Georgia forestry, Vol. 18, no. 3 (Sept. 1965)

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Georgia FORESTRY

Sept., 1965

No. 3

Vol. 18

Fronk Craven Editor
PubIished Ouorterl y by the GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
Box 1077 Macon, Georgia 31202 GEORGIA FORESTRY MAILING ADDRESS Route 1, Box 85 Dry Branch, Georgi a 31202
RAY SHIRLEY - DIRECTOR

Members, Boord of Commissioners:

CHAIRMAN
C. M. Jordon, 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
DISTRICT 11--P. 0. Box 26 Camilla
DISTRICT 111-P. 0 . Box 169
Amer i cus
DIST~ICT IV--P. 0. Box 333 Newnan
DISTRICT V--P. 0. Box 96 McRae
DISTRICT VI--P . 0. Box 881 Milledgeville
DISTRICT VII--P. 0 . Box 2136 Rome
DIST~ICT VII--P . 0 . Box 1160 Waycross
DISTRICT IX--P. 0. Box 416 Gainesville
DISTRICT X--Route 2 We sh ington

On the Cover

From the mountains to the sea, cool streams keep the pace of the Spring rains, flow gently under a summer sun, and sparkle to a harvest moon . Some spread to form a lake; others squirm and slither around, over and underneath ti II the ocean they reach to be lost 1n the waters of others Iike them.

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Contents

Georgia Watershed Receives Notional Recognition . ............. 3

Superior Trees Being Tested For High Gum Yield Trait . . . . . . . . . . . 4

GFA Supports "12 Man Forestry and Logging Exemption': . . . . .. . 5

Forest Protection Expanded and Forestry Units Merge ........... 6

Forestry Leaders Take People-To-People Tour ............... 7

GFA Convention Highl ights ............. ... ...... ... 8-9

Georgia Woodland Owners To Plant Larger Variety of Seedlings ... 10-11

Former State Forester Dies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Ranger of The Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Mobile Fire Lob Developed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Dutch Elm Disease Found in Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

FFA and NFA Camps Conducted by Commission

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

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Cruising the News

FORESTERS MET RECENTLY IN CONVENTION
The Georgia Forestry Association met at Jekyll Island, Georgia recently and heard a forum on taxes, truck weights and 12-mon forestry exemption. Land acquisition and recreation were also added to the agenda. Some wellknown experts in forestry were heard and the harvesting of Southern pine plywood received attention of the delegates,
We have a bright future in the growing of trees not only for plywood, but also turpentine, pulpwood and other lumber products , We believe that all landowners, formers and those who con put emphosi s on the growing and core of our forest should be busy at the job, "as money now grows on trees,"
(From the Adel News )
STATE'S FOREST INDUSTRY GROWS
The recent report of the Georgia Deportment of Labor points out the size and importance of forest and related industries,
For example, during one quarter of lost year, Georgia's paper mills were employing 25,936 persons with 21,106 in lumber and wood product plants .
These figures, we assume do not include the independent pul pwood operators who ore numerous, particularly here in Southeast Georgia, Nor does the total toke in thousands employed in furniture manufacturing and the chemical industry ,
The point is that the forestry industry is not only big but it is growing rapidly,
Because of improved forestry practices the state's forestry resources ore ample and will continue to be if conservation is emphasized ,
Since the days of the late Dr , Charles Herty, Georgians hove discover ed that there is truly gold in its forests--more valuable, in truth, than the yellow stuff that the Spani sh explorer DeSoto searched for ,
The 1964 report showed, among other things, that the number of paper mill and wood products employees were up about 1,000 over the previousyeor and that tot~l earnings for a single quarter reflected on increase of $ 3 )12 million over 1963.
What this means to the growth of Georgia's economy is plain, We hove stressed many times the opportunity that Waycross has in this field. Our com munity is located in the heart of Southeo st Georgi a's "Pine Empire.''
Let us increase our efforts to c opitolize on our bountiful forest resources,
(From the Waycross Journal-Herald)

Georgia Watershed Receives National Recognition
, The Little Tallapoosa R iver Watershed is made up of 14 flood retarding dams. These dams prov ide flood control, water for industrial use and recreation.

The Georgia Forestry Comm ission carried out critical area planting on more than 500 acres within the watershed.

The Little Tallapoosa River Watershed, in Carroll and Haralson Counties, has been named '' Watershed of the Year" for 1965. The watershed, 62,516 acres, was given the honor by the National Watershed Congress.
James B. Craig, chairman of the Awards Committee, made the presentation. W. A. Humphries, Villa Rico, president of the watershed, and R. D. Tisinger, Carrollton, secretary, West Georgia Soil and Woter Conservation District, received the award .
The Little Tallapoosa Watershed was selected from 13 entries from throughout the country . The award is mode to encourage people living in watershedsto use the team approach in managing the projects

wisely. Industry expansion and estab-
lishment and flood control have resulted from the watershed. The watershed is composed of 14 flood retarding dams that hove improved water supplies for the Carrollton, Temple and Villa Rica communities.
In the watershed, the Georgia Forestry Commission has developed forest work plans, conducted critical area planting on areas designated by the Soil Conservation Serv ice, furn ished t echnical ass istance and provides fire detection and suppress ion facilities.
Tree plant ing was carried out on more than 500 acres . Technical management assistance was provided on over 1,200 acres . In ad-

dition, 81 check dams were constructed by Commission personnel.
Prior to the establishment of the watershed, flood waters had washed out bridges , damaged crops, form land and highways. Following completion of a major port ion of the watershed, a heavy rain washed out some 19 bridges outside the watershed, but none in the project area.
Jim L. Gillis, Jr., chairman, State Soil and Water Conservation Committee, said "This indicates clearly that watershed projects can bring prosperity to an entire area along with flood prevention, agricultural water man agem ent, scientific land treatment, water-based recreation and fish and wildlife development.''
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Superior Trees Being Tested For

