Georgia forestry, Vol. 18, no. 4 (Dec. 1965)

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FORESTRY

Georgia FORESTRY

Dec., 1965 No.4

Vol. 18

Frank Craven Editor
Pub Ii shed Quarter! 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, Board of Commissioners:

CHAIRMAN
C. M. Jordan; Jr.

-Vidalia

Andrew J. Au Itman L. H. Morgan W. George Beasley
Alexander Sessoms

-Sylvester
-Eastman -Lavonia -Cogdell

DISTRICT OFFICES
GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
DISTRICT IRoute 2 Statesboro
DISTRICT IIP. 0. Box 26 Camillo
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 Milledgeville
DISTRICT VII--P. 0. Box 2136 Rome
DIST~ICT VII--P. 0. Box 1160 Waycross
DISTRICT IX--f'. O. Box 416 Goinesv ilie
DISTRICT X--Route 2 Washington

On the Cover
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Member of the Georgia Press Association Second-class postage paid at Dry Branch, Ga.
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Contents

Trees For Georgia ............................... 3

State Conservationist Named . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Make Georgia Beautiful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

ATFA Founder Resigns Post .

6

4-H'er Competes Nationally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Training Upgrades Efficiency ............. 7

Commission Signs Have New Look ........... , . 7

Georgia Appalachia Area Given Forestry Emphasis ....... 8- 9

Georgia Leads In Pulpwood Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Fire Weather Forecasting Head Named . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Commission Provides Seed For Progeny Testing ..... 11

Ranger Of The Quarter .. . . . . . . . . .. , . . . . . . 11

Georgia Tops In Tree Farm Acreage . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . 12

Georgia Selected For Pilot Project .... 13

Retirement. . . . . .

. . 13

Logging The Foresters . . . .

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Cruising the News

A Good Investment

Beginning today, the Georgia Forestry Commission will be publishing

periodically in both The Chronicle and Herald a coupon by which various

species of seedlings may be ordered,

While the average homeowner may be Interested In only a few seedlings

for decorative purposes, pubIication of the coupon is a reminder of the increas

ing need for tree planting throughout all of the Central Savannah River Area,

Even now, almost a half a million cords of pulpwood are being harvested and

sold in this section of Georgia and South Carolina.

What is more important is the like Iihood that the demand for pulpwood may

double within the next few years if the paper-producing companies reportedly

pi ann ing to Iocate in our immediate area actual! y do construct pi ants here,

Moreover, the million cords of wood that will be drawn then from the forestry

lands locally will unquestionably include hardwoods as well as pine,

Landowners seeking means of turning idle lands Into profitable use may

want to avail themselves of the opportunity currently being offered by the state

Forestry Commission,

Augusta Chronicle

Forest Taxation

The forest industry is Georgia's second Iargest industry. It is of v ita l

importance to both rural and urban areas. Every county in Georgia produces

forest products. In the late 1940's and early 1950's, Georgia's forest resources

reached a low ebb.

The farmers and other timberland owners of Georgia went to work to re

pleni sh this great natural resource. Much effort and a great amount of funds

were expended by these landowners to rebuild the timber stands. The job is

not finished but much has been accomplished,

The Georgia Farm Bureau Federation and the Georgia Forestry Associa-

tion feel that a strong timber industry is needed in Georgia If the State's total

economy is to remain strong. The help and encouragement given to the forestry

program by Georgia's recent governors, the legislature and county officials

has made Georgia the leading forestry state. Former Governors Herman E.

s. Talmadge, Marvin S. Griffin,

Ernest Vandiver and our present Governor,

Carl E. Sanders, have given valuable and enthusiastic support in the building

of Georgia's great timber industry and an outstanding State Forestry Commis-

sion program.

In some Georgia counties the ad valorem taxes on timber and timber-

lands have become excessive. The entire forest industry Is threatened, We feel

that ad valorem taxes on timber and timberland must be kept at a reasonable

level if timber production is to keep pace with the needs of the State's timber

industries,

There is no move to evade taxes but only to. have fair and equitable for

est taxation.

Whatever the approach needed, the fact remains that for Georgia, a large

state with a large share of the best timber growing land in the South, forests

are a pi II or of the economy.

Camilla Enterprise

TREES FOR GEORGIA

PLANT, GROW, PROTECT
l'
& HARVEST WISELY

IMPORTANT TIPS

Georgia Forestry Commission seed Iing purchases show a 38 per-

conservation program officer. Landowners will be shipped seedlings

l. Prevent Moisture Loss 2. Plant Immediately

cent increase o ver last year as of as near the date desired as possible. 3. Do Not Puncture Or Tear

,,

November l, according to Comm ission Director Ray Shirley. More than

For further assistance in determining your planting needs, contact

4. Mend Damaged Bags With Tape 5. Store In Protected Location

18.3 million seedlings had been sold as of that date.
With the increase in early purchasing, Shirley added that it is important for landowners, who are planning to plant, to submit their seed Iing orders as soon as pos-

your loca I county forest ranger.

6. Check Plant in g Techn iques Da i ly

--.-, ,. .... -- -- --- ...-. -- -...--.. -. ---- .. -. -

: ORDER BLANK FOR FOREST TREE SEEDLINGS

Ordering

Moil To : GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION. P. 0 . Box 1077, Macon , Georgia 31202

I Nome of landowner

Telephone Number :

sible. Orders are now being filled

..

on a first come first serve basis.

