Georgia forestry, Vol. 3, no. 12 (Dec. 1950)

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DECEMBER 1950

Georgia Forestry

Let's Protect Our woodlands

Pulpwood Spells Cash

(From the Coffee County Progress)

(From the Brunswick News)

Yes, if South Georgia has any winter in store this year, it's not far off, and while planning for winter we should also plan protection for' our woodlands. Many of our fires that damage timber and turpentine are caused from careless hunters.
There was a time when we did not consider too seriously the tact that every acre of land is valuable. Erosi<;m was not an uncommon thing, and ''poor land'' had no potentialities.
The picture is different now. Go where you will in the South, and you can see forests of young pines planted for the purpose of reaping a rich harvest in the future. Land which is not adaptable to the growing of many products adapts itself ideally to this valuable source of income, and in recent years millions of seedlings have. been planted with good results.
In order to get what we want from the planting of pines, caution must be used to protect them,and each one should take this as a personal responsibility.
,VJany peo_ple may not have an awareness of the laws of Georgia which deal with forest fires. ,To willfully set fire to a plot of woodland in this state is a misdemeanor and one not to be- lightly dealt with.
Many-people who burn trees do not mean to be malicious; they are simply careless, but the harm is done, and some one is answerable for the deed.
Due to a scarcity of rain, wooded areas are so dry that a match or a lighted cigarette carelessly thrown on the ground can cause loss in dollars and cents which is tragic.
Let's protect our woodlands and not ~nly help ourselves, but those who 1n the future will reap the the benefit of our thoughtfulness.

The South is destined to be the timber-growing region of the nation. At least that is the opinion of forestry leaders who met in New Orleans recently.
l''igures revealed at the gathering show Georgia as a leader in pulpwood oroduction for the second consecutive year. During 1Q4Q the state turned out an all-time high of 1,790,000 standard cords--accounting for ten percent of the nation's total supply.
It is interesting that our neighbor, Camrlen County, lPd all other southern counties. In Camden, pine accounted for 73,351 cords, and hardwoods amounted to well over 8,000 cords.
The South produced nearly 56 percent of all pulpwood cut in the nation in 1949witha total of Q,Q23,100cords Southern production declined 12.6 percent below 1Q48, but in Georgia there was an increase over 1Q48 product ion of 20,000 cords or 1.1 percent. Georgia was the only state aside from Oklahoma where production increased.
Seven puipmi lls are now drawing pulpwood from Georgia with a total mill capacity of more than 2,170 tons per day.
As we have often noted, Georgia's trees are Georgia's wealth. Pulpwood is definitely established as a cash crop for landowners. Certainly greater pulpwood means more money in farmers' pockets, more jobs for pulpwood cutters amd more prosperity for the state as a whole.
Georgia Forestry
Vol. III DecembPr. 1950 No. 12
A monthly bulletin published by the Georgia Forestry COmmission, 435 State capitol, Atlanta. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office, Atlanta, Ga., under the act of August 24, 1912. Member, Georgia
Press Associatipn.

December, 1950

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Colorful and vivid rem~nders of the importance of keeping fire f rom our valuable forest areas last month were brought before citizens of each of Georgia's 159 counties.
The reminders consisted of 31~ attractive green and wnite metal signs. portraying the plea, 'Keep Georg1a Forests Green''. Two signs were erected in each county with special CP.$emonies and obser~ance~ marking placing of the signs.
The signs were furnished to all sponsoring organization by the Georgia Forestry Association as part of the Keep Green campaign to promote forest conservation anddeveloJXnent.

