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Georqia Is One Biq Tinder Box 
(From the Atlanta Constitution) 
 
The 5-cQlumn pict~re in ye~ terday's Const1tut1on show1ng smoke billowing from a forest fire in Fulton County brings home a danger that has menaced Georgia for weeks. The drouth has intensified the summer hazard of woods fires.and the state is one big tinder box. The Fulton fire burned out more than 900 acres. 
A burning match carelessly 
tossed from a car window, a lighted cigarette dropped by a thoughtless fisherman or picknicker can start a fire that"will des troy acres of valuable timber. 
Such carelessness cannot be condoned as the nation arms for defense. Timber resources are scarce enough without wanton waste. 
 
As for Fulton, it is preposterous that the wealthiest, most populous county in the state should be without organized fire protection. That is even more true when it is considered that 64 per cent of the county's area :i's in woods. 
Yesterday we w~re lucky that fire-fighting units from neighboring counties, which do have organized protection, came in and helped control the blaze. But next time Fulton County has a big fire, these good neighbm;s may be having troubles of the1r 
own. 
Hy July 1. a total of 102 of 
Georgia's counties will have organized forest protection. Surely this dry spell will make the others, including Fulton, see the need. 
 
GEORGIA FORESTRY 
 
Vol. 4 
 
July, 1951 
 
No. 7 
 
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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EDITrn . . . . . . 
 
.R. E. Davis 
 
ASSOCIATE EDITCRS. 
 
. Robert Rutherford Patricia McKemie 
 
* * * DISTRICT. OFFICES, Georgia Forestry Commission: 
 
DISTRICT I DISTRICT II DISTRICT I II DISTRICT IV DISTRICT VI DISTRICT VI I DISlRICT VI II DISTRICT IX DISTRICT X 
 
P. 0. Box 268, Statesboro P. 0. Pox 122, Camilla P. 0. Pox 169, Ame"ricus P. 0. Pox 333, Newnan Court House, Macon West Fuilding, Rome P. 0. Box 811, Waycross P. 0. Pox 416, Gainesville P. 0. Box 302, Washington 
 
Who Causes Disastrous Fires? 
(From the carrolltm Tirres-Free Press) 
Some people around Whitesburg were pretty irate last week about the series of woods fires which came dangerously close to the town and burned over a territory estimated at 300 acres. The Times-Free Press was telephoned by one businessman who asserted the f:i rst fire was started by a farmer in burning over some bottom land without taking any precautions. In fact this infvrmant said the man started the fire and then left it to burn itself out. 
Once in the woods it spread rapidly. An unfavorable light wind may have been only what kept it from raging into town. This fire could be dismissed as just another ' 'harmless woods fire.' ' But it was not harmless. It destroyed thousands of small pines and set back several years in their growth hundreds of slightly older young pines ..... 
Yes, every forest fire is harmful if one will just stop to consider the damage it does. The Whitesburg fires gave the Carroll County fire-fighting crew one of its sweatiest workouts and help was called from Coweta County . 
. . .They are glad to help out in an emergency, but don't feel very good about it if the fire results from carelessness. It would seem that some ,prosecutions of persons guilty in the startmg of such fires are in order. The danger is too great not be challenged and checked 
(I)"" e~ Boys camps, as portrayed on our cover, took the spotlight on the Georgia forestry scene last month. Laura Walker State park was the site of two such camps . 
A camp for Future Fanners of America was sponsored by four member mills of the Southern Pulpwood Conservati en Associa':' tion, MaconKraft Company, Brunswick pulp and Paper Company, Union Bag and Paper (brporation, and Gair Woodlands, Inc. A camp for 4-H members was sponsored by the Union Bag and 
Paper Corporation. 
 
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Protected Counties Compete 
Fire Prevention Contest Slated By Georgia Forestry Association 
 
The way has been cleared for two national pulp and paper companies to invest almost $45,000,000 in two new pulp mills in Georgia--one at Valdosta and one <lt Rome. 
The National Container Corporation of New York and Jacksonville has been granted a certificate of necessity by the Defense Production Administration for the construction of a pulp plant in Lowndes County. A tract of 400 acres near Valdosta has been obtained for plant installation. 
Officials estimate the plant will cost $21,000,000 and will employ some 1,000 persons. Products to be manufactured by the proposed mill are kraft paper, kraft board, paper, Ulp, and shipping containers. 1he plant will have a 100-ton production. 
Two important considerations yet to be fully determined by detailed surveys are whether a sufficient supply of water and adequate disposal of afluent are present. Local authorities believe both will be found at the contemplated site south of Valdosta. 
The Mead Paper Corporation {Jlans construction of a new plant at Rome on the Coosa River. The estimated investment is $23,000000, and many hundreds will be employed. 
An extensive forestry program is planned by the company to insure a continuous supply of marketable pulpwood. 
This north Georgia plant will open a pulpwood market in that area anrl will afford a more convenient and economic outlet for pulpwood dealers who formerly transported wood to plants hundreds of miles <lway. 
 
