Georgia forestry, Vol. 7, no. 8 (Aug. 1954)

G3 v.7.no.8

COUNTY FORESTRY PROGRAMS 1944

J llfiRARIES

GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSIIJ!\ Forestry Districts

August, 1954

COUNTY FORESTRY PROGRAMS 1954

GEORGIA FORESTRY
tJitorial

Forest Fires Know No Season

(From the Bulloch Herald)

Forest fires know no season. resulting in darrage to 386 acres

We think of extended dry spells of forestland.

as being the periods when we

And here's what hu rts. Ninety-

should be most careful of forest nine per cent of these fires

fires.

were caused by the carelessness

The threat to our ores t re- of people.

serves by fires is with us con-

If people start fires, it is

stantly. Damage to trees is much greater

logical to assume that they can prevent fire.

in the spring and summer months

We ask the citizens of our

after growth has star ted. Wood- county to join in an all out

lands permitted to burn over at this time suffer a terrific set-

drive to stamp out woods fires. Follow these simple fire pre-

back. Tree growth is retarded vention rules:

for a period of three to five

When turning brush plow a good

years. Trees scarred by fires wide fire break around the area

are readily attacked by disease in which the burning is to take

and insects which destroy more place.

timber annually than is destroy-

Have plenty of help, tools and

ed by fire. Young seedlings, our water available and burn after

future timber, are destroyed 4 o'clock in the afternoon only.

without a chance. The forest

When in ores ted areas be ex-

floor is swept clean of the tremely careful with cigaretts

litter mulch that serves as a and campfires.

sponge to absorb the excessive

Hold that match until it's

rainfall which controls runoff, cold and then break it to make

preventing floods and droughts. All of this spells destruction

sure. Crush those cigarette, cigar, and pipe ashes and use

for the forests of Bulloch county your ashtray when driving.

and Georgia.

Drown that campfire with water,

During the month of April, 20 fires were reported in our county,

st1r it and drown it again. Remember, the only safe camp-
fire is one that is DEAD OUT.

Vol. 7

GEORGIA FORESTRY
August, 1954
Published Monthly by the
GEORGIA FORESTRY COJ\ll\IISSION, State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia Guyton DeLoach, Director

No.8

Members, Board of Commissioners:

K. S. Yarn, Chairman __________ __

____ _ _

Sam H. Morgan _____ ___ Savannah

C. M. Jordan, Jr. _

John M. McElrath______________ Macon

H. 0. Cummings__

_Waycross ___ __ _Alamo Donalsonville

Georgia Forestry is entered as second class matter at the Po~t

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

Press Association.

EDITO R

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R;chard E. Davis

ASSOCIATE E DITORS _

Robert Rutherford, Catherine Dismuke

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DISTRICT OFFICES, GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION:

