Georgia forestry, Vol. 18, no. 2 (June 1965)

Georgia
FO RESTRY
Georgia's Woodland
Wealth

Georgia FORESTRY

June, 1965

No. 2

Vol. 18

Fronk Craven Editor
Published Quarterly by the GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
Box 1077 Macon, Georgia GEORGIA FORESTRY MAILING ADDRESS Route 1, Box 85 Dry Branch, Georgi a
RAY SHIRLEY - DIRECTOR

Members, Boord of Comm iss ioners :

CHAIRMAN
C. M. Jordan, Jr.

-Vidalia

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

-Sylvester
-Eastman -Lavonia -Cogdell

DISTRICT OFFICES
GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
DISTRICT 1-Route 2 Statesboro
DISTRI C T 11--P. 0. Box 26 Camilla
DISTRICT 111--P. 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 Mi lledgeville
DISTRICT VII--P. 0 . Box 2136 Rome
DIST~ICT VII--P. 0. Box 1160 Waycross
DISTRICT IX--P . 0 . Box 416 Ga inesv ille
DISTRICT X--Route 2 Washington

On the Cover
Georg ia's forests , which cover 25,772,200 acres or 69 percent of our State's area, ore owned by some 197,000 landowners. Approximately 98,000 people are employed in major manufacturing and harvesting of wood products. All of this makes the forestry industry the second largest industrial complex in the State.
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CONTENTS

Professor B. F. Grant Ret ires . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . 3

Weather Forecast Expanded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Crash Takes L ife and Incend iary Fires Br ing F ine . . .

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58th Annual GFA Convention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Pilot Production of Irradiated Wood Product Underway . . . . . . . . . . . 6

New Ut i li zat ion D ir e c t o r y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Commission Forms Tree Improvement Advisory Committee . . ....... 7

Samuel H. Morgan Succumbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . 7

Forestland Improvement and Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-9
Patterson Wins Annual State FFA Field Day .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . :10

Chain Saw Course Held . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Recreation-Conservation St icker Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11

Ranger of the Quarter . . . . . . . .

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P rescr ibe Burn ing In The Rough . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

"Pulpwood Spoon" Adds Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

"Sound Management" .. . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... 13

Bloodworth Named Vo-Ag Forester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Logging The Foresters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Cruising the News

CONSERVING TIMBER
Middle Georgians, w ith appreciat ion for the big role wood products ploy in our economy, will be interested to learn that , for the first time in man y years, timber growth in the United States now e xceeds the annual cut,This makes it
clear, as the U, S, Forest Service notes in its report, that America's forests hove made a remarkable comeback during the post quarter of a century,
For several decodes post, there hove been fears among conservationists . and lumbering experts alike that the heavy cut in d w indling timber supplies would bring us t o a notional shortage. These fears were so well grounded that they ga ve rise to on intensive program whereby forest managers--not merely U. S. Forest Service men, but also industrial and state foresters--gradually brought timber reserves bock to their present healthy condition. This has been done not merely through tree planting and fire control, but also through research which has brought foster growth and better utili z ation of forest products,
This is, as Secretory of Agriculture Freemon has said, "a real success story" . But it must ol so be noted without denigrating what has been done-that despite the overall improvement there has been a decline in timber quality and in the supply of larger trees. It is pertinent, too, to cite a Forest Service study predicting that by the end of the century the notion's demand for timber products will hove risen by about 80 per cent, This suggests that government and industry cannot rest on the laurels due for having pushed timber growth above the annual cut, but must press on with on even more intensive forest management program,
(From the Macon News)

FORESTERS ARE OUR FRIENDS
The forest products industries have said, and rightfully so, that wood is the real fiber of America, This is literally true because wood in various forms of useful products finds its way into the minutiae of every day living,
Take paper and p operboord products for exompl e. Americans use paper products at the rote of a pound and a quarter per day for every man, woman and child, That is 457 pounds per person per year.
Of course paper is only one of the many useful products which come from wood. Lumber, plywood, building timbers, crossties and furniture ore a few more, Our forests also provide recreation and wildlife. They conserve water and soil, all while growing wood we need for products.
Which brings us up to the main point of this editorial , This annual Forest Edition of your Ledger is published with the hope that it will cause each of us to think of the forests-- which we so often toke for granted and what they mean to our doily lives, Wood, and products derived from wood odd millions of dollars to our economy, and we should think about our forests seriously and protect them. Yet, the fact that our country's forests ore growing wood foster than we ore using it and losing it to fire, insects and diseases is no occident, Thousands of trained foresters from industry, government and private practice ore safeguarding our forest resources with professional zeal. Without the foresters, we could never have our well-managed forests and Tree Forms.
Nor could we have all the useful products that come from the forests. Let' s Iove and protect them!
(From the Jeff Davis County Ledger)

PROFESSOR B.F. GRANT
RETIRES
A joint session of the Georg ia Chapter, Society of American Foresters and University of Georgia Forestry School Alumni Association recently paid tribute to retiring Professor B. F. Grant. He is a veteran of 36 year's teaching at the University of Georgia School of Forestry.
The honoring of Prof. Grant highlighted the two-day session held at Jekyll Island.
A. M. Herrick, Dean of the Forestry School , pointed out Prof. Grant's role in educating foresters who have become leaders in all phases of forestry. Prof. Grant was given an oil portra it, a bound file of letters , from forme r students, and a check for $250 which he plans to use while traveling extens ively th is summer. Walter Stone of Statesboro, president, Forestry Alumn i Association, presented the gifts.
The theme of this year ' s meeting was "Harvesting in the Space Age - How It Affects Us". Several prominent speakers discussed this topic as it affected the ir specialty. Predictions, of things to come, and present-day developments in the wood industry were discus sed.
Modern mechanical t imber harvesting machines, which l imb, cut, and buck trees into proper lengths, were shown pictorially. P ictures of other machines, wh ich stacked lumber on trucks, were also seen. Mobile pulpwood chip mills were envisioned as a boon to Georgia' s already booming paper industry. Balloon logging and wood chip pipelines were other innovations discussed.
The panelists pointed out the necessity of training highly competent woods workers. Th is, plus modern machinery, will see Georgia' s one billion dollar forest Industry continue to rise.
George Anderson, Brunswick Pulp and Paper Corp. , keynoted the opening technical program. Panelists appearing with Anderson