The Georgia Forestry Commission's selected superior trees are being evaluated for high gum yield. Trees, which are already under tests for superiority in growth rate and timber quality, are being evaluated for this additional trait.
Commission Director Ray Shirley stated that the study is being made at the Commission's Arrowhead Seed Orchard near Cochran and the Horseshoe Bend Seed Orchard near Glenwood. The study is being conducted cooperatively with the U. S. Forest Service. Shirley pointed out that the Commission will be able to produce seedlings with high gum yielding traits, as well as other desirable characteristic S11 when the study is

High Gum Yield Trait

The microchippin~ method is used in the study. In microchipping, the normal procedure is to make four one-inch square bi-weekly chips.
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There are 179 carefully selected superior slash pine trees being evaluated for high gum yield in the Georgia Forestry Commission's Arrowhead and Horseshoe Bend Seed Orchards.

complete. A. E. Squillace, of the U.S.
Forest Service's Olustee, Floriaa Experiment Station, will assist the Commiss ion in evaluating the trees for high gum yield . Squillace said that past work has shown that gum yield is strongly inherent. He feels that this study will show that five percent of the selections will show an 80 percent increase in yield.
Commission Reforestation Chief Sanford Darby stated that 179 carefully selected slash pine trees are being used in the study. Darby stated that once tests are complete on the selected trees, appreciable genetic gains in gum yield can be made if the top five or ten percent are bred.

Trees involved in the study were selected originally for fast growth, resistance to insects and disease, good form, cone bearing ability and high specific gravity.
In conducting the study, the microchipping method will be used. In microchipping, the normal procedure is to make four one-inch square bi-weekly chips. The chipping wounds are then treated with five percent sulphuric acid. Gum yields from the various trees, in the study, wi II be weighed periodically in evaluating the se Iected trees.
Shirley emphasized that the current study will give the Georgia trees an additional test, thus insuring Georgia landowners of truly elite trees.

G FA Supports Forestry Exemption

"The mechanics and economics

of a logging operation make the

elimination of the "12 Man Forestry

and Logging Exemption" improc-

tical."

George

president,

Georgia Forestry Association,

Macon, Go. presented this state-

ment recently before the Senate

Labor .Subcommittee in Washington,

D. C. Also appearing before the

subcommittee was Marion Thurmon,

a .colored pulpwood producer from

Monticello, Go.

This testimony completed ap-

pearances before both the House

and Senate Labor Subcommittees.

Peake emphasized that "Presi-

dent John son's war on poverty

could easily become a war on pros-

per ity in our forests, not only in

Georgia, but throughout the Notion".

"The elimination of the exemption

will result in the loss of the pulp-

wood producers' economic contri-

bution to his county," Peoke added.

He cited the present low as a

foundation for the small independ-

ent logger which can build a sound

economic future, not only for him-

self, but for those under his employ-

ment. Peake pointed out that "If

the legislators repealed the exemp-

tion it will detrimentally affect the

loggers' free enterprise that is need-

ed to produce under the free enter-

prise system."

Thurmon answered questions

concerning his pulpwood operation

and presented photos which ore rep-

resentative of a southern pulpwood

Harvey Brown

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Georgia Senator Herman Talmadge briefs group . They are, 1-r, Marion

Thurman, pulpwood producer, Monticello; Mervin Peake, woodland owner,

Macon; B. E. Allen, Director of Woodlands, Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp.,

Savannah; Pratt Secrest, pulp wood dealer, Thomasvi //e; and George Peake,

Jr., president, GFA, Macon.

operot ion. He runs a two-truck opera-

Prior to the hearing, the Asso-

tion and employs six men in addi- ciation group met with Georgia

tion to himself. Thurmon states Senator Hermon Talmadge for a

that "H is operation puts forty to short briefing . At the hearing Sen-

fifty thousand dollars into circula- ator Talmadge mode a statement for

tion each year in Jasper County". the retent ion of the exemption and

This inc ludes other services need-

introduced the Georgi a del egoti on.

ed for his operation and compounds

Harvey Brown, executive secre-

the money paid to the private land- tory, GF A, At Ionto, mode a state-

owners which ore predominent in ment on the econom ics of a logging

Jasper County and the state. There operat ion which supported the va-

ore some two hundred thousand lidity of the exempt ion.

woodland owners in Georgia .

Wayne Morse of Oregon is choir-

Another Georgian, Pratt Secrest man of the Senate Labor Subcom-

of Thomasville, presented a statement fo; the Southeastern Region on

mittee. Members of the subcommittee ore Paul Fannin, Arizona; Jacob

behalf of the forest industries. Jov it s,New York; Robert F. Kennedy,

Secrest is a pu Ipwood dealer. Secrest pointed out that the

New York; Gaylo rd Nelson, Wisconsin; Cloilorne Pell, Rhode Island;

exempt ion has, for the post 15 Winston Prouty, Vermont; and jen-

years, mode it possible for thou- n ings Randolph , Oregon.

sands of producers and woods work-

The House Labor Subcommittee

ers to find employment and to start is headed by James Roosevelt. Mem-

their own business when about the bers of the subcommittee ore Con-

only alternative would hove been gressmen George Andrews, Alabama;

welfare or rei ief.

