FEBRUARY 1954 GEO RGIA FO RESTRY ltlitfitrl Timber Grows And Pays Well (From the Thomasville One of the mos t productive facilities that we have is the processing of the timber that grow readily in this piney wooqs section. It is not as it used to be, not by any means. Great tracts of fine virgin pine timber were denuded of all trees, big and little and some turned to fa rm activity while the other was left to reseed itself and grow a recurring crop of timber, which has become more scarce with the reckless destruction and very little care that will facilitate and hasten regrowth. It has al way s been hard for some land owners to realize that the possibilities of a return from timber on the land in this section is second to none when costs are considered and the natural processes whi ch nature finds it possible to invoke with very little aid from mankind. Forestry is being protected here in many ways, primary effort being devoted to planti ng young trees, which some far see- Times Enterprise) ing men with large acreages have taken up and continued with confidence that it is a fine investment. Eroded and worn out land can be very easily prepared to grow trees and once they are planted they will more than stimulate the process in to a production of quanti ta ti ve returns that will aid in the more intensive farm work and the overall profit from fann operations. The process is simple after the start is made. One is preventing fires in timber or woods as it i s the great destroyer and can do illimitable damage to the trees and a11 other operations if allowed t o !:urn unc hecked. We have l arge and 1n telligent opera tors, who are stimulating and encouraging the smaller land holde rs to take advantage of this development possi bli ty. It should not be stagna ted or abandoned but increased and made more effective for the best possible return oyer a pe riod of years. Vo1. 7 GEORGIA FORESTRY Februar y, 1954 Published Monthly by the GEORGIA FORESTRY COMl\IISSION, State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia Gltyton DeLoach, Director No. 2 Members, Board of Commissioners: Sam John H. M. MMocrEglarna-t-h---_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_----M---a--c-o--n-----------K--.----S-.---V-a--r--n----_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__ Savannah Waycr oss C. M. Jordan, Jr. ____________ Alamo H. 0. Cummings _____ Donalsonville Georgia Forestry if; entered as second class matter at the Post Office under the Act of August 24, 1912. Member of the Georgia Press Association. EDITOR ASSOCIATE E DITORS _ * * * * ______ Richard E. Davis _Robert Rutherford, Catherine Dismuke DISTRICT OFFICES, GEO* RG* IA* * FOREST RY COMMISSION: DISTRICT !-Route 2, Statesboro DISTRICT VI-P. 0. Box 505, Milledgeville DISTRICT 11-P. 0. Box 26, Camilla DISTRICT VII-Route 1, Rome DISTRICT III-P. 0. Box 169, Americus DISTRICT VIII-P. 0. Box 811, \Vaycross DISTRICT IV-P. 0. Box 333, Newnan DISTRICT V-P. 0. Box 328, MeR .e DISTRICT IX-P. 0. Box 416, Gainesville DISTRICT X-P. 0. Box 302, Washington A1Me tJj.tVJ,e,d .fan.J A1eanl -A A1tVte .e pltiUpeMUI.l (Uf,cl ( From the Da i 1y Ti f ton Gazette ) As each year passes, trees are becoming more of the keys that open the door of prosperity in Tift County and in Georgia. The products of our woodland ac res are enriching more people and, in addition, the new forests are s toring up assets for future years to come which will benefi t fu tu re genera ti ons. Other sections of America look to oils and minerals for natural wealth, but these resources can become exhausted in a comparatively short span of time. They are non-renewable. Georgia's trees, however, are renewable annually like an in- surance policy. The wealth potential of our forest lands is almost limitless. There are many acres right here in Tift County that can be put to growing trees and will yield a perpetual harvest, if proper forest management is used. More fire lanes cut, more thinning, more selective cutting, and more trees planted_each year wou ld not only improve the stand of timber, l:ut would also provide more protection against soi 1 erosion , produce more timber for construction, and furnish more raw materials for indu stry. Georgia's state tree - t he picturesque Live Oak - ri ms t he coast and a dds a r efreshin g touch of beau ty and an tiqu ity to the fo r est scene. Th ese venerable evergreen hardwoods, adorned wi tl1 ga r lands of Spanish moss, stand