Georgia forestry, Vol. 7, no. 11 (Nov. 1954)

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Vol. 7

GEORGIA FORESTRY
November, 1954
Published Monthly by the
GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION, State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia Guyton DeLoach, Director

No. 11

Members, Board of Commissioners:

K. S. Varn, Chairman __________________________________________________________________Waycross

Sam H. Morgan ___________Savannah

C. M. Jordan, Jr.__________________ Alamo

John M. McElrath_____________Macon

H. 0. Cummings_______ Donalsonville

Georgia Forestry is entere:i as second class matter at the Post

Office under the Act of August 24, 1912. Member of the Georgia

P r ess Association.

EDITOR_

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_____ R:chard E. Davis

ASSOCIAT E E DITORS ________________ Robert Rutherford, Catherine Dismuke

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DISTRICT OFFICES, GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION:

DISTRICT 1-Route 2,

DISTRICT VI-P. 0. Box 505,

Statesboro

Milledgeville

DISTRICT 11-P. 0. Box 26,

DISTRICT VII-Route 1,

Camilla

Rome

uiSTRICT III-P. 0. Box 169,

DISTRICT VIII-P. 0. Box 811,

Americus

Waycross

HSTRICT lV-P. 0. Box 333, New-1an

DISTRICT IX-P. 0. Box 416, Ga i nes ville

TRIC -P. 0 . Box 328, McRae

DISTRICT X-P. 0. Box 302, Washington

Biggest

Bargain

(From the Savannah News)

The Georgia Forestry Commission is settin g a terrific pace in forest progress in the state.

Right a f te r c hal hn g 'l p a Sou thern record by distributing some 100,000,000 tree seedlings
to farmers and landowners over the state last season, they have set the production goals
for the 1954 -55 season at 132, 000,000 tree seedlin gs.

This will, of course, break

the old record and put Georgia

well into the forefront in that

phase of its booming forestry

program. Uut in other respects,

the program has no equals. Geor-

gia has a larger area of pri-

vately-owned timber lands under

fire protection than any other

state in the nation. The sale~

and direr tl y related manu facturing and process in~ incomes from

our timberlands bolsters the

economy of Georgia sanething

over

$600,000,000 annually.

Due to increased cost of pro-

duction, the price for 1,000

p1ne tree seedlings this coming season will be three dollars instead of $2. 75. Put even at that, the 1,000 pine trees, properly plan ted and ca r~d for,
will be the biggest bargain of the yea,r for Georgia's farmers and landowners.

FALL FOREST SIIOW--Nature' s paintbrush strokes Georgia's woodlands at this time of the year and the forest puts on its gaudiest display. ~tillions venture again to pathways and byways of the forest to view the exhibition in Georgia s 23-million acre out-of-door showroom. The yearly color spectacle combines the rainbow hues of changing leaves to present a magnificent forest scene.

NOVEMBER , 1954

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Seedling
Shipments
Begin
Latest transportation and communication methods - including two-way FM radio and a newly revised bookkeeping sys tern will be utilized to assure Georgia farrrers and landowners of prompt and efficient delivery of their 1954-55 crop of forest tree seedlings.
That announcerrent came from
J .II. Hill, Reforestation Chief,
Georgia Forestry Commission, as Commission nurseries prepared for their mid-November openin g shipments of what is expected to be the greatest seedling distribution s eason in Commission history.
' 'Between now and the middle of March,'' Mr. Hill reported, ''a total of 132,000,000 forest tree seedlings will be shipped from the Commission's four nurseries. Before the season's end. seedlings probably will be shipped to every county in Georgia. Shipments will vary from several hundred to hundreds of thousands. For that reason we are utilizing every means at our disposal to insure thatG_eorgi?ns will receive their seedhngs 1n A-1 healthy condi-
tion - in as good a condition upon arrival as when they were pulled from the seed bed and taken to the packing shed .''
The reforestation chief pointed out delivery trucks once again
will be equipped with two-way FM
radio so that drivers, upon entering a county where seed1 ings are to be delivered, can contact the Ranger with a minimum of delay.
''Our whole operation,'' Mr. Hill said, ''is geared to delivering the seedlings f rom nu rsery to delivery point in as short a time as possible. We have found over the Jears that the more rapidly see lings are planted or heeled in after delivery , the greater the survival.''
He warned, however, that rapid
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Extreme Fire Danger

