v. GENERll L t tqRARY pp ? 1951 Page One Challenge Lies In Woodlands (From the Dawson News) It is interesting to note, as concerted efforts are made to 'keep Georgia green' some facts that put this state at the top of the list in the South in total forest acreage, and to regretfully remind ourselves that Georgia's woodlands are produci~g less than one-half their capacity. At this particular time these two facts are significant, and they offer a challenge which should not be overlooked. Figures show that there are 2,651 sawmills, seven pulp mills, and many other types of wood-using plants in this state, and that two-thirds of Georgia's area is in forests~ 25, 178,962 acres, and Georgia, in addi- Stiff Bonds For Woods Burning (From the AtLanta Constitution) Arrested in Brantley County on the charge of setting fire to the woods, a resident of Winokur was held in j ail until he made $10,000 bond. To some, $10,000 may seem a stiff bond for woods burn ing, but it must be remembered that the offense is a serious one. Recent woods fires have taken a very heavy toll of Georgia timber and have destroyed homes and business property as well. Timber is one of the State's most valuable resources. The man who wantonly sets fire to the woods is as much an arsonist as he who deliberately burns a house. The punishment should be the same. tion to leading total forest acreage, leads the nation in privately owned forest area. The Georgia Forestry Commission points out that forests are the only resource that is replacable and that, with proper management, can be made inexhaustable. Every person who owns fo.rest lands has a large stake in the protection and wise utilization of the forest resource. The productivity and conservation of the state's timberlands affects the we 1fare of a 11 Georgia's c itizens. The production of seedlings in state nurseries has been a vital force in interesting landowners in tree-planting, and the value of tree crops has increased accordingly. In the light of these facts, is it not surprising that our woodlands are producing less than half their capacity? The answer rests with those of us who have the land to produce this valuable contribution to our nation's welfare, and now, as possibly never before this is of grave importance. Georgia Forestry VoL 1J APRIL, 1951 No. IJ A monthly bulletin published by the Georgia Forestry Commission, State Capitol, Atlanta. Entered as second-class matter at tne Post Office, Atlart.p, Georgia, under the act of August 24, 1912. Member of the Georgia Press Association. PINES fOR GEORGIA-~R. H. White Jr., Lt. Gov. Marvin Griffin, Kirk Sutlive, and Guyton DeLoach insPect Pine exhibit at Georgia forestry Association Convention. Georgia's forest products and how they will meet demands of o ~oming years w~s the chief topic 1n Savannah Apr1l as the Geor~ia Forestry Association held 1ts twenty-seventh annual convention. Speakers included Lt. Gov. Marvin S. Griffin Bainbridge; Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Forestry Commission; Leo Aikman, Atlanta Constitution columnist: R.H. White Jr., President, Southern Wood Preserving Company, Atlanta; T. Guy W Cooroplofroardt11onf~o under, Retail Atlanta, and Credit W. Kirk Sutlive, GrA Director, Savannah. Lt. Gov. Griffin brought out the meeting's theme with tne topic, ''Georgia's Forest Potentialities " and declared that despite the fact the State's woodlands provide raw materials for manufacturin~ operations which return to landowners and industry nearly $300 million annually, ''we still can gp much further 1n realizing our forestry potential.'' DeLoach, discussing, "Prepara- tion group, ~fYoorurthGee Future,'' orgia Fore tol stry d the Com- (Continued on Page 10) SPufLIGHf ON GEORGIA'S fOREST PRODUCfS--SUPPLY AND DEMAND. PaneL members discuss future are Ted and prese LiefeLd, nt suppLy_ of fo fhomasviL1e, rHeasrtLemy aLtearni~adLasLeatJrA.s, s ociation m Valdosta, ee W. ting. Left to K. Oettmeir, right, fargo, Henry MaLsberger, AtLanta, C. f. Evans, AtLanta, A. E. Patterson, Athens, C. B. Jone~, MiL Ledge viLLe. Page 'fhree Geor~ia Forestry Georgia tallied another ''Forestry First'' on March 20 when the State's five-man Board of Registration for Foresters was sworn in by Governor Herman E. Talmadge and began functioning. Thus Georgia became the first state in the United States to have licensing of professional foresters. Established by action of the recent General Assembly, the Board is set up to administer the recently enacted law providing for the registration and licensing of all persons engaging in professional forestry practice within Georgia. Making up the Board 1:1"' appointed by the Governor are: Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Fore~ try Conmission, five-year term; Harley Langdale, Jr., Valdosta timber operator and Consultant Forester, four-year term; Charles