GEORGIA FORESTRY CJitorial Carelessness,Forests' Worst Enemy (From The Bartow Herald) \1an-caused hre 1s the worst enemy of Bartow county forestland. That's the f1nding of the Bartow County Forestry Unit, following an extensive checkup of wildfire causes in this area. That checkup showed that careless persons - campers, hunters, trash burners, fishermen, farmers, and landowners start many of the fires that burn our forests. These fires sometimes are started maliciously by pt>rsons who derive a demented satisfaction from watching searing flames destroy in minutes trees which nature spent years in producing. \1ore often, however, our Bartow county wildfires are started in ignorance by some of our citizens who fail to realize the devastation which one small match, cigarette, or trash pile can cause. Still others set fire to wood1ands to er ad 1c ate the boll weevil, to help provide pasture forage, or simply to remove underbrush. These persons fail to realIze that agricultural experts have discovered that few boll weevils ever are destroyed 1n the hundreds of acres of woodlands annually burned over for this reason. l11ey fail to realize, too, that soil erosion eventually will destroy valuable woodlands for any use- including pasturage- if the forests areburned over year after year. Others fail to realize an adequate arnoun t of uncle rbrush helps to form a porous ''forest floor,'' which serves as a valuable weapon against erosion. GEORGIA FORESTRY Vol. 4 December, 1951 No. 12 Published Monthly by the GEORGIA FORESTRY C0:\1:\IISSIO:\, State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia. Guyton DeLoach, Director Members, Board of Commissioners: G. Philip Morgan, Chairman .................... . John M. McElrath. ..... Macon K. S. Varn.. . C. M. Jordan, Jr....................... Alamo H. 0. Cummings .. Savannah .... W a y c r o s s Donalsonville Georgia Forestry is entered as second-class matter at the Post Office under the Act of August 24, 1912. Member of the Georgia Press Association. E D I T O R .. ASSOCIATE EDITOR ...... * * * * ............R. E. Davis ... Robert Rutherford * * * * DISTRICT OFFICES, GEORGIA FORESTRY CO:\ll\IISSIOX: DISTRICT I-P. 0. Box 26R, Statesboro DISTRICT VI-Mayfair Hall, Milledgeville DISTRICT li-P. 0. Box 122, Camilla DISTRICT VII-West Building Rome ' DISTRICT III-P. 0. Box 169, Americus DISTRICT VIII-P. 0. Box 811, Waycross DISTRICT IV-P. 0. Box :l:l3, Newnan DISTRICT IX-P. 0. Box 416, Gainesville DISTRICT X-P. 0. Box 302, Washington Observe Safety Rules In (from lbe Dawson ~ews) Every year fares t fires 1n fall turn 1arge areas of land in a blackened and charred waste 1and and this terrible waste 1s due carelessness on the part of so human being. One match can burn a thousand acres because a careless pers has thrown it on the ground whil it was burning, or as ingle cigar ette can cause losses which ru into large figures. Safety first rules are as im portant out of doors as they a anywhere else, and the safety our timberland is something be considered with seriousness. Guyton DeLoach, director of Georgia Forestry Commission, points out that'' tragic waste charred acres of once-green for ests, and millions of dolla worth of timber gone up in can be prevented 1f Georg_1answil remember safety first rules whil in the woods. Grind our you cigarette with the heal of you show until you're sure it is dea out. Break your match in be sure it is dead out. campfires.'' There is nothing more exhila rating than to get out into th open in the brisk weather o early fall, but care should exercised as you tramp throu woods and field." Help save our woodlands by bein careful. As another Yuletide nears, may we extend to our readers, and to f r i ends o f f o rest r;J everywhere, sincere best wishe for a Joyous Christmas and a Happy and Successful ~ew Year. May Georgi~s outstanding forestrJ progress during Ute pas year be exceeded by Ute fo steps of 1952, with a grea realization of economic and cial benefits from the state's forest resource. DECEMBER, 1951 2 Georgia Leads South In Pulpwood Production Clearing operation already have begun on the new 140 acre Georgia Forestry Commission Tree Nursery to be constructed near Hightower on