Georgia forestry, Vol. 3, no. 2 (Feb. 1950)

Georgia Forestry . FEBRUARY lt50 ~

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Georgia forestry

Timber Is

Law Enforcement

'Farmer Insurance' And Woods Fires
(from the Cordele Dispatch)

Timber stands can be a combination "savings account" and "insurance poli~' for farmers in Georgia and other Southern States, according to the Farm Bulletin issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. This also can apply to some town folks as well.
Planned planting of timber mostly pines, has become quite common in this region, and with the rapid development of pulp and paper container mills in the South a longrange market virtually is assured.
Much land that is too poor for the average farm crop can oe turned profitably to the production of pines.
These sturdy trees grow almost anywhere in South Georgia--for that matter, anrwhere throughout the South and w1th their unusually long tap roots can get along on aminimum of water.
Numbers of non-farmers, with a little money to invest, can find it profitable to invest in land for the growing of pines.
Protection
Proves Value

(from the Atlanta Constitution)
After years of education, most people realize the value of timberlands and are careful about fire. But a few still insist it is their inali~nable right to "burn off the VIOods" whenever they see fit. Georgia law recognizes this right, but requires that adjoinin~ property owners be given 24 hours' notice of intention to do so. That is only proper recognition of the rights of others.
We are gratified that Georgia forest rangers are going about the job of enforcing that law. Three men were arrested in Twiggs County not long ago for violating it.
An arrest for setting fire to the woods is an occurrence so rare we think it ought to be brought to general public notice. And the
rangers, District Forester J. E.
Phillips and Chief Fire Warden E. H. Terry, are to be commended, also Twiggs. Sheriff Earl rambrick, who gave his assistance.
Georgia Forestry

(from the Hahira Gold Leaf)
Lo'IW1des Cbunty' s loss from forest fires this month will amount to a very sizeable sum but it would be hard to estimate that loss were there no forest fireprotection facilities available. County Forester King and his group of men have be en busy day and night patroling and fighting.

Vol. 3

HFRJARY, 1950

No. 2

A monthly bulletin putlished by the Georgia Forestry Commission, 4~:" State C'apitol, Atlanta. Fntered as second-class matter at the Post Office, Atlanta. Ga., under the act of August 24, }Gl2. Member, Ceorgia
Press Association.

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/(~-Only you can
P.REVENT FOREST FIRES!
Pictured above is the basic desi.gn of the 1950 Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention Campaigd . The new slogan, "OUR MaST 'SHAMEFUL li'ASTE', is tied to that of preceding campaigns, "REMEMBER, ONLY YOU C AN PREVENT FOREST FIRES'. . Th e new campaign thP.me carr ies great emotional a~eal and g rap hica ll y 1llus tr a tes that woods fires a re truly "Our Most Shameful Waste".

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Georgia forestry

Program Set for Pulpwood Conservation Association Meeting

Foresters of puclic and private
agencies, representatives of southern pulpmills, and independant suppliers of pulpwood will make up the gathering of more than 2()0 expected to attend the 1950 annual meeting of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association to be held at the Piltmore ~lotel, Atlanta, February 15, according to announcement by
Penry J. Malsterger, (',eneral Manager
of the Associa-tion. The Association's President, E.
]. Gaynor, 3rd, Vice-President and General Manager of Frunswick Pulp and Paper Company, will open the morning session with an address of welcome and a summary of the Association's activities.
Malsberger will make his yearly report to the group, and there will be a showing of themovie, 'Firth o~ a Southern Pine', the fourth forestry educational film produced
by the Association. W. K. Peichler,
State Forester o( l':orth Carolina, will discuss the organization of state forestry in his state. William Duerr, Chief of the Division of Forest Economics, Southern Forest Experiment Station, will speak on 'Guides toProfi table Forest Management'. M. ~. Taylor, Executive Director of Trees for Tomorrow, Inc., a pulpwood industry-sponsored conservation program, will discuss operations of the program among
small landowners. W. J. Parker, Forest Extension
Leaqer, South Carolina Extension Service, will open the afternoon session by outlining the manner in which his organization conducts effective forestry work among small landowners. A. W. Pitts, of Pi Us-
view, Alabama, an independent pulpwood supplier, will serve as spokesman for the private businessmen who
supplied the Southern pulpwood ind~st~y with approximately 11-1/4 m1ll1on cords of pulpwood during
1949. Pitts will discuss proven
methods of operating successful conservation pro~rams in his area.
This will be followed by a discussion of the Association's activ-