William Ayres, Ohio; Alphonzo Bell,

He emphasized that the small Ion downer is dependent upon the

California; and John Dent, Pennsylvania.

small pulpwood producer and he in

turn is dependent upon the avo i l-

obi Iity of the woods worker. Com-

bined, you hove a working unit mak-

ing a vital contribution to the local,

state and notional economy. Through

the "12 Man Forestry and Logging

Exemption", the American Free

Enterprise System is able to func-

tion, Secrest added.

Marion Thurman

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Forest Protection Expanded And Forestry Units Merge

Organized forest fire protection has expanded to 156 counties in Georgia, announces Ray Shirley, director, Georg ia Forestry Commi ssion.
Baker County, on July 1, came under protection m combinat ion with the Mitchell County Forestry Un it. At the same time, Glascock County came under protection with the Jefferson County Unit. This brings to 23,871,100 acres of the State's 25,772,200 forest acres now under organized protection. Another 1, 705,800 acres are under protection of the U. S. Forest Service.
Baker County's 132,400 forest acres represent 58 percent of its total land area. The combined BakerMitchell County Unit has 260,400 forest acres.
Ranger Charles J. Davis sa id that the unit headquarters is presently loc<Jted at the Camilla airport. He added that pi ens call for the construction of a new headquarters near the Flint River Br idge on one acre of the Lewis Hall Singletary property.

In Glascock County , 68 percent, 62, 200 acres, is m forest land. The combined Glascock-Jefferson County Unit has 252,200 forest acres.
George Barfield heads the newly combined unit. The unit headquarters
is located on old U.S. 1, three miles
south of Louisville. Sh irley points out that bringing
Baker and Glascock Counties under protection is another step toward our goal of providing organized fire protect ion for all of Georgia's forest acres. The three count ies not under State protect ion are Quitman, Union and Towns.
The program is financed twothirds by the State ~md one-th ird by the counties. When combined , the counties ' one-third is divided ace ord ing to acreage . The State assumes the cost of new tower construction.
Shirley added that the new units will mean extra dividends to the people of Baker and Glascock Coun-

ties, because it will work to proteCt, improve and perpetuate their vast timberland area.
Mergers
Other new mergers are CalhounClay, Macon-Schley and TwiggsWilkinson. The new combinations bring to 35 combined units throughout the State. Of the 156 counties under organized forest fire protection, 74 counties are in combined units, Shirley said.
The Twiggs-Wilkinson merger makes the unit the second largest m the State with 458,000 forest acres. The ranger is Harold Watkins of Jeffersonville. The Consolidated Timber Protection Organization, with headquarters at Homerville, is the largest with 615,500 forest acres.
The central headquarters is located on U.S. 80 in Jeffersonvi lie. The sub-headquarters is located on Ga. 57 four miles west of Irwinton.
The Calhoun-Clay combination is under Ranger Charles ~ask of Edison . There are 171,900 forest acres in the unit. Mask is headquartered on Ga. 37 on the east side of Edison at the city limits. The sub-headquarters 1s located four miles east of Fort Gaines on on Ga. 37.
Chesley Gilmore is ranger of the Macon-Schley combination. The unit has 221,800 forest acres. The unit headquarters is located on Ga. 26, 49, and 90 on East Chatham St. in Oglethorpe. The sub-headquarters is located on Ga. 26 two miles west of Ellaville.
Shirley emphasizes that through a merger, a financial savings is realized by both county and State. In addition to financial savings, there are other benefits. It means conserving equipment, buildings and the many other costs of a forestry unit, while still insuring adequate protection.

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Forestry Leaders Take People -To- People Tour

Forestry Ieaders from Georgi a, Florida and Mississippi have completed a People-to-People tour of Europe and the Sov iet Union . Georg ia is the first state to have a forestry delegation represented on a People-to-People tour.
Ray Sh irl ey , director, Georgia Forestry Commission, Macon, was th e Host-Lea der for the 47 forestry leaders. He was selected by Peopleto-People, Inc . General Dwight D. Eisenhower is chairman of Peopleto-P eople, Inc . President Lyndon B. Johnson is its honorary cha irm an.
Shirley sa id that the People-toPeople travel program is dedicated to improving relations and understand ing between America and European countries. Programs and vi sits were planned that enabled the forestry group to see and inspect typical forestry and wood industry operations and to compare methods and procedures, he added.
In Sweden , the largest pulp and paper company in Europe was visited. The tour also included the Black Forest of Germany and the major forest areas of Russia, Czechoslovak ia,Hungaryand Belgium.
Shirley emphasized that through the tour the forestry Ieaders are able to share, with friends and associates, the customs of our new friends, information about their forests and other things that will contribute to a better understanding of our world neighbors.
The program is non-government financed with delegates paying their own way. Incorporated as a non-profit organization under the laws of the State of Missouri, Peopleto-People received solid bi-partisan support when the Iate President
John F. Kennedy announced that
General Eisenhower had agreed to become first chairman of the Board of Trustees of People-to-People. The People-to-People headquarters is located 1n Kansas City, Mo.
The Georgia delegates were