B. F . Grant receives portrait presented by Dean A . M. Herrick.
were : A. M. Herri ck; Paul Y. Vincent, public forester, U. S. Forest Service; Walter Herbst, Continental Can Co., Inc.; R. E. Keen, equipment manufacturer, Beloit International (Canada) Ltd; William R. Sizemore, fo rest consultant, Sizemore & Sizemore Consultants; Pratt

Secrest, wood supplier, Secrest Pulpwood and Timber Co . ; C. R. Mordeca i, procurement manager,ond W. N. Haynes, business executive, both of Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp.
The second day session had as its theme "Some Developments of Modern Harvesting Methods by the Paper Industry". The program was moderated by George Mosely, Forestry Equipment Company, Inc. Speakers and their topics were:
E. E. Jones, assistant manager, Southeast Timber Division, Rayonier, Inc., "An Experimental Mechanized Company Short Wood Operation and A Study of Tree Length Logging by Independent Contractors"; R. D. Holland, logging engineer, St. Regis Paper Co., " The Fargo Tree Length -- Chipping Operation" and William D. Ticknor, Ill, chief forester, Hudson Pulp and Paper Company, "The Busch Comb ine on Company Lands".

VVeather Forecast Expanded

The new wea t he r vo 1ce on the Georgia Forestry Commission air waves belongs to E. Lowell Croom, a nat ive of Marianna, Fla. Croom has been assigned to the f ire weather office at the Southern Forest Fire Laboratory by the U. S. Department of Commerce Weather Bureau.
Croom comes to the Lab from the Weather Bureau at Savannah where he has been stationed s ince 1960. He is a graduate of the School of Meteorology at Florida State University.
The new fire weather forecaster joins Dan iel W. Krueger, fire weather fore-east supervisor. "With the two-man operat ion," Krueger says, " Personal coverage can be given large fires." From the fire camp, the forecaster will be able to localize the forecast by taking into account various terrain features which influence the weather over a small area. He w ill then be in a position to advise the fire boss of expected weather changes in greater detai I and with more accuracy.
Commission Director Ray Sh irley said, ' 'The weather forecasting service has played a prominent role in the suppression and detection of wildf ires as well as helpful in advi sing woodland owners on when to conduct control burns." He added that the additional forecaster wi II

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E. Lo we// Croom enable the fire weather forecasts to be extended into the weekend 1n periods of h igh fire danger.
The fire weather forecasts are compiled from information relayed to the Laboratory each afternoon , Monday-Fr iday , from the f ire weather stations Iocated at 77 county forestry un its throughout the State. This information is combined with nat ional weather data to prov ide the Georgia forecasts.
The weather forecasting service is sponsored by the Commission, Weather Bureau, Southeastern Forest Exper iment Station of the U. S. Forest Serv ice and Georgia Forest Research Co unci I.
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CRASH TAKES LIFE

AND INCENDIARY

FIRES BRING FINE

A Georgia Forestry Commission a irc raft crash, that killed the pilot, Kenneth L. King of LaGrange , marred t he 1965 Spring fire season.
King, 26, was on routine a ir patrol when he crashed in a patch of woods some ten miles west of LaGrange near Abbottsford. At the t ime of the crash, King was investi got ing a smoke reported by the Troup towe r mon.
The oc cident is under invest igati on by CAB officials
A plea of guilty and the sentencing of two Carroll Count ions for ' F iri ng Woods' brought on abrupt end to incendiary fires in that area during t he early Spr ing.
James D. Wo rd and Benn ie R. Morr is, both of Route 4, Bowdon , were fined $350 and put on 12 months probation by Judge R. J . Brown. The two set fires to wooded areas along the Hays Mi ll Rood near Carrollton.
Comm ission Investigator W. E. Lee of Newnan, who worked on the case , praised the efforts of Sher iff Carl Townsend and h is deput ies. Through the ir cooperat ion and that

of eye witnesses we re t he tw o men apprehended . Carroll County Ranger Loyd Mann said , " Homeward bound workers and low humidity kept the fi res from gett ing into the woods in most places . If the y hadn't stopped, our equ ipment wo uld have bee n spread too thin t o contain all the fi res at once ."
Further nor t h, in Bartow County, another rash of inc e nd iary fires not on ly e ndangered ti mber but a Iso fac i l it ies of the Com mission's local forestry un it .
Ranger Tom Bost on said mor e than 25 acres of t imber were burned by fou r woods f ire s in a five hour per iod fro m 10 p. m. to 3 a.m. In addit ion , th e re we re s ix g ro s s fires. He reported that on Iy co II s from persons observing the fi re s kept the damage from mount ing.
The s ix gross fire s occu rred in the city limits of Cartersvi lle with one at the local fores t ry un it. At the t ime , Boston was in h is office keeping in t ouch with h is un its th at were on woods fir es. Bos ton s a id, '' He happened to look o ut t he win -

dow and sow the local fire deportment putt ing out a gross f ire practically at his fr ont door. "
However, de bri s burning rema ined the principal fire cause for the first quarter of 1965 causing 941 wild fires. These fires burned some 3,782 forest acres. The incendiary fires burned about 2,848 acres in 483..blozes.
Statewide, for the first quarter, 2,311 wild fires burned 10,342 for est acres . Th is is on overage of 4.47 acres per fire. One fire, in Lee County, burned over 400 wooded acres.
Commission Director Roy Shirley stated that the numerous heavy rains hampered a number of our suppression efforts. Ground Iitter would dry out quickly from high winds, but the ground would remain boggy. Th is mode tractor operations difficult and in some cases useless. Suppression efforts then had to be carried out on foot with hand tools.
The dedication of personnel and the full cooperation of all Georgians gave us a record of fewer acres burned than would be hoped for under the circumstances.
Commission Investigator W. E. Lee of Newnan and Carroll County Ranger Loyd Mann inspect one of two fires set in wooded areas.

