Georgia forestry, Vol. 3, no. 6 (June 1950)

Page ()te

GeorgiG rorestry

Forests Provide A Bulwark

(fro the Moultrie Observer)

Forest lads are a ~ratively CCIIIIIIII'l sitdtt in the Sauthl.ni. Georaia has its full share of the forests. a.at have YQU ever, llobile glalcing at these stately trees and the yomg seedlings peepins. up through the grass, given stOOled thouaht to the great significance of these forested acres?
Georgia, accordinl to recent reports, ranks second in the nation in forest aareap. 'nlere are an estillllted 25,000,000 acres allocated to forests.
Thds is smaller than the acreace which
stood in vircin forests a half:-century or

sliahtly more ~ :aat it represents a 1aiii in the last fert years, for fire pro-
tection proer._ and reforestation are
beinlr Rt"acticed to a far p-eate r extent thanoefore World War II.
These forests which cover a considerable portion of Georgia's landed territory, are a vital J&rt of the state's economy. Latest figures show that forests contribute about $300,000,000 IDUllJ.y to the income of the people thrquah all ~ of the indwtey. SUI'V'eyll bBVe sholil that
about 120,000 Glord- are esployed in
the forestry M1d wociil producta operators.

It Could Scorch A Man's Soul
(from the Griffin DaiLy News)
It is difficult for who live inaide the city l.ialts to realise the utter belplessneaa of f.,_rs and othera in tlie C<Ulty whose._. and bema and fielda cauaht fire before the eta,. of CCU\ty fire protectian.
Of courae the neiahbors pitchecl in snd beloed out best they ccu1c1. Dat without mocfem fire fiaf\tlnl eaulpant there wu little that the buctit 6ripdea could do.
All too often ~ldlnt Oulty f.._ra have watched their &a.a and life uvl.np IO up in Slllllke. . It wu a pathtic ariJ heart- renderinl si.t. The utter futlli ty of it all wu ~ to acorch a an'a IOU! 81 11 U burri cDm hil hard Hmsd property.
At lalt this ... been clw1pd with the aent of CCU\ty fire proteetian. lhln the CCU\ty fire rqera IDved into
=.sldlonut toCcu_lf,ty.._fa,:rmirtr:.l..helpln....

It can be seen fraa the sbe of the . forest acreaae M1d the income that this
llhase of our eca~ ls a bulwark a_pinst bard times and a lc.er stMKiard of livlnc. To maintain this hiah aana1 income it is necessary, therefore, to protect that which we have and to promote its expansion.

n. state is ..- allocaUniel'e than
three-fourth. of a .U.lllon dollars
amusl~ to tile protection ...t ~-
111111\t of the forests. 1he allllan11 of11111r
JOUIII seedlinls beinl pbinted e.ch ~ are iildicatiw of the stllulated actliity which t.a been -... on thrauahaut tm
various aectian11-of Oiol'pa.

llindful of 11hat role the foraets are

pJ of

.qaln.ainidnivoulcr

l

atate'a ~ snd al, need Clftl)' to

that look

at these ~ trees c.lDI an to visual

in .,re dollArs for ClloJ'IU 1n the future

if r-in alert to thi potantialltlea

which they poiHIS.

Georgia Forestry

Vol. 111

MAY, 1950

No. 5

A manthl,- bulletin .PUblhhed by the
Geor&ia Foreatr,- Ca.Miaaion, 435
State C.pitol, Atl.nta. Bnter~ aa aecondcl mattr at the PoRt Office, Atlanta, cenrKla, undr the act of Aupat 24, 1112. Mem~tor,
Georaia Pr Aa.ociation

It

June, 1950

Page TYoO

Damage Figures Emphasize Severity of Fire Season; April Losses High

During the seven months period between October 1 and April 30- ttie worst forest fire season experienced in Georgia in a decade - 9,000 separate wildfires s~t over more than 281,000 acres of Georg1a forest land in protected cCU'lties alone. nwere is no way to determine fire losses in ~rotected CCU'lties.
In discloein& fiaures on the fire loss in protected CCUtties since October 1, ' Guytan DeLoach, State Forester, stressed the fact that anly tht~ the vicilance, efficimcy and tenacity of the fire fiaht-
in& forces has a much larger fire loss
been averted. DeLoach stated that ''thtauahaut the fire seaaan fire suppressian forces of the Forestry Canid..ianl private ird.astry ard otller orl&nbat 01111 have been cCiimined in their 1reatest fi~ a11Ln.t forest fire loss in ten wars.''

