Georgia forestry, Vol. 6, no. 7 (July 1953)

GEORGIA FORESTRY

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Facts About Georgia's Forests

(From the Cochran Journal)

Georgia is truly the ''Empire pulpmills, and many other types

State'' of the South. Advancing of wood-using plants in the state.

faster than any other state in the Every county has one or more tim-

nation in the establishment of new ber using industries.

manufacturing industries, Georgia

Georgia's forest produce more

still leads in the production of than half the world's supply of

many agricultural products. From naval stares and 74% of the total

the Georgia Forestry Commission U. S. supply; approximately one-

come these amazing facts:

twentiethofthe natjon's lumber;

Two-thirds of Georgia's area is

one-tenth of the nation's pulpwood

in forests-2S, 17R,962 acres. The

supply; and tremendous quantities

forestisGeorgia'smostextensive of crossties, poles, fuelwood,

agricultural crop and one of her

piling and other products, which

greatest natural resources.

furnish landowners and industry

Georgia leads the South in more than$600 million income an-

total forest acreage, and ranks nually--an amount greater than the

first in the nation in privately

value of the cotton and tobacco

owned forest area and number of

industry in the state.

forest landowners.

Georgia's woodlands are pro-

In Geoq:6a 95.fi J?ercent of the

clueing less than one-half of forest lands are pnvatelyowned--

their capacity.

70 percent by persons owning fewer

E-etween two and three million than 1,000 acres of woodlands.

acres are in need of planting. More than 1fifi,OOO Ceorgians are

The Georgia Forestry Commission offers free of ~harge, ~ manaf?e-J

directly employed in forest activities, and many thousands more are indirectly dependent upon the

ment .and marketing service which f~rnished ~he smal~ forest ow~er with tech~Ical_advice on cutting

forest for a liVFdihood.

and marketing hi s forest crop.

There are 2.fi51 sawmills. seven

Forests are the only natural re-

Vol. 6

GEORGIA FORESTRY
.July, 1953 Published Monthly
by the GEORGIA FORESTin~ CO:\L\IISSIO.:\'",
State Capitol. Atlanta, Georgia Guy t on DeL oach, DircctOJ'

No.7

Members, Board of Commissioners :

G. Philip Morgan, Chairman

.J ohn 1\l. 1\I cE irath C. M. Jordan, Jr.

1\Iacon Alamo

K. S. Varn H. 0. Cummings

Savannah \Vavcross Donalsonville

source that is replacable and can be made inexhaus table. Every Georgian has a large stake in the protection and wise utilization of the forest resource. 1he productivity and conservation of the state's
timber lands affects the welfare and daily life of all her citizens.
Georgi a has led the South in pulpwood production for four con secutive years with the recordbreaking 1951 total production of 2,370,143 standard cords.
One hundred and nineteen of Georgia's 159 counties are under forest fire protection by the Georgia Forestry Commission. These 119counties comprise a total of 20, Sfi2,00 ~ acres.
At present there are 300 forest fire lookout towers operating in protected areas, and they are laca ted to provide maximum coverage.
Production of seedlings in the state's nurseries during the 1951S2 planting season reached the all time high record figure of 53~ million seedlings, placing Georgia in the lead among southeastern states in theproduction of seedlings by state nurseries. At the end of the 1952-53 planting season Georgia's three state nurseries will have produced nearly 160 mi 11 ion seedlings during the past four years, representing a sufficient number of young pines to re fares t more than 200,000 acres of idle land.
There are fi2 Certified Ceorgia Tree Farms, totaling 1,071,572 acres. The Georgia Tree Farms program has been designed to encourage the state's landowners to maintain or increase the value of her tree crop so that the forests of Georgia will be a perpetual sour ce of income to Ceorgians.

Georgia Forest ry is entered a s ::;econd cla ss matt er at the P os t Office unde1 the Act of Augu st 21, 1912. l\I eri1ber of the Georgia Press Associat ion.

EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Richard E. Davis Patricia McKemie

DISTIUCT OFFICES, GEORGI.\ FOimSTin CO:\Ii\IISSIO~:

DISTRICT I- Route 2, Statesboro

DISTH ICT VI - P. 0. Box 505, 1\Iilledgevi ll e

DISTRICT 11 - P. 0. Box 26. Camilla

DISTRICT VII- Route 1, Rome

IJISTIUCT 111 - P. 0. Dox 169, Americus

I>ISTIUCT VIII- I'. 0. Box 811, Waycross

I>ISTJUCT IV- P. 0. Box 333, Newnan

lJI ST RI CT IX - P . 0. Box 416, Gainesville

lllSTidCT V - I'. 0. Box 328, 1\IcRae

DIS T RICT X- P. 0. Box 302 , Washington

Forestry Camps took the spot-
light in Georgia this month, with youthful woods-lovers from every section of the state attending
week-long training sessions. Here UowardJ. Do~ le, Area For-
ester of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association, demonstrates measuring of stacked pulp~ood. Looking on are boys attending the 1953 Georgia Boys' Forestry Camp held at Laura Walker State Park, near Waycross.