Details of a $1,000 forest fire prevention contest, in which 86 Georgia counties under organized forest protection are eligible, have been announced by the Georgia Forestry Association. 
Hugh Dobbs, Association President, said thecash prize of$1 000 will be awarded the county showing the greatest progress in its forest fire prevention program. 
' 'Our purpose, ' ' Dobbs said, ''is fourfold. ''We want toreduce the number of forest fires which annually ravage Georgia's woodland acres. We want, too, to reduce the total acreage which these fires damage. 
''We wish,'' he added, ''to stimula,te interest in better forest protection, and, finally, we desire to create a greater sense of personal responsibility regarding forest fire prevention among all citizens - each man, woman, and child.'' 
The Association head said certificates will be presented the five runner-up counties. 
''All counties, however who join the contest will profit, no matter whether or not they receive an award. Their profit will lie in the fact that prevention of a single fire may save jobs and income far more valuable from a dollars and cents standpoint than the cash prize we are awarding.'' 
Counties cooperating with the fire control system of the Georgia Forestry Commission for one or more years prior to July 1, 1951, may participate. Dobbs explained this limitation was necessary because satisfactory records for determining the reduction in fires and acreage burned are available only from forest fire reports compiled by the Georgia Forestry COOlllission. 
 
First step necessary for entering the contest, according to Association contest officials, is to form a County Council contest. ''KeepGeorgiaGreen'' committees, composed of representatives of civic and service clubs, exist in many counties. The officials also suggest that County Councils include County Ranger or Forester, Chairman uf the County Forestry Board, County Agent, Farm Bureau representative, editors and radio station representatives, County Commission Chairman, Mayors, County School Superintendent, Soil Conservation technician, vocational agriculture teachers, bankers, and businessmen. 
Dobbs said one of the Council's first jobs will be setting up a fact finding committee which, in cooperation with County Forester or Ranger, should learn how fires are started in the county, who starts the fire, and why fires are started. 
The Council's responsibility will be organizing and, conducting the woods fire prevention campaign. The actual success which this local initiative yields will determine winners. 
''Armed with this data,'' Dobbs declared, ''special committees should be formed to launch a direct attack at the specific fire causes as reported by the fact finding committee.'' 
He said that if incendiary fires are a problem in a county, a com- 
mit tee should be formed to aid law enforcement officers. Counties troubled with debris burning as a top ranking forest fire cause would form a committee to work with landowners and others who burn trash and brush in or near wooded areas. 
Industrial committees can help point out, ''Everybod-y loses 
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GEORGIA FORESTRY 
 
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More than 100 Georgia future 
Fa r mers of America learned first hand the secrets of the ta ll tim be r underneath the tower ing pines of Laura Wa lke r State Park nea r Waycross last month as they ga thered for a week's session of 
t he 1951 Boy's Forestry Camp. 
The camp was conducted by the Georgi a For estry Commiss ion and sponsored by Macon Kraft Company , Brunsw ick Pulp and Paper Company Union Bag and Paper Cor~oration, and Gair Woodl ands Inc. 'lne coop e r ating mills are members of the Southern Pulpwood Conse rvation Associa tion. 
The action-packed week was jammed with event s ranging f rom pr actical forestry instruction to a r ound of tours and hotly -contested ballgames. The FFA youths , chosen in forestry competitions and on their r ecord in fo r est ry proj ects, r epr esented their own counties. 
Their select ion fo r the camp was based on interest and demon st r ated ability in for est ry. Many of the boys who attended had for the past seve ral months "been carryin g on such forest r y pr ojects as thinning, planting t r ees, and pe r for ming selective cutting; 
 