Governor Herman Talmadge took a le~ding part in the Fulton County dedication - and erection ceremonies~ The Governor addressed the group on November 15 and unveiled the sign erected on the new Mariet.ta Highway.
George B. Leonard, Chairman of Fulton County's 'Keep Green' conmittee, welcomed the group. Addresses were made by Guyton DeLoach, Director Georgia Forestry Conmission, who explained 'Fulton County's Forestry Program . and Hugh W. Dobbs, President, Georgia Forestry Association, who spoke on the 'History, Aims. Pur-
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fULTON COUNTY DE.DICATES "KEEP GREEN" HIGHWAY SIGNS. Governor Henan TaL111adge

unveiLs sign on New AtLanta-Marietta highway November 15. Looking on are others who participated in the cere1110ny . Left. to right, front row. John A. SibLey, Trost Company

of Georgia, Hugh W. Dobbs, Georgia Power C0111pany, and president, Georgia forestry

Association. Back row, George Leonard, fuLton County Keep Green Chairman, and Guyton

DeLoach, Director, Georgia forestry Commission.

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Geor~ia Forestrv

A record crowd of aJProximately a thousand persons gathered Novembe r 16 at Abraham Baldwin College , Tifton, for the annual Field Day which c9ve red many phases of forestry. Included in the group which converged on Ti fton from throughout Georgia were many of
the state's foremost forestry l eaders, landowners, pulpwood p r oduce r s and representatives cf the forest pr od u c t s i ndus t r i e s .
Built around th~ theme of "Proper Timber Harvesting, the day's program included appearances by spec i al i s t s i n t imb er a nd ~lpwood p r oducti on, naval stores, mana gement and refo restat i on,
All pr esent were t r eat.ed t o a full day of fores try t alks , demonstrations, i ns truc t ions and a highly sat isfying ba r be c u e 1 u n c h .
W. ~. Oe ttl mer , Fa rgo , president of the Fore st Farme rs Ass oc i a ti on , the ke ynot e speake r , addres sed the group on ''Profitabl e Harvesting of Timber Lands . ' '
Other speakers included Guy.ton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Fore stry Commission, Henry Malsberger, Forester, Southern Pulpwood Conse rvation Association , Harley Langdale, Jr. , Valdosta Timber owner and commercial operator ,George Williams ,

Forester , Turpentine Resin Factors , Inc. , and Bruce McGregor , For e st er, Southe rn Pine Associatioq.
A noontime barbecue was served on the campus with the Brunswick Pulp and Paper Company; Gair Woodlands , Inc., Savannah; Internati onal
Bag P a per Company, Panama City , F l a.
Mac on Kraft Company, and Union and Pape r Company, Savannah , actinR as hosts

AOove , pro pe r navaL stores practices a ; e dem onst r ated duri ng the forestry f~ e ld Day . Ral ph Cl ements , Southeastern fo : est Expe ri ~ent Stat i on, gives the
Po ~ nters .

BELOW, fOREST FIRE CONTROL UNDER ACTUAL CONDITIONS . Cro!J.Xi at fie l d Day w:ltches as ! ores try C0111miss ion fire crews plow suppression breaks and bring under control wildfire whi ch had burned for several days in unprotected area around demonstration site ."

GEORGIA'S GREAT
NATURAL RESOUR~E
H~arteoin~ prop-eu it beiDB made in ufepudins Ceorsia't fora ts aad the S300 million inc:ome they produce annually. Foratl are ooe of the State's sreat natuul retGu.rcet. providins yen-round employment for many thouunds of people in the pulp and pap induttries and the nu~ny other ti.mb ~lHpt'iH'L
Orpniud &re protection for our valuable timber land it now provided in 86 counties while leu than two ye.n so only 42 eouatiet made any orpnized efort to prolt'd them.
Good fornt manq:ement. wlective cult ins a nd reforestation are beiq pudid on more and more of our tinhf-r Iandt each year.
More and more. the people of C~ iu banlu.. btUinrt.~ and newtJNIPft'l ue awakmin110 Ihe impon.nce of our foreat retourt at a major crop and pn'tMnent producer of income and anploymenL Many are now lendin1a hand to help ('OnRrve and inenate our timber aueta.
Thit prop'eta is not accidental. but the re-iuh of Ions and untirir~~ eloru of many q:~ncie1 and orpniqtion who for years have promoted ad~uate fire protection and ~;ood forestry pnctiCH. Tbne indude tbe St.l< ~porlmeno of Foralry and Educ:ooion, oho Goo~ F-cry ANOciation; the U. S. Department of AJricuhure and ih 1tate and couty repl"flf'nlativet; ahe pulp and paper induttry and ocher tintbn induttria. w~ll as railroads.. banb. civic orpniution and newspepen which have rt"COpiacd the HOnomie value of our fornl.l.
The Trufl Compeny of Georsia~ lo"8 active in the developnM"nt of Cf"'r~;ias fornt1 and its many other natural re10UJ"C'n., taka pride in tbe
pr"''"' lluol has ._, mado in all branch.. of "'P"icuhure 1hroupou1
the State.
Mut'h flill renUiins to be done becaUH our timber lands now produee leu than half their full polrntial. More fin prottion and the ex.teuioa. of sood mnsemrnt. ~lntive cuuinK and rrforr1tation can double their output, inuu&e . J)rofits and sur. nlee a perpetul yield. The State Forr try Procram nertl l ml clf'k'nt-s th e ~upport of all of ua.

