Georgia forestry, Vol. 4, no. 6 (June 1951)

GEORGIA FORESTRY

Green Gold In Our County

(Fron the Tcccoo Record}

This attractive Georgia Tree Farm sign is posted on the timber acres of the Chicopee Manufactur~ ing Company approximately three miles south of Gainesville on U.S.
Highway 23.
Typical of the nearly one
million acres of Georgia forestland now certified under the Tree Farm System, the Chicopeewoodland tracts have received the highest type management and fire protection. Fire breaks have been plowed in areas of severe hazard, and losses have been held to about one tenth of one per cent of the total acreage.
Recognition of the importance ~f Georgia's Certified Tree Farms 1n the State's economy has come more and more to the forefront during recent months. A description of two new farms which have been cer-
tified will be found on Page 7.

Much of Stephens County's wealth 1ies in " green gold. "
"Green gold," which consists of forestland and the products from those woodland acres, may be found on the property of near 1v every farmer and landowner in the county. Other areas have their "black gold" or petroleum, but Georgians need not look longingly at these other states.
We. may, instead, find satisfaction in realizing that a 12-lnch pine can, under proper management, grow to 14 inches in five years.
When one realizes that tree is earning about 25 per cent interest each year, a comparison between "green gold" and "black gold" is .easily seen.
Citizens of Louisiana, California,Oklahoma, Texas, and other oil producing areas, however, take the utmost precautions to see that

GEORGIA FORESTRY

Vol. 4

June, 1951

No. 6

Published Monthly by the
GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION, State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia. Guyton DeLoach, Director

Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office under the Act of August 24, 1912. Member of the Georgia Press Association.

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EDI'I'ffi ASSOCIATE EDITORS

. R. E. Davis .Robert Rutherf9rd Patricia McKemie

DISTRICT OFFICES,
DISTRICT I DISTRICT II DISTRICT III DISTRICf IV DISTRICT VI DISTRICT VI I DISTRICT VI II DISTRICT IX DISTRICT X

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Georgia Forestry Commission: P. 0. Box 268, Statesboro P. 0. Fox 122, Camilla P. 0. Pox 169, Ame'r icus P. 0. Pox 333, Newnan
Court House, Macon West Puilding, Rome P. 0. Box 811, Wacros~ P. 0. Pox 416, Gain~sville P. 0. Box 302, Washington

fire does not reach their valuable commodity. \fuat is our ~ecord h~re in Stephens County 1n keep1ng wildfire from our valuable acres
of green gold?"
The Stephens County Forestry Unit since the beginning of the forest fire season has fought 40
fires. Most of these fires were recorded since the beginning of the fall months. Most of these fires (more than 90 per cent) were caused by MAN'S CARELESSNESS.
Keeping our woodlands free of fire is as important to us as is keeping flames away from their valuable oil wells important to the citizens in the "black gold" regions. A second's carelessness
in the weeds with campfire or
cigarette can turn acres of Stephens countryside into blackened waste.
It's Been Rough
On The Unit
(Fran the But Loch Herald}
lh1s week we commend our Bulloch County Forestry Unit.
Under J. W. Roberts the Bullooh
county Unit has kept the county's fire losses this season to less than one-half of one per cent of the county's total forestland acreage.
We believe this to be a fine record.
Watching over the 284, 083 acres of the county's forestland is no little job. It requires e~ernal vigilance
And this year has been rough on the men who are bent on keeping Georgia green. What with dry weather, high winds, and the carelessness and maliciousness of some of our people, it has tested the alertness of the forestry unit.
The record they have made 1s a tribute to thoroughness, the watchfulness, and work of Mr. Roberts and his group of forest rangers.
And we congratulate them.