W. F. Belote, Minter Naval Stores
Co., Dublin; Fred Blackledge, Blackledge Pulpwood Yard, Homerville; R. P. Campbell, Campbell Lumber Co., Covington; T. G. Chi Ids,
Filtered Rosin Products Co., Baxley;
J. T. Coffee, Coffee Construction
Co., Eastman; Travis Cook, wood-
land owner, McRae; J. C. Daughtry
Commissioner, Metter; H. M. Dixon,
Dixon Lumber Co., Vidalia; E. L.
Douglass, Augusta Hardwood Co., Augusta; and H. W. Durham , Durham and Co., Glennville.
Others were T. W. Earle, Sr., Cox Woodlands Co., Augusta; C. B. Foy, Lerio Corp., Valdosta; A. D. Glass, woodland owner, Eastman; H. L. Grace, naval stores producer, Screven; Waldo Henderson, woodland owner, Lakeland; E. A. Hinely, forester, Hazlehurst; Ernest Hinson, Southern Seed Co., Baldwin; C. M. Jordan, Jr., banker, Vidalia; A. V. Kennedy, tree farmer, Waycross; G. E. Knapp, Knapp Equipment Co. , Macon; and J . J. Langdale, The Langdale Co., Valdosta.
Also in the delegat ion were
A. C. Levi, consultant forester, Columbus; T. A. Liefeld, consultant forester, Thomasvi lie; T. B. Martin, attorney, Macon; B. C. Meadows, Ben

Meadows Co., Atlanta ; L. H. Morgan, Rayonier, Inc., Eastman; L . M. Moye, ti mber producer, Lumpkin; J. W. Myers, Jr., Forest Farmers Assoc., Atlanta; J. F. Nelson, attorney, Dublin ; W. M. Oettmeier, Superior P ine Products Co., Fargo; G. W. Peake, Jr., Georg ia Timberlands, Inc . , Macon; and Edgar Rhodes, lumber dealer, Bremen.
W. T. Richards, Richards Furni-
ture Co., Inc., Augusta; R. H. Rush, building mater ial dealer, Hawkinsville; Alexander Sessoms, Timber Products Co., Cogdell; S. 0 . Spooner, Sr., woodland owner, Warwick; Bill Starling, pulpwood dealer, Cuthbert; J. B. Stewart, Jr., woodland owner, Macon; N. A. VanCleave, consultant forester, Columbus; R.S. Ware, real estate broker, Hogans-
ville; M. C. Webb, Del-Cook Timber
Co., Adel; and R. H. White, Jr., Southern Wood Preserving Co., Atlanta, completed the list.
Florida delegates were R. C.
Brent, Jr., St. Joe Paper Co., Tallahassee; M. G. Rawl$, St. Regis
Paper Co., and L. C. Ringhaver,
R in g Power Corp., both of Jacksonville.
J. W. Craig, Forestry Suppliers, Inc., Jackson, Miss., made the tour.
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GFA CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

From the get in .. cut out.. get out sawmiller, the South has changed from the number one economic problem to the nation's number one opportunist.
C. 0. Holland, president, People's Bank and Trust Co., Minden, La., addressing the Georg !a Forestry Association's annual banquet, added that changes in Iand use, increased forest manageme;-~t assistance, added forest protection, and research led to the transformation of profi tless acreage into profitab le growing forests. dol land's topic was "The South's IJynamic Timber Economy.''
The Louis iana banker emphasized that "out of the resources of the forest we have helped to build a standard of Iiving unequaled in the world, and we are leaving to our children the forest resources out of

George Peake, Jr.

which they can fashion a standard of living higher than that which we enjoy today."
Holland warned, however, that we must not let the War on Poverty become a War on Prosperity. Remember, "we cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong; you connot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer; you cannot help the poor by destroying the rich; and you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence."
Miss Georgia Forestry crowned, election of officers, and awards presented were other highlights of the banquet.
George Peake, Jr., Macon, Ga., was named president of the Georgia Forestry Association. He succeeds Harley Longdale, Jr., Valdosta, Ga., who was elected first vice-

Harley Langdale, Jr., GFA president, Valdosta, center, welcomes speakers. They are, 1-r, Lamar Tillman, attorney, Valdosta; W. Kirk Sutlive, public relations manager, Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp., Savannah; Charles A. Gillett, managing director, American Forest Products Industries, Washington, D. C. ; Joe H. Brady, Joe H. Brady and Associates, Birmingham, Ala.;
L. N. Thompson, Jr., general manager, mills and timber, Georgia-Pacific
Corp., Augusta; and William K. Condre/1, secretary, Forest Industries Committee on Timber Valuation and Taxation, Washington, D. C.
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The 1965 Miss Georgia Forestry, Carol Jean Walden, Atlanta, is crowned by the reigning queen, Miss Lyn Ray, Thomasville.

presi.dent. A. E. Patton, treasurer; Harvey
R. Brown, executive director; aAd Mrs. Helen M. Dixon, office secretary, all of Atlanta, Ga. were reelected to their respective positions.
Peake, executive vice-president, Seorgia Timberlands, Macon, is one of the first registered foresters in Georgia and in Florida . The Auburn graduate is presently serving on the Industrial Committee of the Macon Chamber of Commerce and a member of the National Chamber of Commerce. Peake also holds membership in the American Pulpwood Association, Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association, and Forest Farmer's Association. A. past director of the Georgia Forestry Association, Peake is a director of the C&S National Bank, member of the Rotary Club and Middle Georgia Profess ional Ag Workers in Macon .
Peake, a native of Eufaula, Ala., is married to the former Ann Hutchison of Prattville, Ala. The family, which includes six children, is a member of the F irst Presbyterian Church of Macon where he serves as an elder.
Carol Jean Walden, 17, of Atlanta is Miss Georgia Forestry for 1965. Miss Gwynn Fain, 17, of Oonalsonville was the runnerup. Miss Walden was crowned by the reigning queen, Miss Lyn Ray of Thomasville.
Miss Walden won a $300 scholarship to the college of her choice in Georgi a . During the year she will attend various functions of the Association .
For outstanding and meritorious service to the Georgia Forestry Association, eight Georgians received the Order of the Golden Pine Cone. Recipients are Frank Craven, chief, Forest Education, Georgia Forestry Commission, Macon; Clyde Greenway, director, public relations, Sears Roebuck, Atlanta; James Golden, director, public affairs, Southern Division, Ford Motor Co., Atlanta; Tom Hall, artist, GFC, Macon; and Dr. Leon Hargreaves, professor, School of Forestry, University of Georgia, Athens.
Others are Kirk Sutlive, Jr.,