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The above has appeared recently in ten Georgia newspape~s and tWo periodicals , The Southern Bankerand.Editor' s f o1'U!f!. The ad ttns plac~~ by the Trust Company of Georgia as a part of their Long-range ag-
ricultural development pro~ra.

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Geor gia Forestry

Tluring the fa ll fair season just ending , District Foresters andCounty Fbrest Rangers have been reaching record numbers of landowners throughdisplays and demonst r ations at county, regional and statewide fairs throughout Georgia.
District foresters J . C. Turner Jr ., Tenth District , Oscar Batt ~e , Ninth District , coopera ted in p ~ acing this Tree Ji'arms Exhi bi t in the recent fair at Athens.

Below, Ranger N. A. Medford , atright, accomodates visitors at the Cobb County Protection display at the Marietta fair .

December, 1950

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AT-FA Meetings

A two day management refresher course emphasizing the theme ''Needs and Probl e ms of the Small Woodland
Owner,'' was held at the U. S. Experiment Station at Lake City, Fla., earl y in November. The annual session, planned for the men who come
in actual contact with the South's mo~t num erous landowning class, brings latest technical developments to farm and extension foresters of Georgia and Florida.

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Commi~sion representatives

tnclud ed: DI~trict Forester W. H.

McComb and As sistant District For-

es~ er Walter N. Stone , First Dis-

trt ct; Assistant District Forester

Mil es S. Koger, Second District District .Forester.Olin Witheringto~

and Assistant Dtstrict Forester

Turner F. Barber, Third District

District Forester J. E. Phillips and Assistant D~strict Forester M.W. Far~ . Sixth District, and District

For ester ~. E . ixon from the Eighth District.

Greater production of gum naval stores has been the theme of three meetings for gun producers sponsored by the American Turpentine Farmers Association and held in Georgia's
gum belt. The first meeting, held at Baxley on November 21, featured
speeches by Congressman Don Wheeler
of C~orgia's Eighth District, Judge Harley Langdale, AT-FA oresident, and Ray Shirley, secretary of AT - FA.
The second producers meeting was held at Metter, November 30, and the third at McRae, December 7.
Demonstrat i ons and displays of recommended naval stores practices were staged at each of the meetings, along with showin~s by equi p ment dealers . Represent;tives of the Georgia Fores t ry CQmmission and government agencies al so participated in the gatherings.

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NEW PORTABLE WATER TANK AND PUMP UNIT DESIGNED fOR INSTANT USE IN FIGHTING WOODS
fiRES . Pictured above is a ne mode L 120-gaLlon portabLe water tank and frumP mount~d on sLides. The tank and pump, when raised on a pLatform for use around the farm, ~s
ready for Loading on to a truck for immediate use on I.IXJods fires.