DISTRICT I-Route 2, Stat esboro

DISTRICT VI-P. 0. Box 505, Milledgeville

DISTRICT 11-P . 0. Box 26, Camilla
DISTRICT III-P. 0. Box 169, Americus

DISTRICT VII-Route 1, Rome
DISTRICT VIII-P. 0. Box 811, Waycross

DISTRICT TV-P. 0. Box 333, Newnan

DISTRICT IX-P. 0. Box 416, Gainesville

DISTRICT V-P. 0. Box 328, McRae

DISTRICT X-P. 0. Box 302, Washington

(From the Savarmah News)
The recent figures released by the Georgia Forestry ~ommis sion on the 1953 add1t10ns to
this State's forest industries certainly provide the most substantial sort of evidence of the importance of this major segment of Georgia's economy. The commission, after a survey conducted in cooperation with the Georgia Power Company, the Georgia Light and Power Company and Savannah's own District Authority, s hov. s that a total of 35 new industries brought to the State a combined capital investment of almost $141 millions. In addition to this big contribution to our economy these firms will also provide armual payrolls of almost $3 million. There will also go to the pulpwood and timber growers of the State another large sum.
This isn't overnight business which rray be here today and gone tomorrow. Three of the industries represented are big pulp mills which because of their heavy investment .in both mills and timberlands are certain to be pe rmanent fixtures.- Other outfits are smaller and may not succeed or change locati~n on depletion of timber supply. The chances are, however, heavily in favor of their doing neither, for most have moved their plants only after careful planning and study of necessary wood reserves. These srraller plants will manufacture almost everything from two-by-fours to rocking chairs and are particularly valuable in that they will l:e dispersed through the smaller cities of the State.
This newspaper is happy to welcome this new business and these new citizens to our State. We feel sure they will find here all for which they are looking in both opportunities and in a fine place in which to live.

AUGUST, 1954

Georgia Leads South In Pulpwood Production

Georgia, for the sixth consecutive year, has led the entire South 'in the production of pulpwood.
This report of the state's continued pulpwood leadership a leadership attained with an all time high production for Georgia of 2,879,000 standard cords - was issued in the newly published pamphlet, ''1953 Pulpwood Product ion in the South. ' '
James W. Cruikshank, Chief of t he Division of Forest Economics at the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, compiled the report.
Georgia, according to the report, accounted for 18 per cent of the South's pulpwood output in 1953 and 11 per cent of the nation's output.
The state's 1953 production figure represented a 4.6 per cent increase over 1952 ,production, and a one percent increase in the nat ion 's cut. During 1952, C-eorgia produced 2,513,272 cords for a six per cent increase
over 1951; and in 1951 a 6.7 per cent increase wa s no ted over 1950. Produ ction in 1950 amounted to a 24.1 per cent increase over 1949
During 1953 the sta te 's pines provided 2, 748, 853 standard cords of the total cut, with hardwools and chestnut accounting for 124,613 and 5, 702 respectively.

Georgia no.v has seven pulpmills in operation produci ng more than 4,100 tons of pulp per day. The seven operating mills, their location and pulp capacity per 24 hours are as follo.vs: Armstrong Cork Co., Macon, 200 tons; Brunswick Pulp and Paper C'c., Brunswick, 400 tons; Certain-teed Products Corp., Savannah, 40 tons; Macon Kraft Co., Macon, 600 tons; St. Mary's Kraft Corp., St. Mary's, 500 tons; Southern Paperboard Corp., Savannah, 500 tons; and Union Bag and Paper Corp., Savannah, l, 900 tons .
In addition to the seven operating mills, Georgia has three newly constructed mills with an estimated production of more than 1,300 tons daily. With the completion of the new mills, Georgia pulp mills will have a daily capacity of approximately 5,500 tons of pulp. This quantity is expected to place Georgia in the lead arrong Southern states in this respect. New mills are the Rome Kraft Company, Rome, 615 tons; National Container Corporation, Valdosta, 500 tons; and Bayonier, Inc., Jesup, 250 tons.
Clinch Crunty led production in the state with nearly 147,000 cords, and Brantley was second with 86,228 cords.
Other top counties with productions of more than 60,000 cords were Charlton, 75,289;

1953 PULPWOOD PRODUCTION IN THE SOUTII

GEORGIA

MISSISSIPPI

I 923

ALABAMA

1765

FLORIDA

I 675

NORTH CAROLINA 1[:15~2~9)

SOUTH CAROLINA 11!44~6[1

LOUISIANA

I 376

VIRGINIA

TEXAS

ARKANSAS

781

TENNESSEE

Numbers are 1,000 cords

2 879

MILL CAPACITY (tons per day)