manager, Atlanta Plant, Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp . , L . N. Thompson, general manager, Mills and Timber, Georgia-Pacific Corp., Augusta; and Lamar Tillman, attorney, Valdosta.
The Georgia Forestry Commission's Seventh District, with headquarters near Rome, Ga. received the Association's Outstanding General Performance Award. f)ruid N. Preston is the district forester.
Floyd County was named the outstanding county. Troy F Ioyd is the Floyd County ranger.

The best fire record award went to Oglethorpe County. The Oglethorpe County Forest Ranger is John H. Buckman.
Individual county wmners and rangers are Candler, Warren Cook; Dougherty, J . K. Jones; Talbot, Harvey Buckner; Newton-Rockdale, James E. Pinson; Jeff DavisTelfair, W. F. McArthur; JohnsonWashington, Calvin C. Rhodes; Floyd, Troy E Floyd; Camden, James B. Simpson; DeKalb, George Lyon; and Columbia, Lonnie 0. Morris.

TREES HAVE MANY USES
CONTACT YOUR COUNTY FOREST RANGER
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GEORGIA WOODLAND

OWNERS TO PLANT LARGER

The largest variety of seedlings, grown by the Georgia Forestry Com-

,

mission, are available for order by

Georgia landowners.

VARIETY OF

Commission Director Ray Shirley said the supply, of 49 million trees, includes such species as redbud,

SEEDLINGS

, ,. .--. -- .----.---.-- -.-.- -.. --- --- --- . -----
: ORDE R BLANK FOR FOREST TREE SEEIJLINGS

Ordering

Mail To: GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION. P . 0 , Box 1077, Macon, Geo rgia 3 1202

Instructions

I Name of Landowner

Telephone Number 1

Addres s
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Street

C ity

Zip Code

State



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Payment must be in the form o f check, money order, or government purchase order
for the correct a mount , made payable to the Georg ia Fore stry Comm i ss ion .. For os-
sistance contact your local

white oak, cherry bark oak, Iive oak, and black walnut that are being made available for the first time. Sh irley added that orders for dogwood and redbud will be limited to max imum orders of 1,000 and 500, respectively.
Shirley emphasized that all orders, received prior to the first of November, will be filled , depending on supply. If orders exceed supply, the trees wi II be prorated between orders. Orders received after the first of November will be filled on a

1 LANDOWNER" S SEEDLING ORD ER D ELI VERY DESIRED AS SHOWN l County For est Ranger . The follo wing plants may

first come first serve basis,

1 Date

Species

Number of Trees

County of P Ianting

be purchased , ava i lab il i ty depends on supply.

Landowners may place their seed Iing orders without payment

prior to the firstof November, ,Shirley

COST/ M SPECIE

said. After November first, payment

$ 4.00 4.00 4 . 00

Sl ash Lob lolly Longleaf

must be submitted with the order. The cost of seedlings have been

Shipp i ng Instructions: Met hod of Shipment :

4 . 00 4 . 00 5.00

Virg ini a P ine Short leaf Pine Bicolor Lespedeza

reduced on three trees, Shirley pointed out. Improved slash and

D State Truck

0 2

Will Pick up at Nurser y

If Trees are to be shipped to someone other than applicant,

1 complete the follo wi ng :

6.00 6.00
8.00 10 . 00 10.00 10.00

Impro ved Sla s h Improved Loblolly Ea stern White P i ne Ar i zona Cypress Eastern Red Cedar Yellow Poplar

loblolly pine have been reduced from $10 to $6 per thousand. Bicolor lespedezo will cost $5 per thousand, a reduc ti on of $1.

Ag e nt ' s Name
1 Address

TYPE OF OWNER SHIP ( C HECK ONEl

10. 00 10 .00 10. 00 10 . 00 10.00 10.00 30.00

Wh ite Oak Cherry Bark Oak Live Oak Bald Cypress Catalpa Cottonwood Dog wood

Other species available and

cost per thousand, for the 1965-66 planting season, are slash, lob-

.,

lolly, longleaf, Virginia and short-

leaf pine, $4; and eastern white

0 P rivate Persons, Clubs, As

5, Other In dustr y

sociations & Private Schools (J 6. Town, County ana

30. 00 Redbud

pine, $8. Others are Arizona cypress, eastern red cedar, yell ow

0 2. Lum ber Mfg.
0 3, Pu lp & Paper
04. Private Forest Industry-

07. D 8,

PubIic Schools PubIic La nds Federal Government I

*Supply i s limited to a maxi mum of 1,000 Do gwood and 500 Redbud per customer.

poplar, white oak, cherry bark oak, live oak, black walnut, bald cypress, catalpa and cottonwood,

Naval Stores, P lywood, etc.

