Georgia forestry, Vol. 5, no. 7 (July 1952)

GEORGIA FORESTRY

tJitorial Georgia's Forests Grow in Value

STOP FOREST FIRES

(From the Valdosta Daily Times) More and more we are coming to

(From the Wrightsville Headlight)

a realization that trees are a vital factor in the ecmomy of

Retreating soldiers burn everything behind them.
They realize it will take years to rebuild communities, decades to grow forests. They know that to win a war, they must destroy natural res rurces.
In Johnson County, we are not retreating, and no foreign enemy is emcamped on our soil, yet each year we lose acres of growing timber from forest fires. Most forest fires in this area, according to a report issued this week by the Georgia Forestry Commission, are the result of carelessness or of wanton disregard for the rights of our neighbors.
These twin causes of our forest fires are our real enemy'', a home foe r~t.her than one which strikes from foreign shores. Defeat of the enemy, however, can never be realized until citizens

of Johnson County come to realize that burned trees build no homes, pay no wages and produce no taxes. With that realization will come care with fire in or near the woods.
When we make a flaming .. battlefield'' of our county's huge forestland acreage, we are accorrplishing what any foreign enemy at war with our country would sacrifice large numbers of men and amounts of equipment to performsabatoge and destruction of a natural resource which is a vital part of America's strength.
We can protect this highly 1mportant res wrce by crt.5 hing out our smokes while in or near the woods, drowning our campfires, and using our autanobile ashtrays. Remember, it takes all our Johnson County citizens, working together, to prevent forest fires in our valuable woodland areas.

the South. More and more owners of timber lands are adopting sound forestry practices in the realization that such practices pay large dividends.
Recently the SouthernNewspaper Publishers Association issued a bulletin to newspaper editors and publishers calling attention to the growing importance of forests of this section. The bulletin pointed out that the South produces 40 percent of the nation's lumber and 56 percent of its pulpwood. Half a mill ion people earn one billion dollars a year working in the South's forest industries.
The bulletin reported that the wood fibers used by the South's great pulp and paper industry in a year equal a 34 million bale cotton crop.
Tree farming means regular
pavrolls, prosperous people and commun1ty stab1l1ty.

In the Valdosta area tree farm

GEORGIA FORESTRY

programs are of particular im-

Vol. 5

July, 1952
Published Monthly by the
GEORGIA FORESTRY COl\11\IISSION, State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia. Guyton DeLoach, Director

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portance f cr we are located in the center of one of the most valuable forestry areas of the nation. Lumber, naval stcres, crossties, poles, pulpwood - these are some of the things that are produced

in abundance on lands in this

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

section Along with our other agricul-
tural products, our trees are making this one of the most fav-

Georgia Forestry is 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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EDITOR................................................................................................................................................R. E. Davis ASSOCIATE EDITO RS________________________________________________________Robert Rutherford

ored parts of the country.

Patricia McKemie

''Growing Trees and Growing

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DISTRICT OFFICES, GEORGIA FORESTRY COl\11\IISSION:

DISTRICT I-P. 0. Box 268, Statesboro

DISTRICT VI-P. 0. Box 404, Milledgeville

DISTRICT II-P. 0. Box 122, Camilla

DISTRICT VII-West Building

Rome

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DISTRICT III-P. 0. Box 169, Americus

DISTRICT VIII-P. 0. Box 811, Waycross

Boys'' once again is serving as the summertime forestry theme throughout Georgia. Sponsored by public and private forestry organizations, the camps are carrying out the pulpwood industry's project of growing good timber and

DISTRICT IV-P. 0. Box 333, Newnan

DISTRICT IX-P. 0. Box 416, Gainesville

good citizens. The camps are acquainting hundreds of Georgia's

DISTRICT V-P. 0. Box 328, McRae

DISTRICT X-P. 0. Box 302, W ashin_gton

future citizens with the significance forests ho 1:1 in their eve ry-

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2 JULY, 1952
Eleven Counties Join

