Georgia forestry, Vol. 9, no. 10 (Oct. 1956)

FOBBSTI\Y
FORESTRY TIME AT THE FAIR

GEORGIA FORESTRY

Editorial

''Let's Make Georgia Greener''

(From the Columbus Ledger)

The pine tree boom in Ceorgia is receiving new acceleration. Already the leading state in the nation in the production of pine trees, Georgia will soon be producing half again as many seedlings, and predictions are that within two years the number of pine tree seedlings produced annually in Georgia will double, from the present 100 million to over 200 million. Force behind the acceleration is the federal soil bank program, under which many Georgia farmers are expected to convert their marginal acres from hazardous cash crop plant1ngs to p1ne forests, thereby qualifying for acreage payments under the conservation programs, designed also to cut bank production of cash crops.
The prospects of greatly increased interest in /ITOwing pine trees in the state have snurred plans for the estahl ishment of the nation's largest nursery at the

State's Reidsville Prison. Th e
girantic oneration will cover 143
acres and will produce about 50 million more pine seedlings a year. The federal vovernment will pay the cost of deve loning the nursery, which will use prison labor. The Georgia Forestry Commission, the major nroducer of nine seedlings for the state, is also stenning units production.
Pine forests will soon be replacing large areas devoted in the past to soil -debilitating cash crons in Georgia, and nine forests that in themselves will he one of the leading sources of cash income for Georgia Farmers. And , of course, the trend will affect not only Georgia, but all the other southern states, where fast growing nine is becoming a leading source of farmer income. The forestry slogan ' 'Let's Keep Georgia Green'' annarently has an alternate now, ''Let's Mal{e Georgia Greener.''

Vol. 9

GEORGIA FORESTRY
October, 1956
Published Monthly by the
GEORGIA FORESTRY CO~ll\IISSIO;-..r, M aeon, Georgia
Guyton DeLoach, Director

No. 10

Members, Board of Commissioners:

John l\1. McElrath, Chairman Sam H. Morgan_____________ Savannah Oscar S. Garrison ____ _Homer

Macon

C. l\1. Jordan, Jr.__

______ Alamo

H. 0. Cummings _ __ Donalsonville

Georgia Forestry is entered as second class matter at the Post

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

Press Association.

EDITOR __ _

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_James C. Turner, Jr.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Joe Kovach, Jeanette Jackson

STAFF ART IST __

Dan Voss

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DISTRICT OFFICES, GEORGIA FORESTl{Y CO:\I~IISSIO;-..r:

DISTRICT I-Route 2, Statesboro

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 1160, Waycross

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

DISTRICT IX-P. 0. Box 416, Gainesville
DISTRICT X-Route 3, Washington

dJ04ed~t'l SchooL,
(jne (jf Staiei
Valua!J.Ie ,(/Uet4
(FrollJ th e Atl anta Consti tuLliJI)
Thi s year marks the Golden Anniv ersary of the School of Forestry at the University of Georgia in Athens.

The school 1s one of the state's real assets. Georgia is a great producer and processor of fares t products. For half a century now this department of the university has been supplyi n g the trained men who brought fares try a 1ong to its present position of importance.

Here, once again, we have an example of the wisdom and profit of investing state revenues in education. Tax funds that have gone to train Georgia's forest specialists and teachers of forestry are minute compared to the benefits and dividends the state has collected as a result.

Congratulations

to the

sc hool on this significant

anniversary.

Its- contri-

butions to Georgia and the

Southeast have been large. ~ay it and the field in which

it works have many more half

centuries of growth and

prosperity.

County fairs and forestry a r e very closely associated during Georgia's fall season. This year numerous Georgians will view special exhibits covering all phases of forestry. These exhibits, presented as a parr of the public information and educa tion and education program of the Georgia Forestry Commission, will be displayed at around 79 fairs over the state before the close of the fair season.

OCTOBER, 1956

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State To Build Reidsville Tree Nursery

The nation's largest forest

tree nursery will be constructed in c~orgia on 142 acres of the

f:eidsville State Prison property

according to a recent announce-

ment by ' Gov. Marvin Griffin.

