Georgia forestry, Vol. 7, no. 5 (May 1954)

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MAY 1954
Forests and Waters---

GEORGIA FORESTRY
Editorial

County Fire Losses Reduced
(From the Gainesville Daily Times)

Losses from forest fires in Hall County are not nearly so serious as they were last year and the year before that. What has been saved from fire, of course, continues to beautify Hall County as well as hold the promise of future income for the citizens of the county.
The reduction in fire losses can be attributed in part to 1uck. Perhaps better weather conditions, less lightning and good fortune in a number of ways prevented some fires.
Most of the reduction, we think, can be attributed to the slow accumulation of training and educational information distributed over the years cautioning people against burning over

their land, leaving campfires unextinguished, throwing cigarets out of cars, etc.
Part of this includes the able Hall County forest fire protection unit, which prevents losses by being immediately available with equipment to fight fires when they are small and to recruit other fire fighters and direct the campaign against a fire when necessary.
It was a good day for the county when the commissioners decided to join the state's forest fire protection plan and our record for the past fire season should prove convincing to other counties who have yet to take advantage of the cooperative plan with the state.

Vol. 7

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

No.5

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 entered as second class matter at the Post

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

Press Association.

EDITOR _

* * __ *__ *________________ Richard E. Davis

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

___ Robert Rutherford, Catherine Dismuke

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DISTRICT OFFICES, GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION:

DIST RICT I-Route 2, Statesbor o

DISTRICT VI-P. 0. Box 505, Milledgeville

DISTRICT 11-P. 0. Box 26, Camilla

DISTRICT VII-Route 1, Rome

DISTRICT 111-P. 0. Box 169, Americus
DISTRICT IV-P. 0. Box 333, Newnan
DISTRICT V-P. 0. Box 328, McRae

DISTRICT VIII-P. 0. Box 811, Waycross
DISTRICT IX-P. 0. Box 416, Gainesville
DISTRICT X-P. 0. Box 302, Washington

(From the Albany Herald)
Perhaps there have been fewer fares t fires in Georgia (the coloquial term has long been ''woods fires'') during tl-.c late Winter and early Spring than heretofore. But thousands of acres were burned over, and the loss ran into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Timber is more valuable today than it has ever been, and it is as certain as taxpaying time that it will never be worth materially less. Science has produced a number of substitutes for lurrher, but some of our largest and more important indus tries are dependent on fares t products.
There was enough dry weather in the Southeast during the Winter months to cause woods fires to take heavy toll. The fires stopped when rains came, but the total loss ran into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Carelessness and Ignorance were responsible for most of the fires. The ignorance factor 1s revealed in fires which were deliberate! y set, either to'' kill off boll weevils and other bugs,'' or ''just to see the fires burn, and to smell the smoke.''
Georgia's forest sheltered waters are the playgroonds of anglers throughout the length of the state -- from the haunts of the fi gh tin g mountain trout in the north through the lake and stream hideouts of the bass and bream in the Piedmont to the vast reaches of the rivers and swamplands of the south.
\\herever the avid followers of Izaak Walton match wits with the denizens of river and stream they enjoy another dividend of good forestry. Proper woodland management prevents excessive runoff and erosion and provides clear streams and good fishing.

MAY, 1 954

Nurseries Set
Seedling Goal
At 112 Million
More than 112,000,000 seedli n~s is t he 1954-'55 production goal set by the Georgia Forestry Commission for its four forest tree seedling nurseries.

That number will be the greatest ever produced in a single season in Georgia - - or by state nurseries in any Southern state. The nurseries only recently have completed shipping their 1953-'54 crop-- another record breaker of 100,000,000
seedlings.

Orders for 1954-' 55 season

seedlings are being accepted

now by the Commission's Nursery

Department. Order blanks are

being supplied by County Rangers,

County Agents, Soil Conserva-

tionists, and the Atlanta Office
of the Georgia Forestry Com-

mission.

Nursery officials

have requested that no payments

be made on orders until after

July 1.

An increase in the cost of seedling production has resulted in a price increase on all species of pine seedlings. All
p1ne seedlings which formerly sold for $2.75 a thousand will sell for $3. 00 a thousand this season. Other species will sell at the same price as last year.

