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IOREST INDUSTRIES CORNERSTONE OF GEORGIA ECO NOMY 
 
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Work, Not Luck, Prevents F ires 
 
(From the Rome Ne\\ s Tribune) 
 
Some folks have been saying Floyd County was lucky to escape serious forest fires during the recent disaster in North Georgia. 
Lucky? 
~laybe so. But we think the prevention of forest fires is not so much a matter of luck , as it is of coordination, cooperation, and understanding. 
There are five principal agencies that joined to prevent serious forest fire loss in Floyd County. They are the foresters; the countv c anrnis s ion; the law enforceme~t officers; the judges; and the media of public information. 
Foresters of the state, federal government, and private agencies join together in a program of of con servation and fire protec tion. The county commission has made available funds and equip ment to carry on the work, and to fight fires. Law enforcement of- 
 
ficers have been prompt to make arrests in cases of law violation. 0ur judges have seen that offenders are punished. And the news paper and radio stations have helped inform the public. 
Wilful setting of forest fires is a criminal act. It is equally cri minal if fires are set through carelessness. A man can destroy his own property, if he wants to, but he cannot destroy the rroperty of others. 
Forest fires result in direct and indirect losses. To burn timber is to burn money. rut burning woodlands also means a loss of soil and water resources, and a loss of recreational facilities. 
A sound, workable program of of conservation and fire prevent ion means millions of dollars to our area. These people who have worked so cooper at i vel y and so diligently to prevent forest fires in our county deserve commendation and thanks from everyone. 
 
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GEORGIA FORESTRY 
February, 1~:-ia 
Published 1\lonthly by the 
GEORGL\. FOimSTI~Y C0:\1.:\liSSIOX, State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia. 
Guyton DeLoach, Director 
 
No. 2 
 
Members, Board of Commissioners: 
 
G. Philip 1\lorgan, Chairman 
 
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C. !11. Jordan, Jr... 
 
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K. S. Varn H. 0. Cummings. 
 
Savann~h 
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Georgia Forestry is entered as second-class matter at the Post Office under the _\ct of August ~-i, 191~. l\l em ber of th e Georgia 
Press Association. 
 
EDIT Oil 
 
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ASSOCIATE EDITOR 
 
Patricia 1\lcKemie 
 
* * * * DISTRICT OFFICES, GEOI:GL\. FOIU~ST I:Y CO:\DIISSIOX: 
 
DISTincT I-Route ~. Statesboro 
 
DISTRICT VI - P. 0. Box 505, Millt'dgeville 
 
DISTRICT II-I'. 0. Box ~G. Camilla 
 
DISTRICT VII-Route 1, Ilome 
 
DISTiliCT III-P. 0. Box 169, Americus 
 
DISTI~ICT VIII-P. 0. Box 811, Waycross 
 
DISTlnCT 1\"-P. 0. Box 333, 1\"ewnan 
DISTRICT V-I'. 0. Bnx 3~8. .:\lcRae 
 
DISTinCT IX-P. 0. Box 416, Gainesville 
DISTmCT X-P. 0. Box 302, \V ashington 
 
Far-Seeing 
Landowners Plant Trees 
(F r om t h e ~lo ul trie Observer ) 
The l ar gest c r op of forest tree .seedl.ing~ e ver g r own in the Geor gia Fo r estry Commission nurseries is nowbeingde l ivered to land owners over the state at a rate of approximately three million young trees a week . 
Georgia's seed ling production reached its reco r d breaking peak this year with t he Dav i sboro, Hert y and Hightower nurseries shipping enough strong, healthy, disease-free seedling to reforest more than 66,890 acres of Georgia's id l e forest land. 
This all time high prod uct ion figure will again place Georgia in the lead among ~outhern states in seedling production by state nurseries. Georgia has been a consistent leader in reforestation with more than 340,000 waste acres planted to trees since the state nursery program began in the s tate, and with more than 175,000 acres replanted in the last four years. 
Georgia has long been a leader in the reforestation program that is coming to n~an so much to the wealth of our state. ~~ch of the idle 1and is being planted in seedlings and with ihe favorable g rowing conditions that prevail here, these young trees will soon be bringing in 1arge cash returns to the lanrlowners who are farseeing enough to have a part in the program. 
The growing of trees in Georf!ia is no longer a hap hazarrl thing. \\'e have come to realize that trees can be g rown like any other crop and this knowled ge is paying off. 
standin g as a p r incipal fa c tor in th e t o tal s tate e co nomy, Georg ia's mo r e tha n 30;j0 to r es t in du stries arc l ocated th rou6>1Wut tile I<.mpi rP state a n d co n t ri but e substa n t i all.Y to U1e ec on om i c \\ell-be in g of all 159 coun ties. Every counts has one or morP for est industries \\i U1 th i s gigan t i c industr.Y chain compns1 n g a S600 mill ion a sear business. 
 