Brings Ban On Hunting

All hunting and carrping and most fishin g and picnicking have been banned throughout Geor gia due to the extreme!y critical forest fire situation 1n the

The ban will continue in effect until "weather conditions have changed enough to reduce the present critical forest fire situation to normal.'' according

state.
Governor Herman Talmadge issued the executive procl amation decreeing the ban October 28. He took the action at the r eques t of the Georgia Forestry Commission, the Georgia Game and Fish Commission, and the U.S. Forest Service.

to the proclamation. ' ' Fishing is permitted from boats only on the public and private lakes and
streams, ' ' provided no form of
fir e be allowed of any nature.''
P1cnicking is allowed only in
designated areas, such as statP parks or roadside parks.
The record drouth now shows a rainfall de fie iency of from 15

Olly exception to the procla.mation was the hunting of Marsh
Hens.

to 19 inches. Coupled with frequent high winds which are being experienced in sane areas, the dry weather makes the easily in-

' 'With fire occurrence over flamable woods almost ''a powder

the state reaching 100 blazes daily, and with much of the fire suppression equipment in the

keg, ready to explode,'' accord-
ing to a description given by Mr. DeLoach.

southern part of the state en-

Forestry leaders have asked

gaged in confining swamp fires

that all landowners and ci tizens

which have burned for weeks,
the fire situation in our state has becane potentially dias-

exere ise extreme caution with us~ of fire around livin g areas. All burning should be postponed

trous,'' the Governor declared.

until a sustained, soaking rain

Game and Fish Canmission law enforcement personnel, the Geor-

reduces the fire danger. Any persons sightin g wildfires

gia Forestry Canmission law enforo~ment branch, and peace of-

should report them immediately to their County For es t Ranger

ficers of the state have been directed to enforce the ban.

and imrrediately begin fighting t.he fire.

FIGHT AGAINST WILDFIRE--This scene is being reenacted daily in

many IBrts of Georgia where the intense drouth has made the woods a

tinder box. A sup pression unit of the Wilkes County Forest ry Unit plows a break around a wildfire.

COUNTY RANGERS RECEIVE TRAINING--Twenty-three Rangers from all parts of Georgia attended the Georgia Forestry Commission's three-day County Ranger's School held recently at the ~lacon Shop and Warehouse. L. L. Lundy, Assistant Chief, Fire Control, left photo, instructs the group in tree

identification. In center photo, o. L. Knott, I.
and E. Assistant, demonstrates visual aids and 1. and E. equipment maintenance. J. C. Turner,
Assistant Chief, Fire Control, right photo, explains fire suppression methods.

New Forest Research Center

Part Of Cooperative Effort

Research - an essential and increasingly important part of a progressive fares try program is coming to the forefront 1n Georgia
Opening of a new forest research center last month at the Georgia Forestry Commission's Macon shop and warehouse area c haracterizes one of the key points 1n the state's new look'' in the forest research field - coope ra ti ve effort. The center represents combined efforts and work on the part of such organizations as the GearForest Research Council, the Georgia School of Forestry, the U.S. Forest Service, private lndus try and the Ccmnission.
The Research Center actually had its beginnings last fall following an act of the Georgi ~ Legislature, which established the Georgia Research Council to coordinate the research functions of forestry agencies.
Despite the fact, however, that it was not until last year that such a step had been rm.de, a vigorous program of fares t research had been carried out in GPorgia prior to setting up of the Council. The rmin problem, as viewed by a dvocates of the Coune1l, was a lac k of coordi -