A Less than 250

500 to 749

e 250 to 499

750 or more

0,6.Mill under construction
Carrden, 73,308; Glynn, 71,852; Ware, 65,021; Troup, 62, 935; and Wayne, 60,746.
In 1953 pulpwood production in
the South amounted to 16,1 27, 000 cords, 61 per cent of the total 1953 receipts of domestic pulpwood at all mills in the Un ited States. Southern production in 1953 was 10.7 per cent more than in 1952 and 14. 7 per cent more than in 1951. Th e harvest of pine pulpwood was 14,147, 600 cords, or 9.7 per cent more than in 1952. Hardwood produ ct ion, exclus ive of dead chestnut, amounted to 1,918 cords, 13.4 per cent more than in 1952 .
Georgia counties and their 1953 pulpwood production are as follows:
Appling, 59, 944 ; Atkinson, 36,41 0; Bacon 50,371 ; Baker, 4,584; Baldwin, 8,858; Banks, 1,661; Barrow, 3,064; Barto.v, 16,224; BenHill, 9,979; Berrien, 16,022; Bibb, 7,104; Bleckley 3,095; Brantley, 86,228; Brooks, 9,365; Bryan, 50,040; &!loch, 39, 148; Burke 7,219 Butts, 13, 502; Calhoun, 5, 506; Camden, 73,308; Candl er, 8,499; Carroll, 1 ,403;
Charlton, 75,289; Chatham, 17,401; Chattahoochee, 9,571; Chattooga, 704; Cherokee, 7,250; Clarke, 4,156; Clay, 672; Clay-
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GEO RG I A FO RES T RY

Fire Control Division

Transferred To Macon

Transfer of the fire control division of the Georgia Forestry Commission from Atlanta to Macon was announced this month.
Headquarters of E. H. Terry, the Comrrrrssion's Law Enforcement Chief, also have been moved to Macon.
Mr. Terry, H. E. Ruark, Fire Control Chief, and L. L. Lundy, Assistant Fire Control Chief, moved to the new location last month.
Commission Director Guyton De Loach explained the move was made to centralize the direction of the fire control activities and more closely coordinate activities of the Macon Shop and
Warehouse. ''Our Macon shop and warehouse
he explained, ''now serves as the focal point for fire control activities, since it is from there that major repairs are made on most fire suppression equipment and it is there that most of our

suppression vehicles are fitted over from standard transportation to the specialized use to which they will be put.
''Nearly all equiprrent and supplies which we now keep on hand for a large emergency orest ire blowup, ' ' he added, ' ' als are stored at the Macon warehouse. Takeng all these factors into consideration, the
Comnission felt that fire control activities could more efficiently be carried on if the fire control chief and his assistant were headquartered at Macon.''

The Commission Director said,

however, that the Commission

felt fullest efficiency could be

obtained by the other depart-

ments, those of administrative,

management, reforestation, and

information and education, through

their continuing to

operate

in Atlanta.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SCHOLARSHIP WINNER--Judges congratulate Stanford Tillman, Gair Woodlands scholarshi~winner. The group includes, left to right, 11. J. Malsberger, General Manager, Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association; S. A. Boutwell, Chief Forester, Gair Woodlands, Inc., Dean D. J. Weddell, University of Georgia School of Forestry; Tillman, and Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Forestry Commission.

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The 1954 Gair Woodlands Corporation forestry scholarship to the University of Georgia has been awarded to Stanford L. Tillman, a graduate of Surrency High School in Appling County.
Tillman is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Tillman of Surrency. The scholarship is for a total of $2,000 for four years of ores try study.
Last year Tillman represented Georgia in forestry at the national convention of the Future Farmers of America at Kansas City, Mo. He had won first place in the Georgia cooperative FFA forestry program.
Preliminary screenings were held early in June in five districts of Southeastern Georgia and Southern South Carolina. The students were judged on scholarship achievement records, extracurricular activities in the field of forestry, personality traits, and leadership ability.
''This scholarship is awarded,'' T. W. Erle, President of Gair Woodlands, stated, ''to create a greater interest in the study of forestry among high school students. If it helps to further the advancement of the profession of forestry, we feel that it has served its purpose.''
From the preliminary screenings eight top students were selected to appear before a board of four judges for a final screening. Stanford Tillman was chosen as outstanding in all of the qualiLies necessary for the scholarship.
Members of the awards comnittee were D. J. Weddell, Dean of the University of Georgia School of Forestry; H. J. Malsberger, General Ma nager, S oo thern Pulpwood Conservation Association; Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Far est ry Comniss i on, and S. A. Boutwell, Chief Forester, Gair Woodlands.