JUNE, 1951

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15 New Units To Bring Total Of Protected Counties To 100

More than 17 and a half million acres of Georgia's forestland will be under protection July 1 as 15 new counties official! y open their fiscal year with new Forestry Units.
Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Forestry Commission, announced the 15 new counties as Elbert, Madison, Walton, Newton, Butts, Heard, Sumter, Wilcox, Ben Hill, Worth, Tift, Cook, Evans,
Barrow and Schley. He said the new budget allowed for adding about 15 new counties.
The newly protected counties are in Districts 1, 2,3,4,8,9,
and 10, with seven counties in the northern half of Georgia and eight in the southern half.
Addition of the new units will bring the total of Georgia's protected counties to 1 CO. A total of 1,551,305 acres of forestland is represented in the 14 new counties. Addition of this total to the 16,291,577 acres now being protected by state and federal organizations in Georgia brings the total under protection to 17,842,882 acres.
Deli very of mobile and power fire fighting vehicles and equipment to the new counties now is being planned. Vehicles to be delivered include power wagons, pickup trucks, jeeps and jeep suppression plows, with each county being outfitted according to the requirements of fire fighting in the individual locality.
Selection of Foresters for the new counties has not been completed, although several of the counties have reported signing their new foresters. Foresters will be selected before July 1 and will be ready to go to work in their new areas on that date.
Forestry boards have been selected in nine of the new counties. Counties and their boards follow:

G E 0 R G I A'S C 0 UN T Y F 0 REST R Y
Cook: E. J. Betts, C. N. Wood, J. C. Thomas Sr., Byron Whitehurst, and J. S, Green.
Butts; L. 0. Washington, Willie Fletcher, Joe Lane, Ernest Smith, and Hiram Franklin.
Elbert: Johnny Whitmire, A. C. Taylor, Guy Bell, Ralph Relchin, and Wilber Hoover.
Heard: T. A. Lipman, Byron Cook, R. L. Merrill, T. B. Lane Jr., and G. H. Ridley.
Madison: Q. H. Massey1 Jesse

Seymore, C. J. Bragg, Emmett Minish, and Jack C. Barnette.
Ben Hill: Jack Massee, Reuben Walker, Dr. W. E. Tuggle, Horton Taylor, and W. R. Stokes.
Newton: R. P. Cambell, P. W. Pratt, K. E. Hays, P. G. Neely, and Wiley Allgood.
Walton: J. Booth Williams, Robert Echols, T. W. Adcock, P. G. Smith, and T. J. Chandler.
Wilcox: Earl Cannon Jr., J. C. Studstill Jr., Scott James, L. G. Peebles, and L. 0. Tippens, Sr.

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GEORGIA FORESTRY

60 .Mdlitu1. Seen hed $erdOH.

Forestry Commission Ships

35 Million Seedlings in '50-'51

More than 35 million seedlings were shipped from the Georgia Forestry Commission's three nurseries during the 1950-' 51 planting season.
Guyton DeLoach, Driector, Ceorgia Forestry Commission this month released a detailed report bf the nurseries' operations and announced the exact number of seedlings shipped from Flowery Branch, Herty, and Davisboro totalled ~5,311,2oo, with more than half the total, approximately 28 million seedlings, being Slash pine.
Loblolly pine was runner-up-; accounting for better than() mill ion seedlings, while third place production record went to the Longleaf pine, which accounted for nearly 350 thousand seedlings.
A total of 183,000 black locust seedlings w~s produced at the three nurser1es.
Herty and Flowery Branch nurseries produced 5, 500 White Ash seedlings, and 43,500 Yellow Poplar seedlings. Flowery Branch nursery produced 141,500 White Pine seedlings.
Enough seedlings were shipped this past season, DeLoach pain ted out, to reforest more than 45,000 acres of Georgia land. Speeding up the re-stocking of the State's non-productive lands has long been one of the Commission's top. objectives.
"Difficulties in obtaining
seed, " he added, " kept the 1950,51 production at a somewhat lower level than would have been experienced during noTmal times. We have set out sights for the following season, however, on 60 millionseedlings, and indications
today are that we shall re able to
obtain enough seed to realize such a goaL "
The Commission Director said extens1 ve purchases of mechanical tree planters by Georgia banks