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Georgia Forestry

Another Georgia citizen has paid tribute to the state's Forest Rangers and to the services they render.
James J. Carter, Polk County Ranger, and his assistants evoked recent comment fromC.W. Peek Jr., president of Peek-Hightower Lumber and Supply Company, who wrote the following letter to the editor of the Polk County Times:
"We have an organization in our county which I feel deserves more publicity for a job we 11 done.
"While at the farm this afternoon I decided to b.Jrn a brush pile left by our tractor in some cleanup work on the pasture. The fire had hardly gotten to burning good when a Unit of the Polk County Division of the State Forestry Commission was on the job and reported by their two-way radio that the fire was under control.
"The promptness in checking this fire certainly made a good impression on me, and I immediately realized that the county is very fortunate in having such an active Forest Protection Unit. They need the cooperation of all farmers and citizens of the county.
"The next time I burn brush on the farm, I will be sure to call them and advise them before starting the fire. They are also equipped to assist the farmers in "burning off" operations, and. the farmers should cooperate by tak1ng advantage of their assistance. I shall do so next time" .
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With LOng County's second annual fire break construction program well under way, County Ranger W.H. Parker predicts his Unit will exceed last winter's record in which more than 500 miles of fire breaks were plowed.
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Baldwin County Forest Ranger fherman M. Strickland has announced Jlans for organizing units of volunteer forest fire fighters in his area. One unit is to be organized in each of tour sections of the crunty, and those who join will be taught to use the fire fighting equipment provided by the Forest Protection Unit.

The women of Calhoun county recently were given special praise by County Ranger Jack E. Sykes, while the menfolks ~o?k a ilentle chiding.
Wr1t1ng h1s weekly art1cie in the Calhoun Tri-County Journal, he reported fighting a forest fire which burned 29 acres and was endangering 1,000 acres more.
"Th1s tire," he said, "was reP<;>rted by one of our lady citizens. I Wl sh that more women would do the same in reporting any smoke they see. We must adrni t, men, that many lady folks take more interest than we do. Why not leave.wordwithyour wife, or children to look at your woods during the da; and to report that smoke to us?
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In Macon County, Forest Ranger Robert Bell warned farmers that fall plowing in dry grass is one of the many hazards of farming and timber growing. Declaring that many blazes start with small fires built in the field by workers and ignited purpose 1y to make plowing easy, he said, "It is a mistaken idea that land burned over will have a good supply of potash for the
f o llowingcrop. "These fires," he said, "too
often enter the adjoining woods while the tractor driver is on the far side of the field. Fires of this type may burn many acres during the fall due to extremely dry underbrush and parched grass. Small seedlings that come up during the past year have absolutely no chance of survival."
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A group of 200 DeKalb County Boy Scouts recently witnessed a firefighting demonstration by Forest Ranger Kermit B. Felker, and the Scouts soon had a chance to go out and put to actual use what they had learned. Before the day was over they helped fight
a grass fire that was tnreatening the woods. The Scouts, who were spending the weekend at the DeKalb Youth Camp, saw Ranger Felker demonstrate back pumps, fire rakes, flaps, and the fandriven pumps on his truck. His demonstration was given as a part of the Scouts' study of Conservation.

December, 1950
1951 Naval Stores Conservation Program Announced

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The 1951 Naval Stores Conservation Program as announced by the U. S . Department of Agriculture, incorporates some changes in rates and the addition of four naval stores practices . Inaugurated in 193.6 to !? ncourage farmers to follow conservation practices in the pine forest J f;!reas of the So_ut,heast_, the program 1s open to part1c1pation by any turpentine farmer having working faces which were installed during or after 1947. Participation is voluntary and cooperators in the 1950 Program worked about 85 percent of all faces i'n the turpentine area of the South.
Practices under which a naval stores producer may qualify in the " 1951 Program together with payments are b ri ef ly , as follows:
1. Payment of 2 per face for each properly inst ~ll ed first year face on trees not l es s than 9 inches in diamet9r.