New Forestry Units O rganizedi
Over 20 Million A cres Protected

Over one and a half mill ion more acres of Georgia's forestlands were included in organized County Forestry Units, effective July l, Guyton DeLoach, Georgia Forester and Commission Director announced this month.
''The start of a new fiscal year for the Corrmission saw 11 new counties join the forestry program, bringing the total of Georgia's protected forest area to more than 20 million acres, with 115 counties participating. This newest addition means that we have less than five million more acres to go before every acre in the state is included in the program,'' DeLoach explained.
''Already 17,263,087 acres of state and private forestland were under organized protection by the Commission, and 1,464.486 acres are protected by federal agencies. The 1, 686,714 acres in the new 1y organized counties will bring to 20,414,287 the total protected forestland area in the state,' ' he stated.
Of eleven new counties, Fulton, Henry, Pike, Irwin, Turner, Jefferson, Perri en, Hall, Fannin, Jackson and Columbia - eight are located in the northern half of the state, and three in the southern. Six of the state's ten forestry districts have at least me new county added.
Foresters and Rangers have been employed for the new units. Mobile and power fire-fighting
vehicles have been selected for the counties. Vehicles chosen include power wagons, pickup trucks, jeeps and jeep s uppression plows, with each county being outfitted according to the requirements of fire fighting in the individual locality.
County Forestry Boards for three of the new counties have been ann cunced as follows:

PIKE: Lanier Johnson, Williamson; J. H. Bankston, Meansville; Roger Strickland Jr., Concord; Charlie Harden, Zebulon, and C. R. Gwyn Jr., Zebu] on.
JEFFERSON: J. E. Barrow, Keysville; R. L. Beathea Jr.,

Louisville;_ John Sheppard, Stapleton; Wylie Evans, Bartow, and Craig Carswell, Wadley.
COLUMBIA: Steiner Branch Jr., Grovetown; E. D. Clary Jr., Harlem; J. G. Blanchard, Evans; W. H. Verdery, Harlem, and John D. Eubank, Appling.

GEORGIA'S COUNTY FOltESTRY PROGlWtS AND DISTRICT SUBUIVISIONS

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G EORG I A FORESTRY

Three State Nurseries Ship 25 Million

Seedlings During 1951-52 Season

More than 25 million seed lings we re shipped from Georgi~ Forestry Comnission nurseries during the 1951-'52 planting season , Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Forestry Comnission, announced this month.
DeLoach said the three nurseries, Herty, Davisboro, and Flowery Branch, shipped 25,924,000 seedlings to Georgia farmers, landowners, and forest industry compan1es. He said youth organizations, including 4-H, FFA, and Boy Scout and Girl Scout groups this year were responsible for setting out many of the seedlings.
Davisboro nursery shipped 11,161,350 seedlings, Herty nursery 10,782,590, and Flowery Branch nursery produced 3, 980, 490 seedlings for planting.
(A fourth nursery went into production last month on the Hightower River near Dawsonville to meet the mounting demand of Georgia farmers and landowners for forest tree seedlings.)
Far more than half the seedlings shipped, 17,516,560, consisted

of Slash Pine. Hunner-up was Loblolly Pine, which accounted for 7 , 325,710 seedlings. Other total shipment s by species were Longleaf Pine, 463, 800; Shortleaf Pine, 221,275; Black Locust, 52,800; Red Cedar, 73.735; Arizona Cypress, 166,200; Yellow Poplar, 36,960, and White Pine, 67,750.
The Commission Director pointed out enough seedlings were shipped during the past season to reforest 3, 200 acres of Georgia land. Speeding up restocking of the State's non-productive lands long has been one of the major objectives of the Conrnission.
' 'Our seedling production for this past season," DeLoach declared, ''was at a somewhat lower rate thah normal times because of the difficulty experienced in obtaining seed, and in the unusually poor germination of the seed planted. We have set our sights, however, on a greater production for next season, and we feel an increased output will be made more nearly possible now that the Hightower nursery is in production.''

