent forest acres burned annually and the production of Improved Seedlings as Commission programs that will continue to assure Georgia's top rank in the forestry field.
The Georgia governor noted that the state has led the South in pulpwood production for 16 consecutive years. A single year's pulp wood purchase and the annual value of output from pulp and paper mills amounts to some $665 million in Georgia.
Other speakers included Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Fair President William Hartsfield and Georgia For estry Association President Harley Langdale, Jr. These men saluted the fair for allowing forest industry, public and private agencies to pre sent the new 'woods' story, an in dustry second only to textiles in value in the state. They also paid tribute to the cooperative ties bet ween government, industry and pri vate concerns which makes for a more unified forestry program and economy.
Another highlight of the program was the appearance of Miss Georgia Forestry-Lyn Ray and her court. In her court are Miss Furniture-Bonnie Anderson, Woodland; Miss Naval Stores-Anne Allen, Herndon; Miss Wood Preserving-Cheryl Coggin, Newnan; Miss Pulpwood-Louise Cooper, Moultrie; Miss Lumber-

Forestry S owcase At Fair

Verginia Futch, Pembroke; Miss
Pulp and Paper-Donna Gray, Waycross; Miss Box, Crate and Veneer-
Linda Horton, Waverly Hall; Miss r
Hardwood Flooring-Sonja Mathews St. Simons Island; Miss Wood Spe cialties-Barbara Ann Thigpen, Uvalda; and Miss Plywood-Benito Gayle Wood, Pitts.
Commission Director Ray Shir-
1 ley was Southeastern Fair Forest
Committee Chairman and master of ceremonies. Bill Sutton, vicepresident, C & S National Bank, Atlanta, was special events chairman. Mrs. Billie Tovell is the Fair's director of Special Activities. The Third Army Band performed prior to the ceremonies.
A highlight of the forestry exhibition was a paper making machine from which paper was made on the scene. It was one of seven minia-

ture paper machines in the world. The machine belongs to the Herty Lab in Savannah. Other attractions included lndustryland, a model tur pentine still, a model pressure treating plant, a miniature lumber manufacturing plant and living room, dining room and kitchen display.
The state and federal exhibits showed fire detection and suppression equipment, research, watershed, recreation, education, economics, forest insects and diseases, tree improvement and reforestation and Christmas trees.
It is through wood-using industries and service programs that the state's 25)72,200 forest acres are a basis for the construction of new industry, expansion of old industry and the development and preservation of our recreation and wildlife areas.

Governor Carl Sanders, center, officially opened the state's forestry exhibition at the Southeastern Fair on Oct. 1. Georgia Forestry Commission Director Ray Shirley and Miss Georgia Forestry Lyn Ray of Thomasville assisted the Governor.
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The Georgia Forestry Commission's
detection and suppression equip
ment were on display at the Fai r. t1

Exhibited at the Fair was one of seven miniature paper machines in the world.

CONSERVATIONISTS

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HONORED

Judge Harley Langdale, Sr. of

Valdosta is the "Conservationist"

of the Year. Judge Langdale repre-

sented the Eighth Congressional Governor Carl Sanders, center, presented professional and lay conservation

District.

awards at the annual meeting of the Georgia Sportsman Federation in Macon.

Governor Carl Sanders made the Recipients included, 1-r, Holt Walton, Cordele; Dr. G. L. Carver, Macon;

presentation at the 29th annual A. T. Mauldin, Vo-Agriculture, Carnesville; S. 0. Spooner, Warwick; Harley

meeting of the Georgia Sportsman Langdale, Sr., Valdosta; W. H. McComb, Georgia Forestry Commission, Ma-

Federation in Macon. The awards con; Leon Kirkland, Game and Fish Commission, Atlanta; Paul Schumacher,

program i s sponsored by the Sears Soil Conservation Service, Thomaston ; and J. W. Phillips, Farmington.

Roebuck Foundation.

The remaining congressional

district winner s, by district, are

First, W. L. Lanier, Candler Coun

ty; Second, S. 0. Spooner, Worth

County; Th ird, Holt Walton, Crisp

County; Fourth David P. Elder,

Spald ing County; and Fifth, J. D.