and it was their work on these projects which won them the ir places a t camp. 
Topics the boys s tudied included thinning , reforestation, marketing, insects and disease, harvesting, f ire control, and tree identifica tion . Demonstrations included f ire control, use of hand too ls and equi pment, naval stor es, and operation of t he bow saw. Emphasis during the tra ining pe riods was based on ' ' learning by doing."'' 
Recreation as well as in struc tion was highlighted during the camp period. Activities included a trip to Okenfenokee Swamp Park, anothe r t o see the Waycross base ball team in action, and full round of camp ath l etics . 
Individual and group pr1ze winners during the camp sess1on were as follows: 
Final forestry exam: Tommy Rainey, Schley County, first; John Hasty, Terrell County, second; Virgil Pierce, Brantley, third; Jack Brassell, Glascock, fourth; Jeff Herbert, Schley, fifth, Alton Tanner, Coffee, sixth, and Jimmy Evans, Laurens, seventh. 
 
Prizes were donated by the Georgia Forestry Association and D. B. Smith Company. First 
prize was $2 5, second $20, and third, $10. Back pumps served 
as fourth and fifth prizes. Sixth prize was .a steel casting rod, and seventh a fishing reel. 
Outstanding campers included Tommy Faircloth, Grady~ Alton Tanner, Coffee ; Tommy ~ainey, Schley~ Bill Williams, Marion; Titus Sloan, Thomas; HenryCrumley, Tift; Ronald Wilson, Colquittp Thomas Evans, Screven; Foy Thomas, Pierce; Jeff Herbert, Schley; John Aycock, McDuffie; Barry Anderson, Tattnall. 
Earl Godwin, Wayne County, won first prize in the swimming competition. Second pri ~ <went to Owen Prescott, Brantley, and third to Earl Echols, Pierce. Other swimming winners were Joe Johnson, Miller; Paul Bass, Brooks, andDoyle Taylor, Bacon. 
Joe Johnson, Miller County, won first place in the diving compet1t1on. Second prize went to John Law, Randqlph, and third to Doyle Taylor, Bacon. Other 
diving winners were R. William 
 
FORES1RY EXAM WINNERS--Left to right, Jeff Herbert, Jack Brassell, John Hasty, Tommy Rainey, Alton Tanner, and Jimmy Evans. Winner Virgil Pierce was not present for the photograph. Con!f atulating tbe winners is Howard Doyle, Area Forester, SPCA. 
 
' HANDY Wlni A BIL 'IMORE STICK' --Two yobng forestry enthusiasts follow up a class in mensuration at the 1951 Boys Forestry Camp at Laura Walker P~rk. 
 
 Miller;, William Cowart, 1lpng, 
 
and Henry Bloodworth, Houston . 
 
Pri zes don ated by the Geor- 
 
gia Forestr y Association total - 
 
ed $100 . Camp delegates this year were 
 
selected from south Georgi a, while 
 
next year's group will come from 
 
north Georgia and will hold camp 
 
at <1 north Georgia site. The camp staff included Guyton 
 
DeLoach, Director, Georgia For- 
 
est r y Commission, Atlanta; Ho- 
 
ward J. Doyle, Area Forester, 
 
Southern Pul pwood Conservation 
 
Association, Macon; J. F. Spiers, 
 
Forester, Control of Georgia Rail- 
 
road, Statesboro ; A. E. Davenport, Conservation Foreste r, Union Bag and Paper Corporation, Swainsboro; H. E.Ruark, Assista nt Director in Charge of Fire Control, Geor gia 
 
STUDY INS ECTS AND DISEAS E DAMAGE TO PINES J. C. Turner, left , Geor gi a Forestry Commission, gi ves instructi on as Jeff 
 
PLANT PINES--Boys learn bow t o plant seedlings with dibbles. J. F. Spiers, right, of the Cent ral of Georgia Uililroad, gi ves 
 
Forestry Commission, Atlanta; 
J. C. Turner, Assistant Director in Charge of Management, Georgia 
 
Herbert , Schley County looks on. ant District Forester, Georgia 
 
i nst ruc tions. Wesley Patrick, Brooks; Barry Mar - 
 
Forestry Commission, Atlanta; M. Forest ry Commission , Statesboro ; tin, Alton Tanner , Johnny White, 
 
E. ixon., District Forester, Geor- R. W. Martin Jr . Assistant Dis giaFores try Commission, Wayc ros s, tri ct forester, Georgia Forestry 
 