JULY, 1953

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Another Forestry First

Georgia Leads Nation In Protection
Of Forestlands; 11 New Counties Join

Georgia assumed national leadership in the protection of state and private forestlands on July 1 with the establishment of 11 new County Forestry Units which brought a record high total of
21,730, 560 acres of woodlands in the state under forestry programs. The 11 counties with newly organized Forestry Units comprise 1,236,744 acres.

terrain of that county. Surveys are now underway to determine the most advantageous sites in each county for the erection of forest fire observation towers,'' he continued.
The 11 new counties, their total forest acreage including state,

private and federal forestlands, are as follows:
Dooly, 96,064 acres; Lee, 107,228 acres; Marion, 147,402; Clayton, 56,453; Putnam, 179,424; Frankl in, 85, 736 acres; Gwinnet t, 154,943; Lumpkin, 165,015 acres; Clarke, 45,120 acres; Lincoln, 118,973, andOglethorpe, 187,085.

"By signing protection agreements thisyear," declared Guyton DeLoach, Director of the Commission, "these 11 counties have substantially boosted the state's program which is des igned to have every county under organized protection by 1954. We now have 129 County Forestry Units operating in the state, l e aving only 30 counties to be organized. "

Marion, Dooly and Lee counties in the Third Forestry District in South Georgia organized new protection Units. In North Georgia agreements were s igned by Clayton in the Fourth Forestry District; Putnam in the Sixth; Lumpkin, Gwinnett and Franklin in the Ninth, andClarke, Oglethorpe and Lincoln counties in t he Te nth Forestry District.
County Forest ry Boards are being appointed to direct the program in each county, DeLoach pointed out, ' 'and these men wi 11 be chosen because of their interest i n forestry and their proven ability to guide such a program. "
"Competent, experienced County Forest Ranger s will as s ume leadership of each county's protection program" DeLoach said, "and each county will be sutplied with the proper fire fighting equipment and vehicles for the

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Future Farmers of America--95 Bainl:r idge, were awarded a fishing

FORESTRY CAMP SCENES- -Photo 1, boys prac-

strong and representing R5 counties rod, flashlight and $1 for winning tice fire fighting after watching demon -

in s outh and cen t ral Ge orgia--attend- fourth, fifth and sixth place, re - stration. Photo 2, Bill Nasworthy, Wil-

ed the 1953 Georgia Boys Forestry spectively.

bur Timmerman and Ferrell Keaton, left to

Camp June 15-~ at Laura Walker State Park.
The FFA youths, chosen in forestry competi tions and on t heir r e -

Specia l spe ake rs at the c amp ina e luded Guyton DeLoach , Director,
Georgia Forestry Commission; J. N.
Raker, Supervisor, Vocational Agri-

right, measure with a Biltmore stick. Photo 3, left to right, Perry Cross, Billy Ross and Henry Parker check a stand for thinning. Photo 4, Gene Martin instructs in use of fire fighting hand tools. Phot o 5,

c ord in forestry projects, r epre- culture Division, State Departrrent boys swing their partners at the square

sented their counties at the annual of Education; representatives of dance. Photo 6, James Reid points out a

encamprrent conducted by the Georgia Ge or g ia chapters, Future Farrrers of Cronartium tree during course on Insects

Forestry Commission and sponsored Ameri c a.

and Disease. Photo 7, James Spiers con-

by five Georgia rrember mills of t he Enterta inrren t and recreation were ducts a hand planting class. Photo 8 , Do-

Southern Pulpwood Conservation Asso- integrated with forestry studies as w~rd. Doyl_e congrat u~ates Bobby Paulk on

ciation : Macon Kraft Company , Brunswick Pulp and Paper Company, llnion

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McCorkle, fourth place; Tharin Holland,



Bag and Paper Corporation, Gair Wood- horsesh<?es, and 1n .the evemngs were third; Billy Lord, second; Cleveland Step-

lands, Inc . and St. Marvis Kraft entertalned by moVIes, guest speak - hens, sixth; and Marion Franklin, fif th.

Corporation.

ers and a square dance.

In-the-woods practice was mixed TheThursday afternoon field trip

with out-of-door forestry lectures to the Okefenokee Swamp Park was an

as the youthful campers were in - additional entertainrrent highlight

structed in thinning, reforestation, of the week . On Friday afternoon ,

marketing , insects and disease, har- folla.ving the forestry quiz , the

vesting, fire control, use of hand championshipbaseball garre andhorse -

tools and equiprrent, and naval shoe tournarrent was held.

stores .