F. Evans, president, Society of American Foresters, Atlanta, three-year term; B. E. Allen, Jr., Woodlands Division , Union Bag and Paper Corporation, Savannah, two-year term; and A. E. Patterson, professor of Forest Management, School of Forestry, University ofGeorgia, one-year term. The registration and licensing law provides for the licensing of ''Any person using in connection with his name or otherwise assuming, using or advertising any title or description tending to convey the impression that he is a registered forester.'' General requirements of registration are graduation from a curriculun in forestry of four years or more in a school or college approved by the Board and an additional two years satisfactory work in some phase of forestry, or the passing of a written examination plus a specific record of six years or more of active practice in forestry work of a character sat is factory to the Board. fiRST REGIS'fRA'fiON BOA RD. Governor Herman E. 'falmadge, third from right, swears in Georgia's new Board of Registration for foresters . Board members taking the oath include, from left t o right, Harley Langdale Jr., Guyton DeLoach, B. E. All en Jr., A. E. Patterson, and C. f. Evans. of WALTON COUNTY BEGINS fORESTRY PROGRAM. Joh:d Hester,. extreme right, Chairman of Board of C01nmissioners signs budget to begtn Protectton and devf!LOPment t&e County's DDiaLsLt~tctJ. wwo.odMLaonodres,. forester, T.otwh.erAmdceomcbkerasndo f the R. I. at Left. and Gene DaLLy, ooard, seated Left. to BreedLove. Standtng arrtegh~te,stearre WaLton County Representattve. Lundy, NIGHT fLAMES--forest fires do not oPerate on a qo-hour-a-week scheduLe. They can strike night or day, turning Lush, green Georgia acres into barren scenes of de- soLation. :this night scene shows a forest fire raging in one of the state's ?3 unprotected counties. Losses from woodsfir.es in unprotected areas are approximateLy jour times as great as those in protected counties. page five Gcor~ia Forestr v $wai~R~ Naval Stores Men dJM PUle d)ed~,oaL Hold AT-FA Meet 'Plant and Protect Pines for Prosperity- Burn for Poverty'' will be the theme of the sixth annual Pine Tree Festival to be held in Swainsboro on Friday, April 27, according to J. D. McLeod, chairman of the Executive Board of the festival. This year's festival promises to be the biggest in thehistory of the pine tree celebration. Highlights will be a parade, floats, essays by county school students, crowning of the Festival King and Queen and Prince and Princess, the Pine Tree ball, the Pine Tree pageant, exhibits portraying the value and use of Emanuel County Pines, a square dance, music by high school bands, and many prominent speakers. Essays from Emanuel County schools will be entered by students from the seventh grades through the senior classes on the subject, ''Value of PineTrees to our Nation through Pulpwood Industry.'' The boy and girl winner from each high school and grammar school throughout the county will go with sponsors to Savannal:t for a day as guests of the Union Bag and Paper Corporation. The county winner, to be selected from all contest entries, will be awarded a prize by Union Bag in Savannah. Floats for the festival will be sponsored by schools, civic, and conservation clubs, forest products industries and other business houses throughout the county. Members of the Executive Board of the Pine Tree Festival are, in addition to McLeod, W. 0. Phi llips, Roger Dekle, Ear l Varner , J. F. Mathis, Emory Collins and Bill Rountree. The following corrrni t tee appointments have been announced: Bobby Sasser, King, Que-en, Prince and Princess; Grayson Powell, Music; Darius Brown, Reception; Ed Durden, Platform, Ellis Boyd, Tree Farmer ; Ralph Smith, Jr., Pine Tree ball; Glenn Segars, Organizational Floats; Mrs. (Continued on Page 10) Hundred of Southern turpentine operators, landowners, foresters and others interested in the gum naval stores industry were to assemble at Valdosta April 17-18 as Lowndes County in Georgia, producer of 74 percent of the nation 'a gum naval stores, again plays host to the annual convention of the American Turpentine-Farmers Association The meeting was to mark the fifteenth annual session for the AT-FA, according to Judge Harley Langdale, Association President. Registration desks were to be set up in the lobbies of the Daniel Ashley and the Valdes hotels and the Association offices Tuesday, April 17. Early arrivals were to be honored with a stag supper at the Valdosta Country Club that evening, and the business session of the meeting was set for Wednesday morning at the Ritz Theatre. Association directors in addition to Judge Langdale, are R. M. Newton, Wiggins, Mississippi; M. C. Stallworth Jr., Vinegar Bend, Alabama; R. H. Gibson, Tallahassee, Florida; Will Knabb, MacClenny, Florida; Jim Gillis