GEORGIA'S FOREST POTENTIALDOUBLED PRODUCTION 
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 GEORGIA FORESTRY 
Editorial 
 
Valuable Georgia Trees 
 
Well-Worth Protecting 
 
(From the Rome News-Tribune) 
 
The total value of all products from Georgia's woodlands in 1955 is estimated at almost three quarters of a billion dollars. 
 
Pulpwood led in the value of forest products processed in 1955a total of 250 million dollars worth. 
 
More than 66 per cent of Georgia ' s area-- some 25 million acres -- is in forests. Approximately 200,000 Georgians are employed in wood-using industries. 
The state's naval stores production -- turpentine, resin, etc. -- exceeds that of all the other 47 states combined . Georgia leads the entire South in production of pulpwood; ranks high in the output of lumber; is the first in the nation in the acreage of private1y-awned forestland; is the nation's leader in the amount of private and state forest acreage under continuous fire protection; and is the national pace-setter for area planted in trees annually. 
 
Lumber was next, valued at 240 million dollars. More than 2, 300 plants are involved in sawing and processing trees into lumber. 
Naval stores production was valued at 50 million dollars. Naval stores are important raw materials. in the manufacture of more than 30 products -- including paint and varnish, synthetic rubber, soaps, disinfectants, ink, dyes, plastic and paper. 
Other forest products combined to bring the total value for the year to almost $750,000,000. 
With all this wealth in our woodlands; plus the fact of their value to c onservation and wildlife; plus their beauty-- aren't they worth protecting? 
 
Vol. 9 
 
GEORGIA FORESTRY 
Junl, 1956 
Publis hed l\l onthly by the 
GEORGIA FORESTHY C0;\1:\IISSION, State Capitol, Atlanta , Georgia Guyton DeL oach, Direct or 
 
No. 6 
 
:JJodc;e Re4i"~4 
:lJe4eWe /)U;,l4e 
(From the Atlanta Journal) 
It's difficult indeed to head off a county from winning an award when everybody in the county strives with might and main toward that goal. 
That, in brief, tells the story of Dodge County in winning the top prize of $1,000 in the Keep Georgia Green Contest. 
Dodge County has a population of 17,893, and it was noteworthy the way folks went about preaching the advantages of fire control and conservation. 
The school children had essay contests, a parade and debates on the subject. Signs went up everywhere. Fires became fewer and fewer, and the landscape became greener and greener. 
No one thought of starting a trash fire or a field burn-off without first notifying County Forest Ranger Dewey Beauchamp. 
It is a fine achievement, and everyone of the 17,893 citizens in the county is entitled to a citation for contributing to the public welfare. 
 
1\Iem ber s, Board of Commi ssio ners : 
 
J ohn M. McElrath , Cha irman 
 
Sa m H. Mo rga n Oscar S. Garrison 
 
Savan nah ___ Homer 
 
C. 1\1. J ordan, Jr. H. 0 . Cummings 
 
J\1acon __ _____Alamo Donalsonville 
 
Georgia Forestry is enter ed as second class matter at the Post 
 
Office under the Act of Augu st 24, 1912. 1\Iember of the Georg ia 
 
Press Association. 
 
EDITOR 
 
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Richard E. Davis 
 
ASSOCIATE E DITOR 
 
__Donna Howard 
 
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DI STRI CT OFFICES, GE ORG IA FORESTRY C0!\11\IISS ION : 
 
DISTR ICT !-Rou t e 2, Statesboro 
 
DI STR ICT VI - P. 0. llox 505, Milledgeville 
 
DISTRICT II-P. 0 . Box 26, Camilla 
 
DI S T RI CT VII-Route 1, R om e 
 
DISTRICT III-P. 0 . Box 169, Americus 
 
DIST RICT VIII-P. 0. Box 811, Waycross 
 
IJJSTRICT IV-P. 0 . Box 333, Newnan 
 
DISTRICT IX- P. 0. Box 416, Gainesville 
 
DlS riUCT V-P. 0. llox 328, .'\feRae 
 
DISTR I CT X- P. 0. llox 302, Was h ington 
 
Georgi a - a great tree-growing and wood-using state - can double her timber growth. For e very thousand board feet of lumber cur r ently being produced, the state can grow two thousand board feet; every cord of pulpwood can 
be match ed by a second cord. nw 
result can be a doubled forest industry, doubled employment, a multiplied forest economy , and an enhanced welfare for all Georgians. 
Opening the road to this abundant forest future for Georgia are research, public education, and proper forest management. 
 