2. Payment of ~ f o r c o ntinued proper working of each 2nd, 3 rd, 4th and Sth year face o n tree s not less than 9 inches diameter .
3. Payment of ~A for eac h properly installed first year face on trees not less than 10 inches diameter.
4. Payment of 2for continued ~orking of each 2nd year face
1nstalled under the 10 inch dia-
meter 1Q50 cupping practice.
5 . Payment of 4~ for each properly installed first year face on trees not less than 11 inches in diameter.
fi . Payment of 2~ for continued proper working of each 2nd ana 3rd year face qualified under 11 inch diameter cupping in 1949 or 195 0 .
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STEPHENS COUNTY PROTECTION UNIT HEADQUARTERS GOES UP .

Ninth Dist-

rict gathe~ed at Toc coa in November for their periodical meeting, and the enterpris-

ng Ranger took full advantage of the opportunity to rush construct ion on his head-

quarters building . The rangers are shown in action .

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Georgia Forestry

Every graduate of the University of Georgia School of Forestry has been placed, and jobs have been secured for students who will be graduated in June, lQSl.
The school's dean, D. J. Weddell, released this information and declared that in recent wPeks he has

received requests for forestry

school graduates from areas as far

distan~ as Arkarlsas, Texas Vir-

ginia, and Mississippi.

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''There still is a waiting list of jobs, the Dean said, ''and the field for tra1neo foresters is continuing to expand. '

"JOE BEAVER"

Forest Service, U. 8. Department of Agriculture
"That farmer looks intelligent--yet, because of overcuHing and woodland grazing, his timberland is understocked."

December, 1950

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KEEP GREEN SIGNS ERECTED.
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poses of the 'Keep Georgia Green' Program.' John A. Sibley, Chairman of the Board, Trust Company of Georgia, explained the ''Banker's Interest in Forestry.
Among the groups wnich participated in the statewide exercises were civic clubs, chambers of commerce, and other service, fraternal, conservation organizations in the state. A project of the Georgia Forestry Association, the plan was made possible through cooperation of Governor Herman Talmadge; :R. H. White, Jr., president o( the southern Wood Preserving Company; Guyton DeLo~ch~ Dire<:tor, Georgia For~stry Corrm1ss1on; Ileld.personne! or tne commission, the chambers of commerce, and the Kiwanis, Rotary OPtimist, Lions, Civitan, and Ex: change clubs of the state.
Exprelsing the appreciation ot ~he association for the aid given by the groups in the sign program, Hugh W.' Dobbs, Association president declared, ''Each sign will serve as a constant reminder to our citizens and to Georgia's tourists that we must constantly be on guard to prevent and to suppress forest fires.
''Both the Association and the Georgia For.estry'Corrmission have as one of their aims the making of forest fire prevention a byword on Georgia h1gnways. In so doing, we hope to protect and further the large contribution of our forests to the ec~c betterment of Geor~ia,
DESOLATION
This is the forest fire evil; The murmuring firs and the c~dars
Stand, like a skeleton forest, Stripped of their beauteous raiment.,
Gone is the joy of the forest, Gone is the pleasure it gave us;
Mute, reproachful and silent It stand in it's black desolation.
You who enjoy the wild beauty Of forested mountain arid valley,
Leave it, as green as you find it; Leave no smoulder spark, to destroy it.
-By George E. Grif-fith.

Smokey Says:
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MER~Y CHRISt~!

19,1 NAVAL STORES PROGRAM~

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7. Payment of 5 for new ~aces installed on only previously worked trees.

R. Payment of 2~ for proper

working of each face inst~lled

under the restricted cupping

practice in 1950.



9. Payment of 7 for each properly installed first year face on t1ees selectively marked to meet specific requirements of this practice.

10. Payment of 3 for co~tinued working of 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th year faces originally installed under the selective cupping practice.

11. Payments of 8 and 3~. respectively, for selective recupping and continuation of selective recupping.
12. Payment of 8 and 11 for each face accepted for pilot plant tests for controlled experiments in new methods and equipment for gum production.
13. Participants must follow approved practices relative to
fire protection and timber cutting.

Georgia Forestry
DECEMBER 1950

Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office, Atlanta, Ga.