An incendiary fire struck close to 'home' in Bartow County. The Bartow County Unit, headed by Tom Boston, was a mere hundred yards away.
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58th Annual GFA
Convention

The 58th annual meeting of the Georgia Forestry Association will be held at the Aquarama on Jekyll Island, June 13-14-15. President Harley Langdale, Jr. of Valdosta wi II, preside over the meetinQ.
A highlight of the meeting will be an address by
C. 0. Holland, president, People's Bank and Trust Co.,
Minden, La. His subject is "The South's Dynamic Timber Economy". Holland will make his address at the awards banquet, June 14.
A delegation of more than 600 foresters and landowners are expected for the convent ion, announced Harvey R. Brown, executive director of the GFA. He added that the delegation wi II be feted to one of the finest programs ever assembled for a GFA meeting.
The speakers and their subjects are Joe H. Brady, distributor, Forestry Equipment, Joe H. Brady and Associates, Birmingham, Ala., "Progress in Harvesting the South's Forests"; Charles A. Gillett, managing director, American Forest Products Industries, Washington, D. C., "Federal Recreation and Land Acquisition", and L. N. Thompson, Jr., general manager, Mills and Timber, Southern Div ision, Georgia-Pacific Corp., Augusta, "Southern Pine Plywood, Its Problems and Possibilities".
A panel discussion on "Timber Taxation" will conclude the business session. William K. Condrell, secretary, Forest Industries Committee on Timber Valuation
and Taxation, Washington, D. C., wi II be the panel
moderator. More than 25 counties will present Queens for the
title of "Miss Georgia Forestry". In addition to those pictured, they are Ben Hill, Glynn, Lincoln, Murray, Muscogee, Spalding, Sumter, and Taylor. Others are Telfair, Troup, Walker, Ware, Wheeler and Wilkinson.
The State winner will receive a $300 scholarship to the college of her choice in Georgia. Both the queen and runnerup will receive numerous gifts. During the year, the queen will attend various functions of the Association.
The 1964 Miss Georgia Forestry is Lyn Ray of Thomasville.

Pat Busby Miss Chattooga Co. Summerville, Ga.
Mary McNeill Miss Sumter Co. Americus, Ga.
Brenda Riddle Miss Macon Co. Montezuma, Ga.
Carol Jean Walden Miss Henry Co. Stockbridge, Ga.

Gail Cason Miss Dooly Co. Vienna, Ga.
Diane O'Neal Miss Montgomery Co. Uvalda, Ga.
Brenda Sumner Miss Johnson Co. Wrightsville, Ga.
Mary Pat Walden Miss Emanuel Co. Swainsboro, Ga.

Jeanne Alsbrooks Miss Richmond Co. Augusta, Ga.

Patsy Austin Miss Screven Co. Newington, Ga.

Jeanie Wickersham Miss Wilkes Co. Washington, Ga.

Brenda WiIson Miss Columbia Co. Evans, Ga.
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The pilot product ion of a unique, irradiated wood product, by Lockheed-Georg ia Company nuclear engineers and scientists, is underway near Dawsonvi lie.
The product is harder, stronger, more resistant to abrasion and water, and prett ier than natural wood.
The trade name for this new product is "Lockwood". It is made by impregnating such woods as pine, oak, maple, birch, fir, and poplar, with a liquid chem ical, and then hardening the chemical in the wood by irradiation with a nuclear reactor.
The pilot plant is located at Georgia Nuclear Laboratories, operated by the company near here.
Lockwood can be dyed in decorator colors by incorporat ing the dye in the chemical. This treatment goes a II the way through the wood. Thus, any surface damage, such

Pilot Production Of Irradiated Wood

as cigarette burns, can be sanded out and the wood restored to its original finish.
Lockheed-Georg_ia was named by the Atomic Energy Commission to produce this new wood product for a 325-square-foot floor to be installed in the Federal Science and Engineering Exhib it, which wi ll be on display at the World's Fair in New York in 1965. The floor will also be shown in such centers as the Smith-
sonian in Washington , D. C., and
the Chicago Museum of Natural History.
Company spokesmen said Lockwood shows great promise for use in construction and decorat ion. It can be used as flooring , wall paneling, decorat ive door and window frames, cabinets and cabinet tops, furniture, dance floors, bowling alleys , commerc ial reception areas and hallways, office flooring and walls, floor ing and decoration in stores and other areas where great durability and decorative qualities are required.
Ease of maintenance is another feature. Since the color goes all the way through Lockwood, refinishing when desired can be accompl ished by sanding and polishing.
The new wood was successfully developed through wor k at the Un iversity of West Virginia under an AEC contract. Prel iminary results of a market survey conducted

Product Underway

by the Arthur D. Little Company

under an AEC contract have identi-

fied SIX major areas of pr incipal

market interest:

Construction ,

furniture, industr ial , spo rting goods,

toys and specialties.

Lockheed-Georg ia officials be-

lieve that the company's participa-

t ion in the market ing of Lockwood

w i II be as a suppl ie r of Lockwood to

other industri es for use in their

end products.

The Georg ia aerospace firm has

undertaken its own program to ex-

pand and develop wood-plasti c com-

posites. Th is program was st arted

in the summer of 1964, and has been

enlarged and expanded for 1965.

The pilot plant is currently un der construction and some Lockwood has been produced . Lockheed hopes to offer selected indCistr ies quantit ies of Lockwood for their own produce-development purposes. Initial capacity at the pilot plant will be about 36,000 pounds per month.
In addition to the p i lot product ion feci Iit ies, Lockheed has undertaken a research and development effort to support the Lockwood program, including physical properties testing , investigation of improved and lower-priced chemicals and ways to reduce radiation dosage requ ired for curing. A LockheedGeorgia Co. Release

New Utilization Directory

A revi sion of the Georg ia Forestry Commission ' s " Uti Iization Report and Directory of Wood-Using Industr ies in Georgia " is being made. The combined Report and Directory is be ing compiled by Commi ss ion Ut i l izat ion Specialist Paul Butts.
W. H. McComb, chief, Forest Management, stated that the data w iII show trends and changes in the uti Iization of forest product s. The report is based on 1964 figures .
Commission Director Ray Shirley

said that the production data will be presented by geographical areas identical to the forest survey units of the 1961 Georgia Forest Survey.
Shirley emphasized that with a chang ing forestry picture, a periodic updating of the directory will enable industry to spot trends and make changes in accordance with them.
The revised book will assist new industry in locat ing in the state and old industry in planning expansion and better methods for uti Iizing existing feci Iities .