Anticipated production by nur-

series and species includes:

High tower Nursery

5 00, 000

Slash, 18,500,000 Loblolly,

50,000 White Pine, 200,000 Ari-

zona Cypress, 1,000,000 Short

Leaf, and 200,000 Red Cedar.

Herty Nursery - 25,000 Slash,

l, 000,000 Loblolly, 500,000

Longleaf, 200,000 Arizona Cy-

press, 250,000 Red Cedar, and

200, 000 Yellow Poplar. Horshoe

Bend Nursery - 30,000,000 Slash,

1,000,000 Loblolly, and 500,000

Longleaf. Davisboro Nursery 25,000,000 Sla~h, 7,500,000

Loblolly, 500,000 Lon gleaf,

200,000 Arizona Cypress, 200,000

Red Cedar, and 200.000 Yellow

Poplar.

New orest Industries
Valued At $140 Million

Thirty-five new forest industries, represent ing a combined capital investment of $140,863 500, were established in Georgia in 1953.

A survey conducted this month by the Georgia Forestry Commission in cooperatioo with the Georgia Pcmer Company, the Savannah District Authority and the Georgia Light & Power Company revealed this in formation and also pointed out that the new industries brought to the state an additional $2,807,000 payroll.

The list included three pulpmills and 11 lumber firms. Factories for producing oak flooring, blinds and awnings, handles , doors, windows, and sashes, and boxes also were represented in the new forest i ndustries which began operations in Georgia in 1953.
New industrie s, their location, product, capital inyest men t, number of employees and approximate annual payroll are as follows:

Gainesville Co-op Company, Gainesville, boxes, $35,000
capital mvestrrent, eight em-
ployes, approximate annual payroll of $20,000; Horace E. Baker Jr., Toccoa, sawmi ll, $3,500, eight employees, $20,000.

Miller Dogwoo::l Mill, Toc coa , lumber, $10,000, six employees,

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$15, 000; Mt. Yonah Lumber Com-

pany, Cleveland, $25,000, 10

employes, !26,000; Roy Floyd,

Vanna, Sawmill, $25, 000, eight

employes, $20, 000; Rutherford

Lumber Company, Social Circle,

lumber, $15,000, 12 employees,

$26, 000; Clarence and Robert

Scott, Toccoa, lumber $15,000.

Long Leaf Lumber Company,
Atlanta, lumber, $100,000, 15 employes, $45,000; Padge tt Furniture Mfg. Company, Fair O<~ks, Furniture, $25,000, six Pm ployes, $24,000; Thomas Furn-

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Log and lumber grading were featured at sawmill school.

Sawmill Conference Held April 28

More than 100 sawmill operators, foresters and industry represen ta ti ves from Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama attended the sawmill and logging conference held April 28 at the Atlanta Oak Flooring Company yard at Blue Ridge. All who attended were rewarded with an interesting and highly informative discussion of the various phases of logging and profitable operation of circular saw mills. Joint sponsors for the session were the Georgia Forestry Canmisslon, University of Georgia, Georgia Agricultural Extension Service, Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Forest Farmers Association.
The mormng program opened with a welcane by Lee Settel , Appalachian Oak Flooring, ElliJ~Y who presided at the sesSlons.

W. H. McComb, Assistant Director, Management, Georgia Forestry Corrmission, outlined the timber rmnagemen t services available to landowners through the Commission.
''Factors Affecting Logging and Milling Costs'' was the subject of a presentation by Ben C. Cobb, Division of Forestry Relations, TVA. Mr. Cobb utilized an excellently illustrated flipchart to give visual emphasis to his discussion.
Mr. Cobb also discussed the ' 'Reduction of Logging Costs by Leaving Small Trees' ' . Here he gave comparisons on log9ing costs when harvesting var1ous sizes of trees, cutting old growth, second growth and new growth, and using the var1ous methods of felling, bucking, bunching, skidding, and loading.

Theo Evans, Atlanta Oak Floor-

ing Company, started the after-

noon program with a discuss ion

and demonstration of ''Sawing

for Lumber and Grade Inspec-

tion''

Using sample boards,

he also outlined and explained

. hardwood lumber grading methods.