 JUNE, 1956 
 
Forestry Leaders Cite 
 
State's Research Needs 
 
A we il-organized forestry research program in which the government, landowners and industry cooperate fully is the ultimate goal in Georgia. That was the theme heralded by representatives of all three agencies at the annual joint technical session held recently at Savannah of the Georgia Froestry Association, Georgia Forestry School Alumni and Georgia Dlapter of the So c i e t y of Am e r i c a n Foresters. 
Among specific research needs outlined at the meeting were (l) for the Commission: increase field of fire suppression, more accurate weather forecasts, better methods of attacking a fire, more data on controlling specific type~ of fires, improved detection system by using television or other electronic means at a reasonable cost, more lore about fire behavior, additional information on prescribed burning, increase field of management, more about relation of spacing and yield tied together with economic returns expected, more research on fares t soils, increase knowledge of hardwoods problem, determining better and cheaper methods of inventorying forest areas and products, more research on insects and disease, stronger reforestation program, fuller research on survival of planted seedlings, and a stronger genetics research program. 
( 2) For the pulp and paper industry: increased research in genetics, regeneration, land management, forest soils, timber type reclamation and wood quality. 
(3) For the landowner: more information needed on better and cheaper ways of producing gum; uses of gum, turpentine and resin; more information on growing trees, methods of obtaining natural regermination, accurate and faster methods of determining volume and quality of standing trees, and cheaper methods of checking 1nsect outbreaks. 
( 4) From the standpoint of the researcher: to bring together 
 
those who need research and those who can do the job through the Georgia Forest Research Council, research is needed to furnish more basic methods of approach to all phases of fire prevention and suppress1on. 
Representatives speaking at the meeting and pertinen~ quotations from their talks are as follows: 
 
Guyton DeLoach, Director, Geor- 
 
gia Forestry Commission--" ... We 
 
(Georgia Forestry Commission) feel 
 
that research in itself is probab- 
 
ly the most important key to our 
 
future progress in forestry in 
 
this state" 
 
"If industry, 
 
the state and federal government 
 
could pool their resources and in- 
 
itiate such a project (comprehen- 
 
sive research), the returns to 
 
everyone would be irrmeas urable" .. 
 
"I feel that in the Georgia Forest 
 
Research Council we have a vehicle 
 
which can coordinate the efforts 
 
of all forest research in Georgia" 
 
"I hope that industry, the 
 
state and the federal goverr.ment 
 
will continue to strive toward an 
 
adequate research program in this 
 
state.'' 
 
B. E. Allen, assistant manager of the Woodlands Division of the Union Bag and Paper Corp.--'' .. In the practice of pulp and paper forestry, we must intensify our efforts, get more details, become more exact and correlate our findings with field practices" ... it occurred to me that the needs of the paper industry from a forestry standpoint are the same as that of 
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RESEARCH SPEAKERS--(photos, top to bottom), B.E. Allen, Union 
Bag & paper Corp.; c. ~1. Jordan, Oommissioner, Georgia FOrestry Com- 
mission, Alamo; Ray Shirley, American 1\Jrpentine Famers Association; 
QJytou DeLoach, Ui rector, Georgia Fbrest.ry Corrunission; E. T. Hawes, 
consultant forester, Valdosta; W. A. Campbell, Southeastem Fbrest Ex- 
perimmt Station. 
 
 DEBARKED LOGS are fed into a SwediSh gangsaw where 
the entire log is converted into one-inch boards in a single operation. 
 
W. D. ROUNDTREE, co-o\Wler of the plant, examines wood pulp chips which are the key by-product of the lumber manufacturilll! ooerations. 
 