Shirley emphasized that no more

Instructions

1 Address
Str eet

City

Zip Code

State

orders are being taken for dogwood,

Payment must be in the form of check, mon ey order,

redbud, cherry bark oak, eastern white pine and improved slash and loblolly pine. He pointed out that

or government purchase order
for the correct amount, mode
payable to the Georgia Far estry Commission~ For as
si stance contact your local

I LANDOWNER 'S SEEDLING ORDER DELIVERY DESIRED AS SHOWN ~
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1 Date

Species

Number of Trees

County

of Planting

the Comm i ssion does have a plen-

County Forest Ranger ..

tiful supply of bald cypress. Contrary to many bel iefs, this tree

The fall owing plants may be purchased, Availability depends on supply,

will grow on a variety of sites and

is colorful in the fall. It's not just a swamp tree.
In addition, there is sti II a good supply of slash, loblolly, longleaf, Virg inia and shortleaf pine, bicolor

COST/ M
$ 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4. 00 5.00

SPECIE
Slash Loblolly Longleaf Virginia Pine Short leaf Pine Bicolor Lespedezo

Shipping Instructions: Method of Shipment:

D Stole Truck

0 2

Wi ll P ick up ot Nursery

If Trees are to be shipped to someone other than applicant, 1 campi ete th e fo llowing:

lespedeza , Ar iz ona cypress, eastern red cedar, yellow poplar, white oak, Iive oak, catalpa and cottonwood.
Sanford Darby, Commission Reforestat ion chief, said that the initial shipments of ornamentals for "Make Georgia Beautiful Month" are schedu Ied for the week of December 13th. The second shipment of these species is scheduled

10.00 10.00 10. 00 10. 00
10 . 0 0 10. 00 10.00 10.00

Arizona Cypress
Eastern Red Cedar Yellow Poplar White Oak
Live Ook Bald Cypress Catalpa Cottonwood

A transportation charge of
$. 25 per thousand must be added to above cost if trees ore delivered by State Truck
to County Ranger Heodquor ters .

Agent's Name
1 Address

TYPE OF OWNERSHIP (CHECK ONd

0 CJs. I

J. Private Person s, Clubs, As

Other Industry

sociotions & Private Schools [J 6. Town, County and

0 2. Lumber Mfg.

Pub Iic Schools

Q 3. Pulp & Paper

CJ7. Pub Iic Lands

04. Private Forest Industry

O s. Federal Government

Naval Stores, Plywood, etc.

for the week of January lOth.

Cut along dotted line, _ _ ,



Darby added that on orders for

PAYMENT:$

less than 500 seedlings, packages

of 50, 100, 200, 300 and 400 are



available. There are no mixed

packages.

Order blanks may be obtained

Date of Order

Landowner's S ignoture
-::~ Industries come -where trees are!
c-



from your local county forest ran-

ger, county agent, soil conserva-

tion service technician or agricul-



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State Conservationist Named

Lt. Governor Peter lack Geer, center, presented professional and lay conservation awards at the annual meeting of the Georgia Sportsman's Federation in Macon. Recipients included, 1-r, Hill Healan, Fulton Co.; Fred Blitch, Bulloch Co.; J. T. Mayfield, Grady Co. ; Jimmy Paulk, Glynn Co.; Ernest Holmes, Rockdale Co.; and Gaston Cook, Talbot Co.

Hill Heolon of Atlanta is the ''Con servotion ist'' of the Year. Hea Ian reprP.sented the Fifth Congressional District.
Lt. Governor Peter lock Geer
mode the presentation at the 30th annual meeting of the Georgia Spo rtsmen's Federation in Macon. The awards pr.ogram is span so red by the Sears Roebuck Foundation .
The remaining congressional district winners, by district, are First, Fred Blitch, Bulloch County;

Second, J. T. Mayfield, Grady County; Third, Gaston Cook, Talbot County; Fourth, Ernest Holmes, Rockdale County; and Sixth, Tom Scott, Forsyth County.
Others are Seventh, Alex Shellnut, Haralson County; Eighth, Jim Paulk, Glynn County; Ninth, Jeff Wayne, Hall County and Tenth, William Ca rol Word, Richmond County .
Professional conserv.ationi sts were ol so recognized. They ore

HANDLING AND PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS
CARE DURING STORAGE
Planting stock may be left in sealed package up to two weeks without additional moisture. The healing in of plants is not necessary as adequate protection is given by the sealed package. When packages are received they should be placed in a cool place and out of direct sun rays. Packages should not be stacked or heating may result. Adequate ventilation will assist in eliminating this hazard. It is most important that packages not be torn as seedling roots will become dry.
CARE DURING PLANTING
Adequate soil moisture should be present to insure good survival. Planting operation should be stopped during extreme dry periods.
It is recommended that tree planting activities be stopped during prolonged periods of freezing temperatures. Newly planted seedlings, which do not have an established root system, suffer from excessive moisture loss during these periods. Freezing of seedlings in packages should be prevented. Should they freeze, allow package to thaw naturally. If frozen trees are handled, damage will result by the breaking of roots.
Drying or heating during hauling should be avoided. Trees should be unloaded in a shady spot near the planting site. During planting do not expose roots to wind or sun. Seedling roots should be placed in a container of wet moss .or mud.
Depth of planting should be equal or slightly deeper than depth grown in the nursery. Tap roots should be kept straight and soil finmly packed around roots.
Check your planting techniques daily to insure a well stocked plantation. Planting assistance may be obtained by contacting your local County Forest Ranger.
Remember-to make your woodlands pay dollars, protection from wild fires is essential. Help keep Georgia green by preventing forest fires.