' 'l.ilny times during the pest fire season. our fire crews have worked far past the point of seeming h\.1181l emurance, ard only in recent weeks have the weary fire fighters knoiT.n any respite fran the 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week fight to quickly detect , locate and suppress wildfires ,'' said DeLoach. ''1he average size of the fires has been kept dOMl. 1he work of the Coulty Rangers and their assistants has prevented a loss many times Areater than that actually suf fered, he said.
1he record fire seasan has resulted from the ccnditians of drought and high winds that have prevailed over the state for extended periods. M.Jch of the time the woods have renained in a tinder-box canditian with continuous fire danger
(Continued on Page 10)

MID-APRIL FIRES
renO to the tops of these tnes . and Left only this

Page Three

Ge o1'"gi a forestry

Se.JI.uu; P~iolf,
at ,4/t-<!"""" oi!V;J.;
oll&tt, .Peatl6
""g~,tNJ4

An all-ti.JR hlah production of

a.Wni

325 shl

175 pped

seedl from

iriP have Geor&ia' s

beea lifted three .tate

nwaeriea durq the plantq season

hat cCIII()leted. lhls w11l likely place

Oeortla in the lead 8IIIDrlK all Southern

states in the production of seedlinp in

state RJrseries.

Hertylllrsery atAlbmyJed inshipment

with a total of 21,360,350 seedlinp

hipped to 1-a.nera over the state.

Shipaents 400 seedl

ifnroama,Daavmisbothroe

reached 18,~ Flowery Br

nursery pcoduced 4, !l15,42S aeedlinp.

Slash pine aeedli.np ade up 37,464,750 of the total production. LOblolly pine 6.383,000, Lmgleaf 392,475, tni Black Locust 84,950. Production at the Hearty and Davilboro 111!'aeriea was principally
of Slaah pine, while mat of the aeedUnp ahiPI*f from the FloRry Branch R.Jraary were Loblolly.

Crawford Canty led in thr nmber

of eedlings received from the

atate's RJraeries. Seedling ship-

ments to Crawford Comty totaled

3s,e3c0~2wi9t7h51.,67D0o,u0g0h0e,rt

y Co~mty was Olatham third

with 1,501,550 and Emanuel fourth

with 1,485,500. Other cOWtties in

which orders filled reached a111illion

see<DillJlswereBibb, Wheeler, Jones, Randoljlll , Ste1111rt, Web.ter, Twigcs, Charlton and Glynn. These 13 counties accounted for almost half the seedlinws shipped with 18, 795,975.

Jlol.larl"' are the~~ of s...l...,.

(Continued on Page 101

CRISP COUNTY DEDICATE&s


CRISP 10RK81RI BOARD f8KN3. Left to right, ore J.f. Nossey~ C County Ranger, Holt f'alton, C.C. Chappell, H.C. - f'heJcheJ., R.R. Jaes L. Hardy, and Olin f'itherington, District 1orester.

Jun e, 1950

Paae Four

Commission to Expand Protection

'The 'Ebard of Conmissioners of the

OSsiaeovoanrralnibaauhdFgooenrteMsfatoyrry20Cto~nampcpoisrmsoiivonegna1

meeting in the O:mnisfiscal year

and aade plms to increase the acreage of

Georgia forest land under organized fire

protection.

Present pl.arw call for the establishment of forest protection U'lits in ten to twelve additional C<Utties during the caaing fiscal year. Plans call also for " intensified enforcement of the state's forest fire laws, increased forest management services to larxlc:Mners, and a bro&(iening of the infonmtion and educaticin work of the Canni.ssion. Addi tiona! law
enforcement and IIIU18gement personnel
will be placed in some areas of the state.

Budgets of the C<Utty protection units as approved by the Caunisaioners calla r for cantin.Jed financing of the C<Utt)' protection ratiCII'W to the extent of twothirds of the total lmU'lt. lhere will be no reducticna in budaets to the , extent of lowering the efficiency of the irdividual CCU\ty protection waits.

