Georgia forestry, Vol. 2, no. 8 (Aug. 1949)

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Georgia forestry

A Good Step
Carroll will join other progressive counties of Georgi~ in e~ tablishing a fire protection un1t as part of the state-wide ~ro&ram of the Georgia Fore~try CommiSSion, according to announcement by Raymond F. Muse, chairman of the Foard of County Commissioners. Forestry products have been the biggest single source of income from the land in Carrol County the past several years.
The woods have been depleted of marketable timber to supply the abnormal wartime demand a~d it is a wise step to set up a unit to prevent forest fires and protect the remaining timber as a.source of future income. Carroll will be able to share in the program by paying only a third of the costs.Two lo?kout towers are slated to be built in the county and two trucks will comprise the mobile equipment. A full-time forester will be able to aid in an educational and advisory manner as well as seek to prevent fires.--The Times Free Press, Carroll ton.

not been so depleted by fir P and lack,of conservation practices during recent years.
Two-thirds of the operating budget for the new forest fire control, fire prevention and suppression program will be born by the State and one-third by the County under a new law enacted by the Legislature this past winter in one of its most constructive moves.--Crisp County ~Jews.
Criminal Waste
Sparks from cigarettes, cigars
and pipes started 4Rl forest fires
in New York state last year. ~ore than 65,000 acres of timber were destroyed by fire in the last three years.
These figures empha6ize warnings to extinguish all fires and never toss away lighted matches or cigarettes.
Wbere highways enter recreational areas in some states, roadside signs warn the motorist against such practices. Put those who need additional warning--both in Georgia and elsewhere--can see plenty of burned over areas that show the criminal waste of forest fires._ Brunswick News

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Out of the 28 million homes in the United States it is estimated that 23 million ;~re constructed of wood .
Forest Program
The newly organized Crisp County Forestry Foard is to be commended for its quick action in employing a forest ranger whose duties will be to conserve the area's timber rE-sources.
c:e or g ia's income from forests last year was around three hundred million dollars--an income which could easily have been double this amount if the State's woodlands had

T ile United State~ and its possessions O\\ n about 9.1 per cent of the world's total fmest mea. nu;;sin ha:; 21.1 per cent, the British Commor:wenlth 13.4 per cent and
the jJ:tlancc is divided among some 50 other 11 :1tiolls.

Georgia Forestry

rol. 2

AUCUSf, 1949

No. 8

A monthly bulletin putlished by the Georgia Forestry Commission, 43~ State Capitol, Atlanta. Fntered as second-class matter at the Post
Office, AtlantaA Ga., under the act of August 24, 1~12. Member, Ceorgia
Press Association.

August, 191J9

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t 2 ur years .mu was discharged in
1Y44 as a chief warrant officer. His military duties were devoted
mainly to personnel work.

Mr. Fishop is married and is the father of two children. He and Mrs. Pishop and their children will make
their home in Atlanta.

Director DeLoach said Mr. Pishop has 'unusual qualifications for the
position of administrative assistant due to his experience, education and his long record of service with the Commission.'

furl Gayl_or, of Lyerly, has succeeded Mr. Pishop as ranger for Chat tooga County.

Timber Market Survey Conducted To Aid Owners

George Fishop, formerly business manager for the Georgia Forestry Commission, has been promoted from ranger for the Chattooga County Protection Unit to the position of administrative assistant to Director Guyton DeLoach.
Mr . Bishop joine d the Commission in July, 1944. fie served as business manager for thr Forestry Commission from October, 1945, until October 1947. He resigned from office work upon advice of his physician and in January, 19~, becane ranger for the Chattooga Protection Unit. He served in the Army for

Forest landowners in southwest Georgia can obtain valuable tips on the sale of their forest products by use of a booklet published recently by the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, U. S. Forest Service, Asheville, N. C. The booklet is entitled 'Markets for Forest Products in Southwest Georgia, ' and constitutes the first report on the findings of a timber marketing survey recently completed by the Experiment Station.
The booklet advises against lump sum sales of timber and shows that before selling timber, farmers should always make sure they know the volume and quality of their timber, the uses that can be made ~f the wood and the possible purchasers and the amounts they will ray for the timber.
The booklet includes genera l specifications for sawlogs, poles,
gilin g , veneer logs, crossties,
>osts, pulpwood, and other forest roducts.Given also are representative prices received for v a rious forest products, to aid landowners in evaluation of their timber for
various uses. A directory ot buyers of various forest products is also provided in the publication.

