GEORGIA FORESTRY 
 
Etlit,,,.;,,t 
 
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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ean Be PLac~J 
 
A/Je'L Jullf f 
 
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 
 
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 JULY , 1953 10 
 
FFA Camp... 
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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. 
 
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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 ... 
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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