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Every aspect of farm forestry from planting a tiny seedling to harvesting a mature tree was described recently at Alexander H. Stephens State Park as 70 FFA boys gathered there for the annual Boys Forestry Camp sponsored by five member firms of the Southern Pulp.vood Conser vation Association.
The boys, representatives of Future Farrrers of American chapters from throughout North Georgia, spent an action-filled week ''learning by doing'' the various
activities connected with farm forestry.
Sponsors were the Macon Kraft Company, Gair Woodlands Inc., Brunswick Pulp and Paper Corp.,
St. Mary's Kraft Corp., and Union Bag and Paper Corp. The Georgia Forestry Commission conducted the camp.
Topics studied included fire prevention and suppression, thinning, mensuration, reforestation, marketing, insects and disease, harvesting and tree identification.
Camp activities were not all on the academic side, however. Recreation activities included softball, horseshoe pitching, and swimning. A field trip to Clark Hill dam and watershed area occupied one afternoon.
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BOYS CAMP SCENES--James Reid, Assistant District Forester, Georgia FOrestry Commission, top photo, points out Cronartium Fusiform infection. J.C. Turner Jr., District Fo rester, Georgia Forestry Commission, center photo, third from left, teaches
forest mensuration. E. D. Martin, Conservation Forester, Qai r Woodlands Corp., bottom photo, shows use of increment borer.

The tremendous advances made in the field of forest protection in Georgia in the past decade are typified in these two maps. One map shows the counties
which were under organized pro tcction 10 years. The larger map shows the counties under organized protection August 1, 1954. Foresters estimate wildfire losses arc from six to 24 times as great in unprotected counties as in protected counties.

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Completion of one of the Geor- year - showed 23,969,286 forest

gia Forestry Commission's "most acres.

successful years in the history

The fiscal year 1954 also

of its operation'' was announc~d

showed an increase in fire sup-

this month by Commission Direc ot r pression equipment. Forty-eight

Guyton DeLoach as he reported on new pickup trucks, 45 light

highlights of the recently com- crawler tractors and five heavy

pleted 1953-1954 fiscal year.

crawler tractors with plows, and

The Commission head ] isted 50 transports were added during

among the 1953-1954 accoi'Jl)lish- during the year. Addition of

ments a record seedling produc- 24 forest fire lookout t owers

tion of nearly 100,000,000 seed- brought the total number of Com-

lings, addition of 15 ccunties to mission towers in the state to

the Commission's protected forces, 30R.

annomcement of a two-and-a-

The communication system kept

half million acre increase in step during the past year with

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equipment for processing seed from pine cones at the ~lacon

the expansion in the vehicular field, and 866 two-way radios, most of them on the FM band, now are in operation. A new frequency was added during the

warehou se.
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A U.S. Forest Service Survey made in 1935 had showed 21 ,4j2,

year for administrative purposes and is serving to greatly relieve the heavy traffic load during

2 04 acres of forest land in the the fire s eason.

state. The Forest Service, ajd-

The Macon s hop and warehouse

ed by the Georgia Forestry Com- was the site of one of the most

~ission, began another survey ex tensive enlargement and impro-

ln 1951, and this survey - com- vement projects among Comnission

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renovations from existing structures there included an oil house, a seed cleaning and storage building, a radio repair room, an information and education storage room, emergency warehouse room and new warehouse shop off ices.
''The past season,'' Commission Director DeLoach added, ''also showed use of air patrol as an increasingly effective tool in protection and assistance on the fire lane. Sixteen 100-horsepower planes were flown under contract, patrolling nearly eight million forest acres. Two Commission planes also provided added protection and aid.''
Ranger training sessions were held in each district during the past year, and a special three-
day training meet was held in Athens for new personnel. Another 1953-54 season innovation was introduction of a Performance Standard rating, whereby records will be kept on performance ratings of all personnel. This plan is expected to provide