Prior to the Savannah meeting, the Ccxrmissioners were hn:heon guests of G. Phillip ~rgan , Savannah, Board Olairman. Other rrenbers of the Board include K~ S. Varn, Waycross, Henry 0. Clmninga, Donalsonville, Join M. McElrath, Macon, and C. M. Jordan , Jr. Alamo. lbbart Manley , Jr. was a guest at the meeting.
Reaching 2, 460 feet into the sky from the highest peak of Lookout M0111tain, the l!i/P1 Point Fire Tower stBtlds as a sentinel on guard allainst forest fires in the 200,000 acres of Walker County timber. The tower base is set in solid rock (See Story Page 5) Blld is surrounded by almost sheer bluffs . CXl clear days, vision reaches throughout several counties.

CL. EMENTS LOOKOUT TOW.ER







Q
Miss Aud r ey NeLL Chi Li e r s , pr es i dent , Cri sp County q-e Coun c i l,
christens CLemen ts 'fo <~er. G1~m turpentine subs titu ted for t he tradi~i ona L champagne .

?age Five

Geo~gia fo~est~y

More than 2400 feet in the aky above Walker Cculty atlnia a newly-erected
forest fire lookout ta.er that baa ea-
t:ab lished something of a record in tough construction jobs.
IDbedded in solid rock an the hiaheat point of Loola:lut Moultain, the tower b accessible only by foot. Before actwal work an the tower could be started, two miles of road had to be canatructed, but even this road ends about 200 yards fr~ the actwal tawer site aa the steep, wild, almoat iqlasaable terrain ban any closer approach by vehicle. To pt steel, cement &rid other canatructian materials fna the road to the tower baae necessitated the canatructian of a jeep-powered, wood-track incline md carr)'inc car box. 1be incline wu built throujl an openina in the rocb (See fhoto). 1be carryinl
halt ... IIIMid up and dolit the incline bY
lllll8na ofa cable lendlnc from the carryiric

car, arcud a pulley at the top of theincline and back to the jeep. When the jeep went c:bm the IIXUltain road the baa would be pulled up to the top of the incline. To lCMer the box again the jeep would be moved upward an the road.
Sheer bluffs and treacherous crevice. surrcud the Tawer baae, the piers of which are set in the aolid rock of the peak. n,n-1 te was Uled to blast the lcudatian holes.
1be TCMer protects mre than 200,000 acres oCWalker Cculty tilllber md alforda almoat Wllimlted vision an clear da~. 1be Wallau: Cou'lty Jlbreat Protection UUt a lao baa a tawer on Cl.llf M:ulta in.
District Rlanaer Pendley &1.-a and Walker Cou'lty ll'oreat Rancer Rahlh lie ~ ~rviaed canatructiari ol the ro.d and the tGIIer. AHiat.U..IID._. and ~were lleracbel Gray, llal a.chaa.
Sarqrli.!Qina and J. C. lllddalr.
I

Betow, Ranger Ratph NcCu~dy Points out one of the towe~ {ovndot,on 'ien that we~e set in solid ~oc~. Dynaaite was used to b ast tlw } hotes.

H d.ght, ange~ Ralph fiCCU~dy looh est o ca~ of se~te~ial cos-
ng uP tie
incline tho. t .ras bui l t to Uft steel
ond J() the~
ons,troction
sate~ials
t~o the ~oad to the towe~ site.

tH6 CRII f8lf

181 J08. Ra.nge~ Ralph KcCu~dy, ext~ee

~ight, is ~ictu~ed ~th pe~sonnel of his unit. othe~s. left

to ~ight, ore ~c~schel G~a.y, Hal Beacha, Sonny Huggins and

J~C. Ka.ddox.

Spalding Ranger Bill Si.nrmns chased and ca\JI!ht what was probably the fastest moving fire ever detected in that Cculty.
While on his way to the postoffice, Simmns spotted snDke caninj!: fran the trunk of a car. Heavy traff1c kept him fran cAtching the burning car in town but he sighted it again near Pamna. With sirene going at full blast, and driving 70 miles an t.lur, Sirnmns caught the car about two miles north of Sumy Side.
A spare tire was burning and a suitcase containing clothes valued at $300 was lost, but other luggage and fishing eq,Jitxnent were saved. Tile owner, an Albany, New York tourist, could give no reason why the fire caught. He gave Simnons his hearty thanks for saving his car and baggage.