has convinced Commission officials that Ceorgia farmers, landowners , and large pulpmill operators would require at least 60 million seedlings for the 1951-' 52 season.
Deloach reported artificial reforestation is continuing to show good results in Georgia, with pulpwood now being harvested from some of the earliest plantings in the state.
The following is the number of seedlings shipped to the counties. The number does not necessarily represent the amount planted in each county, since in several instances seedlings were shipped to one location and then re-deli vered for replanting in another county.
Bryan, 168,500; Bulloch, 127,000; Burke, 548,500; Candler, 5o,OOO; Chatham, 909,200; Effingham; 180,000; Emanuel, 989,000; Evans, 44,000;Jenkins,414,000; Liberty, 11, 000; Long 485, 000; Mcln tosh , 820,000; Montgomery, 232,000.
Clay, 23,000; Crisp, 341,000; Dodge, 370,400; Dooly, 22o,200; Harris, 42,500; Houston, 852,500;
Uougherty, 1,146..,800; Early, 144,000; Grady, 23,000; Miller,, ll,OOO;Mitchell, 88,500;Seminole, 11, 700; Thomas, 503,200; Tift , 31,250; Worth, 229,000; Ben Hill, 181,000; Chattachoochee, 23,000;
Lee, 125,500; Macon, 220,100; Marion,268,000;Muscogee,412,000; Peach,l25,300; Pulaski, 1,034,100;
Screven, 168,500; Tattnall, 50,000; Toombs, 90,000; Treutlen, 18,100; Wheeler, 786,000; Baker, 918,000; Brooks, 62, 500, Ca 1houn, 433, 000; Colquitt, 64,000;Decatur, 537,500
Quitman,53,000;Randolph,o88,500; Schley, 133,500;Stewart, 183,000; Sumter, 170,500; Taylor, 489,300;
lerre11, 540, 000; Turner, 325, 500; Webster, 1,140,000; Wilcox, 370,100; Butts, 22.500; Carroll,
23,000.

Clayton, 2,000; Coweta, 188,500 ; Fayette, 6,500; Beard, 10,000; Henry, o,500; Lamar, 9,000; Meriwether, 100,500; Newton, 20,000; Pike, 13,000; Spalding, 24.000; Talbot, 51,400; Troup, 709,500; Upson, 39,600; Baldwin, 489,600; Eibb, 1, 910,400; Bleck ley, 230, 500
Crawford, 2,023,400~ Glascock, 12,000; Hancock, 36 100; Jasper, 76,700; Jefferson, 89,000; Johnson, 117,800; Jones, 310,536; Laurens, 436,200; Monroe, 300, 900; Putman, 12,300; Twiggs, 98,~00;
Washington, 263, 123; Wilkinson, 82,100;Bartow, 18,500;Chattooga, 73,000; Cobb, 3,680; Dade, 1,000; Douglas, 12,000; Floyd, 78,500; Fulton, 159, 800; Gordon, 45,000;
Coffee, 73,500; Cook, 25,000; Echols, oO,OOO; Glynn, 1,300,500; Irwin, 41,000; Jeff Davis, 42,000; Lanier, 115,000; Lowndes, 263,500;
Haralson, 18,000; Paulding, 16,500; Polk, 13,000; Walker, 50,000; Whitfield,29,500; Appling, 159500; Atkinson, 40,000; Bacon, 30,000;Berrien, 12,000;Brantley, 171,000; Camden, 146,000; Charlton, 877,000; Clinch; 505,000;
Pierce, 95, 000; Telfair, 210,500; ~are, 50,000; Wayne, 134,000; Panl<s, 142, 500; Barrow, 18, 000; Cherokee, 13l,OOO;Dawson, 53,300; DeKalb, 15,500; Forsyth, 37,300; Gwinnett, 11,000; Habersham, 188,900; Hall, 23o,400; .Jackson, 100, 500;
ClarKe, 417,000; Columbia, 201,000; Elber.t, 78,000; Franklin, 10, OOOp Greene, 142, 000; Hart, 9,500; Lincoln, 4,000; Madison, 10,500; Morgan, 171,000; Oconee, 16,000; Oglethorpe, 231,000;
Lumpkin, 33,300;' Pickens, 21,000; Rabun, 10,000; Rockdale, 90,000; Stephens, 57,350; Towns, 10,000; Union, 500; White, 33,300;
Richmond, 864,050; Taliaferro, 3, 500; Walton, 76,500; Warren, 140,000; Wilkes, 118,000.