With an anticipated production

capacity of more than 50 million

seedlings annual!y, the huge

plantation will be known as

''Page Memorial Nursery'' in

honor of former Seminole County

Ranger Matthew W. Page who lost

his life while serving with the

Georgia Forestry Commission. It

will be operated by McCormick

Neel, formerly with the Commis-

sion ' s Davisboro Nursery. M.C.

Coleman , who recently was as-

sociated with the Commission' s
Horseshoe Pend Nursery, will be
Neel's assistant. ll'nstructiou Cost
Estimated construction cost 1s
$350,000, which will be paid by t he federal government from

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LAYING THE GROUNDWORK--T.B. Hankinson (right) is shown with Reidsville inmate (left) as they lay out roads around seedling beds.

funds appropriated for the soil

bank program. Final planning has been completed and field layout now is under way. Technicians from the Conrnission have been assigned to expedite cons truetion. First seed lings are expected to be ready for distribution in November, 1957. Initial seed will he planted early next
March.

ftccording to Sanford Darby, Chief of Reforestation for the Commission , the new nursery will increase Georgia's already pacesetting seed ling product ion by about 50 per cent. However, Director Guyton DeLoach said he foresees need for an additional large capacity nursery in the near future. Pt present, the state's four nurseries produce

roads and wind breaks for their ;>rotection . He referred to recent damage to seedlings planted at the Horseshoe Pend Nursery to point up the need for additional precautions.
' 'Pecause of the unprecedented volume of orders and damage to planted seedlings,'' Darby said,
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more than 115 million seedlings

annually. ore ~cdliuE'.s

' 'Although Georgia leads the

nation in production of seed-

lings annually,' ' DeLoach said,

''recent demands have exceeded

production capacity at the ex-

isting nurseries.'' He predicted

that activation of the soil bank program wi 11 result in a flood

of orders that will increase

present demands greatly. Darby said the nursery wj ll

maintain a constant supply by keeping sorre 102 acres in pro-

duction at all times. Slash pine

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seedlings maj ority

will account of plants and

for the

the re-

mainder will be loblolly and

.OOKING IT OVER--Jim Wynens s urvey s ' sing sites.

miscellaneous species. The seedlings will be planted in fiveacre blocks, the reforestation chief explained, and each section will be s urrounded by access

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OVER THERE--McCormick Neel , (R), Supt., shows R.P. Balkcom, warden , the
nursery plot.

KEYSTONE TO EXHIBIT

ANTICIP ATED PROGRESS

Annual Southeastern Fair Displays

South's Largest Man-Made Forest

Hepresentatives from Georgia forest agencies recently cooperated in one of the most umque projects ever undertaken. Dir ected by Harvey Brown, executive secretary of the Georgia Forestry Ass n. , the group constructed and assembled the largest forestry exhibit ever displayed in the South.
Covering some 2, 100 square

feet, the exhibit consisted of an actual man-made forest in which every phase of forestry was dramatically demonstrated. The forest was made up of trees ranging in size from tiny seedlings to 20-year-old giants. A flowing stream, stuffed animals and other forest vege tation added r ea lism to the display.
Located on the fair grounds a t Atlanta's Lakewood Park, the hugh display was a part of the annual Southeastern Fair. An estimated half mill ion spectators viewed the exhibit and got a second-hand glimpse of proper forestry pract1ce results.

For estr y Assn., For es t Fa r me r s Assn., Georgia Extens ion Ser vice (4-B Clubs), Vocational Education Dept. (FFP.), American Turpentine Farmers Ass n., University of C.eorgia School of Forestry, American Forest Products Industries, C-eorgia Pulpwood Dealers Assn., private forest industries and wood producers, growers and pro-
cessors.

FOREST PARK AND CONSERVATION

In addition to the forest, the exhibit consisted of many sections illustrating separate forestry benefits. Each section pointed up the vastness and importance of forestry in Georgia. Wooden boxes made in Georgia were stamped for shipment to faraway places such as Trinidad, Bangkok and Bagh dad. Georgia fruit baskets 1n all shapes and sizes demonstrated the versatility of trees. Countless chemi ca l s derived from pine showed housewives that they , too, l.ene fit from forestry.
Amid the prize tomatoes and atomic energy exhibits, the gigantic forestry display added new e mphasis to t he vital role fares ts play in every Georgia corrnnunity.

