SEPTEMBER 1951 GEORGIA FORESTRY Georgia's Forest Wealth (From the Rome News-Tribune) Fire-Prevention Contest (From the Columbus Ledger) In 1950, Georgians received more than 167 million dollars for forest products. Logs for lumber brought 59 million; pulpwood brought 30 million; and naval stores brought 27 million. The processed value of the forest products was estimated at 594 million doll;:~rs. Thus Georgia's timber crop is more valuable than the cot ton and tobacco crops combined. More than 166 thousand persons have full time jobs as a result of forestry and forestry products. There are 25 million acres of torest lands in the state. Too many o{ us ignore this great snurrp of wealth for the st.atP.. These fabulouE' resources _shoJJ.ld be protected and developed. lhe state forestry department 1s constantly seeking to improve fire prevention methods. The programs for fire protection deserve the support of every man, woman, and -child in the state. Proper conservation and reforestation programs are also underway. They should be continued and expanded. The coming of the new Mead Corporation paperboard mill to Northwest Georgia will open up another ready market for trees from forests of this area. The mill means another source of cash income for landowners and farmers. At j;he same time, it will be a stimulus to better protection of existing timber lands, andthe development. of new forests. GEORGIA FORESTRY Vol. 4 September, 1951 No.9 Published ~~nthly 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 ~4, .1912. Member of the Georgia Press Assoc1at1on. EDI'I'CR ASSOCIATE EDITCR * * * .R. E. Davis .Robert Rutherford DISTRICT.OFFICES, DISTRICf I DISTRICf II DISTRICf II I DISTRICf IV DISTRICf VI DISTRICf VII DISTRICf VII I DISTRICf IX DISTRICf X * * * Georgia Forestry Commission: P. 0. Box 268, Statesboro P. 0. Fox 122, Camilla P. 0. Pox 169, Americus P. 0. Pox 333, Newnan Court House, Macon West Puilding, Rome P. 0. Fox 811, Wacros~ P. 0. Fox 416, Ga1nesv1lle P. 0. Fox 302, Washington The forest products industry long has been a pr~minent factor in Georgia's econom1c str.ucture. It is expanding, becommg even more important. Therefore our forest land becomes more valuable and should be cultivated and pro- tected more carefully. To this end, the G(torgia Forestry Association has just announced a contest qpen to those Counties which coperate with the fire control sys tern of the Georgia Forestry Commission. Purpose of the contest will be to reduce the numper of forest fires, reduce the total acreage of burned land, to stimulate interest in better protection, and to create a greater sense of personal responsibility for our forests among all ci ti.zens. First prize will be $1,000, and as most of us know, Muscogee County is eligible, through our participation in the Commission's fire control system, to participate in the comp! n the forest for a livelihood. Altogether, these 166. 000 persons worked more than The chart, entitled ''Estimated Production and Value of Forest Products Harvested in Georgia in 34 million man-days in harvesting and processing forest products 1n the state. 1950," reports on a variety of timber pr cduc ts ranging from saw- logs to naval stores, veneer, and cooperage. The statistics evolved served to re-empha~nze the fact that the forest is the state's most extensive and valuable crop, is of prime importance in the economy of the state, and that the landowners of the star-e reCf~ived Georgia's forests, according to the survey, last year yielded products with a total processed value of more than $594,000,000. Total raw value at the mill of the State's 1950 forest products was $167' 021,734. The 1950 figures show sawlogs leading in the value of raw mater- more income fran the forest than ials at the mill with a total of from any other crop. A comparison $59,162,400. Pulp and paper pro- between crop values shown Gear- ducts led in the 1950 comparison gia' s timber to be more valuable of values of processed forest pro- than both cotton and tobacco com- ducts with a total aggregate of bined. $212,719,500. GREATEST CROP- Represent~d here are two industries, lumlJer, left, and pulpmilling, which contrioute toward Georgia's leadership in the forestry field. Georgia's stately pines and majestic hardwoods are truly her greatest crop, and the landowners greatest benefactor. With almost $600 million turning over annually as a result. of the growing, harvesting, processing, and sale of forest products, farmers of the state receive in excess of $150 million of this amount, and 3059 flli lls employ 166,000 persons. Georgia, as this chart shows, is indeed " on the march" with its tremendous wea 1th of forest products. 