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Ben Hill County's Roundtree Hunter Lumber Company, located in Fitzgerald, has established an outst~nding record in wood utilization by successfully producing wood pulp chips on a mass commercial scale. 
Wood chips used in the manufacture of paper are produced from waste salvaged from a lumber processing plant which is owned and operated by the Fitzgerald lumber company. 
The Roundtree- Hunter Lumber Company was established in 1950 by the purchase of a lumber concentration yard from the Campbell Coal Company, Atlanta, by W. D. Roundtree and W. R. Hunter, Fitzgerald, and H. R. Redwine, Fayetteville, to constitute the present ownership. The production of pulpwood chips began shortly thereafter as a result of an economical survey conducted by the plant owners which indicated the necesSity of more effic ient methods of '.IJood utilization to offset high operating costs. 
Thf first mass production of kiln Jry lumber and wood pulp rh1ps a~ primary products began 
Nith the purchase of a debarking 
 
machine, a gangsaw, and a wood chipper, which were imported from Sweden. The gangsaw converts an entire log into one inch boards in a single operation and has a prodHction potential of approximate! y 150 thousand board feet per week. The residue, consisting of slabing and stripping from the lumber operation, was at one time a dead expense, but is now utilized to produce approximately five to six car loads of wood chips per week. 
The bulk of the logs used by the Roundtree-Hunter plant is supplied by contracted logging from within a 65 mile radius of Fitzgerald; however, logs of pine, poplar, and cypress delivered to the yard will be purchased by the company at market- price. 
Logs are brought to the mill from the concentration yard on chain conveyers to the debarking machine where all bark is removed. They are then sent to the gangsaw which converts the logs into lumber at the rate of 25 thousand board feet per day. The lumber is edged, tri nmed, graded, kiln dried, planed and packaged for market. All waste is passed into 
 
the chipper where the wood in converted to small chips five-eighths to three- fourths inches in length. Screening the chips for uniformity is the final phase of the operation. The processed wood chips are blown by air conveyers direct1y fran the plant into box cars 
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FINISHED WOOD PULP OIIPS a r e blown n by air conveyers into box cars for ship ment to pulp mi lis to be manufactured d into paper. 
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 JUNE, 1956 4 
 
Commission Boys Forestry Camp Set 
 
Plans Move 
To Macon 
The Georgia Forestry Commission is getting a new home. After more than five years in its present location opposite the Capitol, the Commission Headquarters will soon be moved into an ultramodern $190, 000 building near Macon. 
Announcement of the proposed relocation was made recently by Director Guyton DeLoach after receipt of an executive order issued when it was determined that pr e sent facilities have proved inadequate for the Commission's needs. 
Construction now is well under way on the 12,000-square-footbuildinglocated at theGeorgia Forestry Center at Dry Branch, six miles south of Macon. Foundation for the spacious basement already has been poured and materials are available to begin con~truction of the concrete-steel structure. The building is expected to be completed sometime around August. 
DeLoach said the new Bibb County Headquarters will house the entire Commission staff of some 40 persons, i n c l u d i n g forest management, information and education, reforestation and administration personnel. 
However, the Atlanta Office will not be totally abandoned, he declared. A skeleton staff will be maintained in the new Agriculture. Building to continue radio contact with the Macon center and several other of the Commission's district offices. In addition, it will serve to facilitate purchasing problems and furnish temporary headquarters for the director and department heads during General Assembly sessions and other important occasions. 
Several activities of the Athens-Macon Research Center of the U. S. Fares t Department already are establis hed at the Bibb County site, and offices of the llitchit i Research Center also are there. 
 
For Stephens State Parle 
 
Some 85 Future Farmers of America 
will conve~e Junel8~3 at Alexander Stephens State Park for the sixth annual Boys Forestry Camp. 
Sponsored by member mills of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Assn. and directed by the Georgia 
a Forestry Commission, the yearly 
event consists of concentrated week-long study in forestry.---Mills sponsoring the camp are Macon Kraft Co., Union Bag and Paper Corp., Gair Woodlands, Inc., St. Mary's Kraft Corp. and Brunswick Pulp and Paper Corp. 
Duringthe six-dayperiod, skilled state and industrial foresters will instruct the boys in all phases of woodland lore. Courses will include reforestation, tree identification, forest fire prevention and suppression, control of insects and disease, thinning, harvesting and measuring, marketing forest products, naval stores and hardwood control. 
 