Coffee; Jack Presley , Ronald Wil - 
son , Colquitt; J. L. Martin, Cook ; 
 
and Dor sey Dye r, Exte nsion For- Commi ssion, Washington, Ga.; Hurdis Pitts, Crisp; Alee Brock , 
 
este r, Georgia Agri c ultural Ex- Rober t Rutherford, Assistant In- Decatur, James Washington , Dooly; 
 
tension Service, Tifton. Others formation and Education Chi ef , Jimmy Swann, Victor Enfinger; 
 
of the camp staff were Harry Georgia Forestry Commiss ion, At- Early; Billy Culpepper , Luverne 
 
Ross oll, Visual Informat ion Spec- lanta, and B. S. Booth, District Wheeler, Echols; Tommy Faircloth, 
 
ialist, Southern Region, . S. Ranger, Geor gi a Forest ry Com- Grady; Henry Bloodsworth, Houston; 
 
Forest Service, Atlanta; R. E. mission, Waycross . 
 
Ronald Paulk, Irvin; Benny Pafford 
 
Da vi s, Information and Education 
 
Boys attending came and the Lanier; Gene Pitts, Lee; Henry 
 
Chief , Geor gia Forestry Commis- counties they represen ted, in - Tou chton , Jr . , Lowndes; Ronald 
 
sion, Atlanta; Curtis Barnes, eluded the following: 
 
Smith, Macon; Bill Williams; 
 
Ass istant District Forester, 
 
J ames D. Wilkerson, Atkinson; Marion; Howell Cook, Miller; 
 
Georgia Forestr y Commission, Kenneth Musgrove, Baker; Tommy Eugene Curles , Mitchell ; James 
 
Ame ri cus , Wa l ter . Stone, Assist- Kimball, Be n Hill; J ames Blalock, Hudson, Peach; Herbe rt Robertson , 
 
I '0 WE VE BEEN WORKING I NTHE FOREST' - -Evening recreat i on 
 
YOUNG OR OLD- -IT' S HOT, HARD WORK--Boys at the 1951 Boys 
 
li me at the 1951 Boys Forest ry camp f eatures these boys who sing a woodlands parody on ~ ve Bee n Workin' On the Rail- 
road. " Harry Rossoll , Vi sual In f or mation Specialis t, u. S. 
 
Forestry Camp l earn t hat s t udying f orestry doesn' t all con 
s i s t o f s t udyi ng t r e e grow t h and identificat i on under the cooling, shade oj a p i ne f ores t . Protect i ng those pines 
 
Fores t Service, Southern Region, pl ays t he accordi on . 
 
fire hits a forest is ho t , ba r d 
 
 HOW TO Kll..L A HARDWOOD-- -A recent demonstration at Governor Herman Talmadge s farm near Lovejoy centered ab wt eradication of hardwoods through use of acids. Governor Talmadge, holding acid jar, applies a lethal dose to an aged hardwood. The group includes, left to right, Senator James Mann, of the 35th District; James C. Turner, Assistant Director in Charge of Management, Georgia Forestry Commission; Ben T. Huett, Georgia Labor Commissioner; Governor Talmadge, and, at right 
foreground, Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Forestry Commission. Eradication of hardwoods makes for healthier conditions among adjoin- 
ing, more rapidly growing pines. 
 
All District 1 Protected 
 
As Tattnall, Early Join 
 
Two more counties have joined the state's forest protection program, with one, Tattnall, giving the First District the honor of being the first of Georgia's 10 districts to report 100 per cent coverage for its wooded areas. 
The other newly protected county, Early, placed the Second District with ll of its 14 counties now under organized forest protection. 
Addition of the two counties brought the total of forestry units in Georgia to 102 and the total of acres under protection to 17,231, 158, an increase of 2,402,314 acres over the previous fiscal year. 
G. Phillip Morgan, of Savannah , Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, Georgia Forestry Commission, said he was happy to see his own distric t win t he distinction of being the first to be c omple tely protec t e d. C.M. Jordan Jr ., o f Alamo , also a me mber of t he Board o f Commis - 
 
s ion, and a resident of the First District, expressed simi1ar appreciation for the District's showing. 
Special forest fire fighting equipment to be used by Tattnall includes a two-ton truck and a 12-ton flat trailer on which is loaded a crawler tractor. The tractor will be equipped with a fire line plow. 
The county will also have three fire towers equipped with twoway radio communications. These towers are provided by the state At. no rost to the county. 
Early County, the Second District county which on July 1 joined the state's forest protection program, will use special forest fire fighting equipment including forest fire suppression tractor and plow unit, a oneand -a-half ton truck equipped with water tank and hand equipment, a quarter ton jeep equipped with fire line plow. The county 
will also have 3 towers equipped 
with two way radio communications. 
 