JUNE, 1951

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Bo.tp dJ.CVlediUf eamp <Jo. -AttiUiet
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0ne hundred Georgia memhers of Future Farmers of America wi 11 gather at Laura \\alker State Park near Waycross June 2S-30 for the 19Sl Rays Forestry Camp.
F. A. A. hays, chosen in forestry competitions and on the hasis of completed forestry projects, past achievements and demonstrated interest in forestry, wi 11 represent their own county chapters at camp. Curing the week the hays will receive instructions, watch
demonstrations and participate in recreation and entertainment , with emphasis on forest fire protection, reforestation, and good forest mana~emenL The program is
designed m promote hetter fores-
try practices and to buildbetter hays and better citizenship.
The camp is sponsored hy four of the state's pulpmills, the Macon Kraft Company, the nrunswick Pulp and Paper Company, the Union Pag and Paper Corporation, Savannah, and Gair Woodlands, Incorporated, ~avannah, which make the camp possible through their contributions. All of the cooperating mills are memhers of the Southern PulpwoodConservationAssociationr The Georgia Forestry Commission conducts the camp.
. Among the wide range of subJects the boys will study while

at camp are thinning, ~ensuration, relorestation, marketing, insects and disease, harvesting, fire control, and tree identifica tioh. Demonstrations will include fire control, use of hand tools and equipment, naval stores practices, and operation of the bow saw.
On Monday evening, Harry Rossoll, Visual Information Specialist, Southern Pegio~, U. S.
Forest Service, will give an
illustrated lecture. Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Forestry Commission, and representatives of each of the four mills will give brief lectures during the week.
Entertainment features of the
week will be a field trip to the
Okeefenokee Swamp Park, cm1rtesy of the Waycross Chamber of Commerce, attendance at Baseball games, courtesy of the Waycross Pasebal1 Club and participation on a radio program planned by Radio Station WAYX, V\aycross.
Friday afternoon will be high}ighted by the r;rand Forestry Quiz and the championship basehall p.ame and horseshoe tournament. In the evening winners 1~ the forestry quiz will be announced, and prizes wi 11 be awarded outstanding campers.
A n~w feature of this year's camp will IJe the donation by the

Georgia Forestry Association of $100 in prize s . Among other donors of prizes is t he D. R. Smith Company, Ctica, New York, which has given an Indian Fire Pump to be awarded as a prize .
Saturday morning will find a thoroughly tired, but forestryminded, group of hays going home to practice better forest management and protection in 90 Georgia counties.
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L~RNING BY DOING - Scenes from the 1950 Boys' Forestry Camp show (above) youths measuring pulpwood and (lett) others learning the use
of the dibble in reforestation Approximately 100 members of the Future Farmers of America are expected to attend this year's camp, slated for June 25-30 at Laura Walker State Park. TI1ese activities are among the many forestry topics which the boys will study during their stay at camp. A full program of recreation and entertainment also is planned.

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GEORGIA FORESTRY

Forestry Day Marked By Memorial

Rites, Addresses, Field Day Event

GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS - Governor Herman Talmadge speaks on ''Georgia's Forestry; Present and Future'' at the Forestry Day luncheon at the Georgian Hotel in Athens.

Observance of Georgia's Forestry Day May 5 was highlighted by a special program at the University of Georgia as several hundred persons gathered at the School of Forestry. to observe a solemn memorial ceremony, hear talks by leading forestry advocates, and watch the traditional "Forestry Field Day."
Leading personalities in the Athens Forestry Day ceremonies included Governor Herman Tal-
madge, Dr. 0. C. Aderhold, Presi-
dent of the University; Dean Don J. Weddell and Prof. B. F. Grant, of the School of Forestry; Representative John E. Sheffield, Brooks County; Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Forestry Commission, and Leo Aikman, Atlanta Constitution columnist.
A bronze plaque honoring 18 former School of Forestry stu dents who gave their lives in World War II was unveiled during the morning activities.
Names on the plaque were Sherwood H. Bollier, '42; H. L. Brady, '37; Marcus George, '34; William

CROSS CUT SAW SINGS ~ffiRRY TUNE.--Two contestants in the School of Forestry's annual Field Day exercies try their hand at the cross cut saw. It's easy when it's the other fellow's turn to _pull.