Boys attending the CaJT1l will come from several North Georgia counties and will be accompanied by J. H. Mitchell and C. M. Reed, vocationalagriculturesupervisors. 
Members of this year's camp staff are Eugene D. Martin, forester for Gair Woodlands Corp.; J. F. Spiers, area forester for Southern Pulp- 
wood Conservation Assn.; W. R. 
Johnson, area forester for Brunswick Pulp and Paper Co. and Jim Zimmerman, conservation forester for Union Bag and Paper Corp. 
Staff members from the Georgia Forestry Commission are J. C. Tur- 
ner, fire control assistant; R. E. 
Davis, chief of information and education; T. B. Hankinson, man~ agement field assistant; Eob Harrison, entomogogist from Southeastern Forest Experiment Station; and Assistant District Foresters 
James Reid, W. R. Barnes, Carl 
Dennis, John Harrison, W. J. Schultz, Armand Cote and Wayne Manning. 
 
FORESTRY CM1P 1:\STRUCTION--lbe means of detennining growth rate of trees is only a part of the instruction given FFA members at the annual Boys Forestry CaJ111. Here an instructor demonstrates use of the increment borer for a group of future tree fanners. 
 
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Sawmill School Series Attract Wide Interest 
 
More e fficient utilization among forest products manufacturers of the state's 24 million acre woodlands is the aim of an all-out drive launched by the Georgia Forestry Commission, in cooperation with the U. S. Forest Service. Aprimary project in the long-range program included a series of three statewide sawmill schools conducted during May for the Commission's technical personnel. 
Under the direction of Rufus Page, forest utilization special ist, Macon, the schools were designed to promote a better understanding of sawmills and their problems. 
At the Georgia Forestry School session in Athens, Ben C. Cobb, staff forester of the 1VA Forestry Relations Division at Norris, Tenn. outlined results of a recent Southern sawmill survey. The class was attended by some 25 district foresters, management pe rsonnel, rangers and sawmill operators . 
Cobb disclosed that the 194950 TVA surve y was touc hed - off by the belie f that Northern markets are prejudiced agains t Southe rn lumber. "This was bas ed on the 
 
fact that lumber produced in the South brought less money per t1,.ousand feet than other regional woods," he declared. "We wanted to find out why--whether it was due to lowJgrades, or due to other 
reasons. " 
He summed up the major cause of profit loss in Southern sawmills as resulting from poor management . . ' 'Mis-management is the major cause of loss of time and efficiency in our mills," he emphasized. 
Using a series of diagrams toillustrate his talk, Cobb pointed out the major causes of time and efficiency losses in most mills. 
Fred Malcolm, small sawmill specialist of the Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wis., added impetus to the TVA representative's discussion by pointing out corrective measures for time and efficiency-killing practices 1n Southern sawmills. 
Malcolm illustrated each point with a slide picture of actual malpractic e s now existing in Georgia mills . "The prime troublespot in Georgia is in layout," he said. He s howeo sev e ral pictures of 
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SA\\MilL SOIOOL ~EAKER--Bm C. Cobb, staff forester of the TVA Forestry Relations Division at Norris, '{eOn., enthusiastically points out major causes of profit loss in Southern sawnills. Olbb spoke at t he Fn restry Sdtoo l sessioo in Athens, ooe of three sudl sdlools held 
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The combined annual timber loss from insects and disease in Georgia is 10 times greater than losses due to wildfire. 
That startling report was made recently by Dr. Bob Harrison, entomologist of the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, at one of a series of County Forest Pest Committee training meetings held throughout the state. 
Addressing some 75 committee members of Districts 5 and 6 at Little Ocmulgee State Park Oub 
House, Dr. Harrison declared that in 1954 pestilence destroyed more 
than 200 mill ion board f e et of Georgia timber. 
Insect attacks claim seven times as much timber as does wildfire, he explained, and the disease toll is about three times greater--thus magnifying a combined destructive force 10 times more devastating than fire. 
Seeking to emphasize the magnitude of Georgia's annual timber losses, the entomologist cited 1954 figures compiled by his department that showed that in 37 South Georgia counties, more than 50 million board feet of timber was obliterated by forest insects and diseases. 
He explained that Georgia forests now are providing more than $750,000,000 annually to the state' s inc ome . "The demand for Southern timbe r is growing continually, " he declared, "and it will double within the next 10 years." 
Despite the tremendous damage inflic t ed by insects and disease, 
Dr. Harrison pointed out that both, 
ironically, are advantageous in management of timber lands. "Previously," he said, "insects and diseases attacked only the culls and helped maintain a natural balance in s urvival rate. But now man must combat pestilence in order to 
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 Undesirable 
Hardwoods 
Eradicated 
Field personnel of the Georgia Forestry Commission are combining efforts to combat the invasion of cull hardwoods throughout the pine lands of Georgia. 
An expanded program in this phase of forest management was recently announced by W. H. McComb, Chief of Forest Management of the Corrmission. 
In making this announcement, Mr. McComb emphasized that the primary objective of this program will be to supply urgently needed information which will be used to prevent the invasion of valuable pine lands by inferior hardwoods. 
"During the past twenty-three years, the pine type timberlands of Georgia have suffered an 800,000 acre reduction due to poor cutting practices which did not adequately provide for the regeneration of future tree cPops," said McComb, "and today more than 33% of the state's total forest acreage is covered by undesirable or scrub hardwoods." "Much of this invasion," he continued, "could have been prevented by the application of such methods as selective harvesting or harvesting at the right time of the year during a good seed year, appropriate use of chemicals, timely prescribed burning, and planting." 
The first hardwood eradication project was held recently on a small section of a 1400 acre tract owned by J. T. McKoy in Pike County. This operation was conducted by personnel of the Pike County Forestry Unit under the supervision of the Forest Management Staff in Atlanta. In this operation all undesirable hardwood stems down to an economically feasible minimum diameter - were girdled and poisoned. The toxic chemical applied to the frills of girdled trees kill ed the tree and released pine seedlings in the under story. 
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J(J{N A. OSOOLT, Pike cnmty Ranger, (photo above) , applies a toxic chemical to frills rerently nrade on scrub hard\mods by tlte Little Beaver girdling machine. lbese trees will die in a short period releasing small pine seedlings in the mderstory. 
JAMES GIBSON, Patrolman, pike COunty FOrestry Unit, girdles non merdmntable hard\\OOds witlt tlte Little Beaver mechanical girdler, (above photo). In photo below, James A. Henson, right, rourtlt District FOres ter, and oonald L. stewart, Assistant District Forester in charge of Fire Control, observe an excellent stand of longleaf pine seedlings which have been released by killing overtopping hardwoods. 
 