Vocational Agriculture Teachers

Scoring highest on the compre- attending the camp were A. E . Kit -

hensive forestry exam and copping chens, W. K. Warren, H. H. Glissen ,

the grand prize was Bobby Paulk , M. L. Logue, L. H. Akins, B. H. Clax -

of the Irwin County FFA Chapter, ton, J. R. Odom, A. P. Lewis, E. J.

who was awarded an Indian Fire Pump Stins on, A. T. Miller , G. A. Scruggs,

dona ted by the D. B. Smith Company. and Elvin Walker.

Second place winner Billy Lord of

The camp staff consisted of J.F.

the Glenwood Chapter received a $10 cash prize, and for placing third TharinHolland won $5. Billy McCorkle, Camilla, Marion Frank-

Spiers, Forester Central of Geor gia Railroad; Howard J. Doyle, Area Forester, Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association; H. E .

lii'\Lyons, and Cleveland Stephens ,

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GEOR GIA F ORE STR Y

Record S e edling Crop

Distribute d

Nearly all of Georgia's 150

counties shared in the estab-

lishment of a new all-time-high

planting record for the state as

more than S4,POO,OOO forest tree

seedlings, sufficient healthy,

vigerous young trees to reforest

more than 6P ,SOO acres, were dis-

tributed to Georgia landowners by

the Georgia Forestry Commission

state nurseries during the 10S2-

53 planting season. The S4,R73,n~S seedlings ship -

ped into 154 counties from the

Davisboro, Herty and Hightower

River nurseries represented the

largest distribution in the his-

tory of the reforestation and nur-

sery programs in Ceorgia, and was

the second largest distribution

in the South.

Individual nur sery shipments

accounted for 23, llS, 400seedlings

from the Davisboro Nursery 20

943,675 from l!erty, and P ,P 14,SSO

from Hightower River nursery.

Two million seedlings purchased

from the state of Louisiana sup-

plemented production of the Geor-

gia nurseries when it became evic

dent that demand for seedlings

would exceed nursery production.

Orders for the Slash Pine con-

tinued to lead all other species

with distribution totaling 4~,

nn4,n50 seedlings , followed by

shipments of 10,03n, 400 I oblolly

Pine; nn5,000LongleafPine; 1R 2 ,

350 Red Cedar; 173,075Arizona Cy-

press; n3, 700 White Pine; .S P, OSO

Plack Locus t, and 20,500 Yellow Poplar.

The following is a list of the

total number of seedlings ship-

ped to each county, though not

11ec es sa ri 1y the number p ]anted in

that county:

Bryan, 354,000;Bulloch,152,000;

Purke , 1, 0S1,ROO;Candle r, 30P,300;

Chatham, ~ ln, l SO ; Effingham, 2PP,

SOO; Emanuf'l, 9SP,4SO; Evans, 7S,

000; Jenkins, 34n, 100; Liberty

40 , n00 ; Long , 49 1, 9 00.

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Mcintosh, 700,1)00; Screven,

l22,n00; Tattnal l , R9,000; Paker,

1, 04:1, non; Brooks

3SR 900

Calhoun, 49S,200; Cl,ay, 1?1:nso;

