GEORGIA FORESTRY CJitorial Sportsmen's Responsibility Invest In Trees For The Future ( From the Lagrange Daily News) One of t hemany t ruths being publicized by the slate fore s try department is that of ' 'banking ' ' t rees. Here is one bank accoun t , t hey profess , which you can own and invest year after year with the assurance that it will be worth far more at the end of twenty years than it is right now. One of Georgia's most profitable crops is its growing and green forests, producing timbers for generations to come. The conservation, fire prevention, and wise management of these forests are inportant to the future of the state. Many Georgia farmers are finding out by experiment that it pays to invest in trees for future markets of timber are the most promi.sing offered today for a sure 1n come. Demands upon the timber re sauces of the state and the nation are becoming heavier each year . And unless a wiser policy determines the continuation of the forests of the country, we may find the bank account of trees ''over-drawn.'' The state and nation will become bankrupt of a mighty natural resource. However, forest planning like a bank account demands wise management and use. With the plantings of thousands of seedlings for a new generation must also go the curtailment of extravagant waste andneedless destruction by fires, etc. The trees planted today can mean twenty- fold profits in the next twenty years judging by a rapidly inflating dollar. It's one instance where money may not grow on trees, but it goes with them. GEORGIA FORESTRY Vol. 5 January, 1952 No.1 Published Monthly by the GEORGIA FORESTRY COl\11\IISSION, State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia. Guyton DeLoach, Director Members, Board of Commissioners: G. Philip Morgan, Chairman...........................................................-...................................Savannah John M. McElrath........................Macon K. S. Varn.............................-.....Waycross C. M. Jordan, Jr...............................Alamo H. 0. Cummings............Donalsonville Georgia Forestry is entered as second-class matter at the Post Office under the Act of August 24, 1912. Member of the Georgia Press Associat ion. * * * * EDITOR......................----.........R. E. Davis ASSOCIATE EDITOR..........--Robe rt Rutherford * * * * DISTRICT OFFICES, GEORGIA FORESTR Y COl\11\IIS SION : DISTRICT I-P. 0. Box 268, Statesboro DISTRICT VI-Mayfair Hall, Milledgeville DISTRICT 11-P. 0. Box 122, Camilla DISTRICT VII-West Building, Rome DISTRICT 111-P. 0. Box 169, Americus DISTRICT VII I- P. 0. Box 811, Waycross DISTRICT IV-P. 0. Box 333, Newnan DISTRICT IX-P. 0 . Box 416, Gainesville DISTRICT X-P. 0. Box 302, Washington (FromtheDouglas County Sentinel ) Fall hunting season once again is under way in our Georgia woodlands, and Douglas County sportsmen, who in other times would scoff at the thought of leaving their beds before sunrise, now r ise quietly in the early hours and are striding about the forests in the cold, gray dawn , in search of the elusive quail, the squirrel , or the deer. Ninety-nine out of every hundred of these hunters will conduct themselves as sportsmen while in the woods. It is the one man in a hundred who will selfishly ravage the forests of far more game than he needs, who will play the part of the ''town clown'' while handling his weapon, and who will calmly toss a lighted cigarette onto a tinder-dry forest floor or leave a campfire burning. Before such a fire is extinguished, that ''one man in a hundred'' may have destroyed for years to come the forest feeding grounds of much of our valuable wildlife, turning them into a blackened, charred waste. Sportsmen in this area have not only an opportunity but a responsibility to Keep Douglas County Green both for themselves and for their c~mmunity. Forest fires know no season in our Georgia woodlands. The searing flames of wildfire may strike when cold, winter winds are whistling through the Pines, or they may make their appearance on a hot, sultry ''good old summertime'' day. No matter when wildfire hits, however, it can within minutes transform acres of living, green forests into smoking and charred ruin. Being careful with fire in or near the woods is a 12-month-a-year challenge to all Georgians. JANUARY 1952 2 Oil Derriclcs To Serve Fire Loolcout Towers Georgians must take special precautions with fire in or near their woodlands during the next few months, as this period comprises one of the most dangerous seasons for wildfire of the entire year. Guyton DeLoach, director, Georgia Forestry Commission, issued that warning for the New Year as he stressed that personnel of the Commission's 105 County Forestry Units are maintaining a ''constant alert'' for wildfire. ''These Units,'' he pointed out, ''have done an outstanding job during the past few months, those months which compose our fall fire season. Acreage loss from wildfire was kept to commendable minimum, while unprotected counties, at the same