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Dodge County lists 17,893 rea- 
sons why it walked off with this 
year's annual $1,000 first-place 
Keep Green Award. 
"1bere are 17,893 residents in 
Dodge County," Ranger J.D. Beauchamp explained, "and every one of them contributed something toward our success. " 
Since last August, Dodge County 
has suffered only a .085 per cent fire loss throughout its 175,300 acre forestland. Of a total 28 fires, 23 were reported by Dbdge 
Countians before they were detected by forestry units. In addition, 
123 volunteers joined in battling 
the blazes. 
To kick-off its entrance in the 
1955 competition, the Keep Green 
Committee sponsored a beauty con- 
test in which 39 beaut1es part icipated. More than 1,000 witnessed 
the event. 
The beauty show was followed by a 60- float parade attended by some 
8,000 spectators. Floats were en- 
tered by county schools that com- 
peted for prizes ranging from $15 to $50. 
Throughout the entire period of compet1t1on, various essay and speech contests based on forestry themes were held, with attractive cash awards offered to attract interest. Highway signs promoting fire prevention were erected and s-::hools, banks, merchants and civic organizations helped to dis- 
 
tribute more than 20,000 leaflets and 2,000 posters. 
Dodge County's program was a community affair with everyone-both white and colored--sharing with equal interest. 
(Continued on Page 10) DODGE COUN1Y KEEP GREEN HIGHLIGHTS--Miss Jane Young, (above photo), 
smiles broadly after being crowned "Miss Keep Dodge Cmmty Green," while runners-up show approval. Photo below shows a portion of the Eastman KG parade. lbth were iiJl)Ortant features in Dodge's wiMing Keep Green program. 
Glill<~t- rnuNlY KG ACTIVITIES--Umtriruting toward the second plac~ titl e for Gr('ene Q>unty in the annual Keep Georgia Grem Cmtest were a series of lbY Smut trurs of instruction in fire preventioo and a  put out the flame' float entered in the recent Paul Brown [)ay celebration. In photo at left, Bill Johnson, dlai rman of Greene Keep Green Qmnci l, axtcllcts &>y Scout tour Below is pictured Greene's float in the Paul Bro\WI DaJ' parade. 
 