In S tate
Colquitt, 51,400; Cook, 151,100; Decatur, 1,142,300.
Dougherty, 833,100; Early, 257, 600; Grady, 139,050; Miller, 37,
100; Mitchell, 494,600; Seminole, 171,700; Thomas, 1,016,550; Tift,
143,900; Worth, 487,350; Crisp, 4"~n,n00; Dooly, lil,SOO; lee, n4R,Ml0; Macon, 472,000; Marion, S55,R50; ~'uscogee, 40S,250; Quitman, Sn, QOO; Randol ph, 1, 1R 3, 200; Schley, 1S7,n00; Stewart, 1,044, 000; Sumter, PR7,SOO; Talbot,
SR 1 ,non.
Taylor, 2,002,300; Terrell, 512,000; Webster, 1,261,000; Butts, 150,200; Carroll, 3RP,300,
Clayton, 4, 500; Coweta, 296, 500; rouglas, 44, 7SO; Fayette, 74, 21'(l; Fulton, 70,375; 1-larris, 30,000; Heard, SR,SOO; Henry, 3n,000; Lamar, 2"~, 500; Meriwether, 421, "'00; l\1ewton, Pn, 000; Pike, ,c;o,
000; Rockdale, 2Cl, 500; Spalding, 43,000; Troup, 110, 100; (lpson, nn,OOO; Pen Hill, 040,400; Sleekley, 130,000; Dodge, 704,250; Houston, 10n,n00; Irwin, 2 3n,SOO; JeffDavis, SlO,OOO; Laurens, R74, noo; ~1ontgomery, 515,700.
Pulaski, 40n,OOO; Telfair, 1, 12n, 100; Toombs, 114,000; Treutlen, 247,500; Turner, SOR,OOO; \\'heeler, 1,032,750; Wilcox, 1,108,900:- -
Baldwin, 457, 100; Bibb, 359, 600;
Crawford, 7.S2, 000; Glascock, 42, 000; Hancock, 17, 500; Jasper, f.P, 000; Jefferson, 1, P32, 01)0; Johnson, Sl3,400; Jones, 201,100; Monroe, 714' 100.
Peach, 2f.2, 100; Putnam, 10,000; Twiggs, 207,f.OO; Washington, 1, 040,200; Wilkinson, 4S,OOO; Bartow, 100,700; Chattooga, 51,ROO; Cherokee, S~,SOO; Cobb, 25,000; Floyd, 14P,OOO; Gilmer, 2P1,400; Gordon, 249,800; Haralson, 26,700.
Murray, 805,000; Paulding, 20, 600; Pickens, 23,100; Polk, 16, 000; "~lker, 12,000; Whitfield, 205, 500; Appling, 436, 500; Atkinson, 27,100;Bacon,539,000; Ber-
rien, 14,000; Brantley, 711,000; Camden, 1,408,500.
Ch~rlton, 1,460,000; Clinch, 568, 150; Coffee, 145,200; Echols,
(Continued on PaRe 10)

With the recent addiLion of 16,490 acres of managed woodlands, Georgia's certified Tree Farm program swelled to a total of 1,015 908 acres, representing 92 indi vidual Tree Farms in 76 Georgia counties.
More than 12, 100 acres were in corporated in the Tree Farm Program as three Georgia lando.vners recently received Tree Farm certification on their woodlands. The Yarn Turpentine and Cattle Company, Valdosta, was issued
Tree Farm credentials on 5,340 acres of Char 1ton Countywood lands. Mrs. Orei ta Rice Callan, Scott, received official recognition ofher PSO acres of we 11 managed Laurens County woodlands, and M. M. Smith, Milan, has had n,OOO forest acres in Telfair and Dodge counties certified.
Twenty-four members of the West Lumber Company's Tree Farm Family, whose woodlands are under good forest management, were recently comrrended by Governor Herman Ta 1madge at ceremonies held at the Doraville Plant of West Lumber Company.
Members of the Tree Farm Family, their addresses, Tree Farm acreage, and locati.on of Tree Farms are as follows:
Miss Delia Mae Hughes, Hairston Rd., RS acres, DeKalb Coun ty; Almand' 'Bo'' Carroll, 1112 Peachtree Rd., N. E., Doraville, 50 acres; DeKalb County; Oze E. Horton, 1970 Walthall Dr., N. W. 39 acres, Gwinnett County.
BenT. Huiet, RR7 Forrest Rd., N. E. 407 acres, Henry County ; Capitol Gun Club, Gun Club Rd., N. W. 40 acres , Fulton County; John L. Jacobs, Rt.3, Marietta, R6 acres, Cobb County; Robert Eldridge, Norcross, 120 acres,
Gwinnett County; J. T. Woth,
3125 E. Shadow lawn Ave., N. E., 96 acres, Gwinnett County; Dr. T. J. Stanford, 104KennesawAve. Marietta, 3n acres, Fu ltonCount y.
Mrs. Mary Fitts, 3.55 Redland
Rd., N. W., 73 acres, Cobb County; James Fickling, Norcross, 4R acres, Gwinnett County; C.M.
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Scientists of the Herty Foundation Laboratory, Savannah, are constantly seeking new means of utilizing wood and wood waste. Successful experiments completed by the Foundation's researchers have greatly influenced the marketability of products of Georgia's woodlands.
Dr. Reavis C. Sproull, Director of the Laboratory, adjusts a dropping funnel, Photo 1, in the determination of pentosans to develop new products from wood waste and bamboo.
Janine Johnson, Photo 2, stands by a bale of sugarcane bagasse and holds a stalk of timber bamboo, both of which are being investigated for use in specialty papers.
As one phase of a program to expand the marketability of hardwoods, Junior Patterson, Photo 3, places culled gum wood logs in the Carthage grinder to prepare groundwood for use in newsprint.
The Laboratory building, Photo 4, houses pilot and research equipment for applied research on wood, paper and agricultural fibers.
Pulpwood chips are hand sorted and screened by Jackie Sommers and James Beach, Photo 5. to determine the yield of useful chips and pulp from a cord of wood. These chips are prepared for use in making chemical pulps such as kraft and sulphite.
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Orders for forest tree seedlings

grown in nurseries of the Georgia

Forestry Commission will be ac-

cepted beginningJul y 1, according

to announcement byJames H. Hill,

Assistant Director of the Commis-

sion in charge of Nurseries.