Woods, Fulton County.

Others are Sixth, Dr. G. L. Car-

ver, Bibb County; Seventh, Lamar

Frankl in, Cobb County; Ninth J. W. Phillips, Hall County; and Tenth, M. M. Kimbrel, McDuffie County.
Profess ional conservationists, for the first time, were recognized.

W. H. McComb, ch ief, Forest Man agement, Georgia Forestry Commis s ion, left, receives professional Forestry Award from Governor Carl Sanders.

Judge Harley Langdale, Sr., president, ATFA, Valdosta, left, is the recipient of the "Conservationist of the Year'' award, presented by Governor Carl Sanders.

They are Leon Kirkland, Game and Fish Commission; A. T. Mauld in,

Governor Sanders, in presenting the awards, urged sport smen to safe-

have been pi anted on company Iand. In addit ion , he has done intensive

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Vocational Agriculture; W. H. guard land interests of all Geor-

management on 10, 000 acres for

McComb, Georg ia Forestry Commis- gians for the conservation of all

wildl ife conservation.

sion; Paul D. Schumacher, Soil Con- natural resources.

Langdale is the first and only

servation Service; and John W.

Conservationist Langdale plant- president of the American Turpen-

Strickland, County Agent.

ed the first pine trees in Lowndes t ine Farmer's Assoc iation, a former

F FA and 4-H youth were also County. From his beg inning on his member of the Herty Foundation

recognized for their achievements. father's turpent ine farm, he became Laboratory, a director of the 4-H

Their projects involved various president of the J. W. Langdale Co.

Club Foundation and a member of

phases of forestry, soil and wild- and the Langdale Woodlands, Inc. other civic and professional orga-

life conservation.

More than 11 million pine seedlings izations.

Shirley Cites Industry Needs

Georgia Forestry Commiss ion wood, making it resistant to decay,

Sh irley emphasized that with the

Director Ray Shirley has called for termites and other insects and dis- great improvements made in fire re-

more research and engineering of eases. Through the use of chem ical tardant chemicals, glues and simi-

wood and for better Iiai son between treatments, wood is being made

lar products, wood could be tailored

educational institutions and eng i- more fire res istant. This is enabl- to meet structual and architectural

neering and architectual professions. ing the industry to become more

needs.

Shirley noted these needs in competitive with other build ing ma-

In producing their end products,

speaking to representatives of var i- terials and in reducing fire insur- the 22 pressure treating plants in

ous Wood Preserving Companies and allied interests at the nat ion a I meeting of the Amer ican Wood Pre-

ance rates. Shirley pointed out that with
the chemical industry teamed with

Georg ia have payrolls exceeding
1,000 employees with annual wages
in excess of 3.5 million dollars.

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servers recently in Atlanta.

the wood industry, they have an

In add it ion, over five million dol-

The Commission Director ad- ally who is active in research and

lars annually is returned to Geor-

dressed the group on the subject of development of materials that would gia timberland owners in the form of

"Us ing More Wood" at the ir lunch- enable wood to be used in many

raw material purchases.

eon meeting.

areas that would make it competi-

The Institutes' past president,

He cited the important role of tive and even superior to other ma- J. F. Hanahan of the Langdale Co.

wood preservers in the treating of terials.

in Valdosta, introduced Shirley.

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Signs Promote

Forest Conservation

New highway signs, promoting forest conservation hove been put up throughout Georgia, announced Georgio Forestry Commission Director Roy Shirley.
Shirley pointed out thot the signs are o promotional endeavor en Ii stw ing the support and cooperation of all Georgio citizens to mointoin forest lands under o planned management program and to prevent for est fires. The messages also em phasize the importance of our forest to industry os well os wildlife

and rec reation ..
The 3 x 4 feet signs carry o con servation message on each side. There are six different messoges. They ore: Manoge Your Forest Wise" ly... Trees Grow Jobs ... Idle Acres? Plant Trees... Help Us Protect Your Forest... Trees Conserve Soil ond Water.. Forests Provide Game ond Recreation.
The Forest Education Division worked out the placement for the 97 Scotchlight signs. The signs ore placed on all mojor highways.