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James C. Turner, Jr., assistant director and Forest Protection chief, Georgia Forestry Commission, right, receives professional Forestry Award from Lt. Governor Peter lack Geer.

G. L. Blackwell, Vocational Agri-

culture; Claude Collier, Georgia

Extension

Service;

Ferrell

Satterfield, Soil Conservation Ser-

vice; James C. Turner, Jr., Georgia

Forestry Commission; and Drew

Whitaker, Game and Fish Commis-

sion.

F FA and 4-H youth were recog-

n ized for their achievements. The

Youth Conservation winner was

4-H'er Mike Allgood of Temple.

Their projects involved various

phases of forestry, soil and wild-

life conservation.

The outstanding State Sportsman

Club was Bulloch County.

Lt. Governor Geer, in present-

ing the awards, urged sportsmen to

safeguard land interests of all

Georgians for the conservation of

all natural resources.

Heelan, Turner, Allgood and the

Bulloch County Sportsmen's Club

will be entered in national compe-

tition. The competition wi II take

place at the 30th annual meeting

of the National Wildlife Federa-

tion, March 11-13, 1966 in Washing-

ton, D. C.

Conservation ist Heal an has

proven to be a sincere and dynamic

crusader. In recent years he has

worked tirelessly to improve state-

wide action on water pollution.

"Your Cl eon Water", a state-wide

water pollution campaign by the

Association of County Commi s-

sioners, was largely the inspira-

tion and work of Heelan. The cam-

paign featured a series of Georgia

Quaker cartoons.

January, 1966 is "Make Georgia Beautiful Month". Plans for this observance hove been coordinated by the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service and the State Deportment of Industry and Trade.
The Georgia Forestry Commission, upon the request of the two groups, produced 1-0 dogwood and redbud seedlings for this occasion. Roy Shirley, Commission director, states that 'beautification' groups have already depleted this year's Commission's supply of one-yearold dogwood and redbud growing stock. He emphasized that no more

orders ore being accepted for these species.
The State Forester pointed out that the Commission does hove a plentiful supply of bold cypress. Contrary to many beliefs, this tree will grow on a variety of sites and is colorful in the fall. It's not just a swamp tree.
Shirley stated that 'beautification' groups should contact commercial nurseries for ornamental species of trees and shrubs above one-year. The commercial nurseries hove many species from which to choose, such as crepe myrtle and magnolia. Shirley emphasized the

fact that the Forestry Commission is only growing tree seedling stock.
The first shipment, of ornamentals for "Make Georgia Beautiful Month", by the Commission is scheduled for the week of December 13th. The second shipment will be mode during the week of January
lOth.
In addition, the Commission has some 45 million seedlings for distribution. Already, more than 18 million trees hove been purchased. Some of the available seedlings, particularly cedar and Arizona cypress, hove good use in screening junk yards and trash dumps,

Make Georgia Beautiful

according to Shirley.

according to Williams and Hardman.

roods.

The "Make Georgia Beautiful

Other state agencies and orga-

Program ideas and suggestions

Month" program is on extension nizations ore giving their support ore being prepared for Extension

and on expansion of a week-long to the 1966 program. They include, Service Agents. Their officers will

beaut ifi cot ion effort carried out in addition to the aforementioned, serve as "Make Georgia Beautiful

January 24-30, 1965, said Thomas State Highway Deportment, Georgia Month" information centers in the

G. Williams, Jr. , head, Extension's Nurserymen's Association, Garden local counties. Sub ject matter

Landscape Deportment, and Bill Clubs of Georgia, Women's Clubs of material on landscaping and beau-



T. Hardman, director, lndus.try and Georgia, Associated Industries of tification will also be available.

Trade's Tourist Division.

Georgia and State Department of

Local county agents and exten-

Earlier this year, "Make Geor- Education.

sion home economists have con-



gia Beautiful Week" resulted in the

As last year, 4-H members ore tacted leaders of civic clubs, com-

planting of 413,762 dogwood trees expected to take the lead in the munity groups and youth organiza-

and 94,272 other ornamental pi ants, anti-litter campaign. They will con- tions to develop local "Make



and anti-litter campaigns along 937 miles of highways and byways.

centrate their efforts inside their own communities and city limits.

Georgia Beo~:~tiful Month" programs. Deto iIs on tree seed Iing stock,

"This gave us a head start in the Highway Deportment personnel will from the Commission, con be ob-

notional program for natural beauty," toke charge of state and federal tained from county forest rangers

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ATFA Founder
Resigns Post
which the Assoc iation can st i ll draw on h is adv ice and counsel.
In resigning, Judge Langdale recalled that the idea for an organization of gum farmers was conceived while he was driv in g to Valdosta from Brunswick . There, a conference had just failed in bringing about satisfactory recommendations to help the gum nava l stores industry . It was at a time when many produ c-

Judge Harley Langdale, Sr.
Judge Harley Langdale, Sr . , founder and only president of the American Turpentine Farmer's Associat ion has resigned. Jim L. Gillis, Jr., Soperton was named president.
Langdale, who headed the Association for 30 years, resigned at the September meeting of the Board of Directors in Valdosta. He was immediately named President Emeritus; a posit ion from

J im L. Gillis, Jr.

ers were in ser ious financial trouble. Upon his return to his Iow of-
fice, he, Lundie Smith, ATFA General Counsel; and Lamar T il lman, a Valdosta attorney, who was assoc iated with him at the time, set about draw ing a charter and bylaws for ATFA.
Shortly thereafter , a meeting was called in Jacksonv il le , Fla. The ATFA was organized in a meeting attended by producers from throughout the belt who knew they had reached the bottom of the economic ladder, and had no way to go but up. This was in 1935.
G illis comes to his new pos ition as no stranger to the Association or naval stores. He has served as director of the Associat ion , a pos it ion he held at the time of h i s new appointment. He is a farmer, naval stores producer and president of the Bank of Soperton.
He holds chairmanship of the Georgia Soil Conservation Committee, the Board of Managers of the County Commiss ioners' Association of Georg ia and the Board of Commissioners of Treutlen County. G i ll is was formerly a State Senator, president of the Georgia Bankers' Association and president of the Georgia Forestry Association.

