Georgia forestry, Vol. 31, no. 3 (Sept. 1978)

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Sept. 1978 No. 3 'Vol.30
George Busbee Governor A. Ray Shirley Director
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
H. E. Williams, cha1rman, Woodbine Felton Denney, Carrullton El ey C. Frazer, Ill, AI bany Jim L. Gillis, Jr., Soperton Robert Simpson, Ill, Lakeland
STAFF Fr ank E. Craven, Editor Thoma s B. Hall, Artist
GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION DISTRICT OFFICES
Coosa V alley
P. 0. Box Z, Mt. Berry 30149
North Georgia Rt. 7, Box 83, Canton 30114 Atlanta- 7 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Room 545, Atlanta 30334 Ch attahoochee Flint
P. 0. Box 1080, Newnan 30263
Mcintosh Trail Route 7, Box 455, Griffin 30223
Lower Chattahoochee 6250 Warm Spgs. Rd., Columbus 31904 Middle Fli nt Rt. I, Box 23A, Americus 32709 Coastal Pl ain Rout e 2, Ash burn 31714 Southwest Georgia Rt. 2, Box 215, Camilla 31730 Georgia Southern Rt. 2, States bora 304 58 Coastal
P. 0. Box 113, Midway 31320
Slash Pine Rt. 6, Box 167, Waycross 31501 Central Savannah River Rt. 2, Box 266, Washington 30673 Georgia Mountains Rt. 11, Box 37, Gainesville 30501 Northeast Georgia Rt. 4, Box 168A, Athens 30605 Heart of Georgia Rt. 1, Box 46, Helena 31037 Middle Georgia Rt. 8, Colurr bus Rd., Macon 31206 Oconee Hwy. 49, Milledgeville 31061
Georgia Forestry is published quarterly by the Georgia Fores try Commission, Rt. 1, Box 181, Dry Branch, Ga. 31010_ Second class postage paid at Rome, Ga.

CONTENTS

Champion Tr ees and Seed ling Pr ice L ist. . . .. . .... ... .

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GFA Holds Annual Meeting. . ... ..... ......... ..... .

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Mixon Named Re search Head Ruark Retires . ... . ................... .

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State Fire Equ ipment Show......... . ............................ .

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1978 ~ood-Using Dir ec tory Publi she d .............................. . 8-9

Shirl ey Pr esente d EFG Award Cr ai g In st all ed in Hall of Fame ........... .

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Georgia's Tr ee Farmer of the Y ea r... ... . . ..... ... ..................

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Forestry Faces and Pl aces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1213

Letters and Logging th e Foreste rs................................... 14 -15

Cruising The Nev.rs
A Splendid Idea
If you see a n1ce lookmg y ou ng lady and young man walk1ng around Mad1son studying the trees along the city streets, feel reassured. They are two students from the Univers1ty o f Georgia who are workmg With the Forestry Commission in su rveying trees in the city.
Once they have completed their survey whi ch wil l include determin1ng the co nd1 tio n, loca liOn and species they will make recommendations as to tree care, need for replant ing, etc . The survey will also mclude suggestions as to what areas are lacking in trees an d wjll o ff er re com men dat1ons as to the kind of trees that should be planted 1n these bare sections o f town .
Where 1t is decided the condit1on of a tree is very poo r , recommendations will be made to take ;the tree down and a determinatiOn offered as to what species should be used for replace ment, 1f replacement 1S warranted
One area w1ll also be used as a demonstration t~rea where the foresters will f u rth er a p ilot project.to c;lemonstrate good tree care and plant1ng polic1es.
Ma.d1son 'and Macon were selected by the Georg1a Forestry Commission for this pilot project and study. The goal IS to study urban trees, in an effort to protect the trees and to educate local c1t1zens as to good conservatiOn and planting procedures.
Th1s IS a splendid idea and we hope that the study will result 1n a better understand ing among Mad1sonians of the need to plant and conserve trees as well as to learn the type o f tree that IS most su1ted to a given area.
(From the Madisonian-Madison)
Pine Trees Vital
The Georgia Forestry Commiss1on 1ssued the f o ll ow1ng release concern1ng our forests: Much thought IS being devoted to energy and conservation o f our natural resources. Wood is not only a natural resource but a renewable resource. The slash pine adds another Important product vital to our economy. Not only doe s it contri bute wood, but 1t is the nat1on's largest producer o f gum which is in demand for the manufacture of products such as pa1nt thinner, varnishes, solvent for rosin, lacquers and varnishes, drugs, 1nsect1cides and others. Slash pine exceeds all other commercial pine such as lob lo lly as a tree for flat, wet sites. A 15 year study by the Southern Fo re st Experiment Station indicates the odds are with those plante rs who choose slash over loblolly p1ne for this type site. On drier Sites, slash p lanted ju d1 ciously may perform equally as wel l as loblo lly . Other advantages include slash pine's tolerance to the devastating southern pine beetle that seems to prefer loblolly. The susceptibility o f slash pine to f usi f orm rust compared to loblolly pine seems to vary considerably to di ffering conditions. There is no clear cut res1sta nce o f one specie over the other. By us1ng improved slash, this suscept ibility may be lessened. In addrt10n, slash pine tends to prune Itself o f limbs making a cleaner bole that is preferred by harvesting crews, thus providing more utilization and less debris left on the site. Being a dual purpose tree, slash pine may generate more than twice the monetary return per acre over loblolly p1ne by harvesting gum and wood products. By using improved slash planting stock, values are further enhanced. By an ticip ating future chem1cal needs, It is the wise landowner who plants improved slash maintaining the United States as the producer of the world's highest quality gum.
(From the Baxley News Banner)

Champion Trees

The American Forest ry Associ atio n has p ubli shed its list of the largest trees in the United States. T he name of the list has been changed from the Soc ial Register of Big T rees to the National Register of Big Trees.
According to AFA Presi d ent Carl Reidel, " T he new name is a mo re accurate reflection of the f act that this list is the on ly one of its kind, a nd has a truly nationa l si gnificance."
"M ore importantly ," Reidel sa id , "the new name si gnals our commitment to expa nd our efforts to locate the largest specimen of every native or naturalized North American tree speci es. "
According to Reidel , a total of 661 species are represented in the current listing. However, more than 1,000 dif fer ent spe cies a re e ligibl e, meanin g there are stil l several hundred not represented on the Iist.