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Commission Forms Tree Improvement

A Tree Improvement Technical Advisory Committee has been formed

Advisory Committee

by theGeorgia Forestry Commission,

announces Commission Director Ray Shirley.
The ten-man Committee is to

periodically review the Commission's Tree Improvement Program and assist in formulating long range plans. Sanford P. Darby, Commission Reforestation chief, is chairman of the Committee.
Darby states that the Committee will shortly hold its initial meeting. The group will visit the Arrowhead and Horseshoe Bend Seed Orchards and view present conditions of these tree improvement projects. Current Commission orchard management plans wil'l be reviewed in detai I.
Through such observations, new technical developments, adaptable to orchard management, will be included in Georgia's program. The steering committee will also encourage the exchange of technical information with interested leaders in the Tree Improvement field. With this exchange of information, it is anticipated that new orchard management studies wi II be initiated. This will enable the continuation of an efficient and economic operation of the Commission seed orchards.
The Southeastern Forest Experiment Station has been closely associated with the Commission in the technical development of the Tree Improvement Program. With the specialists and leaders connected with state, federal and industry programs, they will be of greater value to Georgia in maintaining its position of leadership, which the Commission has in this field, Shirley emphasized.
The Committee members are Dr. Claude L. Brown, associate professor, Botany, University of Georgia, Athens; Keith W. Dorman, project leader, U. S. Forest Service,
Asheville, N. C.; Dr. Charles H.
Driver, Director, Forest Research, Southlands Experiment Forest, International Paper Co., Bainbridge; Dr. A. A. Foster, supervisor, Forest Tree Improvement Section, TVA,
Norris, Tenn.; and J. W. Johnson,
director, Woodland Research, Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp., Savannah.
Others are Dr. Jack T. May, professor of Silviculture, Un ive rs ity of

Georgia, Athens; E. P. Merkel, project leader, Forest Insect Program, Naval Stores and Timber Products Laboratory, U. S. Forest Service, Olustee, Fla.; Dr. Mervin Reines, associate professor, Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens; and E. H. Sosbe, technical development manager, Georgia Kraft, Rome.
These men are specialists in their respective fields which includes soils, silviculture, genetics, tree and plant physiology, insects, disease and forest industry research. In addition, they represent a cross section of the state.
The committeemen are appointed for two-year terms.
The Commission is grateful to these scientists and organizations, which they ore affiliated, for the contributions they will make to this program of the Commission, Shirley added.

Sonford Darby

SAMUEL H. MORGAN

SUCCUMBS

A worker for, and a friend of forestry has died. He is Samuel Hughes Morgan, 59, of Savannah.
Known as 'Sam', the native of Guyton served on the Georgia Forestry Commission Board from 1953-59. He was appointed to the Board by then Governor Herman E. Talmadge to fi II the vacancy caused by the death of his brother G. Phillip Morgan.
Morgan was constantly working, for 40 years, with members of his family as they made their contributions to churches, forestry, education, industry and health. He always found time to work for the betterment of his State. Senator Talmadge said of him, " He was a man you could call on at any time."
At the time of his death, Morgan was president of Morgans' Inc. A past Rotarian, he was a member of the Oglethorpe, Cotillion, and Savannah Golf Clubs.

Somue/ H. Morgon

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Forestland Improvement And Management

Crawford Cooper, Georgia Forestry Comm ission assistant Seventh District management forester, has been assigned to the Resource Conservation and Development Program in Gwinnett County, announces Commission Director Ray Shirley.
Shirley said that Cooper is furnishing technical assistance in car rying out a program to develop forest resources in the county. In doing this, he works with landowners and sponsors and cooperators.
The forestry phase of the work plan was prepared by the Commission in cooperation with the U. S. Forest Service and Soil Conservation Service. The work plan shows present area and volume of timber in the project, its prevailing condition and forestry problems involved, according to W. H. McComb, chief, Commission Forest Management Division.
The USFS is coordinating the forest activities and providing financing for the State work. The program is under the U. S. Department of Agriculture with the SCS responsible for the administrative activities. Loyd L. Harris, a work unit conservationist, is coordinator for the R.C.&D. project.
The forestry phase of the Resource Conservation and Development Project involved the development of forest resources in Gwinnett County.
To develop these resources, a work plan, to extend over a 15 year period, has been formulated. McComb states that the work plan is based on present forest conditions and management practices. THE PROBLEM.. .
These conditions and practices include unwise timber harvesting, inadequate markets for hardwoods, poor marketing and cultural practices and soil and water deterioration. In addition, there are more than 17,000 acres in old fields and idle land that need planting; some 16,000 acres in need of stand conversion; and another 81,000 acres in need of timber stand improvement work.
McComb points out that these figures indicate that approximately
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sixty percent of the forest acreage in Gwinnett County is unsatisfactorily stocked.
From the ownership standpoint, there are 182,900 f'orest acres in the county owned by 3,203 landowners. All but four of these owners represent private interest. The nonprivate interest own only 2,800 forest acres. The total land area in Gwinnett County is 279,770 acres of which 65 percent is in forests.
With the large volume of undesirable timber, only 31 , 000 cords of pulpwood and 23.3-million board feet of sawti~ber are cut annually. This is in view of the fact that the seven wood-using industries in the county have a capacity of some 34million board feet annually. THE SOLUTION .. .
To combat these problems, and to meet future needs of this urbanrural county, a work plan has been adopted. It includes foresting some nine thousand acres, timber stand improvement, weed tree control, stand conversion, development of forest management plans and marking and thinning. And, even more important, each landowner wi II have the opportunity of taking advantage of technical advice under the pr-oject.
Adequate forest protection is and will continue to be provided by the Gwinnett County Forestry Unit of the Georgia Forestry Commission. The unit is headed by Ranger Ray Thomas. During the past five years, the area burned per year is about one-fifth of one percent.
To provide the management practices, to the more than 3,000 landowners, they will cost an estimated 1.4-million dollars , McComb said. He added that the total value of the forest improvement measures are estimated at more than 3.7-mil1ion dollars. This does not inc Iude the intangible benefits in recreation and improved hydro Iic cond itions that will also contribute to the well being of Gwi nnett County.
McComb emphasized that the successful expediting of this plan wi II benefit the county from both an economic and aesthetic standpoint.

