UNIVERSITY OF Gt. O P. ~ A. 
FEB21 1or::s LIBRARIES 
 
FEBRUA 1955 
 
 GEORGIA FORESTRY 
Editorial 
 
South's Economic Giant -- Trees 
 
(Fr om the Atl a n ta Consti t ution) 
 
Two ne ws i te rns re vea 1 the Gear gia p rodu c ed 2, 240, 000 
 
growin g impor tan ce of t h e 000 feet to lead the section. 
 
South' s f or ests t o t he re- 
 
I n a dd iti on, by the end of 
 
gion' sge n era l econ omy. Belated- 
 
1955 i t is estimated that 
 
ly bu t surely t he people of t he area are becoming aware 
 
t he Sou t h will be producing 
a t l eas t 18,000 , 000 cords of 
 
of the immense importance to pulpwood . 
 
its indus try and progress o f 
 
trees. 
 
Ac cording to Mr. Malsberger 
 
H. J. Ma lsberger, At l a n ta, 
 
a nd othe r forestry experts, 
the paten tia 1 has scarce 1y 
 
for es ter for t he Southe rn 
 
been touched. 
 
Pulpwood Cons e rv ati on Ass oc i- 
 
ation, points ou t that the 
 
South has 183 , 000 , 000 ac r e s 
 
of 
 
commer c iall y valu ab l e 
 
Progre s s is being made in 
forest c onservation and culti- 
vation. Movement of the pu 1p 
and other wood- consuming in- 
 
trees providin g employme n t for more than a half million 
 
dus tries into the region Is resulting in a region-wide 
 
workers in timber indu s tries. 
The worker pay roll adds up 
to $969,000,000 a year --with 
manufactured valu e of far e s t 
products amountin g to 14 . 5 
 
program of fire protection and education in timber produe tion. Fares ts are being treated as any other cr<?P and income from trees 1s 
 
per cent of total Southern growing each year. 
 
industrial output. 
 
Last year 11 Southern s tates 
 
Trees are one of the South's 
 
most important 
 
agricul- 
 
produced an estimated ll '730' 000,000 feet of lumber- -32 per cent of the tot a 1 national output. Of this amount, 
 
tural crops. It rapidly IS be c oming one of our most Im~ortant sources of steady Incomes. 
 
Vol. 8 
 
GEORGIA FORESTRY 
February, 1955 
Published Monthly by the 
GEORGIA FORESTRY COl\11\HSSIO~. State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia Guyton DeLoach, Director 
 
No.2 
 
(From the Oci 11 a Star~ 
The Georgia Fares try Commission is setting a terrific pace in forest progress in the state. 
Right after chalking up a Southern record by distributing 
some 100,000,000 tree seedlings 
to farmers and landowners over the state last season, they have set the production goals for the 
1954-55 season at 122, 000, 000 
tree seedlings. 
This wi 11, of course, break the old record and put Georgia well into the forefront in that phase of its booming forestry program. But in other respects, the program has no equals. Georgia has a larger area of privately-owned timberlands under fire protection th~n any other state jn the nation. 1l1e salesand rlj rectly related manufacturing and processing incomes from our timberlands bolster the economy of 
Georgia something over $750,000, 000 annually. 
 
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 enterecl as second class matter at the Post 
 
Office under the Act of August 24, 1912. Member of the Georgia 
 
Press Association. 
 
    
 
EDITOR_ _ _ _ _ 
 
___ _ _ Ri:hard E. Davis 
 
ASSOCIATE E DITORS ___ _ ___ Robert Rutherford, Catherine Dismuke 
    
 
DISTRICT OFFICES, GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION: 
 
DISTRICT I-Route 2, 
 
DISTRICT VI-P. 0. Box 505, 
 
Stat esboro 
 
Milledgeville 
 
DI STRICT I-P. 0. Box 26, Camilla 
 
DISTRICT VII-Route 1, Rome 
 
DISTHICT III-P. 0. Box 169, Americus 
 
DISTRICT VIII-P. 0. Box 811, Waycross 
 
DIST RICT I 1-P. 0. Box 333, Newnan 
 
DISTRICT IX-P. 0. Box 416, Gainesville 
 
DI STR ICT V-P. 0. Box 328, McRae 
 
DISTRICT X-P. 0. Box 302, Washington 
 
The place that living, verdant forests serve as a part of God s outdoor sanctuary is emphasized in many portions of the Bible, as is the need for protecting those forests from the ravages of wildfire. From the early 
chapters of Genesis, which re- 
lated how the Lord grew "every tree that is pleasant to the sight" to the final book of the Bible, which relate how "it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree," the Scriptures contain many references to the forests. 
 