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lJ~~,oiecJi.ongeJ Promise For The Future 
 
dJ.o~z- Qw.i~t, Forest Industries Lead 
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Gwinnett and Dooly counties, with a combined forest area of 251,007 acres, are the 120th and 12lst counties resrectively to sign agreements with the Georgia Forestry Commission for partici~ation in the state forest fire protection rrogram. County Forestry Pnits in these counties will be established July 1, 1053. 
The state forestry rrogram now incorrorates more than 2()1 ~ mill ion woodland acres and is exrected to include more than 22 million acres with the addition of eighteen other counties joining the rrogramby July 1' by which date Georgia will likely lead the nation in the number of forest acres included in sLate forestry rrog rams. 
Tower sites in each county are now being s~y and towers will be erected in the near future and arrointment of County Forestry Board memb ers and a County Forester or Forest P.anger for each county will be made by Commission rirector Guyton DPl oach. 
 
present and future forest crops were recognized and strongly emphasized in the state's economy during 1952 as forest and forest rroducts industries in the state _budgeted more mo':ley for expansion and construction purroses than in any other field of industry. 
Of the approximately $185 mil- 
1ion total industrial expansion and construction investment in Georgia during last year, industries relying on Georgia's forests for manufacturing materials accounted for more than $127,205, 000 in new r lants, exransions under construction, and in building plans announced. 
The industrial investment in Georgia's forest wealth will have f ar reaching effects with greatly increased employment provided 
for many types of workers of all ages, improved products available on a local market, and imrroved state and local services resulting from the increased trade dollars flowing into the state. 
 
one or more wood using industrie s , and during the year scores of small companies set aside thousands of dollars !or expans ion programs, and many new, sma 11 industrie_s located manufacturing plants In the state. In addition many individual corrorations in: vested mill ions of dollars In 
single operations. 
Large concerns establishing forest product plants in Georgia during 1952, or preparing for construction, were the Rome Kraft Company (Mead Corporation), Rome, $28 mill ion; the National Container Corporation, Valdosta, $25 mill ion; Rayonier, Incorporated, Doctortown, $29 million; 
Georgia Furniture Manufacturing Company' Atlanta, $75, 000; Anderson McGriff' Atlanta, $80 ,000 and Albany Cleat Comrany, AI bany 
$50,000. Expansion programs boosted the 
total forest investment figure as Union Bag and Paper Corporation at Savannah undertook a $25 
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ONE OF MANY GEORGIA FOREST AND FOREST PROUUCTS INDUSTRIES EXPANDING PLANT FACILITIES DURING 1952 Union Bag and Paper Corporation, Savannah, is undertaking a $25 million plant addition 
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'Keep tJ~teen ~e4-tirdtie4 
 
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"Forest fire prevention" and "Keep Green" were watchwords in many Georgia localities during 
the period February 15-21 as 
the state celebrated the annual Keep Georgia Green Week. 
Responding to Governor Talmadge's proclamation setting aside the week as a time for demonstrating and emphasizi ng in word and deed the great and increasing necessity for wise conservation and use of the state's woodlands, groups from Rabun Gap to Tybee Light, in towns and cities as well as in rural areas, participated in the festivities. 
The importance of woodlands to other phases of agricultural life was pointed out to farm groups as meeting topics emphasized the Keep Green theme. Forest fires destroy thousands of acres of 
 