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One of the newest and most attractive buildings around Appling is Columbia County's modern new Forestry Unit Headquarters. The concrete block structure was designed and built by Columbia County Ranger Leo W. Lorenzo and his assistant, Estese C. Morris. 
Located on the Columbia road near the cpunty's agriculture building, the spacious structure houses an office, garage, store room and washroom. The two did virtually all the labor on the building and grounds, including the trim white fence that surrounds the property. Plans now are under way by the pair to landscape and beautify the site. 
 
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NEW FIRE F1GITING 'IOOL--Ranger Ray 'Ihomas of the Gwinnett O:mnty Forestry UOi t puts a rewlutionary new swivel trum frame through the paces to determine its value as a fire-fighting tool. The swivel frame is expected to bolster the mit's fire- fighting efficimcy, 
 
Georgia Forestry Corrrnission' s personnel has undergone a face lifting since the first of the year with a series of promotions and additional staff members. 
Cecil Osborne, who was a warehouseman has moved up to the position of administrative assistant. 
Al Smith, who left the Conrnission in 1955 to accept a job with a pulp company, returned in February. He is assistant district forester in charge of fire control in the First District at Statesboro. 
James C. Wynens, a ranger for the Commission in 1949, returned to accept the post of assistant district forester in charge of management in the Third District. 
The only new face added is William J. Schultz. Formerly an industry conservation forester, the new assistant district foreste r is in charge of fire control i n the Tenth District. 
 
 
A progressive Crisp County Grand J ury recently endorsed the new Georg i a Forestry law in what is bel i eved to be the first action of its ki nd in Georgia. 
Under t he new law, persons who burn combus ti bl e materials without f irs t noti f yi ng t heir c ~un ty f orestr y unit c an be c harged wifh a misdemea nor. The law make s prov i sions, however, 1 n e mergency c ases . 
Two grand juries mus t app rove t he new measure befor e it can be e nfor ced in Crisp County. The next panel is expected t.o meet in July. 
 
Fire-fighting efficiency of the Gwinnet.t County Forestry Unit soon may be bolstered by addit i on of a revolutionary inventi on. 
Installed on a "try-out " basis, a new type swivel truc k fr ame now is undergoing tests at t he unit t o determine its c apabil i ties and values as a fire - fighting tool. And, according to Ranger Ray Thomas, wh0 is i n charge of t he t ests, t he equi pment has "great possibi l i t i es." 
"The swivel frame increases mane uverability, provides better traction, improves safety and dr ives easier over rough terrain," he declared. "It also reduces wear and t ear on equipment by safeguarding truck parts from unnecessary stress a nd strains to which rigid frame trucks normally are subjected," he added. 
Harvey-Bolan Lee Company o f Atlanta installed the new swivel fr ame in the Gwinnett Unit truck at a cost of about $450 . 
 
 LOa; ~'Jill MilL on a mobile conveyer where they are mamfactured into lumber and pulpwood chips at Ben Hill 
CountY s Roundtree-l:lmter Lumber Company in Fitzgerald. 
 
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PRELIMINARY STEP in the operation of the lumber COI11lan.Y is the debarking of logs. Trimmings and edgings are utilized for prowction of pulp~d chips. 
 
Wood Chips.. 
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where they are shipped to pulpmills to be used in the manufacture of paper. 
The 1umber company produces approximately a car load of pulp chips per day. Wood chips are sold to the Union Bag and Paper Company in Savannah for approximately $200 per car load. 
One cord of wood will produce an average of 1670 pounds of merchantable wood chips which are valued at approximately $11.00 per cord loaded on the sidinc. 
"Integrated utilization has become a necessity in any industry using wood as a raw material," said W. R. Hunte r. "Not only does i L result in sustained business economy," he continued, "but i t fully utiliz~ our wood supply as well." 
The Roundtree-Hunter Lumber Company is one of three companies operatjng in Georgia which produce pulpwood chips as a by product of the lumber industry. 
 