3 GEORGIA FORESTRY dJ.OIUUtiUf StuJ.uu dJ.eaiW~ R~-~~ e~~~~ Sessions on forestry and land use featured the program as more than SO teachers, educators, and conservation officials from throughQut Georgia gathered at Camp Ray on Lake Burton during the weekend of August 10-12. The encampment was part of the statewide Resource-Use workshops being held during the summer under the general supervision of Miss Reba Burnham, Director of Resource Education, College of Education, University of Georgia. Heading the list of persons present and serving as Director of the Camp was Dr. Richard L. Weaver, Resource-Use Education, North Carolina Department of Public Tns truction. Trading the classroom for the inviting woods and cooling mountain and lake breezes of North Georgia, the group studied and discussed many phases of conservation, with the emphasis on demonstration and participation by all present. The instructions and discussions were designed to aid the teachers in developing plans for the teaching of resource use in their various schools during the coming year. During the workshops each participant developed such a plan of action, with many building their courses of instruction arounn forestry. Several phases of forest protection, forest management, and teaching methods in forestry were covered for the group by 0. C. Burtz, District Forester Georgia Forestr~ Commission, Gainesville, and Robert Ruther~ ford, the Commission's Assistant Chief of Information and Education. Special instructions weu given by Burtz and Rutherford in the use of information and education material in the teaching of forestry in the public schools. Among other instructors present at the session, together with agency represented, were: Mr. E. H. Thomas , Soil Conservation- ist, Agricultural Extension Service, Athens, Georgia; Mrs. Jurelle Lott, Instructional Supervisor, BarrowCounty Schools, Winder, Georgia; Mrs. H. J. Walker, Department of Geography and Georgia, Atlanta Di vi son, Uni versity of Georgia; Mr. James H. Jenkins, Instructor, Wildlife Management, School of Forestry, University of Georgia, and State Game and Fish Commission; Mr. J. W. Burdette, Head, Education Sect1on, Soil Conservation Service, Regional Office, Spartanburg, South Carolina; and Mr. Jack Bennett, Soil Conservation Service, Gainesville, Georgia. RESOURCE-USE SESSION- Teachers study forestry and land use. Haralson and Douglas Start Forestry Units Two more Georgia counties last month joined the ranks of those under organized forestry protection, bringing the number of forestry units in the State to lOS. The two counties, Haralson and Douglas, both are in the Seventh District, which is headed by District Forester F. J. Pullen. Addition of the two counties, Pullen pointed out, leaves the Seventh District with only two counties,Fulton and Catoosa without organized forestry protection. (Georgia's forestry districts are 1oentir.al to her Congressional distr1cts, with the exception of district S, the counties of which were apportioned to various adjoining districts for f crestry administation purposes. Fulton, therefore is 1n Forestry District Seven.) Haral~on Count~ has 130.416 acres, or 72 per cent, of its total area in forest land. Douglas Coun- ty has 87,393, or 68 per cent, of its total area in forest land. DeLoach said the Commission soon will announce selection of the men who will head the work of the two new Units. Forestry Boards already have been named. Haralson County's board con- ~i~t.s ~f A.M. tlobjnson. Waco; lialph Gre~n, Talapoosa, Birch Bo'MT!an and LeW1S uavenport, -bot!> of fuchanan, and Luther Sanders, Rockmart, Rt. 2. Douglas County's board consist of H. T. &>mar, W. R. Thomas, and S. W. Mozley, all of Douglasville; W. J. Payne, Villa Rica, Rt. l, and ltobert Wilson, Whitesburg, Rt. l. The State's lOS Units protect a total forest area of 17,261,390 acres. SEPTEMBER 1951 4 Century Old Water-Powered Sawmill Cuts Gordon Timber Of the more than 2, 700 sawmills currently operating in Georgia, few are more picturesque or carry a more interesting background story than one nestled in the hills of Gordon County in North Georgia. Waterpowered and often opera ted by only a single person, theW. F. Dew mill near Cash stands almost as a relic of the past and at the same time as a monument to the lumberman's ingenuity in a by-gone age without highly-developed power sys terns. Producing high-grade lumber, principally dimension stock, the mill utilizes fast-flowing spring water as a source of power. The waters turning the wheel at the Dew mill bubble crystal clear up from the earth at the rate of 126 feet per second, back up behind a dam to provide fishing, and then turn the horizontal wheel in its endless motion. -(Continued on Page 10) SAWMilL SCENES - W. F. Dew, in photo auove, snows Gordon County Ranger J. C. MeDearis, left, and Sam Thacker, Management Forester for District 7, right, operation of his water powered sawmill. A turn of the giant wheel, lower left, harnesses the swiftly flowing water to the sa\mlill machinery. Logs are unloaded at the mill in photo IJelow, center. The mill itself, l.Je}ow, right. 5 GEORG I A FORESTRY Union Bag Awards Presented Rob ert James Beason, Eulonia , and Wa rren Guy Garre t , Buena Vi sta , have been named a s winners of t he t wo forestry scholarships awarded annually by Union Bag and Paper Corporation. Both the fu t ure foresters won their awards on th e basis of successfully completed forestry projects and ou tst anding scholarship and c itizenship records. Both winn~ ers were spmsored by the Future Farmers of America. Beason and Garret will enter the University of Georgia School of Forestry during the coming term and will receive $1600 for the next four years. The awards represent part of Union Bag's and the pulpwood industry's program to encourage good fores t ry practices throughout the South. SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS - Dean Don J . Weddell, center, of the Univer sity of Georgia School of Forestry, congratulates RolJert J. Beason, of Eulonia, left, and Warren G. Garrett, of Buena Vista, on their winning scholarships to the forestry school. The two young men are the 1951 winners of the Union Bag and Paper Corporation's four year; $1,600 forestry scholarships to the forestry school. Valclo.da ol/o4t