4-H'er Competes Nationally

stones to the national competition. Site index on yellow poplar was
the project that propelled her to the national convent ion . Through the local soil conservationist she obtained a conservation plan map

Another phase of her forestry project has been fire control and prevention. Through the local county forestry unit, she learned that debr is burning was the largest fire cause.

and soil and capability map .

To combat this negligence,

From these maps she was able Linda has erected 60 fire preven-

to determine what areas were suit- tion signs, constructed 18 fire pre-

able for growing yellow poplar. vention exhibits and talks fire

She not only planted yellow poplar prevention to her neighbors and

on these areas, but, cut all cull friends .

trees that were or would compete

Linda, when questioned about

with the yellow poplar.

her interest in yellow poplar, re-



In addit ion to putting into prac- plied, "A small furniture factory

Miss Linda Hussey

tice the recommendations called for, Linda presented 13 demonstra-

in Hancock County utilizes yellow poplar and is in need of quality

Miss Lindo Hussey of Sparta has tions showing how the correct use yellow poplar from this area."

taken top Southeastern Section hon- of s ite index would increase the "With our family having 282 acres

ors at the National 4-H Congress in productivity of a farm. With this of woodland," Linda said , "I de-

Chicago, Ill. The District Project start, she is now working on a con- cided to find out what areas would

Achievement, Eatonton, and the State servation plan for the family's grow quality yellow poplar and then

Congress, at Atlanta, were stepping entire 325 acres.

plant these areas."

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Training Upgrades Efficiency

The annual four-day training

se s sion, for Georgia Forestry Com -

mission personnel, was held at the

State FFA-FHA Camp near Coving-

ton.

Ray Shirley, Commission dir-

ector, stated that personnel received

instructi on in all phases of service

rendered Georgia landowners by

the Commission. This embraced

Forest Protection, Forest Manage-

ment, Refore station and Admini-

strative and Forest Education pro-

cedures.

Highlighting this year's school

were special sessions on the State

Merit System, retirement, Health

Insurance and electrical safety .

Dr. Roy Fossett, chief, Classifi-

cati on and Co mpensation Division,

Sta te Merit System; W. Frank Delamar

and E. W. Van Ho uten, execut_ive

secretary and deputy executive

secretary, respectively, Employees

Retirement System; and

Walt

Withers, chief, Health Insurance

Service; are the state offici ol s

that spoke to the group. Electrical

safety was presented by Horace

Burch and Don West, safety engi-

neers, Georgi a Power Co. All are

of Atlanta.

Recipients of the Appreciation Award, presented by Commission Director Ray Shirley, center, are front row, Harvey Brown, executive secretary, Georgia Forestry Association; Harry Rosso//, illustrator, U. S. Forest Service; Paul Vincent, supervisor, Chattahoochee National Forest; Miss Sue Myrick, farm editor, Macon Telegraph; Dean AI Herrick, School of Forestry, University of Georgia; Glenn McCullough, Georgia Press Association; and John Stewart,Stewart-McEirath Oak Flooring Co. Back row, Henry Malsberger, Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association; Walter Myers, editor, Forest
Farmer; J. G. Bryant, State Department of Education, Division of Vocational
Education; Harold Jo iner, farm editor, Atlanta Journal; Ed Ruark, director, Georgia Forest Research Council; and Harry Crown, American Forest Products Industries, Inc.

Other courses were taught by specialists from the Comm is sion's Macon office and the U. S. Forest Service Region Eight Office 1n Atlanta .
In other activities, an Appreciation Award was presented out standing forestry leaders and supporters

of forest conservation. The award was made in recognition of their untir ing efforts and leadership in promot ing forest conservation, multiple forest use and other forestry values towards the best interest of all segments of Georg ia's economy.

Georgia Forestry Commission

Commission

district office and county unit fronts are beginning to take on a new look.

Signs

Rectangular identification signs are replacing the shield signs that have marked the Commission in the past, announced Ray Sh irl ey, Com-

Have

mission director. The new s igns are 3 x 5 feet, he added.
The identification signs are con-