nation between the various groups carrying out research projects. No facilities were available whereby the different groups could pool their information
or assure that they were not working on similar projects.
The Georgia Research Council already has begun work on overcoming many of these difficulties, and one of the Council's earliest projects was initiation of plans for the new Macon research Center. Offices and labora tory space at the center now house headquarters of the Hitchi ti Research Center, formerly located near.Gray, Ga., and pers onne 1 of the Fares t Research Council.
Since establishment of the Council, four research projects have been placed in operation in Georgia. They are insects and diseases, genetices, hardwood control , and seed orchards.
''Advanced research or new findings on any one of these
four projects.'' said Guyton DeLoach, Commission Director and Secretary of the Georgia Forest Research Council, ''easily could
result in vast, new economic possibilities and fields for the Georgia tree farmer - with a resultant economic advancement for the state at large.

Forestry topics ranging from administration to wildfire suppression were on the training schedule at the Georgia Farestry Commission County Rangers' School held recently at the Ma~on Shop and Warehouse.
Twenty-three Rangers from all parts of Georgia at tended the three-day session. Rangers selected to attend the school were those who had not attended Slml-
lar Commission tra 1n1ng sessions in the past.
H.E. Ruark, Commission Fire Control Chief, opened the sdtool by outlining the purpose of the training session and describing the use to which knowledge gained in the various classes would be put..
''Today's County Forest Ranger,'' said the Commission official, ''must have a decided ability to suppress wild fires; but this over-all duties encompass far more than this single ability. He must know ho.Y to gain the cooperation of the citizens of his community in preventingwildfire; he nust be
a good rrechanic, and he must have a sufficient know ledge of
fares try and good fares try prac-
tices to g1ve competent forestry aid and advice to citizens of his area.
' ' It is with this purpose in mind,'' he added, ''that these courses are being presented.''
Commission personnel served as ins true tors.
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Foresters Attend
School More than 100 fares ters and ir.dus try representatives from eight southeastern states gathered recently at the University of Georgia School of Forestry to attend a three-day technical forest managerrent school featuring a variety of topics ranging from genetics to forest taxation.
The Georgia Fares try Commission, the Uni ve rs i ty of Georgia School of Forestry and the Division of General Extension, University of Georgia, sponsored the school.
The sessions also included field trips featuring forest genetics.
Courses studied by the group included: ''Forest Genetics of Southern Pine,'' ''Better Trees from Open Pollinated Pollen Tests,'' ''Georgraphic Strains and Georgraphic Seed Sources of Southern Pine,'' '' Applying Farest Gene tics in the Field for Better Silviculture,'' ''Prevention and Control of Fares t Dis-
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MANAGEMENT SCHOOL--Speakers included, t. Philip C. Wakely, 2. Keith Dorman, 3. Bruce Zobol, 4. W. A. Calll}>bell, and 5. Douglas Craig. 6. Another instructor, Richard H. Smith, left, shows H. C. Carruth and W. H. McComb insect disease chart. 7. These foresters attended the school. 8. School staff.

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1ft ?avu 7~~ State

Geor gi a' s traditional and colorful county fair season, whi ch ''closed out'' this month a fter a successful 10 week run, once again featu r ed a vari e ty of for estry exhibits ran gin g f r om miniature woodlots to a li ve Smokey Bear .
Forest Rangers in nearly 100 Geor gia counties arranged the various displays in their respective areas , a nd many range r s. in counties not holding fai rs utilized fair space in an adjoining c ounty to present in colorful form the stories of Unit's activities and o f f orestry in their counties .
State and re gional fairs a lso sh owed Commis sion forestry displays . These fa irs include the Sou theastern Fair at Atlanta, the Central Georgia Exhibition at Micon, the Coosa Valley Fair at Rorre, and the Chattahoochee Valley Expos ition at Columbus.
One innovation of the 1954
fair seas on was introduction of
10 new Commission fore s t fir e prevention displays . The dis plays featured a flashing li ght exhibit showing bear cubs a nd advocating the basic wildfire pr eventi on rules .
Fair-goers in several areas were treated to a sight of the Geor gia Forestry Commission' s errergency headquarters vehicle, a huge truck trailer which du ring emer gency periods will serve as a central dispat ch ing office. Ran ger s s et the vehicle up at fair grounds, and used it as thei r headqua rters , dispatching vehicles directly f rom the fai r