PROPER CUTTING PRACTICES

II ARDWOOD CONTROL

Agencies participating in presenting the exhibit were the Georgia Forestry Commission l l. S. Forest Service, C-eorgia

FIRE CONTROL

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WELL, FU.AS, IT' S LIK E 'DHS--Chief Inves tigator J. R. Go r e fine points of law enforceutenL
DIIS IS 'DIE RHJIT 1\AY--0. L. Knott demonstrates tne proper use uf the Selectrosl ide. UTilE BFAVER AT 1\QRK--Pike councy Ranger Jdm Osbolt demonstr a tes the use of Little Beaver as Julian tteeves, ri ght front, and other Con111issilf1 pe r sonnel
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land dernons t.rates t11c use of vi sual at d.:s on t e l evision.

DID WE 1'/\SS?-- (X>mmiss ion r>crsmmcl go tt1rough paces in mob il e drivers testin~ unit.

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WHA1" S COOKING HERE?-- (Left to right) L.L. Lundy, George Bishop and T. M. Strickland inspect the u cw mobil e kitchen unit.

Industrial foresters and pro fessio nal woodsmen. from neigh borinv states we re among the more than 25\J ran gers and district office rersonnel who attented the annual Georgia Forestry Commission Ranger ' s C:chool at Roc!< Ea["le 4- J-1 Camp
ftug . 27 -31. Commission Qirector
C'uyton DeLoach termed the session the most successful ever held.
During the week -l ong tra1n1ng period, Commission employees held special courses designed to acquaint participants with the latest developments in their particular fields. laintenance and operation of new

fire-fighting equipment and new forest management practices were piven primar y attention . Other courses included public relations, visual aids, law enforcement , emer["ency fi re training, driver t raining and safety .
P portion of t he camp was
devoted to field trips into the woods for on- the - scene train ing. f simulated emergency fire fighting camp designed to a c quaint per sonnel with field operations was set up also. Each pa r ticipan t was brought
up- t o-date on the 1 ate s t
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NOW LIS'l'EN L'LOSliLl-- Seven til Oi s trict Ranger Frank craven explains eme rgenc:y fire strategy.

SLEEPING AREA-- Sleeping tents we re 1 d as a pa r t ot the s imula teo emergeiiCY fire camp.

~fiVJ? U!fflNG--:_In f!ltoto i>dow, _management ~ersorUJe ~ compare selective cutting ;rr<trlilllgs w1tit Tom MCFarlin o f tlte Sml O>nservatloo Service.

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GEORGIA FORESTRY

Commission To Initiate
New Soil Bank Program

Initiation of the federal soil bank program is expected to incite a wave of seedling orders which will swamp the facilities of the Georgi a Forestry Commission, Director Guyton DeLoach has predicted.
DeLoach said the program will require the Commission to more than double its already recordbreaking seedling provram. ''It will mean we must grow a minimum
of about 150,000,000 seedlings during the 1957-58 season,'' he
said. ''The new Reidsville nursery will help us meet immediate future demands,' ' he added, ' 'but to keen up with the anticipated long range demands our present nursery facilities must he exDanded irrrnediatelv. ''
The direct~r rointed out that

Georgia's annual seedling output
now stands at about 115,000,000
seedlings. He cautioned, however, that the soil bank program gives snecial attention to forest conservatio n. It calls for subsidizing the planting of forest
tree seed 1i ngs on 1and removed
from agricultural production. ''This will mean a sharp increase in seedling demands from landowners and industries all over the state,'' he said.
DeLoach sa id preliminary Investigation already is under way to determine future seed ling needs so that the Commission can meet the expected deluge of orders. He added that the recent storm damage to a portion of the s tate's four nurseries has accentuated the need for immediate nursery expansion.

LESSON IN SP E ECH--At a rece nc Administrative ~lana ge ment Conference, Le ig hton Bellew, University of Georgia speech and drama depa rcment head, g ives a few poincers to the group.

