Georgia forestry, Vol. 8, no. 6 (June 1955)

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.IUNE 1955

GEORGIA FORESTRY

Editorial

Treasure Hunt In Forestry

(From the Moul tri e Observer)

Geor g ia landowner s , under cons ta n t urgin g from forestry expe r ts, hav e lea r ned by ex-

don e and also that new uses can be found for the various trees wh ich come from the forests.

peri ence in recent years that mon ey ca n g r ow on trees. Th e profi ts a r e not earned overnigh t , bu t land from which the ti mbe r has been cut in past decades can be made to produce he al t hy In come in a matter o f ye a rs.

This search for woodland secrets undoubtedly will bear fruit. "~thin another decade or so many more uses for wood from the various types of trees which can be grown in Georgia will be found. New markets will be

Georgia al rea dy i s reaping opened, both for better timber some $750 mi llion annuall "y from and for the lower quality trees.

her fo r es t s. Th e rat e of re-

foresta tion indicates that under

norm a l p rocess e s thi s income

There is no problem at the

will be buil t up cons ide rably moment of finding uses and a

within t he nex t decade .

sale for top quality timber.

For that r eason, the researchers

Th e r e i s , however, an even are concentrating also on new

more e n coura gin g outlook for uses for lower qualit y trees in

for es t in c ome throu gh r es ear ch. the hope of developing expanded

Th e lln i ve rsi ty of Ge or g ia re- markets for them.

ports that a gian t treas ure hunt

i s unde rway at Athens and that a

Refore station already has

g roup o f fore s try experts are proved its value. This new pro-

working unde r c onviction t hat gram of research should result

be t t e r and bigger tree s can be ~rown fas t e r than now is being

in finding a bi gger treasure in trees.

Vol. 8

GEORGIA FORESTRY
June, 1955
Published Monthly by the
GEORGIA FORESTRY CO:'IL\IISSIO::\, State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia
Guyton DeLoach, Director

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1\Iembers, Board of Commi ssioners :

K. S. Varn, Chairman

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Waycross

Sam H. Morgan ___ Savannah

C. M. J ordan, Jr.

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John M. McElrath _ __ _____ _Macon

H . 0 . Cummings ____ Donalsonville

Georgia Forestry is entered as second class matter at the Post

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

Press Association.

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E D I TOR

Richard E. Davis

ASSOCIATE EDITO RS

Robert Rutherford, Catherine Dismuke

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It has been more than a month since raging wildfire s came roaring out of the Okefenokee Swamp to destroy some 25,000 acres of the best turpentine and timber land in South Georgia.
Charred, desolate woodl ands stand as a grim reminder of one of the worst forest fires in the state's history.
&t for round-the-cl ock efforts o f professional foresters and volunteers whole commu nities
might have been wiped out. On
one occasion the insatiable fire rolled within five miles of Wayc ross.
Rid e down U. S. Highway 1 South and east along the hi ghway to Brunswick and e ve rywhe r e the awesome destruction of the grea t fire {; in evidence .
Fires, like the big one last month, must be prevented. The March disaster wi 11 ~ e fe lt for many years to come. A stand of trees can't be replaced overnight.
We hop e, as State Forester Guyton DeLoach suggests, that the fires will serve as a warning to a ll Georgia that caution is imperative.
KEEP GREEN UNNEHS- -Hugtl Dobbs, retiri n g President, Georgia Forestry Association, meets Rangers of top coun ties in the 1955 Keep Georgia Green Contest. '111e group includes, left to right, Mr. Dobbs; George Bowers, Barrow County; J. c . Bowen, Ben II ill County; owen J, Dean, Stephens County; L. \\. Tondee, Schley cow1ty; and \H lliam Tvedt, Crisp county . Crisp County placed first and Ben Hili County ranked second.

JuNE I 1955

Crisp County Wins

Keep Green Contest

Crisp ,. County today reigns as

The award presentations high-

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the 1955 champion of the Georgia lighted a special luncheon at

Forestry Association's Keep which former Governor Herman E.

Georgia Green Contest.

Talmadge was chief speaker. The

former state executive lauded

Ben Hill County placed second the Association for "the tremen-

in t h e ann u a l co n t e s t , a n d dous rol e enacted in the field

Barrow, Schley, and Stephens County, runners-up, were given honorable mention awards.

of forestry during the past quarter of a century," and he cited t he challenges which still lie ahead for Association

FORMER GOVERNOR--Herman E.