A. Grassland Jr., '38; Benjamin F. Duke, '39; JosephC. FolsomJr. '40; John B. Gaddess, '43; Harold D. Hays, '40; Glenn Hodges, '39; Earl C. Jenkins, '42; Wayne Lindsey, '44; John G. Marvin, '41; George L. Merritt Jr., '35; William F. Neel, '38; Harry F. Papat Jr., '35; Joe B. Shirley, '34; Walter B. Stiff, '41, and Owen 0. Woods., '41.
Memorial ceremonies opened by a prayer by Dr. Robert Ayers, Chaplain, University of Georgia, following which E. A. Woodall, a School of Forestry senior, gave a history of the school of Forestry. Dr. Aderhold addressed the
group, and ProI. Grant delivered
the memorial address. Sen. Walter F. George, father of one of the men whose names appeared on the plaque was unable to appear. Prof. Grant officiated at the opening.
Earlier during the day at the University Chapel, Dean Weddell introduced Reuben Robertson, Chairman of the Board, Champion Fibre Corporation, Canton, N.C., and "Man of the Year in Southern Industry." Robertson reviewed "Fifty Years of Progress in the Pulp and Paper Industry."
Governor Talmadge spoke at a luncheon at the Georgian Hotel honoring parents of the war dead dited in the Forestry School plaque.

Pointing to the tremendous strides made in advancing forestry during recent years by the Georgia Forestry Commission, the
governor pointed out the farreaching potentialities which still may be realized.

H. C. Carruth, Assistant Chief Forester, Coosa River Paper Company, presided, and Rep. Sheffield introduced the speaker.
The School's annual Forestry Field day, held in the Ag Hill Amphitheater, featured contests in log rolling, cross-cut sawing chopping, and the traditional

Lug-of-war, with the resulLant hose-drenching for the losers.
Aikman was chief speaker at the evening Alumni-Senior banquet. DeLoach made the introduction.
The previous day at the School of Forestry had been devoted to a business session of the school's Alumni Association, a tour of the ~ chool' s forest properties, and panel discussions. James F. Spiers, Alumni President, presided at the Association meeting.
Dr. W. A. Campbell, Bureau of Plant Industry, USDA, Athens, was moderator of a panel on "Present Status of the Important Tree Diseases of the South." Panel
members were Dr. G .H. Hepting,
Senior Pathologist, Division of Forest Pathology, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Ashville, N. C ; Dr. R. M. Lindgren , Senior Pathologist, Division of Forest Pathology, Southern Forest Experiment Station, New
Orleans, La., and M. E. Fowler,
Senior Pathologist, Division of Forest Pathology, Beltsville, Md.
Prof. G. N. Bishop of the School of Forestry, was moderator of a panel on' 'Use "f Modern Media in Information and Education. Panel members were Harry Rossoll, Division of Information and Education, U. S. Forest Service, Atlanta; J. E. Witherspoon,
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Two addi t ional landowne r s have j oined the g rowing ranks of Georgia T ree Farmers. Ca s on J. Callaway, of Hamilton, has received ce rtification of his 32.000 ac res of forestland in Harris County , and Kenneth Hall, of Swa ins boro, has met Tree Farm
s t a ndards on his 124. woodland
acres in Emanuel County.
1\!aming of these two ne west Georgia Tree Farmers hrings to 48 the total number of certified Tree Farm areas in the state and raises the total woodland acreage in Tree Farms to 911,966.
The 36, 000 wooded acres of ~1r. Callaway, known as "Blue Springs Farms," extend between the Pamilton and Whitesville Roads in north centra] Harris County. Private fire protection measures organized in June, 1940 are still in effect with close cooperation existing with the Harris County Forestry l 1ni t. Annial Fire loss on this acreage has been held to less than one percent of the protected area.
Mr . Callaway thins crowded stands by remova 1 of selected trees, thus leaving the stands in a healthy, fast growingcondition. Timber sales are based on minimum stump diameter of 12 inches, or on s electively marked timber. The material obtained from improvement cuttings, clearings for ponds, roads, etc, i s sold for various wood products. A s atisfactory s tand of natural pine reproduc tion is maintained on all cut-over areas.
Over a period of 15 ye ars, approximately 1,000,000 Slash, Loblolly and Longleaf pine seedlings have been planted on the Call away farm, and all p l a nt a tions a r e in good condition . S ome c utti ngs and prunin gs have bee n made in t he planation .
Forest types are ty pica l of the Piedmon t section of Georg ia with I.obl'o ll y pine be ing the pr edominant species . Gene r a lly a ll s tands a r e we ll stoc ked and a r e we ll above