Some 25 Ceorgia Fares try Commission p ersonnel recently attended the annual ldrninistrati ve Manap-ement Conference .held at the l 'niversity Ho tel Court in I thens. 1l1 e fTOUf' included district foresters and administrative employes.
COURSES T AUG liT
Instruction included concentrated courses in administrative
planning, ora 1 communications,
leadership and human relations,
personne 1 trainin ~, principles
of organization and sneech.
The four-day session was designed to acquaint the rartlCInan ts with man ap-emen t procedure and to instruct them in the latest method s In trainin l! and business operations.
INSTR LJCTORS
Each c 1ass was under the surer-
vision of experts in the separate
fie 1ds. Thev were I awrence K.
Mays, assis,tant refional forestry and direct or of the l'i vision of Orerations for the l'. :=::. Fares t Service ; Dr. I eifhton ~1 Pallew, professor and head of the Speech and Drama Depart!T'en t of the l 'niversity of Georfia.
Thomas w ahler, associate director at the Center for Continuinl! Education at the l 1niversity; Jesse 1' ' 1' 'allace, head of General Office Services at the Engineerinp- Experiment Sta.tion at Georgia Tec h and Dr. Fran]. ~~. Gibson, director of Covernment Trainin g at the l lni versi ty of Georgia.

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Edit ors Not e: Thi s is t he fi rs t zn a ser ie s of nine art icl es which w i ll appea r in GEO R GIA FO R ESTRY during the Ge orge Fos t e r P eab ody Golden Annive rsa ry Ce l eb ration. Ea ch inst allme nt will be a bri e f biog raphy o( a Fores try Schoo l graduat e. Purpos e is t o g ive a c ross -s e c t ion of the alumn i.
Burley M. Lufburro w i s th e oldes t living alumnus of the George F oster Peabody School of Forestry. After receiving hi s degree , he rose to assume le ader s hip in fore s try in Ge or. gia and the na tion.
His fir s t position wa s with th e US F orest Service . in Virginia. He int errupted hi s tenure there in 1916 to ser-
ve a year as fo rester for C ase- F owler Lumber Co.
During World War I, he joined oth e r volunteer for ester s and s erved for tw o years in France s upervis ing cutting opera ti on s in the Arce lot For e s t. In 1919, he was a ppointed s upe rvisor of the Ala ba ma Na tion a l Forest whe re he assist ed the Army in p urch asi ng s it es
for F t . J ackson , F t. Benning and Ft . McC le lla n.
He res igned from the Fores t Service in 1925 to beco me Georg ia's fir s t Sta te Forester , a position he held for 12 ye a rs . From 1937 t o 1940, he s erved as fore s ter for the Southern Pine Assn . , after which he was employed a s purc haser for the Dept. of Agr icultur e.
During World War IT, the ve te r a n for-
ester wa s appointed to the Lumber Divis ion of the War P rod uc t ions Boa rd.
After the war, he served a s executive secre t ary for the Georgi a Fo.ces try Assn. for 10 years. In 1955, i lln ess forced him to retire. He and hi s wife now opera t e th e Mi mosa Motel a t Mariett a.

13<\1\I RS MEET- - oorsey Dye r i s s llOMl leading a discussion at tll e OJm ty 1\ey ~urkc rs Meetin~ neld a t twck E-.agl c.

Bankers! F oresters Hold

Meeting At Rock Eagle

fvlo r e t ha n 65 b ank e r s a nd for e stersfrom count ies a ll over the s t ate pat hered last mon th at Rock Earl e Pa r k to atten d th e Coun ty Key Pa n kers tyi eet in p. ~p on sored by t h e fpricu ltural Comm ittee of th e Geor pia Pan ke r s fssn ., the rror ram was unde r the direction of C. Dorsey rye r , e x tens ion fore ster and proj e ct l e ad er f or fp ri cultural Exten s ion Service at fth ens .
Pu rpose of the two - day pathe rinp wa s t o acquaint the hank e r s with th e a ims o f for e stry in Geor pi a ancl t o f amiliariz e th e fores te r s with current for estry projects s pon sored a nd s upport ed b y Ce o q:r i a banl<e r s.

was held on the subject , ' 'How
Panke r s Can Fromote Sound Fores try De velopment in Each County.'' Pane l mod e rator was
J. W. Fannin p , c hairman of the Dep t. of f ,pricul tural Economics
at the Unive rsity of Georgia.
Carl M. Fl oyd, senior vice pres -
id e nt o f ftlant a's Fulton Na tion -
al Panl<; C. '''. Lowe , president of the Panl< of Ed ison and Jim L. Gillis , Jr ., vi ce pre sident of the Pank of ~ope r t on, se rved a s pane 1 members .