~!madge addresses joint

r session.

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Crisp County, represented by members.

Ranger William Tved t , was awarded

the first prize of $1,000, and

Association members elected

Ranger Tvedt was awarded $100 Robert H. Rush, of Hawkinsville,

for his .p-art in leading the new president. Hugh Dobbs, of

county to the championship.

Atlanta, former president, was

named first vice president, and

Ben Hill County, represented A. E. Patton, of Atlanta, was

by Ranger J. C. Bowen, was a- named secretary and treasurer.

warded a $500 second prize.

Runner-up counties, represented

Alumni Association members

by Rangers George Bowers, L. W. e l e c t e d Gu y t on De Lo a c h , o f

Tondee, and Joe Dean, each re- Atlanta, as president; Richard

ceived awards of $100.

Mordecai Jr., of Savannah, as

vice president, and Reid Parker,

Announcement of the w1nn1ng of Athens, as secretary and

counties was made at Augusta treasurer.

last month during the annual

joint meeting sessions of the

The Alumni meeting and a later

Georgia Chapter of the Society Alumni luncheon, at which Joseph

of American Foresters, the Alumni Association of the Georgia School of Forestry, and the Georgia Forestry Association.

A. Williams, assistant to the president of the University of Georgia, addressed the g.roup, opened the joint sessions.

SPEAKERS--Technical session speakers included, left to right ~bove, J, P. Wright, C. E. Clapp and T. C. Evans.

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TOP WINNERS--Kirk Sutlive presents second place place plaque, left photo, left to right , are Dan

award to Ben Hill County Ranger J. C. Bowen as re-

Turner, Crisp co mty Keep Green Chairman, ~Jr.

tiring GFA President Hugh Uobbs looks on, left

Sutl i ve , Crisp County Ranger William Tvedt, and

photo. Participating in presentation of first

Mr. Dobbs.

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O kefenokee Swamp Fires Leap Bounds Again In Southeast Georgia Counties

Smoldering flames deep within the Okefenokee Swamp, ret a rded but ne ver complete ] y extingui s hed during r ains of l at e April, last mon th f a nn ed out into adjoining counti es as Southea s t Georgia on ce agai n faced emergency fores t fire conditions.
Charlton and Clinch Counties faced the brunt of the wildfire attack, and the Georgia Fores try Commiss10n it cocpera tion w1 th South Georgia forest industries, set up emergency camps in those two counties. Later Lowndes County faced a similar emergency situation, and additional manpower and e'luipment were sent to that area to ha l t the flames.
Much of Charlton County's fir e fighting activity centered about an are a already burned earlier in the disastrous "Mule Tail fire." Dead and dying slash in this area provided additional fuel. Further southward in the swamp, fire in an area knowr1 as Soldiers' Island rageJ out of control and finally swept on to form an eight mile front rn Florida's Baker County.
\hth the danger situation still high inCharl ton County, a seri es of fires south of Homerville in th e Du r and area necessitated s etting up of another emergency c amp.
Al tho u g h many acres were burned durin g the emergency situations, the round-the- clock work of t he dozens of fire fighters, bo th local crews and Commission personn e l transported in from as far away as Ste phens and Floyd Counties, we r e c r edited wr th confining much of t he wi 1dfrre 1n the swa mp itse lf a nd with the savrng of hundreds of thousands of acres of valuabl e trmber wh1ch, th rou gh thei r efforts, strll stand green and growrng i11 South Georgia today.

1\IGIIT FL/\~.lE~--F i res uurned ni ght anu d ay in many pa r t~ of Sou t:aeast G e o r g i <~ c uring t .e criti cal periou.
HEAVY S'llOI<t- -Pillars of smolie ri s e f r om the burnin g woolls anu swampl::m d s. Ukefenollee iin~~. r i ght, were a con s tant tlare a t to Charlton, 1\are. ali.:: Clinch Count i es.
IIE..t\VY li.QlJIP~tEI\T IJTILIZI::D--Heavy e~! ui p ment anu manp o\\er from Commission maits am; from inu ust r ies wa s used i n ha lting the tires.