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UNION BAG SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

cLraotniWDognro.aJ'mst.uaeWlcnaketr.edrseodnefEltDld,sgecdaKheroaalFnlab.nohTofiaJS.tI-cuItIhmyot.oo,Jl wtroh.i,fencFneSeonrcr&theeosrolo,rflo7o,UffUTllFiemoonwlee'enlBllldtorqt7y..6-oTctfhyPGe.aeJpa0oe1Mr1rz11iOCBa.,orl.e.phefeblt-).l
will enter the school of forestry at Athena DeXt . .nth aDd ada will reeein $400 in cash from Union Bq & Paper 0.1)10ration, of Sa'YUII&II, dariq each Khool year of the four-year foreslr7 CIINIIW.

One of the youths attending the

Foys Forestry Camp at Waycross last

month returned home and wrote an

a~ticle about his experiences for

h1s locak newspaper. The articl written by Jesse Crews, appeared

ei~

the Charlton County Herald and is

reprinted below:

In Fortsfry Camp this past w~. Jltly 18 to 23, I learned a lot Qbout
~rowitlg trees. First. thing we learnail was how to cut se:wmill .log.s.' We learned In just what ways we would <i~t them. The next thing we learned was how to_ thin timber and bow to
tell i! it .we.s diseased or' not. Thinn2 l,Dg . 'is one . Of the most important .factors -of . growing pin,ea.r Tlie're we
leerned the dif!erence betwe@. select-

,.e &Dd M.lvage cutting. Boys my age might think they know a lot about
growing trees but when you go to a fortl8try camp you 'will find you
don't know much." TlieJ;"e were 75 boys
t the Forestry Camp. Mr. Ed Stout
was .in charge of all the boys. The
pulp wood companies and the State
turnis~ed the instructors." M.J'. Stout
showed every boy e. good Ume besides the partieS h~ gave us. I would iike to thank Mr. Je.sper Stokes and R Hoyt Delooeh for llMIJring my trip.
-possible. I will never forget the
things I lee.rned e.bout forestry while I was at camp. Four pulpwood com-
panies . paid for our food, &nd every 'boy had to say be had a good time.
Jesse Crews

August, 19CJ9

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Georgia Now Leads the South

In Total Pulpwood Productiol'\

~eorgia produced more pulpwood dur~ng 1948 than any other state in the South.

The state's total production

last year was 1, 770,600 standard

cor and

ds. This is represents

a

naninaclrle-taisme eofhimgohr~

than a half-million cords over the

1947 output. This marks the first

year Georgia has led in pulpwood

production in the South.

These figures are shown in reQorts on pulpwood production in the South, which have been released by the Southeastern and Southern Forest Experiment Stations. The reports show seven pulp mills operating in Georgia now.

Softwoods furnished 1 644 077 cords of Georgia's total p;oduc,tiofl the remainder being hardwoods and chestnuts.
. Overall production of pulpwood 1~ the South reached an all-time htgh of 11,358,997 cords during 1948. This is an increase of 23 per cent over the 1947 figures.

The highly-impressive pulpwood

production record established by

Georgia may well be bettered in

succeeding years when the expanded

fire protection program is reflected

ed the

in the decreased loss from increased jrowing stock a

fi nd

rteh~

accelerated gr0wth rate.

Given below are 1948 pulpwood production figures for counties in Georgia where pulpwood production was reporteciJ

Appling, 19,319; Atkinson, 22,647;

Eacon, 4, 24fl; Faldwin, 12, 031;

~anks, 738; Farrow, 1,444; Bartow,

9

,724; , 124;

Pen Hill, 8,574; Berrien, Bibb, 28, 463; Fleck ley,

~,623; Brantley~ 21 , 946; Prooks,

26,,883616;. Fryan, .12,387; Fulloch,

Purke, 9,180; Putts, 8 , 009 Calhoun, 6,296; Camden, 65,750 Candler, 7,453; Ca rroll, 1 , 189

Charlton, 34,604; Chattahoochee, 6

,

5C7h0at;hacmhat2t6~o5g3a0:

200; Cherokee, 353; Clarke, 2,932; Clay, 5,610; Clayton, 7,912; Clinch

25,660.