AFA began searching for and li sti ng

big trees in 1940, a nd p ubli shed the fir st

list , of only 200 spec ies in 1945. Seven

trees on the orig ina l list are still cham -

pions . The others have died or been de-

stroy ed, or in most cases, been replaced

after the di scov ery of larger specimens.

Th irty -n ine states an d the District of

Columbia have champion trees. Florida

leads the Iist of states with 112 cham -

pions. Geo rgi a li sts 22 national cham-

pions . The Georgi a Forestry Commi s-

sion is coordinating the search for cha m -

pio n trees in the State. Nominat io ns

may be sent to Forest Education, P. 0.

Box 819 , Macon , Georgia 31202 .

The spec ies of trees accepted on the

AFA Big Tree list are those listed in the

U. S. Department of Agriculture p ubli -

cation, Che ck list of Nati ve and Natu ral-

ized T ree s of the ~ ~~d - L.

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Price List
The following tree seedlings are being grown for sa le by the Georgi a Forestry Comm ission during the 1978-79 plantin g season.

SPECIES Pines:

Per 1000

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Eastern Wh ite lmp/oved Loblolly Impro ved Slash Slash -High Gum Virginia

52000 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00

53.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00

510 .00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00

Species below are _ p riced FOB Page Nurser y , Reidsville, Georgia .

Longl ea f Catalpa Lespedeza Oak, Live Oak, Sawtooth Oak, White Redcedar Red Maple Sweet gum Syc am o r e Yell ow Poplar

10.00 15.00 15.00 40 .0 0 20.00 20 .00 25.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00.

5.00 7. 50 7.50 20 .00 10.00 10.00 12 .50 7. 50 7.50 7.50 7. 50

2.00 3.00 3.0 0 4.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00

A transportation cha rge of $1 .00 per thousand trees and $.50 per five hun dred trees must be added to above cost on al l see dlings moved from one nursery to another due to stock not being available or on seed Iings d el ivere'd to County Ranger Headquarters for landowner pick up.

Sa les of less than 500 trees must be in

packages of 50 at above 50 price which

includes del ivery to County Ranger

Hea dqu a rters.

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GFA Holds
Annual Meeting

Theme - Mot ivate in '78 '

U.S. Sen ator Sam Nunn and Georgi d Governor George Busbee shared the spotlight at the 1978 annual meeting of the Georgia Forestry Association.
Senator Nunn , in his prerared remarks, stated that the increase in capital gains tax has increased the risk while decreasing the rewards for providing risk capital. As could be anticipated thi s decreased availability of risk capital has had a devastating effect on the development of small businesses, minority owned businesses and new businesses in general. He has recently co -sponsored legislation with Senator Hansen which if enacted, would roll back the maximum capital gain rate to the 1968 level of 25 percent. As a result of the rollback Senator Nunn estimated an addrtional 440,000 new jobs could be created, spending on plant and equipment would rise 5.7 percent a year instead of an estimated 4.7 percent a year and the feeler al budget deficit would be S16 billion less in 1985 than rt would have been otherwise.
Governor George Busbee discussed the current nationwide energy shortage, America's dependence upon foreign oil, the waste disposal problem of nuclear power and the problems with coal being 2 dirty fuel . He pointed out that wood as a n e nergy sourc e is a classic example of a neglected opportunity. He brought Dr. James Schlesinger, Secretary of the U. S. Department of Energy, to Georgia to show him the research Georgia Tech and the Forestry Commission are doing rn the area of wood energy. He is optimistic that Georgia will be able to obtain close ro $1 million in federal funds to supplement the $500,000 appropriated by the las t General Assembly. These funds will be used to demonstrate to industry the cost effectrveness and feasibility of using wood to replace 4 scarce fuels.

Georgia Governor George Busbee

U. S. Senator Sam Nunn

Two speakers, Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission and Ben T. Wiggins, chairman, Public Service Commission, discussed Wood Energy Developments . Director Shirley told the Association members that two state facilrties are slated to be used to demonstrate the feasibility of using wood as an energy source. One will be the Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital in Rome and the other will be in Nor theast Georgia. He has plans to out fit two mobile exhibits to show the average homeowner what type wood stoves are the most practical to use in heating homes. In addition, he said plans are being formulated to hold semina rs for architects to show how wood energy systems can fit into building plans.
Chairman Wiggins pointed out that eventually other forms of energy will be available to replace petroleum, but not
in the near future. To bridge this gap,
he feels more electricity will be needed. He estimated by the year 2000, 50 percen t of th e fuels consumed in the United States will be for the purpose of generat in g electric power compared to 30 percent today. He predrcted as much as 60 percent of the e lectric power will come from nuclear generating plants.

A. Ray Shirley Forestry Commission Director
Public Service Chairman Ben T. Wiggins

':dward W. Killorin was re-elec te d presiient. He awarded the GFA Presidential 7itation to John R. Harcrow, HeardTroup Ranger, for his close working reationship with area lan downers. Har:row was unable to attend the con tention.