More than a hundred Future Farmers of America from throughaut south Georgia have their sights set on Laura "alker State Park, Waycross. TI1ey are anticipating the 1955 Boys Forestry Camp to be held there June 27 through July 2.
Approximately 125 persons including campers, vocational ag teachers, group supervisors and instructors will be present at the camp.
Following their registration and assignment to quarters on
June 27 at 2 p.m., the boys will
begin participating in a full schedule of instruction and recreation. Tiley will receive instruction in such phases of forestry as fire control, use of hand tools and equipment, thinning, mensuration, reforestation, marketing, insect and disease, and harvesting.
A special demonstration on
Insect Control by Dr. R. 0. Harrison, U. S. Forest Service,
and one on Hardwood Control and Naval Stores by C. Dorsey Dyer,
Georgia Extension Forester will
be features of the for estry instruction.
Highlighting the entertainment
portion of the camp will be a
field trip to Okefenokee Swamp Park. Other recreational activ-
ities will include baseball,
horseshoes and swimming.
Prizes will be awarded to the
grand forestry exam high scorer and to the outstanding camper.
Instructors will be J. C.
Turner, Fire Control Assistant, Georgia Forestry Commission ; Eugene D. Martin, Gair Woodl ands Corp.; J. F. Spiers, SPCA ; C. Mathewson, St. Mary's Kraft
Corp.; R. E. Davis, Informati on
and Education Chief, Georgia
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Ti lE BIG MOMENT--Kirk Sutli ve presents $100 bills to representatives of the three runner-up counties, Stephens, Sc11ley ami Barro\\, at the Keep Georgia Green luncheon. (photo above)
~RANU OLU MAN' OF FORESTRY--B. M. Lufburrow , veteran foreste r and former GFA Executive Secretary, is seen at meetin g with Prof. B. F. Grant, center, University of Georgi a School of Forestry, an<: H. E. Ruark, Fire Control Chief, Georgia Forestry Commission . (left photo, below)
NE\\ ASSOCIATION IIEAD- -l{obert 11. Rush , of nawkinsvi ll e, accepts tne Georgia ForestQ' Association presidential gavel from the r e tiring president, Hugh Dobbs. ( rigi1t photo, above)
SAF LEADERS--Officers of ttJe Georgia Chapter, Society of American Foresters, arc, left to right , 11. P. Allen, of Newton, SecretaryTreasurer; Erle T. Newsom, ot Macon, Chairman , an(.j E. T. llawes, of
Valuosta, Vice Chairman. (photo below) ~ . ~t:
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One of the South's most chal lengin g research projects-find i ng ways to use and to better manage the thousands of acres of hardwoods now dotting the Piedmont area- - today is under way in Georgia.
Representing cooper ation with the Un i versity of Georgia School of Forestry , t he Georgia Forestry Commission and the Georgi a Research Council , this work, one of the leading projects of the Athens - Macon Research Center of the U. S. Forest Service's Southeastern Experiment Station, is expected in the months and years to come to have a direct bearing on the economic prosperity of Georgia and of the entire southland.
"Recent ores t surveys, " Dr. W. A. Campbell, the Center's Research Leader, explained, "show a striking increase in Southern hardwood area and volume--often as a partial resu l t of heavy use of pine. Millions of acres now support stands of little - used hardwoods for which some use must be found before better trees can be grown . "
Dr. Campbell pointed out information also is needed on methods of growing high quality hardwoods on better forest soils.
Three categories mark the work now under way at Athens.
Research on methods of growing and managing southern hardwoods is one of these categories. The second project consists of research on utilizing hardwoods of different species. The third project is the study of how diseases and insects Jessen value and utilization of southern hardwoods.
"By integrating these three projects," the Center Leader declared, " we believe ways can

now ar e under way .
ew preservative treatments are being tested for hardwood fence posts in the hope t ha t thinning operations in hardwood stands will result in a product of va l ue r ather t han in a pi l e of brush to be burned or l eft to rot.

CENTER LEADER-- W. A. Campbell, above, Research Center leader at the School of Forestry i n Athens, repr esents t he Sout heas t ern Forest Expe r i ment Station.
be found to increase the value of hardwoods to the South ' s forest economy."
Studies also have started to develop methods of planting several hardwood species on different sites. Fo~esters are studying mature hardwood trees growi n g on diffe r ent soi l s and sites to learn which soils a r e best su ited for growing ha r dwoods .