Cobb, 722; Coffee, 10,738; Colquitt, 13, 17P; Columbia, 9, 532; Cook, 5,748; Coweta, 17,399; Crawford, 7, 822; Cri s_p, 7, 134; Dade, 299; Decatur, 35,676; DeKalb, 1,062; Dodge, 7, 193; Dooly, 4,441; Dougherty, 11,917; Douglas, 90.

Early, 14,65); Echols, 3, 784; Effingham, 41,455; Elbert, 6,459; Emanuel, 32,501; Evans, 8,798; Fannin, 31, 140; Fayette, 4, 193; ~loyd, 3,519; Franklin, 1,663; Fulton, 5, 192; Gilmer, 3,883; Glascock, t50; Glynn, 19,919; Gordon, 907.

Grady, 24,011; Greene, 15,880; Gwinnett 6,232; Habersham, 1,616; Hall,3,434; Hancock, 13,393; Haralson, 4,549; Barris, 29,225; Hart, 14;. Henry~ 8, 948; Houston, 4, 359; Irw~n, 8,~40; Jackson, 6,532; Jas-
per, 14,428; Jeff Davis, 25,067.

Jefferson, 9,22R; Jenkins, 8,380 J ohnson, 5, ~'~35; Jones, 16, 809; Lamar, 13,498; Lanier, ~.368; Laurens, 22,302; Lee, 745; Liberty, 35,769; Lincoln, 700; Long, 20,264; Lowndes, 36, 867; \aeon, 3, 462; Madison, 7, 694; Marion, 6, 359.

McDuffie, 5, 051; ~'clntosh, 35,937; Meriwether, 16,966; Miller, 11, 163; Mitchell, 19, 333; ~'onroe, 27,641; Montgomery, 13,465; Morgan, 24,020; Murray, 274; Muscogee, 6,432; Newton, 16,087; Oconee, 2,031; Oglethorpe, 12,730;Paulding, 335; Peach, 2,874.

Pickens 1, 787; Pierce, 9,524;

Pike, 1,02i; Polk, 2,065; Pulaski,

700; Putnam, 12,672; Quitman, 999;

Rabun, 12, 465; Randolph, 6, 758 ;

Richmond, Schley, 1

,2q15561;3;

Rockdale, Screven,

1, 597; 32,340 ;

Seminole, 5,563; Spalding, 10, 759.

Stephens, 1,715; Stewart, 9,697; Sumtes, 12, 330; Talbot, 23 , 191; Taliaferro, 9 , 121; Tattnall, 15,852; Taylor, 7,011; Telfair, 12 , 398;
(Continued On Pag e Ten)

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Georgia forestry

Fire Control
Georgia's expanded fire protection program moves ahead at a rapid pace. The state's greatest organized fight on forest fire loss is under way.
On July 1, new fire protectior units began operation in 34 counties. This brings to 77 the number of counties throughout the state having fire protection units, and increases the total of Georgia fore~t land under protection to approximately 1~ million acres.
This represents an addition of about five million acres of protected land in the newly-organized counties. The original goal was to place six million additional acres under protection by the start of the new fiscal year, but funds were inadequate to allow for such an increase.
Rangers have been employed to heaw all of the 34 new counties an<. all are now on the job.Fasic training of all the new rangers was carried on at a Rangers' School held last month at the Waycross Airbase. The course of field and class room instruction covered three weeks and included actual practice and instruction in fire-fighting, fire prevention, and administration of county protection units. Instructors included District Foresters, the Assistant Director, experienced rangers and representatives of several manufacturers of fire-fighting vehicles, power pumps, and othet mobile fire-fighting equipment.
Vehicles and fire-fightin~ eauip-