woodlands annually and thereby deprive landowners of that cash return, as well as the protection those woodlands would have afforded the farmer's other lands as a bulwark against erosion and floods. 
1he observance served as an impetus to the current forest fire prevention Keep Georgia Green Contest sponsored by the Georgia Forestry Association. Increased concentration was placed on the Contest's objective of enriching Georgia's forest wealth by instilling a competitive spirit among counties to stop forest fires from each year destroying valuable timberland. 
Mass tree plantings accompanied the fire prevention theme as Arbor Day programs were held February 20. The state's school children 
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Forest Farmers 
Plan Conference 
Lumber's Tncreasing Besponsibilitv in the Nation's Economy" is th~ theme of the 1953 ~outhern Forestry Conference of the Forest Farmers Association, Valdosta, to be held in Pensacola, Florida, on March 5 and 6, according to announcement by J. Walter Myers, Jr., Association Executive-Secretary. 
The lumber industry's contribution to forest development in the South, the industry's future role in this field, and numerous other forestry topics of current importance to all southern timberland owners will be presented at the meeting, according to Forest Farmers President J. V. \\hit field of Burgaw, North Carolina. 
Pensacola headquarters will be the San Carlos Hotel. Tours, including a visit to the St. Regis Paper c~mpany's mill near Pensacola, and a special program for the ladies, are planned for conferees. 
 
FORESTRY SCRAPBOOK FOR THE GOVERNOR--Governor Herman Talmadge, recent winner of one of the American Forestry Association's Forestry Conservation Awards, is presented the scrapbook which introduced him for the award nomination. llugh W. Dobbs, President of the Georgia Forestry Association, delivers the book prepared by his Association. Looking on, 
 
left to right, are J. M. McElrath; Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Forestry Commission; B. M. Lufburrow, Executive Secretary of the GFA; and C. M. Jordan Jr. McElrath and Jordan serve on the Board of Directors, Georgia Forestry Association, and are members of the Board of Commissioners, Georgia Forestry Commission. 
 
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Five undergraduate scholar ships and one graduate scholarship in forestry effective in the 
academic year 195 3-1954 have been established by the St. Regis Paper Company, with three of the undergraduate scholarships available in the South, and one each awardPd to the Northwest and Northeast. 
The Vniversity of Georgia, the 
University of Florida, and Alabama Polytechnic Institute are recipients of the Southern scholorsl1~ps. The scholarship avail- 
able for undergraduates in the Northwest will be either the Universi ty of Washington or Oregon State College, while the Northeast scholarship will be used at the Pniversity of ~1aine, tTniversity of New Hampshir e, Pniversity of Massachussetts or New York State College of Forestry. 
The single graduate scholar- 
sohffiper, edvatluoedfirast t ~ d1,e0g0r0ee ishobldeeinrgs 
planning to take graduate work at any accredited school of forestry in the Vnited States. It covers only one year and the award winner is expected to direct his studies along lines of value to the pulp and paper industry. 
Each undergraduate scholarship amounts to ~800 a year for a period of two years, and will be 
awarded to an outstanding junior s tudent in forestry at one of these schools. Selection of forestry schol arship winners in the ~uth will be made by a committee composed of the regional forester of the United States Forest Service at Atlanta ; the resEective state forester, and Albert Ernest, vice president of St. Regis Paper Company in charge of Southern woods operations. 
The company plans to offer to each of the undergraduate scholarship winners employment during the intervening summer on some forestry project. Their continuance as recipients during the senior year will depend upon their record in the field as well as in school. 
 
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trees, and tell the world about it," were the words of advice given by Earl Porter in his President's Address to the more than 375 members and guests attending the annual meeting of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association 
held in Atlanta, January 21. 
Public relations methods took the spotlight as the meeting 
featured the various types of Association activities designed to achieve the objective of helping to grow trees on the "other fellow's land " and discussions pointed out the effectiveness of this effort and its reception by tree growers. 
An added attraction of the meeting was the gathering of member conservation foresters and others doing similar work on the afternoon preceeding the annual convention as they sought to consol idate working ideas. More than 100 foresters currently employed 
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RETIRING PRESIDENT EARL PORTER plans "Services to Landowners" JBnel with Howard J. Doyle, left, and Charles Jones, right. 
estry services to landowners discussed their problems at this meeting. 
Three panel discussions held that afternoon included ''Explanation ofSamplingProcedure' ', by H. M. Roller, Jr., International Paper Company; ''How Do You Tell Our Story?'', with Ralph A. Davis, Jr., SPCA, serving as moderator and including panel members Charles W. Robertson, International Paper Company, Joe G. Purns, Hollingsworth and Whit- 
 