Tractor Operotor Glen Highsmith, Homerville, /eft, and Senior Pilot Hank Slentz, Macon, load conser votion signs for field distribution.

RANG ERS OF THE QUARTER

Since 1955, there hos been a grodual chonge in the landscape of Stewort and Webster Counties. From row cropping to tree forming, landowners hove token on

o new perspective of forming.

Stewart-Webster County ~onger Jomes Ivy Lane hos corried forestry to the

landowner. Where woods

were once burned for ag-

ri cultural pur poses, Lane hos shown how fire can be

used to grow timber. Approximate ly 3,000-

4,000 acres are prescribe

burned onnually in the two

counties. The use of pre scribe burning by the land-

Jomes /vy Lone

owners storted two yeors ogo through demonstration

plots.

Weed tree control is another orea where interest is being shown. An overage of 200 ocres are being

treated onnuolly.

In 1955 wildfires were scorching some 8,000 for-

est ocres per yeor. This has been reduced to obout 150

acres per yeor. A forest minded public, better equipment

ond air potrol hove been principal foctors.

When Stewart County came under protection in

1949, the unit hod two jeeps and two plows, and oper ated out of o one room office in Richland. Todoy, the

unit is locoted on o two ocre site, donoted by Georgio Kroft on Pleasant Valley Road. They hove o three room office ond combination maintenance shop ond truck shed.

Stewort ond Webster Cou nties combined their forestry facilities in 1960. This ploced 337,100 forest

acres under the unit's protection.

In 1960, the Stewort-Webster County Unit wos pre-

sented the District ond State Outstandi ng General Per-

formance Aword by the Georgia Forestry Association in

recognition of the Unit's work. In 1961 and 1964 the Association presented the Unit with the District Aword.

Unit personnel, including Ranger Lone, ore Dispatcher Robert Spriggs; Potrol men Chorles Goree ond

James Spriggs; ond T owermen George Cooper, Floyd DeVone and Thomas DeVone.

Your loca l forestry program is as good os your pro motion progrom is the theory of Bibb County Forest Ran

ger Mi Iton Roberts.

Since coming to Bibb County in November 1962,

Roberts has annually worked with gorden clubs, civic

groups, The Macon Youth Museum and boy ond girl

scout groups in forest conservation projects. Through

participation in locol foirs, porodes ond specialty days,

Middle Georgians have become familiar with the forestry

progroms of the Georgia Forestry Commission.

His field work includes timber marking, planting

advice, insect and diseose c01trol odvice, ond plowing

presuppression fire breaks. Last year, his management

work included encouraging woodland owners to hold on

to their ice domoged timber.

Roberts poys tribute

to the Mocon ond Bibb

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County pol ice departments

os well os the untiring ef-

forts of his personnel for

the county's excellent fire

rec ord. During the post two

years, the timber ocreage

loss from fire has dropped

from 4.5 to 3.5 acres per

fire. Trosh burning and

Milton Roberts

roi Irood fires accounted for the largest number of fires.

Beoutificotion projects, tolks, ond reforestation

closses hove encouraged forestation of londs. Seed Iing

soles hove overoged 400,000 per year. There ore 97,600

forest ocres in the county.

The unit's focilities have been exponded. A moin-

tenance shop ond three-stoll truck shed was constructed.

Roberts come with the Commission in 1962 work-

ing with the Beetle Control Program in Greene ond Tol-

ioferro Counties os project leader. Upon completion of

this job, he wos p loced on oeriol reconnoi ssonce in the

Insect Control Project for the Tenth District with heod-

quorters ot Washington. Recently, Roberts wos mode assistant Eighth District forester in Fire Protection.

Other unit personnel inc Iude DeVon Jones, os-

sistont ronger; Prentice Edwords ond Bobby Johnson,

patrolmen, ond Mrs. Ruth Dixon, towerwomon.