grounds . 1ana gement exhibits a l s o we r e
on di s play in many fairs , and the Commiss ion's general utility exhibit, a flashing light display featurin g fire preve ntion and suppre ssion, r e fore s tation and management, was used in the larger state and regional fa irs.
Youngsters at many fair s were intrigued by a life- s ize talki ng Smokey Bea r, which gave fire prevention messages in a deep husky voi ce . Children at othe r fairs saw live Smokey Bear . Ma ny rangers arranged miniature displays of burned and unburned areas, and "Products of the Forest'' was a popular .theme at many exhibition a reas .
Counties which had fair exhibits wer e as follows:
Elbert, Gilmer, Gordon, Catoosa, Clayton, Gwinnett, Cobb, Lincoln, Cherokee, Upson, Jack son, DeKalb, Polk, Bartow, Bar row, Baldwin, Whitfield, Ca r roll, Burke, Johnson, Heard, Henry, Fulton, Washington, Jenkins, Franklin, Troup, Butts , Wa 1ton, Me ri wether , Mitchell, Madis on, Chattooga, Newton, Floyd, Coweta, Clarke, &rris, Muscogee, Dad e , J effe r son and Candler.
Mac on , Effingham, Lo.vndes , Evans, Dougherty, Ben Hill, Emanuel, Coffee, Atkinson , Early, Talbot, Lamar, Jones, Sumter , Spalding, Decatur, Bibb, Tift , Glynn, Bryan, Colquitt, Ri chmond, Crisp, Brooks , Baldwin, Appling, Laurens, Ware, Telfair,
Chatham, and Taylor.

1. Community Forestry Practices were the theme of the Taylor County exhibit. 2. A selectroslide depi cting various phases of forest rycaught
the attention of these children at one of the crunty fair exhibits. 3. The Georgia Forestry Commis sion's real, live Smokey Bear was on hand at the Maron County fair .

4. Chattooga county exhibit. 5. Jenkins Crunty exhibit. 6. Muscogee Crun ty Ranger Floyd Cook presents a passing viewer with forestry literature at the Muscogee exhibit. 7. Polk COunty exhibit. 8. Madison COunty exhibit. 9. Fulton Crun ty featured the COmmission's talking Smokey Bear.

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GEORGIA FO RE STRY

1955 NSCP Riclt~'d. t~!Jd N~

q.o/J,ed,t'Uf e 1954 4-dl

~tamp The 1955 conservation program for produce rs of gum naval stares

has been announced by the U.S.

~a f! ~

Department of Agriculture . The program, administered by the

Fares t Service for the Agricul-

tural Conservation Program Ser-

vice, was started in 1936 to en-

courage conservation practices

in the slash pine and longleaf

pine forests of the South from

which come gum naval stores-

turpentine and rosin. These

fares ts, in addition to those

in Georgia, are located largely

in Florida, Alabama and Miss i-

s 1DPL

Under the program, small pay-

ments are made to gum naval

stores farmers who observe such

conservation practices as re-

stricting their cuppings to

larger trees or to those already

worked, or to those trees which

should within a few years be

4-H FORESTRY UIAMP EDWARD NELSON utilized four phaseso f good for-

removed from the timber s tand;

estcy to win his title. In left photo, County Agent W. E. Bazemore,

for using the more modern met

Ranger T. M. Strickland and Nelson, left to right, inspect a pine

hods of obtaining the gum, and

tree seedling Nelson planted on his 13-acre project. In right

for other good forestry prac-

photo, Nelson prunes one of his heal thy young trees.