WestVirginiaPulp andPaper Company, and J. Ray Orr, Champion Paper and Fibre Company; and coneluding panel, ''How Do You Provide Management Services to Landowners?''  moderated by Howard J  
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NEWLY ELECTED SPCA PRESIDENT C. H. Niederhof, left, talks with S. K. Hudson. Doyle, SPCA, with panel members Al Herring, International Paper Company, D. V. Willett, Gulf States Paper Corporation, E. A. Hall, Container Corporation of America, and Ben L. Allen, Camp Manufacturing Company, Inc. The Delegates' Dinner Meeting highlighted the evening's entertainment and delegates representing each member mill reviewed the Association's projects as they relate to their individual areas. The Presidents' Address by Earl Porter of International Paper Com- 
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R. V. MILES JR., VICE PRESIDENT of SPCA for 1953, addresses meet- 
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SIGN OF PROGRESS--Att ractive new green , white and gold signs now mark headquarters of Georgia' s 10 forestry districts. This sign is posted on the Rome-Lafayette Highway at the newly-completed Rome lHstrict Office . 
 
Forestry will play an important part in the ''Contest of Counties" currently sponso r ed by the Georgia State d1amher of Comme rce. Throurh its 1QS3Agricultural Goal Contest, the State Chamber will stress efficient farm operation, efficient crop utilization and increased production in an effort to increase rural income. 
Four of the 14 fields of en deavor dea l with imnroving Ceor gia 's forests. The four forestry r roject goals for 1953 are to :-lr~nt 1(1() million pi ne and other ( 'IPS t seedli n gs ; to bring 20 8!1(1 it ional counties under forest fi1e Jrotectjon ; to place 200,000 
no re acres under 1mr rov ed t 1mbe r 
cut t inv rract ices; and to rtllt ]OO,~lflO more idTP acres to work ?TOW1 llf trPe S. 
rther farm projects seek to increas~ production a nd income fro m poult ry, pork, fruits, nut s and 
 
TREE PLANTINGS MARK ARBOR DAY IN GEORGIA--Scenes such as this greeted the eye in many parts of the state on Friday, February 20, as schools, youth and civic groups marked their annual observance 
of Arbor Day with special programs featuring tree planting ceremonies. Here 4-H Club members at Greene County's Union Point High School hand-plant pine seedlings under the direction of County Ranger Her ~ bert E. Moore, standing fourth frm left. Looking on left to right standing, are Henry Rikard, County Agent, Carson Durham, member of 
the Greene County Forestry Board, and H. l~. Sims, Principal of the Union Point High School. The planting team in action includes Mal- 
colm Carson, wielding the dibble, and Bill Carson. 
 
ve ge tables, and to improve pa s -  tures, other farm 1ands and farm~ng methods. Competing counties ar e required t o adopt practical goa l s for 1OS:\ and to organize action to assure reaching these goals. 
 
On the County level, \lohi li za- 
t ion Committee s throughout the .::.t..ate will conducL contes t ac tivities, with County Fo r es t ers a nd Fores t Rangers, and other avri cu ltural agenciPs cooperating. 
 
Goals for 1%3 and agricultura l 
 
record s for 1053 were filed with 
 
the Atlanta office of the Georg i a 
 
01amber of Commerce prior to Cec- 
 
emher 30, 10S2 by al l cooperating 
 
~~1ohilization Conmittees. 
 
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'tween J anuary 1 and February 1, 
 
1054 each committee will forward 
 
to the same office 1ts ac tua 1 
 
accomplis hments 
 
toward these 
 
goal s. Experienced agr icultural 
 
speciali sts wi 11 then e valuate 
 
worl< in eac h count y, as compared 
 
to th e other 158 counties on both 
 
a pPrcPntage of inc re ase and 
 
amount o f in crease basi s . That 
 
co unt y with the com oin a tiOll of 
 
hi ghe s t goa ls and highest record 
 
of achi e veme nt will be declared 
 
Georgia's 1053 award County for 
 
agri cultural advancement., and 
 
four lar ge attract 1ve all metal 
 
signs, suitable worded, will be 
 
erected at major highway ent rane- 
 
es into the county. Fach member 
 
of each planning committee at- 
 
taining the goals it set for 1953 
 
will be presented a handsome, 
 
framed citation at a s tatewide 
 
dinner to be held in March, I9S4. 
 