as landmarks in the lower Coastal Plain. FEBRUARY, 1954 2 On Protected Land Georgia Forest Fire Loss Reduced More Than Forest fire loss on protected lands of Georgia was reduced by more than 85,341 acres during 1953, Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Forestry Commi ssion, reported this month. The 1953 burned forestland t otaled 110,420 acres, and the 1952 total was 195,761 acres. The numbe r of forest fires occur ring annually on lands pro- tected by the Georgia Forestry Commission was reduced from 9, 187 in 1952 to 8,120 in 1953- a decrease of 1,067. The figures s howed a 43 per cent decrease in forest fires. ' 'Thi s record,' 'the Corrunission Director po inted QUt, ''was achieved 397,794 despite the more acres fact t were h auntcl1e~ protection in 1953 than during the previous year and more acreage therefore figured 1n re- porting of burns.'' Mr. DeLoach added that 1952 85,341 Acres In 1953 also was the year of another big forest fire blow-up in North Georgia and parts of West Georgia in which 13,500 protected acres were burned in a single month. Director DeLoach reported that those who deliberately set t he woods afire, either through malice or through the mistaken belief that greater profits c ould be realized by "burning off' ' their woods, still are causing most of Georgia's forest fires. He said 2, 960 fires in the state were directly attributed to this cause last year, a decrease of only eight fires in that category over 1952. This incendiarism was t he greatest single cause of forest fires both in 1952 and 1953. Trash and debris burning once again ranked as the No. 2 cause of forest fires in Georgia. The number of fires from this cause last year totaled 2,249; while t he number from the same cause in 1952 was 2,248. Th e Commission Director said a special effort will be made during caning months to bring to all Georgians a full realiz- ation of the dangers of trash and debris burning. Marked reduction was noted, according to the Commission head, in the number of fires caused by railroading and harvesting of wood. He paid tribute to the leaders and workers connected with these two industries for ''their fine work in c ontributing to a good forest fire record.'' Harvesting of wood in 1952 caused 480 forest fires in Georgia. The number of fires last year was 381. Railroading caused 278 fires in 1952; 183 in 1953. Other causes of forest fires in Georgia and their 1952 and 1953 totals were as follows: (Continued on Page 10) 200 , 000 ACRES BURNED 1952 NO. FIRES 1952 150,000 100,000 50 , 000 GEORGIA FORESTRY SPCA Meet Held Jan. 19-20 Fores t ers, landowners, and indus try r epresentatives were present ~ o listen to and participate in discussions on current pulpwood problems at the annual meeting of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association held at the Atlanta Biltmore Hotel January 19-20. On Tuesday, Harry Rossoll, U. S. Forest Service, discussed "The Preparation and Display of Exhibits'' and Ralph Wall, Information and Education Chief of the Louisana Forestry Com- mission, explained ''The Assem- bling and Distribution of Ex- hibit Ideas.'' Other pre sen ta- tions of the day included ''How Newspapers Are Used to In form'' by Walter Amman of the Knoxville Journal, and ''Taking CA.Itdoor Pictures'' by J. C. Fitzpatrick of Frye's Photo Shop, Atlanta. ''The S. P. C. A. Sampling Pro- cedure for Determining Forestry Practices on Private Lands'' was the subject of a panel dis- cussion, with H. M. Roller, In- ternational Paper Company, as moderator. On Wednesday, S. P. C. A. Gen- eral Manager H. J. Malsberger addressed the group and presented the Annual Report of Association Activities. C. H. Niederhof, West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, gave the president' s report. Other presentations were ''What is Public Relations'' by Ka rl Denditson (given by Glenn Clardv); "The Atti- tude of the Pulp and Paper In- dustry Toward Its Conservation Program by W. J. Bailey of the West Virginia Pulp and PaperCom- pany; ''Its the Association Reaching th e Right People'' by I. F. Eldredge , Consultant For- ester, New Orleans; ''The Cor- rel at ion of S. P. C. A. a nd Pub- lic Forestry Programs' ' by C. H. Coulter (given by Howard Doyl e) ; and "The Forestr y Progra m of the Southern Ne wspape r Publishers Association' ' by Glen Jones, of Lhf> Troy, (Ala.) Messenger. FiveS. P. C. A. mem- bers participating i n a panel discussion