New Look

structed of one-half inch plywood. The weather proof, '24-hour' s igns are more economic and easier to

repair than the aluminum highway



signs

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. Georgia Appalachia Area

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HEARD\

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Given Forestry Emphasis

LEGEND
Survey Area
Georgia Appalachia Area
A survey, to determine expanding and developing forest industries in the Georgia Appalachia Program, is underway, announced Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commi ssion.
The survey is being conducted jointly between the Commission and the Tennessee Valley Authority. It involved six of the 35 counties in the Georgia Appalachia Program. The counties are Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Cherokee, Pickens and Forsyth.
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Shirley said that expansion of existing wood-using industries and the establishment of new forest products industries appears to afford the best opportunity for employment in this 35 county area. This is based on the fact that the forest area is increasing at a rate of 6 .3 percent every ten years.
There are 5,097,600 forest acres which comprise 72.8 percent of the Appalachia land area. The six survey counties contain some one million acres of commercial forest land. This enormous forest acreage represents the greatest single source of any type raw material in this area, Shirley points out.
Shirley emphasized that through the tota I program, it is hoped that forest resources will be developed more fully and market conditions

for forest products, and sources for raw material, will be improved.
The survey is part of the Georgia Appalachia Program. W. H. McComb, Commission management chief, said that the survey is expected to be completed by March I, 1966. The survey is involving 304 forest industries. Floyd Hubbard and Sam Martin, assistant district foresters, Management, from Rome and Gainesville, respectively, have been assigned to the survey. These men will be supplemented by three foresters 1n the future, McComb added.
Shirley emphasized that the survey will determine three factors :
(l) Whether the avai Iable natural
resources and other plant requirements can support new industry; (2) whether sufficient markets exist for the products that wi II be

produced ; and (3) the fea s ib iIity of expand ing existing indust ries and/ or introduc ing new industr ies into the region.
As to the first facto r, present market cond itions, poss ible market improvements and the possibility of developing new products will be considered before any plans are made for indust rial e x pansion. The successful operat ion of any industry, naturally, depends upon a market for its products.
In relat ion to the second factor , the ava ilab ility of the forest resources is a most impo rtant point. The availab ility is d irectly related to the type of land ownersh ip. If, 1n certain areas, ownership was primarily industr ial, the ava ilab i lity could be uncerta in for new industries. Resou rce requirements depend upon the availab ility of spec ific types of mater ial. Th is inc! udes vo Iume, species , qual ity and s ize. It also depends upon the growth-dra in relationsh ip of the available mater ial by each of these categor ies.
In surveying the third factor , it is important to determ ine: (a) Types of existing industries and the ir location in respect to other industr ies; (b) whether or not the needs for industry can be fulf illed by expanding the present plants or if new plants need to be establ ished ; (c) the number of new employees that would be requ ired for expansion of present industries and establishment of new industries; and present and future physical pi ant requirements. This includes equipment, personnel, investment and operating capitol, transportation, water, power and any special requ irements.
McComb pointed out that the data collected from t he survey wi II be presented in a report designed to st imulate expansion of existing industry and development of new industry. Local Ieaders wi II be encouraged to use the resulting report to promote industrial growth and obtain max imum benefits from the ir forest resources.
The Georgia Appalachia Program comes under the Appalachian

Reg ion a I Developmen t Ac t of 1965. The purpose of the Ac t is to stimulate econom ic growth and establish a f rame wor k fo r jo int federal and state efforts, to ward prov iding the bas ic fac i li t ies essential to its gro wth , attack ing its common problems and meeting its common needs, on a coord ina ted and concerted regional bas is. The wood-us ing industri es in the s ix-county area are be ing con tac ted fo r data from wh ich it is hoped fo rest resources will be de veloped mo re fully.
In making the survey, types of e x isting industries and the ir locat ion in respect to other industries will be determined.
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Georgia

Georg ia's 13 pu lpm ills increased the ir comb ined do i ly capac ity by

Leads South
In

310 tons over 1963. Their capacity

was 10,423 tons per day. The doily

capacity of the 82 southern pulp-

mills was 56 ,530 tons in 1964.

Un ion Parish , Louis iana was



the South's leading producer of

roundwood with .on output of 207,008

cords. Th is is the fi rst t ime since

1955 that Baldwin County, Alabama

has foiled to lead.

Camden, Clinch, Echols, Dodge,



Liberty, Wore and Wayne Counties

ore among 28 southern counties pro-

duc ing more than 100, 000 cords of



Georgia has held to the leading southern states hit a new high of roundwood . Wayne County led Geor-

southern pulpwood producer posi- 28 ,825,800 cords . This is 61 per- gia with 166 ,400 cords . Wayne,

tion for the 17th consecutive year. cent of the notion's total.

Clinch and Echo Is Counties led the

Georgia's 1964 production of

Alabama ranked second to Geor- state with pulp wood del iveries val-

round pulpwood and residues was gia produc ing more than 4.1 million ued at $3 , 328, 000i $3 , 148,860i and

5, 842,900 cords accord ing to the 1965 edition of " Southern Pulp-

cords . Other states produ6ng more than two million cords included

$3, 115, 980, respect ively. The report includes charts and



wood Production". This produc- Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana , graphs on the number of companies

tion was valued at the mills at Mississippi, North and South Caro- procuring p ine and hardwood round-

$ 116,858 ,000 or six percent above lina and Virgin ia.

wood, mill capaci t y, production



1963 deliveries .

Georgia remained the lead ing increases and decl ines and detail-

With Georgia setting the pace , producer of wood residue with ed tables on all phases of produc-

the South established a pulpwood 760,700 cords . For the S?uth , wood t ion by state. Hardwood and pulp-



production record for the sixth con- residue production totaled 4,717 , 100 wood cordage is Iisted by state

secutive year. Production 1n 12 cords.

and county.

Fire Weather Forecasting Head Named

Paul H. Hagerty has been named changes in greater detoi I and with

Superv is ing Fire Weather Forecast- more accuracy .

er for Georgi a, announced Dee F .