The propr am inc luded a host of dynami c demon s trati on s a nd di scuss ion s o f va r iou s ph ases of fo r es try in the s tate . Topics in c lud e d prore r sca l e and meas ure me nt of trees , anti c inate cl 1ncome pe r ac r e and s e I 1 i n f prac ti ces. Ivy Ou rpan , vice pres id ent o f th e Tru st Compa n y of Geo r pi a, con cl uded t he fir st d ay's a c tivi t i es wi t h a n after dinn e r acld ress.

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Dur i n p the second d ay, Dyer ope ned t he meetin r with a dis cussion of Ceorpia ' s timber marketi np practices and prosr ects. Oth e r speakers inc lucl ed C . ~e l son Pri fhtwell, Tifton extension f orester and Fra nk Ead ie, Mi 1l edpevi l le district fo r ester for the Ceorpia Forestr y Commi ssion.
Fo ll ow:i n p the ta l ks a nd demon s tr a t ion s, a p.me l cl i scussion

llJ\IHbf< !H~W&SION-- Left to ri gh t, Hanll Eadie, Mi 11 edg~~ville Di strict
Forco.;ter, f':wlaills UIP lr 1111her _yiel.tls fra.1 lli ll"rent size I n:p-; to L<Uiht'rs J;!d, 1\<'i th, "'PWH:u ; Oi<H l(s ~li llf'r, ~' h :.m i a ;md bVat!s 1ta tir i~;. ,\lncriut<.;. Th1:._:.. w;Js Oil(" (J: wau.) rliscu ssilll'> which t~.lok pi.!CC du rin;,; tile two-da_y
couhn~ tce i n Eatoutoa.

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GEORGIA FORESTRY

Rangers In The News

A vocational fares ter has been employed 1n the State Department of Education to help vocational agriculture teachers expand their instruction in forest manapement. He
is Edpar A. Kreis, Jr., who
until recently was assistant district forester with the Georgia Forestry Commission.
.Appointment of a vocational forester came as the result of
a $50,000 educational grant by
the Trust Company of Georgia. The money was given the State Roard of Education to be used in expanding forestry instruction in Georpia hiph schools.
One of Mr. Kreis' first tasks will be to help a hundred schools locate ten to 15 acre wooded tracts which can he used for school forests.
Georpia has 411 vocational apricul ture departments and 443 teachers in 153 counties. More than 2o, 0{J(J hiph school boys are enrolled in regular classes.

Twenty-six foresters assipned

to national forests in the

Southeastern states attended

a

Junior Profession a l

Conference in Ptlanta during

late Pugust.

The annual conference, s ponsored by the .Atlanta Repional
office of the U. S. Forest
Service, was at tended by foresters who have joined the forest service within the last year. Its purpose was to pi ve the younp foresters an overall view of - the worl,inps of the Forest Service.

Seminars in timber sales, information and education, fire control and enp1neerinp were conducted, along with tours of the Forest Service headquarters in Ptlanta.
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Basic problems of direct pine tree seedinp was the discussion topic of foresters from throughout the Southeast at a mee tinp recently held in Savannah.
Some 5() foresters attended

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to II. I~. ~ark, Forest ry Oxnmtsston Ftre Control Chic f, how the !\in til Uis-

tnct went about settlllg a record lor no tires Jurillk July.

TREL l'lll'..A~UiU:\G - - P..au~<'r Or....aid
l'restou txplr!ill~ tl1e Proper l re' mPasurirl ~ methoos ni a recent Fourth Districl IIJ<til<lg{'ml'fll sdwol.
the two-day sess1on sponsored by the Union Pap-CamD Paper Corporation. They exchanped ideas on the most efficient ways of sowinp tree seed .
Donald P. Spencer of Denver,
Colo., srole of methods of rrotectlng seeds from their natur al predators. ~ethods of distributinp seed were outlined by Harry ~1alac, Cnion bag research forester.

Bobby Richardson has been named director of the ~1iller County Forestry Unit. He succeeds Ranper Palmer Rich who has been trans fer red to the Decatur County l 1nit at Painbridpe.

Richardson p-raduatec from

Miller County fliph School 1n

1955 and has served as

assistant ranper for the ras t

year.