on ''Tndustry's Se ed- lings for Land ow'l""rs '' were N. W. Sentell, South.rn Advance Bag and Paper Co. , whose sub - jec t was ''Industry Nursery; L. D. Ha 11, whose subject was ''International Paper Company's Seedling Program''; A. D. Falweiler, Director of the Texas Forest Service, whose subject was ''The Marion Cass County Seedling Program''; Manton Frierson, who discussed the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company's Seedling Program; and K. S. Trowbridge, who spoke on the North Carolina Pulp Company's Seedling Program. H. M. Verdary, pulpwood dealer for Macon Kraft Corp. , described operations of a southern pulpwood dealer. A special group of discussions centering around youth activities was presented under the general theme of ''Provisions for Future Wood Crops.'' ''The F F A School Forest Project'' was covered by B. E. Allen of Union Bag and Paper Co., ''The Negro Forestry Training Camp in Arkansas by Al Herrington of International Paper Company, and ' ' The S. P. C. A. Forestry Training Camp'' by Guyton DeLoach , Director of the Georgia Forestry Commission. A bu siness meeting Wednesday afternoon and the annual banquet Wednesday night closed the 1954 rreeting. C.lf. Niederhof, top phuto, \\est Virginia Pulp and Paper Co., delivers the SPCA p resident' s rel>ort. If. M. Verdery, center photo, addresses the group. Shown in bottom photo, left to right are lf.J. Malsberger, SPCA manager; IL V. Miles, Jr., Gulf States Paper Corp., SPCA president; and K.S. Trowbridge, North Carol ina Pulp Co. , SPCA vice-president. tti)KUAKT, 1:1:>'1" .Ctaie Jo.UU JHie/14iaie eompact Geor~ia has become a member of the Sou theas t ern Fares t Fire Protection Compact through action of the recent General Assembly and approval of Governor Talmadge. The speedy concurrence of the November meeting of the Legislature, in which both houses voted unanimously to approve Georgia entering the compact, resulted in this state being one of the first to officially join the movement. The Georgia committee, already sworn into office by Governor Talmadge, consists of Sen. Warren Moorman, Lanier County; Rep. Jack Murr, Sumter County; Adjutant Gen. Earnest Vandiver and Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Forestry Commission. Georgia Arbor Day Marked By Tree Planting Programs Tree plantings and conservation ce remoni es marked Georgia's 1954 Arbor Day celebrations held February 19. Schools, civic clubs and youth groups celebrated the sixth- third anniversary of Arbor Day with a variety of special programs. The Georgia Forestry Commission's County R~ngers assi~ted Georgia schools 1n present1ng tree planting demonstrations and demonstrating aspects of good forest management. The Commission also provided special Arbor Day aids for schools that wer e distributed by the organization's County Rangers and district office personnel to all school teachers, principals and superin tenden ts reques ting Arbor Day program rna terial. Civic clubs and agricultural organizations also took part in the observance of Arbor Day by presenting programs and inv1t1ng outstanding fores try l eade rs in the communities to l ecture or to show motion pictures with a forestry theme. Commission officials pointed out that Commission nurseries are this year producing and distributing a record number of 100, 000, 000 fares t tree seed- lings, a fact that emphasizess the significance of this year's Arbor Day observance. Georgia first began an' Arbor day observance on a statewide basis in 1891. Until several years ago, the day was observed on the first Tuesday in December, but a legislative act changed the annual date to the third Friday in February. The compact was recently developed and approved at a meeting in Nashville, Tenn. Georgia was represented at the meeting by State Forester Guyton DeLoach. Other states participating in the meeting were Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carol ina and Tennessee. NEW TENTH DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS--Newest of the Georgia Forestry Commission's district headquarters buildings i3 this one at Washington on Highway 17, North. Serving as the nerve center for the Commission's Tenth District activities under the direction of District Forester J.C. Turner, the structure includes complete office facilities, and garaging repair and storage space. One feature of the modern construction is overhead radiant heating. The purpose of the compact is to provide for mutual aid by member states in the control of forest fires. The compact will promote more ef fee tive prevention, and control of forest fires in the southeastern states by encouraging the development of integrated forest fire control plans and the cooperation of the forest fire fighting forces of the member states. A similar compact has been functioning in the New England states and New York for the past four years. Fire protection compacts are also being developed in the South Central States and in the Middle Atlantic States. -. "' ~- ~. ., .. .... "''...0:. F". ..'