:~Georgia Forestry SEPTEMBER 1949 I Jr PA_RY I 21 1950 ! l G FORESTRY ASSOCIATION B.M.LUFBURROW, /l:.XtCUTIVE SECRETARY I - Page One Georgia forestry Pulpwood Helps to Butter Bread in Camden (."ram the So.'l!-th east Georgian) Press reports have just been released by the Georgia For~stry Commission in which it is revealed that during the rear 1948 Camden County produced 65,750 units of pulpwood. rhis places Camden far in the lead as compared wi~h other !ounties of the state in supplying the basic ra.w product for lapermaking. Effingham County cut 41,000 units and Lowndes County was in third place with 36,000 units. In our opinion too few citizens of this county realize that the industry butters so much bread. And yet, one has only to stand at the intersection of the Coastal Highway and the Kingsland-St. Mary_s Highway or at the Little Satilla River bridge to be convinced that pine wood cut in this county is buying a lot of groceries. An effort Was made a few months ago to get underway.a Forestry Festival for this immediate area. Although it was abandoned for lack of local interest, we hope it has not completely died. It would be a great thing for the entire county, from whence cometh these 'bread and butter' logs, to get together and, in fitting style sponsor a festival covering the raw and finished products of the Southern pine log. Time(,Jc?~he ~~;jsaJdbE~~caution Announcement by Governor Tal- out his fire, may undo what the state madge that Goorgia ha.a doubled ita and county governments are spendforest areas under forest :fire pro- ing big money for-forests free from teetion during the past year serves fire. u a reminder that special precaution to prevent fires is needed during the Georgia Forestry coming weeks. The approach of the fall season greatly increases the possibilities of fire. A match tossed carelessly from a speeding automobile may set off a conflagration that will destroy thou- sands of acres of valuable timber. A careleaa smoker, or a picnicker or camper who is not careful to put vo l. 2 SEPTE.PER, 1949 No. 9 A monthly bulletin published by the Georgia Forestry Commission, 43: State rapitol , Atlanta. Fntered as second-class matter at the Post Office, Atlanta~ Ga., under the act of August 24, 1Yl2. Member, C.eorgia Press Association. Septembe~, 19~9 Page Two The big job moves ~head the job of equipping the new County Forest Protection Units. These fire-fighting vehicLes are being outfitted and deLivered to the individuaL counties as fast as avaiLabLe manpower and equipment aLLow. \ Water tanks are buiLt for a fire-fighting truck. These tanks must e compLeteLy fabricated from sheet steeL. Putting on water tanks is ust one of the things that must be done before vehicLes are ready or deLivery to county forest protection units. Page Three Georgia forestry Ranger J. C. Pace, Dade C~unty, . has turned poet. ~is thought for the week: Matches, cigarettes and cigars Should not be thrown from passing cars. C. D. Carr, ranger, Thomas County Forest Protection t'ni t, takes his 'fire protection hat' off to the Falfour Lumber Company, Johnson Lumber Company, and Kirby-Evans for their publicity campaigns against forest 'fires. Says Carr: 'These firms realize that not only their employees but almost every person in Thomas County is either directly or indirectly dependent upon forest products for a portion of their income. No income can be derived from burned timber, and these firms want to guard against losses l::y forest fires.' And speaking of cooperation by lumber and wood working corrpanies, the Reynolds Frothers Lumber Company and the ~allis Lanier Company, Albany business firms, have just made a substantial contribution to the work of the Dougherty County Forest Protection Unit. Turner Farber, Jr., C~unty Forest Ranger, reports both these companies have presented the Georgia Forestry Commission with deeds to land needed for lookout tower sites. Ranger Wesley Panson, of Fibb County, has many pieces of fire fighting equipment cached at strate~ic points throughout the county. Th1s equipment is for use of persons in fighting wildfires befor~ the Forest Protection Unit personnel can reach the scene. The equipment has been placed in the custody of responsible individuals in order to insure the readiness and good condition of the tools when needed. The Cobb County Forest Protec- tion Unit has moved into new of- fices on South Cobb Drive, Mariet- ta. The new headquarters include an office, storage rooms, garage space for three vehicles, rest rooms, and space for work benches. A 130-foot radio antenna will bJ set up on a lot adjacent to the ne\t building, Ranger N. A. Medford states. One of the new forest fire look out towers for Carroll County will be located in Haralson County. Yes, you read it right. Fanger Jo~ Hammond teports that the Ceorgi1 Forestry Commission has investiga ted several