J 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 * * * * 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, -- $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- (Continue d on Pag e 10) 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 i .-r.a -~...!;,"' g~- --__,~-=--- 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. s~ e~ scltecJuleJ 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. GEORGIA FORESTRY '20t~ eentet~Uf 'Pergia 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. Pioneers--- (Con ti nued fro m Page 6) 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. .J ,-.