~ ~-..,."'... ---- --- .,. ......,- ... ,-~: "' ......... ,. - School Held For Pilots How airplanes can be better used to detect and help suppress forest fires was the theme of an all-clay pilot school held recently near McRae and attended by 17 airplane pilots under contract to flv aerial patrol for the Geor~ia Forestry Commission. Held at the Corrmission' s fifth district headquarters in Wheeler County, the session was opened by Guyton DeLoach, Commission Director. ''The Commission realizes,'' Mr. DeLoach declared, ''that all you men are experienced pi1ots; and this is in no sense a school to teach you how to 'fly. It is a means whereby we of the Commission can exchan~e ideas with you on how to increase the effectiveness of air patrol and get the maximum benefit from this service. ''The Georgia Forestry Commission, with the exception of one Commission owned and opera ted patrol plane, handles the remainder of its air patrol over the state on a contract basis, renting aerial patrol p l anes and services of pilots on an hour 1y basis. ' ' The Georgia Forestry Commissim,' ' the di rector conti nued , ' ' has c onducted deta il ed s tudies of t he use of aer ia l pa t rol , bot h on a dollar s and ce nts a nd an acrea ge bu r ned ba - (Continued on Page 10) PILOT SCHOOL SCENES- - Instruction in radio communications, top photo, is given B. E. Lyons, right, by the Georgia Forestry Commiss ion' s chief of radio communicat ions, Henry Cannon. Contract planes and the plane operated by the Commission, center photo, are ass embled on the air strip at the Commission's Fifth Dist rict 0 ffi ce near McRae. In the bottom photo, pi lots are shown with Commission Director Guyton DeLoach. "You Can Help Prevent Forest Fires in Your Community" was the watchword in many Georgia communities during the week of February 15-21 as the state celebrated the annual Keep Georgia Green Week. School and civic clubs pre- sented special Keep Green Week programs to mark the seven-day observance. Rangers in many of the 132 counties under protection of the Georgia Forestry Commission cooperated in organizing and presenting materials for Keep Green programs. MERIWETHER COUNTY DEMONSTRATION--Fourth District Forester Curtis Barnes, top, holds the seedling bucket, while Assistant District Forester Wayne Manning wields the shovel in a Many ranger stations throughout the state held "Open House" on one day during the week or during the entire week. County Forestry Unit personnel demonstrated to visitors how equipment is operated in towers, vehicles and dispatcher points to report forest fires. demonstration showing how to heel-in seedlings. The demonstration was held recently near Alvaton on the property of Or. Harmon Caldwell. Assistant State Extension Forester Nelson Brightwell, center, conducts a hardwood poisoning demonstration. Barnes, below, shows how fire prevention speeds tree growth. Guyton DeLoach, Director, Gsaeiodr, g"iKa eeFpoGreresetnryWCeeokmsmerivsesidona~ more than ' an opportunity to show the public how their County Forestry Units operate. We also during that week brought themes- Other participants were C. Dorsey Oyer, State Extension Forester; Howard Doyle, SPCA Area Forester, of Macon; Ken Korstain, of Rome Kraft Corporation, County Agent Ralph Buchanan and SCS Technician P. A. Gantt of Greenville. sage of good forest management and forest fire prevention to the citizens of Georgia. ' ' (. In many towns, newspapers printed special forestry editions, ~':1\t fh and radio stations presented \ Keep Green programs. Forestry parades, dedication ceremonies \ ''\J for new forest fire lookout tow- ers and for Tree Farms, and for- ~ .. t estry motion picture showings ::.