SPCA Meetings 
In Four Areas 
Attract 500 
Four area meetings of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association held recently at Pensacola and Jacksonville, Florida; Hot Springs, Arkansas, and Richmond, Virginia attracted more than 500 pulpwood suppliers, representatives of pulpmills, foresters, and landowners. 
Those attending the Area One meeting at Hot Springs heard Arkansas State Forester Fred H. Lang discuss the everyday problems of a state forester. 
Clarence Byrnes, Editor of the Southwest American, Fort Smith, Arkansas, also addressed the Hot Springs group. 
A panel discussion, led by N. W. Sentell, Forester for the Southern Advance Bag and Paper Company, of Hodge, Louisiana, developed ways by which the pulpwood industry and the dealers are contributing to the solution of state forestry problems. 
Taking part in the discussion were C. G. Snyder, Wood Procurement Division of International Paper Company, Camden, Arkansas; Lud E. King, Conservation Forester, Champion Paper and Fibre Company, Huntsville, Texas; Ben Harrell, independent supplier, of ElDorado, Arkansas, and James M. Case, Forester, Soil Conservation Service, Hope, Arkansas. 
Henry J. Malsberger, General 
Manager of the SFCA, Atlanta, and Ralph Davis Jr., Area Forester of the SFCA at Ruston, Louisiana, also spoke. Ear 1 Porter, Manager, Woodlands Division, International Paper Company, concluded the meeting. 
Principal speaker for the Area Two Pensacola, meeting was J. H. Sherrill, retired businessman, woodland owner, and member of the Florida Board of Forestry. 
A. K. Oester,Division Forester,, International Paper Company, Canton , Missippi , and recently visiting expert consultant to the Forestry Division of the Natural Resources Section, Gen~ral Headquarters, Supreme 
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Foresters And Rangers In The News 
 
Owen House, Forester for the Mitchell County Forestry Unit, believes in using concrete figures to show readers of his regular forestry column the advantages of planting pine trees. 
Writing in the Camilla Enterprise, House stated, ''A fair example of what return planted pines can bring happened in the county. A 40 acre planted tract, 
17 years old, was selectively 
thinned. Approximately one third of the stand was removed, leaving the better trees more room to grow. 
''The returns,'' he continued, ''were $2,206 for pulpwood-alone. This makes a return of $3.26 per year on one third of the stand and the better two thirds is still growing. This stand was, according to the owners, planted on poor land.'' 
The Forester also pointed out in his article that with the building of new wood industries, such as the pulp plant planned for Valdosta, Mitchell Countians always will find a good market for their trees. 
 
''No matter how alert or effective 
our forest fire fighters are or how much expensive equipment they have to work with, they cannot keep down our county's fire acreage loss without your help. This year, more than any ye?r recently, the help of every citizen is vitally needed.'' 
Grave~ outlined summer o.fans for the Unit and said that dunng coming months the organization 
 
hopes to bring .its message of . ''Fight Forest Fires Before They Start, ' ' to a wide audience throughout Stephens -<:ounty. He said churches, institutional, and civic groups will be urged to show free forestry films available from the Georgia Forestry Commission. 
Other summertime plans call for increased distribution of forestry literature. 
 
PROTECTING WARE WOODLANDSL.M. Snellgrove, Ware County Forestry Unit, mans the dispatcher's post in the spotless Unit headquarters, recently termed by Eighth District officials "one of the best kept 
headquarters in that area." Harold Osborne is Ranger for the Unit. 
Special racks have been constructed for office forms, for Information and Education literature, and for office supplies, and each is kept in its designated rack. 
 
A special forest fire _prevention issue of the Toccoa Record was printed last month. Toccoa is in Stephens County, where Forester C. Nelson Brightwell heads the County Forestry Unit. 
Special news articles concerning activities of the Stephens County Forestry Unit, a woodsfire prevention editorial, and advertisements stressing the theme, ''Prevent Forest Fires,'' highlighted the issue. 
Forester Brightwell cooperated with R. W. Graves, Record editor and publisher, in the special publication. 
An ed1torial, entitled ''Citizens' Aid Asked,'' pointed out, 
 
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GEORGIA FORESTRY 
 
Unprotected 
 
FLAMES RACE OVER VALUABLE SOUTH FULTON COUNTY TIMBERLANDS. 
June 5 fire in unprotected area was attacked by Georgia Forestry Co1110ission forces from nearby protected counties. 
TRACTOR AND PLOW SUPPRESSION UNIT GOES INTO ACTION. 
One of three tractor and fireplow units rushed to scene by Forestry COmmission. The fire-fighting vlows were brought in from nearby counties which have organized protection as ''good neighbor'  gestureto hold down fire loss. 
 