DeLoach said some of the pulpwcod harvested during this past year was that from seedlings provided by the State in 1937.
''1be foresight," he reported, ''of those farmers and landowners who 15 years ago rea lizen t.he future which lay in Georgia forestry today is paying off for them paying off in dollars and cents in regular checks from pulpwood dealers, and from pulpmills.''
Following is the number of seedlings shipped to the various counties. The number does not necessarily represent the amount planted in each county, since in some instances, seedlings were shipped to one location and then re -delivered for replanting in another county.
DISTRICT I. Bryan, 224,500; Bulloch, 138,000; Burke, 406,550; Chatham, 1,770,000; Mcintosh , 187 ,875; Eff~ngham, 70, 500; .Emanuel, 101,500, Evans, 50,000, Jenkins . 116, 550; Liberty, 20,000; Long, 176,375; Montgomery, 175,400:
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BRIDGE BUILDING ON THE WAYCROSS CFLUA-- In photo at left, Herbert W. Darley, Project
Forester, operates the pile driver which was constructed by Commission personnel at

had formerly been used for fire fighting was utilized in constructing the "home-made" pile driver. In photo at right, Darley, right, and James H Hill, Assistant Director, Management, look over one of the bridges already completed on the Land Use Area.

Future Farmers Learn Timber Management

At Boys' Forestry Camp

Natural canopies of green, consisting of the towering Loblolly and Shortleaf, last month formed an outdoor ''nature'' classroom for 75 Future Farmers of America attending the 1952 Boys' Forestry Camp.
.Sponsored by Brunswick Pulp and Paper Company, Macon Kraft Company,. St. Mary's Kraft Corporation, Gair Woodlands lnc., and Union Bag and Paper Corporation, all Georgia member firms of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association, the camp was directed
by the Georgia Forestry Commis-
~non.
The 75 youthful forestry enthusiasts spent six action-packed hot, June days exploring and and studying a fascinating world of woodlands. Fon:s try study from the planting of a tender, green seedling to the final harvesting and marketing of a sturdy Southern Pine or hardwood was emphasized.
' 'Learning by doing' ' formed the theme of the 1952 camp, and instructors were careful to note that such activities as reforestation, mensuration, and forest fire fighting not only were studied but were performed by the boys.

Speakers included Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Forestrv Commis;;ion and H. J. Malsberger, Forester and General Manager, Southern Pulpwo~ Conservation Association.
Even1ng sessions were highlighted by a square dance and the appearance of Harry Rossoll, Visual Information Specialist,
U. S. Forest Service.
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LEARNING FIRST HAND - Campers use piney woods class rooms to learn profitable timber product ion. At right, top,
Sam Thacker, Assistant District Forester, Georgia Forestry Commission, uses sample plot to teach timber marketing. In bottom photo, at right James Reid, Management Forestry, washington, instructs in methods of combatting disease and insect attack on woodlands.

WINNING CAMPERS-- Howard Doyle, Area Forester, SPCA, at right, congratulates Bobby Bridges, of Carl ton, top man on the forestry exam. Other winners, right to left. were Sammy Wilder, Bob

Murphy, David Williams, and Doug Jones. BIRDIE IN THE CAGE! Boys Forestry Campers enjoy an evening of square dancing as one of the entertainment highlights of the week.

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GEORGIA FORESTRY
New Forestry

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The Georgia Forestry Association once again will sponsor a Keep Georgia Green contest with prizes to be increased to $2,000.
Hugh Dobbs, Association President, announced plans this month for the second annual contest and also reported all counties cooperating with the fire control system of the Georgia Forestry Commission may participate.
Prize money for the first contest was limited to $1,000, and only counties which had been under forest protection for at least a year were eligible.
''With more prize mmey and more counties eligible this year, '' said Dobbs, ' 'we are hoping for 100 per cent coo Jeration and a amtest which will play an even more outstanding part in Keeping Georgia Grenn than did the previous event.''
The Association head also strongly emphasized that contest rules this year have been changed to start off all counties on an equal footing.
Contest purposes are to reduce the number of forest fires, reduce the total acreage burned, stimulate interest in better forest protection, and to create a greater sense of personal responsibility regarding
forest fire prevention among all Georgia citizens.
Last year marked the first time the contest was operated in Georgia. Seventy-one counties competed for the first prize of $1,000, which was won by Dodge County. This year, prizes will be awarded top ranking counties as follONs: first, $1,000; second, $500; third, $300; and f rurth, $200.

''Prevention of a single fire

may save timber, jobs,.and other

income far more valuab 1e than the

prize,'' Dobbs stated.