Josenh

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F. Pechane c,

chief of

Range Management Research for the

Forest Service, has heen nromoted

to director of the Southeastern

Forest and Ranf?e Exneriment

Station at ;\shevi lle, N.C.,

succeeding Elwood L. Demmon,

director there since 1951, the

U. S. Denartment. of ;\gricul ture

recently announced.

Mr. Pechanec was one of the founders and the first nresident of the American Society of Range Management. He was editor of the Journal of Range ~1anagement in 1953 and has written numerous pamDhlets and technical articles on the results of his exneriments .

OCTOBER , 1956

10

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past year. Veteran employees gained an opportunity to come abreast of recent Commission advancement s and new personnel gained first-hand lrnowledge of operations within the various Commission branches.

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fLAN '(F FRATICN rFAD a.Tf '- - Re pr esen ta t ives o f three Southern s t Rte s ruKi t he U.S. Forest Service IT'kt recent ly i n MAcon to compile a stand:udized manual for f ighting large emergency fi r es. Knov.n as 'Oper R. tion Dead Out,' the group included, right from top to bot t om, K.W. McNasser, C.S B<~rnes, H. K. MikPll -nrJ S.D. Beichle r . Le f t fr cl n t op to bottom are P.\11. T illman, H. F klmrk , J.!1. Beth e<1 and Turner Barber.
Society Of American Foresie rs

The school is held each year to strengthen the Commission's organization and to acquaint its rersonnel with Improvements in methods and operations during the previous year.

Schedule 56th Annual Meeting

'' Forest r y Faces For wa r d '' is
the theme of the 5oth :mnual meeting of the ~ o c i e t y of

economics and policy, watershed management, wi 1d 1if e management, and forest re-

American Foresters scheduled to

creation.

convene in the feabocy 1:-'otel, 1\~emrhis, Tenn. on Clc't. 14-17.

Vice-president Georpe Garratt will serve as toastmaster at

President Dewitt Nelson will open the first general session

the annual banquet on Wednesday evening, Oct. 17, Principal

Pmong visitors who attended
the orientation session were
representatives of the C. S. Forest ~ervj ce, the Georgia School of Forestry, C""eorgia Vra ft Company, Rome Kraft Comp~:~ny, L1nion Paper Company,
Ceorgia Agricultural Exten
sion Service c-nd tnP Florida Forestry ~ervice.

Monday morning, Oct. 15. He

speaker will he Hodding Carter,

invites all foresters and friends of forestry to attend these sessions. Chairman of the opening day session will be E. L. Demmon, director of the Southeastern Forest Experiment

author and editor of Greenville, Miss. Also at this time there will be presentations of the Gifford Pinchot Medal and the Sir William Schlick Memorial Medal by President



Station in Asheville, N.C. Mr.

Nelson.

Reidsville Tree Nursery Demmon is a past president of
The SfF.

Other opening day srea kers will include J. E. ~~cCaffrey, vice president, Southern Kraft
Division, International Paper
Company, Mobi 1 e, A 1 a.; S. M.

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''work on the nursery has been be a four -inch line and the other

given top priority. If we are to will be 12 inches in diameter."

handle the anticipated flood of

Two residences also will be

oroers when the soil hank pro- cons tructed to house the super-

Nickey, Jr., president, Nickey Brothers Lumber Company,

gram ga ins momentum,'' he declared, "the nursery must he

intendent and his assistant as well as several outbuildings

Memphis, Tenn., and J. A. Hall,

In full production as soon as for storing equipment and for

director, U. S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, 111is.

possible. '' Irrigation facilities will

sorting and packing operations. Gov. Griffin said the prison

The Society's eleven subject divisions will meet Oct. 1o and 17 for technical discussions in the fields of forest management silviculture, forest products, private forestry, range management, public relations, forestry education, forest

include some 22 miles of pipes that will carry water pumped hy a 150 horsepower motor capable of pumping more than 1,500 gallons per minute,'' Darby said. ''Wa ter will come from two wells to be drilled at the site," he added, and one of the wells will

farm land was selected because its high quality and texture are ~dea.l for the operation, b:cause It Is one of t~e. few available sites of suf~ICient sIZe and because operational cost can he kept at a minimum through use of convict labor.

Georgia Forestry
October, 1956

IT WASN'T THIS WAY LAST TIME
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