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Perform ance a wards were p resented to, 1-r, Joel W. Ha ll, Jr., Best District, Clarence C. Hilburn, Best Unit; Terrell L. Brook s, Genetics, John S. Dickinson, working with landowners; and Lloyd Rogers, de velopment of the "gum buggy ".

Edwar d W. Killorin, lawyer, Gambrel, Russe ll, Killorin and Forbes law firm, Atl ant a , was e lected president of th e Association for a seco nd term. Other officers reelected were James Fendig, manager, Timber Divi sion , Gilm an Paper Company, St. Marys, vice president and Fred W. Greer, Jr. , vice president, C & S Bank, Atlanta, tre as ure r.
The 1978 Miss Georgia Forest ry is 16-yea r o ld Kathy Mitchel l of Hine svi ll e. She was crowned by Association President Ki llorin. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Mitche ll . Miss Mitchell succeeds Tina Drigge rs of Way cross.
Miss Laurie La nd, 17, of Macon, was runnerup.
Miss Mitchell, in winning the pageant, rece ived a $500 scholarship During the year, she wi ll represent the Association at various functions.
Kat hy was chosen from a field of 26 county forestry queens.
The Americus District and the Gl ynn Coun t y Forestry Un it of the Georgi a Forestry Comm issio n were recognized throu gh the Assoc iation's Perform ance of Excellence Awards program.
Specia l awa rds were presented to Terre ll Brooks, Reforestation Department, for his work in genetics; John S. Dickinson, Forester, for his work with landowners and Lloyd Rogers, Dodge County Ranger for the development of the " Gu m Buggy".
In another presentation, C. W. Felder of Blakely was chosen as Tree Farmer of the Year. He was cited for carrying out a well round ed forest management program on his holdings.

Georgia's Tree Farmer of thr:: Year, C. W. Felder, center, was awarded a chain saw bv Samuel L. Smith. Dave Mitchell, chairman of the State Tree Farm Committee, left, took part in the cerem ony.

Th e 1978 Miss Georgia Forestry, Kathy

Mitchell

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Mixo n Named Research Head

Co mm ission p lans t o m ake thi s d epa rt m ent a vita l fun cti o n o f th e o rg anization t o m eet ant icipa t ed and futur e research need s t o fu rt her th e wi se use of the State's tim berlan d s.
Mixon's career has span ned m any facets of forestry includin g expe ri ence with the wood indust ry, wor k as a Far m Foreste r with the Commi ss ion and help-

ing to d evelop the very success f u l Urban For estry progr am now being used in the m etropolit an areas of Georgi a. Fo 1 the past si x y ea rs he has held the pos ition fi eld supervisor with th e Commi ss ion with duties that includ e supervising fi eld activiti es in For es t Pro t ection, For es t M anagem ent , Refores t ation, Educati on and Admini stration .

Ruark Retires

John W. M1x on

John W. Mixon, field superv 1sor, Geo rg ia Forestry Com m ission, has been nam ed Chief, Research D ivision of the Fo r est r y Commission, announce d Ray Sh ir ley, d irector.
M1xon, a native of Johnson County an d graduate o f the School o f Fo1 est Reso u rces, U niversity o f Geor gia, be gan h is dut1es J uly 1, 1978 . T he Research D ivision was c reate d when the Sta t e Leg islature abolished th e Georgia For est Research Counci l an d turned its f un ction over to the G eor gia Forest ry Commission. H . E. Ruark, direct or of t he Council, retired June 30 , 1978 .
As chief of the Research Di vision, M 1xon will be responsible for d eveloping and executing all programc essential to the coordination. lon g-ran ge plannin g, application an d resea rch support f or forestry research in Georgia.
In order to fu lfil l this respo nsi b ility, he has begun a concerte d ef fort to o b tain input from Com m ission f oresters, landowners, forest industry. consu ltants, Georgia Forestry Association, Society of American Fores t ers and o t he r s in t er ested in G<-Jrg 1a's forests.
Re search results will be pu b lishe d f01 th e pr act ic1 ng forester, Shirley sai d .
Governor George Busbee will appoint a seven mdn adv1sory committee to w o rk w1th th e Commi ssion 111 develop 6 111g re sea rch pro jP cts, Shirley sa1d. The

H E. Ruark was the Man of the H our as Cu rtis S. Barnes presented him with a Resoluti on citing /?is contribution to Fores try.

The retiring Dir ector of the Geor gia For es t Resea rch Council , H . E. Ruark, and h is assist ant, Darr ell Full er, were honored at a retir ement party atten d ed by fri ends and colle agu es from over the So uth . Both men, Fuller resigned to becom e Ch ie f For es t er for For es t Farmer s A ss o cia tion, w ere praise d for their rol e in d et ermining r esea rch need s, coordi natin g f o res t resea1ch and p ubli shing resea r ch res ult s.
Pr ese nti ng Ru ark w ith a Res olut io n

is Cur tis S. Barnes, associate chief , Forest Protection D ivision, Georgi a Forestry Com m ission.
Rua rk also receiv ed a certif icat e of appreci ation fr o m Dr . Rob ert E . Bu ckman, deputy chief o f Resea rch, U . S. Departm ent of Agriculture , Was hington, D . C., for his 19 y ear s o f prom o tin g research in th e South .
Upon Ru ark' s June 30 retir ement, the Resea rch Co uncil m erged w i th the Geo rgia For estry Commission .

State Fire Equipment Show

The Commission's heliocopter demon strated its fire fighting capabilities.