The Ag ri c ultural I:'ivision of 
the Chamber of Commerce, with 
Albe rt G. S.Vint se rving as Cha-ir- 
man, i s conducting the contPst. 
Committees making up this Divi- 
s ion incl ude: Forestry, Petter 
Farm Livin g , Crops, Horti culture, 
LandUse ,Livestock and Poultry. ~!embers of the Fo r est r y Conmitt ee 
are lPorge Pazemore , Cha 1rman, 
B. ErnPSt Allen, Guyton r el oach' 
Hugh W. ronbs , J. D. Fount a in, Jim 
Fowler, Edward Hawes , W. R. Hine , 
E. T. Hudson, B. ~1. Lufburrow, HPnry \~a l s lJe rger, Pruce ~ 1 cGre gor, Pobert H. Ru s h, and .J. C. \'inson. 
 
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'kJo.oJd, Bu~tnelt Smokey's 1953 Pledge 
 
f.l~nrieJ, "I Will Be Careful" 
 
eo,widecl CFFP Campaign Theme 
 
Rapid, intensive, vigorous enforcement ofGeorgia' s forest fire laws was dramatically emphasized recently with the apprehension and conviction of a willful woods burner in.Floyd County. 
The incendiarist pled guilty to setting 11 woods fires in the vicinity of the New Prospect Baptist Church. He was appreh end e d at the scene of the set fires by the coordinated e fforts of a towerman, air patrol plane and forest fire investigator. 
Judge H. E. Nichols sentenced the fire-setter to serve 12 months in the Floyd Publi c Work s Camp and either pay court cost or serve an additional s ix months in j a il. The latter six months are to be served on probation after payment of court costs. 
The first fire wa s s potted in the early afternoon by the Mt. Alto towerman, who, through use of two-way radio called in an air patrol plane being used by Polk County Forest Range r James Carter and his crews fight;ing a fire near the Polk-Floyd line which threatened to burn into Polk County. 
State Fire Investigator Bob Gore, of the Rome Forestry P-istrict, arrested the incendiarist near the scene of the last fire set, while the airplane flying above ' ' pinned him down''. 
Please ... 
help people be 
more careful ! 
 
''Please . . . help people be more c are ful!'' are words that will be s een in eve ry fore st, park, s c hool, courthouse, bu s and newspaper thi s yea r as the 1953 Cooperative Fores t Fire Preven- 
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tion Camp a ign again pres e nts Smokey asking for publi c cooperation in stopping forest fires. 
Posters, mats, displays, stamps car cards, blotte rs, bookmarks, and radio platters wi l l bring the prevention message t o t housa nd s of Georgians and millions of American s throu gh thi s campaign sp msored by State Foresters in cooperation with the U. S. Forest Service . 
The Campaign Ba sic Pos t e r s hows Smokey reverent 1y a s king ' 'Pl e a se ... help people he more ca reful! ' ' The background depi ct s a burned forest, and two small bears poi nt out the wildlife loss caused by f i r e .. 
''Promi s e th at you will be c are full with mat c he s , with smokes , with camp fir es , with any f ire' ' is Smokey' s next r e que st on t he Fire Prevention Rules Pos t e r. Pules are e mphasized by one of Smokey' s f e llow fire con sc ious bears acting out each of the rul es . 
The Pas ic Pos t e r and t he Rul es Pos ter ar e printe d in f our col or s, 
 
13 x 18~ i nc hes , and are avail ahle in pape r , cardboard , waterproof cardboard, and one and two column new s paper mats. 
Smokey and his bear friends raise t heir r igh t hand and take 
the conse rvatIon oath as king t ha t you ''Re pe a t a f te r me: I will be Car e fu l ," on the Smokey Be a r ''Pl e dge'' Easel. Pr i nted on heavy ca rdboard in four colors, s ize 12 x 14 inches, the easel is sel - s t andin g and is ideal for di sp lay in banks, store windows and other publi c places.  C.a r and bus cards reemphasize t he ' ' Pl ease Help People Be More Careful! ' ' request. The cards are 2 1 x 1 1 i nches and 28 x 11 inches, p r inted for nation- wide display i n Tran sit Ad space and are availab l e in li mi ted quanti ties for spec i al use. 
' 'Promi se You Will Help'' asks t he c olorful ''Pledge'' poster s tamps for stationery. Stamps a re prepared in sheets of 56, size 2xr ~ inches each. The design is ad apted for two - color bookmarkers, and blotters, R~ x 2~ inches each . 
Requests for free CFFP materia l s should be add ressed to the Georgia Forestry Commission, State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia 
 