Jr., Soperton, Georgia; A. V. Kennedy, Waycross, Georgia; R. M. Reynolds, Bainbridge, Georgia; John Cook, McRae, Georgia; and W, L. Rhodes, Estill, South Carolina. Aga'in highlighting the gathering was to be the annual outdoor dinner and beauty contest. Miss Betty Stoutamire, a Tallahassee girl, won the title of Miss Gum Spirits of Turpentine at last year's contest. Each AT-FA director enters a contestant and the Gum Queen is selected in a beauty parade. The traditional barbecuedinner was to be replaced this year with baked ham leading the menu. George Shelton Sr., General Chairman for the convention, and Mrs. Katherine Rodgers, Lowndes County Home Demonstration Agent, were to be in charge of preparing and serving the noon-day meal. ApriL , 1951 Pag e Six Forestry Day Set May S Forestry Day will be celebrated in Georgia May 5. GovernorHerman Talmadge this month issued a proclamation designating the special day, and its observance will be highlighted by a program to be presented in Athens by the Univer 11ity of Georgia's SchoolofForestry and the School's Alumni Societv. The full days program wili pay tribute to the alumni who lost their lives in World War II and will stress the importance :>f Georgia's 300 mill~on dollar a year forest industry. Senator WalterF. George will unveil a memorial plaque dedicated to the school's war dead, and parents of these men wi 11 be invited S?;ues ts. Governo.r Talmadge, wi 11 speak at a noon luncheon on the advances of fore!}try in Georgia. Rueben H. Robertson, Chairman of the Board, Champion Paper and Fiber Corporation, and Man of the Year in Southern Industry, will be feature speaker on the morning program. ''Fifty Years of Progress in the Pulp and Paper Industry'' will be his topic. Afternoon and night activities include the annual Field Day and the Alumni-Senior banquet. Leo Aikman, columnist for the Atlanta Constitution, will be banquet speaker. The school's alumni society will hold its annual meeting on the preceeding day and will feature panel discussions. fopics and moderators will include ''Present Statue of the Important Tree Diseases in the South,' Dr. W. A. Campbell, Bureau of Plant In- dustry; 'Use of Modern Media in Information and Education,'' Professor G. N. Bishop, School of Forestry; 'Modern Forest Survey Technique for F'orest Properties,'' William Fisher, U. S. Forest Service, Atlanta; and ''Wildlife as a Forest Crop in the South,'' Professor James Jenkins~ School of Forestry and State Game CaomDirs.s iCoanm. pbell's talk w.1.ll mark the first public discussion of oak wilt, Cronartium, Fusiform, and Littleleaf in this area. The program is part of the Univer- sity of Georgia Sesqui-centennial activities. S~PCeanHpiOeorLrA,CRSoUHrnIpPioonrWaBtIaiNogN.n' Es, RDa-ul-JkJXe.lJr.UdsnAiErv.mersStsarimotyunegjLof rGLeyesLnteerryaJLrsc. MhoaL(ncaaergnsehtre.,irb}W. oUoAdnL1iavnnerddrsssciDtoymiv,miisftitotGenee,oirnUgcinLaiuodnfoeBr,a(egls? t o rif!ht} B.M. Lufburrow, Georgiai'orestry Association's president's representative; D D.J. lt'eddeLL, University of Georgia SchooL of forestry andA.E. Wackerman, forest utiLi zation brotessor, Duke. fli.e alJXlrd is part ofUnion Bag's forestry . deveLopment program. /- - page Seven Phone Company Neue PtUtal ~iu Aids 4-H Clubs ,44lz PIUWeHii(JH, Development of Georgia's forest resources has received addi tiona! support with announcement that Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company has taken over active sponsorship of the State's 4-HClub forestry program. The firm's program, according to Hal Dumas, $outhern Bell President, is dedicated to the intensive development of the vast forest resources of_Georgia. Present p~ans call for the company to offer pnzes to boys and girls who are.winners in competitive forestry projects. The prizes will entitle winners to free trips to the North Georgia 4-H Forestry Camp near Dahlonega in the Chattahoochee National Forest each year. Winners in the State competition also will be entitled to free trips to Chicago to A. the annual national 4-H conventions Explaining the new program, W. Su~ton,,feader in Georgia 4-H work, sa1d,. Last year, out of 119,000 Georg1a boys and girls in 4-H Club work, only 3, 000 were engaged in forestry work. We hope to interest many more boys and gir 1s in this work through this program. Dorsey JJyer, of Tifton, Forester with the Georgia Agricultural Extension Service, explained that some of the projects in which the 4-H Club boys and girls will participate will be fire protection, selective cutting, proper methods of planting thinning for pulpwood, reforesta: ~ion, use of better trees for plant~ng, methods of fighting disease, and 1nsect control. Ten addi tiona! cities in Georgia have joined in the use of post office cancellation dies bearing the slogan ''Remember - Only You Can Pre vent Forest Fires, '' bringing the total number of dies in