Janes Reid, fonnerly Riclmn:l Cculty Ranger, has been named Harris County Ranger. Reidwill succeed Jdn L. Connell who resianed.
Reid, a native of Athens, served as a Staff Sargeant in the Annv for three and a half years. He is a l!MB lfraduate of the Forestry School of the UU.versity of Georgia and was fonnerly enployed by the State Hipay Department and the JiB Railroad. He is married and is the father of one child.

Edwin Eugene Kelly has becane Riclmnl County Forest Ranger, filling the vacancy left when James Reid was transferred to Harril Cculty. Kell3r served in the Army Air Forces as a Staff Sargeant for three years. He and his wife and two sons will be located in Augusta.. They lived in Decatur, Georgia U'ltil he became a RanKer in May. Kelly received his forestry de gree fran d~ Uliversity of Georgia and was fonnerly enployed by General Motors.

Rangers of the Eighth District met at Hanerville, May 3, 8nd enioyed a day of
fishing in the <lcefenokee s.vanp. All the
'big ones' ' nust have gene in hiding when they heard the Ranaers were caning.

Edward Alton Davenport, Jr. was enployed in April as lallar Cculty Ranger. He succeeds Ibwell J. Foster who resianed. Davenport was a Staff Sargeant in the Army Air Forces for t\\1o and a half years. He resided in Colud:>ia Cculty before starting his duties in Barnesville. Davenport received his Masters Degree in Forest Management fran the University of Georgia in March.

Roswell C. James was pr<X!Dted to Pierce County Ranger in April. James had served asAssistant to~er EarlL. Echols since
Septeniler, 1949. l aues was pr<X!Dted
after Echols resianeCI. Janes, his wife and t\\1o children reside in Patterson. He attended college for t\\1o years and has experience in generalwoodsoperation. Before he became Assistant Ranier he was 01111er and operator of a creosote plant.

Mad to eGIINf
PIIBatUdi~~~e Plea U.
g~q~eiUu

For dies

the urgin

gfirfsotretsitmef11r

m e

ail cancellation prevention will

be used in post offices in five Georda

localities, in addition to Atlanta. 1he

cancellation mark, which carries the

message, ' 'REMEMBER - ONLY YOU

CAN PREVENT FOREST FIRES"'

will appear also on ~ thouurda of

letters in Macon, Au&Usta, Valdosta,

Savannah and Albany.

This increased coverap is beinl made

pqssible through indivimal SPC!l'lsorship

of the use of the dies in cities other

tbm Atlanta. Slxnsors in the varicaa

localities incb.de the Macan o.aber of

CamlerceL E L. D:lullas, president, E. L. Doublas J...U~mer CaiiJaw, -Aupta, W. M.

Oettmeier, &prior Plfte Pi'oducts 0.-

pmy, Valdosta, T. W. !arle, Gair Wood

lams, Foeter

MInac,c. r1uSn&e rvyanCnaa!hp,

sn:l M. H. qr, Albany.

Clarke,

June, 1950

Page Eight

Pulpwood Association Summer Meet

amAlmost300 foresters, pulp.o.ood producers dealers, land011.11ers, and pulp canpany officials atterrled the Area 3 S\11111!r Meeting of the Southern F\.alt7o\'Ood eatservation Association held May 17 at Savannah. 1be one-day meeting began with registration at the ttUon Bag and Paper Corporation's Sapelo Forest Headquarters The morning features of the field trip inclooed r:n inspection of the forest nursery and a planting demonstration, both Uxler the direction of Bill Hood, UUM Bag and Paper Corporation, and a road building demonstratiM corrlucted
amby C. H. Niederhoff, West Virginia F\.alp Paper Cmpany and J. M. Mc:Clurd, Brunswick Pulp and Paper Catpmy.
1be aftemocn's activities inclooed
a fire suppression and equipment demons-
tration conducted by Join E. Mciver, International Paper Calpany, observations of prescribed burned areas urxler the directiM of E. D. Martin and E. A. Hinely,

Gair area

Woodlands inspectio

nCaomrposir.IaIItIiIm8ry,

and a ~Jrned by Howard J.

Doyle, Area Forester, S. P. C. A.

The social hour. banquet am evening
entertainment were held at the General Oglethorpe Hotel. Kirk ~tlive, Director of Public Relatims, th1on Bag and Paper Corporation, served as toastmaster for

the baf}Ue t .