time, were reporting damage from forest fires which ran in to many thousands acres of valuable timber. ''The same dangerous conditions, however, which existed during the recently completed fall fire season exist today, but they are even more intensified. Far less greenery is in evidence in the woodlands during this season, and we may expect higher winds during the next few months than were experienced in October, November, and December.'' The Director explained that a law passed by the 1951 General Assembly empowe"red him to declare a ''state of forest fire emergency'' in any area in Georia or throughout the entire state whenever fire danger conditions warranted such action. During such an emergency p~riod, no brush burning or control burnings will be permitted inside the designated area. ''l11is law,'' DeLoach declared, ''was passed not as a measure of punishment against the citizens of Geor~ia, but as a means of pro- ( Continued on Pa~e 10) Increased protection for the more than 17 million acres of Georgia forest land under organized protection was assured this month with announcement by Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Forestry Comrrassion, that 55 new forest fire lookout towers are to be erected in the state within the next two months. Difficulty in obtaining the new towers, most of them slated for the 20 new counties which came under protection sinceJul y, 1951, had been heightened by a critical wartime steel shortage. The National War Production Board had informed DeLoach it could promise no allocation of steel before March, 1952, and probably later. Realizing the critically-dangerous forest fire season for Georgia begins sometime in January, DeLoach began a search of his own for the vitally needed tower steel. The answer to the shortage fin- ally was uncovered in Texas, where the Commission Director arranged for purchase of 35 oil derricks which could be converted into forest fire lookout towers. Enough difference exists between cost of the derricks and the swn ordinarii y paid for towers to assure a $28,000 saving to Georgia taxpayers on the transaction. Another advantage cited in obtarn1ng the derricks was that hundreds of tons of new steel, which this March or later would have gone toward construction of the new towers, now will not be required by the Commission and may be directed instead, toward the nation's vital defense efforts. In addition to the $28,000 saving, the purchase, along with a later purchase of 20 towers from the Aeromoter Company in Chicago, moved Georgia's over-all forest protection plan months ahead of schedule. TOWER SI1E -- W. G. Simmons, Spalding County Ranger, inspects one of the concrete foundations which will support an ~oil derrick forest fire lookout tower," one of 35 to be erected in the state. In addi tion twenty new conventional steel lookout towers also are slated to !Je erected in Georgia within tlle next few months. 3 GEORGIA FORESTRY 4~ 17-:1.3 Pulpwood 1::.eeft ~ tJ~ '3fled Association ~ ~, ~ M e e ting Set Georgians once again have been called upon to observe a special week in which the great and increasing importance to the State of its more than 25 million acres of forestlandwill be highlighted. Governor Herman E. Talmadge has proclaimed February 17-23 as ' 'Keep Georgia Green' ' week and has called for statewide participation in the week's festivities. The Governor asked for ''full cooperation'' from all Georgians in helping to prevent woods fires and in aiding the current reforestation project which calls for placing two and one-half million acres of idle or y,orthless Georgia land into thriving timber productivity. Hugh W. Dobbs, President, Georgia Forestry Association, also called on all Georgians to cooperate in the Keep Green movement. ''Georgia's businessmen and industrialists," he declared, ''have come to realize that an ~" KEEP GREEN SIGNS - A total of 318 Keep Georgia Green signs dot the bidlways of tbe state industry worth nearly 600 million dollars annually lies practically at their doorsteps. That industry, the Georgia forest products industry, is 'big business' today, not only for the processor, but for the thousands of farmers who look upon the trees in their woodland acres as a definite 'cash crop', just as they look upon corn and tobacco . ' 'With that thought in mind,' ' Dobbs added, ''the Georgia Forestry Association will give everincreasing impetus to stressing the inportance to all Georgians of Keeping Georgia Green. ' ' Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Forestry Commission, also appealed to Georgians for aid in making the 1952 Keep Georgia Green week ''one of the most suc- cessful in the state's history,'' directing their attentions to forest conservation throughout the year. ''Keeping wildfire from Georgia's woodlands,'' the Director said, ''aids citizens both from rural and from urban areas, for the benefits which come from green, growing forests are so farreaching as to apply to all. Our forests are vital from an economic standpoint, from