Macon hosted over 1,200 volunteer firemen, city and county firemen and others interested in the latest fire fight ing equipment last May at the Macon Coliseum.
The theme of the meeting, spo nsored by the Georgia Forestry Commission, was Master Fire Planning for Countywide Fire Protection. Ray Shirley, di rector, Georgia Forestry Commission, said the main purpose of the Fire Equipment Show was to afford an op portunity for users of fire equipment a place to see and have demonstrated the latest fire and special use equipment.
In addition to the fire equipment demonstration, antique fire engines were displayed and the Forestry Commission demonstrated the fire fighting capabilities of its helicopters which were used so successfully during the spring forest fire emergency in Northwest Georgia .
Featured speakers and their topics were Ray Shirley, The Forestry Commission's Role in Countywide Ma ste r Fire Planning; William Bates, Staff Mem ber, Sen. Herman Talmadge's Office, Washington, D. C., U.S. Government 's Rol e in the Fire Service; Julian Mingledorff, chief, Hinesv ille Fire Department, Liberty County Fire Pl an Impl ement at ion; R. 0. McCann, chief, Richmond County Fire Department, August a, Richmond County Fire Plan Implementation; and Carl Puckett , engineer, Insurance Services Office of Georgia, Atl an t a, Insurance Services Offi ce of Rural Cl ass ification.
Also demonstrated were newly de veloped life saving equip ment for use in car wrecks. plus hoses, nozzles and other fire equ ipment new on the market.

James C. Turner, Jr., chief, Forest Protection , discussed the Rural Fire Defense Pro gram and Master Fire Planning.
The latest in fire equipmen t was displayed.

WO ODU S I NG I NDUSTRIES
IN
GEORGIA

A 1978 " Direct o ry of Wood -Usmg Industries In Georgia " has recently bee n compl e t e d and is c urre ntly be ing d is tribut e d by Fo res tr y Co mm ission pe rsonne l. Th e di rec t ory ha s li sting s for pri ma ry m a nufact urers, such as sa w mills, and secondary manufacture rs such as furniture plants. Compa n ies list ed are those which man ufact ure or p rocess wood and w h ich were in o per a t ion in ear ly 1978.
The d ir ec t o ry, co ntainin g 1,290 lis t ings, is p repa red as a m a rke t ing guid e and aid in brin ging b u ye r an d se ll e r to gether where Geo rgia grown o r m anu factured forest p ro duct s a re in volved. It is anticipated that this wi ll be o f benefit to persons or f ir m s seek ing t o buy or sell specific items.
A report on uti lizat ion of roun d t im ber by s pecie~. type pro duc t, an d geograp hical area is in the front secti o n . In cludPd a lso is a re port on resid u e di s posal by hardwood and softwood. These 8 ddta are d es1gned for foresters a nd

oth e rs interested in t h e e valuation of timber p roduction tre nd s.
Plan ts a re li st e d by bro ad type, s uch as bo xes- pa ll e t s, in c o unty and a lphabe t ica l order. Na me s, ad dr esses, and a br ie f de scription of products sold an d species used are given along with m ajor fac iliti es such as dry kiln o r de barke r . Numbe r o f e mployees a re shown by a s ize cl ass code.
Productinn data and residu e d isposa l a re grouped by geogra phica l area s ident-
ical to for est survey unit s of t he Geo rgi a Forest Survey . This allows data to be compa red directly to statistics fro m fores t s urveys dating back to 1936.
Sections a re specific to the forest reso urce, sawmills , venee r a nd p lywood, trea ting plants, pulp and paper, o t her round timber processo rs, and res idue dispos a l. In addition, the re po rt shows how production volumes a re dist rib ut ed with det a il s on speci es utili zed by each ty pe o f industry .
The utilization report shows that in

1977 Georgia' s wood -u s ing indu stries, excluding pulp a nd paper, processed 2.255 billion board fee t of round timber. This w as a n incr ease of 32 percen t ove r 1974. Th e 1977 volum e wa s 84 percent pin e a nd 13 pe rce nt o a k, gu.m, and popl ar . Cypress, hickory, m a ple, and seve ra l othe r minor speci es account ed fo r the rema ining three percent.
Sawmills utilized 1.807 billion board feet or 80 pe rcent of th e to ta l. Another 354 million boa rd fee t w e re used by th e ve n ee r a nd p lywood indu stry . Trea ting p la nts p ro cesse d 61 million boa rd fe e t equi va le nt , mos tly pin e , a nd oth e r ro und timbe r pro cess_or s acco unted for ' 33 milli o n b oa rd feet .
Ro undwo od an d p la nt by -pr o duct s use d for p ulp a nd pa p e r showe d a sm a ll increase fr o m 1976 t o 1977. Ro und wood use was 5,830.3 thou sa nd cord s, o r 5,133.2 thou sa nd cords softwood a nd 697.1 th o u sa nd co rd s ha rdwo od. Pl an t by -p ro du c t u se w as 2, 535.2 cords, o r 2,244 .4 th o u sa nd cord s softwood a nd 290.8 t h o usa nd co rd s ha rdwo o d.
Est imated stum pa ge va lu e o f th e st a t e's to ta l 1977 timbe r h a rvest was in excess o f $275 milli o n, o f whi c h 34 pe rce nt was ro und p ul pwo o d. Thi s record stu m pa ge va lu e is re fl ect ed in th e hi stor ica l co m pariso n o f sawmill s, wh ic h h ave d ecrease d fr o m 2500 in 19 50 t o 235 in 1978.
T he co mbined repo rt a nd direct o ry wa s comp il ed by Pa ul M. Butts a nd Wes ley L. We ll s, Jr. , Fo rest Pr o d ucts Uti li zation Specia li sts.
FOREST SURVEY UNITS

Sawmills
In early 1978, 241 Georgia sawmills were in operation. Fifty-six mills produced over 10,000 MBF each during 1977 and accounted for 77 percent of the year's lumber output. Nineteen mills produced over 30,000 MBF each and accounted for 45 percent of lumber production. Thirty percent of 1977 lumber was manufactured by 11 mills cutting over 40,000 MBF each .