proposed tower site1 and found the one in Paralsru County best sui ted for fullest vi sibility over the greatest area in Carroll County, as well as beint close to power and telephone lines Pammond adds that 'the tower loca tion will have no bearing whatso ever on the administration of th Fire Protection Unit in Carrol County.' Ranger Walter N. Stone reports that the Emanuel County rorestr} Poard has scheduled regular monthll meetings. This has been necessita ted by the greatly expanded forest protection and forest development program in the county. A r~port or truck mileage, gas consumpt1on, re pairs, personnel, number of fires, area burned and other informatior will be presented to the board eacl month for a detailed study. The full l::udget requirements o the Stewart County Forest Protec (Continued on Page Ten) September, 191J9 Page Four Forestry Educators Inspect Georgia Till'lber Twenty forestry educators, from states as far away as Maine and California, visited Geor~ia this month to inspect Georgia s woodlands and timber industries. They will take their new knowledge and exp~riences back to their classrooms this fall. The forestry school professors and deans traveled through South Carolina, into Georgia, thence to Florida and back through Georgia. When the group first arrived in Georgia they were greeted at Sav- annah by L. C. Hart, Jr., assistant director of the Georgia Forestry Commission. E. E. Allen, of the woodlands division of the Union Fag and Paper Corporation had charge of a demonstration of modern forest fire control equipment. Another stop for the visitors was the woodland of E. C. Fancher, near Pearson, and later they stopped to inspect and early planted pine plantmcion near Homerville. Pefore entering Florida, the lands of the Superior Pine Products Com- (Continued on Page '!en) VISITING PROFESSORS call on Jim Fowler, left, at his home near Soperton; Others, back row, are R. I. Ashman, University of Maine; F.S. Baker, University of California; George Jemison, Forest Experiment Station, AsheviLle, N. C.; '!. Miller, University of North CaroLina; L. Wyman, University of North Carolina; R. J. Preston; University of North Carolina; C. Kaufman, University of North Carolina. In the front are W. R. Hine, U. S. Forest Service, Atlanta; A. M. Herrick, Pe~due ?niversity; David M. Smith, Yale University; E. N. Clark, Un~verstty of '!ennessee; J. H. Allison, University of Minnesota; Nat Walke;, Oklahoma A. 0:: 0 IL U) J: I- D. I&J I&J ~ Sl;:tsh SPECIES PRICE PERM 2o50 TOTAL 7o50 TOTAL SEEDLING COST $ TRANSPORTATION 7.50 NUMBER OF SEEDLINGS COST PER THOUSAND ':I.MO ~ @ ..25 PERM TOTAL TRANSPORTATION $ TOTAL AMT. DUE $ .75 o75 Page Seven Georgia forestry Georgia Leads South . 1n Plantings Another forestry first for Georgia is shown in the reports of acreage planted with forest trees during 1948. Georgia led the entire South with a total of 42,303 acres of forest plantings during the last calendar year. This record during the past year enabled the State to stay out front of all other southern states in total acreage planted over the entire period of years for which re- cords have been kept. Georgia's grand total of acreage planted during this period of years is 270,390 acres, of which 240,806 acres have cecome established as successful forest tree plantations. This indicated a survival of about 88 per cents. These figures are contained in a report released recently by the Division of C4toperative Forest Management, U. S. Forest Service. "JOE BEAVER .. By Ed Nofziger Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture "So many people in the world need timber, the dove of peace is carrying a pine seedling instead of an olive branch." Septe.,..ber, 191.19 Page Eight . " . . \ -\ ~' ..... Here's what happens when species of trees are planted outside their natural range. !his shows ice damage to slash pine planted in North Georgia. fhe result is many trees destroyed and many more defective and poorly jo'f'med. Page Nine Georgia forestry Georgians Are Mentioned In Agriculture Yearbook Several of Georgia's tree farm- ers are mentioned in the 1949 , edition of, the Aj?:riculture Y.earb?ok entitled Trees . The publ1cat1on is devoted entirely to forestry has just been released by the raen-d partment of Agriculture. One series of interesting an~ informative articles covers the planting, protection, growing, and harvesting of the small Southern forest and farm woodland. In his article on 'Planting a Small South- ern Woodland,' W. P. !'ine, Southern Pegion Forest Service, speaks of C' T~aumnteys,' F oGwal.e, r , w ha o farm has er ' in Treutlen culled' his farm lands for more than 20 years. As parts of his fields failed to produce satisfactory crops under cultivation, he planted them to trees. Ue had S,OOO acres in plant- ed stands in 1949. Pe began tur- pentining in 1937,when his earliest planted trees were 11 years old. Those trees, with the first tur- pentine faces worked out, now have the second or back face in opera- tion. ~e has planted pine trees Smokey Says: that are being worked for turpentine and 300,000 more of proper size.' The article also contains reference to a planting with wild stock made in 1928 by M. L. Shaw, on worn-out farm land in Clinch County. 