 FEBRUARY, 1955 
2 
 
Improper Cutting Methods 
 
No. 1 Forestry Problem 
 
Awards in Georgia's fourth annual Keep Green contest wi ll be made May 13 at the Bon Air Ho te l in Augusta , Hu gh Dobbs, Preside nt, Georgia Fo restry Associat ion, which sponsors the contest, reported this month . 
Mr. Dobbs said the award will be made during the combined meetings of the Association, the Ge orgia Dlapter, Society of Ame rican Foresters, and the Alumni ch apter of the University of Georgia School of Forestry. 
' 'All contest participants, '' de clared Mr. Dobbs, ''are being i nvited to this special award session . We want especia lly to i nvite county con test chairmen, county forest ranger:s, and all others who have taken an active part i n the promotion of the Keep Green contests in their indiv idual counties.'' 
The Association head declared that althou gh fewer c ounties are ente red in the current contest than during the previous year, " . . . c ompetition s eems just as keen, if not more intense.'' 
Mr. Dobbs reported a special As s oc iati on committee is selecting a judging coomi t tee, and a rep or t will be made shortly on da te judging will begin . He said detailed inspections of all counti es participating will be made by the judges . These inspections will include both field trips t o the c ounties and apprai.sals of records and scrapbooks kept by Ke ep Green coomi t tees on their contes t participation . 
' 'Georgia ' s annual Keep Green contest, '' the President added, '' has throughou t the years attained prominence not only throughou t the South, b.lt t hrough- 
au t t he nat ion as we 11. We hope at t he 1955 awards presentation 
t o have one of the l argest groups ever assembled for such an occasion. '' 
 
Improper c uttin g methods used woods. This situation has, to a 
 
on Georgia's forest lands constitu te the state's o. 1 for- 
 
great extent, been brought abou t by the fact that too rnany areas 
 
estry problem. So declared Guyton DeLoach , 
 
in the past have been clear cut. On some lands, although not c lear 
 
Director, Georgia Forestry Com- 
 
cut , the pines and the val u- 
 
mission, this month as he report- 
 
able merchantable hardwoods have 
 
ed beginning of an intensive campaign throughout the state to eradicate the problem. 
 
been removed to s uch an extent ~hat the hardy cu ll hardwoods were able to ' take over' the 
 
Citing the recent federal forest survey made in Georgia, the new biennial report of the Geor gia Forestry Commission, released last month, substantiated re- 
 
land. This, more than any other factor, is responsible for the loss of those 800,000 acres of good pine areas in less than two decades.'' 
 
ports of the place which poor cu tting occupies in the forestry proble ms facing the sta t e. 
The biennial report showed that ores t a rea in Georgia has been inc reased by 2, 500, 000 acre s 1n the last 18 years. 
 
Pointing out t he se rious ne ss of the cull hardwood problem, the Commission officia l pointed ou t that since 1933, the volume in cull trees, (most of which are of hardwood species ), has more than doubled. 
 
"Today " he said, "one out 
 
''Al though this increase 1n of every t hree live forest trees 
 
itself, ' ' said DeLoach, '' is a 
 
in Georgia one inch or larger is 
 
heartening factJ we have been a cull tree . These trees occupy challe nged by a discouranging fa c t-- 31 per cent of the available 
 
the p111E: areas , which grow most growing space. '' 
 
of our pulpwood , sawtimbe r and other wood products, have declined 800,000 acres since 1936 . 
 
(Although this condition exists ove r the entire state, it is particularly prevalent in tbe 
 
' 'In the place of these pines, ' ' he explained, ''have c ome many of far less valuable cull hard- 
 
Central and Northern parts , wherE the pine sawt imber dropped nearly 44 per cent in the past 18 
(C onti nued on Page 10 ) 
 
Clear cutting or excessive cutting of forestlands, left photo, 
 
too often is followed by the invasion of cull hard"tW>ods, right photo. Selective cutting or immediate replanting in pine would 
 
have maintained productivity of the area. 
 
This Leads . .......... ................. To lbis 7% Million Acres of Georgia Land in Cull Hardwoods. 
 