"Orders may be placed by letter

or on the official order blank,

avail able at local offices of the

Commission, County Agents, and

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Soil Conservation Service Technicians, " Hill said.

NAVAL STORES PRACTICES DEIWlNSTRATED AT 4-H CLUB FORESTRY CAMP Dorsey Dyer Instructs 4-H' ers gathered At Laura Walker State Park

October 1 has been set as the closing date for acceptingorders, Hill stated, "andnoorderwill be

4-H Forestry Camp

filled which has not been paid for by October 15. Orders will be invoiced immediately and payment

Held In S outh Georgia

must be received before October 15 or the order will be automatically cancelled.''

Study, practice and play was the schedule followed by 1~0 4-H Club boys who attended the ninlh annual South Georgia 4-H Club Forestry

An entertainment and educational highlight of the camp was a visit to the Savannah plant of tnion Pag on Wednesday.

Payment for seedlings will be accepted at the time the order is placed, provided the amount includes correct payment for trans-

Camp at Laura Walker Park, Waycross, Speakers addressing the campers portation charges and the quantity June P-13 ..The bo~s came from S0 were George P. Donalson, President, of seedlings ordered. All checks

South Georgia Counties.

Abraham BaldwinAgriculturalCollege, or money orders not written in the

The camp was co-sponsored by the l 'nion Pag and Paper Corporation and the Georgia Agricultural Extension Service. C. I'orsey flyer, Associate Extension Forester, and R. J. Richardson, Associate State 4-H Club Leader, both of the Extension Service, directed the camp.
Forestry subjects studied by the

Tifton; Guyton DeLoach, nirector, Georgia Forestry Commission; J. J. Armstrong, Manager of the Woodlands Division, Union Bag; W. A. Sutton, State 4-H Club Leader, Athens; and WalterS. Brown, Associate Director of the Extension Service.
Also serving as insturctors at the camp were the following: Robert H.

correct amount ofpayment will be returned.
Hill pointed out that due to rising costs of nursery operations it has been necessary to increase the price on Longleaf, slash, Loblolly and ShortleafPine seedlings to $2.75 per thousand, F. 0. B. nursery.

Forest Farmers campers included fire cont.rol, tree Tift, Assistant District Forester,
identification, reforestation,..thin- Georgia Forestry Commission, \\ay-

Relocate ning, harvesting, conditions affect- cross; Turner Barber, Jr., Ass is-
ing tree growth, mensuration and tant District Forester, Georgia For-

In Atlanta marketing. A naval stores demon- estry Commission, Americus; C. E.
stration wa s presented by I'yer and Lavely, Field Procurement Repre-

Charles T. Shea, Area Forester, Naval sentative, tTnion Pag and Paper Cor-

The Forest Farmers Association,

Stores Conservation Program. The poration, Savannah; l. A. ~1cDonough, founded in Valdosta 12 years ago,

us e and care of saws was demonstrated Forester, tnion Pag and Paper Cor- will move it s headquarters to At-

by J. F. Spiers , Forester, Central poration, Savannah; HowardJ. Doyle, lanta in the near future, accord -

of Georgia Railroad, andC. 0. Frown, Conservation Forester, Southern ing to announcement byJ. V. \\hit-

S andvik Saw and Tool Company, Tifton. Pulrmood Conservation Association, fie l d, Association President, who

A speci al fir e control demons tra- Macon; f'. Q. Harris,

Telfair disclosed that ''the move, voted

tion for a l l grou ps was conduc ted by County Agent, McRae; Vernon Red- by the board of directors at a re-

George Lavinder , Eighth nis t rict dish, Taylor County Agent, Butler; cent meeting in Macon, would al-

Forester, C>eorgia Fore stry Commi s s- Frank Eadie, Assistant District low the Association to render bet-

ion; B. S. Booth, Eighth Dis tric t Foreste r, Georgia Forestry Com- ter service to its entire member-

Ranger of the Commission, and F . 1. mission, Camilla; and E. A. Paven- ship, andwould offer the organiza Molpus, Fi r e Cont r o l For e st e r, l 1nion port, Jr., Conservation Forester, tion unlimited opportunities for

Pag and Pa pe r Corpor a tion .

Union Bag, Savannah.

growth and expansion.''