an accurate means of rewarding and recognizing outstanding personnel and to set an incentive for better performance on the part of all personnel.
District offices at Washington and Newnan were constructed during the year, and work was begun on new district offices at Waycross and Gainesville, giving a total of eight new district offices in the Commission.
During the year, 1,300,000 acres of forestland were added to the states program, and, with the additional land included, the Commission managed to protect it at less cost than last year.
Progress in the Forest management division of the Commission also was termed as ''excellent'' by Director DeLoach. He pointed out the past year marked introduction of a system, now proved to be highly satisfactory, whereby landowners pay a small deposit before their timber is
marked by management foresters. The money is refunded when the

timber is cut according to the marking.
Management personnel also experimented with controlling scrub oak with use of a Marden brush cutter, set up experimental plots to determine the best tree marking paint, extabl ished experimental plantings on scrub oak sites and s et up an exper imental thinning project to determine the best method and amount of timber to be removed in plantation thinnings.
The nursery department once again reached a new high during the past fisc a 1 year with distribution of 92,3Q3,500 seedlings, a new high both for Georgia and the South. With the department's new pine seed cleaning plant at Macon, termed the most modern and efficient plant of its kind in the South,20,000 to 25,000 pine cones can be handled each season. Butane gas heaters also were installed at ~'he on ~nd Baxley to speed up cone opening.
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GEORGIA FORESTRY

7

Keep Green Plans Announced

Plans for the 1955 ''Keep Georgia Green'' contest were announced this month by the Georgia ~orestry Association.
All counties cooperating with the Georgia Forestry Commission's statewide fire control prog_ram on July 1, 1954, are ehgil5le,
Hugh Dobbs, Association President annoonced.
''Once again,'' said Presi-
dent Dobbs, "we have compiled score sheets listing items on which each county will be graded. These items are much the same as last year, althoogh we have changed the wording in some instances in order to clarify some i terns.''
The contest will cover all records and activities from July 1,
1954, through March 31, 1955. Deadline for entering the contest is Oct. 15. Official entry forms can be obtained by writing the Georgia Forestry Association,
905 C. &S. National Bank Build-
ing, Atlanta, Ga. Contest manuals can be obtain-
ed from Association headquarters. The winning county will receiv-

The Association head said additional prizes will be awarded if financial cooditions permit.
''In conducting this contest once again, ' ' he declared, ' 'we are recognizing a four-fold purpose. First, we are striving for a contest which will reduce the number of forest fires. We also want to reduce the total acreage lost to wildfire flames each year. We wish to stimulate interest in better forest protection. Finally, we want to create a greater sense of personal responsibility regarding forest fire prevention among all citizens - among every man, woman and child.''
Mr. Dobbs urged all protected counties to join the contest. He added that in previous contests, some counties had refrained from entering because of a small population, lack of radio stations or newspapers in the county, or a small forestland area.
''Actually,'' he said, ''all these factors are taken into consideration in judging, and no county is penalized, whether it

$1 ,000. Second place county will be awarded $500, and the ranger of the winning county will receive $100.

be large or small. The chief factor in judging is the energy and ingenuity shown by individual
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70 Attend Naval Stores Camp

More than 70 4-H Club members, instructors, county agents, and home demonstration agents and 4-H leaders attended the sixth annual Naval Stores Camp at the Lowndes County 4-H camp recently.
Delegates were awarded scholarships t o the camp on the bas is of accomplishments in forestry a nd home improvement projects.
Nels on Brightwell, Assistant Extension Ser vice Forester, Tifton ; Harry Bai l ey, Conservatior. Forester for Un ion Bag and Paper Corp., Savannah; Henry Williams, Assistant District Forester, Georgia Forestry Commission, Wayc ross, and Ral ph Cl ements, Na va l Stores Conservation Program, Tifton, served as instructors for the boys .
The campers had a fu ll week of instruction in naval s t ores production ard hane i mprovement through demons trations an d field trips. At t he end of the week