-~ ' ... were all part of the week's fes- tivities. .. /f J, I //'( f t,l ~ .. " . f,fN.' d .' \.,..... t l ..I .. ' ~ ' t If "Stress this year,"Director DeLoach reported, "was on showing Georgians that the success of a Keep Green program depends on the cooperation of the individual citizen. " .\ , ~ .. ,. {!.~ .,ttl ~~ ~I $ GEORGIA FOREST R Y 7 none Careless Match Yours?" QeoMjia. d).Oited CFFP Campaign Continues R~ch e~ Plea For Cooperation ~~ o~~:CU::e The 1954 Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention Carrpaign sponsored by State Foresters in cooperation with the U. S. Forest Service is continuing the plea for public cooperation in stopping fares t fires. Smokey Bear, on posters, mats, stamps, car cards, blotters, bookmarkers, in displays and on radio and television recordings will bring this year's forest fire prevention message to millions here in Georgia and throughaut America. The new 1954 Campaign Basic Poster shows Smokey holding two frightened bear cubs and saying, ''Ole Careless tva tch ... Yours?'' In the background deer and other forest animals are shown watching their home go up in flames. ''Repeat After Me: I Will Be Careful..'' is Srrokey's request on the Fire Prevention Rules Poster. Two of Smokey's Cub friends dramatize the prevention rules. One careless match .. .Yours ? ----~-;J 0 .R~-Only f.OU an PREVENT FOREST Fl RES ! REPEAT AFTER ME : Iwill be careful... . ' ...WITH MATCHES j The Basic Posterand the Rules Poster are printed in four co- lors, 13 X 18~ inches in s ize, and are available in paper, cardboard, waterproof cardboard, and one and two column newspaper mats. Smokey and his bear friends ra1se their right hands and take the conservation oath asking again that you ''Repeat After Me: I Will Be Careful,'' on the ' 'Smokey Bear Pledge' ' Easel. Printed on heavy cardboard in four colors, 12 X 14 inches the easel is self-stand ing and is ideal for display in banks, store windows and other public places. Car and bus cards reemphasize the ''Olly Ole ~-~atch ... Yours?'' Basic Poster, The Cards are printed for nation-wide di-splay in Transit Ad space and are available jn limited quantities fo r special use. The colorful ''Pledge Poster'' stamps for s tationery ask ''Pro- (Con t inued on Page 10) state's n ewl y-created Geo r gia Forest Resea r ch Council began last mon th with s wear ing into office by Gove r nor Herma n E. T almadge of a seven man board of commissi oners to d i rect and supervise the council. Georgia's General Assembly created the board at its last sess1on , and Governor Talmadge approved passage of the bill shortly afte rward. One of the board's chief purposes, according to Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Forestry Commission, will be to coordinate all forestry research in the state and to try to eliminate duplication in research by state, federal, and private agenc1es. The law authorizing the board provides that none of its members wi 11 be paid for their services or be reimbursed for travel expenses. The act provides that the board will meet at least twice annually. The Council may accept appropriatations, grants or gifts fran other agencies, organizations or individuals. The board also will determine what research is being carried on and make the information available to those engaged 1n forestry research. ''One of our primary tasks,' ' the Director added, ''will be determining what research pro.iects are most needed to fulfill the needs of forestry programs under way by public and private agencies. When the board begins operations, we plan to make available counseling and advice to any agency, either public or priyate, having duties and objectives similar to those of the counci 1. '' Rangers In The News Lincoln County Ranger W. Horace Dawkins reports that two new fire towers have been construc ted in Lincoln County and are ready for operation. The s teel towers, each 100 feet high, are strategically located to give maximum protection to the county's forest s. An office building at the site of one of th e towers will be erected soon with hli lding materials donated by the citizens of the county. The addition of the Lincoln towers affords a vital link in the control of forest fires . TltEE FARMER-CAT1LEMAN NAMED FIRE WARDEN--Among the many person s participating in the Georgia Forestry Commission's fire warden program is W. H. Moon, right, Muscogee County forestland owner and dairy operator. Mr. Moon and his son, center, have helped Muscogee Ranger Floyd Cook, left, in suppressing many forest fires in the ranger' s area. The Emanuel County Keep Georgia Green Program has received the endorsement of Eddie Arnold, popular singing star. Mr. Arnold, as a public serVIce, recorded a spot announ~ e ment to be used In connection with the Emanuel Keep Green Program. Mr. Arnold's recording ends with his saying ''Remember only you can prevent forest fires . . . Keep Emanuel County Green ... And Shine with Pines.'' The Eddie Arnold r ecording of ' 'Smokey the Bear' ' , adopted as the National Fire prevention theme song, was used extens ively in the Emanuel County Keep Green program. C~bCoonryR~~rT. L.