ities in the four areas of the territory. Appearing on this part of the program will be the following Directors who serve as chairmen of their areas: Albert Ernest, Georgia;
J. E. McCaffrey, South Carolina; K.
S. Trowbridge, North Carolina; and R. W. Wortham, Jr., Texas. Following this discussion there will be a closed business session for Association members.
President Gayner will serve as Master of Ceremonies at the banquet and evening session. T. H. Stone, Regional Forester, Soutnern Region, U. S. Forest Service, will be the dinner speaker and will give an illustrated lecture covering his attendance at the Third World Forestry Congress held recently at l'elsinki, Finland.
Georgia's Tree Farm System Grows. W. A. Smith, right, Georgi a's newest Tree Farmer, is congratulated by W. L. Crisp, State District Forester, Smith was awarded his Tree Farm certificate and sign at ceremonies held recently in connection with a planting demonstration.
Smith is one of four partners in the Talbrion Tree Farm, a 2,300-acre forest farm where the owners practice good fire protection, good woodl ani management with sel ec ti ve cutting and improvement thinnings, and good reproduction of the forest crop through natural reseeding or through plan tin g.
Establishment of the Talbrion Tree Farm brings to 29 the total number of Georgia Tree Farms, with a combined total of approximately 340,000 acres.

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Forestry Conference Has

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As Theme

The Southern Forestry Conference of 1950, tobe held in Jacksonville, Florida, February 1~-lP., has as its theme" Southern Prosperity from Growing Trees".
The program of the wid-century meeting will serve to show that
during the forthcoming SO years
prosperitywill result from increasing the productivity, applying better cutting practices and more ef-
fectively using the trees of the southern forests.
Marcel LeLoup, director of the forestry work of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the Pni ted Nations, will deliver the keynote address at the QPening session on Friday morning. Presiding will be W. M. Oet tmei r, President of the
Forest Farmers' AssociationA which sponsors the Conference. lso on the morning program are A. E.
Wackerman, Duke University, who will speak on utilization of trees, and L. K.. Pomeroy, a veteran forest operator, who will discuss the importance of growing trees for selected markets. At noon on the 17th there will be a luncheon meeting with Governor Fuller Warren of Florida addressing the gathering on the economic importance of forestry to the southern states.
The afternoon session will be filled with group conferences on the following topics: "P Ianning for Souther!) Forestry''-:" Forestry Conservation Education'~ -Forestry Legislation"; "Forest Research"; "Forest Insects and Dis-eases"; and ~embership Objectives". Each of these discussions will be led by three or more outstanding men who are authorities in the fields to be considered.
Senator Frank P. Graham will be the featured speaker at the annual banquet Friday evening. Stanley F. Horn, Editor of the Southern Lumberman, will serve as toastmaster.

The banquet program also includes
entertainment and special features.
On Saturday morning, the 18th,
the Conference will consider the important subject of the control of undesirable hardwoods in southern forests. Speaking on this will be I. T. Haig, Director of the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, ann Dr. R. P. Westbeld, head of the Department of Forestry at the University of Missouri. During the remainder of the morning a forum will be held on The Use of Trees for Forest Products". R. R. Reynolds, Director of the Crossett Experimental Foredt, will be chairman of the forum with the fo !lowing. participating: Lumber, Oswald Lightsey, 1st Vice-President of the Southern Pine Association; Pulpwood, B. E. Allen, Assistant to General
Manager, Union Pag and Paper Corporation; Poles and Pi ling, F. H.
Vogel, Professor ot Forest Vtiliza-
tion, API; Naval Stores, Judge Harley Langdale, President, American Turpentine Farmers' Association; Ties, E. W. Jones, President, Railway Tie Association; Veneer, Don Nichols, President, Southern Plywood and Veneer Association; Chemical Utilization, F. V. Doutt, Chief Chemist, Shampion Paper and Fiber Company; Promoting Wood and Forest Products, Justin R. Weddell, Public Relations, St. Re~is Paper Company. The Conference w1ll close with a business session of the Forest Farm-
ers Association.
All meetings of the Conference are open to the general public, and President Oettmeir has extended an invitation to be present to all who
are interested in timber growing, forest production and marketing. A highly entertaining program has
been arranged for all the ladies
attending the Conference. Included will be sightseeing tours, a yacht
trip, an afternoon tea and a luncheon.