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Rangers And Foresters In The News

let's all stop and think before striking a match -and after you've struck it, think about where you put it,'' urges Greene County Ranger, Herbert G. Moore.
During a recent month Moore reported that "we had but one forest fi re, and it was caused from burni ng paper bags near the edge of the woods. The fellow said he t hought the fire was out."
"We can't keep Greene County Green if the people don' t stop and th ink before burning,'' Moore said. ''The unit is equipped with only one piece of equipment and we have a large county to protect. Save your burning for a ca 1m day, but if you must burn, plo.v a wide fi rebreak around the area, and please be careful with fire. It will help you and the fello.v next t o you and your Forestry Unit . "
Nevils c ommunity in Bulloch County is $75 richer as they were

named fir s t place winner in a fire pre vention competition between each Farm Bureau Chapter in the county.
Forest Ranger J. W. Roberts named Nevils as the community which did the best job of controlling wildfires during the past fire season. Hines Smith, President of the Nevils Farm Eureau Chapter, accepted the $75 first place check.
John C. Cromley , R-esident of the Brooklet Farm Bureau , received the second place prize of J45 for his community, and C. M. Cowart, President of the Portal Farm Bureau Chapter, was awarded the f30 third place prize.
''Each of the Farm Bureau chapters in Bulloch County entered the 'Keep Bulloch County Green' contest," Ranger Roberts said, "and all did valuable work in prevent ing woods fires and helping bring fire s under control.''

Two Junior Forest Rangers' Clubs formed recently in Ben Hill County by Forester J. C. Bowen are proving of great value by aiding the County Forestry Unit in protecting the forests of the County.
The Clubs are at the Ashton and
Lynwood Schools, with L. M. Chap-
man , Vocational Agriculture Teach er, and Bowen supervising' operaoperations.
The purpose of the Junior Forest Ranger 's Clubs is to study the various phases of protection for the County's forests and to undertake forestry projects such as estimating forest acreage, harvesting, correct useage of fire fighting equipment and methods, and forest fire prevention and control.
Meetings are scheduled monthly and will be interspersed with re creation in the form of wiener roasts, sw1mm1ng parties and hikes .
"These boys, " Bowen said, "are
not only helping the forestry Unit, but are at the same time
helping themselves by learning to wisely manage and to protect their home woodlots."

MEN AND WOMEN PROTECT GEDRGIA' S VALUABlE FORESTS- More than 330 men and women are constantly scanning
Georgia's skyline for tell tale whis IS of smdie that will warn of forest fires . At left below, Benjamin
A. Gardner, who celebrated his tenth anniversary on
June 1 as towerman in Wayne County and who is the

oldest t ower operator i n point of service in the state, reJX)rts a smoke to the Wayne County Forestry Unit. At right, Rudene Paulk, veteran Bacm County towerwoman, takes an alidade Teading on a fire from atop the Dixie Tower , which she has manned for more than two years.

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lowing forestry -educational pro-

jects: Painting and hanging of a

frieze entitled " From Planting

To PJastics ' '; 144 themes on ''Our

'eed For Our Forests ' ' and ''How

Seed Are Plant.ed;'' planting of

3 ,800 seedlings by 35 students on

the school grounds and at their

homes; de s igning ?-()(1 posters , with

l fi9 being placed in promi nent pub -

lic p l aces; placing forestry ma -

te ri al on library reading shelves;

urging adults to practice fire

safety rule s; distributin g hun -

dreds of pieces of lite rature ; c om-

BENEDICT 4-H MEMBERS COI\P ETE IN POLK FOREST FI RE PREVENTION CONTEST Youn g Actors Present School Pl ay And Ch or a l Reading Of "Tite Firebug"
BeneJid 4-dl'ell4 'Win

posing poems; arrang ing window displays and giving radio programs .
Fore s try was studied in the Benedict c lassrooms , and forestry
FITE 4-H' ERS BROADCAST--Radio

PoUz P~UWudion eonted ----- The Benedict School 4-H Club

ski t on f ire p r event i on i s r e corded a nd broadcas t by Radi o Stat i on WGAA.

has been named first place winner

of the Polk County 4-H Club Fire

Prevention Contest sponsored by

t he W. D. Trippe Lumber Canpany

and the Pee k-High t ower l umber

Company in c oopera t ion with t he

Polk County Forestry Cnit and the

Polk County Extension Service. The

Penedict 4 - H group was awarded t he

~1(10 first prize which was furnish -

ed by the sponsors.

Fite School 4-H' ers placed sec-

ond and received a $7Sprize. Cedar

Lake School 4-H members won third

place and a $50 prize .

The contest, running from Decem-

ber l, 1952 through May 15, 1953,

was designed to reduce the number

of fires in the county through the

use of an educational program car-

throughout the county.

themes were used in the school's

ried on by the colTUilunity 4- H Clubs .