&~es and his forestry unit recently received words of high praise from Cobb County Times in Marietta. In a personal colurrm called ''Mark My Word,'' Ranger Holmes and his crew were referred to as ''unsung heroe s who, despite the drought during the recent fire season, kept forest fires to a surprising minimum.' ' The column stated that ''Holmes and his fellow rangers work a- round the c lock often to keep precious acreage f rom being burned over, and many times, es- pecially du ring this time of the year, as s oon as t hey ge t one fire under control they have to go to fighting a no ther new one. We ex pee t t hat Ran ger Holmes sometimes feels tha t the work he a nd his fellow firemen are doi ng is to no avail. We assure h im now that while it doesn't look like it, strides are being made in keeping down fo rest fires and that our Cobb County Fores try Unit is doinp "'.n efficient and wonderful job. ' Han ge r Everett Ha ll, of Broo ks County, estimates that more than 3,000,000 see~ lin gs will be planted in his county by private la nd owners thi s season . County Commi ssi on ers have purchased a new tree planter for public use in the county, bringing to six the tota l number of planters i n the county. Another Ranger reporting a good planting season i s El za Clifton, of Jenkins, County, who reports his county has pa ssed the million mark in seedlings planted and i s sti ll ''going strong.'' Th e Ranger pointed out the seedlings planted on Tree Appreciation Da y a lone doubled l ast year's planting. GEORGIA FORESTRY 9 Nurseries Complete Shipping; Begin Planting Of Next Crop The Georgia Fores t.ry Commission's four nurser1es will have completed shipping this year's crop of 100 million seedlings to Georgia landowners by the end of February. More efficient packing methods and the use of two-way FM radios in nursery delivery trucks enable the nurseries to finish their shipping season about a month early. Lifting operations began 1n November, 1953, and each of the nursenes has been shipping out seedlings at a rate of a half million a day. The four nurseries produced almost even shares of the largest seedling crop ever grown in Georgiaenough to reforest 100,000 acres of land. Davisboro Nurs- ery led production with 30 million seedlings. Horseshoe Bend was second with an output of 25 million, and production reached 24 million at Berty, and 21 million at Hightower. Man ths of meticulous care went into the growing crop of seedlings and many long hours of labor were required to lift, inspect, grade, pack, label, and deliver the seedlings. Nursery officials report that the planting of next year's seedling crop ha s already begun on a small sca l e at Herty and Davisboro Nurseries. Full sca le planting will begin in early March. Next year's crop is expee ted to equal , if not exceed, this year's crop of 100 mil lion. L.A. Hargreaves, Jr. Pe r sonnel Changes Announced Appoin trrent of an ass is lant to the Director, Georgia Forestry Commission and transfer of two assistant di str ict foreste rs to new di stri cts were announced this month by Guyton DeLoach, Commission Director. RESEARCH COMMITTE:E SWORN IN--Governor Berman Talmadge swears il1 the board of commissioners which will direct the Georgia Forest Research l:ouncil. The group includes, left to right, Rep. T. E. Kennedy Jr. , of Ashbu m ; Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Forestry Commission; Charles West, Atlanta; Governor Talmadge; J.J. Armstrong, Savannah; Wallace Adams, Glenwood; Mose Gordon, Commerce, and Rep. H.G. Garrard, of Wilkes County. Leon A. Hargr eaves, former member of the teaching staff of the School of Forestry, University of Georgia, has been named the Commis s ion' s personnel director. James Henson, who f orrrerl y se rve d as assistant district forester in charge of fire control in District l, has been t ransfe rred to the same