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Ge orgia fore s try

BY IL . A. CA.+IPBELL

Littleleaf disease-~the increasing menace to Georgia's shortleaf pines--is becoming more and more known to the State's foresters and to landowners in the Georgia Piedmont. TWo recent discoveries have shed new light on the cause of the disease. These discoveries may explain in part the varying severity of the disease on differant areas, and may even point the way to the real cause of littleleaf disease. The information has been uncovered as the result of a research project star ted 10 years ago by the DJ. vision of Forest Pathology, U. S. D. A., the University of Georgia in Athens, the U. S. Forest Service, and the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auhun, Alabama.
Researchers at Athens have isolated a parasitic root fungus from
Diseased ShortLeaj pine, right, is sujjerin? fro~ LittLeLeaj. HeaLthy pine ~s at Lejt.

the roots of shortleaf pines suffering from 1i ttleleaf. The fungus-Phytophthora cinnamoni--has been found in a large percentage of soil samples taken from beneath diseased trees. Only five' percent of the soil samples from beneath healthy trees in healthy stands have shown the fungus. The fungus is a parasitic watermold and thrives only under conditions of abundant soil nioistures.
Workers at the Alabama Experiment Station and researchers of the Division of Forest Pathology, U. S. D. A., have shown that there is a close relationship between the incidence of littleleaf and soil series and subsoil drainage. Many diseased stands are found onpoorlydrained soils while few diseased trees are notP.d on ~reas of welldrained subsoils. Littleleaf is more frequent and usually more severe on land that was formerly J.n row crops and has lost much topsoil through erosion.
In Georgia, littleleaf is confined principally to the Piedmont where the normal abundant rainfall keeps the poorly-drained soils saturated for considerable periods throughout the year.
This--together with the fact that the newly-isolated fungus is a parasite that does best under conditions of abundant soil moisture and the fact that littleleaf is most frequent on poorly-drained soils--appears to provide a lead to discovery of the cause of the disease. Tests are now underway to determine whether littleleaf can be induced in healthy stands of shortleaf by loading the soil with the fungus and keeping it wet throughout the year. These tests--covering probably several years--may offer the final proof of the cause of the disease.
This new knowledge of littleleaf has practical importance to the forester and landowner in areas where thedisease ispresent . Littleleaf will probably be confined to its present range and may not be serious on the well-drained soils of the Piednont.

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Sharp contrast between crou.n foilage of heavily-diseased Shortleaf

Pine, right, which is suffering from Littleleaf, and Pine at left,

which is apparently suffering from very light attack with disease in

early stages. Note dying-back of foilage at tips of lower branches on



tree at left. The larger of these Pines in the Georgia Piedmont is about 60 years of age, the smaller about ~0.

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Georgia forestry

The Dougherty County l'ni t and Ranger Turner Farber, Jr., have received the commendations of the Dougherty County Farm Bureau. At a recent meeting, the Eureau unanimously adopted the following resolution:
"That the Dougherty County Forest Protection t:ni t be commended for the efficient manner in which the Unit is being operated; that the farmers of Dougherty County feel that the Unit is rendering a very valuable service to the citizens and economy of this County."

Rang~r TomBoston, Bartow County, speaks well when he writes in his column in the Eartow Perald:
"Our fire protection unit can render its greatest service only if all the people are careful at all times and do everything possible to prevent wild fires from getting started. If a fire should break out in y6ur neighborhood or on your property your help will be greatly appreciated. Let us know you are there and willing to help. We can furnish the needed equipment and show you where your help is needed most."

N. A. Medford, Cobb County Forest Ranger, is training Explorer Scouts of Post 144, Marietta, for emergency duty in fire fighting work. The Scouts will not be given dangerous jobs. but during_times of ~xtreme emergency they will relieve the unit members ofnecessary office duties in order that all members of the unit may fight fires. Principal among the duties of the Explorer Scouts, who are boys of Senior Scout age, will be communications ~nd dispatching work and office routine.
Curtis Parnes, Dodge County Fanger, comes up with the latest innovation in the way of forest fire lookout posts. Eames and his assistants are using the top ot the screen at a drive-in theatre. Parnes extends his thanks to Mr. Paul Hambrick, theatre owner, for allowing use of the structure.

~is host of friends and acquaintances throughout the State will be happy to learn that L. C. Hart, Jr., Assistant Director of the Georgia Forestry Commission in Charge of Management, has returned to work following hospitalization as the result of an auto accident on the Atlanta-Athens highway on January F.. His injuries, including broken ribs, are mending very satisfactorily.
This all serves to reemphasize the age-old adage that "You Can't Keep a Good Man Down! "
'Olunk" has extended his sincere thanks to one and all for the many kind and thoughtful expressions which went his way while hewas out. He also asks for abiding patience on the part of all whose letters have as yet gone unanswered and w~se other requests have not been hlled.