the standpoint of soil, and in providing recreational facilities and wildlife cover.'' ''The Corn1nission' s nine fores- try districts and its 105 COunty Forestry Units, '' he promised, ''are waging an intensive, day-in, day-out battle against forest flames, and we are counting on the scti vi ties during the coming Keep Georgia Green week to bring the public to a realization of the value of one of this state's most valuable natural resourcesits woodlands. ' ' As ''Georgia Forestry'' was being printed Rn expected crowd of_more than 300 foresters, pulpm1ll representatives, dealers, producers and landowners were converging on Atlanta for the annual meeting of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association scheduled for the Biltmore Hotel January 16, 1951. The program was to open with caniataidodnrePsrsesbiydeJn. t,H.anKdeetoneri~Aclsusdoe- talks on the following subjects Conservation Reports by H.i. Malsberger, SPCA Forester and general Manager, " Expansion of Southern Pulp and Paper Industry," Frank A. Albert, Assistant Regional Forester, U.S. F. S., ''Stop Forest FirP.s.'' Fred H. Land, ~rector, Arkansas Division of Forestry and Parks, ''Plant M:>re Trees,'' Earl Porter, International Paper Company," Gmtrol of Inferior Tree Species: L. E. Chiken, Silviculturist, U.S. Forest Service, and ''Iftl>rove Cutting Practices on Small Wood- clands, '' E.T. Hawes, West Lumber ompany. . A banquet, Vince Miles serv1ng as Master of Ceremonies, was ~o concl~de the day's act1v1t1es. A D1rectors meeting was to be held on January 17. .According to Malsberger, highhghts of the program were to include a discu~sion of various problems which beset pulpwood producers. One of them is the ever greater demand far pulpwood' made by the increasing number of Southern pulp and paper mills and the consequent effect on the forest resource. Also scheduled for discussion were the four major essentials for growing the wood needed by the various wood-using industr~es. ~aders in various forestry f1elds were to conduct the discussions dealing with the problems of supply and demand. 4 Lieutenant Governor Speaks Tree Farms Awards Highlight Baldwin County Forestry Day Presentation of two Georgia Tree Farms awards, talks by leading forestry advocates, including Lieutenant Governor Marvin Griffing, and a plaque presentation for Governor Herman Talmadge from the Georgia Fcrestry Association highlighted Baldwin County's Forestry Day December 18. Hugh Dobbs, land manager, Georgia Power Company, accepted the certificate on behalf of his organization. Later, Dobbs, acting in his position as President of the Georgia Forestry Association, presented a wooden p_la_que, to Governor Talmadge c1t10g the Governor's work in promoting forestry inGeorgia. DeLoach accepted the plaque on behalf of the Governor and presented the citation to him the following day. LIEIJ~ANT GOVERNOR GRIFFIN Guy ton DeLoach, Direc-tor, Georgia Forestry Commission, presented Tree Farm Certificates to John H. Cain, owner of a 600 acre tract in Jefferson County which was producing timber when John Quincy Adams was president of the United States, and to the Georgia Power Company, owner of the 39,000 acre Furman Shoals Tree Farm. Lieutenant Governor Griffin, who was in traduced by Mar ion Ennis, Baldwin County Attorney, cited the Cain and the Georgia Power Company Tree Farms as ''outstanding examples of how private landowners and large indus tries are bringing our state to a fuller realization of the vast economic potentialities which lie in our forestlands. ''This individual and this industrial organization,'' he declared, are daily showing fellow Georgians that green, well-kept fares ts provide a source of income not only for today, but for the future as well.'' MANAGE~lENT LESSON - r:al ter Stone, left, Sixth District Forester, Georgia Forestry, Commission, uses an increment Oorer to show how thinning increases growth in pine sta.'1ds. PLAQUE FOR TilE GOVERNOR - JUgh Dobbs, left, president of the Georgia Forestry Association, presents Governor Herman Talmadge, right, a plaque citing the Chief Executive for his aid and interest in promoting forestry in Georgia. Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Forestry Commission, is at center. ; l_ -~~I r - f 5 GEORGIA FORESTRY Hazelhurst Success Story 'U+~t, $tuJ,ud~ Georgia Lumber Firm $t~ 'W;,W;,!Je AchievesNational F arne One of the South's largest cons umers o f t i mber, Cook and Company , of Hazelhurst, today is s how i ng the wood-working wor ld how a small beginning, combined with hard work and good managemen t, can produce a nationally important manufacturing firm. Manufac turers of parts for truck bodies and agricultural implements , the company also fabricates various wooden articles, inc luding toys and stepladders. Approximately 100,000 feet of C Btr. Pine is needed to achieve the company's annual sales volume of $5, 000, 000 and therefore it serves as a valuable purchaser from mills 1n many Southern s tates. Cook & Corrpany' s own