tices which will protect and

Edward Nelson, Georgia's 1954 State Forestry Champion, today can point to four phases of good forestry which he holds largely responsible for his top ranking over dozens of other contenders in the recent district and state finals.
Thinning, pruning, planting and fire prevention are the four
phases which were combined in the young 4-H'ers victory.
"hen the Richmond County youth capped the championship 1n Atlanta in <ktober, it was his

voice for fire prevention in his comrmmity. He utilized the best approved thinning and prunning methods.
Championships are not entirely new to Nelson. Last year he won the district junior championship. He is na.v 15 years
old, a sophomore in high school, and has been a 4-H'ers for seven
years. Long been a leader in his c om-
munity and county, he has served as president of the Murphy Junior High. He has previously

develop the timber stand. Participation is voluntary and
available to any farmer installing'' faces'' on trees during or after 1951.
For 1955 no changes in the rates of payment for the usual conservation practices have been made. One new practice- has been added. New partie ipan t s will be paid seven and one -half cents per face for the removal of cups and tins and the nails which hold them, from faces installed on small trees in 1955.

first appearance in the state- engaged in 4-H projects in paul-

wide competiti ms, and this try, cattle, gardening and home

made his victory doubly surpris- ground beautification. He also

Nelson, below, thins out an

ing. Put when Nelson's traini:lg has been a regular exhibitor at undes irable tree.

his background and his past ex- the Exchange Club's annual fair.

periences are kna.vn, his victory He has never missed attending

seems to be merely another in a the Richmond County 4-H Club

growing line of accomplishments. Camp, and last year served as a

Nelson's project covered 12 Junior Leader.

a cres on his father's farm on

Of all Nelson's accomplish-

Barton Chapel Road. Part of the ments and undertakings, probably

a rea is t imbered and served as closest to his heart are those

his wor king area for thinning that center in his church. Here

and pruning. In addition, he too, he has been coostantly in

had plante d two acres of idle the forefront as an outstanding

land.

He constructed fire-

leader and the Methodist Youth

breaks 'nd ha s bee n a constant

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8 NOVEMBER , 1954

Rangers In The News

Chesley Gilmore, Macon County Range r, received a special note of thanks from Jim Brown, Macon County landowner, for the suppression job done on a fire in Mr. Brown's woodlands. The letter read in part "I wish to extend my thanks and appreciation for the fine job the Macon County Unit did at Drayton last night. This was the most efficient operation that I have ever witnessed and certainly reflected credit to ypu and your entire organization."

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Harris County Ranger Berry Moon recently enlisted the aid of Girl Scouts in his community in the pine cone picking season. The Ranger described the Commission's pine cone needs at a meeting of the Hamil ton Girl Scouts prior to opening of the season. He told them how to recognize the cones and how to select the right ones and at the meeting's close gave ei}ch gir 1 a pine cone to help in identification.

S~IOKEY ON TOUR--Smokey Bear, the Georgia Forestry Commission's real, live, growling symbol of forest fire prevention, has been seen by thousands of Georgians during the past few weeks. Smokey has appeared not only at county fairs, but at fair parades and several special events. The bear, in top photo, takes a look at
the crowd assembled in Butler to watch that city's annual "B-Day" parade, an observance which began with that city's centennial last year. Smokey, in photo below, is shown with Henry County Ranger Jack L. Baker, prior to the Henry County fair parade.

Heard County Hanger W.O. Mil-

lians, Jr., failed to allow the

fact that there was no fair held

in his area this year to deter

him fran shcming a fair exhibit.

The Ranger obtained the Commis-

s ion's new flashing Smokey ex-

hibit, based on the fire pre-

vention theme, and set up the

Heard Coonty

courthouse in

Franklin during the recent court

week there.

' 'Everyone who came in the

courthouse,'' said the Ranger,

''saw the exhibit, and we have some large ~rowds during tha t

week. We believe the exhibit

helped many Heard County citi-

zens become much more forest

fire prevention conscious .

GEORGIA FORESTRY
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''State Of Dade'' Sce ne Tree Appreciation Day

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Demonstration and trees to be left 1n the first selective harvesting of pulpwood. Serving as master of ceremonies for the gathering was L.C. Adams, Dade County Agent. Reverend H.A. Hilton of Trenton Methodist Church offered the invocation. Mi~s Cureton opened the dis-

To Be Held Dec. 3
Georgia's second annual 4-H Tree Appreciation Day will be held December 3.
Dorsey Dyer, Extension Forester, University of Georgia Agricultural Extension Service, said that plans for the special day are similar to these carried out last December 10, when the first Tree Appreciation Day was held.