''Seventy six work hours per
thousand man work hours are lost in the logging indus try as contrasted 'with only 18 hours lost in other industries due to accidents," said H. B. Leigh, Safety Engineer, Lil::erty Mutual Insurance Company, Atlanta, as he spoke on the vital subject of ''Safety in the Timber Industry". He challenged the logging industry to institute suitable accident prevention training and practices, such as has been done in other indus tries
with tremendous savings to the industries and to individuals.

B. J. Woody, Joe H. Brady and Associates, Birmingham, spoke briefly on the use of power saws in log production and E. A. Clevenger, Corley Manufacturing Company, and George Strawn, Frick Company, both discussed profitable methods of using circular saws.

Surrmarizing the conference was B. F. Grant, University of Georgia School of Forestry. He errpha sized the fact that the conference had stressed the practical aspects of solving the mutual problems confronting the loggers, sawmillers and foresters.

In left bottom photo, Lee S. Settel, W. H. ~lcCorrb, and T..~. Ramke (left to right) Inspect an e~hibit of log and board grades. "Safety in the
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Lumber Industry" was the subject on which Herbert B. Leigh!, in center bottom photo, spoke to the group. Ben C. Cobb, in right bottom photo, outlined "Factors Affecting Loggingand Milling Costs' .

MAY , 1954

SPCA Meetings

Held In Four

States In May
''Getting Pulpwood Stumpage Thruugh Conservation'' was the theme of the Southern Pulp.vood Conservation Association's Area 3 meeting at the Bon Air Hotel in Augusta, May 4-5.
Association members and visitors from Georgia, Florida and parts of South Carolina attended the session.
Accep t able cutting and harvesting sys terns were descri bed, with full explanation of the minimum cutting standards voluntarily adopted through the Association to carry out an intensive conservation program.
The Augusta meeting was one of four scheduled throughout the South this month by the Association. The Area 2 sess ion, attended by representatives from Alabarm, Mississippi and parts of Louisiana and Florida, was held May 11-12 at the Tutwe iler Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama.
The progress of the conservation activities of members in those states during the past several years was reviewed and the methods of coordinating the work of public and private forestry agencies were outlined.
Representatives from North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and parts of South Carolina attended the Area 4 meeting held May 18-19 at the Carolinian Hotel in Nags Head, N. C. ''Conservation and How to Sell It'' was the theme of the Area 4 meet-
Ing.
''Conservation Is A Job For All'' is to be the theme of the Area 1 meeting scheduled May 26 at the Magnolia Inn in Magnolia, Arkansas. Representatives from Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas will attend the meeting.

The test tube has made a dent in the gum turpentine business but promises to open newer and better markets in the future, Harley Langdale of Valdosta, declared at the April meeting of
ATFA in Valdosta. Langdale was re-elected president of the American Turpentine Farmers Association for his 18th consecutive year.

\1iss Ksena Champion, 20- yearold Valdosta State College sophomore from Argyle, Ga., was named Miss Spirits of Turpentine for 1954.

Other officers elected were R.M. Newton, Wiggins, Miss., vice president; A.R. Shirley, Valdosta, secretary, and Ora B. Hemmingway, Valdosta, treasurer and assistant secretary.

1954 Gum Turpentine Queen, Miss Ksena Champion with Judge Harley Langdale, AT-FA President.

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Memters of the Future Fa rmers of America and of 4-H once again will te given an opportunity this s ummer to gain first-hand facts and in~truction on farestry at annual outdoor camps s lated throughout t he state.

the FFA camp. This year will mark the first summer the camp has been held at the Stephens State Park, which is located near Crawfordville in Taliaferro County.

The FFA camp will be held July 5-10 at Alexander Stephens State Park, and the 4-H camp will be held June 7-12 at Laura Wa lker State Park. Sponsoring mills are the Macon Kraft Company, Brunswick Pulp and Paper Company, St. Mary's Kraft Corpora tim and Gair Woodlands Inc. Sponsors pay all expenses other than transportation.
Union Bag and Paper Corporation and the Georgia Extension Service sponsor and conduct the 4-H camp jointly.
More than 90 boys and Vocational Agriculture teachers from throughout the North Georgia area are ex~cted to at tend

This year's camp 1s planned especially for North Georgia FFA rrembers, with a full sche dule of lectures, demonstrations, recreation and entertainment provided to acquaint the youths with a great variety of farm forestry inf~rmation and instruction.
Members of the camp staff will
be announced later. Guest speakers are expected to include representatives of the Vocational Agriculture Division, State Department of Education; sponsoring pulpmills, Georgia Chapters of Future Farmers of America, and the Georgia Forestry C omm iss ion.