''We

are urging all eligible counties

to participate. "

B. M. Lufburrow, Association secretary, said contest details may be obtained fran County For-
esters or Co mty Rangers or from
the Georgia Forestry Association, 905 C. and S. Bank Building, Atlanta.

''The Association,'' Lufburrow said, ''is suggesting that those counties that do not have Keep Green organizations in operation form county contest councils p~.omptl y. Such a group will be composed of representative local citizens, officials, businessmen, and civic leaders. The county council will have full responsibility for conducting the local fire prevention effort and for deciding how the winning counties will spend the prize money for a civic or charatible project of county-wide benefit.

''Most of Georgia's costh

woods fires,'' said the Secre-

tary, ''are locally caused, and

this is an effort to focus local

attention on this problem. ''

Basis for judging in the second

annual contest will be as follows:

l. Local originality,

effort, initiat thoroughness,

ivore~

ganization, analysis of problem,

and cooperation ... 60 points.

2. Least number of fires per

1,000 acres of forest land ... 25 points.

3. Smallest percentage of forest area b~rned . . . 15 points.

Such factors as weather condi-

tions and accuracy of fire reports

will be c msidered by the judges.

Judges will be prominent, canpe-

tant, and impartial Georgians.

The contest opened July 1, and

will continue untilAJTil 1, 1953.

District Added
Forestry District Five has now
come into being. On July 1 Dis-
trict Forester Miles S. Koger moved into the new Fifth Forestry District headquarters at McRae and began directing the operation of eleven County Forest Protection Units assigned to the Fifth District. Fifteen counties are located within the district, but four, Houston, Bleckley, Pulaski, and Jeff Davis, do not now have Protection Units. Turner and Irwin counties began protection on July 1.
Other counties in the District include Wilcox, Ben Hill, Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler, Laurens, Treutlen, Montgomery and Toombs.
''The move to create a new Forestry District came about with the realization that the addition of ten or more new counties on July 1 would place too many counties and too much acreage under the jurisdiction of pres :ent District Foresters for the most efficient operation,'' explained Guyton DeLoach, Director of the Georgia Forestry Coomiss ion. ''Within the next few years all of Georgi a will be under organized forest fire protection by Corrrnission forces, and when that time comes, because of the tremendous amount of acreage and the great number of Counties contained in some districts, it would be impossible to operate efficiently with our existing system of having only nine Districts throughout the state,'' he continned.
''By roughly dividing the state into ten parts, it will now be possible for each District Forester to keep a closer watch on the progress made by each County Forest Protection Unit, to offer more help and suggestions to the County Foresters and Rangers, and to set up and administer a more complete forestry program,'' the Commission Director stated.
New District boundaries and the counties contained in each are shown on the Forest Protection map on Page 2 of this issue.

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JULY, 1952
4- ~ ~494 '7' MUttee t;44d '?-Me4t'Uf
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One hundred 4-H Club boys attended the eighth annual South Georgia forestry camp at Laura S. Walker Park in June to learn more about a project in which they have already done outstandding work.
Chosen to attend the event on the basis of their forestry records, the 4-H'ers from 50 counties studied seven forestry subjects under the leadership of 11 experts in the field. Carrying out the forestry practices about which they learned, the youths used the latest techniques and equipment.
Sponsored by the Union Bag and Paper Corporation and conducted by the Agricultural Extension Service, with the cooperation of the Georgia Forestry Commission and several commercial concerns, the camp featured instruction in fire control, tree identification, reforestation, thinning, conditions affecting tree growth, mensuration and harvesting and marketing.
Five 4-H boys were rewarded for making the top scores on a final examination given on the last day of camp.

Jon Liles of Camden County scored 8~h to win the top award, a back

and Union Bag andPaper Corporation.

pack fire pump. He was also high in his instruction group.

Instructors at the camp included George W. Lavinder,

Other group winners were Jarrell Robert H. Tift and Turner Barber

Ray, Jim Bowen, Larry Crawford Jr., Georgia Forestry Commission;

and Frederick Collins. Each re- C. E. Lavely, E. L. Molpus, L. A.

ceived a flashlight and hunting McDonough and C. R. Mordecai Jr.,

knife.