Loyd L. Harris, coord inator, Re-
source Conservation and Development Pro;ect, /eft, and Crawford Cooper, Georgia Forestry Comm ission R.C. & D. Pro;ect forester, map out a program to develop forest resources in Gwinnett County.
Crawford Cooper, Georgia Forestry Commission R.C. & D. Pro;ect forester, /eft, and Gwinnett Countian Ralph Cannon inspect area on which stand convers ion is planned.

P ERCENT IN WOODLAND
[IT] UNDER- 20
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~ 50-59 ~ 60-74
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OVER - 74

FOREST RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

PROJECT

ACRES

TSI (Prescribe Burning 5,000-A) Weed Tree Control Hardwood Stand Improvements Stand Conversion Selective Marking and Thinn ing

81,000
33,000 27, 000 76,000 79,000

Gwinnett

County
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PATTERSON WINS ANNUAL STATE FFA FIELD DAY

Company in Macon, The First National Bank of Rome, The Liberty National Bank & Trust Company of Savannah.
W. R. Bowdoin, vice-chairman,
Trust Company of Georgia Board of Directors, presented the awards.

Trust Company of Georgia Vice-Presidenl W. R. Bowdoin presents plaque to FFA field day winner, Patterson. Advisor Oswell Smith accepts the plaque. A. H. Stone, back center, Trust Company president, officially represents the sponsors. Team members ore, kneeling, Danny Boyett, Larry Altman, J immy Winn and Charles Crosby. Back row, Woodard Holland, Thomas Denison, Joshua Westberry, Edward DeLoach, Larry Sapp, Terry Herrin and Tommy Herrin.

The Future Farmers of America Chapter of Patterson High School took top honors in the sixth annual State FFA Forestry Field Day. The Lanier FFA Chapter, Lakeland, placed second.
Some 150 contestants representing FFA Chapters in 15 counties participated in the field day finals. Counties and/ or towns represented were: Claxton, Greensboro, Greenville, Jackson, Lanier, Louisville Academy, Milton, Montgomery, Patterson, Pelham, Perry, Pike, Randolph, Union and Valley Point.
First place winners in the various events were Joe Ben Cox and Kerry Mitchell, Pelham, planting; Buddy Browning, Lanier, selective marking; Larry Altman, Patterson, pulpwood timber estimation; Edward Deloach, Patterson, sawtimber volume estimation; James Hayes, Greenville; Danny Boyett, Patterson; Rocky Roquemore and Chari ie Howell, Lanier, tree identification; Mike Chapman, Pike, ocular estimation.
Others included Jimmy Winn, Patterson, land measurement; Sam Clarke, Louisville Academy, log
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scaling; Charl ie Phillips, and Ray Barber, Greenville, sawing; and Tommy Herrin, Patterson, sealing stacked pulpwood.
The Patterson FFA Chapter, directed by Oswell Smith, received an inscribed plaque and $100. The Lanier Chapter, under W. H. Keene, received a plaque and $50. First place winners in the individual events were awarded $20 and second place winners $10.
Stewart Bloodworth, forester, Vocational Agriculture Department, stated that the FFA f ield days create competition between FFA chapters whose members have acquired a sound knowledge of forestry and who possess skills in the various phases of forestry. In addition, it gives the FFA advisors a means of creating an interest in forestry for FFA members.
Sponsors of the State Field Day were the Trust Company of Georgi a, Atlanta, and six affiliated banks-The First National Bank & Trust Company of Augusta; DeKalb National Bank of Brookhaven, The Fourth National Bank of Columbus, The First National Bank & Trust

Chain Saw
Course Held
Chain saw representatives from Homelite, McCullough and Poulan recently held a 5-day short course on operation and maintenance of chain saws at the State FFA-FHA Camp near Covington.
Taking the course were eight area teachers and two specialists of the State Vo-Ag Department. Dr. R. H. Tolbert, head teachertrainer, Vo-Ag, University of Georgia, . was coordinator for the training session.
According to Dr. Tolbert, those in attendance were chosen for their aptitude and teaching ability. In this, the first chain saw school ever held for Vo-Ag teachers, they were trained to teach adult chain saw operators proper operation and maintenance of the saws. Schools for these adults, many of whom make a Iiving from the forests, wi II be set up by local Ag teachers throughout the State.
Dr. Tolbert emphasized that this training is to upgrade the chain saw operators' proficiency in the use of saws, not to make repairmen out of them. "In this fast-paced world," he said, "It is essential that adults be continually trained to meet the increased production demands upon their ski II s. "
The technical instruction was provided by Dr. Charles E. Rice and Dr. R. R. Harris of the Department of Agricultural Engineering of the University of Georgia.
Chain saw representatives at the training session were Bill McDonald, Homelite, Atlanta; Howard Rose, McCullough, Birmingham, Ala.; and John Tucker, Poulan, Shreveport, La.
Area teachers and specialists in attendance were Robert T. Allen,
W. C. Causey, J. P. Foldes and
A. P. Higginbotham. Others were
J. F. Nicholson, James C. Odom,
R. E. Powell and Lionel G. Wilson.