the Dawsonville-Gainesville Highway, Guyton DeLoach, Commission Director, announced this month. The 20-25 million seedlings to be produced annually will include White pine, Loblolly, Shortleaf, Longleaf ~nd Slash pine, Red Cedar, Yellow Poplar, and Arizona Cypress. The new nursery will eventually replace the one now located at Flowery Branch in Hall County. Start of production at the new nursery is planned the winter of 1952-53. Personnel will consist of six full time employees who will be supplemented with unskilled labor during the shipping season. Georgia, for the third conse cuti ve year, led the entire South in annual pulpwood production with a 1950 all-time high output of 2, 221,000 standard cords. Georgia's standing in the 1950 production total was announced this month following a survey by the Southern and Southeastern Forest Experiment stations in cooperation with the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association. The survey showed Georgia provided 11 per cent of the total nation's supply of pulpwood and 18 per cent of the total cut of the South. Bryan was the leading county in the state, with an output of 80, 063 cords and was followed closely by Camden County, with 77,994 cords. Effingham, with 71,407 cords, was third. Other top co.mties) with . t 4 their production, wer Mcin- 54 aoysnhe, oni 651,c~r 0~16,11L:sc.1otx1~tSdf~sih, L.f1~erarttrhyl;-, 53, 51, seventh; Clinch, 51,- 267, eighth; Lowndes, 40,730, ninth; Bulloch, 39,150, tenth. Softwoods accounted for 21 , 120, 738 cords; Chestnut trees, 11,694 cords, and all other hardwoods , 88,847 cords. In 1950 pulpwood production in the south rose to an all-time high of 12,435,700 cords. Given below are the 1950 pulpwood production figures for counties in Georgia where pulpwood production was reported. Appling, 37,788; Atkinson 28, 436; Bacon, 15,607; Baldwin, 7,224; Banks, 909; Barrow, 1,786; Bartow, 1,633; Ben Hill, 11,428; Berrien, 17,156; and Bibb, 10,280. Bleckley, 2,977; Brantley, 31, 602; Brooks, 15,697; Bryan, 80, 633; Bulloch, 39,150; Burke, 11, 205; Butts, 4, 189; Calhoun, 9,386; Camden, 77,994; Candler, 13,500; Carroll, 3,518; Charlton, 54,045; Chatham, 28,994; Chattahoochee, 4,703; Chattooga, 829; Cherokee, 530; Clarke, 4,276; Clay, 6,676; Clayton, 3,592; Clinch, 51,267; and Cobb, 4,593. Coffee, 24,481; Colquitt. 17, (Continued on Page LO) Ed Dodd Gets AFA Award RECORD CROP - Bolts of pulpwood stacked in the woods, a familiar scene in Georgia, where a record 1950 production of 2,221,000 cords continued the state's lead in the South. Ole of the American Forestry Association's five annual conservation awards this year went to a noted Georgia cartoonist, Ed Dodd, for his comic strip ''Mark Trail.'' The award was presented October 8 at the Association's 76th Anniversary meeting in Jefferson, N. H. Dodd's cartoon strips on forest fires, planting trees, and wildlife, his syndicated newspaper c~lumn, and his quarterly magaZ1ne, ''Mark Trail,'' have contributed toward making the nation more conservation conscious, and helped him earn the award for outstanding contributions in the field of news. 3 GEORGIA FORESTRY Dodge County Boosts Fire Prevention Work Eastman was the scene last month of gala forestry festivities when "Keep Codge County Green Week" was inaugurated November 12-17, andDodge County made a spirited move in its drive to win the $1, 000 Forest Fire Prevention Contest being sponsored by the Georgia Forestry Association. Civic, church and school groups throughout the county entered into the spirit of the affair by sponsoring attractive floats, a 11 of which pertained to forest fire prevention and the importance of the state's. woodlands. Prizes totaling $200. 