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Governor Grants Additional

Appropriation for Forest Protection

An emergency appropriation has been granted by the Governor to the Georgia Forestry Cbmnnssion for use during the remainder of the present fiscal year. The additional grant of $100,000 was made for the purpose of removing the unavoidable deficit that had arisen in the budget of the Commission and to make it possible for State forestry in Georgia to continue at its present high and greatly beneficial level.
The deficit was occasioned by the fact that expenditures of the Commission have been necessarily and unavoidably substantially in excess of original estimates. Georgia is currently in the midst of the worst forest fire season in several years. In fire emergencies, addi tiona! fire fighting personnel and equipment have been utilized to prevent disastrous destruction in some areas. The expenditures for such emergency help have oftentimes exceeded the allowances of the very limited budget. In addition, anticipated revenues from nursery

operations have been greatly lessened through reduced seedling produc-
tion caused by d1sease and insect attacks that were not preventable. A third contributing factor was the excessive costs of the equipment and installations that were required to outfit the new county forest
protection units that began operation under the expanded protection program.
The increased appropriation makes it possible for the County Forest Protection lnits to continue operations at a scale comparable to that in the past, and forestalls any immediate cutbacks in outlays for personnel and equipment. Extensive cutbacks and reductions in county unit budgets would have been unavoidable had not the additional appropriation been made by the State. The result would have been lowered efficiency of the forest fire.protection organization, decreased management services to landowners, and curtailment of other activities of the Forestry
Commission.

Record Seedling Shipments

Near Completion; Predict 44 Million

Most of Georgia"s record crop of tree seedlings have already been planted--and indications are that the total production will even exceed the record 40million predicted!
Shipments of forest tree seedlings from Georgia's three state nurseries is moving along rapidly. To date, more than 38 million seedlings have been delivered to landowners over the State for the purpose of reforesting some of the 2Jh million acres of Georgia land that must be planted if it is to become productive.
Latest inventories indicate that the final total production will

reach 44 million healthy, vigorous, disease-free seedlings. This will better the original anticipated production of 40 million, will establish a new, all-time high for production from the State's nurseries, and will place Georgia well ahead of all other Southern states in the production of seedlings.
Total shipments from the Flowery Branch l':ursery reached almost five million seedlings. The Davisboro Nursery produced and delivered almost 17 million, and to date the Herty !\'ursery at Albany has furnished landowners with more than 17~
million seedlings. About 6-~ million seedlings are yet to be shipped from Albany.

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Georgia forestry

Forestry Ads Available to Papers

Georgia newspapers and periodicals can obtain new proofbooks of forestry ads from American Forest ProdJcts Industries, Inc. 1be proofbook contains 32 different readymade ads in two and three-column sizes. The ads stress forest fire prevention, good woodland management and wood utilization. Also listed

in the proofbook are editori~l pieces and half-column Keep Georgta Green insignia mats.
All materials listed in the proofbook are available free of charge in mat form upon reque:~ to American Forest Products Industnes, Inc., 1319 Eighteenth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.

By Ed Nofziger

"It really hum me to see ice damage like this, Joe."

feb'l'ua,.y, 1950

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d/lllluil'l R~

GOOD TIMBER

Bood P~~~WudJo,
Jelly Elliott and The Three Knotheads, a favorite Southern hillbilly combination, are featured in a series of public service transcriptions being used to boost prevention of woods fires in Georgia.
Elliott is pop..~lar in many parts of the South ~here he has performed in 10 states, been featured on "The Grand Old Opera", and made personal appearances with Gene Autry and Rod Brassfield.
The thirteen-week series, currently being carried over a number of stations throughout the State, provides top-flight hillbilly entertainment and presents a strong appea 1 for fire p reven tion. The series is especially designed to combat fire losses resulting- from incendiarism, .. greening-up" the woods, and from local customs and habits. The programs are presented as part of the COoperative Forest Fire Prevention Campaign and represent the first use of this media in fire prevention in Georgia.

The tree that never had to fight For sun and sky and air and li~ht, That stood out in the open pla1n And always got its share of rain, Never became a forest king But lived and died a scrubby thing.
The man who never had to toil, Who never had to win his share Of sun and sky and light and air, Never became a manly man fu t 1i ved and died as he began.
Good timber does not grow in ease; The stronger wind, the tougher trees, The farther sky, the greater length, Py sun and cold, by rain and snows, In tree or man good timter grows. Where thickest stands the forest
growth We find the patriarchs of both, Andtheyholdconvers ewiththe stars, Whose broken branches show the scars Of many winds and nuch of strife-This is the common law of life.
--Anonymous

The Pearson Gun Processing Corporation has recently completed modernizing and improving its plant and yard facili hes which cover a 23 acre tract on the Waycross Highway.
The plant is now strickly a steam still throughout and has a capacity of 22 drums. Eight dump vats with a total capacity of 1,442 standard barrels give the plant one of the largest capacities for reception of crude gum in the industry. The four wash tanks have a capacity of 125 barrels each. The two turpentine tanks have a combined capacity of 147,000 gallons, and fuel oil storage capacity is 17,000 gallons.
Poth Leonard D. Sterne, general manager, and John G. Parnett, local manager of the corporation, are especially proud of the organization's storage yard, where more than 30,000 drums of rosin have been stored at one time.

Georgia Forestry
FEBRUARY 1950

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