Roy Shirley, d irector, Geo rgia

Taylor, chief, Southern Forest Fire Forestry Commission, said, "The

Laboratory, Macon.

weather forecast ing service has

He succeeds Daniel W. Krueger played a prominent role in the sup-

who has been named meteorologist pression and detection of wildfires

in charge of the Weather Bureau as well as helpful in advising wood-

office at Atlantic City, N. J.

land owners on when to conduct

Taylor said Hagerty's appoint- control burns."



ment will insure the expansion of

The fire weather forecasts ore

fire weather forecasting service to compiled from information relayed

fire protection personnel in Georgia. to the Laboratory each afternoon,

Earlier in the year, the appointment Monday-Friday, from the fire weather of Lowell Croom expanded the fire stations located at 78 county for-

Paul H. Hagerty

weather office to a two-man fire estry units throughout the state. Research Council.

weather foreco sting unit.

This information is combined with

Hagerty is a graduate of Omah a

This enables coverage on Iorge notional weather data to provide University . He did graduate work in

fires. From the fire camp, the fore- the Georgia forecasts.

meteorology at Pennsylvania State

caster con localize the forecast by

The weather forecasting service University. He has been assign ed

taking into account various terrain is sponsored by the Commission, to the Chi cogo Weather Bureau

features which influence the weather Weather Bureau, Southeastern For- since 1962 as F ire Weather Fore-

over a small area. The fire boss con est Experiment Station of the U. S. caster for the Lake and Central

then be odv ised of expected weather Forest Service and Georgia Forest States region.

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Commission Provides Seed For
Progeny Testing

The Georgia Forestry Commission, through its part icipation 1n the Tree Seed Certification Program, has provided the Georgia Crop Improvement Association with 50 pounds each of slosh and loblolly pine seed.
Sanford Darby, Commission Reforestation chief, sa id that half of the seed represent commercially selected seed, and the other half ore open poll inoted seed orchard seed. These seed will serve as a yardstick in progeny testing trees that ore certified through the GCIA, he added.

Darby painted out that there will be three phases involved 1n the progeny testing. One phase is the selected trees that are being applied for certification. This phase will be tested against the commercial seed lot and the seed orchard seed that are planted in adjacent areas.
The landowner's trees wi II be tested for superior characteristics. These include fast growth, resistance to insects and disease, good form, cone bearing ability, high specific gravity and high gum yield.

RANGER OF THE QUARTER

The 359,200 forest acres in the Coffee-Atkinson Forestry Un it represent row material for industry, jobs and income for local citizens and habitat for wildlife.
Responsible for the protection of this expansive forest scene 1s Ronald L . Drury. He has been at the job since March, 1952.
In the early fifties , the unit worked on overage of 150 or more fires per year. About 1,000 forest acres were burned in these fires. Now, the unit works less than one hundred fires per year with less than 500 acres burned.
What happened between then and now? Pulpmills set up yards in the counties. This competitiveness increased timber values. With forestry on economic foetor, the door was open for Drury's annual campaigns for better management practices and caution with fire.
As a result, the unit annually plows more than .300 miles of pre.. suppression breaks. This includes breaks along railroad lines. Incendiary fires hove dropped off to nothing. Add the alert eye of local citizens with air patrol and lookout

towers and you have an unbeatable

detect ion system.

Drury assists with forest pro-

tection and management work on a

pilot forest near Douglas. The

forest is a demonstration area for

weed tree control. This has many

of the landowners doing their own

weed tree control work with some

technical ass istance.

Coffee-Atkinson

landowners

annually plant over 1,000 , 000

trees per year. Up to the last

couple of years, these plantings

were on non-productive acres.

Now, the planting is for reforesting

areas.

To keep forestry before the

the pub Iic, fair exhibits are used

each year to depict the unit's pro-

gram. Radio spots are run on days

of adverse burning conditions.

Posters are erected in rural stores

and at entrances to fishing areas.

Demonstrations on fire protection,

planting and management are pre-

sented to FFA and adult groups.

The unit has been used to train

new Comm ission personnel. For a

period of one year, the personnel

would be trained in handling equip-

ment, work with management for-

Ronald L. Drury
esters and in forest protection and be familiarized with Commission policies and procedures.
On two occasions, the unit was presented the Eighth District Outstanding General Performance Aw-ard. The award was presented by the Georgia Forestry Association.
In addition to Drury, other unit personnel are Ralph Hanson, Paul Musgrove and Joe White, tractor operators; Tillman Kirkland, dispatcher; and Mrs. Nellie Henson and E. W. Spafford, towermen. The combined service of the unit's personnel is 73 years.
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Georgia Tops In

manner. The chairman said inspection

is never carried out in a sl ipshod

Tree Farm Acreage

way. If a man's land doesn't come up to par, we refuse to certify the acreage as a Tree Farm. The in-

specting forester, however, points

out ways in which the woodlot can

be brought up to standard for a

later consideration.

The Georg ia Tree Farm Com-

mittee is divided into two areas,

North and South. The area chairmen

are North, John F. Sisley, Georgia

Kraft, Rome; and South, Howell J.

Foster, International Paper Co.

Richmond Hill.

District chairmen are Bob Tift,

Union Bog-Camp Paper Corp.,

Douglas; A. H. Gregory, Continental

Can Co., Augusta; H. E. Horney,

Georgia Kraft, Macon ; H. B. Mathias ,

Georgia Kraft, Rome; and Noel

Haskins, Great Southern Land and

Paper Co., Cedar Springs.

E. A. Davenport, Union Bag-

The American Tree Form System, the Lane family since 1776. It was Camp Paper Corp., Savannah , is

since its beginning on the West deeded to the family by King George member-at- Iorge. Harry Crown,

Coast 23 years ago, has become a Ill.