Need VoluntE 
Forest fires in the 57 unprotected counties in Georgia could wreak untold damage unless all citizens in these counties band together into volunteer fire fighting groups to help combat fire when it starts, is the warning from Guyton DeLoach, Director of the Georgia Forestry CommisS1on 
''We have given all possible assistance in combatting forest fires in unprotected counties,'' DeLoach pointed out," and with the help of the 102 protected counties over the state and volunteer fire fighters, have saved many thousand woodland acres. Actually, however, the Georgia Forestry Commission has no equipment available for fighting fires in unprotected counties. 
''When a fire occurs 1n an unprotected county,' 'State Forester DeLoach explained, ''equipment must be borrowed from some other county that is under organized forest fire protection. The Commission itself has no such equipment that it can put into operation for fire fighting. We work on a cooperative basis with the counties that have organized forest fire protection, and it is only through the good will of these counties that equipment can be borrowed for fire fighting in unprotected counties. In other words, it is only through accommodation and the good neighbor policy of protected counties that Forestry Commission forces can fight fires in unprotected counties. 
''A great deal of praise and credit should be given to these protected counties,'' emphasized DeLoach, " for lending this invaluable aid to their neighbors. Haditnot been for this good neighbor policy throughout the state, thousands of acres of our most valuable woodlands would be destroyed yearly 1n unprotected counties. ' ' 
Addition of.l7 counties to Georg1a' s organ).zed tares try program onJuly I, 1ncreased the protected counties to 102, and the total amount of land under pro  
 
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tection to more than 16 3/4 mil- 
lion acres. That leaves, however, 57 counties and several million acres still not under protection. 
''If a county is not now under protection,'' emphasized Deloach ''let me urge local citizens to band together into volunteer fire fighting groups to stand ready in case of emergency. The time to organize these groups is now. Unprotected counties m'-!st b~ prepared to fight a fire 1mmed1ately after its outbreak,'' Deloach continued, and explained, ''Ry being organized, having men and equipment ready and on call, thousands of dollars in valuable timber, crops and farm homes and buildings can be saved. Fire gives no warning; it might break out at any time. If these volunteer groups are already organized, they can start fighting the fire immediately. Immediate action is required to stop the spread of fire. It is always easier to stop <:'- fire just after it startsthan totry to stop it after it has spread over several hundred acres. Again let me urge all citizens in unprotected counties to join with their neighbors in an all out effort to stop this shameful waste of one of Georgia's most valuable natural resources-her forests. 
' 'Special tribute should be paid to volunteer groups through the state, both in protected and unprotected counties,'' Deloach declared, '' for the excellent job they are doing in helping to keep 
down fire loss. These groups have 
cooperated in every way possib!~- by reporting fires immediately, by fighting fires unti 1 organized fire crews ha.ve arrived, and by staying on the scene and workins until the fire is completely out and mopping up operations are finished. 
" If everyone in Georgi a cooperates with us, " Deloach declared, "we can save not only woodlands but other valuable property and crops. Everyone loses when fire destroys our forests. Your cooperation in preventing forest fires is urgently needed. 
 
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FIRE BREAKS SURROUND BURN I.NG AREA 
Fire is under control and alnost out as patrolling and mopping up operations go forward. Several thousand acres saved to grow, produce and provide. 
 
DAMAGING FIRE STOPPED BY TRACTOR-PLOWED FIREBREAK. 
Wide, clean firebreak cut by specially designed equipment of Forestry Corrmission stops on-rushof flames. 
 
 CROSSCUI' SAW INSTRUCJli)N FROM AN EXPERT- C. 0. Brown, of the Sanvik Saw and Tool Company, gets a workoJt himself as he instructs a young 4-H camper in proper use of the crosscut saw. 
 
