Georgia Forestry MAY 1950 Pag~ Ckle Georgia forestry Welcome to New Record the Forestry Association (FIUI 711E IIACDI NEWS) Welcome to Georgia Forestry Association members meeting here today in 26th annual convention. Unfortunately, there are a lot of useless or semi-useless or,anizations in this world today,but prac- l ically everyone will a1ree that the orestry croup is an alert outfit industriouslY. workin1 toward aoah which wi 11 help Georda. The association is made up of almost 300 individuals and organizations includin1 landowners, forest operators, foresters, banks and financial institutions, newspapers, representatives of all classes of forest J?roducts industries, public utilit1es, railroads and machinery and equipment enterprises. Legislation directed toward the conservation and wise utilization of Georgia's greatest natural resource. her forests, is foremost among the aims of the _group. The organization has successfully sponsored legislati"n creating the Georgia Forestry Co11Tlission and expanding the fire protection activities of the Commission. The 'Keep Georgia Green'' program is also the brainchild of the association. VJe' re sure we speak for every Hrklle Georgi.an when we say, ''Welc,.,me til \lacon'', to the Georgia """restry Aso;oci~;~tion. (FROII THE DAWSON NEWS) Announcement made by the Terrell County Forest Protection Unit office that 1110re pine trees have been planted in this county durin1 the past year than ever before is indicative of the increadng interest in the arowin1 of the highly valuable product, and it also means that land~ owners who have acres unfit for other purposes are doing some sound economic thinking. The time when a farmer could plow and plant and then let nature take its course is gone forever. The present day and planning calls to see that a for cer ttahiinnkpinogrtaiohneaodr1 land is diverted to timber means that in years to came benefits will be received from the trees grown thereon. . More and more the tendeny toward diveraification h leadinalandowners to utilize land to the best effect possible, and right now the value of timber and the remarkable demand for pulpwood auakes the gra.ina of pine trees an interestinM and profitable way of supplentint the farm income. There is no doubt about the advisability of arowin1 pines. This section is particularly f~vored in. that rapid growth of the trees is possible, due to climatic conditions, and that farmers and other landowners are realizing the value of planting the trees is one of the reasons for the progress of this section. Georgia Forestry Vol.t III MAY, 1950 No. 5 'A monthly bulletin published by the Georgia Forestry Commission, 435 State Capitol, Atlanta. Enter~rl as second-clAss matt~r at the Post Office, AtlnntR, Geor~ia, uncl('r the act of Au~:ust 24, 11')12. MtmLr. Georgia Press Association May, 1950 Forestry Associ~tion Names Page Two Master Tree Farmers, Hears Governor Governor Herman Talmadge delivered the principal address at the 26th annual meeti'ng of the Georgia Forestry Association on April 14 at the Hotel Dempsey, Macon. Almost 300 embers and guests were in attendance at the conclave. Talmad!Je outlined the record expansion 1n activities of the Georgia Forestry Commdaaion during the past year and told of plana to bring twelve additional counties under organized protection, thereby raising tne total of protected couQtiea to 91. Fmphaaizing that ''money spent to conserve and develop the State's timber resources in an investment which will not only pay hi; dividends to us, but will be insurance for the young people in our State'', the Governor stated that ''sufficient monies will be macle available by this Adminhtra- tion during the coming fiscal year to carry out a full-scale program in all farticipating counties'' and that 'the present appropriation must be augmented in order to insure every count~ under protection a basic pro- gram' . Talmadge, " Suffic ''will ien be t fun made dasv"a11hsabi-~:1 so that county budgets will not have to be reducedduring the coming fiscal year.'' At the conclusion of his address, the Governor was presented with a Smokey Bear atandup poster conveying thanks for the Governor's efforts in behalf of foreat fire prevention. The preaentstion waa made by Association p~elident Kirk sutlive. (See Cove_r Photo.) Sutlive delivered the presid~nt 's (COntinued on Page 10) l . GIORGIA'S NflR !RH fARNKRS IANiD. Channing Cope, ext1'ese Zeft, salaes theNasts,- 1,-ee '"""" Atamis at the 1950 annuaZ seeting of the Geo,-gia 1onstry Association. lxhibi Ung the prizes they nceived asNaste,- !'ree 1araen a,-e, f'roa left to right: N. I. lixon, Distrl. ct fo,-este,-, Jlaycross, lAho occePted the atal'rd on behalf ofI. c. fanehe,-, Peano , tJr.o !laS unabZe to be p,-esent; J. P. LOII!be,-t, Rising fatm; fe,-r!eH Ande,-son, Dno1'e ; R. I. ruten, ALaao, and 11. K. S.ith, Junipe,-. lt'hitfield Covnty fonst Rante'r Ralph Douglas, left, e~la.in.s to Assistant Range,. CnAJfo'rd B'raalett, 'right, /low to use the jeep fire suppression plow. ' Wh"itfield County Begins Protection Whitfield Cowtty beaan oraanhed ' forest fire __protection on April 1, bringing to 79 the total of counties now under protection in the State. The Whitfield County Forest Pro;tection Unit is at present equipped ~ with a ~-ton jeep .fittedwith pressure Ralph Dou1lae has assumed his duties as County Forest Ranfer. Douglas is a native of Whit ield County and is well known throughout the area. He is a high school grad;uate served in the Navy 14 months , and ~as formerly connected with the Thomason Luli>er Company. Douglas is married and is the father of two children. pump, water tanks, and suppression plow. This equipment will soon be augmented by the delivery to the unit -of a ~--ton h~P pickup, fitted with water tanks of 150-gallon capacity. All trucks and towers of the unit will be equipped with two-way FM radio for rapid, dependable communications in locating, approaching and suppressing fires. Crawford V. Bramlet has been named Two towers are to be used in detec- Assistant Forest Ranger. Bramlet~. tion work in the county, one to be his wife and son, reside on Route 5, located on Pockyr Mountain near Dal- fl!\lton. The Whitfield County Forestry Board has been appointed and includes Carl Puryear, Olairman; I. W. Carson, Secretary; W. C. Douglas, Harry S. Looper, and Russell Smith. All members of the Forestry Board are well known c~tizens and landowners ton and the other in the northern part of the County. The Forest- Protection U~it is at present engaged in ~on struction of the Grassy Mountain tower. Prior to actual construction of the tower, access roads were necessarily constructed up the steep mountainside to the tower site. lflli tjield Unit 'bui las tot~r on Rockyfa.ce Noun ta.in. H'e1re District Ranger Fendley Rol11es lines~ the tower foundation ho es. llay, 1950 Paae Four 11<7-d/.,1/ Reelecu ~~, SelecU