Union Bag and Paper Corporation;

1he 100 boys began their camp by learning to identify Georgia trees and learning to fight the forest's No. 1 enemy--fire.
In a morning session the campers heard lectures and watched demonstrations of fire-fighting equipment, including back pumps, flaps and rakes. In the afternoon the campers practiced actual in-the-woods fire fighting.
The fire was spotted by a pilot in a low-flying Georgia Forestry Corrmission plane and the location radioed to 4-H fire- fighting crews on the ground. The five groups of boys hustled to the area

J. F. Spiers, Central of Georgia Railroad; Howard J. Doyle, Southern Pulpwood Conservation Assoc-
iation; C. 0. Brown, Sandvik Saw
and Tool Company; D. Q. Harris,
Telfair County Agent; and Walter L. Chapman, assistant Extension forester.
The following agricultural, forestry and youth leaders spoke to the boys: H. C. Carruth, Union Bag and Paper Corporation; Guyton Deloach, Georgia Forestry Corrmission; Dr. C. C. Murray, College of Agriculture, University of Georgia; Walter S. Brown, Extension Service; D. J. Weddell, School of Forestry, University of

and extinguished the blazes.

Georgia; and W. A. Sutton, state

The campers then watched as

4-H Club leader.

professional fire fighters ex-

Dorsey Dyer, Extension forester,

tinguished a larger fire, using

and R. J. Richardson and L. R.

heavy equipment furnished by

Dunsol)., Assistant state 4-H lead-

the Georgia Forestry Commission

ers, directed the camp.

WOODLAND LORE Campers, photo at left, try

run forest fire fighting battle with

and hand tools. Dorsey Dyer, Ex-

tension forester, right photo, teaches

tree i den t i f i cat i on r I ass.

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yard at the Georgia Cushion and Wrapper co.

find it's way to the boiler room

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_The ult1mate _1n w~od utdua- Today,. more than four decades mture plant the wood, sh1pp1ng

t10n, a plant 1n wh1ch employes later, w1 th the name qf the plant bolts of less than excelsior

proudly state, ''We use almost everything but the smoke from the

changed to Georgia Cushion and Wrapper Company, the $170,000

grade to pulpwood firms, and fashioning more than a dozen dif-

bciler," mayl:eseen at a thriv- plant turns out not only several ferent products in which excel-

ing Georgia forest plant which turns out everyth1n~ fro'!~ fur~i~ure t~ the excels10r 1n wh1ch

varieties of excelsior, but also furniture, lumb~r, pulpwood, fuel-
wood, and 17 d1fferent types of

sior is used. The firm has a progressive for-
est management policy for its

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fruit and furniture pads requir- lands, a policy which strongly

Established in 1909, the Georgia ing excelsior.

emphasizes reforestation of cut-

Cushion and Wrapper Company today

over lands. So intensive has been

still is operated by its original

''Wood even rrovides our pONer this policy that Woodall estimates

founder, J. H. Woodall, who came supply, ' ' said Woodall, ' 'for he could supply two thirds of his

to the firm's hare city of Wood- we fire our steam boiler with the company's requirements from the

land more than four decades ago bark, shavings, and sawdust that firm's own properties should the

as a young Georgia Tech graduate come from the mill waste.''

necessity arise.

who ''wanted to make good.'' With $1,500 in his pocket, two
thirds of it borrowed from his father, the young engineer set up the Woodland Excelsior Works,
installed six of the intricate

A pioneer in the excelsior and and excelsior utilization line, the owner has designed several
machines to perform plant operations.

Excels1or and excelsior proTdoauulctbtostthttoeondaefynutma1rreetosShpoiopuipntehtdseatfshrtor.omugthhIn-e 1919 Woodall increased his payroll to 20 persons and added 14

knives which slashed and shred

The multiple operations include knives for his excelsior cutting

the sturdy pine bolt'3 into the product we know as excelsi cr,

turning sawtimber into pine lumher and selling it in varia~

operation. Cutting capacity was increased to 40 blades following

hired six men, and found himself lumber markets, sawing up hard- the depression, which the com-

in the forest industry business. woods and supplying its own fur- pany weathered successfully.