LUMBER PRODUCED BY GEORGIA SAWMILLS, 1977

Forest

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547,606

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231 ,415

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667,494

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1, 807,226

Yellow Pine 495 ,217 220,979 564,234 200,317 88,434 1,569,181

White Pine
2 '361 4 191 6,552

C:tQress 5,234
786 l ' 395
7,415

Other Sftwds.
100 100

Gum 15,758
l '700 26,444 6,538
3 ,512 53,952

PoQlar l '300 l ,000 22,076 10,507 5,637 40,520

Oak 19,944 5,225 30 ,042 13,723 13 ,949 82 ,883

: Other Hi ckor:t : Hdwds .
l ,423 8,730 600 l '125
9,146 14 '157 861 4,354
3,363 2,864 15,393 31,230

YEARLY LUMBER PRODUCTION AND SAWMILLS BY PRODUCTION SIZE CLASS, 1977

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Less than 2,999 15 12 20 33 43 12 3

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10,000- 19, 999 10 3 12 4 2

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20,000 and more 10 4 8 3

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42 23 62 49 59 235

% Of Tota l No.
52 13 ll 13 ll 100

Vo lume Produced
(t1BF)
122 '114 lll ,563
172,468
438,942
962, 139
l ,807,226

% Of Tota l Volume
7 6 10 24 53 100

GEORGIA LUMBER PRODUCT ION BY SAWMILL SI ZE CLASS 1961, 1964, 196 7, 1970 , 1974 &1977

Produc ti on Cl as s
I~B F Per Year

196 1 Vo lume : t; To t al (~1BF) : Vo lume

1964
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Vo lume: %To tal ( I~ BF) : Vo lume

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Volume: % Total (MBF ) : Volume

1974
Vo l ume : % To t al (MBF ) : Vo lume

1977 Volume: %Total (MBF) : Vo lume

Less t han 2, 999 273. 727 23 301, 379 30 268,928 26 221. 727 20 164 , 529 13 122,11 4

3, 000 - 4, 999

291502 25 144 , 401 14 140,079 13 176 , 442 16 133 .960 10 111 ,563

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5, 000 - 9, 999

219 , 219 18 297 ,14 2 29 313, 918 30 234 , 240 21 300 , 538 23 172 ,468 10

10, 000 an d mo re 400,519 34

278 , 104

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329, 360

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488 ,700

43

702 , 289

54 1, 401,081

77

Total

1,1 84,967 100 1, 021,026 100 1, 052, 285 100 1,1 21,1 09 100 1, 301, 316 100 1, 80 7, 226 100

9

Shirley Presented
EFG Award

Craig Installed
in Hall of Fa me

A. Ray Shirley, right, director, Georgia Forestry Commission , Macon, has been recognized for his innovative Forestry programs by the Economic Forestry Group (EFG) of the United Kingdom . Presenting the award is John Campbell, Group Chief Execu tive, EFG, London, England.

A . Ray Shirl ey , director, Georgi a Forestry Commi ssion, Macon, is the recipient of the second EFG award presen ted by the Economic Forest ry Grou p of the U nited Kingdom. The award was presented by John Campbell , Group Chi ef Executive, Economic Forest ry Group (EFG ), London , Engl and.
The first EFG award was presented two years ago to Jen s Hava ss of Denmark who is a founder and director of a Danish Fore stry concern. Havass, 82 , had previously been presented the King's Forester award by the King of Denmark for his contribution to Danish Forestry.
The award itself is a color rendition of a Scott ish (Tawny) Owl mounted on a plaque with an inscribed silver plate. Th e original photograph was taken by K . H . C. T aylor, an Engl ish Forester.
The colorful wall plaque is presented to ind ividuals who render outstanding service to world Forestry. Campbe ll, in presenting the award to Sh irley, stated that " Ray Shi rley is an outstanding Foreste r an d man. He has met many 10 great people over the world and Ray

Shirl ey is one of the greatest. A s an out sider looking at the Geor gi a Forestry Comm ission, he has been most impressed by th e morale an d attitude of the Commission's employees. Th e staff lead ership and team spirit is very evident all up an d down the line. Th e importance of Forestry ; to Georgia cannot be over emphasized and it is in good hands ," he concluded.
Campbell, who previously vi si ted the Commission in 1970, made the return trip to study plantation Forestry man agement techniques. He chose Georgia because "this is where the action is ."
During the award ceremony, Campbell presented EFG ties to William C. Harper, assistant to the d irector; Druid N. Preston, chief, Fore st Management; and Shirl ey .
Campbell explained that the ties are awarded to dignitaries who contribute to the support of world Forestry. On the 25th anniversary of the company, tie holders from all over the world will be issued a special invitation to visit the United Kingdom.

Douglas A. Craig, center, has been inducted into the Georgia Foresters' Hall of Fame. Inducting Craig is William F. Miller, left, chm ., Selection Committee. Sanders Brightwell, right, is chairman of the Georgia Chapter, SA F.
Douglas A. Craig, who is retired from the U . S. Forest Service, has become the 24th inductee into the Geo rgia Foresters Hall of Fame . Crai g was inducted by William F. Miller, Jr ., chai rman of the Hall of Fame Comm ittee , during the annual meeting of the Georgia Chapter , Society of Am erican Fo resters . The meeting w as held at Ston e Mountain near Atlanta .
Miller stated that Craig was recognized for his excellent leadership, not only in Georgia but also in the South. His reputation as an administrator of U. S. Fo rest Service programs and th e guidance and development of these pro grams to the overall advancement of forestry was outstanding . " Doug Craig represents the highest standards of th e fore stry profession and his many contributions have been of great valu e in helping forestry in Georgia and the South reach its present high level of productivity and value," he sa id . He pointed out that during a period of great change, stress and growth in Fo r estry, Craig provided leade rship in th e development of U . S. Forest Service State and Private Forestry work in th e South from 1957-74.
Craig has served the SAF in many capacities including hi s present assign ment, Business Manager for the South eastern Section .
Hi s name will be in scribed on th e permanent plaqu~ located in the foye r of the School of Forest Resources at the Un iversity of Georgia.