AFPI , Atlanta, serves as secretary.



strong foetor in Georg ia's economic

The first Tree Farm certified

growth. It has provided row material in Georgia was that of E. C. Fancher

for industry and contributed to the of Pearson. He was also the f irst

state's needs for recreation , water, landowner, not only in Georgia,

wildlife, employment and soil sta- but in the United States, to have a

bility.

written management plan prepared

The American Tree Form System, for his forest by a project forester.

which Georgia entered in 1948, is E. N. Cooper, project forester,

sponsored by forest industr ies Georgia Div ision of Forestry, and

through the American Forest Prod- C. W. Chapman, SCS technician,

ucts Industries. A Tree Form is assisted Fancher in organizing his

"on area of privately owned taxpay- management plan for his 175 forest

ing forest land dedicated volun- acres. This was in November, 1940.

tarily by its owner to the growing

From this early beginning,

and harvesting of repeated forest Sonnen emphasized that this is

crops," said Don Sonnen of Georgia industry's way of thanking the land-

Kraft, Macon, Georgi a Tree Farm owners for a job well done. The

Committee chairman.

committee has 200 industrial for-

Sonnen points out that Georgia esters who are prepared to inspect

now ronks first in the notion in

the lands of prospective members.

acreage certified, 7,325,579, and

"If the woodlands meet our

third in number of Tree Forms, forest management specifications,"

2,236. Mississippi and Alabama

Sonnen added, "We give the land-

with 3,365 and 2,452 Tree Forms, owners a sign to place on his prop-

respectively, lead Georgia.

erty, a certificate and a subscription Before an area is certified, it must

One of the oldest Tree Forms

to the quarterly Tree Farmer News meet Tree Farm specifications.

in the country, in point of family

Letter. The square metal sign, with Above, A. W. She/horse, Jr., Con-

ownership belongs to R. W. Lone

the green Tree Form emblem on a tinental Can Co., /eft, and William

and family near Thomson. Their

wh ite background, announces to H. Muns, McDuffie-Warren County

800 acres of woodland in Columbia

the pub Iic that the site is being forest ranger, right check the tim-

and McDuffie Counties has been in

used to grow trees in an efficient ber of R. W. Lane.

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Georgia is one of five southern states selected for a Fire Damage Appraisal Pilot Project this year, according to Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission. Other states are Florida, North and South Carolina and Virginia.
Shirley stated that through the project it is hoped to obtain better ideas of the value of timber being burned and what is being saved, figured in growth loss as well as merchantable timber.
The pilot project was initiated by the subcommittee of the Fire Damage Appraisal Committee of the National Association of State Foresters and the U. S. Forest Service. Fred Claridge of North Carolina is chairman of the subcommittee. Representing Georgia on the committee is Billy P . Miles, assistant Commission Forest Protection chief.
There are 500 sample locations throughout the project. In Georgia,

Georgia Selected

For Pilot Project

91 plots ore being sampled. The plots are selected at random using a basis of every 200 acres on fires ten acres and larger.
Miles states that if appropriate damage factors can be developed, rei iobi e estimates of fire damage to timber, for a specified year, can be made. Fire damage to timber includes current and ' prospective reductions in both volume and quality to timber yields. The sum of these reductions is growth impact, Miles added.
He pointed out that the data is not recorded unti I two months after the fire. This gives the trees a chance to come back out.
The data being gathered includes

percent damage to crown, damage to inner bark, species in burned area, tree diameter and height, topography of land, fuel type, weather conditions on day of fire and regeneration prospects of the area. On the merchantable timber, crooks and interior and surface defects are recorded.
The fie Id work is being conducted by local county forest rangers and assistant District Forest Protection foresters.
The five-state pilot test provides a means of exploring the practicability of using procedures, adapted from the Forest Survey, to estimate the damage to timber caused by wildfires in a one year period, and the relation of fire damage to certain factors which influence fire behavior or the susceptibility of trees to damage by fire.

In Georgia, there ore 97 plots being sampled in the Fire Damage Apprai sal Pilot Proiect.

Retirement
0. A. Amason, 65, of Hines-
ville, center, has retired after 15 years service with the Georgi a Forestry Commission as Liberty County Ranger.
Ray Shirley, Commission director, praised Amason's service to th.e state by saying that he was a dedicated and tireless worker for forest conservation 1n Liberty

County . Turner Barber, Commission
regional forester, Macon, left, presented Amason with a faithful service award at a dinner in his honor. Amason also received an engraved pocket watch presented by First District Forester Cash Harper, Statesboro. The watch was a gift from all the First District personnel.

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LETTERS
Fronk Craven, Chief Forest E ducotion Georg ia Fore stry Commission Macon, Georgi a
Dear Mr. Craven:
Your 'subst itute' performed in on ex cellent manner! Our young peop le, some forty strong, were visib ly impres sed w ith Mr. Louie Deaton.
I om sure that our "field trip" to the 'tree form of one of o ur members next weekend will be greatly enhanced by Mr. Deaton's words concerning "Hazard s of the Forest".
With deep appreciation to you and your office for this service, I om
Sincerely,
Howard N. Hinds Director Junior High Fellowship
Roy Shirley, Director Georgia Forestry Commission Box 1077 Macon, Georgi a
Dear Roy:
The fourth Natural Resources Conservotion Workshop, held at Georgie Southern Coli ege, was one of most success. Each of your men from the Georgia Forestry Commis sion did on outstanding job in assisting with this workshop.
was certainly sorry that you could not be on our program Monday night, Augu st 9th, but certainl y appreciate Jimmy Turner, your assistant, coming and being on the program. This wo s a real good opportunity for this many boys to hear about the Commission.
I, personally, express my appreciation for your cooperation and for the men you assigned to work on this Soil Can servotion Society activity. In behalf of the workshop committee, please ex press our thanks to your men for the fine efforts that they put forth. Chuck Place did a fine job as assistant director. I shall always remember his contributions towards this workshop.
Thank you and your organi zation for everything that you did to help make this workshop a success.
Sincerely yours,
Sam G. Dunaway Workshop Director
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Georgi a Forestry Commission Macon, Georgi a
Gentlemen:

Logging

would like to toke this opportunity to express my oppreci at ion to Management Forester George H. Sp ir es and to Washington County Ranger Colvin C. Rhodes.

Since I om the manager and port owner

of over a thousand acres of land, which

I om gradually turning into a tree form,

the management pi on schedules and

advice given me by these two courteous,



efficient men hove mode all the dif-

ference between present and future pro-

fits as opposed to losses.



The other property owners and I com-

mend the Georg io Forestry Commission

for all the fine services it offers and for having in its employ such people as Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Spires.
Sincerely yours,

A team of 15 Brazilian forestry leaders recently toured the Georg ia Forestry Center near Macon. One of the po ints of interest was the

Virginia Smith Sandersville, Georgi a
Fronk Craven, Chief Forest Education Georgia Forestry Commission Macon, Georgia

Comm ission's Seed Extractory.

Above, Sanford Darby, Comm is s ion

Reforestation chief, shows the

group how the cones are stored in

the drying kiln before the seed are

extracted.



Dear Mr. Craven:

May we toke this opportunity to express to you and to American Turpentine Formers Association our deep appreciation for your appearance on the program at our recent State F FA Rally held in Macon to present the awards for winners in our pointing program. We do appreciate the continued support of this fine organization in this and many other activities conducted throughout Georgi a.

We loo k forward to our continued osso ciotion. With kindest personal regards,

Sincerely yours,
J. G. Bryant State Supervisor Agricultural Education

Ray Shirley, d irector, Georg ia For-



estry Commission, has been elected

vice-president of the National

Association of State Foresters. He was named to the post at the



43rd annual meeting of the Associa-

tion held in Houston, Texas. Gareth

C. Moon, state forester, Montana,



was named president. He succeeds

Austin H. Wilkins, forest commis-
sioner, Maine, who became a Member-

At-Large. Other officers are Karl

A. Loerch, state forester, Nebraska,

secretary-treasurer; and Osal B.

Capps, state forester, Missouri,

Member-At-Large.



the Foresters...

MEMORIAM .. . Henry 0. Cummings,
62, of Donalsonville, has died. Cummings was a member of the Georgia Forestry Commission Board of Commissioners from 1949-58. Ray Shirley, Comm i ssion director, said that Cummings' wise counsel and guidance was vital to the Commission's conservation program. The Commission and all forest interests have suffered a great loss in his passing. We extend deepest sympathy to Mrs. Cummings and family.

C. B. Compton, Atlantic Creosoting Co., Savannah, third left, is the new president of the Georgia Pressure Treaters Group. He succeeds T. D. Stewart, Langdale Co., Valdosta , second left. J. D. Hite, Jr., Tucker, right, was re-elected secretary-treasurer. The election of officers was a h ighlight of the general meeting held at the Georg ia Forestry Commission headquarters near Macon . Others in the group are, 1-r, S. B. Hicks, Southern Wood Preserving, Atlanta; W. C. Meredith, Jr., William C. Meredith Co., East Point; A. G. Labrot, Atlantic Creosoting Co., Savannah; and A. M. Deiters, Southern Pressure Treaters Association, Atlanta.
APPOINTMENT .. .Darwin E. Fender has been appointed director of Forest Research at International Paper Company's Southlands Experiment Forest near Bainbridge, Ga. He succeeds Dr. Charles H. Driver who resigned to accept the position of Professor of Forest Pathology at the University of Washington. The announcement was made by F. C. Gragg, assistant general manager in charge of Woodlands.

Georgia Forestry Commission patrol craft have been refab ri cateo'. The new fiber glass cover ing replaces the original cloth covering. The planes are tested each year to determine any structual weaknesses.

"PAPER WORKS WONDERS" ... is a 20-minute slide presentation on one of the South's largest industries . The presentation deals with paper making operations from the forest through the mill to the final uses of paper products. Either the Macon or' Rome Divisions of Georgia Kraft Co. may be contacted for presentations.

MEETINGS.. Southeastern Section Society of American Foresters, Jan. 13-14, Atlanta ... Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association, Feb. 1-2, Atlanta.. Forest Farmers Association, May 11-12, Jekyll lsland ... Georgia Forestry Association, June 13-14-15, Jekyll Island.

RETIREMENT ... Miss

Elizabeth

Mason has retired from the position

of head of women's activities in the

Education Branch of Forest Service

Division of Information and Educa-

tion, Washington, D. C. Her suc-

cessor is Miss Emma Kuretich who

has held a similar posit ion in Re-

gion Nine.

Donald T . Sonnen, operations forester, Macon Division of Georgia Kraft Co., top, has been promoted to Wood Procurement Supervisor for the organization's new Alabama Kraft Company Division near Cottonton, Ala. James H. Colson,
for the company's

Georgia FORESTRY
DECEMBER 1965

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