: A transportation charge of

t-------------------------~ $ . 25 per thousand must be

added to above cost if trees

PAYMENT:$

ore del ivered by State Truck

to County Ra nger Headquar-

ters ~

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$10. Dogwood and redbud, $30, complete the list.
On orders for less than 500 seedlings, packages of 50, 100,_ 200,

1

Dote of Order

Landowner's Signature

---Cut along dotted line,

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300 and 400 will be available. There will be no mixed packages.

TODAY'S

TOMORROW'S

Commission Reforestation Chief Sanford Darby said seed Iing order

PLANTING

PRODUCT

forms may be obtained from the Commission County Rangers, County

Agents, Soil Conservation Service

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Technicians or Agricultural Conservation Program officers. All orders must be submitted on a Commission order form. If a landowner desires additional trees after initial order, another order must be completed.
Moil completed orders to the Georgia Forestry Commission, P.
0. Box 1077, Macon, Go., 31202.
For assistance in determining your reforestation needs, contact your local county forest ranger.

Orders of less than 500, or small orders requiring special handling, the
following prices will apply:

I I I I BASE COST
p ER / M $4./M $5./M $6./M $8./M $10/ M

Package Size

50

.40

.50

.60

.80 1.00

100

. 75

.90

1.10

1.45 1.80

200

1.10

1.30 1.60

2.10 2. 60

300

1.40

1.70 2.10

2.75 3.40

400

1.70

2.10 2.55

3.40 4.20

I I $15./M $30./M

1.50 2.70 3.90 5.10 6.30

3.00 5.40 7.80 10.20 12.60

Prices apply to one species only. No pockages having mixed species available.

R'ANGER OF THE QUARTER

Superintendent M. E. Murphy,

Jones was transferred bock to

Herty. Jones states that I an down-

ers ore now receiving higher qual-

ity trees because of the strides

mode in seed processing, insect

and disease control, grading, fer-

tilization, irrigating, lifting and

packaging.

Jones stated that the highest

production for the Herty Nursery

come in 1958 during the height of

the Soil Bonk Program. In that

year, 35 million seedlings were pro-

duced at the Nursery.

J. K. Jones

Although still growing trees, Jones is operating on excellent

For more than a decode Dougherty

Unit. This year he received the

County Forest Ranger J. K . Jones has been a 'midwife' to the Georgia

Georgia Forestry Association Outstanding General Performance Award

Forestry Commission's Reforesto-

for the Second District.

ti on Program.
In the Spring of 1950 Jones was

In 1964, only 47 acres of Dougherty County's 105,700 forest acres

mode ossi stont nurseryman at the

were burned. There were 12 wild-

Herty Nursery. He remained in the

fires. To help control any wildfire

Reforestation Division to late Fall
of 1963 when he was promoted to
ranger of the Dougherty Unit.

outbreaks, there were 40 miles of
firebreaks plowed.
In other areas there were 200

In becoming head of the Unit,

acres of undesirable specie con-

Jones returned to the Unit where

trol. Site preparation was conducted



he began his employment with the

on another 1,500 acres. In addition,

Commission in 1949. At that time

Dougherty Count ions reforested

he was a patrolman.

their land with 600,000 seedlings.



His dedication to his job is

A port of this record is the per-

best i llu stroted by the fact that

sonnel of the Unit. They ore Jimmy

by 1952 he was a nurseryman at

Chambless and George Bosley/



Herty and in 1953 was promoted
to nursery superintendent of the

patrolmen; Mrs. Joey Picken/ secretory and dispatcher; Mrs. Monzonio

Horseshoe Bend Nursery. In 1957

Willifo~d 1 towerwomon; and Jackson

Jones was selected as superintendent of the Morgan Nursery which was just being built.
On the retirement of Herty

Goines former. Goines has been 1
working at the nursery since it was
constructed in 19321 except for a
tour of duty in the service.

Former State Forester
Dies
William C. Hommerle1 former State Forester of Georgia, 1939-40 1
died in his sleep on June f irst at a Washington/ D. C . hotel. His un-
timely death brought to on end 40
years of forestry experience. At the time of his death,
Hammerle was attending a meeting of the Boord of Directors of the American Pu-lpwood Association . He was empioyed as Forester for the Association.
His forestry service included work with the U . S. Forest Service in Arkonsos 1 Pennsylvania and Tennessee/ the North Carol ina Deportment of Conservation and
Development/ 1929-31; and the
South Carolina State Commission
of Forestry/ 1931-39. Hammerle returned to South Carolina in 1941
and served as associate state for-
ester until 1944.
Hammerle was in charge of the Forestry Deportment of the Southern Pine Association/ New Orleons1
Lo. 1 1944-53; managing editor and
advertising manager of the Forest Former mogozine1 Atlonto1 Go.,
1953-54; and executive secretory
of the Southeastern Pine Marketing Institute, Sovonnoh1 Go.
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Mobile Fire Lab Develope.,~

does . Data will be obtained on the rate and direction of fire spread,
., length and shape of fire front, fire
temperatures, and zone and flame height.
'Weather documentation wi II In-
clude wind measurements at ground
level and above, as well as the
shape, angle of tilt, circulation,

and height of smoke column. Th is

information is in addition to regu-

lar weather observational data.

Because fuel and combustion,

along with the prevailing weather

conditions, combine to create pat-

terns of fire behavior, it is essen-

tial that measurements be made of

the forest fuels. Fuel moisture, the

type and amount of ground Iitter

and over story wi II be recorded .