Report
ment are being oel1verea tu Pew protection units as rapidly as possible. orders have been placed for a total of 74 various types of trucks, 66 power pumps, 36 plows, 275 backpumps, and more than 500 handtools of various kinds. Every effort is being made to expedite the procurement, outfitting and delivery of this equipment to the individual county units.
Present plans call for 70 new lookout towers to be constructed throughout the state. Work is proceeding on selection of tower sites and executing of deeds. One of the first big jobs of many county units will be the laying out and construction of foundations for lookout towers, under the direction of the State Forest Engineer. Al 1 towers will be of steel construction and will vary in height frorr 47 to 100 feet. The towers will be financed entirely by state funds at no cost to the counties.
Forestry boards have been selected and have begun functioning in most of the counties having newlyestablished protection units. These boards consist of residents of the individual counties who are owners of forest land or their representatives. Final selection of forestry board members in all counties will be accomplished at an early date. The boards will act in an advisory and assisting capacity to Pid in

At right are forest rangers who. attended the Georgia for-

estry Commission's Ranger School durtng July at Way~ross. From

Left to right with counties represented, are, kneeLtng: Turner

Tf.wigBgasr; berr.r,

.

D;ugherty; J. f. Jackson, Monroe;

Wynens, Jasper~ C. WesLey Hanson, B~bb;

W. Gri~sLey, E.K. WtLLcox,

TeLfair; T. B. Hankinson, Liberty; J. L. ChatfteLd, Upson; James

J. Carter, PoLk; T. H. Strickland, BaLdwin; H. J. foster, Lamar.

Second row: L. f. Smith,

RStoebwearrtt;L.r.CHox. ,

Calhoun; Lamon Nims, Horgan; E.

Willia111s, Candler; N. Pilcher, Schley;

11'. H. Parker, Long; Robert L. BeLL, Macon; W. G. Simmons, Spald-

ing; Mac C. Desmond, Greene; J. W. Massey, Crisp; f. E. Blasin-

P P , Jones; G. C. Exley, Effingham; G.O. Hauss, Mitchell. Third

o,_,: C. D. Carr Thomas; Tiade E. Mc Atee, Johnson; Curtis S.

Barnes, Dodge; lLoyd Williams, Habersham; 0. L. Knott, Troup;

Earl E. Echols, Pierce; Walter N. Stone, Emanuel; T. P. Dixon,

WheeLer; John E. Hammond, CarroLL.

August, 19lJ9

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Sometimes destruction is comp~ete when fire sweeps over forest ~and in Georgia. Consider our cover photo this month, for examp~e.Some one was care~ess in th~ woods and nothing was left grow~ng when ~n intense fire raced thro~gh th~s stand of smal~ pulpwood-stze trees and sap~ings.
fhe resu~ts are complete Loss of ~orest values, reduced income to forest owners and fewer jobs in forest industries.
Organized fire protection is one fonK of insurance against such ~oss while hu111an carefuLness is the other. Both are necessary to reduce forest fire Losses.

the establishment and operat1.o11 ot the fire protection units.

As the new rangers begin to set

up the new Fire Protection Units

they are taced with the .m~ltiple

problems, hiring and tra1.n1.ng per-

seoquninpepli~goabltla

ivnehi ni~gleasn, d

properly esta?lish-

ing headquarters, and se~tl.n~ up

their detection and communl.catl.ons

systems. Every effort is being made

to put the new units in full opera-

tion for the fall fire season.

Counties having newly-establis~ed protection units include McDuff1.e, Polk Laurens, Candler, Effingham, Dougherty, Dodge, Schley,, Cilquitt, Greene. Monroe, Jones, Cr1.sp, Lama~

Mitcl-.ell , Thomas, Macon, Jaspet,

Telfair Calhoun:

Paulding Stewart,

,

LRibicehrmtyo,ndP, ~lTdrwoiunp,,

Johnson, Long, Morgan, P1.erce,

Habersham, Twiggs, Carroll, Taylor.

Protection Units will begin opera-

tion in Whitfield and Walker Co~

ties in January. These two count1.e:

will add an additional quarter mil-

lion pcro~ to the protected area.