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Stand1ng as pr ime example of
the thousands of small fares t products enterpr ises that dot Georgia's countryside and comprise a substantial portion of the state's giant forest industry is the McConne 11 f ami 1y manufactory for chicken co~s in White County.

Nestled in a picturesque wooded valley deep in the hills of the Dukes Creek section of White County, this ''plant'' and the accompanying operations stand as vibrant testimony to
the fact that opportunity abounds where enterprise, determination, and hard work are joined. Unique in several ways, this industry utilizes low-value or otherwise worthless Red Oak, White Oak and Sweet Gum to build a chicken coop which is five to six times as strong and durable as other ordinary coops. Thus the team ofT. J. McConnell, his wife and son, T. J. Jr., not only provides a better coop for the mushrooming multi-million dollar chicken industry of North Georgia, but at the same time makes possible the improvement of the woodland growing stock by removing ' 'weed s pee ies' ' of scrub oak and gum.

When the pioneering McConnells

came to Dukes Creek in 1945 ''their

valley'' was simply an uninha-

bited, densely wooded expanse

on a remote leg of the creek.

Pioneering

their life as

they necessarily abandoned their car at a distant road and' 'walked in with picks, shovels and axes on our backs.'' Admitted! yo ften discouraged in the past, today the McConnells can look back with a sense of acco~plish ment few persons ever realize, and at the same time they look forward with keen anticipation to what the future holds.
''Sometimes at sunset'', says Mr. Me Conne 11, as he points to a nearby hill, ''we wall<' up and sit dCM'n on that ridge. There we can survey our little community, and can see what we've done ourselves - - what we've built, what we've produced, what we've hewn out with our own hands. Somehow it's a feeling I believe we could find nowhere else. It's like watching a dream corre true, bee ause it certainly has been a dream that's kept us going all along and now it is beginning to come true.''
The chicken industry's acceptance of the McConnell coops is emphasized by the fact that today Mr. McConnell holds standing orders which will require three years to fill _at full production.
The McConnell Chicken Coop a patented and fully protected 10 inch broi lersize coop - is officially certified as five to six times as strong by poundage as the conventional chicken

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1. White pine paneling is a byproduct of the McConne ll's saw-

milling operations. Tom McConnell, Mr. McConnell, T.B. Hankinson,
Management Forester of the Georgia Forestry Commission, (left to
right) in~ect a board. %. Sweet Gum, otherwise almost valueless, is used to make floors
for t~e coops. Here Mrs. McConnell assembles a floor by use of a
frame to give exact overall dimensions. 3. This 12-bit gang drill does a comple te boring job on a coop rail in one operation . Here Tom McConnell operates the drill that his father personally designed and built.

The McConnell's operation plans call for selection cutting of weed species in the ores ted areas, plus some spot planting, principally with \\hite Pine. Certain cleared areas are also to be planted with White Pine and some of the faster growing hardwood species.

4. (Mass Production of Dowels) Tom McConnell , nearest camera, runs oak boards through planer. Specially-designed knives fitted on the planer enable this two-man team to produce 100 dowels a day. 5. (Log Dock at Sawmill) Mr. McConnell and Tom use cant hooks to roll a log to sawmill carriage. 6. (Strength Secret of McConnell Coops) Mr. McConnell, right, and Tom, center, show T.B. Hankinson, left, how patented half round
dowel multiplies streng ta of coops.
7. (Finished Product) Mrs. McConnell and Tom make final in~ec tion of coops before delivery. This shop is one of the buildings built by the McConnells completely from wood cut on the area.