The ' 'State of Dade'' was the scene of a recent forestry demonstration featuring fores"t management, reforestation and fire control. Approximately seventy five persons gathered at the site of pine plantations on the woodland of Miss Bess Cureton nearing Rising Fawn for a full afternoon of forestry lectures,

cussions with a brief resume of the library of the woodlands at the demonstration site. C. Dorsey Dyer, Georgia Extension Forester, spoke on the ''Value of Selective Cutting.'' He explained that under average conditions pine could be expected to put on about two inches diameter growth every five years, and by means of prepared charts he showed the increased growth and market value obtained in stands of trees that are selectively cut and in which proper

''Last year,'' said Mr. Dyer, ''nearly 500,000 Georgia boys and girls were given at least one tree apiece as they left school; and they planted the trees when they got home that
day. As a result, we feel that
nearly 500,000 Georgians now have a greater interest in trees and in forests and their importance in the lives of the citizens of this state.''
In 1953, 128 counties participated by conducting the program in 1,646 schools.

demonstrations and contests.
In the thinning contest - a highlight of the meeting with

numbers of trees are allowed to
remain and grow from 15 to 20 to 25 and to 30 years of age.

The forester said the seedlings used will be those grown in the Georgia Forestry Commission's

all present participating - the distaff side proved that fares-

He showed that during each of the last two five-year periods

four forest tree nurseries. Last year the trees were dis-

try is not necessarily a man's game as a lady contestant emerged victorious in the competi-

the growth doubled. ''Marking Procedures'' was the
subject of a discussion by Frank

tributed by 4-H Club members
and were given by 137 local banke~s a~d five pulp and paper

tion to select trees to be cut

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organ1Zat10ns.

~1ANAGEMENT, REFORESTATION, AND FIRE roNTROL were featured at the recent Dade Crunty Forestry demon-

"Cut and Leave Data on a Sample Acre." In lower center photo, F. J. Pullen, left, and Frank Craven,

stration. Tom Ramke, Forester, TVA, and Dorsey Dyer, Georgia Extension Forester, left to right, t op photo, explain why larger trees mean more pro-

right, District Foresters, Georgia Forestry Commission, show advancements in fire suppression equipment. J. C. Pace, Dade County Ranger, right,

f it. In lower left photo, John Hinton, TVA Foreste r, l e ft, is assisted b.v Ramke in his talk on

lower right photo, emphasizes the importance of tree planting.

NOVEMBER , 1954

Seedlings--
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de 1i very from nur serv to shippoint ''is of no be~efit, whatever' ' if seed lings are not heeled in promptly when delive!'ed to the farmer or landowner.
''Be on the lookout for your seedlings," he declared, "and accept them promptly. Then c~rry them to the planting site without delay, and heel in at a cool, moist place protected from sun and wind. Cne of the most important pr~cautions is to keep the roots of the seedlings moist at all times until plan ted.''
Cornrniss ion officials reported that some species of nursery stock no longer are available,
due to a heavy influx this year
of early orders. ''We do, however,'' said Mr.
Hill, ''still have slash pine and 1obl ally pine available in quantity."
Ranr;u Schoo.L--
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Instructors and their topics were W.H. McComb, Management Chief, ''Management;'' L.A. Hargreaves, Assistant to the Dire~tor, ''Personnel AdministratiOn; Corge Bishop, Assistant Director, Admin is tr a ti on, ' 'Administration;'' and Lester Lundy and J.C. Turner, Jr., Assistant Fire Chiefs, ''Preventive Maintenance on Trucks.
Other speakers and topics included Mr. Ruark, ''Safety;'' R.E. Davis, Information and Education O!ief, ''Genera 1 Information and Education and Radio and Telev ision; '' 0. L. Knott Jr., Inforrmtion and Education Assistant, ''Visual Aids and I and E. Equipment Maintenance;'' R.E. Rutherford, Inforrmtion and Education Assistant, ''Press
and Publications;'' Mr. Lundy
a nd Mr. Turner, ' 'First Aid; ' ' Mr. Turner, ''Radio Signals and Procedures;'' Mr. Turner and llivid Groom, Sixth District Farester, ' 'Fire Suppress ion;'' Mr. Lundy, ''Reforestation,'' and F. C. Landrum, Service Manager John Deere Plow Company, Preven tive Maintenance on Trac tors.' '