The research group is inves ti gating what long has been the contention of many foresters -that the removal of low grade hardwoods, fo l 1owed by good management methods, will result in high val ue hardwood forests .
With the work now under way in Georgia and with the additional hardwood research projects being conducted in other southe r n states, the Piedmont's hardwoods may s omeday occupy a positi on equal with its pines as one o f the area's ou tst and ing f arm c rops .

Experimental areas have been se l ected where foresters will manage hardwood stands on the same basis a small landowner mi ght use, dete r mining potential incomes from hardwoods compared
with pine .

Lack of markets for low grade hardwoods 1ong has been a serious problem . Construction of a newl y designed kiln to convert low grade hardwoods to charcoal is a step toward solvingthatproblem. Marketing studies on charcoal

KESEARCH AT GEORGIA FORESTRY CENTER--Research facilit.es ~ hardwood and o th~r forestry projects throughout &~rgia are many and varied. TI1ey include green house

and lab~ra~ory (left) and lathe-house ancl experimental beds (ngbt), at the Georgia Forestry Center at Macon.

GC<?r~ ia J!'orestry Center's Research buil din g t op ri~P..Jt

Ub~tllhowz,at1~e0fnt ,

experiments are carried at School of Forestry.

on at charcoal A dry kiln

kiln' below'

righ t, IS under construction at School of Forestry. '

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Outstanding among the thousands of small forest products manufactu r ing plants helping form the state 's giant forest industry i s the Georgia Maple Block Company.
Located at Jonesboro, this unusual industry supplies meat blocks, butchers tables, laboratory table tops and woodtops for benches and cabinets to purchasers throughout the United States. Steak boards, made from Georgia's Red or \Vhite Oak, are made for hotel and restaurant use.

().vned and directed by Ed Raw] s, the firm began operation in 1954 and now employs 14 persons. Current production is a carload per month, and distribution is on wholesale level exclusively.
Each workman is a skilled ar tisan, for the custom production of the blocks, tables and tops entai ls the use of high skills in the sawing, ripping, shaping, dressing, drilling and g luing steps. The operations are highly mechanized, with many of the machine tools having been individually built by Mr. Rawls.
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Forest Fire
Insurance
Announcement by an insurance firm that forest fire insurance now is available in Georgia and five other southern states has been termed equally as important in the economic development of the South's timber producing lands as the states' organized fire protection systems.
J. Walter Myers Jr., Executive Director, Forest Farmers Association, made that report this month as he pointed out the South Carolina Insurance Company now is accepting applications for forest fire insurance in Georgia in five other southern states.
Until this announcement, no firm would issue insurance against wildfire in the south.
Immediate developments which may be expected, according to Mr. Myers, include the following:
More available capital for development of forestlands.
Increase 1n accesibility of timber loans, with consequent reduction in mortgage rates.
Timberland owners to demand better fire protection to reduce premium rates.
Wildfire law enforcement efforts to be supported by the Insurance indus try and to receive increased support from the pub] ic.
Forest practices to improve, s ince premium rates will be geared to effectiveness of these practices.

ASSEMBLY LINE- -1lte Georgia Maple Blocl< Company assemiJly 1 ine is set up in a large quonset
structure (top photo) ." Ed Morris, bottom left photo, uses a specially mom ted dri 11 to bore for legs of a butcher's table. In IJottom right photo, \\illiam Corine operates joiner to prepare meat IJlock sections for gluing.

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Rangers In The News

11w p<:rt played by the Catoos a County Forestry Unit in that county's Agricultural Development Board has been highlighted in a recent publication issued by the organization. Entitled "A Report of Progress for 1954," the booklet des cribes the way in which the county's various agricultural agencies have cooperated in improving use of agricultural resources.
The chapter dedicated to the Board's Forestry Committee describes the work of the County ForestTy Unit, headed by Ranger Ralph Clark, and lists the many conservation and forest fire prevention activities in which the Unit engages.

FmtE&T FlltE VICTHI--iJestruction of wilJlife is one of the little r~aiizel! but still tragic results of fore&i tires . Tllis deer, lying on the parched and fire scorched earth, is tl1e victim of a recent disastrous Ware County wildfire.