To ach ieve the first place a - graduation exercises . A group of

Eight school 4- H groups partici - ward , 30(1 Penedict boy and gi rl boys se rved as volunteer s in com-

pated representing communities 4 -H members carried on the fol - batting forest fires, and a Junior

CEDAR LAKE YOUNGSTERS CONDUCT RADIO PROGRAM ON PREVENTING WOODS FIRES Pos t ers On Lumbe r Produc t ion An d ~tan- caused Fi r es Decorate Sch ool Rooms

Fire Panger Club was organized with l OR members. A spec ial project was carri ed out to e liminate fire ha-

zard s a round homes . The group

visited the County's f ire towers ,

a f urni.ture factory, and the Berry Schools . One of the highlights of

the program was the presentation

of a school play and a choral

reading of " The Firebug. "

In placing sec ond, Fite school

4-H' ers delegated special projects

to each school grade. The first

grade prepared wildlife posters,

and the second gr ade wrote poems ,

and stories and drew pictures de-

scribing forests ' ' before and

After'' fires . The ten fire c om-

mandments, trees and wildfire were

( Continued on PaRe 10)

JULY , 1953 10

FFA Camp...
(Continu e d Prom Page 3)
Ruark, Assistant Director Georgia forestry Commission; J. C. Turner, District Forester, Georgia Fores try Commission; A. E. f'avenport, Conservation Forester, Union Eag and Pap~r Corporation; Eugene D. Martin, Conservation Forester, Gair Woodlands Corporation; John J. Gill, Area Manager, Macon Kraft Company; Sam Thacker, Assistant District Forester, Georgia Forestry, Commission: James Reid, As s is-
tant District Forester, Ga. For-
estry Commission; andNelson Brightwell, Assistant District For-
ester, Ga. Forestry Commission.
The boys at tending the camp and their F.F.A. Chapters are, as follows: Larry Hudson, Byromville; Clayton Bower, Pinehurst; Billy Terry, wthbert; ReppardDavis and Frank Kitchens, Wacona; Charles Nelson, Oglethorpe; Titus Sloan, Pavo; and Hansel Averett, Union.
Weyman Brinkley, Pelham; Bobby Smith and Helburn Donahoo, Clay County; Will Blocker, Lanier High; Donald Jones, Lanier County; John-
nie Hannon Jr., Sumner; Bill Kirkland and Joe Solomon, Satilla.
Lowell Upchurch, Clayattsville; Howard Scott, Lee County; Alton Cobb, Pine Grove; Eugene Glover, Hulen Jones, and Bennie Johnston, Tifton; Walker Williams, Marion County; Jame Shiver, Hopeful; Max Palmer and Bill McCorkle, Camilla.
Cleveland Stephens and Wilson Weathersby, Bainbridge; Franklin Newton, Cl ynn Underwood and Charles I Blackburn, Moultrie; Jimmy Jones, Plains; Ferrell Keaton, Marlin Kimbrell and Perry Cross, Miller County; GibRichardson, Richland.
Wilbur Tirrmerman and Richard McLendon, Terrell County; Paul King, Hahira; Rudolph McDonald and Melvin Alday, Donalsonville; Bobby
, Brooks, Edison; Bobby Paulk and Johnny Cumbee, Irwin County. Henry Parker, Ashburn; Bobby Howell and Bill Norsworth)Y, Echols County; Billy Ross, Norman Park. Wayne Ph ill ips, Baker County; Edward Hurst, Hoboken; Jimmy Bennett andJoel Horne, Wayne County High; Travis Galloway and Jim Thomas, Patterson; Robert Hart and Stanford Tillman, Surrency; Marion Franklin, Lyons; Benny Harrison, Toombs County; Terry Wright and Bill Lord, Glenwood; John Farmer,Milan; Harvey Willis, Nahunta.

(Continued Prom Page 5)

Reeves, Rt. 2, Stone Mountain,

Bowen, SO Houston Mill Rd.,20

26 acres, Gwinnett County; He r -

acres, DeKalb County; Dr. William

bert Johnson, 1091 Peachtree

A. Hartman, Cairo, Egypt, 266

Battle Ave., N. W., 261 acres,

acre s, Gwinnet t County; Mrs.

Butts County; Miss Pauline Mar-

Shelby Smith, Sr., Mrs. Shelby

tin, 1503 Euclid Ave ., N. E., 52 a c res, Gwinnett County; Dr. L. A. Mosher, Rt . 1, Roswell, llO acres, Fulton County; Dan

Smith, Jr . , and Charles Smith, Florida, 603 acres, White County; Clara and Sallie Nesbitt and and Dixie Nesbitt Stevens, Ne-

MacDougald Jr., lRlS FlaglerAve. N. E., and Gilmer A. MacDougald,

groes Norcross , 144 acres , Gw inne t t County.