prizes were awarded to the boy and gir 1 making the highest scores.
Speaking to club members at their evening assembly, Billy Langdale, Langdale Co., Valdosta, explained how modern methcds of naval stores production enable a tree farmer to derive threefourths of a tree's worth in foor years and then receive almost the same amount again when the tree is ready to cut.
Pointing out that Georgia produces78per cent of the natjon's supply and ove:- half of the world's supply of naval stores, Mr. Langdale encooraged 4-H' ers to ''stay on the job of finding even more and better ways of production and marketing of nava l s tores ."
The American Turpen tine Farmers Association sponsored the camp.

Seedling Orders
Being Accepted
By Commission
Seedling orders for the fall and winter planting season now may be placed with the Georgia Forestry Commission, James H. Hill, Commission Reforestation
Chief, reported this month. ''Despite the fact the actual
planting season is several months off,'said Mr. Hill, ''we are urging all citizens planning reforestation to order their seedlings now. We are making that appeal because many persons who ordered late last year were disappointed to learn all the seedlings had already been allocated when their order arrived.''
The reforestation chief explained that in order to be fair to all citizens, the Commission distributes its seedlings on a ' 'first come-first served'' basis.
' 'We hope to produce 112, 000, 000 forest tree seedlings in our four nurseries for distribution during the coming season," the forester added, ''but if orders continue as heavy as previously, there still may be some danger that persons who are late in ordering seedlings will fail to receive them. ' '
Loblolly, Slash, Longleaf and Shortleaf pines are sold for $3 per 1,000, F.O.B. nursery. White Pine, Yellow Poplar, Arizona Cypress, and Red Cedar sell for $6 per 1, 000 Black Locust sells for $2per 1,000 Transportation charges of 25 cents per 1, 000 are added when the seedlings are shipped to the county in which they are to be planted
Order blanks may be obtained from County Fo rest Rangers, County Agent s, Soil Conservation technicians, and the Atlanta and District offices of Georgia Forestry Commission. Any of these personnel will aid in filling out forms.
''Year in, year out, ' ' declared Mr. Hill, ''forest tree seed lings remain one of the best allround crops which t he farmer can plant.''

AUGUST, 1954

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Rangers In The News

North Georgia video v1ewers

of Station WDEF-TV, Chatta-

nooga, are learning their for

estry lessons via the television air waves these days, thanks to

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the efforts of Catoooa County

Ranger Ralph Clark. The Ranger

has provided the station with a

10-week series of ores try films

obtained from the Georgia For-

estry Commission's film library.

The station also is using a

series of fire prevention f i lm

slides furnished by the Commis-

s ion. The slides are used as

station breaks and include a

variety of fares t fire ereven-

tion appeals. Ranger Clark re-

ported that the station will

also announce at various inter-

vals the class of fire days and

the danger periods for fires.

During these periods, the public

will be asked to contact the

Fares try Unit before burning

brush.

Barrcm County c1t1Zens, under the leadership of their County Forest Ranger, George Bowers, were among the first to enter the 1955 Keep Georgia Green contest. The Barrcm County Forestry Council already has held its first meeting to plan the year's Keep Green program. The Bank of Barrow was hoot to the groop at a dinner prior to the meeting.
Representatives from each pre-
cinct in the county reported committee members will contact every farrrer, tenant and landowner in their district and ask them to sign a pledge to cooperate with Ranger Bcmers to prevent forest fires. They plan to have all pledges signed within 60 days, then hold another meeting.

WAREHOUSE-CONE SHED TOUR- - Mercer Uni ve rsity students learn operations of the Georgia Forestry Commission's cone collection system as they are conducted on a tour through the Macon shop and warehouse. H. E. Ruark, Commission Fire Control Chief, ce nter, conducted the tour. Students were members of Prof . G. L. Carve r ' s conservation class.