Saving of two homes and thousands of nearby woodland acres from the ravages of a forest fire resulted in the following letter, (reprinted from Page 1 of the Carrollton Daily Times -Free Press), to Carroll County Ranger B. J. Bivens:
"Mr. Johnson and I want to thank you for so valiantly savin g our house and that of Mrs. Marian Andrews in the fire at Buck Creek last Saturday afternoon. In the prevai 1ing wind, we realize only the untirin g efforts of you and our good neighbors spared both dwellings .
"\\ords can't e xpres s our appreciation, but we will eve r hold in grateful remember a nce your kindness."
The Jetter was written by Mrs . George S. Johnson, of Atl anta.

SOUTH'S FIRST \\ILUFWE INSURANCE POLICY- -C. Buck LeCraw, le ft, Fulton County timberland o"ner, is presented with til' firs t policy issued by tne South Carolina Insurance Company . Ha r o l d G. Uale, center, company representative, presents t he poli cy. Mr. LeCrav insured 206 acres of llartlwood and Lobloll y p in e for S!'l, 27;}. J. \\alter Myers, Executive Uirector, Fores t Fa rm ers AssociatioiJ, Atlanta, witnesses the presentation.
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Pest Control
Committee
Organized
PI ans for setting up individual fore st pest control committees in e achofGeorgia's 159 counties we r e outlin e d recently at Waycross at the first official session of the Georgia Forest Pest Committee's executive group.
Meeting under leadership of Committee Chairman W. M. Ottmeier, of Fargo, the group proposed that a committee representative meet with leaders of the Georgia Forestry Commission, the Georgia Extension Service and the Soil Conservation Service to enlist their cooperation in setting up county committees.
Heads of these agencies would be called on to issue letters to their representatives in the counties--the county ranger, the county agent, and the county soil conservationist. These three represen ta ti ves would form the core of the county commit tees. These three would add other members 1a ter.
Group meetings, at which county representatives would receive briefings on detection techniques, reporting and simi] a r task s , have been proposed for e ach forestry district.
The Executive Committee agreed t hat curre nt work should be concentrated in areas of heavy and medi um f ore s t insect and disease infestation .
Earlier du r in g the session, E. W. Rensha w, of Atlanta, U. S. Forest Service, s ugge s t ed that, if necess ary, plan s might be made to obt ain fe deral funds for the next fisc al year.
"Such action ," Mr. Renshaw ad ded, "should be bas e d on whether or not in sect c ontrol wou ld be feasible and wh e ther
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Homerville Takes First Place In 1955 School Forest Program

The Homerville FFA Chapter has been awarded first place in Georgia's 1955 school forest program, according to announcement by W. J. Bridges, Jr., Manager of the Woodlands Division

ner, Geor gia Forest r y Commission, Macon; Elmo Hester, Farm Editor, Atlanta Journal, Atlanta; and James F. Spiers, Southern Pulpwaod Conservation Association, Statesboro.

of Union Bag and Paper Corporation at Savannah, sponsor of the program, and T. G. Walters, State Supervisor of the Georgia Department of Agricultural Education, Go-sponsors of the program.
In addition to the state winner top FFA Chapters were also selected in "Vo-Ag" Districts I and II. Soperton High captured first prize in District II with Ludowici a close second. Bain~ridge High took top honors in
District T with Sylvester as
runner-up.

Outstanding projects carried out on the Homerville forest included thinned and unthinned growth comparison plots, a plantation testing growth of 1obi oily and slash pine on the same site, eradication of cull hardwoods, a fence post deterioration test, improvement cutting studies, a pruning project, and many others. Other accomplishments included a twenty-five minute color movie of all forestry activity and other outstanding classroom and shop work in studying forest management and making forestry tools and instruments.

For its outstanding accomplish-

ment on its 10-acre school "forest and in the classroom the Clinch County Chapter will receive $175 and FFA Advisor Joe Brooks will be $100 richer. The district winners and their advisors will receive $75 each while the runners-up will each receive $50. The prize money is awarded by Union Bag.

Features of the Soperton forest, which is leased to the chapter by local landowner J. C. Stephens, included a quail feeder, naval stores studies, and erosion control in addition to other projects set forth in the program.
Bainbridge, in addition to

Other schools which were con-
sidered by the judges for awards were Wayne County, Nicholls, Mt. Vernon-Ailey, and Berrien County High. Judges wer~ James C. Tur-

having a well-rounded forestry program in every respect, held a big demonstration on the school forest for chapter members and local landowners.