'With help from his father and hired hands, he planted 72 acres with wild slash pine seedlings dug up in the forest,' the article reports. 'He used a 10 by 10 spacing. He replanted the fail places in 1929 and 1930. Bis pines, thinned for pulpwood in 1942, yielded in 8.6 cords an acre, or ~20 an acre, at the end of 14 years. In 1947, he started turpentining 5,000 trees on a selective tasis, chipping only crowded trees and those of poor form. Pe cut the turpentined trees in 1948,and these yielded 500 cords of pulpwood. Prior to the cutting in 194P, the stand had 2R cords to the acre and about 275 trees 7 to 13 inches in diameter. WOODS IMPROVfMENT BE ACCOt-1PUS~ED AND SAVi-NOTWITH fl ~~~~ in treesand there' money in timber. Thin out crowded trees for pulpwood ao aa to give the other treessome room to gNW faster. You don't accomplish much with fire in the woods. Cut out your crooked trees--better trees nearby will fill their places. Straight trees make better lumber-bring better prices. September, 191J9 Page Ten RANGER ROUNDUP. (Continued from Page Three) tion Unit has been reached through subscriptions by private landowners, Leonard Smith, ranger, wishes to cite the highly commendable action on the part of the landowners who have contributed, and to ask all Stewart County citizens to follow the lead of these persons in preventing fires and developing the county's woodlands. T. P. Pullard, ranger, gives Wilkes County landowners some pointers on how to avoid wild woods fires when burning off fields. Says Fullard, 'If you wi 11 plow a firebreak around the field or fields which you intend to burn, and wait until an appropriate time to set the fire, you will greatly reduce the danger of the fire getting out. Most of the times which are safe for burning are usually those times which are too wet to plow. Therefore, it is better to plow the breaks and wait for the right time to burn. This will enalle the forest protection unit to answer more requests to stand by while burning is in progress.' EDUCATORS (Continued from Page four) pany in the vicinity of Fargo were inspected. P.eturning from Florida, the educators were the guests of Farley Langdale, Jr., who arranged inspec- tions of naval stores activities at Valdosta and later entertained at a fish dinner. Jim Fowler, of Treutlen Tim Fowler, of Treutlen County, the 'first man to plant a million pines', conducted a tour of his plantations and entertained the ~sitors at dinner in his home. Jim Fowler, of Treutlen County, the 'first man to plant a million pines', conducted a tour of his plantations and entertained the visitors at dinner in his home. Arrangements were handled by ~. J. Weddell, dean of the School of Forestry at the 1'niversi ty of C-eorgia, and W. F. ~ine of the Atlanta office of the U. S. Forest Service. CHEMICAL WEEDING DESCRIBED ON PROGRAM BROADCAST OVER NETWORK In the interest of a broadened and more concerted program of forest protection and forest developent, the Georgia forestry Association has moved its offices from Savannah to Atlanta and located in the Citizens and Southern Bank Building. This move allows for closer contact and greater cooperation between the Association, the Georgia forestry Commission, the U, S. forest Service, and other Public and private conservation agencies. Kirk Sutlive, Savannah, is Presid~nt.of the Georgia forestry Asso~tatton. B M. Lufburrow, ex ecuttve secretary, wtll direct the operations of the association here, and wi l l he ad the Ke e p Ge or g i a Green program which will become a Primary activity of the association. On this month's cover Mr. L~jburrow is insPecting the new stgn being painted on his office door. The use of chemicals for weed control in seedling nurseries was described in a broadcast over a nation-wide network from Atlanta this month. Participants included Palph l.lcGill, editor of the Atlanta Constitution; M. E. Murphy, nurseryman for the Georgia Forestry Commission; L. h'. Stanley, South Carolina Commission of Forestry, and Floyd Cossitt, L S. Forest Service. The program originated in the studios of Station WCON, Atlanta, Sept. 10, and was carried over the 'American Farmer' program of the American rroadcasting Company. Chemical spraying has reduced labor costs of weeding at state nurseries. This saving has made it possible for Georgia to continue producing seedlings without increasing prices. Georgia Forestry SEPTEMBER 1949 Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office, Atlanta, Ga.