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Superior Pines Aim 
 
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Of Research P roje ct l<adta Se'tie4 
 
Future generations of Georgians may be th e posse s sors of superior strains of pine trees that have out s tanding growth, form, and disea se-res i s ting features, if experiments carried on by the Forest Tree Improvement Project cf the Ida Cas m Calloway Founda ti on prove successful. 
The projec t wa s estab "h she d in 
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YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE-James T. Greene, Foundation Forester, compares a su JErior seedling, left, with an average forest seedling. J . Call away , Ham il t rn, Georg ia, with t he aid and guidance o f the Sou theastern Fo r est Fxp e riment Station of t h e U. S . Fo r es t Service, Ashevil l e, N. C., and is 
 
The process of acquiring a superior pine treP includes the sel ection and propagation of naturally superior individuals, and the hybridizing of superior individuals by a combination of crosses between the four major species of pine in Georgia, i.e., slash, loblolly, longleaf, and short lea f pine. 
Early in 1950 some s upenor pines of these species were sel ected for study. Pollen was collected from some of these individuals and the first series of cross-pollenations began. Almost 300 super-ior pine trees have been selected, marked, measured, and used a s seed sources, with about 200 cross-pollenations made to produce seed of a hybrid nature. 
Selectio~s have been made on the basi s of the superiority of an individual tree over any other trees in its vicinity within the various stands of pines avail able, with consideration given to factors of growth in diameter and height, crown form, limb size, and resistan~e to disease. 
Cross-pollenations made for the pa s t three seas rns have shown satisfactory results from a seed rrrouction standpoint. Seed collected from the natural selection of superior trees and seed resulting from hybridizing have been grown in nurseries for two seasons. 
Standard nursery practices are closely followed in construction 
 
l<det:ued J e ll y El liott and h is Unotheads for the fourth year will send hill billy music and forest fire prevention messages throughout Georgia, as the 1953 series of recorded programs are released to Georgia radios ta tions during February. 
The 13-week hillbilly music series features Jelly Elliott, who interprets technical forestry, wildlife, soil and water conservation ideas into rural '"lingo': a nd explains the why and how of conservation and woods fire prevention. 
''Knotheads'' playing with Elliott are Charlie 5tuckey, bass fiddle , Pob Henderson, fiddle, Bay Parker, rhythem guitar, and J-l"ermon Populus, steel guitar. Elliott and the ''Knotheads '' do vocal solos and combine for duets, trios and qua r tet s . 
The 1953 programs are another proj ect conducted in cooperation with all states by the l". S. Forest Service through it s division of cooperative ForPst Fire Prevention. 
of seed beds , preparation of soi l, and other details of seedling production. For a more comprehensive study, s eed from othPr sources have been grown along with the local collecti rns. Twen- 
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IN ADJOINING NURSERY BEDS Germination percent ages and growth 
 
based on the theory that timber and its products play such a major part in the economy of the South that the development of a superior strain of timber trees will greatly bolster this important indus try. 
 
Work at present is centered on pines, but may later be enlarged to include improvement of certain 
 
hardwoods. l11rough the U. S. Forest Service, the work at Plue Springs Fams is correlated to genetics studiPs of government andprivate agencies in theUnited States and abroad. 
 
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foresters And Rangers In The News 
 
CounL y and District forestry personnel of the First District met inStatesboro to outline plans for an intensive campaign to control forest fires and to aim for the $1,000 county prize which will go to the first place winner in the Keep C-.eorgia Green contest sponsored by the Georgia Forestry Association. 
The Rangers and Foresters are going all out in trying to make one of the counties in the First District the state contest winner, and the fire fi gh te rs emphasized that the $1,000 prize is only part of the reward. 
Ranger W. V. Strickland of the Berrien County Forestry Unit recently received commendation for 
 
his Unit's quick, effective fire suppression work. 
Lowell K. Halls, Range Conservationist of the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Tifton, wrote ''We certainly appreciate the manner in which your fire control unit came to our aid in a recent outbreak of fires at our range grazing project at Alapaha. Within thirty mi.nutes from the time that we called your unit, they were at our Station prepared to combat the fire. If we had not receiYed such prompt service and efficient work upon your arrival, the project would have suffered untold damage. 
''The extremely dry conditions that existed at that time,'' Conservationist Halls continued, ''made it impossible for us with our limited equipment to control the fire. The use of your up-todate equipment and experienced personnel was certainly the answer in this particular case. I am 
 