HOMERVILLE FFA PLOT--School forest judges and FFA officials. check a plot on the Homerville school forest. They are, left to right, Elmo nester, Atlanta Journal farm editor; J. L. Branch, Vo-Ag supervisor; Joe Brool\s, Homerville teacher; Richard James, FFA president; James Spiers, SPCA area forester, and James TUrner, Georgia Forestry Commission ..
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SPCA Holds
Area Meet

Problems in selling conservation to timberland owners was one of t he 1eading discussion topics of a rec ent area meetin g of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association at Savannah.

More than 125 represent a tives
of the pulp and paper industries of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina attended the two-day session early last month.

Clarke Mathewson, of St. Mary's Kraft Corporation, area chairman, presided.
Speakers were H. J. Mal sberger, SPCA General Manager; Talmadge Arnette, of Union Bag and Paper Corporation; C. E. Millwood, of International Paper Company; John Gill, of Macon Kraft Corporation; C. H. Neiderhoff, of ~est Virginia Pulp and Paper Company; J. T. Dotts, of Gair Woodlands Corporation, and L. A. ~hittle, of Brunswick Pulp and Paper Company.
F. H. Robertson Jr., of International Paper Company, acted as master of ceremonies at the group's banquet.
The banquet concluded the two day session.

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HEAVY SUPPRESSION UNIT ON TilE SCENE--A hea vy surJpression unit is unloaded from a transpor t in Clinch County. Only a few minutes later the tractor was in acti on on the fire line.

Hine, assistant regional forester, U. S. Forest Service, Region 8, Atlanta, was honored at the banquet with presentation of the Nash Conservation award.
Speakers at the Associ at ion meeting and their topics were Monroe F. Green, of Columbia, S. C., who spoke on "Forest Fire Insurance," Rep. John E. Sheffield, of Quitman, who spoke on "Recent Forestry Legislation in Georgia," and W. A. Campbe ll , Research Center Leader, U. S. Forest Service, Athens, who spoke on " Forestry Research in Georgia. "

ea s t e r n F o r e s t Ex p e r i me n t Station; and T. B. Hankinson, ManagementField Assistant, Georgia Forestry Commission.
The FFA Boys Fore s try Camp, sponsored yearly by th e five member mill s of the Southern Pu 1pwood Conservation Association, is directed by the Georgia Forestry Collnission.
Pest Control--
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landowners and the state would
be willi ng to subscribe funds. The feder al support waul d arnoun t
to 25 per cent."

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Forest inventory methods were described during the first afternoon by H. B. Matthias, of Rome, Ga.; S. A. Boutwell, of Savannah; J. P. Wright, of Savannah; W. H. McComb, of Atlanta; T. C. Evans,
of Asheville, N. C.; C. E.. Clapp,
of Atlanta, and T. C. Nelson, of Athens.
Clarence N. Walk er, executive staff representative of the Coca Cola Company, Atlanta, addressed the joint banquet meeting. W. R.

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Forestry Co mmi ssion; John F. Hargraves, Jr., St., Mary's Kraft Corp.; James H. Colson, Macon Kraft Co.; James Reid, Troy Simmons , Wayne Mannin g , Sam Martin, Robert Rand all, B. R. Murray, Carlis McLeod, Assistant District Foresters, Georgia Forestry Commission; W. J. Schultz, Union Bag and Paper Corp.; Don Lynch, Brunswick Pulp and Paper Co.; C. Dorsey Dyer, Georgia Agricultura l Extension Service; Robert Harrison, South-

A. Ray Shirley, Secretary, Americ an Turpentine Farmers Association, stressed company cooperation in harvesting of bug damaged timber. He said large areas could be harvested commercially and small areas treated with insecticide.
R. J. Kowal, Chief Civision of Pest Insect Researc h, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, pointed out tha t ips condition ha s not decreased this year as it would und er normal condition s .

Georgia Forestry
June, 1955

Entered as second class matter at the Post Office . Atlanta, Georgia

Because mony people only thought their campfires were deod, thousands of ocres of forest londs hove been rovoged by destructive fires.
Don't toke it for granted .. be sure your fire is out.

Stomp on it, reducing every ember to powder. Then roke it over thoroughly. Then douse it with woter until not the slightest spark remains.
Your help is needed to keep America green, to maintain our forest londs at their produc tive peok.

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