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An Outdoor Research Lab

The Charles H. Herty Bu ilding is headquarters for the Waycross State Forest.
0 -r 2,000 forest acres have been site prepared and planted s ince 7958. The plantations occupy nearly 77,000 acres. 12

The Waycross State Forest is managed to grow a final crop of high quality pine sawtimber with the production of other products in intermediate cuttings. The most modern practices and techniques are used for the purpose of demon strating the best silvicultural methods for forest product production. The Forest also provides for re search, training and recreation.
Over 2,0 00 acres have been
site prepared and planted since
1958. The plantations, since the fire of 1954, occupy nearly 11,000
acres of forest. The earliest plantings are about thirty years old. The Forest is composed mostly of even age stands.
The entire Forest is thinned every five years to prevent stag nation and foci Iitate vigorous grow th.
Trees of inferior quality and poor form are removed in intermedi ate cuttings to upgrade the Forest. This leaves high quality trees for the final harvest.
Prescribe burning is used as a 'tool' to reduce the buildup of inflammable material on the forest floor, facilitate marking and harvesting or cutting operations. This mm1m1zes the risk and amount of damage that could be caused by wildfires.
Products produced include sawtimber, pulpwood, naval stores, posts, poI e s, and pi Iin g.
A site preparation study to determine the effect of several methods and intensities of site prepara tion on wildlife is being conducted. A study of fire behavior and fuel re duction under various conditions of fuel and weather is underway. The effectiveness of various chem icals and concentrations in the con trol of undesirable trees, palmetto, gallberry, and other vegetation is studied.
These studies and other research is carried out on the Forest in co operation with other forestry and research organizations. They are conducted by the Division of Forest Protection, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Macon, Ga.
There are 110 miles of roads
with bridges and culverts to main
tain on the Forest. These roads form a network, making the forest products easily accessible at a minimum cost and effort. They also facilitate the control of wildfires

and prescribe burns. An effort to increase the produc
tion of wood on the Waycross State Forest is being made through the use of a Soil Capability Map. The Satilla River Soil and Water con servation District provided the map to the Forestry Commission which is a cooperating member of the District.
A cooperative game management J..lroject between the Forestry Com mission and the Game and Fish Com missic!1 will provide areas for future controlled hunts.
Supervision of the Waycross State Forest is under the Forest Management Division of the Commi ssion. A resident technical forester directly administers work conducted on the Forest.
Forest Types
VVaycross State Forest

SPECIE

ACREAGE

Pine Swamp-Wasteland Pine-Cypress Swamp-Hardwoods Cypre s s-H ardwood s Cypress Pine-Hardwoods Others TOTAL

18,360.90 12,209.20 2,496.20 1,403.00
566.60 565.20
86.40 191.50 35,879.00

Trees of inferior quality and poor form are remov ed in intermediate cuttings to upgrade the Forest.
Products produced on the forest include sawtimber, pulpwood, naval stores, posts, poles and pi/ ing.

A record of spacing and survival is kept on plantings throughout the forest .

Technical Forester Zack Seymour directly administers work conducted on the Forest.
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LETTERS Training Increases Efficiency

Mr. Jim Bowen Upson County Forest Ranger Thomaston, Go,

Dear Ranger Bowen:

As a relative newcomer to our commun ity you have certainly caught on to the spirit of Thomaston ond Upson County and joined in the movement for improv ing our community.
The people in the rural areas, and par ticularly the woodland owners, have received fine fire protection and firefighting under your obi e direction.
And, you have gone further than that to provide this community with perhaps the finest public relations about wood land, timber and reforestation that we can recall,
Because you have so readily become a true Upsonian and have contributed so much in such a short time, we want to award you This Week's Letter of Pub Iic Commendation,
Sincerely yours,

Upson 'n General Public Commendator
Mr. Louie F. Deaton Unit Forester Fulton County Forestry Unit Route 1 College Park, Georgia

Dear Mr. Deaton:

Jean Hendrix joins me in expressing gratitude for your participation in this year's parade. Your float was most ex citing and definitely one of the top units in the parade, It was through the coopera tion of organizations like yours that this third annual "Salute to America" parade was possible,

Of course, next year we will be holding another "Salute to America" parade and plan for it to be even bigger than this year's, Hope you will be able to be with us then.