use in Georgia to sixteen, and giving the state almost complete coverage. Thousands of letters from LaGrange, Hawkinsville, Dublin, Cordele, Thomson,Milledgeville, Thomasville, Brunswick, Columbus and Athens will soon bear for the first time the forest fire prevention cancellation mark and will join the fallowing cities which used the prevent ion message last year: Atlanta, Macon, Savannah, Valdosta, Augusta, and Al- bany. The expanded use of the fire prevention post office dies is made possible by individual sponsorship in each city through the Georgia Forestry Association. New sponsors include: Chamber of Corrmerce, LaGrange, through W. F. Jarrell; R. H. Rush, Rush Lumber Company, Hawkinsville; Cecil E. Carroll through C. W. Phillips, Dublin; W. R. Turner, Cordele Sash, Door and Lumber Company, Cordele; W, A. Knox, Knox Corporation, Thomson; R. L. Griffith, Dixie Wood, Inc,, Milledgeville; Balfour Lumber Company, Kirby-Evans Materials Company, Johnson Lumber andManufacturingCompany, and Deadle Lumber Company througn T. A. Liefeld, Thomasville; Brunswick Pulp and Paper Company, Brunswick; Bannon Jones and the Walter H. Jones estate, Athens; and A. 0. Blackmer, Chief, ~ruscogee County Fire Department, Colunbus. Forest Farmers The second annual edition of the ''Forest Farmer Manual" has been published and distributed to forestry minded citizens and organizations throughout the nation. Ably edited by Paul W. Schoen, Executive Secretary for the Forest Farmers Association, the publication gives comprehensive coverage to ne,rly every phase of forestry from fence posts to naval stores. The forest facts on the southern Issue Manual are a are amp 1y i 11 us t rated wi t h dozens of photographs and charts. The manual was published for the first time last year by the Forest Farmers Association Co~operative, and W. H. Oettmeier, Associat1on President, reported many-had informed himafter the first publication that the Manual had not only served the small timberland owner, but owners with commercial hnld- (Continued on Page 10) April, 1951 page Eight Foresters And Rangers In The News J. W. Roberts, Bulloch County Fanger, reports pre-suppression firebreaks have paid off in his area in dividends of decreased woods fires. He said several fires have been stopped as a result of firebreak construction and landowner cooperation. The Bulloch County Frrestry Unit has constructed and maintained about 1,200 miles of firebreaks in the county. Candler County's Ranger, Lamon Williams, this month took stock of his Unit's educational program and reported citizens of that county now seem to have a better understanding of the value of their forestland and they now are more interested in protecting their woods. The Ranger said the Unit has had an easier time this fire season due to more and better equipment, more personnel, more rain, and increasingly better cooperation from landowners. ing aid to a group of us who endeavored to get under contr ol the forest fire in our district. These men thoroughly demonstrated they had been well trained and served most faith- fully in their performance until such time as the fire was under control. They had the proper equipment, knew how to use it, and the results were most effective. ''It is a genuine pleasure to pass along a word of commendation for the most efficient service rendered by the above men, and I want to compliment you for the program of training that is being given in our State Forestry work. If Messrs. Felker and Lyon are illustrations ofmany others that prevail in the State, we are certainly making progress.'' DeKalb County Forester K. B. Felker has really soldG. B. Rooke of Atlanta on the efficiency and effectiveness of the DeKalb CountyProtection Unit, and has boosted the protection program of the state as a whole. Mr. Brooke , in a letter to Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Forestry Commission, writes, ''I should like to praise two of your men for aid furnished our community in fighting a serious forest fire last Saturday in Gro~ins District of DeKalb County. ''The two men I have reference to are K. B. Felker and his patrolman, George Lyon. They with their jeep and other equipment were of outstand .. Page Nine Georgia Forestry q ''A1OH.elf IUJ.iU.4, (!J, ~IUM!4 ,, Ag, Forestry Leaders Give Marketing Advice Advice on naval stores and timber marketing spotlighted the Georgia agricultural scene this month as the State's farmers and landowners learned from the Crop Reportif,lg Service that Georgia's timber, already a dear cornnodity, is getting dearer, whether on the stump or delivered at the mill. Issuing a report from Athens, C. Dorsey Dyer, Agricultural Extension Service Forester, advised that ' 'trees, like cattle and hogs, should be marketed at the proper time.' Acknowledging the Crop Reporting Service's statement that timber prices are at one of the highest levels in history, Dyer cautioned timber owners against cutting stands too heavily. 