Recreation-Conservation Sticker Available

for America
The new federal recreation-conservation stickers are on sale at the Atlanta Regional Office of the U. S. Forest Service and at other Forest Service offices in the South.
The $7 sticker will be needed at designated federal recreation areas throughout the Un ited States . If a sticker is not bought for an automobile, an in div idual entry fee must be paid at des ignated National Forest areas in the South. The entry fee applies to those 16 years of age and

older. St ickers may be bought by ma il.
The order must be accompanied by certified check or postal money order for $7. Personal checks cannot be accepted.
The recreation charge was authorized by the Land and Water Con servat ion Fund Act of 1965. Money from the sale of stickers will be used to help states, c ities, and counties acqu ire and develop needed recreation areas . It also will be used in acqu iring addit ional federal recreation areas.
The sticker will not be needed in any National Forest in the South
unt i I June 1, but may be necessary

before then at des ignated areas operated by other federal agencies.
In addition to the Regional Office, the sticker may be bought at Forest Supervisors' and Rangers ' offices throughout the South. It will go on sale later at areas where the st icker will be honored.
The sticker will admit the driver and all persons in h is auto into any des ignated federal recreation area
unt il March 31,1966. A stickeris not needed to drive through a National Forest and for use in hunting or f ish in g on National Fores t s. Areas where the sticker is needed will be ident ifi ed with a s ign stating that a fee is required. A USFS Release.

RANGER OF THE QUARTER

The Times are measured by the Trends.
Ten years ago, in Oglethorpe County, there were 161 ,000 forest acres. Today, there are 207, 300 forest acres. Ten years ago lessthan 25 percent of the timber was marked before being cut in Oglethorpe Coun ty. Today , more than 90 percent of the timber is marked before being harvested.
Forestry has been pushed to the forefront.
John H. Buckman , Oglethorpe County Forest Ranger, has been a part of this change. Since becoming ranger in 1954, he has gone before CIVIC, garden and school groups, and through the local news media presented the programs of the Georgia Forestry Commission.
With the presence of a forest protection unit and the steady influx of pulp mills and other wood-using industries, landowners were given an incentive to take a second look at their timber. Wild fires became a cause of alarm and woodland management, a means to a healthier economy.
Buckman says public cooperation and dedicated personnel have been the key to excellent fire records posted by the unit. In many instances, Buckman recalls, Ian downers report wild fires before the smoke has drifted high enough to be spotted by towermen. In addition, the pub Iic has an excellent record in reporting control burns.

John H. Buckman

The unit has the local touch. The combined service time of the
unit's four personnel, including Buckman, is 40 years. Buckman has 12 years, F. H. Wheless, tractor
operator, 11 years; M. D. Mathews, patrolman, 6 years; and S. S. Sayer, 11 years. All are from Lexington,
Ga. Through this cooperation and
efficiency of performance, only 26 forest acres were burned in 1964.
The Georgia Forestry Association has recognized the Unit on two occasions. In 1961, the Unit received the Outstanding General Performance awardfor the Tenth District. In 1963, the Unit was awarded first place in

the State in Forest Fire Protection. Their record was 16 wild fires which burned only 63 forest acres.
With the growth of Oglethorpe County timber, the Unit's facilities have grown. Beginning with a oneroom office in the county courthouse, the Unit now occupies an office, storage room, shop and a threestall truck shed.
The present foci lities were constructed on a one-acre site donated by the Champion Paper Company. Uhit personnel did the construction work .
Trends measure the Times. In Og Iethorpe County the Trend 1s T-1-M-B-E-R.
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Prescribe Burning In The Rough

Fire is present in the timberlands of Georgia more than ever. Now, it is be ing used as a tool rather than an uncontrolled destruct ive force .
The prescribe burning program is increasingly be ing used throughout Georgia under the expert adv ice of Georgia Forestry Commission foresters. They can help you make a decision on where fire can be used effectively as a tool. ... IN HEAVY ROUGH
Foster O'Quinn, a Pierce Countian, is using fire economically and effectively as a tool in pine fo rest management. His 80 acres of slash pine plantation , planted in 1956, received its first prescribe fire th is past January.
The prescribe fire was used to reduce the fire hazard caused by t he heavy ground Iitter of broom sedge, br iars and grass . In add ition to the ground Iitter, there was a heavy accumulation of straw on the tree limbs.
Willard Davis, Pierce County ranger, said the pine straw accumulation presented the biggest problem. Ideal weather conditi.ons were necessary in order to keep the fire lowand prevent it reaching the crowns of the trees. Prior to the burn, Davis said that the only rough reduct ion performed on the site was a mowing operation last year. The trees were planted in 6 x 8 feet spacing.
O' Quinn plans a thinning operation for the area later this year. Th is pre-commerc ial thinn ing , the trees average fo ur inches d.b.h. , wi II en able the remaining timber to reach merchantable size and el iminate the diseased and deformed trees.
Future plans for the plant ati on call for a pulpwood cut at age 12 or 13; a naval stores opera t ion a t age 20; and a sawtimber cut at age 30, O' Qu inn said . .. . IN LIGHT ROUGH
0. F. McKeach in of McRae fi rst
used prescribe fire earlier th is year on a six-year-old slash pine plantation. This is the earliest prescr ibe

fire is recommended a nd the n only under exacting weather a nd mo ist ure cond itions . In add it ion , the re must be a nom ina l accu mu lat ion of ground Iitter.
W. F . McA rthu r, Jeff Davi s -Telfa ir County range r, sa id th e burn was conducted three days after t he last rain with cloudy cond iti ons and above average mo i sture cont en t. The temperature was 50 degrees w ith the wind out of the northeast at 4-6 miles per hour. The stand is open and planted in a -6 x 10 feet spacing on an old pasture s ite. The rough was made up of bah ia grass. The area had a record of no fire for at least eight years. The purpose of the burn was to reduce the fire hazard be ing caused by the rough.
Prior to the prescr ibe burn, right, the only rough reduction performed on the s ite was a mow ing operatio{J. Billy P. Miles, ass istant chief, Forest Protect ion; Willard Davis, Pierce Co. ranger; and P ierce Countian Foster O'Quinn inspect the mowing operation. The burn, below, was used to reduce the fire hazard caused by the accumu lotion of broom
sedge, br iars and grass.