Many thanks again for your cooperation,

Sincerely,

James L. Reinsch, Jr, Promotion Department Mr. Frank Craven Georgia Forestry Comm i ssion Macon, Georgia
Dear Mr. Craven :

Thank you, very much, for taking time
out of your day to come and talk with us on. w!=JtA(~-~~~~

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Through training programs, Commission personnel are able to improve their performance of duties and services to landowners.

The annual four day training ses sion, for Georgia Forestry Commis sion personnel, was held at the State FF A-FHA Camp near Coving ton, Ga.
Commission Director Ray Sh ir ley said personnel received instruc tion in all phases of services ren dered by the Commission to Georgi a landowners. This embraced fire con trol, forest management, reforesta tion, administration and public in formation procedures, he added.
A highlight of the session was an all day Admin istr ative Manage ment seminar. The seminar was taught by Grady Huddleston, train ing coordinator of the State Merit System. He was assisted by Ray Neal, training director, State De partment of Agriculture.
A Comm ission developed F ire Simulator, patterned after a model developed by the U.S. Forest Service, drew the greatest attention

Here, Commission forest rangers were given fire problems to solve. Fire conditions, that might arise in the uplands or lowlands, can be created in the simulator.
Shirley emphasized that this trammg enables the rangers, who haven't had the "big fire" experience, to become familiar with the complexities of men, machines, fuel and weather. James C. Turner, Jr., assistant director and fire chief, taught the course.
Other courses were taught by specialists from the Commission's Macon office and the U.S. Forest Service Region 8 office in Atlanta, Ga.
Shirley pointed out that the aim of the Commission's training program is to constantly strive to im prove the performance and service of the Commission to the citizens of Georgia.

Logging the foresters ...

The Augusta Fair was officially opened by Ray Shirley, dire ctor, Georgia Forestry Comm ission. Assisting Shirley are, 1-r, Miss Richmond County For estryTeresa Carter, Augusta; Miss South Carolina Sue Smith, Florence, S.C.; Miss Georg ia Vivian Davis, Augusta; and Sam Pursley, president, Augusta Exchange Club.

The John son-Washington County Unit's float placed fir st in the 1964 Kaol in Fest ival parade. The parade was held at Sandersville, Ga. The number one banners represent the posit ion forestry and kaolin hold in the economy of Washington County. Carrying the banners are Miss Bess Bivings and Miss Terri Willis.

AWARD ... The Georgia Chapter Soil Conservation Society of America has been declared the outstanding chapter in the United States larg ely because of its activity in the Nat u ral Resources Workshop. The work shop, held in Tifton, was conduc ted by Warren Turkett, assistant super visor of the Athens Training Cen ter. There were five forestry courses taught in the workshop . The courses, taught by Georgia Forestry Com mission personnel, included fire control, naval stores, reforestation, wood Iand management and wood Iand improvement.

Georgia Forestry Commission Dir ector Ray Shirley receives a plaque from the U. S. Forest Service com mending him for his outstanding leadership in coordinating the for estry exhibition at the 1964 Southeastern Fair in Atlanta. USFS Re gion 8 Forester James K. Vessey made the presentation at the an nual meeting of the Southern State Foresters in Atlanta. USFS Photo-
RETIREMENT .. Dan Todd, veteran U. S. Forest Serv ice photographer, has ret ired after more than 31 years of government service. For the past 17 years he has been in the lnfor motion and Education Division of
the Reg ion 8 Off ice in Atl anta, Ga.
His photos have appeared on the covers of the United Nations Mega zine Encyclopaedia Britannica, Jour nal of Forestry, American Forests, U.S.D.A. Yearbook and others.

The Georgia Forestry Co mmission has acquired the servi ces of an entomologist. He is Leland Moore, a native of Brunswick, Ga. Commission Director Ray Shirley said the addition of Moore to the staff en ables the Commission to broaden services and intensify pest control activities.
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MR. LANDOWNER .
Educate Your Children and Protect Game and Water
With Trees.
Order Your Seedlings Through Your Local
County Forest Ranger.

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