'It is true, the Forester said, that good prices are being paid for all species, especially pine, oak, yellow poplar, and cypress; but many farmers are cutting trees that are too small. ' Citing as an example the fact that many farmers are cutting trees nine inches in diameterand selling them for sawlogs, Dorsey reminded farmers a nine- inch tree wi 11 grow into a 10inch tree in three years. 'That means, ' he said, an increase in vol nne and value at the rate to 46 per cent a year. A 10-inch tree will increase at a 30 per cent rate annually. ' Dyer pointed out that when a tree reaches 10 or 12 inches in diameter, each inch increase means a considerable increase in the board foot vol ume. He also declared that t imber that is clear cut will leave the ground in poor concH tion and make the area useless for timber income for many years. Judge Harley Langdale, reporting from Valdosta, this month cautioned gum farmers not to forget good con~ servations practices inworking their timber this season. Judge Langdale, President of the American Turpentine Farmers Association, said he feared some gum farmers, faced with higher prices this season for gum turpentine and rosin, plus a governmental request for a 10 per cent increase in production, ''might let the bars down and hang cups on small trees.'' High prices during World War II lured some gum farmers into disregarding conservation practices, and today their turpentine timber is gone or they are fast going out of business, the ATFA head declared. He said the only way to prevent a zecurrence of that situation is for gum farmers to work only proper sized trees. Another timber report, this one issued from Atlanta by the Crop Reporting Service, said prices of standing pine timber had jumped 38 percent over the year previous. The latest average price, recorded midway in January, showed $18.25 a thousand board feet. Sawlogs cut and delivered to the mill climbed 26 per cent in the same period. The January 15 state average was listed at $41.25 a thousand board feet. Prices generally were somewhat lower in the North Georgia mountains, where transportation of cut lumber is more of a problem. They averaged higher in the southeastern ~gion of convenient ports of shipment. Standing red oak climbed 33 percent during the year, white oak 27 per cent, giJm 31, and poplar 37. ApriL, 1951 Page 'fen GFA Cil'NENTICN . . . (Continued from Page q) FCRFSf FARMERS MANUAL. . (Continued from Page 7) mission definitely is counting on expansion of the State's forest industry. It occupies a big place in our thinking and planning, and we are gearing our activities to that level. '' The Director listed the Commission's activities toward insuring an adequate supply of future forest products as fire protection, increasing forest management ~ervices to the landowner, vastly inct eased seedlin8 production, and increasing emphasts on information and education activities. AmonK those participating in a panel discussion were R.H. Rush, Hawkinsville; Hehry J, Malsberger, Atlanta; Ted Liefeldl, Thomasville; Harley Langdale, Jr., Valdosta;c. T: Tones, Milledgeville, W.M. Oettmeier, Fargo, and Archie E. Patterson, Athens. Charles F. Evans of Atlanta, served as panel moderator. ings, work~rs in public arid pri'\(ate forestry, and those in the educational field of forestry. Contents include such a variety of subjects as management, reforestation, forest protection, harvesting, measuring, marketing, wood preservation, forest communication and roads, forestry tools and equipment, forest records and accounting safety in the woods, forest laws and taxation, local and home industries, professional services, and southern forestry education. A~tivities and services of the Georgia Forestry Commission are 9utlined in the Manual, and accompanying photographs also describe Commission work, PINE TREE FESTIVAL... (Continued from Paee 5) E. H. Youngblood, Pine Arrangements; Tom Martin, Flag Decorations; Bob Darling, Float Paper; Maurice Boatright, School Floats; Jimmy Hinson, Pine Tree Decorations; Mrs. Jack Jenkins, Pageant; Robert Humphrey, Judging; Mrs. Essie Mae Hughes, Essay and Posters; Mrs. Joan White Declamations; W. 0. Phillips, Finance; Wit- liam H. Black, Exhibits; Wiley Pow- ell, Square Dance; Walter Lamb, Traffic; Lawson Wilkes, Concessions; Frank Davis, Sports; Jack Wisely, Public Address System; L. F. Bradford, Parade; Mrs. Blanche Smith, Publicity; F. H. Cadle, Festival Prizes; and Dr. Blankenship, Singing. DROWN IT! 9 out of 10 forest fires are caused by carelessness ~~-Only Y,OU can PREVENT FOREST FIRES! Georgia Forestry APRIL 1951 Entered as second-class matter at the Post Oft ice. Atlanta, Georgia. GIFT & EXCHANGE SECTION UNIV. OF GEORGIA LfBRARIES ATHENS GEORGIA