sure the benefits of this unit to the county will be demonstrated many times in the future. 
' 'Again, we wish to thank you for your service and consideration in the fighting of this fire,'' Halls said. 
Almost the same day, Fisher Jones, RFD, Alapaha, wrote the Editor of the Nashville Herald, ''I want to take this opportunity to thank the fine people of our county for their efforts in getting our forest Fire Protection Unit in the county when we did. 
''I just had a fire to get out on my land from the highway,'' Fisher stated, ' ' and had it not been for the Forestry Unit the fire would have burned over several hundred acres of good timber and maybe s one buildings. 
' 'I especially want to thank the County Comnissioners and the Farm Bureau for putting this program into use,'' he concluded. 
 
ROADSIDE MASTERPIECE--Ranger W. G. Morris, right, admires the new and unusual roadside sign prepared by the Wayne County Forestry Unit. Lettered in gold on pine boards, the sign proclaims the location of the Forestry Unit, and reminds motorists to "Help Us Protect Your Forest." Below, the location and phone number of the Tobacco Road Forest Fire Observation Tower are prominently displayed in Richmond County by this dual-faced road- 
 
side sign. Ranger T. ~1. Strickland points to the new sign ~esented to the Forestry Unit by the Coca Cola Bottling Company, sponsors of other signs throughout the state. 
 
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FAMILIAR FACES, NEW POSITIONS--Pictured above ing Management program necessitated full time 
 
are three foresters with a combined service record supervision. Walter N. Stone, ce n ter, has been 
 
of 16 years with the Georgia Forestry Commission. transferred from Sixth Distr i ct Forester to fill 
 
W. H. McComb, left, has recently assumed duties as the First District vacancy. David Groom, right, 
 
Assistant Director of the Commission in charge of former Assistant District Forester in Charge of 
 
Management. His promotion from First District Fire Control for the Second District, has been 
 
Forester came as the Commission' s rapidly expand- named Sixth Oistrict Forester. 
 
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participated in the planting exercises and appropriate serviceg were held by garden, agricultural, civic and social clubs. Demonstrations were designed to remind all toplant, conserve, perpetuate and beautify the forests, trees ~d surroundings . 
Forest fir e prevention "How To Do It's" we r e pre sented to school youths with fundamentals of prevention st r e ssed by teachers, Count y Fores t e r s and Rangers, coun t y agents, and a gricultural lea de r s . Movies , ta lks , illustrated lectures and i n- t he-woods de monstrations so ught t o point ou t the necessity of cooprrating fully in helping to prevent woods fires and in holding do wn the loss and destruction that results from wildfires. 
Forestry facts, published by the Georgia Forestry Commi ssion and furnished to newspapers and radio stations over the state, were widely utilized by editors and statior1 emcees in pub] icizing warnings t o the public against careless actions in or near the 
 
woods, and in constantly ke ep in g be fore the public eye the urgency of active participation in the Keep Georgia Green movement. The factual data rointed out t hat the condition of Georgia's woodlands is a leading factor in the e conomic stability of the state; that the number of forest industries in Georgia 1s cont1nu1ng to increase yearly, thereby putting a heavi~r drain on the woodlands; that forest fires reduce the raw materials needed by the forest industries and thereby retard the prosperity of the state, and listed forestry highlights in Georgia's record- breaking reforestation, management, and fire control program and forest product production figures. 
Church groups joined the Keep Green parade with ministers using Bible con s ervation references for s ermon topi cs, and church groups choosing scripture conservat ion me ss ages for discussion ma t erials. 
Ke ep Georgia Green Week is obse rved yearly to organize rublic 
 
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mi Ilion plant add it ion. Other smaller expan sion programs are und erway by Hercules Power Company, Brunswick, and the Southern Paperboard Corporation of Sav annah. 
The Me ngel Company, Jessup, has pu r chased the site for a $20 mill ion operation. The Fox MaP'lfacturing Company, Rane, has purchased a 67-acre t r act for a future expansion program, and the site of a new p lant. 
s upport in seek in g to prevent and suppress un controlled forest fires; to inform th~ public of damages to t he state's economy resulting from uncontrolled forest fires- - effects on raw materia l s, employment and income; to encourage good practices for providing a continuous crop from all forest lands in Georgia, and to convince persons in all wal ks of life thatitis good business for everyone for Georgia to develop its vast forest resources to the fullest. 
 