Those fire effects, which can

be related back to fire behavior

factors, will be noted. Primarily,

these wi II be measurements of fuel

consumption, crown scorch and

height of bark char and wi II aid in

damage appro isal.

Fire suppression activities, in
relation to fire behavior, will receive

special attention. Observations and

A mobile fire laboratory has been developed by the Southern Forest Fire Laboratory, U. S. Forest Service, Macon, announces Dee F. Taylor, lab chief.
Taylor said that the primary objective of the mobile lab is to document high-intensity wildfires. It wi II also be used to document prescribed burns and to study the rapid fluctuation of moisture content in highly flammable materials,

photo documentation of both aerial and ground suppression actions wi II be made during the entire fire control period. Through these observa-
tions, recommendations will be
made to improve fire suppression techniques.
Ground litter is obtained from the
fire area and ovendried to obtain the percent fuel moisture.


Taylor added.

John DeCoste, research forester,



is in charge of scheduling the

field lab which is constructed in a

double tandem trailer and represents

the efforts of several scientists.

DeCoste said the unit is equipped

with electronic recording instru-

ments, drying oven, chemical lab,

weather station, darkroom, and twow~y radios .

Observations and measurements

will be recorded in five major re-

search areas: fire behavior, weather,

forest fuels, fire control, and fire Lab technicians record fire temp-

effects.

eratures, foreground, and plot

Fire behavior will be concerned winds above ground in mobile fire

with how the fire acts and what it lab.

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Dutch Elm Disease Found In Georgia

Do not cut down o tree because you think it is infested. Have a registered forester authenticate your suspicions.

Void of its once beautiful foliage like its neighbor, background, this Dutch Elm represents the first signs of the disease found in Georgia.

Only isolated cases of the dreaded Dutch Elm disease have been found in Atlanta, to date, report area en tomologists .
Chickamauga and Dalton are the <?n ly other areas of the State where the insect-borne fungus has been reported. And, as in Atlanta, only two or three cases have been reported.
Homeowners are cautioned not to hurr iedly cut down their trees because they think the tree has been infected. Many trees in the area could have already been saved if the homeowner would have first called the Cobb, DeKalb or Fulton County Forestry Units, who cooper-

ate with USFS and ARS entomologists and the City of Atlanta. In _each case, a registered forester wi II be sent to authenti cote your sup1Cions . However, tree work, on private property, is not performed by the City of Atlanta.
Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission, states that Commission foresters are available to assist homeowners in identifying and recommending treatment of disea sed trees.
Foresters .emphasize that our major project and interest is to confine the disease here and not Iet it proceed any further south. Evi-

The Dutch Elm disease is an insect-borne fungus. The insect enters the tree through twig and branch crotches.

dence, from the examination of the first diseased tree found in Atlanta, show that it was first infected in 1964. A reinoculation occurred again this year.
Control measures must be directtld toward protecting the healthy trees from attacks by the elm bark beetle, the carrier of the fungus. This involves a 'complete sanitation' program, careful inspection of all twig crotches and spraying.
The sanitation program includes the following steps: l. Destroy all broken or weak branches that are found during the dormant period. 2. Destroy, within 30 days, simi lor material found between Apri I and September. 3. Carry on sanitation in stands of low value elms as conscientiously as in stands of highvalue elms. 4. Search regularly and systematically for bark-beetle breeding places .
Entomologists point out that insecticides may be used to prevent the beetle from feeding on healthy trees, but none of them are perfect. An acceptable chemical 1s DDT emulsifiable concentrate 1n water with a miticide added to avoid a buildup of red spiders which feed on the leaves. In using the solution, every portion of the tree must be wet. Oil should not be applied to an elm tree due to the burning effect,
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FFA AND NFA CAMPS CONDUCTED BY COMMISSION

LETTERS
Mr, Ray Shirley, Director Georgi a Forestry Commission Macon, Georgia
Dear Mr. Shirley:
I am pi eo sed to inform you that the N FA ForestryCamp held at Camp John Hope, July S-9, was a great success, The boys were greatly benefited and spoke hi.ghly of the conduct of this camp.
Mr. Frank Craven, camp director, and his staff did an excellent job in motivating the boys and advisors, The boys, in most cases, were from rural areas where they will be able to make practical use of the training,
My deep appreciation to you and the
Georgia Forestry Commission for helping to make this camp a success,

Very truly yours,
McKinley Wilson Head Itinerant Teacher Train-er, Negro Schools

Mr. Turner Barber

Camp Director Frank Craven presents the top scholastic award to Jim Regional Forester

Braziel of Lyons. Second and third place in the scholastic competition Macon, Georgia

went to Dell Coffey, Perry; and Johnny Arnold, Surrency, /eft.

Dear Mr. Barber:

Georgia Forestry Commission Ga. and Gene Oglesbee, Mi lien, A very belated thank you for the infor-



run Future Farmers of America Camps attracted more than 200 youths this summer.

Ga. placed second and third in the scholastic compet iti on, respectively .
Camp Director Frank Craven,

mation which you sent to me regarding the spray nozzle, I am taking steps to obtain samples for use in this c.ountry.

The one week FFA Camp attracted more than 100 campers from

Forestry Commission chief, Forest Education, stated that the scholas-

Thanking you once again for your cooperation and assistance,

Middle and South Georgia . The 19th tic winners were determined by

Yours faithful Iy,

annual FFA Camp was held at the Braves Tra ining Camp near Way-

tests on the subjects taught. The courses included fire control, har-

E. D. Gill Forests Commission

cross, Ga.

vesting and marketing of timber,

Melbourne, Australia

The Sixth annual NFA Camp tree identification and thinning.

was held at Camp John Hope near Perry, Ga. Some 100 NFA campers attended the one week camp .