00 were given to those who contributed the most original and decorative floats. As part of the all out forestry theme the streets were decora ted with pine trees and similar deoorations, signs and posters were used all over the city to convey the forest fire prevention message. M.A. Pierce, Dodge County Forester, \\Orked with the Keep Green Contest Council in making the week such a resounding success. The Council is composed of Dodge County Farm Bureau directors, Julius Pierce, president. Specific plans for the event were organized by a Keep Dodge Green Week industrial committee composed of 0. W. Cox, R.F. Burch ,Ben O'Conner Preston Stamps, Carter Martin, Carl Bishop, E. T. Methvin and George Clark. As partof the day's festivities A.R. Shirley, secretary, American Turpentine Farmers Association, addressed the spectators who made a record turn-out. Those who comprised the program committee were Bob Wright, city manager; County CommissionerDave Cadwell; County Agent Carter Mar- tin, Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Buena Kilinhart; County Forester Milton Pierce; and Negro County Agent Washington Bush. The 103rd Anniversary of the Savannah Chamber of Commerce was commemorated October 23 with an annual dinner meeting set in a veritable forest of pine trees, paper and wood products, and forestry promotion. Attended by more than 350 Savannah business and civic leaders, the meeting featured decorations built around the central theme of ' 'Green Gold and Progress.'' The i,dea of wealth and prosperity through the conservation and wider use of our forest resources was employed throughout the decorative scheme. The tables at which the guests assembled at dinner were covered with heavy creped kraft paper, processed at the Union Bag & Paper Corporation in Savannah. Even the tickets to the affair were printed on wood. All the i terns denoting ' 'Green Gold and Progress' ' were provided through the energetic and enthusiast~c work of the arrangements comm1ttee under the chairmanship of Kirk Sutlive, Public Relations Manager for Union Bag and Paper Corporation. VIDALIA WOODYARD-- Landowners from Montgomery County and nearby districts attending recent festivities marking the opening of the International Paper Company's new woodyard at Vidalia, watcn the unloading of a oulpwood truck. DECEMBER, 1951 4 International Paper Company's educational and entertaining series of forestry comic books is helping many youngsters throughout Georgia and nine other southern states to an effective understanding of the subject of forestry. Teachers in the sixth through eighth grades of many state schools are utilizing these illustrated ''textbooks'' to teach the lessons of conservation and fares t management. SESSION ON SA\\1\ULLS -Sawmill operators, bankers, landowners, and foresters gathered at Lafayette November 15 for a sawmill conference. The group heard discussions and witnessed demonstrations on methods of lwnber production for national defense efforts and on improving sawmill efficiency. The Georgia Forestry Commission set up a display of forest fire fighting equipment. More than 150 persons attended the conference. ''Sawtimber For Defense'' Third in this series ofcartoon stories, which are enj-oyed ~Y students, fathers, and mothers alike is ''The Crop That Did Not Fail.'' Just recently distributed to the sixth, seventh andeighth grade students throughout Georgia and the South, the ''Crop That Did Not Fail'' tells the latest chapter in the story of Jim Davis, a tree farmer, and his family, and particularly of the conversi<_ln of Charlie Mercer from a skept1c about tree farming into a promising believer in this method of earning a profitable living from the soil. A hurricane is the dramatic factor which changes MPrcer's narrow-minded attitude. Along with the booklet, the Southern Kraft Division of International Paper Company distributed teaching guides and suggestions for classroom use of the booklets. Demonstration Theme Methods of increasing lumber production for national defense efforts and of improving sawmill efficiency highlighted a sawmill conference attended by more than 150 persons at Lafayette November 15. Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturing Company, University of Georgia School of Forestry, Georgia Forestry Commission, Tennessee Valley Authority Division of Forestry, the Georgia Extension Service, and sawmill machinery firms sponsored the session. W. N. Darwin, 1VA Forester, spoke on results of a study of 50 Tennessee Valley sawmills, analyzing operations in detail and describing where money-making improvements could be made. Among those participating in the sawmill discussions were A. L. Dyer, of the Dyer lumber CDmpany, Trenton; B. L. Thomas, Atlanta Oak Flooring Company, Atlanta; W. L. James, James Lumber Company, Lafayette, and H. C. Kopcke, Kopcke Lumber Company, Atlanta. Atlanta Oak Flooring Company, Corley Manufacturing Company, and the Frick Company provided lunch and were hosts for the meeting. Dean D. J. Weddell, of the University School of Forestry, served as Conference Chairman. James H. Hill, Assistant Director in Charge of Management and Nurseries, Georgia Forestry Commission', summarized the meeting. Fire- fighting equipment and vehicles were exhibited by the Georgia Forestry Commission. 5 H e Setting Out Seedlings e 1 . Described Step By Step 1 n g ''Tree plantin' time in Georgia'' was well under way this month as a steady stream of green seedlings kept pouring out by truck rail from the Georgia Forestry Commission's Albany, Davis~oro, and Flowery Branch nurserIes. The Slash being set out this season in South Georgia's piney woods as well as the Shortleaf, the \Vhi te Pine, and the Loblolly being planted further north in the state, will in years to come provide lucrative source of investment for today' s far-seeing farmers and landowners. To insure that the investment pays off, however, proper handling and planting procedures must be used as soon as farmer or landowner receives the seedling. Photographs on these two pa~es show proper methods of planting as advocated by the Georgia Fares try Commission. The Corrrnission strongly urges that persons ordering seedlings be on the lookout for them and accept the shipment promptly. Care should be taken that the seedlings do not freeze while in bales. If frozen when received, the seedlings should be allowed to thaw just enough to separate bundl.es. "He e 1 in " and a 11 ow natura 1 thawing in the ground. Do not unnecessarily delay or prolong planting. Although poor germination has resulted in less seedling production than in ordinary years in the Commission's three nurseries, this fact in no way affected the condi t ion of the seedlings which are be i ng s hipped to landowners. La ndowne r s with planting p robl ems c an gai n advic e from County Fores t e r s and Rangers and from Di s trict Fores ters . Dibble s for ha nd planti ng, are availabl e from th e County Fo r estry Unit o f fices fo r a nomina l depos it .. These photographs, althou gh they have appeared previously in Georgia Forestry, are presented once again in the belief that they will I n help many Georgia farmers and landowners obtain survivial from their 1950 - ' 51 season plantings. D . 1 b b .! ... . "' ' 1 e 1 . Push dil>u l e with hee l. p 1 a n t t . 1 n g ..'l' (. . .... 6. Close hole. at bottom; pull handle. 2. S tra i gh t i n to gr I b.\ '\ ~:. '6'\' il l fU tt (I ~'ll'r ~' !Jt 1 It J~ .... Ground breaking ceremonies held October 26 near Clyattville, nine miles south of Valdosta, gave the go-ahead signal for construction work to begin on National Container Corporation's $25,000,000 pulp, board, and paper mill - the largest of the firm's 18 plants. Valdosta citizens, who had contributedmore than $40,000 to purchase 230 acres for the site, heard Samuel Kipnis, president of the corporation, say: ''You have made a pretty good investment. Have faith and confidence that all of your citizens are going to get dividends from this splendid investment as well as return of the money contributed for the land.'' Deeds for the land were pre sen ted to Kipnis by Jim Dowling, president of the Valdosta Chamber of Commerce. Merritt-Chapman&Scott, who have built 19 pulp mill plants in the past 15 years, have been contracted to design, build and equip the mill, whose daily output will be an estimated 500 tons. The new mill will exceed by 100 tons the output of National Containers' present largest plant in Jacksonville, Fla. Other mills owned by the corporation are in Big Island, Va., Tomahawk, Wis., and Ontonagon, Mich. The addition of the Georgia production center is expected to increase the corporation's total output by 50 per cent. Valdosta will be the fourteenth corrmunity in the nation to have at least one of the firm's units. In add~tion to its four large plants, Nat1onal Container has nine converting plants, two sheet plants and