FURNITURE MASS PRODUCTION--- Chair sections FINALLY, EXCELSIOR! Finished excelsior fur-

are stacked prior to assembly.

n i tu re pads ares tacked to the roof

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JULY, 1952
Forestry Featured As Reading Clubs

Reach Full Summertime Swing

Several hundred Georgia public libraries now are participating in the 1952 Vacation Reading Club project, ''Keep Georgia Forests GreP.n.''
Officials of the Georgia State Department of Education, who set up the sunmertime fares try reading plan with the Forestry Commission, reported the clubs ''have drawn a gratifyingly large amount of interest.
''One of our main objectives in the 1952 project,'' said Miss Lucille Nix, ''was to produce a better understanding of forest conservation and the importance of forest fire prevention measures. That aim definitely is being realized.''
The Commission's 105 County Foresters and County Rangers are working in close cooperation with librarians in their areas, distributing literature, preparing exhibits, showing films, and presenting talks on forestry.
In non-protected counties, District Foresters and Assistant District Foresters in Charge of Fire Control are helping direct the clubs.
Pamphlets, publications, posters, and booklets provided by the Georgia Forestry Commission U. S. Forest Service, American Forest Products Industries, International Paper Company, and Southern Pulpwood Conservation

Association make up the reading material.
Each club member has been provided with a green ''log book,'' in which is recorded the publications read and their date of conpletion.
~~embership is open to all child-

ren in the library service area who have completed the second grade and are ready to enter the third grade in September. Some librarians have arranged ' 'Story Hours,'' for the younger VRC members. Forestry and the ''Keep Green'' theme are featured during these periods.

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REALJING CLUB--DeKalb County Forestef H. F. DuLaney helps at the Decatur-DeKalb Library, one of the many libraries fmturing forestry in Vacation keading CluL pr, grruns. Tile group includes, left to rignt, DuLaney, Eva Loyd, Bruce Goodson, Jimmy Barnes, and Miss Dorothy ll1i ller, Boys and Girls' Librarian, Decatur DeKal b Library.

More than 100 4-H boys and girls will receive a week's instruction in alL phases of forestry at the North Georgia Forestry Camp which opens July 28 at Camp Wahsega near Dahlonega.
Sponsored by the Southern Bell Telephone Company as part of the 4-H Forestry Program, the camp is open to boys from North Georgia 4-H Districts and girls from thr rughout the state.
Nineteen-fifty-two marks the second year the camp has been sponsored by the Som,hern Bell

Telephone Company. Last year marked the first ~ear a camp of this type was opened to girls, who are taking an active interest in forestry.
During their week at Wahsega, the 4-H members will combine business with pleasure, enjoying the benefits of the recreational activities in the North Georgia mountains.
Instruction periods, scheduled during the days, will familarize the 4-H' ers with the trees in North Georgia, fire control and

management.. Foresters from the Georgia Agricultural Extension Service, together with foresters from other organizations, will conduct the classes.
Approximately 10 County Agents and Home Demonstration Agents wi 11 serve as group leaders of the boys and girls.
Directing the camp will be C. Dorsey Dyer, Extension Forester, Georgia Extension Service, and Walter Chapman, Assistant Extension Forester, Georgia extension Service.

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Foresters And Rangers In The New~

Polk County's 1952 4-H Forest Fire Prevention contest, sponsored by the lumber firms of W.D. Trippe and Peek-Hight ONer and directed by Ranger James Carter and County AgentJ. C. Stowe, closed with announcement of Fite 4-H Club as winner. The club was awarded a $75 check; while second prize of $50 went to Benedict 4-H Club and third prize, $25, went to Cedar Lake 4-H Club.
Contest objective was to reduce the number of fires in Polk com-
muni ties. An educa tiona 1 program
carried out in each competing community featured posters, signs, slogans, essays, scrapbooks, news articles, and demonstrati ms. Sponsors reported this month they hope for a' 'bigger and better 1953 contest, with more prizes and more 4-H clubs participating.

month, he will start a siml.lar poster campaign around cotton gins in Morg?n County. The posters will be part of a campaign reminding farmers and landowners that boll weevils are not harmed in forest fires - that only the valuable forests are destroyed.
eutts County Forester Frank Craven not only maintains a careful watch over the forest fire ''hot spot'' areas he has discovered in his county, he

also extensively publicizes the danger existing in these areas. Writing about three of these srots in the Jackson ProgressArgus, Craven reminded his readers that the areas ''are visited daily by many sportsmen and picknickers so that the danger of for~st fires is increased over the rest of the county.''
The County Forester appealed to persons living in those areas to notify the Unit when they saw smokes and to take the names or car tag numbers of persons seen in the area.