What t o do with cash pri zes ranging f rom $200 t o $1,000 was t he problem wh i ch recen t ly faced Ke ep Green co mmi ttees in three for t una te Georgi a coun ties . The counti es were winn e r s in the Georgia Forest ry As so ciati on's 1954 Ke ep Green fo re s t fire pr evention c on test.
Firs t p lace Stephens County, winner o f $ 1,000, has placed its mon ey towards purchase of a new for est f ire suppression tractor and plow for t he coun ty.

Ema nu el Co u nty, second place winner, has put its $500 prize money back in the cou n ty's "Keep Green pot" which is used to help finance forest fire prevention activities.
Third place winner, Schley Co u n t y , h a s u s e d i t s $ 30 0 prize money to help finance construction of the community's new swimming pool. Marion County's Keep Green comm ittee still is undecided as t o what to do with the $ 200 won for fourth pl ace.

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Pulpwood--
(C ont inued f r om Pa~e 2)
ton, 7,438; Clinch, 146,963; Cobb, 7, 043; Coffee, 53, 188; Colquitt, 12,151; Columbia, Y, lOS; Cook, 5 ,689 ; Coweta, 30,474; Crawford, 25,333; Crisp, 6,640; Decatur, 46,502; DeKalb, 4,752; Dodge, 23,280; Dooly, 3,976; Dougherty, 6, 297.
Douglas, 1,938; Early, 14,422; Echols, 38,352; Effingham, 45, 424; Elbert, 26,891; Emanuel, 42,653; Evans, 16,823; Fannin, 11,619; Fayette, 4, 126; Floyd, 7,613; Franklin, 5,700; Fulton, 12,324; Gilmer, 14,089; Glynn, 71,852; Gordon, 4,250; Grady, 31,462; Green, 28,193; Gwinnett; 9,896; Habersham, l ,855; Hall, 19,105; Hancock, 22,674; Haralson, 4,400;
Harris, 3 7, 041; Hart, 4, 826; Heard, 2,259; Henry, 6,366; Houston, 6,533; Irwin, 17,687; Jackson, 15,472; J asper, 30,135; Jeff Davis, 56,273; Jefferson, 5,751; Jenkins , 10,364; Johnson, 10,389; Jones, 22,210; Lamar, 9, 104; Lanier, 20,458; Lauren s, 21,612; Lee, 1,~63; Liberty, 44,283; Lincoln, 2, 651; Long, 38,996; Lownde s, 30 ,008; McDuffie, 3 ,546;
Mcln tos h, 36, 811 ; Macon, 4 , 588; Madison, 17 ,046; Marion, 7,210; Meriwether,27,730;Miller, 13, 164; Mitchell, 14 , 177; Monroe, 45,451; Montgomery, 17,343; Morgan, 18,266; Murray, 745; Muscogee, 6,459; Newt oo, 14,407 ; Oconee, 8 ,278; Oglethorpe, 22, 136; Paulding, 2,333; Peach, 6, 2fi4; Pickens, 11,919; Pierce, 24,763 ; Pike, 8,401; Folk, 12,083;
Pulaski, 1,800; Putnam, 20, 765; Quitman, 2,889; Rah.m, 3,019; Rando lph, 7,564; Richmond, 3,920; Rockdale, 4,745; Schley, 2, 486; Screven ,18, 810; Seminole, 25,874; Spaulding, 7,448; Stephens, 1,614; Stewart, 14,788; Sumter, 5,999; Talbot, 33,329; Taliaferro, 10, 916; Tattnall, 25,796; Taylor, 10,2 12; Te lfair, 31,165; Terrell, 9,298; Thomas, 34, 675;
Tift, 6,780; Toanbs, 31,547; Truetlen, 21,189; Trrup, 62,935; Turner, 9, 249; Twiggs, 14,465; Upson, 23,520; Walker, 345; Walton, 5,055; Ware, 66,021; Warren, 3,471: Washington, 19,

PULPWOOD PARADE--Scenes like this, a familiar one in Georgia, he lp contribute year after year to Georgia's leadership in the pulpwood field. A report issued this month shows Georgia for the
sixth consecutive year oed all other southern states in pulpwood production.