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ty-one forei?TI s pec i es, and seed fran other veographical sour ces within the pine range are included, with resulting seedlinvs used for comparison and checks on local seed . 
In the fall of 1051 gatheri nvs of seed were made by a vene r a ! collecti m from only the best trees in each stand. A smal l collection was made of run- cfth e -wood s trees. Seedlings produced fran the variety of seed from the different parents show marked differences in sePdl inv height, seed ling vi gor, and t he uniformity of vrowth in the seedbPds. 
Seedlings prod uc Pd from the venera! co ll ection of sPed from better parent trePs of a widespread basis comparPd with the crop produced from a run-of-thewoods coll ection indicates that tl:e selected seed crop has produced beds of sPedlinvs that have very uniform height vrowth, clo sely approaching that of the seedlinl's fran a careful ly se lected superior plant, wherPas the general collection of seed from any seed producinv trPP, repardless of comli t ion, shows a ra~ged-lookinv crop of seedlinfs who sP heivhts vary noticeably with ~o uniformity. 
Field planting of the experime ut al lot s of seed lings is es tablished in a 100-acre field and seed lings from the various seed sources are p l antPd in plots, 
us in g a uniform 10' x 10' spacinv , 
the grouped plots makinv up a l arve block. By plantinv Pivht or ten acres each year this field will give, in one unit, a 10-year follow-up of th e proveny from selected and hybridized parPnts. 
1l1ouvh these PxperimPnts are in the initial stave, enouvh work has been done to show that superior trPe s can bt> idPntified, and that thPir provenv will have characteristics , from a timbervrowing standpoint , superior to those of run-of- th e -wood s produced pines. 
 
SCHOOL BUSSES CARRY REMINDERS FOR CIIIUlREN-~Iore than 3, 800 "Stop Woods Fires" stickers have been mounted in school busses throughout the state as part of the drive to acquaint Georgian's of all ages witli the necessity of preventing forest fires. The stickers, furnished by the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Associatim, are printed by the Day Glo process in red on a black background. Above, Stephens County Ranger Owen J. Dean mounts a sticker as James R. Moore, Principal of Toccoa's \\hitman Street School, looks on. 
 
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pany , and the Conser vati on Report by H. J. ~!alsberger, General ~1anager of theAssociation, opened the annual meetinv on January 21. 
A pane1 discussion followed on the subject ''What the Southern Pulp and Paper Industry is roinv About Tts Future Supply of Pulpwood from Non-Company owned Lands.'' The discussion was divided into four panels covering activitiES~ in the fields of information and education, manavement services to landowners, how the industry let s the landowner 
and publi c know what it isdoinv in Pncouravinv the wise use of the tree crop, and how thP Association detPrmines the provress and effectiveness of the eniire co nserva tion program of the pulp and paper industry. 
The ''Information and Fducation'' panel members included Ra lp h Davis, SPCA, analyzing 
Information~! Projects, and Jim Ni cflol son , SPCA, viewing Educational activitiPs and dedescribing the Diorama F~hibit. 
 
Discussion on thP ''ServlcPs to I andowners' ' panel was led by Howard royle, explaininv remonstrations; S. K. Hudson, Container Corporal ion of America, out1ining Seedlings and Plantj nv ~achines; C. H. Niederhof, West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, relating Management Aids; and Charles Jones, Dixie Wood, Inc., pointing out the Pulpwoods Dealer's Program. 
''Telling f'ur Story'' led off thP afternoon panels, with R. V. Miles, Jr., Gulf States Paper Coproration, tellin g of ~ 7embers' Promotional Activities; and Stanford Smith, Secretary-Manaver of the Georvia Press Association and instructor in journal ism at the Atlanta f>ivision of the L1niversity of Georgia, presentinv practical methods of Telling 0ur Story Through Newspapers. 
The concludinv panel discussed ''Determining ProgrPss and Effectivene ss of the S PCA Provram. Sampling of rul pwood Cuttings was handlPd by H. ~1. Roller; and Fvaluating the Program was covered by Frank Heyward, Jr., Gaylord lontainer Corporation. 
 
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