lumber manufacturing plant at Lumber City, Georgia provides 20 percent of its needs. This mill, which borders the Ocmulgee River, was purchased two years ago from the J. W. Wells Lumber Co., and now is managed by Dan McEachin. The ~uccess story of the growth of th1s tremendous concern is directly the result of the ini- tiative of young Claude Cook, the son of a Hazelhurst merchant. At first the 34 year o,ld e~ecutive followed in his father's business footsteps, but in 1941 he decided to as enter a first the lumber busi step, booked a ngeosvs~rnand ment contract for wooden pallets. The close of the war brought an end to Cook's association with the government, but he soon found an equally dependable customer in General Motors in Detroit, where he secured a contract for Chevrolet truck body parts. Meanwhile he was receiving many woodworking orders as a result of 6,000 form letters which his employees had mailed. The company still maintains its Chevrolet cont'ract and also has connections with about nine other companies - among them, Interna- ( Continued on Pag e 10 ; \HNI'EltTJME IN NORTH RGIA FF A WINNER AT KANSAS CITY MEET - These boys represented the Southeast ~n the forestry division of the National FF A Cbnvention in Kansas City, Missouri. Second from the left in the back row is Georgia's winner, Alton Tanner, Nicholls. Also pictured, front row, left to right, Charles Dagenhart, Statesville, N. c., Gail House, Gordon, Ala., R. N. Hoskins, ilklustrial forester for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, which sponsored the FFA forestry contest. Back row, left to right, Howard Chapmn Lucas, Effinger, Va., Williams s. Fish, Taylor, Fla., and Earl Berr.Y, Saluda, s. C. Nicholls Boy FFA [!,J..ucdOIU Forestry Winner dJ.tediUf Alton Tanner, 16-year-old Coffee County Junior Fanner was recently named winner of the State FFA Forestry Award for 1951. A member of the Nichols FFA chapter for four years, Tanner was awarded a $100 prize for his achievements. Co-sponsers of the forestry compet1t ion were the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, Elberta Crate and Box Company, and St. Mary's Kraft Corporation . Henry Bloodworth, Perry, second p1ace winner, was presented $20 by Robert N. Hoskins Seaboard Industrial Forester, who was in charge of the various awards. Other runners-up were Eugene Lindsey, Guyton, $15; and Adrian Arran, Claxton, $10. Tanner has increased the area for his forestry project from 10 to 30 acres during a four year period. In thinning this area he cut eight carloads of pulpwood and also ob- tained 500 cross ties from selec- tive cuttings. To protect 150 acres of forest young Tanner built four miles of firebreaks. The University of Georgia and five other Southern colleges have signed a precedent settin~ agreement, whereby their forestry programs will be opera ted on a cooperative planning basis. Signing the pact with President 0. C. Aderhold of the University of Georgia, were the presidents of Auburn, University of Florida, North Carol ina State, Louisiana State and the Dean of Duke Uni versity. It is the first such program ever planned by U. S. educators. The agreement was signed at Daytona Beach, Florida, where the Southern college leaders were meeting to plan further expansion of the Southern Regional Education program: Such a consolidation of forestry educational schedules is designed to make possible a more effective regional program for training foreste rs , and to eliminate expensive duplication. More effective operation of Georgia's 105 County Forestry Units through establislunent of an area forester system was announced this month by Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Forestry Commission. Sixteen trained, experienced, technical foresters will serve as Area Foresters, each forester having under his supervision approximately half the County Forestry Units in the District to which he was assigned. ''These men,'' DeLoach explained, ''will serve as Assistant District Foresters in Charge of Fire Control over counties they supervise. Previously, assistant District Foresters in Charge of Fire Control were assigned one to a district and operated from District headquarters. With 20 new counties added this year, bring- ing lOS of Georgia's 159 counties under organized forest protection, we found our Assistant District foresters could not effective! y supervise their territory. ''Under this new plan, however,'' he added, ''these men will center their base of operations in the areas they cover. Those areas will be smaller than under the old system, and each individual county unit will, in effect, receive the benefits of far more man-hours put in weekly by a technical forester than it did previously. '' The director emphasized that the task of the Area Forester ''definitely is not a white collar job. These men are stationed directly in the field. Each man selected for his job is a forest fire fighter, and he has learned forest fire fighting through battling wildfires in Georgia's woodlands.'' DeLoach