ave rage found in other woodlands in t his sec tion .
During the past ten years , Mr. Callaway has harvested pulpwood, sawtimbe r and fence posts from pine stands. fle has shown his interes t in the field of forestry and ]and improvement by manag ing his woodlands on a sustained yield basis .
Kenne th Hall IS probably Georgia ' s youngest Tree Farme r. The teen agersacquired knowledge and interest 1n forestry from 4-~ and F . F. A. organizations, with his father, Mr. Gordan Hall, setting examples of good forestry practices.
The 124 acres in Emanue 1 County,

located three miles north east of Modoc, Georgia were inherited through several generations, and Hall's purpos e is to secure a continuous income from forest products.
Hall established his original fire breaks in 1936 and maintained these until 1950, when more fire breaks were added and old breaks ( e-established. He has cooperated
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Reduction Cited

In Wildfire Fire fighting personnel of the Georgia Forestry Commission, with nearly 15 million acres under their protection, as compared with 13, 925,000 acres last season, have recorded a considerable decrease in percentage loss from forest fires in the protected areas.
This cutting down of fire loss, Guyton Deloach, Director, Georgia Forestry Commission, stated, was accomplished in spite of the fact 86 counties now are under Commission protection, as compared with 79during the previous season.
' 'The figures show,'' Deloach declared, ''that in spite of the additional counties, which increased the area under protection by 847 , ~00 acres, the percentage of loss in protected counties now stands at only 1.413 per cent, as compared with 2.207 per cent for the previous season."
The average loss from each Individual fire also has been reduced this season, accotding to the Director. He said that last

Loss
season each lorest fire in a protected county resulted in an average loss of 30.83 acres. Figures thus far this ~ason showed wild fires in protected counties resulted in an average loss of only 22.9 acres per fire .
DeLoach warned, however, that "Georgia again is in the grips of an abnormally dry season, and danger from forest wildfires is far higher than it should be at this time of year.''
The Commission leader appealed to Georgia citizens to' 'exercise extreme care with brush burning, with campfires, and with matches and c igaretes in or near the woods. Many persons unknowingly start forest fires by throwing matches and cigaretes out their automobile windows.
' ' l1sing the car ashtray , rotify ing your Ranger or Forester when you plan a control burn, and being doubly care ful to crush out cigaretes when in the woods can help cut down "Prin g a nd surrmer fir e loss,'' DeLoach said.

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Foresters And Rangers In The News

"A forest ranger program for F3oy Scouts wi 11 pool a reserve fire fighting corps to help keep damage from fire at a minimum," declares Muscogee County Forester James Reed in explaining his plan to encourage Scouts to volunteer
as forest fire fighters to be available if needed.
Forester Reed has planned a series of meetings with the 24 Scout troops in the county and states, "I have three goals in
mind. (1) To organize one or two
patrols from each troop to assist in fighting forest fires; (2) To promote forestry preservation through Scoutings, and (3) to assist Scouts in forestry activi-ties, such as winning Merit badges."

FIRE OCCURRENCE MAP--Ranger J. C. MeDearis, of Calhoun County, shows
J. Roy McGinty, Editor of the Calhoun Times, the Forestry Unit's fire occurrence map. McGinty, long an advocate of progressive forestry
plans for Georgia.

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An educational program and a mechanical tree planter have stimulated the interest of Terre 11 County citizens in reforestation, according to Ranger J. C. Rowen.

"The tree planting season has

come to a close and it was another one that we can be proud of, with over 520, 000 see ld'ings being plant-

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ed in Terrell County in the past
season. This brings us to about 1. 4
million pine trees planted in this

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county for the past two years",

the Ranger stated.