position in Distri ct 4. He replaced a vacancy c reate d by the transfer of Zack L. Seymour, who has been transferred to District 9 as assistant District forester m charge of fire c ontrol. All three men are graduates of the University of Georgia School of Forestry. Hargreaves also obtained his master's degree in forestry at the University of Georgia and later earned a doctor's degree in forestry at the University of Mich i gan. The Conrnission director announced that Ha r greaves current duties will consist largel y of placing the Georgia Forestry Commission under the State Merit Sys tem and instituting a retire ment plan. (Con tinued from Page 2) Lightning, 1952, 262; 1953, 84; campers, 1952, 130, 1953, 77; smokers, 1952, 1,011, 1953, 987, and miscellaneou s , 1952, 1,810, _1953, 1,219. The Director also reported that more than half the forest fires fought by units of the Georgia Forestry Commission were coofined to less than 10 acres. Only 1,960 of t he total 8,120 fires we re 10 acres i n s1ze or more. Mr. DeLoach said all figures were based on forestlands protected by the Georgia Forestry Commission. He pointed out , however, that records continue to show that forest fire losses on unprotected lands are approximately six t imes as grea t as losses on protected lands. -j 1 READY FOR 'THE BIG ON~ --Cecil Osborne, warehouseman, Georgia Forestry Cmmission, checks over the Commission's cache of emergency forest fire supplies in the Macon warehouse. These supplies are kept under lock and key and are to be used only in the event of m1 areawide or statewide forest fire emergency, such as occurred in Georgia last November. With the declaration of an emergency, the supplies will be immediately rushed to an emergency assembly point in the fire area. School Held-- - (Con tinued from Page 6) sis, and we have come to the definite conclusion that this type of forest fire detection and suppression pays." L. L. Lundy, Ass is tan t Fire Control Chief, Georgia Forestry Commission, and director of the one - day ses sioo on aerial patrol, led a discussion on better integration of aerial patrol in County Forestry Units operations. ''Flying aerial patrol,'' said Mr. Lundy. ''consists of far more than simply spotting a s moke and notifying the county dispatcher A good patrol pilot distinguishes first between wildfires and control burns and reports only the wildfire. With experience, a good patrol pilot learns what type of equipment to call for on wildfire and ha.v to guide ground suppression to crews to fire sites in a minimum of time. Henry Cannon, Corrmission Ra- dio Technician, and Jolm L. Har- ter, Second District Radio Te c h- n1c1an, outlined use of the twoway FM radio in aerial patrol and cautioned pilots against monopolizing the air waves in their radio c ommunicat i ons. Contract pilots attending and the areas under their jurisdiction were as follows: H. A. Strutz and Thomas J. Warren, Second District; Quentin Freeman, Tattnall and Evans Counties; Calvin Franklin, Chatham County; Travis Shelton, Troup, Meriwether and He ard Counties ; Jack Williams, Bulloch and Scr~ven Counties; S. W. White, Ware County. Ben Frank lin and W. D. Acton, Jenkins Cl)un ty; Joe Woods, Gordon , Floyd, Chattooga, Bartow, and Haralson Counties; A. A. Vinson, Coffee and Atkinson Counties; J. R. Partee, Dodge, Laur ens and Telfair Coun ties; T. A. McDonald, Clinch, Atk in son and La ni er Count ies; B. E. Nobl es, Toombs, Montgomery, Troutlen, and Wheeler Counties; H. D. Curtis, Wilcox, Ben Hill, and Turner Counties; A. Paschall, Mcintosh, Liberty and Long Counties, and H. Mallette, Emanue l and Candler Counties. Also attending was Henry Slentz, Georgia Forestry Commi ssion pilot. 1954 CFFP-- (Continued from Page 7) mise: You Will Help. '' Stamps are prepared in sheets of 80, and the design is adapted also for two-color bookmarkers, and blotters, 6~ X 2~ inches each. The new Smokey Bear Commercial Educational Support Program is proving to be very successful in spreading the fire prevention message through merchants window displays, news ads, and other media. More than 250,000 S mokey Teddy Bears were sold be- fore Christmas and since Sep- tember 1, 1953, more than 50, 000 reques ts for Junior Fares t Ranger kits have been received by the CFFP office. All revenu es received from roya 1ties on these products are used to further forest fire prevention education. Georgia Forestry February, 1954 -~~E ACROP io A""" Eo