Others were insect and disease control, reforestation, cull specie control, naval stores, wood uti Ii-

Mr , Ray Shirley, Director Georgia Forestry Commission Macon, Georgia

Top scholast ic scorers and top zation and law enforcement.

Dear Mr, Shirley:

camper were r.ecogn ized at both camps. All campers were presented certificates.

The two one-week camps were sponsored by five member mi II s of the Southern Pulpwood Conserva-

I wish to extend the appreciation of The American Legion, Department of Georgia, for furnishing us a truly fine

Jim Braziel, Lyons, Ga., took tion Association. The sponsoring Counselor for 1965 Boys State,

top scholastic honors at the FFA Camp. Kenny Mitchell , Meigs, Ga.,

mills included Brunswick Pulp and and Paper Company, Continental

In Gene Bradford you have a gentleman that r!>presents your Department in an

was named top camper. Second and Can Company, Owens-Illinois Glass outstanding manner, His every action

third pl c<: e in the scholastic competition went to Dell Coffey, Perry,

Company, Georgia Kraft Company and Un ion Bag-Camp Paper Corpora-

and deed reflected the greatest credit to your Department and himself,

Ga., and Johnny Arnold, Surrency, tion.

deeply appreciate your cooperation

Ga., respectively.

Personnel from the Forestry in this leadership development program.

Top scholastic honors at the NFA Camp went to Eli jah Orr, Dry Branch, Ga. The award for top camper went to Dav id Miller , Ar-

Commiss ion, member mills of the SPCA, Georgia Extension Service, U. S. Forest Service and other industries taught the courses.

Yours truly,
George Osborne Department Adjutant The American Legion

lington, Ga. Issac Johnson, Metter,

At Iant a, Georgi a

14



Logging the Foresters

Miss Georgia Forestry Carol Jean Walden, Atlanta, represented the Georgia Forestry Commission in the recent Salute to America Parade in Atlanta. The soldier is portrayed by Roy Herr ick, patrolman, Fulton County Forestry Unit.
BOARD MEMBER ... H. E. Ruark , director, Georg ia Forest Research Counc il, Macon, has been named to the executive board of the Forest Products Research Soc iety. The Society is an international organ ization concerned with the resea rch , development, production, ut iIizat ion and d istribution of wood products.

AWARD ... Henry J . Malsberger, gen eral manager, Southern P ulpwood Conservation Assoc iat ion, Atlanta, has been named a winner of an American Motors Conservat ion Award. American Motors Pres iden t Joe Abernathy sa id Mal sberger' s understand ing and ded icat ion t o conservation has been an in sp i ration to others . He has advanced the cause of conservat ion for th e future , Abernathy sa id.

W. J. Bridges , Jr. , Selma, Ala., has been named t o the po sition o f general mana ger, Wood and Woodl and s, for Ge org ia Kraft Co.
E. V. McSwin e y, the Company' s
executive vice president, said B ridge s will be responsib le fo r Forest Manage me nt an d wood procurem ent operations.

Bob Bray, who portrays Forest Ranger Corey Stuart on the "Lassie' TV ser ies, was made an Ho norary Southern Forest Ranger duri ng a recent visit to Atlanta. J. K. Ves sey, reg ional fo rester, U. S. Fo rest Serv ice, Atlanta, mode the pre s entation. Assisting in the presentation was Frank Craven, ch ief, Forest Education, Georg ia Forestry Commission, Macon . Photo by USFS.

MEMORIAM ... The Ge o rgia Fo restry Comm ission and all fo rest inte re sts in Georgia s uffered a gre at l oss in the recent pass ing of O sc a r S. Garrison, lumberman a nd p ro mi ne nt c it izen of Homer, Ga. Ga rrison was a member of the Geo rg ia Fore stry Board of Commiss ioner s fro m Ap r., 1956-Feb. , 1963. His wise counsel and guidance was of ma jor import ance to the Comm iss ion's con servat ion program. He al way s had t ime t o att end meet in gs a nd liste n t o problems and needs of th e Co mmiss ion as it sought t o ass i st woodland owners and forest industry . He was one of the lead ing lumbermen and conservation is t s in h is county and the state. We e xtend deepest sympathy to Mrs. Garr ison and family.

A Georgia Forestry Commission Instructor Training School was held recently at Mercer University, Macon. Above, Monitor B ill Partridge, Jr. , Macon, critiques a class member's presentation. Through the school, Commission supervisory personnel have increased their knowledge of and imp roved their techni que s in carrying on class instruction.
GRANT ... The Un iv ersity of Georgi a School of Forestry has been awarded a grant of $38,800 by the U. S. Forest Service. The grant is for the support of basic research on "Uptake, Accumul a t ion and Cyclin g of Resi dua l Pestici des by Woody P la nts" . P rofe s sor C laude L . Bro wn w il l direc t the s t ud y.
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Georgia FORESTRY
SEPTEMBER 1965

HAVE A
SAFE
HUNTING
SEASON
MR. HVNTER TURE 1S HIGU DANGER ON
DRY WINDY DAVS.

BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET.

BE CAREFUL WITH MATCHES, CAMPFIRES AND CIGARETTES.

UNLOAD YOUR GUN WHEN
NOT IN USE.

SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT DRY BRANCH, GA.