Mc Arth ur emphasized that the a rea was divi de d into 100 fe e t s trips. Each strip wa s then bock-fired, McA rt hur ad ded. He po int e d out that t he bu rn Ieft no da ma ge to th e pine top s and ve ry Iittle sc orchin g and needle los s to the lower Iimbs.
McKeachin now plans to prescribe burn som e 400 acres of s lash pi ne plantati on rang ing in age fro m six t o nine ye a r s . Mc Kea ch in ' s p la nta ti on is loca t e d s ix mil es so uth of McRae a nd approxi ma tel y one mil e east of U. S. 44 1 on the -Old Pr ison Camp Road.
The basic objecti ves of prescribe. burning are rough reduct ion for w i ldfire contro l and woods wo rk , seedbe d preparat ion wh ich will allow for regenerat ion and the con trol of undes irable spec ies and disease.
Fire has already played an important role in the management of our t imber resources . But, its role in the years to come should be of even greater s ignif icance.
Today, almost everyone concerned with growing timber is talk ing about more efficient and econom ical ways to manage their forests. Prescr ibe burning is one method that can and is being used.

''PULPWOOD

SPOON" ADDS INCOME

Rain to a pulpwood operator is like sunshine to a ski resort... it puts him out of business.
Joe Howard, a pulpwood operator from Barnesville, says this isn't completely true anymore. Howard has come up with the ' Pulpwood Spoon '.
The 'Spoon ' is enabling this Middle Georgia operator to cut down on his operating area in the woods, eliminate the cutting of roads to get to the timber, obtain wood from inaccessible places, up production rate and do a cleaner job for the landowner.
The 'Spoon' is a 3 x 5 feet x 38 inch steel pan mounted on the front of a John Deere 2010 tractor. The steel floor is one-half inch or better. The 'Spoon' is welded onto the fork lift. The 'Spoon's' max imum capacity is about three-quarters of a cord.
Howard added that this innovation cuts down on the handling of wood from three to one time. The sawyers cut the wood. They are followed by a team of loaders who put the wood in the 'Spoon'. From here, the wood is taken to the truck and loaded without another hand touching it.
On rainy, muddy days, the ' Spoon' has another use, pushing the loaded truck up slippery grades ana filling in washing out areas in the road.
The 'Spoon' is also a money maker for the Iandowner. The tractor is equipped with rounded treads. This saves many of the . young pines that are bound to be run over during a logging operation.
The cost of this logging outfit is nominal with a normal life expectancy of some ten years. Is it a good investment? Howard emphasizes that his production has doubled. In add ition, labor problems have decreased due to the Ies ser hand Iing of the wood.

Above, field personnel only have to handle the wood one time. Below, Joe Howard, pulpwood operator, observes his designed 'Pulpwood Spoon' unload another unit of pulpwood.

''Sound" Management

James L. Castleman, Georgia Forestry Comm ission, assistant Fifth District forester of Vidalia, has started to practice ' sound' management.
If you ore ever walking through the woodlands of Jeff Davis, Montgomery, Toombs and Treutlen Counties and hear a voice calling out numbers don ' t rush to the nearest doctor. More than likely it will be James Castleman marking timber via tape recorder.
Castleman said that by using the tape recorder he can mark more timber and eliminate the tallyman. Castleman carries the recorder in his pocket with the mike snapped to his coat or shirt lapel. As he marks each tree he records the diameter and number of logs in the tree.
When he goes back to his truck to reload his paint can, Castleman takes his tally sheet and records the figures from the tape. The Fifth District management forester adds that a tape will last through a gallon and one-half of paint.
During the past fiscal year Commission management foresters marked

James L. Castleman
17. 9 million board feet of sawtimber and 38,918 cords of pulpwood on 22,587 acres. In all areas of service, forest management assistance was provided 9,343 landowners on 967,461 forest acres.
Providing this assistance were 82 technical foresters. This averaged out to 11,554 acres and 114 landowners per forester.
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LIITT-ItS
Mr. Ray Shirley Director Georgia Forestry Commission Macon, Georgi a
Dear Mr. Shirley:
Thank you for sending me a copy of the Commission's 1964 Annual Report,
This is an e xcellent report and you and your organization are to be commended on the outstanding accomplishments made during 1964. We are currently circul oting it among our Staff members where it will, I am sure, be read with a great deal of interest,
We, in the Soil Conservation Service, continue to appreciate the fine working relations that exist in Georgia between the Georgia Forestry Commi ssion, the Soil Conservation Service, and the Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
With best wishes, I am
Sincerely yours,
C. W. Chapman State Conservationist Conservation Service
Mr. Ray Shirley Director Georgia Forestry Commission Macon, Georgia
Dear Mr. Shirley:
I have received a copy of the Commi ssion' s 1964 Annual Report. Allow me to congratulate you and your fine organization on such a splendid report, It is well written and most interesting.
It makes me feel good to be a Georgian in the tree business, and to have such an organization that we ore exceedingly proud of - especially when I have had the opportunity to associate with people in the forestry business in other states and know that your organization is a leader in its field.
With kind personal regards, remain
Sincerely yours,
Harley Longdale, Jr. Pres ident Georg ia Forestry Assn.
Mr . Roy Shirley Director Georg ia Forestry Commission Macon, Georgia
Dear Mr . Sh irley:
Thank you for send ing me a copy of you r 1964 Annual Report . It i s beoutifu II y done, very reodob Ie, but of even greater importance, it high Iights on amaz ing orro1 of fine occompl ishment s.
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I was thr il led to read of the progress you hove mode in virtually all aspects of the forestry program in Georg ia, The Fo r est Se r v ice i s proud to hove pl~yed a port in th is record of accompl i shments. You and your Comm i ssion and your personnel con be proud of the record you hove mode,
I om sure that you ore not sot i sf ied, because much rema ins to be done, but I kno w you wi ll keep the program roll ing toward even greater accomp li shments in the futu r e. Congrotu Iat ions and best wi shes for success in the years ahead .
Sincerely you r s,
Edward P . Cl iff, Ch ief U. S. Forest Service

Mr. Roy Shirley Director Georgia Forestry Macon, Georgia

Commission

Dear Mr. Shirley:

I thank you for favoring me with a copy of your Commission's annual report for 1964 which outlines the tremendous progress mode in Georgia's forest situation during the post forty years, It is a source of great soti sfoction to us who so vividly recall the initial meeting of the Georgia Forestry Association in Macon in 1923 when Bonnell Stone called together the small group at the Dempsey Hotel in on effort to initiate interest in the deplorable situation which then existed.