One of the most anazing features of the McConnells production setup are the mass production power tools used, most of which were individual! y designed and custom built by Mr. McConnell, who is an alunmus of the school of mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech. A twelve-bit ga.1g drill for boring an entire rail section of a

coop. The multiplied strength of the McConnell Coop is derived from the half-round dowels whie h are used throt~ghou t each coop. The half-round dowel - as contrasted with the fully rounded dowels used on other coops provides thicker, stronger dowel at the point of stress where the dowel enters the rails of the coop s true ture . (Exhaustive tests both in the laboratory and in use have shown that this is the

rails and White Oak for the dowels. All these species abound as slow-growing, otherwise non-merchantable species in the locality.
Felled oak timber is cut in eight or nine foot logs in the woods to provide sawed coop stack in multiples of two or three feet. Gums are cut into eight foot logs to provide flooring stock of four feet. Along with the harvesting of coops

coop in one operation is one of his prize showpieces. Several times told by machninists and manufacturers that to build such a drill was impractical if not impossible, he nevertheless prepared his own plan and specifications, and today takes great delight in demonstrating the precision operation and ruggedness of the drill, which is belt-driven from a 5 horsepower gasoline engine.

major point of failure in many materials, the McConnells also

makes of coops and have demon-

remove some White Pine and Vir-

Another unique mechanical fea-

strated the superiority of the

ginia Pine as good selection

ture is a specially designed

McConnell product.)

cutting dictates. The White planer knife used to cut doY;els

Pine is marketed through the

in mass production.

Dowels

Other unique features of the Baldwin Lumber Company, of Cor- sufficient to build 100 coops

McConnell Coops are especially nelia, as select grade two and can be made in a single day.

designed doors to help carry the three-inch paneling, and the

weight of the loaded coop and Virginia Pine is utili zed for

A QQ,frick sawmill is used for

convenient handles or grips at each end to facilitate handling.

construction. AJ together, only 11 board feet of wood are used
per coop produced and Mr. MeCon-

making cocp stock and lumber. They ooce used a direct drive mill powered by a Buick engine -

The coops are made completely nell even boasts to his best another unique nechanical ar-

of oak, with the exception of the floors, which are Sweet Gum. Bed Oak is used for the

customers that his total cash outlay is only 7 cents per coop. This is for the nails used.

rangement by McConnell. (Continued on Page 10)

GEORGIA FORESTRY

Yearly Salute to Emanuel Pines
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Emanuel Countians and thousands of fellow Georgians gathered last month at Swainsboro
to pay tribute once again to the Georgia pine with a weeklong

Howard Youman and Meg Price reigned as prince and princess, along with the newly crowned king and queen.

observance of the community's ninth annual Pine Tree Festival.

Irma Lee Smith was Farm Bureau Queen. Sara Ellen Phillips was

A colorful parade, talks by noted forestry leaders, and a-

runner up to Miss Smith. Jeannie Underwood was third.

warding of prizes were included in the final day's Festival climax. Reigning over the Festival were the newly crowned queen and king, Nella Shepard and David
Rowland.

Mrs. E. Y. Scott Jr. was adult winner in the Festival poetry contest. Jeanie Underwood was schoolgirl winner, and Raymond Abney was schoolboy winner.

The Junior Chamber of Commerce

Reavis Sproull, director, Herty Float won first prize among or-

Foundation, Savannah, featured

ganizational floats.

Adrian

Festival speaker, pointed out School won the school float

that chemical and wood industry compet1t10n, and Mathis Lwnber

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research on pine trees is of- Lumber Company was the corrmer-

fering "new and unlimited hor- c ial float winner .

izons'' for the Georgia tree

farmer. Citing the value of pines to Georgia and to the entire South, he displayed many new and useful materials now being produced from pines.

In the elementary school public speaking contest, Jimmie Patton won first place among the boys and Edna Mae Smith was first among the girls.

Forest Farmers Hold Conference

Speakers including the Chief of the United States Forest Service and an outstanding consulting fares ter, springtime tours of the famed Biltmore Estate and Fores t, and forestry discussims based on the theme, '' Tr e nd s in Southern Forestry,'' h ighligh t ed the annual Southeri Forestry Conference of the For-
est Fa rmers Assoc1ation April 26-27 a t Asheville, N. C.

Southern fares ter and the Southern forest farmer.
More than 350 persons attended the annual session, a meeting marking the first time t he Southern Forestry Conference has been held in No rth Carolina, Forest Farmer Association President J. V. Whitfield's home state.