 GEORGIA FORESTRY 
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500 Attend SPCA 
 
Annual Meeting 
 
More than 500 representatives of the South's pul.P and paper industry and of allied forestry fields, including state, federal and private, gathered in Atlanta last month to attend the annual meeting of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association. 
K. S. Towbridge, Woodlands Manager, North Carolina Pulp Company, presided at the southwide session - - a meeting in which the Association's accomplish- 
ments were reviewed by R. V. 
Miles Jr., Association president, and H. J. Malsberger, SPCA Forester and General Manager. 
T. W. Earle, President, Gair Woodlands Inc., Savannah, and a past president of the Association, reviewed the forestry conditions existing in the pulp and paper indus try of the South 15 years ago. He also traced the progress of the organization's industrial forestry program during this period. 
Those attending the meeting heard a comprehensive summary 
NEW SPCA LEADERS NAMED AT ANNUAL MEETING--N. W. Sentell, Southern Advance Bag and Paper 
Co., Hodge, La., left, and K. S. 
Trowbridge, North Carolina Pulp Co., Plymouth, N. C., recently were elected vice president and president, respectively, of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association. 
 
by E. L. Demmon and Philip R. 
Wheeler of the recent resurveys of the forest condition in several of the southern states. The speakers represented the Forest Experiment Station of the U. S. Forest Service, located at Ashville, N. C., and New Orleans, La. 
''Future expansion of the rapidly expanding southern pulpwood industry, now valued at nearly two bill ion dollars,'' declared Mr. Demmon, ''depends upon a continui ng supply of wood. 
J. E. McCaffrey, recently named Vice President of International Paper Company, Mobile, Ala., told the group that a recent study of the wood requirements of the United States in 1957 indica ted nearly a 100 per cent increase in production of pulpwood from southern forests. 
Mr. McCaffrey, one of the organizers of SPCA , described steps he be 1ieved the As soc iation will have to take to assure 
this additional 14 to 16 million 
cords of pulpwood in the next 15 to 20 years. 
Dr. J. L. Brakefield, of the Liberty Na~ional Life Insurance Company, Birmingham, Ala., discussed important contributions. industry can make to the economy through a united effort represented in Association activity. 
 
A workshop covering prepara- tions and placement of the Association's informational rna terial 
highlighted one of the main sesSlons. 
 
Union Bag 
Increases 
Scholarship 
The Union Bag and Paper Corporation Forestry Scholarship Award offered annually to a Future Farmer in Georgia has been 
increased to a maximum of $4,000 
for a four year course of college study. 
Basically, the new plan offers 
$600 annually plus the cost of 
tuition at the forestry school of the student's choice. However, the total grant is not to exceed 
$1,000 per year. Winners may at- 
tend any accredited school of forestry in the eastern half of the United States, subject to the approval of the awards committee. 
All fares try scholarship students presently at the Uni versity of Georgia will receive this increase, effective with the start of the scholastic year. 
BIG TREE--Gilmer Oounty Ranger J.L. Dover emphasizes the size of the champion "big tree" in the remote mountain area of his county. It is estimated that the tree, a Yellow Poplar, was standing when Columbus landed. 
 
K. S. Trowbridge, North Carolina Pulp Co., Plymouth, N. C., was elected president of the association late Wednesday, and N. W. Sentell, Southern Advance Bag and Paper Co., Hodge, La., was elected vice president. 
 
 FEBRUARY, 1955 4 
"'Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires!" 
1955 eqq.p e~ p~ 
 
Dont you give us this! 
~-Only Y.,QY con 
PREVENT FOREST Fl RES! 
The 1955 Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention Campaign, sponsored by State Foresters in cooperation with the U. S. Forest Service, will feature Smokey Bear m posters, mats, stamps, car cards, blotters, bookmarkers, in displays and on radio and television recordings bringing this year's forest fire prevention message to millions here in Georgia and thrrughou t the nation. 
The CFFP campaign, a public service project of the Advertising Council, Inc., is based on the constant reminder that ''Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires.'' 
 