TOWERING SENTINEL OF THE FORESTS - Twigg;; County's new forest fire lookout tower fonns a vital link in protecting the 174,449 acres of the county's forestland from wildfire. The tower is me of 35 built earlier this year in Georgia by utilizing oil derricks transported from Texas at a subsequent saving of $28,000 to Georgia taxpayers and a saving of large amounts of steel vitally needed for national detense. steps and cabs were added after the towers were en~cted.

Viewin~ forestry on films proved an exciting and educational experience for the 250 DeKalb County fourth, fifth, and sixth grade school children who earlier this year saw several films distributed by the Georgia Forestry Commission. DeKalb Forester, R. F. DuLaney, conducted the film showings. Many of the pupils wrote ]_etters to the Commission expressing their appreciation at seeing the film.

Morgan County Forester Sam Martin has opened an intensive summer poster campaign around fishing and camping sites in his area. Numerous posters reminding anglers and campers that ''Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires'' have been placed in strategic recreation sites. When cotton ginning time begins in his county next

FUN WITH ROSSOLL! Harry Rossoll, USFS, brings smokey to life for FFA campers attending the Georgia Boys' Forestry Camp. Rossoll, here smiling at the camera, provided the campers a full evening's entertainment complete with artistry, acting, and trumpet music, as well as an excellent object lesson in fire prevention.

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CAMPERS AT 1952 GEORGIA BOYS'

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FORESTRY CAMP

visit experimental forest of Georgia School

of Forestry at Athens. Dean D. J. Weddell (in

sun helmet) explains experiental plots to

the group. The field trip to the Peabody school

of Forestry included visits to the laborato-

ries, and a slide lecture on Littleleaf Dis-

ease by Dr. A. S. Callpbell.

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Announcement of awards high lighted the closing night's session as Bobby Bridges of Carlton
was proclaimed top man. in . the campwide forestry exam1nat1on.
He was presented a! 15 cash prize. Sammy Wilder of Fairburn, second place winner, collected !7 .. 1_3ob Murphy of Wa :>hington won a flsh1ng rod and reel for third place. David Williams of Grayson placed fourth and received a fishing tackle box, and Doug Jones of Thomaston was awarded a flash1ight a; fifth place winner.

The camp staff consisted of J. F.

Spiers, Forester, Central of

Georgia Railroad; Howard J. Doyle,

Area Forester, Southern Pulpwood

Conservation Association; L.L.

Lundy, Fire C gla rorestry

ont.rol A.s~t., CommisslOn;

J.Geco.r_:

Turner, District Forester, Geor-

gia Forestry Commission, and R. E.

Davis, Camp Director and Informa-

tion and Education Chief, Georgia

Forestry Comnission.

Others included R~ert Ruther-

ford, Assistant Information and

Education Chief, Georgia Forestry

Commission; A. E. Davenport,

Conservation Forester, Union Bag

and Paper Corporation; Sam Thac-

ker, Assistant District Fares ter,

Georgia Forestry Commission; R. W.

Martin, Jr., Management Assist-

ant, Georgia Forestry Corrrnission;

T. B. Hankinson, Assistant Dis-

trict Forester, Georgia Forestry

Corrrnission, and James Reid, As-

sistant District Forester, Geor-

gia Forestry Commission.