The speak er s in cluded R. E McCa rdle, Chief, U. S. Forest Service, and A W. Bentley, well-known consult ing fores ter from Athens, Tenness ee . l\1cCardle outlined research t rends which will have an effect on S outhe rn forestry; and Lent ley ou t lined the challenges which face the

In addition to part1c1pating in tours of Biltmore Estate and Forest, the group attended a barbecue presented by Champion Paper and Fiber Company. A new model transplanter was p ven away by Whitfield Manufacturing Company, of Austell , Georgia.

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1. Dr. Reavis Sproull speaks. 2. Products of pine illustrated. 3. Smart stepping bands provide lively music. 4. Festival Queen Nella Shepard and King David Rowland reign over festive city. In foreground are Princess Meg Price and Prince Howard Youman. 5. Farm Bureau Queen Irma Lee Smith greets parade throng. 6. Swainsboro High students take buggy ride. 7. Wheel of fortune Oak Park theme. 8. Winning float features pine prodlcts clock.

GEORG I A FOREST R Y

Rangers In The Ne s
ivlembers of a Parent-Teach erAssoc iation in Bartow County recent! y learned, through the efforts of their County Forest Ranger, Tom Boston, how they can help cut down on the devastating losses caused annually by wildfires in Georgia. The Ranger and Assistant District Fares ter Frank Craven appeared before the Cass High School P T A group to show a forestry film, outline the value of fores ts to their county, and describe the most common causes of inrest fires .



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High pra1Se for Ranger Troy Floyd's Haralson County Forestry Unit came recently from the Haralson County Tribune.
The news paper, in a special article entitled, ''We Salute,'' said si nce the Unit was started it has been on the job ''day and night protecting Haralson County's fares ts from the always dangerous fires which des troy wildlife as well as trees.''
The article pointed out the Unit is willing to help at all times whenever possible. ''All the unit as ks,'' the newspaper decla red, ' ' IS that the people call them when they are burning brush pilPs and that they hum them lat e In the afternoon when the wind is stilled.
"Wr th1nk," the article coneluded, ''that this organization should have the cooperation of all Haralson County c itizens, as t hP number of woods fires has dPcreased sincP it was organIzed.''

ABANDONED FIELDS PUT TO USE - - Monroe County Ranger , W. W. Jackson, lett , and or. Charles T. Rumble, of ~lacon , inspect some of the 6,000 Sl ash Pines set out during the recently completed planting seasm1 on abandoned fields owned by Dr. Rumble in ~Jonroe county. Ranger Jackson advised ()r. Jackson on the planting opera-
tion.

The exce llent cooperation which exists between Georgia's county fares t rangers and the newspapers in the ir communi ties was recently exemplif ied in Paulding County. There, County Ranger Ear 1 Ables reported, the Dall as New Era devoted several columns In a recent issue to printing a complete record of every wildfire in the ccunty
during 1953. Date of the fire,
acreage burned, t he cause, and the location were listed.
Accompanying the article was an appea l by Ranger Ables for more care in the woods on the part of smokers, debris burners, and hunters.

Lu~kin County Ranger Bill Littlefield is building a can-

bination recrea tioo. and demon-

stration area at his tower site.

The area will include rustic

benches, picnic tables, a shel-

ter cabin to house a continuing

exhibit demonstrating the phases

of activity of Ranger Little-

field's forestry unit, and other

facilities.

An all weather

road to the site has been con-

structed. All the building is

being done by rrembe rs of the

Lumpkin County Forest ry Unit.

''When the work is completed,'' the Ranger declared, 1 'we hope
to have the best tower site in the entire s tate.''