"Although the amount planted this season was not as much a5 last year, the head of the Terrell County Forestry Unit P-ointed out,' 'this simply signilies

forest, then fire protection is a necessity."
Some of this new interest is due to an educational program that the County Forestry Unit has tried to

A mechan1cal tree planter has been purchased by the Bank of Dawson and the Bank of Terrell andis available to the people of Terrell County free of charge. Ranger

that the people are becoming more carry out by visiting the schools, Bowen emphasized, "this planter

interested in the forestry program, in reforestation and fire

veteran classes, and some of the civic organizations, with movies,

is for your use so let's keep it busy next planting season. Don't

protection. We know {f we have a literature and discussions of the let your sub-marginal land stand

good reforestation program, whe- importance of conserving Georgia idle--put it towork for you--plant

ther it is in a natural or a planted and Terrell County forestlands.

it in pine trees."

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/ ~~ Clliott Wuu ei/O#UJM. Advice Given (jn Radio P~m $e!Ue4 To Landowners

The homespun f orest fire prevention me ssage s of Jelly Elliott and his "Three Knotheads, " familiar to thousands of Georgia radio listeners, recently won first honors at the American Exhibition of Educational Radio Programs at Ohio State University.
Leading Georgia radio stations during the winter and spring months have joined other broadcasting studios throughout the nation in carrying transcriptions of the popular program.
The award was made to the Association of State Foresters and the U. S. Forest Service for sponsoring the two 13-week series of 15 minute transcribed radio programs by the noted hillbilly bandleader and his troup.
The programs were intended originally to reach audiences in the

South, but Jelly's crackerbox philosophy and the lilting tunes of his "Three Knotheads" have proved popular in all parts of the nation. The recordings are presented as a public service feature by more than 800 radio stations during periods of local fire danger.
Judges, in making the award, said the series showed a. "marvelous understanding of reaching people with a program that is to get results."
Elliott has conducted a program over southern radio stations for several years. He agreed to assist in the forest fire prevention campaign sponsored by State and Federal foresters when it was explained that annual forest fire losses in the United States run as high as $30,000,000.

Keep Green Editions Cited

Three more Georgia newspapers have joined the current trend toward fostering increased awareness of better forestry management and forestry protection activities by issuing Keep Green editions.
The newspapers were the Union Recorder, published in Milledgeville by Jere N. Moore, theGordon County News, published in Calhoun by H. L Wise, and the Jones County News, published in Gray by Dan R. Eden.
The Ranger heading the Forestry Unit in each of the three counties enlisted support of the publisher and cooperated in gathering news and information for the special publication. Therman S~rickland is Ranger for the Baldw1n County Forestry Unit. J. C. MeDearis heads the Gordon County Forestry Unit, and F. E. Blasingame directs activities of the Jones County Forestry Unit .

The 24-page Keep Green edition of the Union Recorder was filled with photographs, news articles, and advertisements stressing the forestry and Keep Green theme. Page l contained a three column photograph showing Ranger Strickland entering his jeep and plow at the unit headquarters.
Concentration on the fire prevention and better forestmanagement theme also was contained in the Jones County News special edition. Attractive advertisements stressing various forestry themes appeared throughout the paper.
The Gordon County News' issue likewise devoted its pages to special photographs, arti7l~s, and advertisements emphas1z1ng the part which forestry has paid in developing that county. The lead story on page l of the paper reviewed the history of the Gordon County Forestry Unit and described its progress and problems.

On Fusiform
Each Spring Georgia farmers and landowners begin noticing s pindle s haped swellings on the trunks and branches of their pine trees. The bright, orange spores which are produced at this time of year make th~s swellings especially consp1cuous.
This disease, the Southern Fusiform, is a fungus which attacks Loblolly and Slash Pine of all ages. It girdles and kills young trees more easily than large ones, although the larger trees are weakened at the point of disease , thereby making them susceptible to breakage at that point by wind and ice.
Southern Fusiform Rust does not spread from one tree to another ; but, instead, the orange colored spores are blown from the pine to the underside of the pointed leaf oc black oak leaf, where it develops into another type spore which comes back and attacks the p1nes.
White oaks, post oaks, and evergreen oaks have little importance as alternate hosts, because they take the disease lightly.
Eradication of the oaks would be impractical; therefore, the only feasible controls for this disease consist of growing the trees in dense stands to prevent widespreadinf~stat1on It is wise in already heavily infested stands to prune off the diseased branches where the swelling is less than 18 inches wide from the trunk of the tree. This will keep the fungus from spreading from limb to trunk.
Management foresters of the Georgia Forestry Commission can offer further advice on this disease. Proper marking of trees for a commercial cutting will help the farmer or la~downer to rid his pines of the d1sease and also will leave a well-stocked stand of heal thy growing trees for a future timber crop.