The new Campaign Basic Poster shows several small animals-a deer, some birds and bear cubsplaying in their green forest home and above the picture is written "God Gave Us This ... " Pictured immediately below is the same forest after devastation by wildfire, with the caption ''Don't You Give Us This!'' Smokey Bear stands at the lower corner of the poster admonishing, "Remember- -Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires.'' 
On the Fire Prevention Rules Poster, Smokey points out the four good outdoor habits for everyone-'' break your matches, crush your cigarettes, drown your campfires and be careful with any fire.'' 
The Basic Poster and the Rules Paster are _printed in four colors, 13xl872 inches in size, and are available in paper, cardboard, waterproof cardboard, and one and two co lumn newspaper mats. 
"Repeat After Me: I Will Be Careful" is Smokey's request on the Pledge Easel. Printed on heavy cardboard in four colors, 12 x 14 inches, the ease 1 is selfstanding and is ideal for display in banks, store windows and other public places. 
 
Car and bus cards reemphasize 
the ' 'Good <li tdoo r Habits ' ' of 
the Rules Paster. The cards, 21 x 11, are printed for nation-wide display in transit ad space and are available in limited quantities for special use. 
Smokey asks for help 1n preventing forest fires on the colorful Poster Stamps for seationery. Stamps are prep a red in sheetsof80,size l~x15/8 each, and the design is adapted also for two-color bookmarkers and blotters. 
 
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West Company An swers !;:~~.; 
 
Hardwood Question 
 
How to redu ce the drain on North Georgia forests and a t the same time maintain profita ble production from plants representing hundre ds of thousands of dollars i n investment is a problem c onf ronting many forest products manufac turers in the region. 
It's a problem that has been licked by the West Lumber Company, Atlanta, at its Doraville plant. 
Back in 1947 Charles B. West, now president of the company, began to anticipate that the pine sawlog situation would get worse before it improved. He fe 1t that a period of curtailed pine production would be necessary in North Georgia! until the current forestry efforts by the state and indus try had a chance to bear fruit in terms of new and c ontinuous crops of sawlogs. 
The obvious solution was to preach and practice fares try effectively and shift to the manufacture of hardwood, which was replacing many of the pine stands. But how to reach that goal was not so obvious. 
 
To make Westcraft even more appealing to the buyer, West cuts the paneling to uniform lengths conforming to standard ceiling heights, thus eliminating waste for the buyer. Paneling packages are wrapped in heavy, protective kraft to prevent dam- 
age, and a complete 1ine of 
rna tched mouldings is made in each wood so rooms may be trimmed out properly. 
TI1e concentration yard at Doraville , formerly accepting only pine from the small mills of the region, now  is almost two-thirds converted to the production of hardwood. Through careful seasoning and manufacture, even some of the lower grades are made into delightful paneling with the fu 11 benefit of - character marks. 
We s tcraft paneling now is sold by retail lumber dealers throughOil t Georgia and in surrounding states, and the demand promises to become nationwide. In early February, by popular demand from the trade, more than 50 doorsize d panels of Westcraft were shipped to Chicago for display in a building material show. 
 
Careful manufacture following prope r seasoning, makes possible the manufacture of beautiful paneling even from some o f the lower grade hardwoods that abound i n North Georgia. 
A million feet of nard\\ood are kept on the yard at all times. Seasoning process is eompleted in dry kilns prior to manufacture into paneling. 
 
Last year, after more than seve n yea rs of research, the West Lumbe r Company introduced to the marke t a new product: Westcraft-The So li d Wood Paneling. 
 
Westc r a ft offers the world's 
 
largest se l ec tion--more than 50 
 
varieties 
 
of paneling.Where 
 
kno t ty pine has be c ome quite com- 
 
mon in dens, kitchens, etc., 
 
Westcraft now affords the horne- 
 
owner such pleasing varieties as 
 
ash, beech, birch, cherry , chest- 
 
nut, cypress, elm, gum, maple, 
 
oak and walnut. 
 
Even wood such as honey locu st , sassafras and willow, for whi c h there was forrrerly little if any CO!Tl!Tercial marke, is bei ng made into beautiful and unusua l paneling. 
 
"We're delighted with thereception of Westcraft, '' observes Mr. West, ' 'because it has enabled us to keep our plant busy while reducing our pine production and utilizing some of the plentiful hardwoods.'' 
As for preaching and prac ticing 
forestry effectively, the company launched in 1952 a forest managernen t program for timberland owners that is unique In the s tate industry. 
The company provides free forest management supervision for landowners desiring to start long-range programs on an informal arrangement with the company. Trained company foresters, at no co s t to the owner, superVIs e boundary-marking, timber 
 
stand improvement, and planting of idle acreage. They also recommend cutting eye le s and ha rvesting practices. 
The owner pays only for the common labor involved, and as the timber becomes ready for harvest the company' follows through to see that cutting is done properly and pays the owner current market prices for the stumpage. 
 