Nearly 100 South Georgia 4-H Club boys who had attained high records in Club forestry projects attended the seventh annual 4-H Club Forestry CJp at laura Walker State Park near Waycross June 1116 and learned first-hand how to do even better in those projects. 
Sponsored by the Union Bag and Paper Corporation, Savannah, and the Agricultural Extension Service, the camp included lessons in fore~t management, tree identification, marking and cutting pulpwood, reforestation, naval stores production, and fire control. 
The entire group toured the Union Bag plant at Savannah June 14 and was served a picnic lunch at the Golf Clubhouse at Union Bag. The boys visited the Oke fe- 
 
nokee Swamp Park the following 
day. At the end of the camp an exami- 
nation was given to select the five top boys of the camp. 
They were Hendley Moody, Mcintosh County; Cha~pell Collins, Mitchell County; Durwood Wrenn, Treutlen County; Lawton Achord, Laurens County; Raymond Cason, Cook County. 
Each boy placed first m his group and was awarded $5 by the Woodlands Division, Union Bag and Paper Corporation. In addition to the $5, Chappell Collins received a fire pump through the courtesy of D. B. Smith Company. 
Collins was named as the outstanding camper. 
Instructors, according to C. Dorsey Dyer, Extension Service 
Forester, and R. J. Richardson, 
 
Assistant State 4-H Club leader, 
were R. D. Helmken and M. S. Ay- 
cock, both conservation foresters, Union Bag and Paper Corporation; M. E. Nixon, District Forester, and John Herndon, Assistant District Forester, Georgia Forestry Commission; Howayd J. Dayle, Conservation ForestP-r, Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association; J. F. Spiers, Forester, Central of Georgia Railroad, C.O. Brown, Sanvik Saw and Tool Com- 
pany, and W. L. Chapman, Assist- 
ant Extension Service Forester, and C. E. Lavely, Union Bag and Paper Corporation. 
Kirk Sutlive, Director of Public Relations, Union Bag and Paper Corporation, W. S. Brown, Associate Director, Agricultural Extension Service, and W. A. Sutton, State 4-H Club lea'der, were among speakers of th~ week. 
 
FIREBRFAK PLOWING GETS INTERESTED AUDIENCEBoys at the 4-H Forestry camp held at Lwra Walker State Park near Waycross last month watch modern machinery being utilized in preventing Mftdfire. 
 
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License Applications Urqed 
 
License applications under 
Georgia's newforester registration law are beginning to be submitted in the offices of R. C. Coleman, Joint Secretary of the State Examining Board, which is in charge of licensing of the state's foresters. 
A special plea to non-graduate foresters qualified for registration by 10 or more years of practical forestry work recently came from Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Forestry Commission, and from C. F. Evans, President, Society of American Foresters, who are registration board members. DeLoach and Evans asked that this group submit applications in time for the registration board's next meeting. 
 
The plea also was addressed t o graduate foresters who have .not received degrees from an accred1 ted forestryschool, yet are qualified by experience to be licensed for- 
esters. 
Licensing of foresters was established at the 1951 General Assembly, Georgia, through passage of the law, became the first state in the United States to have licensing of professional foresters. 
Forms may be obtained by those desiring to become licensed foresters by writing R. C. Coleman, Joint Secretary, State Examining Board, lll State Capitol, Atlanta. The registration fee is $10, of which $5 must accompany application. 
 
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when the woods burn. Facts on timber income to landowners and members of the wood using indus try also would help gain contest support. 
Periodic meetings will help the Council and its committees. County-wide rallies, barbecues, and picnics will promote interest. 
Dobbs said he will make entry blanks available both at the Georgia Forestry Association office, 905 C. & S. Bank Building, Atlanta, at County Forestry Unit headquarters. 
Basis for judging will be comparative percentage reduction in number of forest fires started and total acreage burned. Judges will inspect reports, scrapbooks, and will make on-the-ground inspections of counties with the best records. 
Although main factors will be in reduction in the number of fires and acres burned, judges also will consider such factors as weather conditions, volunteer assistance in fire-fighting, and accuracy of fire records. 
The winning county must use the prize money for a charitable or civic project of county wide benefit. 
 