cited a shortage of ( Continued on Page 10 ) JANUARY 19 5 2 8 Foresters And J. C. Bowen, Terrell County Forest Ranger, will soon be operating from a new headquarters building located on the tower grounds on the Dawson-Herod road. The new structure will be of a log cabin type measuring 12 x 16 feet. ' 'This is a project that the personnel of the unit will really be proud of when it is completed,'' stated Ranger Bowen. ''For one r eason there is more work involved than we anticipated in building a ' ' log house' ' . ' 'This building is being made possible by donations by the citizens of Terrell County, and we are grateful to the ones that gave the different materials, such as logs, roofing, poles, nails and blocks, so freely. Also to the sawmill that sawed our logs into lumber free of charge. ' Rangers In The News Frank King, former Lowndes County Ranger, has been promoted to head of the maintenance shops at Macon, according to announcement last toonth by Guyton Deloach, D~re7tor, Georgia Forestry Commission. King's work will entail supervision of all maintenance work on s tate-owned Commission equipment as well as serving as head of the parts and stock department. Wa l ton W. Wright, formerly King's ass i stant, was appointed by the Lowndes County Forestry Board to take the position ofCounty Ranger. King was a forester for the Langd al e Company before joining the Lowndes County Uni t in 1945 . A comprehensive publi c relations program has been carried on by Ki ng during hi s service in the County a nd the fire loss in his area has d~ c reased noticeably i n th e pas t s ix years. RUSTIC FORESTRY UNIT HEADQUARTERS - The Terrell CoUnty Forestry Un i t needed a new headquarters building so its member s decided to build i t themselves. Pictured in front of the partially completed l og cabin structure, are left to right, Jack Hufstetler, assistant Patrolman, Elbert Bridges, Patrolman, and J. C. Bowe. Terrell County Ranger. Troy Huggins, Douglas County Ranger, recently cooducted a for- estry demonstration at Mac Aber- crombies' farm, Lazy Acres near the Fairburn Highway. ' Huggins and his ass i s t ant Archie Searcy, disp l aye d var i ou~ methods of fire figh t ing and dem- ons t rated the tractor and plow u~ed in t~e-~i t 's fire s uppression actiVIties . The Douglas County Ranger discussed the plans of his forestry group and the fac tor s which make up t heir year- r ound pro gr am. Both city officials and membe r s of the Douglas Coun ty Fores try Board assisted in the demonstration. Montgomery County Ranger Carl Adams recently distributed 10,000 see dlings that we r e given free of charge by the International Paper Company toMt. Vernon-Ailey F.F.A. boys. Included in the group of Future Farmers who planted the pine seedlings were John W. Strickland, Allan Connell, John Johnson, Jimmie Dan McRae, Wendell Calhoun, and Gene Anderson. This same group received 10,000 additional seedlings during December fran the Union Bag and Paper Company. 9 GEORGIA FORESTRY Georgia Boy Wins National 4-H Honors A Georgia 4-H Club member was narred a national forestry winner last month at the National 4-H Congress held in Chicago. ~ill ard Colston, 15 year old 4-H'er from Habersham County, emerged victorious in the competitions held in the forestry division of the Congress. Colston received a $300 college scholarship awarded by the American Forest Products Industries, Inc. , in recognition of his skill. He previously had been declared Georgia winner and won his entry into the national contest at the ninth annual State 4-H Club Congress in Atlanta in October. Forestry always has been young Colston's main interest since early boyhood. At the age of 10 he collected leaves found in his county and divided them into 30 or 40 different species. Since that time Willard's interest has intensified more and more, and he plans to make the study of forestry his life's work. Wildlife is another of the champion's major hobbies. He belongs to several scienti fie organi zations, among them the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herbetologists and the Georgia Society of Ornithology. One of his current projects is listing persons who have made valuable contributions to Georgia ornithology. Working under the superv1s1on of S.C. Gunnels, Habersham County Agent, Willard has conducted a forestry project every year since his start in 4-H work in 1946. He has kept his family's 120 acre farm free of fire since he joined the club, and attributes this to the fire prevention methods he has errployed. The Habersham County youth has become so adept at the study of forestry that he is summer guest lecturer for a workshop class of grade teachers at Piedmont College, Demorest. Georgia's wood products last year w~re valued at $600,000 ,QOO, but th1s note-worthy prOduction was counterbalanced by an estimated wood waste of an equal amount, said Dr. Reavis C. Sproull, technical director of the Herty Foundation Laboratory, in a recent address before the Atlanta Kiwanis Club. Steps