Georgia's

Tree Farmer of the Year

What is it like to live with a tree far mer? "It's just great," laughed Winifred Felder, standing beside her husband of 30 ye ars, Georgia Forestry Association member C. W. Felder. "However, living with a row crop farmer, seed cleaner or cattleman is more difficult!" Winston Felder, born, raised and still residing in the same house near Blakely, Georgia has been all o f these and is convinced that tr ee farming is an excellent way of making a living. At Jekyll Island on June 18 during their annual meeting, the Georgi a Forestry Association recognized this conviction by proclaiming Mr. Felder Georgia's 1978 Tree Farmer of the Ye ar.
Felder earned a B.S. degree in Agriculture Sci ence from Auburn Univer sity in 1947 and r eturned home to f arming. However, his f arm al so produced fairly good timber. Winston recall s that, "Timber kept u p with infl ation better than anything except land. And the t axes haven't been much of a burden when you con sider that timber prices and t ax es hav e ri se n about equ ally ov er th e years ."
Win ston was in the ca ttl e busin ess 20 years. Aft er keeping very clo se r ecords of income and expenses th e last 10 and with the threat of imports when the cycl e turn ed profitable, th e t echnol ogy for the "mea tl ess hamburger", th e uns ati sf actory labor situation an d an articl e writt en by Dr . Uvacek in th e Americ an Cattl e Producer, Janu ary 1969 ex plaining why th ere would probably alway s be a large enough se gm ent o f th e cattl e indu stry willing to work for reaso ns oth er th an profit which _would kee p pri ces to o low, t r ee f armi ng lo o k ed continu ally better . In 1970hesold all his ca ttl e and p lanted pastures t o trees.
H is f ar m to t als 3700 ac res, 600 o f whi ch is lease d t o a row cr ot-J fa rm er . A bout 1500 ac res are in na tural p in e and a sm all am o unt o f hard woo d an d the rest is in p lan t ed pi ne. All p lant ing is con tracte d and all f orest m anagem ent is ha ndl ed by F&W Fo rest ry Service s,

Winifred and C. W. Felder

Inc . o f AI bany , Geo rgia. " Bu t I'm no t off in New Y ork som ew he re whil e th e wo rk is going o n , I'm l1ere keep ing t abs o n wh at is happeni ng," Wi nston add ed .
Th e m anagem ent plan is t o t all y ai m ed at timber pro d ucti o n st r ess ing a pi ne sa wtimber rotation with occasiona l pu lpwood thi n ning s. H ow ever, good t i mber m anagem ent inh eren t ly leads to good wildlife pro duct io n and most of th e land is lease d t o h unte r s w l1o ba g m ost all typ es o f gam e.
T o so m eo ne cons id er ing a life of tree farm ing, C . W. Felder ha s th e following adv ice. " Pl ant row crops on that land suited to row crop s. Pl ant the rest in genetica ll y improved pines. Don't watch the trees t0o mu ch. You won't see much happen and y ou'l l have a falling out with them. " Winston also went on to ex pl ain th at prescribed fire has

proved to be an excellent forest managem ent tool and onl y m arke d timber should be sol d.
Should al l t ree farmer s de pen d on a consultant for es ter for m anagem ent services? "I'm a bu siness m an, not a wo o d sman. So, speaking for myself, empl oying a rep ut able consultan t has been the way to go."
Winston and Winifred are not only the parents o f two daughters, but also proud grandparents. They hope the tree farming traditron carries on in the family, however Felder concluded the interview by sayrng, "I am not gorng to tie up the tree farm in any kind of trust for my family. If I lrve a normal life the trees will be grown and rf the family can rurn grown trees they should have the right to do so. People learn by therr mr~takes."

+ W. G. " Bill " Morris, left, has retired
after 31 years of service with the Georgia Forestry Com mi ssion. He came with the Commission in 1947 as a Patro lm an in Glynn Count y and took over as Wayne County Ranger in 1951 .

Jerry Lanier, di strict forester, Statesboro, presented Morris with a Faithful Service plaque and a set of sil ver goblets on behalf of Morris' co-workers.
The veteran ran ger will continue to reside in Jesup _

Forestry Faces
+ Four new appointments to the facul -
ty of the Georgia School of Forest Resources have been an nounced recently by Dean Allyn M. Herrick. T wo hold regular faculty status and two are new adj unct positions via rese arc h units re cently assi gned to the Un iversity.
Si ster Regina Birche m has been appo i nted Research A ssociate .
Dr . Bruce C. Bongarten, a native of Pittsburgh, PA , was appointed As sistant Professor in the plant sciences area.
Dr . George H . Haas was appointed Adj unct A ssistant Professor upon his transfer to the School in charge of the Mi gratory Bird and Habitat Resea rch Unit.
Dr. Parley V. Win ger is the Leader of the newly est abli shed Environmental Con t aminant Evaluation Pro gram (aqua tic system s).
T hese additions to the f acu lty and sta ff will materially enhance the teaching and research programs of the School and will enla rge its capabilities for out stand ing grad uate opportunities, particu larly i n the plant and ani mal sciences, according to Dean Herrick .