9rown Assianed
To District Nine
Claud L. Prown, ran~er for the Screven County Protection Unit for the past year, has been appointed assistant district forester for the ~inth District with offices at Gainesville, Guyton DeLoach, director of the Georgia !'orestry Commission, announced this month.
A graduate of the School of Forestry at the University of Georgia, Mr. Frown will assist District Forester Oscar Pattie. Mr. Frown is a Navy vetersn, and has an active record in civic and Boy Scout activities. He is a native of Hall County.
Mac O'Farr, formerly assis-.. ..nt iistrict forester at Gainesville and John Corqin, formerly assistant district forester at Waycross, have been assigned to Baxley as assistants to the state forest engineer. Mr. Corbin will assist with laying out tower sites while Mr. O'Parr will be in charge of preparing maps for use by fire control units.

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Georgia forestry

Jesup Youth Wins Top Award In Forestry

Wedding bells will ring this fall for Curtis S. Parnes, Dodge County ranger. Announcement has been made of his engagement to Miss Dolores McGinty, of McRae, by the bride- to- be's parents, Mr. and Mrs, Truman McGinty.
Walter N. Stone, new ranger for the Emanuel COunty Protection Unit was greatly impressed by the work of volunteers in helping to put out the county's first summer fire which took place about two mile; north of Flundale. 'With this kind of cooperation from everyone,' Ranger Stone roints out, 'Forest fire loss wil be greatly reduced this coming fire season in Emanuel County'.
4
C. C. Cowart, .anger for Bryan
County, reports that the Fryan County Unit personnel has been busy for the past several weeks cutting brush from under telephone lines in the interest of better communication.
Miles Koger, Decatur COunty Fanger, was seriously injured July 22 when his automobile was struck by a truck on the highway between Moultrie and Adel. Fanger Koger suffered a shattered elbow joint.
At the time of the accident, Koger was following Dustrict Forester Hugh P. Allen to Laura Walker Park to return a group of boys from a forestry camp. Allen was leading the way in his car and Koger was following behind in his own car.
Koger received emergency hospital t r~atment in \loultrie and later entered Ol iver Gene ral Hospital at Augusta.

Alex Hopkins, 16-year-old member
of the F\Jture Farmer Chapter of Jesup, v.on top honors for his woodland project in the 1949 co-opera-
tive FFA forestry program, announces T. G. Walters, state super-
visor of vocational agriculture.

Other winners selected from
statewide COI!l'etition are: Richard Pres ton, Fuena Vista, second place; Russell Harris, Roberta, third ~lace; and Eugene Dobson, Canton, fourtn place.

Young flopkins' forestry v.ork in-
cluded the rlowing of more than 100 miles o fire line on a 25,000-
acre tract, partial cutting on many areas, and planting. Money he re-
ceived from thinnings, which were
sold for fence posts amounted to $900.

The four state winners will represent the Georgia Association of
Future Farmers at a luncheon in Raleigh, N. C., on August 15, at which time savings bonds and certificates will be presented to the Winners by the Governor of North Carolina.

In addition to an all- expense trip, the four youths will receive scholarships to the North Carolina
Forestry Training Camp, which is sponsored by North Carolina pulp and paper companies.

Sponsors of the co-operative FFA forestry program are the St. Mary's Kraft Corp., St. Mary's; Elberta
Crate and Pox Co . , Bainbridge; the
American Turpentine Farmers' As-
cociation Co-operative, Valdosta,
and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad COmpany, whse representatives direct the program.

Inspectors ning projects

Yho select included:

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dGetohregewiBn-.

Williams, field representative , l\Jr-

pentine Rosin Factors, Inc.; M. E.

CO 1eman , e d u c a t i o n a 1 d i r e c t o r ,

American TUrpentine Fanners Associa

tion; R.N . Hoskins , industrial

forester, Seaboard Air Line Rail-

road , and Mr. Walters .

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Georgia forestry

Mail to Carry Prevention Plea

EYery piece of mail dispatche~ from Atlanta between August 15 and October JJ will ask folks to help prevent ~oods fires.
Nbt all of the letters will be devoted to that message, of course but all stamps will be cancelled by the Post Office with a die carrying the slogan 'Remember - Only You Can Pr,vF~t F~rest F i r e s ' .