1951 BOYS FORESTRY CAl'tP  
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Pulaski; Oscar R. Aycock, J. W. Law, Randolph; Tommy Tainey, Charner Wall, Schley; Douglas Harvey, Seminole; Nathan Page, Stewart; Charles Liles, Sumter; John Hasty, Wayne Lay, Terrell; Titus Sloan, Thomas; Henry Crunley, Jr. Tift; Hugh Hobby, Turner; Aubrey Lee, Ware; Rainey Davis, Webster; Robert Graham, Wilcox; Robbie Roberson, James Eason, Appling; Doyle Taylor, Bacon; Billy Miller, Stephen Kitchens, Baldwin; Virgil Pierce, Brantley; ONen Prescott, Rodney Burnsed., Bryan, Billy Andrews, Burke; William C. Teal, Dodge; Eugene Lindsey, Varnie Wilson, Effingham; Loy D. Cowart, Jr. Bobby McNeely; Emanuel; Adrian Aaron, Evans,; Jack Brassell, Glascock, Richard B. Griffin, Hancock; Daniel Claxton, Dennis Williams, Jeff Davis; Roy Fiar, Jefferson; Don Forehand; Jenkins; Billy Wood, Jimmy Evans; Laurens; William Cowart, Tommy Parker, Long; Harold Adair, McDuffie; Leon Davis, John Willie Strickland, Montgomery;, Earl E~hols, Jr., Charles Joyner, Pierce, Thomas Evans, Screven; Barry Anderson. Lewis Lynn; Tattnall; Jim Hensley, Richmond; Bobby Mosley; Toombs; Earl Godwin, Wayne, Carl Rowland, Williard Anderson; John McDaniel, ~eeler; Bobby Dominy, Wilkerson. 
 
SPCA rrEETINGS   
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Commander for the Al l ied Powers in Tokyo, described fores t r y conditions in Japan. 
John Raeburn, Woodlands Manager, Coosa River Newsprint Company, Coosa Pines, Alabama, and Harold Foil, Gaylord Container Corporation, Bogalusa, Louisiana, outlined the methods used by their respective companies in promoting conservation. 
J. R. McKee, Forester for the St. Regis Paper Company, guided the group through a stand of slow growing longleaf underplanted with slash and explained operation of the St. Regis nursery. The St. Regis Paper Corporation provided luncheon following the -field trip. 
A. G. Curtis, Gaylord Container Corporation, presided over the meeting and Justin Weddell, St. Regis Paper Company, served as tostmaster during the banquet. 
The Area Three meeting, Jacksonville, consisted of a field trip in the vicinity of Florida's Olustee Forestry Experiment Station. Trammel Green, Nurseryman for the Florida Forest Service, d~scribed OQeration of the nursery, Kenneth B. Pomeroy, officer in charge of the Lake City Research Center, Southeastern Forest Experiment Stat1on. conducted the group on a tour of the Osceola National Forest. 
On the Olustee Experiment Forest, George Gruschow and Albert Snow outlined activities being carried on there. G. H. Wesley, National Container Corporation, presided at the banquet, and T.W. Earle, Gair Woodlands Corporation, welcomed the guests. 
The Area Four meeting at Richmond was held in conjunction with the Appalachian Section, Society of American Foresters. 
J. H. Keener, Manager, Chapion Paper and Fibre Company, and 
SFCA President, opened the 
meeting. Theo H. Davis , Chairman of the Appalachian Section, welcomed Society members, and Walter G. Schwab, Vice President and General Manager, Glatfelter Pulp Wood Company , was Master of Ceremonies. 
 
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JULY 1951 
FOREST LAWS OF GEORGIA 
IN GEORGIA, INFR1CTIONS OF FOREST LAWS ARE EITHER ~liSDEMEANORS OR FELONIES. 
MISDEMEANOR A person who allows fire to cross from his 
land on to land of another owner is guilty of a misdemeanor. The landowner has the right to burn his own land as he desires, but he is responsible to see that the fire does not burn adjoining land of another owner without permission. The landowner who contemplates burning his own land is required to notify all other landowners whose land the fire might conceivably reach if it got out of control. This notification should be given at least twenty four hours in advance . 
Once he has set fire to his own land, the landowner is responsible to see that the fire does not become wild. The landowner \WlO contemplates burning is also required top low around the field or area to be burned or construct other sui table fire break. IT MATTERS NOT WHETHER THE PERSON DID OR DID NOT INTEND FOR THE FIRE TO GET AWAY - HE IS STILL GUILTY OF AT LEAST A ~IISDElllEAI'lOR. 
FELONY Any person who willfully and naliciously 
sets fire to woods of another without permission is guilty of a felony. Conviction of this crime carries a sentence of one to two years confinement in the state pententiary. 
 
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