two woodland reserves. A payroll of $2,000,000 per year will be maintained with a probable increase of about $1,500,000 for persormel in allied operations. (Continued on Page 10) DECEMBER, 1951 10 SPCA Utilizes Bumper Tags TI1ousands of motorists throughout Georgia are sporting or1ght black and orange bumper tag~ prod a 1ming thP message ' 'Stop \\oods Fires.'' Thewording is in DayGlo for Increased effectiveness. I TI1e Southern Pulpwood Conservation Assoc1ation recently distributed 25,000 of the attractive ~" x 15'' tags. Distribution was made throughout the Southern states both through industry members of the Association and the Southern State Foresters and Extension Foresters. The tags were easily fitted and attached to any style bumper by means of a gummed backing. CARS BEAR FIRE PREVENTION MESSAGE - This black and orange emblem, distributed by the SPCA, cautions motorists throughout Georgia to ''Stop Woods Fires.'' Georgia Again Leads South in Pulpwood Production.... (Continued From Page ~) 142; Columbia, 15,420; Cook, 6, 971; Coweta, 10;888; Crawford, 17,823; Cri:>p, 8,3116; Decatur, 38,G89; DeKalb, 1112; Dodge, 33, 136; Dooly, 3,543, and Dougherty, 9 '327. Douglas, 3,000; Early, 15, 167; Echols, 8,567; Effingham, 71 I 047; Elbert, 8,1131; Emanuel, 211,G3S; Evans, 8,801; Fannin, B,740; Fayette, 2,471; Floyd, 4, 154; Franklin, 2,1174; and Fulton, '2,759. Gilmer, 3,537; Glascock, 300; Glynn, 18,570; Gordon, '2,313; Grady, 26,GB; Greene, 21,669; Gwinnett, 2, 541; Habersham, 1, 384; Hall, 5,0011; Hancock, 17, 095; Haralson, R, 163; and llarris, 251 104. Mi tche 11, 16, 985, and 11.1onroe, 39,031. Montgomery, 12,074; Morgan, 20,332; Murray, 180; Muscogee, 5,998; Newton, 18,710; Oconee, 9, 105; Oglethorpe, 15,590; Pauldding, 98; Peach, 3,499; Pickens, 3,988; Pierce, 7,505; Pike, 4, 448; Polk, 3,102; Pulaski, 3,Gl8; Putnam, 11, 138, and Quitman, 2' 461. Rabun, 654; Randolph, 6,026; Richmond, 2, 187; Rockdale, 1,682; Schley, 3,705; Screven, 22,910; Seminold, 10, 184; Spalding, 9, 206; Stephens, 1,773; Stewart, 9,864; Sumter, 8,811; Talbot, 24,637; Taliaferro, 7,906; Tattnall, 15,502, and Taylor, 6,959. Hart, QOO; Henry, 16,384; Houston, 8,325; Irwin, 13,0411; Jackson, 11,101; Jasper, 28,414; Jeff Davis, 33,775; Jefferson, 9, 03.1; Jenkins, 11,9211; Johnson, 7,805; Jones, 26,514, and Lamar, 18,004. Telfair, 17,665; Terrell, 2,850; Thomas, 24,373; Tift, 11,451; Toombs, 29,541; Treu tlen, 19, 822; Troup, 25,536; Turner, 6,1116; Twiggs, 16,4~5; Union, 7,0111, and Upson, 15,075. Lanier, 12, 798; Laurens, 2R, R87; Lee, 2,885; Liberty, 53, 151; Lincoln, 3,150; Long, 17,814; Lowndes, .~o. 730; \1c0uffie, 6,1112; \lcln{.osh, 111,091; Macon, 5,7811; ~adison, 14,916; ~arion, 11,31111; \leriwPther, 24, 3R2~ \Iiller, 7 ,329; Walker, 1, 123; Walton, 2,G61; Ware, 35,206; Warren, 1, 700; Washington, 17,4711; Wayne, 55,961; \\ebster, 2,732; \\heeler, 17,231; \hlcox, 7,909; Wilkes, 14,2R8; Wilkinson, 10, 08Q; and Worth, 23,444. Pulpwood Production .. (Continued From Page 9) Kipnis says that the newest of his corporation's mills has been given the ' ' latest er1ui pment and machinery to make it the lowest cost and most modern mill in the industry.'' The organization of which he is head was formed in 1928 through consolidation of Kipnis' business and three other corrugated box manufacturers. While ground was being cleared for the Valdosta mill, the Rome Kraft Company was going ahead on its new container board mill on the Coosa River 12 miles west of Rome. The quarter of a million dollar building operations are scheduled to be completed within a year. The processing of approximately 350,000 cords annually will require the services of 650 employes. Al H. Mahrt is the president of the Rome Corporation which is L ''led by the Mead Corporation of Dayton ..Ghio, and the Inland Con taine ~"C t"porati~;)~of Indianapolis, ndia~~~ Pro- duction at the ew iJITJ. _Yil RlfS ceed 200,000 to Georgia Forestry December 1951 )' Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Atlanta, Georgia. KEEP NEXT YEAR'S CHRISTMAS TREES GREEN -~/ PREVENT WOODS FIRES .. l\, ~:- , .~ '),.. n GvJ.r c FO[i.,...{;.t' l'~ ..Jc~ Sr:!i'ol of ..:'or":Jniv~rs ~~ i; of 0,.,'.Jr -h~ J:..tl.,ms, G0or:in