37

'lhe. post offices c1nr ~iti~~ ~f

atht PAUtl.anst.a

and co-

:JOE BEAVER"

operated in the use ot the slogan last year and all will repeat this year. Also a fire prevention poster is scheduled to be displayed in every official Post Office in the nation between September 1 and October 31.
lhe Post Office fire prevention promotion is part of the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention program conducted nationally by the U. S. Fore4t Service and the various ~ar ticipating state forestry agenc1es .
By Ed Nofziger

Forest Ser vice, U.S. Department ol Agriculture
"She won't go through those woods-too many Wo/fTrees!"

August, 191J9

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Smokey Says:
1iiOSE BOY SCOUTS SURE KNOW lHEIR FOREST PREVENTION! """"',;76il~IW

Forestry Boards Are Appointed

Never leave your fire unless it's out-DEAD OUT!
OUR FORESTS
A safe retreat from summer's heat Fresh green on winter's snow
Our forests stand in stalwart band To greet the folks who know.

To weary souls they're restful goals; On nerves distraught with care
They spread a balm of soothing calm No doctor can prepare.

Quite free to all who heed the call, Supreme in scenic lure,
Their verdant arms outflung with charms Inviting, safe, secure.

PUIP\\tX)D PRODUCTION

(Continued from Page four)
Terrell, 696; Thomas, 25,385; Tift, 12,006; Toombs, 23,356; Towns, 10,000; Treutlen, 12,600; Troup, 29,096.

Tur Union,

ner, 7,00

3 0;

,374; T lipson.J

w15ig,g3s72;

8,808; Walker,

174; Walton, 11,81t; Ware, 19,546;

Warren , 4,093; Washington, 12,484;

Wayne, 35, PSS; Webster, 2, 891 ;

Wheeler, 17,448; Whitfield, 45;

Wilcox, 10,99R; Wilkes, 9,164; Wil-

kinson, 12,972; Worth, 14,961.

Forestry Foard appointments are announced in this issue for eight
new counties in which Fire Protection Units have been established.

Previous announcement has been made of Forestry Poard members for the following counties: Baldwin, Candler, Crisp, Dodge, Dougherty, Green, Jasper, Johnson, Jones, Lamar, Laurens , Liberty, Long, Mcfluffi e, Macon, Mitchell, Wonroe, Polk, Schley, Stewart, Telfair, Thomas, Troup, and Twiggs.

The eight additional boards and their respective counties follow:

CMk'QW - Ed Cheney, Morgan; F. H. Askew, Jr., Arlington; Fobert Williams, Morgan; R. L. Perryman, Leary, and Dan Hammack, Edison.

CARRU-L - Pau 1 Craven, Clem; Jack Rabun, Villa Rica; V. H. WOrd, Powden; Homer McColister, Temple, and W. 0. Douglas, carrollton.

CIJLQUITT - Floyd M. Taylor, Iberun; Roscoe Turnerd Moultrie; Mann Suber, Hartsfiel; Jim McOdom, Moultrie, and Earnest Norman,Norman Park.

EFFI!'lJHMI -Robert Graham, Egypt; E. c. Pragg, Springfield; H. H. Pyrd, Rincon; Randolph Wilkins, Guyton, and Earl C. Kessler, Marlow.

HABERSP.AM - Tom Born, Clarkesville; Ezra Garner, Cornelia; A. W.
Foberts, Clarkesville; Homer Ansley, Mt. Airy, and Verdell Anderson, Demorest.

~'ORGAN - W. N. Huff, Puckhead;
J. C. Pickens, Farmington; Charles
Underwood, Godfrey; E. Whittaker, Mansfield, and C. R. Mason,Madi son.

PIERCE - .T. E. Strickland, Mershon; I . L. Echols, Patterson; L.J. Cason, Flackshear; John Schreiber, Plackshear, and 0. W. Raulerson , Patterson.

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ell , Butler olds; Frank

Callahan, Rupert ; J. R. Wilson,

Putler, and T. Whatley, Reynolds.

Georgia Forestry
AUGUST 1949

Library School of Forestry
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

Entered as second-class matter a t ~ne Post Off i ce, Atl ant a, Ga.