Northside Drive, ROO acres, Fulton County; James P. ''Buck'' Cheves Jr., 2633E. WesleyTer., N. E., Gwinnett County.
Mr~. Allen Palmer, Rt. 1, Doraville, 25 acres, DeKalb County; M. W. Henke, Duluth, 125 acres, Gwinnett County ; Dr. H. E. Stanford, 2140 Peachtree Rd., N. W., 750 acres, Fulton County; B. M.

Polk Contest... (Continued Prom Pa ge 9)
studied by third graders. Fourth grade students made spatter prints and color prints of leaves ,posters showing fire towem, studies of Polk tree twigs, and a survey of forestland owned by their parents.

Other grades carried out si mi la1

Seedlings ...
(Conti nued Pr om Page 5)
369,000; Glynn, 323,000; Lanier, 39,500; Lowndes, 822,500; Pierc~ 134,000; Ware, 452,850; Wayne, 992,000; Banks, 147,000; Barrow, 36,700; DeKalb, 2 0, 750.
Fannin, 1, 000; Franklin, 38, 600;

projects including: Learning to write business letters by reques t ing forestry material, studying key characteristics of l eaves, corrpositions on "Who Starts Forest Fires?'~ construction of a television set with rotating pictures and sound effects on forestry.

Forsyth,40,700;Gwinnett,234,250;

"Tree ofKnowledge"posters dec-

Habersham, 18,000. Hall, 274,~0; Jac kson, ~2\fiSO;
Lumpkin, 3,000; Rabun, 1R,S00; Stephe ns, 141, 500; Towns 4,000; White, 54,0f\O; Clarke, ? 14,~SO.
Columbia, 58 ,000; Elbert, S2, 70 0 ; Greene, 4S 2, .SOO ; Har t, 1,000; Lin-

orated the Fi te library. Ten students presentedaradio skit, recorded by Station WGAA. Trips to Pine Mountain Tower and the Forestry Unit were arranged. Stude nt s surveyed the woodland acres under 4-H management and set out 500 pine

coln, 1,000; Madi son, 37,600; ~1cDuffie, 1RS,600; Morgan, ~04 ,
700; rcrnee, fiO, ?OO; Og lethorpe, 279 ,o~; Ri c hmond , C:,Q0,4fl (1~ Tali-
ferro, 41, ffi0; Walton, 444,000; Warren, S\000; Wilkes , 20 7 , 1SO.

t rees on ~ acre. Two demonstrations, 103 posters , 200 composi tions and stories, three poems, seven film, a booth at the fair, and a play on fire prevention were prepared by 78 cl ub members.

Bob Johns, Chauncey; Ernest Buchanan and Joe Andrews, llidge High.
Franklin Windham and Donald
Moore, Lowery; Pe te Denill .E, Olau-
ncey; Carey Maddox, Brewton, Bo Gillis, Soperton; Roscoe Collins and L. H. Lanier J r, Mette r; Freddie Hester and Fred Carter, Jeff
Davis County High; Perry Bell Jr. and John Griffin, Sparta; J. B. Chalker, Mi 1ton Ha ttaway, Kenneth McNair and Dwight Neal, Gibson.
Jimmy Rivers and James Williford, Stapleton; Au sten Key , .Laboratory; Edward Hendrix, Claxton; Doy Forehand, Mill en; D. W. Lee, Brooklet; Junior Evans, Rent z; Raymond Nasworthy and Ray Thomas, S.Vainsboro.

Cedar Lake School 4-H' ers engaged in the followingprojects: posters on lumber production and man-caused fires; spatter prints of l eaves; 100 posters and 100 reports;planting 4, 000 seedlings of whi ch 1, 000 were set out on the schoo l yard; essays by the 5th-7th grades; displays i n store windows;l29 families contacted on pr otection and pre-
vention; a tree iden tification field trip; conducting fire prevention surveys and composing prevention a rticles for publication. Polk Ranger James Carter gave a forestry talk and showed movies, and 12 boys gave volunteer fire fighting help to the Forestry Unit.

Georgia Forestry
July 1953
... the carefree life .. . companionship .. clean air, clear water
... g reen forests
J. Crush out your
smokes.
2. Break your match in
fwo .
3. Drown your campfire.
~ememoer-only v.ou can
PREVENT FOREST FIRES!

E ntt> rt>d as st>cond class matter at t ht> Post Otf1 ct>, Atl a nt a, Geo rg ia.
George f'o s ter l'f'abody 0chool of Fo leuvlY rniVerSi ty Of ;(' G~' t;La Athens, Geor0ia