are being taken at the Savannah research station to evolve the most effective means of accomplishing the complete and sound utilization of all Georgia's timber, as well as her agricultural products,'' Dr. Sproull said. ''The potential value of the unused wood in the state is several hundred million dollars per year. This represents opportuni ty.'' Intensive studies are now being made at the laboratory concerning oood waste utilization; high pulp and paper yields; chemistry of lignin; bark utilization; and utilization of agriculture residue. FlJfURE EDITORS INSPECT TREE FARM - Journalism students from the Atlanta Divis ion of the tniversity of Georgia obtained first-ham infornation about forestry during a day-long December field trip to the Macon Kraft Company mill at Macon, am the company's Tree Farm nearby. Above, E. T. Newson, extreme right, Macon Kraft Chief Forester, describes the importance of reforestation am fire control. ~~;_ .:._ ....... ..~ l ... Southern Kraft Buys Ford Estate A 70,000 acre Georgia estate, for more than 20 years the winter home of Henry Ford, recently was purchased by the Southern Kraft Timberland Corporation of Georgia, a subsidiary of the International Paper Company. The property is located at Richmond Hill on the Ogeechee River, 20 miles south of Savannah . The 50,000 acres of woodland , once considered worthless, will be used for the production of pulpwood and otner forest products such as sawtimber, poles and piling, and posts. Ford was largely responsible for the development of the area which was acquired by him while he was experimenting with the idea of producing synthetic rubber from goldenrod. Before he purchased the land, the lowlands were swarrps and the timberlands had been ruthlessly cut so that the area seemed devoid of any economic value. The Ford Foundation first offered the property for sale last July. LUmber Firm Achieves Fame ... . . ( Continued Fro~ Page 5 ) tional Harvester, the 01-i ver Corporation, and Sears. When Claude Cook first began his expansion plans, the company, a farni 1y partnership, had a net worth of 50,000 dollars and was located in a former cotton warehouse. Today the firm is worth approximately $750,000 and takes up more than 100,000 square feet of floor space. Right now approx- imately 20,000 square feet is being utilized to house the painting and finishing department and the plywoodprocessing department. In 1949 a second building was added. It houses the general offices and the lumber storage area. A sorting chain runs through the s torage area, and two cars can be unloaded onto this conveyor at one time. TRAGIC VICTIM OF WILD WOODS FIRES - This rabbit , burned to death in a South Georgia woods fire, is an emphatic example of the tremendous loss of animal life which occurs in the wake of a devastating forest fire. Wildlife tl)at escape the holocaust suffer from the loss of food and shelter. oangerous Fire season Ahead ( Continued From Page 2 ) tection. This, however, does not refute the fact that brush burning or control burning is a dangerous activity at any time, no matter whether a period of emergency has or has not been declared.'' The Corrmission head pointed out that much of Georgia's annual forest fire loss comes about from carelessness in brush burning. Area FOrester system .... ( continued From pa;e 7 ) several counties to instruct and help the inexperienced men we have had to hire to head the County Units. ''This latter course offered the most protection for the roost counties, and it is this course which we are following. As a result, the many new errployees we have hired to head County Forestry Units today are receiving in-thefield instruction and guidance en all phases of Unit operation from well-trained men who have had a high degree of experience in that field.'' trained personnel as another of the reasons behind establishment of the Area Forester plan. ''The Georgia Forestry Corraniss ion," he reported, "faces a difficult personnel problem in tha t many of our experienced men, both technical and non -technical, have been called into the service . We were faced with the choice either of heading some of our County Forestry Units with technical foresters and s ome with non - t ec h nical men, thereby l e avin g some of the count i es alroo st e n tire l y without benef it of the experience of the t echnic al me n , or of placing some o f ou r f o resters over The Commission Di rector said Area Fore sters have been in s t ructed to give spe cial emphasis on the preven t i on as p ect o f forest fire protecti on. Ar ea Fo resters and t he districts i n which they will operate are as follows: J ames Hensen, 1; David G. Groo m, Carlis McLeod, 2; Mi l ton Pierce , Ed Hamby, 3; Zach Seymour, R. Wayne Manning, 4; James 0. Reed, 6; Kermit B. Felker, H. W. Williams,. 7; lhrace G. Collier, Sparks Hix, 8; Raymond C. Hill, Nelson Brightwell, 9; Miles Koger, W. R. Randall, 10. eor 1 a or s r JANUARY 1952 Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Atlanta, Georgia.