Forestry Research Need   
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the average John Q. Landowner, for his timber future is inextricably woven in with that of the industry" . .. "In no instance should the results of forestry research be kept selfishly for use by one group in particular. What will be good for one wi 11 be good for all. " 
C. M. Jordan, speaking on behalf of landowners--" . . . From a landowner standpoint, the main thing we need is research on methods of controlling the weather and eliminating losses from diseases and insects" ... " ... the greatest problem is to increase the overall volume of research. I think the landowners would be well served if this can be done." 
E. T. Hawes, consulting forester, Valdosta--" ... Simple rules that can be understood by both parties and applied quickly and accurately on a log deck must be used" . . . "I believe that research needs to develop rates of return in terms of percentages for various volumes per acre of growing stoc k. " 
A~ Shirley, secretary and loan 
 
manager of American Turoentine Farmers Association-- " ... It (forest 
research) is needed by the average 
timber landowner regarding naval 
stores as his chief source of income, and also those where naval stores is 
secondary in importance to sawtimber and pulpwood or other primary pro- 
ducts" ... "The forest genetic stud- 
ies should be broadened" ... "A 
stepped-up program is needed on for- 
est insects and disease." W. A. Campbell, merrher of the 
Georgia Chapter of the Society American Foresters--" . . . To date, most forestry research has been financed by the federal government and by state experiment stations, universities and other state agencies. The time has come when industry should recognize its re sponsibility and share in the cost of work that will add material! y to their own advancement" . . . "Congress has not yet provided sufficient money for fire research. Here (Forest Resea rch Council) is an opportunity for industry to provide funds for research on problem of vital interest to them" ... 
 
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Greene County took the $500 s econd--,p lace award with its efforts to keep forestry and forest protection foremost in the minds of its inhabitants. Like Dodge County, Greene Countians made the contest community property. 
Adults and children alike worke d side-by-side to promote the project. Utilizing all county news faucets and all civic, veterans and farm organizations, they formulated a well-organized program that incorporated all of its population - then they all worked to make it a success. 
 
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Georgia mills where efficiency and profits could be increased by changing the Mill's layout. Malcolmalso discussed and,demonstrated sawing for grade and troubles hooting at the small sawmill. 
Other speakers included Boyd Witherow of the Forest Utilization Service, Asheville, N. C., who spoke on log grading; and Layton H. Hall and of Simmonds Saw Co. , McRae, Ga., who discussed saw care and maintenance. 
Hardwoods .. 
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Funds derived from t his hardwood eradication program are to be diverted back to the County Unit conducting the project to subsidize county budgets. 
The large volume of anticipated hardwood control work needed throughout the state is by far too great to be handled by county unit personnel. Therefore, the training of private contractors special iz ing in the eradication of undesirable hardwoods is being encouraged with a view to their eventually taki ng over this fie l d. 
 
(LIMAX OF SUCCESSA.L KEEP GRE-4 PROGRAM--A special cererony before the Dodge county courthouse at Eastman brought to a close the county's successful 1956 Keep Green Program. Through a roncentrated effort of the [)Odge O>unty Forestry Unit headed Qy Ranger J.D. BeaJchaJl{l and the ronstant cooperation of Dodge populace, Dodge county walked off with the $1,000 first place award in this years Keep Georgia Green O>ntest. 
 
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salvage as many valuable trees as possible." 
The use of chemicals is not a definite solution to the pestilence problem. he observed, "Insects and disease outbreaks must be handled like wildfire. Pest infestations must be detected at the earliest possible moment and some definite action must be taken to apply control measures." 
Greater demands for more and better forest management in the future will reduce insects and disease occurrences throughout the state, he emphasized. "Variations of forest management are considered the best method of control. " 
 
fires. 
Earlier, W. H. ~k:Comb of the Georgia Forestry Cnmmission outlined the growth and development of the County Forest Pest Conmittee program. He traced its origin from its inauguration last fall through the well-organized, statewide program current! yin effect. 
Purpose of the c onmi ttees, he explained, is t o establish a pestilence reporting system to guard against insect and disease infestation, to train local citizens how to combat insect and disease plagues and to keep the public informed on all modern control measures. 
 
He lis ted the factors which contribute most to growth of insect and disease destruction as being drought, overstocking, turpentine farming, improper cutting and 
 
Other speakers at the combined district meeting were Nelson Brightwell, Agriculture Extension Service, and Tom Brown, Soil Conservation Service. 
 
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June, 1956 
 
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llut the forests are nughty importam 1f )Oll want to keep catching the b1g ones. 
The forest watershed protected from fire pro,ides clea1 runoff water for lakes .1nd "trcam" 
 
Let's Protect the Forests from fire 
 
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