176; Wayne, 60,746; Webster, 4,327; Wheeler , 22,353; Whitfield, 3,091; Wilcox, 11,505; Wilkes, 35,891; Wil kinsm, 9, 429; Worth, 13,966.
Of Progress---
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An exte nsive seed and s eedling imp rovement projec t also was begun duri ng the past fiscal year.
Expanded activities and services also were reported in the Commission's information and education division. Distribution of rrore than two mi 11 ion pieces of literature, publishing of 9,479 newspape r articles and 759 photographs Jealing with forestry topics, cooperation with 5 l dai 1y arrl weekly newspapers in the printing of special forestry editions, production of 2 623 radio a nd t el evision prog~ams, showing of 1.965 films .to 60,000 persons, a nd presentation of 430 demonstrations were recorded during the past fiscal year.

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citizens and groups in the county in devising and carrying out projects to stop forest fires.''
President Dobbs urged all counties entering to form a County Contest Council. These councils can be composed of r ep resentatives of civic and service c lubs, the county ranger, chairman of the County Forestry Board, county agent, farm bureau representative, editors and radio station representatives, chairman of county commissioners, mayors, ccunty school superintendent, soil conservation technician, teachers of vocational agriculture, bankers, businessmen, youth organizations, and landowners.
A point syst em will be used as a basis for judg.ing.. Jud~ s will r evi ew 30 activities total-
ing 800 points. I terns wi 11 include number of forest fiJes per 1, 000 acres of fore s tlan , num-
ber of acres b4rned per 1 000 acre s of forestland, number of
acres burned per l 000 acres, volunteer forest fire fighters, forest fires reported to the unit by the public, forestry signs e rected and many other factors.

B oys Camp-
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The camp staff included J. F. Spiers, Fares ter, Central of Georgia Railroad; Howard J. Dayle , Area Forester, Soo thern Pulpwood Conservation Assn., .J .C. Turner, District Forester, Georgia Forestry Commission; E. D. Martin, Conservation Fares ter, Gair Woodlands Corp.; W. S. Johnson, Area Manager, Macon Kraft Company; Sam Thacker, Assistant Chief of Forest Management, Georgia Fares try Corrrniss ion; Toombs D. Lewis, Conservation Forester, Union Bag and Paper Corp. , and James Reid, Frank Craven, and Zack Seymour, all Ass-istant District Foresters, Georgia Forestry Commission. R.E. Davis, Chief, Information and Education, Georgia Forestry Comnission, was camp director.
Evening sessions were devoted to talks by outstanding state leaders in the forestry field, forestry films, and recreation sessions. Speakers included H. J. Malsberger, General ~'anager, Southern Pulpwood Conservation Assn., and Leon Hargreaves, Assistant to the Director, Georgia Fares try Commission.
One of the evening sessions was devoted to a square dance, with girls from nearby Crawfordville and Washington as guests. J. D. Smith, Recreation Director at Camp Jackson, was square dance caller. On another evening occasion the boys were guests of the Crawfordville Kiwanis Club at a barbecue.
FFA BOYS STUDY FORESTRY-Swimming, top left, and other recreation, were included in camp activity. J. C. Spiers, Forester, Central of Georgia Railroad, top right, teaches reforestation. Bo.ys receive realistic lesson in fire control, center
photo. Harry Rossoll, u.S. For-
est Service, bottom left, gives chalk talk. W.R. Johnson, Conservation Forester, ~lacon Kraft Company, bottom right, teaches tree identification.

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Georgia Forestry
August, 1954
PIGNICS

Ent~r~d u !~cond dau matter at th~ PoGt Oniet, Atl~nta Gror~ia .

J.eorge Fo ster Pe.-:1~>"' v School of Fo rc~; i r y 1niversity of ~~E'urv
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