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Woody Sez--

Woody believe in fore.t protection.

He soys: "Use your osh tray!

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and members of the camp staff are: J. F. Spiers, Forester, Central of Georgia Railroad', Statesboro; Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia

South Carolina Commission of Forestry, Columbia, S.C.; S.C. Chandler, and R. D. Stephens,

A. A. A., and the Naval Stores
conservation Program. In recognition of the economic
values of Georgia's forest re-

Forestry Commission, Atlanta;

both of the Georgia Agricultural sources and the importance of per-

H. E. Ruark, Assistant Director, Extension Service, Athens.

petuating and increasing these

Georgia Forestry Commission,

resources, the Georgia Forestry

Atlanta; Howard J. Doyle, Area Forester, Southern Pulpwood Conservation Associatio I\, Macon; J. C. Turner, Assistant Director; Georgia For~stry Commission, Atlanta; Harry Rossoll, Visual
Information Specialist, Southern Region, U. S. Forest Service,

James Jenkins, of the School of Forestry and of the State Game Commission, was moderator of a panel on ''Wildlife as a Forest Crop in the South." Panel members were H. W. Stoddard, Sherwood Planations, Thomasville;

Commission and th~ Georgia Forestry Association jointly sponsor the Georgia Tree Farms System in cooperation with the Southern Pine Association. The program is designed to recognize and honor those.landowners who are adequately protecting and properly mana-

Atlanta; R. E. Davis, Information and Education Chief, Georgia

William Fischer, of the U. S.

ging their woodland acreage, and its purpose is to encourage Geor-

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Forestry Commission, Atlanta; Al Forest Service, Atlanta, was gia's landowners to maintain or

Davenport, Conservation Forester, moderator of a panel on "Modern increase the value of their tree

Union Bag and Paper Corporation, Forest Survey Techniques for crop so that the forest of the

Swainsboro; M. E. Nixon, District Private Properties." Panel mem- State will be a perpetual source

Forester, EighthDistrict,Georgia bers were R. V. Malecki, Forest of income to their owners and to



Forestry Commission, Waycross; Engineer, Union Bag and Paper the many thousands of Georgians

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Robert Rutherford, Assistant I & E Chief, Georgia Forestry Commission, Atlanta; C. Dorsey

Corporation, Savannah; S. E. Fogelberg, Chief Forester, International Paper Corporation,

who are employed directly or in-
directly in the harvesting or pr~essing of that cFop.

Dyer, Extension forester, Georgia Agricultural Extension Service,

Mobile, Alabama; R. M. Campbell, Forester, Scotch Lumber Company,

In 1930 a pre-commercial thinn-
ing prepared the area for later

Tifton; P. S. Booth, District Ranger, Eighth District, Georgia Forestry Commission, Waycross; Curtis Barnes, Assistant Dis-

Fulton, Alabama, and E. T. Hawes, Fores te r, West Lumber Company., Atlanta.

harvesting of forest products.
Approximately 20,000 feet of saw timber were harvested in 1931 and another 75,000 in 1951. Also

trict Forester, District Three, Georgia Forestry Commission, Americus; \1/al terN. Stone, Assistant District Forester, District One, Georgia Forestry Commission, Statesboro;and R. W. ~1artin, Jr., Assistant District Forester, District Ten, Georgia Forestry Commission, Washington.

James Silver, Regional Director, Fish and WildlifeService, Atlanta, and Leonard Foote, Southeastern Representative, Wildlife Institute, Marietta.
Tours of school properties included those of Oconee, Denmark, and Whitehall Fares ts.

during 1951, 300 cords of pulp-
wood were cut and during the last
five years 135 barrels of gum have
been prOduced.
Any private forest or woodland owner, is eligible to receive a Tree Farm award if he meets the stand~rds established by the Georg1.a Forestry Commission.

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