Smokey Says:

TO 'niE WAYFARER
(A poem fastened to trees in the forests of Portugal)
Ye vmo pass by and would raise your
hlmd apinst me, ,hearken ere you hannme. I am~ heat of fOUl' hearth on the cold winter nights, the frierrlly shade screening )'OU from sli!JD!r sm, and 11\Y fruits are refreshing drau~ts, quenching your thirst as you JOUrney M.
I am the beam that holds your house, the board of }'OUr table, the bed m which )'OU lie, the tinber that builds your boat.
I an the handle of }'OUr hoe, the door of your homestead. the wood of your cradle, the sheli of your coffin.
I am the bread of kindneu and the flower of beauty.
Ye v.ho pass by, lilten to ~ey prayer: hannme not.
-Roadside 8Jlletin

A great cash crop-Southern Pine!
c~ etuJB4i
,2,~Bu;R~
'The Enanuel County forestry essay contest; held in the public scmols in connectim with the I9SO Pine Tree Festival drew a record response. ~re than 1,800 essays were written as every elementary am nigh school stooent in the county submitted an entry in the contest which was urrler the direction of Mrs. n.tdley A. Hughes of Adrian. Title of the essays was ''The ~rtance of Forestry to Fmmuel Col.nty .
David Rcwland, a seventh grade stooent in E)JanJel Institute, was the winner of the grand prize in the cmtest and almg with other winners will receive a trip to Savannah as gUest of the lhiM Bag and Paper Corporatim.

Page Nine

Georgia forestry

SI!Dkey, the fire preventin' bear, has just pUblished his own woodlard story-book. E)1titled 'Smkey Bear's Story of the Forest' ', the new 12-pa~ story book is intended for the use of school children in grades fran the third to the seventh. 1be book portrays in illustrations and words what trees are, what the forest is, and the values we get fran the forest in commercial products, recreation, and refuge for wildlife. 'The booklet sho.vs the need for fire rrotection and the way in which schoo age boys and girls can help prevent fires.

In carrying the story of the forest, the booklet calls for the school child to carry on such profects as learning to identify trees, co lecting and planting pine seeds, naming animafs seen in the woods, identHy~ birds that are illustrated,~ and listing sane of the many uses or wood.
llle booklet is illustrated by Hart" RossoU am is presented by the Georgia Forestry Cmmission and the U. S. Forest Service, Southern Region.

"JOE BEAVER"

By Ed Nofziger

l'onlt SerYioe, 17. 8. ~' at .A.Irlealtan
we're havlnt a bad cham, joe. There can't be people lllce that
any 111orel"

June, 1950

FIRE SEASON

(Continued from PaRe 2)

daily readinp of Class Faur and Five. Fires haw started easily, spread rf.!Pidly and wildl{. and been extremely difficult to cantro
High points in the fire season, from the standpoint of numbers of fires and acreage losses in protected cOlA'lties, were during the last faur months of J..uary, February, March and April. The moat severe losses were suffered during February when fire danaer con:l.itions reined explosive for a considerable length of time and 2,388 fires burned over 81,556 acres. Aoril was the seccnl worst manth with 1,681 fires covering 63,634 acresJ due to the fat:t that conditions of araught and high winds continuediDJCh longer than usual this spring. Nornally, the nigh danger of destructive fires and large losses is lessened by the end of March, and by the beginning of April, the worst part of the fire season

is passed. n.tri!lll March of this year, 1,452 fires burned 45,637 acres, and January fire dsmap fiaures for protected CCUlties show 1, 671 fires with 45, 175 acres b.arned.
Carele11ness and incendiarism were the two principal causes of the destructive forest fires in _protected COlA'lties of the state. Many fires were started from burning and clearing operations in fields, pastures and new-~rOI.fti, and from soC!llled ''control burning'' operations in wooded areas. Large numers of fires were started by canpfires wilt by hunters, fishennen and campers, and by motorists who threw li~ted cigarettes and matches out of car w1ndows. DeLoach added ''that to reduce the fire loss from malicious incendiarism, we are intensifying and expanding the law enforcement activities of the Ccmni.ssicn. ' '

SEEDLING PRODUCTION

(Continued from Page 3)

shippedintocottntie over the state:

B~. 319,009;a.tlloch 482,000;1llrke, 868 fX>O Candler 61,000; Effingham, 2,00o;Bibb, 1,41i.800; Evans, 210,000; Jenkins 492,500;tiberty, 18,000; Long, l;3,00Qi Mcintosh 50,000; andMontganery, 284,5uu.
Carroll, 29, 500; Clayton, 5,000; Coweta, 73,900; Heard, 7,000; Lamar,
2\~00; Meriwether ,127J 500; Newtoi2J. 8,600;
P!Ke, 11.500; Spalaing, 13,5!)U; and Talbot, :l99, 100.
Cobb, 129, 500; ~!.z. 1 ,200; Flo:vd, 37, 000; F\Jltcn.~__169, uw; Gordm, 43, 000; Baralsen, 7, uw; Mlr_r_ay, 11, 000; Paulding_ 5,500andPolk, 30,000. T1,~2e2v4,es0Sn0~0,9;,B10a02k00e;~,T0tr!0u\0e6:t,17e0nTba;1tBt8rn6oa,o0lkl0,s0,;W1128h2,e,00e00l0e0;r;, Calhlul, 308,6w; and Colquitt, 38,000.

Decatur, 966,000; Early, 114, 000; Grad~l.~3, 700; Miller, 10,0<J!l.i Mitchell, 548,Sw; Seminole, 142,5w; nox&s, 99l,OOO:Tift, 45,500; and Worth, 98,500,

Cook, 23,000; Echols..L._27,000j, Glynn,

1LQ2!.~.QOO; Irwin, 47, uuu; Jefr Davis,

s~.:;uu; lAnier, 47,000 lrij I.a.r.ndel,

737,000.



4. _4T8I'zClM2)0JL24B7.leMclOc;e~lyc,n.Jt38,070,00;00:QBlaalsdcwocink,,

sa~,uuu; nsncock.l !~1000; Jasper, 103,000;

Jer ferscnb 2!1!1uuu; Jom1cn, 98, 000;

Janes, 1, 14,uw; 8l1d Laurens, 818,f500.

1m Mcnroe, 17~002i Tw~Jp, 1,234,550;

WMhinlt~

Bartar~,

,

8w; Wilkinson, 14f5,100; : Catoola, 1,000; 8l1d

Chatt001a, 7,000.

l''ranklin, 25,000; Greene, 563,000; Hart, 23,600; Lincoln, 25,000; and Madiscn, 31,000.
Wal;ker, 74,0Q9i Whit~ield, 20,000; Apphng, 127, uuu; AtkulSon, 78, 000; Bacon, 16,000; Berrien,30 ,000; Brantley, 21,000; Camden 270 000; Ouulton 1,219, 500; Clinch, 3'73,550; andCoffee, 75,500;
Ben Hill, 236,000; Clay, 90,000; Crisp, 417,500; Dodge, 448,000; Dooly, 151,600; Harris.r.. 51,000; Houston, 853,100; Lee, 233,50u; Macon, 156,000; Marim, 232,000; Muscogee, 207,600; Peach, 235,500; Pulaski, 102,100; arrl Q.Jitman, 38,000.
Pierce, 59,000; Telfair, 594,500; Ware, 340,500; Wame, 322,000; Bank, 15,000; Barrow, 6,500; and Olerokee, 181,000.
Mc:D.Iffie_. 165,000: Morgan, 5,000; Oconee, 13,500; Oglethorpe, 105,000; Richmnd, 423,300; Taliaferro, 6,000; Welten, 68,500; Warren, 24,000; and Wilkes, 553,000;
Randolph, 1.r..115,000; Schley, 80,000; Stewart, 1,2:l7, 000; SUnter, 280, 000; Taylor, 492,000; Terrell, 897,950; Turner, 388,000; Webster, 1,357,000; Wilcox, 258,000; and B.ltts, 11,000;
DeKalb, 70,000.,~ Fannin, 2,000, Forsyth, 3;noo; Gilmer :>,000; Gwinnett, 18,500; Habersham, f59,050; Hall,443, 000; Jackson, 75,500; andPickens, 43,000.
Rockdale.,~_ 8,000; Stephens, 81,000;
UniC!'.!_ 2,:ru0; Clarke, 56,000; Columia,
234,uuu: and Elbert. 39.500.

Georgia Forestry
JUNE 1950

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