 ~teti culous ;atisfaction. 
 
i nsures customer 
 
Matched mouldings are available for every specie of Wes tcra ft paneling. The lack of such mouldings was one readon so few typ_es of wood were formerly used for paneling. 
 
A representative variety of \\'estcraft selections is checked off by L. C. Hart, Jr., chief forester for West. He was formerly with the Georgia Forestry Commission. 
Actual samples of the more than 50 Westcraft varieties are displayed throughout the state in the attractive sample boxes sh~n below. 
 
 KG Editions 
Increasing 
 
GILMER COUNTY KEEP GREEN MEETING -- Featuring a recent gathering of Keep Green enthusiasts in Ellijay were discussions of Georgia's forest situation, forest management tips, and profitable sawmilling practices. In photo above, left, Farm Forester Floyd Hubbard, Rome, explains Georgia s timber supply, present and future, as revealed by the recent forest survey. In right photo, John Hinton, TVA For- 
~esp q~ qlzU,H 'Weelz ester, Chattanooga, gives pointers in hardwood management. 
 
Thousands of Georgians this month will pay tribute to their state's number one agricultural crop- - trees- - as they observe the annual Keep Georgia Green Week. 
Decreed by Governor S. Marvin Griffin in one of the first official proclamations of his new administration, Keep Green Week this year is being observed February 13- 19. 
Special programs and demons trations are being planned in many communities, with agricultural organizations, civic clubs, and schools taking the lead. In many areas forestry films will be shown, and demonstrations are planned to cover such fares try topics as reforestration, fire prevention and suppression and management . 
Counties participating in the Georgia Fores try Association's a nnual Keep Green contest are expected to give special signi- 
ficance to the week's events. 
Hugh Dobbs, Assoc iation president, pointed out t hat the contest objectives and t he factors behind observancP of Keep Green week '' complem2 t one anoth e r closely. 
''Participatinr counties, " he added, ''have found during previous years that a Keep Gree n 
 
week program highlighting the values of our fares ts and our fares t products has proved especially beneficial in attaining over-all objectives set up by the individual contest committees.'' 
Tree planting programs also were slated to hold the spotlight during Keep Green week as schoolchildren throughout the state observe Georgia's annual Arbor Day program Friday, February 18. County Forest Rangers early this month were busy distributing Arbor Day manual s prepared by the Georgia Forestry Commission for classroom useThe manuals give a brief history of Arbor Day and contain suggested school Arbor Day programs and readings. 
Forest fire prevention themes are to be presented to school youths, with fundamentals of prevention work being stressed by teachers, Rangers, County Agents and other agricultural 
leaders. 
Rangers throughout the state also reported that many church groups are expected to make reference to the special Keep Green we e k at s e r vi c e s on February 13, opemng date of the special week. with the conservation theme high 1igh ting many of the Sunday se rmons. 
 
Continuing support of Georgia's press in the fares try program of the state dunng recent months has been evidenced by an increasing number of newspapers ISSuing Keep Green editions. 
These special editions, printed usually with green ink or on green paper, carry comprehensive reports and articles on the fares try program in the county in the newspaper's area. Special forestry photographs and advertisements supplement the issues. 
Forestry ad mats are supplied the newspapers without cost by the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention program and by the American Forest Products Indus tries organization. Each issue carries features on such topic as reforestation, forest fire prevention and suppression, and forest management. 
Included among newspapers Issuing Keep Green editions recently were the Fitzgerald Herald, the Fitzgerald Leader, the Gordon County News, the Jeff Davis County Ledger, the Tifton Gazette, the Fannin County Times, the Cedartown Standard, the Catoosa County Record, the Baxley News-Banner, the Dalton NPws, the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, the Clayton Tribune, the Swainsboro Forest Blade, the Talbotton New Era, the Winder News, and the Butler Herald. 
The Jeff Davis County Ledger last year issued its sixth annual Keep ,L.rcen edition. 
Praise to editors and staff of those newspapers issuing Keep Green editions during 1954 came from Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgia Forestry Commission, who termed their cooperation, '' ... a wonderful boost for forestry, not only in the local areas, but throughout the state as well.'' 
 