Foresters--

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eases, ''Prevention and Con-

trol of Forest Insects,'' ''Use

of International Bu s iness ~'\:!ch

ines and Permaneht Plots in For-

e s t Ins ec ts , ' ' ' ' Use of Inte rnational fu s iness ~1achines and

Perrnannen t Plots in Fore s t Mana-

gement Plans,'' ''Plotless

Timber Cruising,'' and ''Fares t

Taxation.''

Instructors were Keith Dorman,

silviculturist,

Southeastern

Experiment Stati on , Macon; Phil-

lip C. Wakeley, silviculturis t,

Southern Forest Experirrent Sta tion, New ~leans, La.; Bruce

Zobel, si lviculturist, Texas

Forest Service, College Station,

Tex.; Richard H. Smith, disease

research, Southeastern Experi-

ment Station, Lake City, Fla. ;

W.A. Campbell, forest patholo-

gist, U.S. Forest Service, Atl-

anta, and Roger Huff, timber

valuation engineer, Bureau of

Internal Revenue.

Cooperating with the Sponsors

in conducting the school were

the U.S. Forest Service and the

Texas Forest Service.

Host for the meeting was the

Georgia School of Forestry under

the direction of Dean llin J.

Weddell .

Nelson --
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Fella.Ys hip. He ha s served as Treasure r of his local ~IYF and also as Treasurer of th e Augusta Di str ict MYG. From thi s pha se of his life has come the hi gh calling for his life' s work. He plans to enter the ministry. W.F. Bas ernore, Assistant Rich mond County Agent, and the one who as advisor has guided Nelson to the championship, takes justifiable pride in the fact that Edwa rd is the second member of his family who has won a state championship the first year they competed in Atlanta. Bazemore also served as advisor to Edward's older brother who won with a farm fencing project the fir st time he engaged the state wide competitions.

"TillS IS TilE CULPRIT," says Richmond Coonty Ranger T. ~I. Strickland as he holds up a lighted match on his weekly television show in Augusta. The ~JBF-TV camera moves in for a close-up shot of the lighted match.
Demonstration--
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Craven, As s i s tant Di s trict Forester, Georg ia Fore s try Co!TTTlisSion. He s tress ed the importance of having sta nd s marked by experierced fares ters prior to cutting, and lis ted the principal points to be considered in determining wh ethe r indi vidual trees in a stand should be cut or left for further growth.
' ' Cut and Leave Data on a Sample Acre'' was g iven by John Hinton, lVA Forester, and Tom Ramke, Forester, lVA, conducted the thinning exercise and awarded the prizes to the winning contestants.
J. C. Pace, Dade County Fares t Ranger, emphasized the importance of tree planting and expressed the wish that his county would in the corning season plant a million tr ees. Pace de1nons trated the use of the dibble to plant seed lings, and stressed the need for careful handling of seed I ings during the planting operations.
Concluding the afternoon's program was a fire suppression demonstration under the direction of Craven and Pace.

Georgia Forestry
November, 1954

11hreetoPorienmt~ember,1

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/ TREES NEED PROTECTION; Forest indus-

tries and other tree formers spend millions

of dollars a year to protect timber crops from _ fire and pests_ You con help by always being -;:;,

careful with fire

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TREES ARE A CROP, Like other living

things, trees grow, mature ond eventually

die. When old trees die ond decay in the

woods, everyone loses. Tree farmers har-

vest timber like o crop, and grow new crops

of trees. Forest industries and other woodland

owners grow timber crops os o business like

_ formers grow corn, wheat or cotton __

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