+ Her bert W. Darley , forester, Georgia
Forestry Commi ssi on , Macon, has retir ed after 30 years of ser vice. He has served as a county forest ranger, assistant district forester, engineer and at the time of his ret irement was working 1 2 with timberland owners in Monroe an d

Jones Counti es. Garla nd Nelson , ri gh t, di st rict forest-
er, Macon, presented Darley with a rod and reel at a recent retirement cere mony held in Macon.
Darley and his wife, Colleen , plan to continue to resi de in Macon .

+ Ern est Rah n , Effingham County Fo r -
est Ranger, has received an Honorary FFA Chapter Farmer Membership by the local FFA Chapter. Presenting the award t o Rah n is Marty Edwards, FFA Treasurer.
Th e local FFA Cha pter votes each year to give this award to the pe rso n they feel has contributed the most to the local chapter in assisting with projects and furnishing them information necessary in their schoo l work .

And Places

Rt: T IREMENTS ...JA MES AVERY, for est nurseryman, Horseshoe Seed Or chard, Glenwood, July 1963-A ug. 1978 .. .HERBERT DARLEY, forester, Ma co n,Jan. 1951 -Apr. 1978... LAWRENCE DAVIS, towerman, Fannin County, Jan. 1953-July 1978 ... JAMES D. MORRIS, patrolman, Laurens County, Jan. 1950June 1978 ...WILLIAM B. MORRIS, ranger, Wayne County, Dec. 1947-Aug. 1978... 1DA MAE MOSELEY, germin ation analyst, Macon, July 1959-July 1978.

+ Macon County has been named as the loc ation of a large new pulpwood plant to be operated by a Proctor an d Gambl e Company subsidiary, th e Buck eye Cellulose Corporatio n. Th e plant will initially employ some 550 pe rsons. The 1,600 ac re site is loc ated nea r the c iti es of Ogl ethor pe and Montezuma.
The pl a nt, which conforms to federal a nd state e nvironm e nt al protection requ irements, will turn out ce llulose pulp for use in man ufac turing household paper goods such as fac ia l and toil et tissues, paper towels and disposable diapers.
Proctor and Gambl e officials. said the

company anticipates an investment of so me $200 million in the plant which will prod uc e abo ut 300,000 ton s of pulp annual ly.
Corporate spokesmen sa id the location was selected because it was near the Flint River and had a la rge timber supp ly within a 45 mil e radius as determined by the Georgi a Forestry Commi ssion .
In add iti on to the 550 jobs at the plant , company off icia ls estimate more th an 1,000 jobs will be created in support operations such as supp ly ing pulp- wood and other material s.

+ Chri S Ed wards, Camill a, received a
check for $50 and a plaq ue for achieving the highest gr ade in the Forestry Ouiz at the 17t h annual Nat ural Re so urc es Con servation Workshop. T he re were 139 teen agers atten ding the workshop held at South Geo rgi a College in Dougl as Making the presentation is Ch ar les B. Pl ace, Jr ., Georgi a Forestry Comm ission, Macon, who acted as assista nt workshop director . The workshop is cosponsored by th e Georg 1a Chapter , Soil Conservation Society of America and the Geor gi a Associ ation of Soil and Water Con serva tion Di str icts. The Forestry Co mm ission is one of the State and Federa l agenci es co ope rating with the work shop.

+The Uni versity of Georgi a School of Forest Re sources has received an award from the Georgia Tru st for Hi storic Preservation for restor ation of Whit e Hall, a turn-of-tile -ce ntury Victori a n Gothic man sion owned by t he Fo rest resources sc ho ol. Sta nding befo re th e building, for es tr} Dea n Al lyn He rr1ck , ce nter, accepts th e awcrd fro m J ohn C. Wa ters of Ath ens, left, trust ee o f th e Tr ust for Histo ric Prese rva ti o n an d Dr .

Ro bert Cro ut, presid ent of the Athens Histo ncal Soci ety , w hi ch no m mated the schoo l. Built 111 1894 by descendants of an ea rly Geo rg1 a texti le manufacturer, Wllite Ha ll was resto red 111 1976 w1th mon ey fr o m t he Sd lvJ ge of insect killed trmher. The mansron, whrch fedtur e~ grand mantels Jn d exqu rsrtc woodwork rs 111 Clarke Coun t y on land owned b y the forest resources school

LETTERS
wish to take the opportunity to thank you {John Dickinson) for being kind enou gh to spend the t1me you d1d with me on March 15th . I would further like to especially than k you for the trouble you went to to compile the informat1on which you sent to me in your letter of March 16th. T his information IS obviously of immense ai d to me in plannmg my land use and IS information that I s1mply cannot come by myself.
Thank you once again f or your assistance I hope one day you will be able to see something more attractive on the land than what you saw two weeks ago. I look forward to seemg you agam.
Donald W. Fellner. M .D. Decatur, Georg1 a

PERSONNEL. .. FRED ALLEN, urban forest er, promoted t o wood energy specialist, Atlanta ... ED BANKS, fore ster, promoted to district forester, Atl anta ... DWIGHT HAMBY, patrolman, promoted to ranger, Toombs County Unit.. . WESLEY JONES, project for es ter, promot ed to Macon Management Staff .. . TOMMY LOGGINS, wood energy spe cialist, p ro moted t o d is trict f o res t er, Macon ... MARVIN "TONY" LOVE , pa trolman, promoted to ranger, Bibb

Logging The
County Unit.. .GARLAND NELSON, district forest er, promoted to assistant chief, Admini str ation Divi sion, Macon ... LARRY THOMPSON, transf erred from Reforestation Division to Macon Management Division as for estry spec iali st.. . DAVID WESTMORELAND, assis t an t chief, Admini stration Division , promoted to field supervisor, South ern Region.