 Rangers In 
Th'e News 
 
Cl arke County Ranger Armand Cote is a firm believer in giving praise where praise is due- especially where fire suppression is involved. The Ranger, reporting recently in an issue of the Athens Banner-Herald, told of a fire which started when a hunter lit a fire in the base of a hollow tree to smoke out a coon The fire burned in the tree hollow until another hunter noted the smoke, reported the fire to the Clarke County Forestry Unit, and led the unit to the scene. 
''Here,'' commented Ranger Cote in the newspaper article, ''we have the ideal sportsman, one who gave up some of his valuable hunting time to report, lead-in and help fight a tree fire that could have spread throughout a large area before being brought under control. To that man, we owe a sincere 'thanks'.'' 
 
MAP CHECK TIME FOR AERIAL PATROL--A second Distri~~ aerial patrol includes a close map checking of forested areas in the areas flown by pilot Don Ryder. The group incl txles, (left to right), C. J. McLeod, of Camilla, Assistant Uistrict Forester, Georgia Forestry Commission; Carl ton Cranford, Mitchell Co mty Patrolman, and Ryder. Assistant Patrolman Melvin Jones is seated on pickup. Aerial patrol is one of the Georgia Forestry Commission's most powerful weapons in the fight against forest fires. 
BANK PRESENTS PLANTER--Citizens of LOwndes County and surrounding areas who wish to plant seedlings now can avail themselves of one of the newest type planters on the market. The Citizens and Southern Bank of Vald a;ta presented the planter to the Lowndes County Forestry Unit, which will schedule the machine for use by farmers and landowners. In left photo, the ownership deed is presented. The group includes, left to right, Lowndes Oounty Ranger W. W. Wright, James Blanchard, Vice President of the Valdosta C. & S. Bank; G. P. Robinson, Chairman, Lowndes County Forestry Board, and Harley Langdale, Lowndes County Forestry Board member. Joe Hough, Patrolman, Lowndes County Forestry Unit, is in background. In right photo, the machine is given a field trial. 
 
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STEPS IN HANDLING 'ntE BIG CROP' --The Georgia Forestry (brnmis- 
 
sion's four nurseries now are working at top speed lifting, pack- 
 
aging, and shipping the record breaking crop of 120,000,000 forest 
 
tree seedlings. Typical of current nursery activities are these 
 
scenes at the Hightower and Davisboro Nurseries. Photo 1 -- a 
 
special tractor blade cuts underneath the beds, loosening seedlings 
 
from soil. Photo 2 -- workers lift seedlings. Photo 3 -- seedlings 
 
are transported from field to packing house. Photo 4 -- seedlings 
 
are graded and wrapped in packages, 100 to a bundle. Photo 5 -- 
 
Buster Harris, Hightower Superintendent, inspects seedlings 
 
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Dozens of Georgians are expee ted to be among those at tending the 1955 Southern Forestry Conference at Edgewater Park, 
Miss., March 3-4, J. W. Myers, 
Secretary-Forester, Forest Farmers Association, sponsoring organization, announced this month. 
Mr. Myers reported Dr. R. C. S. Young, of the Atlanta Division, University of Georgia, and Mississippi's Governor Hugh White will be among featured speakers. 
Governor \\hi te, an ardent conservationist, will present the conference keynote address at open1ng ceremonies on Thursday, March 3. 
Dr. Young, one of the South's outs tanding public speakers, will be featured at the annual banquet on Friday night, March 4. ''Scotty'' Young, as he is better know, will speak on ''Why I am An American.'' 
The program theme, ''Forest Farming for 1955, '' will feature a large group of forestry experts. Conference headquarters wi 11 be the Edgewater Gulf Hotel, midway between Gulfport and Biloxi. 
Conference act1v1t1es, in addition to the annual luncheon and banquet, include tours of the Gulf Coast area, door pnzes, and a special women's program. Conferees also have been invited by the U. S. Forest Service to attend a dedication of its newly-established Southern Institute of Forest Genetics on Thursday afternoon, March 3. 
The conference will open at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 3, with the association luncheon. In the afternoon the conferees will visit the Southern Institute of Forest 
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 Scouts Attend 
Demonstration 
More than 70 Negro Boy Scout s f rom the Albany-Smithville-Lee s burg a,re a recently atte nde d a spe ci al conservation and forestry demons tration stre ssing t he triple themes of reforesta ti on, forest management and fire control . The de monstration s i te was Camp Potter , six mile s s outh of Albany. 
Instruc tors were Range r Wa llace Binns, Doughery County Fore s t ry Unit; J_ D. Davis, Doughe rty Courcy Agffit, Dm.g.las Pop e , lliughe rty County Soil Conse rvation Service technic ian, Royce Middleton, SCS Soil Scientist; M. E. Murphy, Superintendent , Georgia Forestry Commission' s Herty Nursery; J. V. Hatcher , Patrolman, Dougherty County For- 
esty Unit, and B. J. Smith, As- 
sistant Patrolman. 
The demonstration stressed the national Boy Scout annual theme of conservation. LeRoy Starett, Field Executive, Chehaw Council, BSA, witnessed the event. Negro adult leaders present included Rev. M. F. Adams, Divisional Committeeman, Willie Baily, Divisional Chairman, and Walter Petete, Chairman, Camping and Activity Committee. 
The Scouts were given an opportunity to plant seedlings and to extinguish a small ores t fire. 
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Gene t i cs and attend the dedi c ation ceremonies. The Forest Farrrers boa r d me e ting will be he ld 
tha t night. 
Friday, March 4, wi ll be ta ken up with sessions i n t he morni ng and afte rnoon , fo l lowed by t he annu a l ba nquet that evening. 
Mr. Myers said hote 1 rese rvat i ons shou l d be made as soon as 
 