My congrotul at ions to you and the members of your Commission on which such familiar names as Alexander Sessoms and Charles M. Jordon appear. It has been a long pull and ho s borne fruit, and its forward movement is now unstoppobl e . With kindest regards .
Sincerely,

Herbert L. Koyton Savannah, Georgia

Mr , Roy Shirley Director Georgia Forestry Commission Macon, Georg ia

Dear Mr. Shirley:
It was thoughtful of you to send me a copy of the Georgia Forestry Commiss ion's 1964 Annual Report,

Th i s report was comprehensive in scope, ottroctive in appearance and well arranged for ease of understanding. You and your ent ire staff ore to be commended for a fine job in promoting forestry education, forest management, fire suppress ion and awakening the general public to the many favorable benefits to be derived a nnuolly from a well managed forest.

Certainly Georgia, through its forestry leaders, has blazed a trail to success

that has attained notional recognition, and in doing so, created on image which reasonably reflects the potential value of our forests to the economy of Georgi a and other Southern states.
Tree formers and woodlot owners throughout our Great State hove greatly profited from your forestry leadership, and on behalf of my company, a relatively new wood using industry in Georgia, I s,ay thank you and your staff for a job well done in 1964.
Very tru Iy yours,
James W. Richardson Wood Iand s Manager Great Southern
Land and -Paper Co ,
Bloodworth Named Vo-Ag Forester
Stewart B food worth
Stewart Bloodworth, former State president, Future Farmers of America, has been named Vocational Forester. He succeeds E. A. Kreis who has gone into private business. Bloodworth has been connected with the U. S. Forest Service and Tolleson Lumber Co. of Perry and Fitzgerald.
Bloodworth will assist agriculture teachers with their instructional work in forestry with in-school students. He will assist these teachers with adult clinics on problem areas in forestry . Assistance will also be provided teacher educators and special committees in developing materials to be utilized in the instructional programs.
Bloodworth, a native of Perry, received his B. S. Degree in Forestry from the University of Georgia and his Masters from Yale University.

Logging the foresters ...

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I

Ray Shirley, left, director, Georgia

Forestry Commission, buys the first

Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission , left, we lcomes a team sticker for admission to federal

of Tennessee Valley Authority offic ials to the Georgia Forestry Center. The parks and monuments from Albert

group was here for a two-day tour of the Comm i ssion, Georgia Forest Research Dillahunty, superintendent, Ocmulgee

Council and the U. S. Forest Service facilities . In the group are, 1-r, Kenneth National Monument. The stickers

J. Se igworth , Norr is, Tenn; Larry Calvert, Kno x v i lle, Tenn; Thomas F . Ramke, sell for $7 each. Drinnon Photo by

Norris ; D. S. Boardman, Norris ; A. A. Foster , Norris; Robert D. Nelson, Talmadge Veal.

Chattanooga, Tenn; Charles L. Gouffon , Norris ; Thomas G. Zarger, Norris; Richard L. Morgan, Norris; and Edw in Best, Kno xv ille.

z. AWARD ... Russell

Eller, director

of Advert is ing for Sunk ist Growers,

has received a Golden Smokey Bear

statuette. The nat ion ' s top award



for service in Forest F ire Preven-

tion was presented by Secretary of

Agriculture Orville L. Freeman,

Eller is the first individual to be so

honored. Previous awards have gone

to organizat ions. Eller has planned

the "Prevent Forest Fires" campaign

since its beginn ing in 1942, serv ing

as coordinator between the advertis-

ing agency and the sponsors of the

campa ign.

PROMOTION ... John J. Langdale, Jr. has been named assistant vicepresident, in charge of land management of the Langdale Co., Valdosta, according to Harley Langdale, Jr., president. He was in charge of forest operations, J. W. Langdale Co. and Langdale Woodlands, Inc.,
Counci I.

B. E. Allen, top and W. N. Haynes have received promotions in the Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp. family. Allen, former Woodlands Manager, has been named Director of Wood-
lands . He succeeds w. J. Bridges,
Jr. who resigned. Haynes has been appointed Woodlands Manager. He was previously the Corporation's assistant Woodlands manager.

Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp. of Savannah was the recipient of the Georg ia Forestry Association's 1964 Membership Award. Harley Langdale, Jr. , Assoc iation president, right , presented the award. E . A . Davenport, Union Bag district representat ive, Conservation, accepted the award on behalf of B . E. Allen, director of Woodlands for Union Bag. The award was presented at the annual Legislative meeting in Atlanta.

SCHOLARSHIPS...The Associated Cooperage Industries of America, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., again is making oval lable a Forestry Scholarsh ip in the amount of $500 per year for four years . The scholarship for 1965 w iII be awarded on or after July ]. ..Continental Can Co. , Inc., Savannah , w ill aga in provide five Forestry Scholarships, totaling $4,000 each. Each scholarship is for $1,000 per year. Successful applicants will be announced the first part of May .
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Georgia FORESTRY

SECOND-CLASS POST AGE PAID AT DRY BRANCH, GA.
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THE WOODILAND'S LILY
Through the rugged loveliness of oak and pine, And through the royal velvet growth of brush, we wind Our way across the hill and valley, wooded slopes And fertile plain, but not in vain - our fondest hopes We wander. Somewhere yonder lies a wonderous scene: The lovely Woodland's Lily, regal forest queen.
At length we find, offset by leaves of riches hue, A sweet and tiny petunia, glist'ning crimson rose, And many nameless blooms that only Heaven knows. But still we search the countryside for beauty keen: The lovely Woodland's Lily, regal forest queen.
For never does the dew cling quite so breathlessly As to the Lily, nestled 'neath the willow free. Ah! So nestled 'neath the willows where she'll bel Now we have found her, hidden safely from the bee! There among the shadows, on her slender stem, Near the cool, clear water, rests a petaled gem.
Never a flow'r so lovely, white and pure and clean As the lovely Woodland's Lily, regal forest queen.
Daniel Page Rahn, Sylvania, Ga.