I have recently moved to Georg1a and I have acquired some timberland. I contacted your forester who serv1ce~ th1s d1str1ct and I requested his assistance With the problems concerning my t1mber
Mr. Terry Cross contacted me and consulted w1th me regardmg my problems an d gave me a f orestry plan that I feel is exceptionally good. I am, of course, no authorit y on forestry or the management of timberlands.
I feel that Mr. Cross's assistancE has been excellent. In any event, he has been most cooperative and helpful to me at a t1me when I needed h1s help
I want to thank the CommiSSIOn for the serv1ces rendered by Mr. Cross and to adv1se you of the excellent job he IS domg 1n this area.
S L Sayles Hazlehurst, Georg1 a
During the seve ral years I have known James B. Simpson, Camden County Ranger, I have been 1mpressed W1th h1s inte rest as a private citizen in a broad range of activities in the county and the respect with which he is regarded by other leaders of the community I also know that he represents the CommissiOn well, and I would expect h1m to have a good record of ach1evement m his offic1al assignment.
However, 1t is 1n h1s role as a community leader that I wish to commend. Over and above his role as a technical advisor to the Camden County Steering Committee, he has f1lled a Significant leader ship position as a committee member and off1cer, serving as Cha1rman for the second t1me. In both capacities, he has provide d invaluable assistance to the local D1str1ct Conservationist in p ro motmg the RC&D prog ram and installing RC&D measurP.s
I want you to know of h1s community leadership qualities and that we apprec1ate the contr~but1ons Jimmie has made to the RC&D effort
C. Fred Brackin USDA. SCS Hinesv ille, Georg1a

Fred Allen
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Wesley Jones
Garland Nelson

Ed Banks
Tommy Loggins
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Larry T!wmpson

Dwight Hamby Tony Love
David Westmoreland

Foresters ...
Darre ll L. Full er ha s been a ppointed ct1 .e f forester for Fores t Farmers Asso ciation , Atl a nt a , Georgi a- based southern region a l as soci ation of private timberland owners .
Hi s pri or experie nc e includes work with the Georgi a Fo restry Commission at Waycross, Augusta and Americus in field and metro for estry activiti es. In 1975 he joined the Georgi a Forest Research Cou nci l and immediately before

coming with Fores t Farm ers Assoc iation was deputy director of th at agency .
Fuller is a merober of th e Georgi a Forestry Association, Soci ety of Re search Administr ators a nd the Soci ety of American Foresters. He is curre ntly secretary -treasurer of the Georgi a chap of the latter group.
Walter Myers, executive vice president of Forest Fa rmers Association, sa id that Full er's responsibilities will cove r work in all phases of association activities, including important responsibilities in the publication of Forest Farmer magazi ne, as well as Fores t Farmer Manual.

Service Awards

Larr y E. Bil es has been appointe d Urban and Communit y Forestry Spec ia li st, according to J ohn A . Vance, area director , South eas tern Ar ea of the U.S.D.A.' s Fores t Service. Biles will work thro ugh st at e fo res te rs to a id wi th fund ing app li cation s a nd tra ining in ur ban for estry techniques. In addition, he wi ll coordinate urba n and community forestry activities with other cooperators .
Dr . Benton H. Box, form e r exec utiv e vice president of Southern Fores t Insti tute, became the Dean of the Cl e mson University College of Forest a nd Re creation Resources on July 1, 1978.
Box headed SFI for almost five years. Prior to that he taught and did rese arch at LSU and served as a LSU extension service specialist.

Service award s were pre sented to four members of the Georgia Forestry Commission's Macon Staff tota ling 110 years of service. Ray Shirley, Commission director, center, presented the Faithfu l Service Award s.
Pi ctured, 1-r, are Lester L. Lundy, assist ant chief, Forest Protection, 30 years; James C. Turner, Jr ., chief, For est Protection, 35 years; Shirl ey; J ames C. Wynen s, chi ef, Refor es tation, 25 year s; and Druid N. Presto n, chief ,

Fores t Manageme nt, 20 yea rs. Shirley had high praise for th e veter-
an employ ees sa ying th at beca use of their dedication and knowl edge, the Georgia For es try Commiss io n is recognized as one o f th e top stat e forest ry org aniz ation s in th e nati on by the Uni t ed States Forest Service. He also said th ey a re a c redit to th e community as th ey pa rti c ipa te in lvcal civic and chu rch re late d activities.

35 YEARS
JAMES C. TURNER, JR., Staff Foreste r, Macon, May 194 7
25 YEARS
NELLIE R. HANSON , Towerman, Nashville, Ga ., May 1953
Bl LL Y ROWE, Ranger, Valdosta, Ga., Augu st 1954
H. P. VA RN ADORE, Assistant Ma inte nance Shop Supervisor, Macon, Apri l 1953
20 Y EA RS
BENNIE B. BRANT , Fo reste r Milledgevill e, Jun e 1958
RICHARD D. GRINER, Fores te1. Was hington, Ga. , Jun e 1958
JAC KIE RAY HOLTON, Patr olman , Dou gl as , Ga ., J anua ry 1963
RO BE RT M. MCMURRY, Forester, Lavo ni a, Ga., June 1958
HERS HE L L. NEA L, JR., For ester, Mid way, Ga., June 1958
DR UID N. PR ESTON, Staff Forester, Macon, Ga., Ju ly 1955
HENRY A. SWINDELL, Foreste1, Griffin, Ga., June 1958
CHARLES D. WEIR, Aircr aft Pi lot. Douglas, May 1963

September, 1978

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