SCOUTING SCENES--M. E. Murphy, Superintendent, Herty Superinten dent, Herty Nursery, (left}, t ells Scouts from the Albany-Smithville-Leesburg area how seedlin gs arc handled a t th e nurscriPs. Scouts, photo at right, learn ha :J planting. 
 
possible direct to Mrs. Nan Meis - 
ner, Covention Manager, Ed gewater Park, Mis s. Rate s avera ge 
$4.50 to $8.00 s ing le, and $3.50 to $6.00 pe r pe r s on for twin 
bedrooms . Suites are also avail- 
able. 
 
use for these cull ha rdwood s ,'' he added , ' ' als o would be of large benefi t to t he state and to the individual fa rmer a nd 
landowner ; and it i s with t hat thought in mind t hat t he Commis sion's future plans call for r e- 
s e arch,w, ork aimed at fi nding su ch 
a use. 
 
No. 1 Problem-- 
(Co n ti nu ed f r om Page 2) 
years. Even in the more productive pine lands of South Georgia, where sawtimber did show an increase, better fore s try practices could have boos ted the yield far higher.) 
 
A Georgia Fores t ry Conmissi on Farm Forester i s ass igned to each of the 10 ores t r y d ist ri cts i n the state. A managemen t ass i stant aids the Manageme n t Chief a nd supplerren ts the work of the 10 Farm Foresters . Another Conmission manage men t assistant serves as technica l forester for the Department of State Parks. 
 
Mr . Deloach said foresters from state, federal and private agenc i es t oday are engaged in mapping an ove r all program to comba t the curre nt forest situation- a s i t uation in which Georgia' s woodlands are only producing at one -half of c apac i t y. 
''Here In the Commi ssion,' ' s aid the Direc tor , ''we are en- 
gaged in an exte ns i ve program of 
familiarizing fa rme rs a nd landowne r s wi t h practical methods of r e movi ng cull hardwoods and replac ing them with the more p ~ofi tabl~ and faster growing pine species. 
''Finding a dollars and cents 
 
''Any Georgia farmer or landowner,' ' said W. H. McComb, Commi ss i on Management Chief, ''is ad vised to call on the services of any of these Farm Foresters for aid and advice on proper cutting methods for their woodlands . Their services are available free of charge, and the only cost being a small deposit put up by the landowner which is returned after the cutti ng has been done according to prescribed specifications. The farrrer or landowner who avails himself of these services can be assured of dollars and cents profits for his woodlands, not only at the present time, but in future years as we 11.'' 
 
 Georgia Forestry 
February, 1955 
 
Yes, tree p1antmg is part of forestland management-tree 
 
farnung Wh~o seed sources have been destroyed by 
 
ftre or cleanng, the quicktst way to get tbe land back 
 
Jnto timber ill to plant trees. Most of the time, though, 
 
Nature plants ber own trees. Tree farmers barvut 
 
trees \D such a way that new ones spnng up tn 
1~~~~~~~~~ tbelr place It's all part of woodland 
 
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management. 
 
Entered as second class matter at t he Post Office ~ Atlanta, Georgia 
 
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