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The Third Annual Aerial-Photo Interpretation Short Course for foresters will be given at the University of Georgia June 8-11 The course is being sponsored by the School of Fares try, the Departrren t of Geogr a phy and Geology, and the Division of General Extension of the University of Georgia.
The course will be kept on a practical level with only enough theory introduced as is necessary to facilitate the proper use of the instruments and aerial photographs. Foresters and others who are using these new tools of fares try in their everyday fares t management work will be brought to the University to supplement the regular teaching staff for the s hort course.
(Co n tinue d from Page 2} ni ture Mfg. Company, Atl a nta furniture, $175,000, SO em ployes, $150,000; Wimbish Furniture Company, Atlanta Furniture , $25,000, six employes, $22,000 Zim-Cr aft Mfg. Corrpany, Atl a nta furniture $25,000, s ix employe s, $22, 000; Zim-Craft Mfg. Comp any , Atlanta, furniture, $75,000 , 20 employes, $60,000; Lamb' s Saw Mill, Midville, lumber, $5,000 six employe s, $I.3, 000.
Martine z Mfg . Company, Martinez, sash, doors, and cabine t s , $20, CDO, five employes, $16,000 Webb' s Cabinet Shop, Sta tes boro , cabinets, $9,000, three emp loyes , $9, 500; A & B Lumber Comp any , Abbeville, lumbe r, $20,000 , 12 employes , $24,000; Barrow Sawmill , Unadilla, lumber, $40, 000, 20 employe s , $45,000.
Columbus Cabin et Compa ny, Co lumbus, cabine ts , $10,000, f i ve employes , $15, 000; Co lum bus Oak Flooring Company, Co lumbus , oa k flooring, $20,000, lO employes ,

IN "CHAMPION HOME TOWN" PARADE- - Jasper County Fo restry Unit , headed by Range r M.O . McMi chael, entered i t s truck and t rac t or i n
the recent "Champion Home Town" contest in Mont i cello . Assis tan t
Rang u- Coy Womac k, above, drives the vehicle in the parade. Monti~ .
cello ranked f i rst for towns of its size in Georgi a in t he annual
Geoq~ia Power Company contest.

$25, 000; Georgia Pine Company , Broxton, lumber, $45,000, 40 employes, $80, 000 ; Georg i a Pi ne Company , Dougl as, pl an i ng mi l l, $15,000 , 10 empl oyes , $24,000;
J . R. Hill, Gr~envil le , handle s,
$12,000, f our e mp loye s , $12,000; Oakley Blind & Awning Company,
blinds & awni ngs , !10,000,
three employes, $1QOOO.
$hook & Waldrep Lumber Com pany, Broxton , Lu~ r , $35 , 000, 20 employe s, $40, 000 ; Windows Beautiful, Ellerslie, blinds & awnings , $7, 000, six errpl oyes, 12, 000; Broadway Hardware and
Supply Company, Macon , doors, windows and sc re ens, $17,000, four employes, $15, 000; Johnson Mote Lum ter Comp any, Baxley, lumter, $18,000 , 10 employes, $45,000; M. V. Sha l ler, Baxley, lumbe r , $24,000 , 21 employes, $50,400 ; Rome Kraft Company, Rome, paper board, $2 5 ,000,000 650 emp lo yes, $1, 820 , 000; Nation a l Container Corporation, Cl ya ttvi lle , pulpmill, $2 5 ,000, 000, 500 employes; Rayonier Inc. J esup, pul pmill, $25,000,000,
500 emp l oyes; Elberta Crate Company , Bainbridge, crate mill, $23,00 0, 40 employes; Ge<>rgia Ports Export Packers, Inc., Savannah, forest products, $30, 000 , 25 empl ayes , $50, 000; and
E. W. J ackson &Company, Savannah
s ki billets, $35,000, 15 empl oyes, $32,000.

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The McConnells first came to Camp Nacoochee in White County more than twenty years ago.
At tha t t ime both Mr. McConnell and Mr s . McConnell, who is a gr aduate of Agnes Scott College, we re teaching in the public school. T~y had always nouris ~ d an interest in timber and the structural and mechanical use of wood. This spark was fanned by some wooo technology courses Mr. McConnell studied at the University of Florida while he was teaching school.
Not content with their present production which is seemingly full-scale, the McConnells are starting the production of bromthandles fran t~ slabs which result from the sawing of coop stock. Also due for an early start in production in textile mills are shuttles which they will rrake from Dogwood.
Even beyond the realm of business enterprise the McConnells ''school teaching instinct'' continues with them and they are formulating plans and 1ooking forward to the day when they can start a school on their leg of the creek.

Georgia Forestry May, 1954
No wonder Woody is angry! A single match or cigarette, thrown from a cor, can start o fore that will destroy a fares! and with it more fish than are caught in a season. Wherever you drive, use the ash tray in your car. That way you'll be doing your part in keeping our state green.

Entfnd u sfcond clan mattu at thf Poet Olficf, Atlanta , Gt orria.
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