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Screven, 246, 100; Tat tnall, 40,000; Toombs, 82,700; Treutlen, 38,000; Wheeler, 289,000.
DISTRICT II: Baker, 314,950; Brooks, 351,050;~alhoun, 130,300; Colquitt,43,UUO;Decatur,260, 100; Dougherty, 791, 7SO;Early, 13,500; Grady, 96,500; Miller,. 5,000~ Mitchell 27,000; Seminole, 43, 200; 'Thomas, 344, 500; Tift, 30,900; Worth. 142,600;
DISTRICT III: Ben Hill, 186,500; Clay, 47,500; Crisp, 174, 700; Dodge, 109,400; Dooly, 100,800; Harris, 66,000; Houston, 708,000; Lee, 46,500;, Macon, 53,300; Marion, 33,000; Muscogee, 70,500; Peach, 30,000; Pulaski, 591,000; Quitman, 34,500; Ran dolph, 606,500; Schley, 84,000; Stewart, 450, 000; Sumter, 329, 000; Taylor, 820,000; Terrell, 85,800; Turner, 22, 100; Webster, 664,000; Wilcox, 297,800; DISTRICT IV: Butts, 95,000; Carroll, 52,000; Clayton, 2,500; Coweta, 210,750; Fayette, 52,000;
Heard, 5, 600; Henry, 1, 925; Lamar, 12, 000; Meriwether, 45,000; Newton, 100,800; Pike, 34,000; S 13lding, 34,000; Talbot, 510,500; Troup, 41,000; Upson, 14,000;
DISTRICT VI: Baldwin, 286, 500; Bibb, 1, 802, 000; Bleckley, 3,000; Crawford, 220,500; Glascock, 39,000; Hancock, 10,000; Jasper, 17,000; Jefferson, 1, 163, 600; Johnson, 12,000; Jones, 142,000; Laurens, 257,300; Monroe, 81,500; Twiggs, 27,000;

DISTRICT VI I: Bartow, 38,500; Cha ttooga, 119,000; Cobb, 25,000;
Ihuglas, 13,000; -Floyd, 224,500 Fulton, 117, 750; Gordon, 11,000;
Haralson, 13,000; Murray, 14,000; Paulding, 10,000; Polk, 27,000; Walker, 20,000; Whitfield, 3S,OOO.

DISTRICT VIII: Appling, 132,000; Atkinson, 42,000; Bacon, 20,000; Berrien, 100,000; Brantley, 362,300; Camden, 123,375; Charlton,378,675;Clinch,229,000;

Coffee, 41,300; COok, 98,000; Echols, 80,000; Glynn, 1, 008,000; Irwin, 33,000; Jeff Davis, 454,

800; Lowndes, 338, 500; Pierce, 25,500; Telfair, 312,300; Ware,

87,525; Wayne, 78,000, Lanier,

4D81IS. TBR0I0C.T I X: Banks , 91 , OOG ; Barrow, 28, 000; Cherokee, 88, 5~; 17,500; DeKalb , 9,500; F~n1n,
2,000; Forsyth , 66,500; G1lmer,
10,500; Gwinnett, 25,500; Haber-
sham, 67,000; Hall, 80,500; Jack-

son, 129,000; Lumpkin, 34, 500; Pickens, 56,600; Rabun, 17,000; Rockdale . 2,000;Stephens, 92,000;

lJnion , 5000 : Whitet 16, 500~ Dawson J l'l, 500

DISTRICT X; Clarke 84,000; Columbia, 129 ,500; Elbert , 73,500;

MGardeiesnoe~ ,

54 ,000; Hart, 70,800;McDuffie,

20 ,500; 54 ,800;

Morgan, 311, 700; Oconee, ~01, 700;

Oglethorpe, 103,500; R1chmond,

584,850; Taliferro , 10,000; Wal-

ton, 114,300; Warren, 18,000;

Wilkes..J 233,700.

Georgia Forestry
July 1962
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G\\iil -fO\\iSlS
Mill payrolls, caxes paid by foresc induscries, wood harvescs, usefu l forest produceS-all can be counted up in hard cash. l!'s harder to put a price rag on recreation- fishing, huncing, picnicking-and harder still to compute in dollars and cencs che vital part forests play in soil and water conservation. Green forests make our community, our state and our country scrbng, prosperous and beauciful. Keep them thac way by being careful wich fire while you're in the woods.

Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Atlanta, Georgia.
George Fo ater Peabody School of Fo restry University of Georgia Athens, Georgia