Volume 1 ATLANTA, GA. JANUARY, 1931 Number 1 INTRODUCING GEORGIA SCHOOL PROJECT GEORGIA FORESTRY FOREST LOOKOUT IN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION DRIVE * * This is Number One, Volume One, of the Georgia Forest Lookout, a monthly publi- Georgia First State to Inaugurate School Organization's Development Plan Calls for cation issued by the Georgia Forest Service. Forest in Agricultural Vocational Increase in Membership, Educational The object of the publication is to stimu- Schools late interest in forestry in Georgia. The need of such a publication has been * The second year in conducting the for- felt for some time. Through this medium estry project with vocational agriculture Activity, and Promotion of State's Forest Interests Along Many Lines. * The Georgia Forestry Association is the it is hoped that a closer touch and more schools of Georgia is proceeding in an en- father of the Georgia Forest Service, and helpful relationship may be maintained couraging manner. With hardly an ex- has be.en the guiding influence in develop- among those working to upbuild the forest ception each white vocational school in the ing broad policies and legislation pertain- resources of the state. state has a school forest where the practice ing to the state's forest resources. Its lead- The imfol1i~~rr contained is intended of forestry management is demonstrated ers are prominent business and profession- m.u.. to ':Je .:~i . E ..n,: encouraging. It is by represent~.'.:.-: es of the GP<wgi ? F(lrPst al ::.en and public spirited w om en wha h~.Y~ our desire to -Ill&@ it an organ of forestry Service two or three times each scholastic given their time and thought without com- -I activities among progressive timber owners year. Complete management plans for pensation to developing this great natural of the state. To make it all it should be each forest is made and specific work for resource of the state. as a kind of "forestry clearing house" calls the students to do under the direction of Admitted to be the most active and en- for cooperation. Will not the readers send the agriculture teacher is carried out. thusiastic member of the Association from in items of interest as oft en as they can? Colored vocational teachers have begun its inception is Hon. Bonnell Stone, of The Georgia Forest Lookout will go to to take a more g en eral interest in th e proj- Blairsville, ~ professional forester. On every member of the Timber Protective ect this year. account of his achievements he has been Organizations of the state and items of (Cont inu ed on page 2, colum e 3 ) dubbed the "Father of Forestry in Geor- interest from these orga nizations will a l- gia". ways be welcome. The president of the association is Mr. T. The rural schools having vocationa l ag - G. W oolford, Atlanta, a leading business riculture teacher s and school f orests will find the columns open to co n tribution con- man and president of the Atlanta Retail I Credit Company. The vice-president is cerning interesting activities in r egard to Mrs. M. E. Judd, Dalton, landscape ar- fore st r y in the sch ools. chitect a nd prqminent in w om en's club tctivities of the Georgia Forestry Association will be reported, an d t he various activities of t he Georgia Forest Service will be r eviewed ; a digest of useful informa tion fr om various sources w ill be presented. The publica tion is sm all. Boil down your contributions so that a gr eat deal of interesting matter may be compressed in the small space. Any suggestions f or improvements of the pq.blication will always be welcome. work. Hon. S. H. Mor gan, Guyton, attorn ey, is second vice-president ; Dr. W. M ,, Folks, physician, W aycross, third vice/ president; J. A. McCord, prominent busin ess m a n of Atla nta, is trea surer, an d Bo~ n ell Stone, Blairsville, secretary. C. B. Harman, Atlanta, is chairman of the Executive Committee. Among others who have been active in the Association are Hon. W. T. Anderson, Editor, Macon Telegraph; the late James H olloman of the Atlanta Constitution; D. B . M. LUFBURROW, G. Bickers, Savannah News; Miss Emily State Forester. Woodward, Vienna, former president of the State Press Association; Gordon Stop Woods Fires, Grow Reynolds, Albany; Hon. Leonard Rountree, Summit; James Fowler, Soperton; James Timber-It Pays C. L. VEATCH, COMMERCE, GA., WINNER TEACHERS' PRIZE, 1930 B. Nevin, Atlanta Georgian; Captain I. F. (Continued on page 2, column 1) 2 GEORGIA FOREST LOOKOUT GEORGIA FOREST LOOKOUT Stuckey, director of Georgia Experiment an educational campaign in forestry to Station, Griffin; J . M. Mallory, Central of rural consolidated schools in the state. Published Monthly By Georgia Railroad, Savannah; Edgar S. Why n ot join the Association and have GEORGIA FOREST SERVICE Center, Atlanta and West Point and Geor- a part in the great undertaking headed by State Capitol . Atlanta, Ga. gia railroads, Atlanta; Roland Turner, the Georgia Forestry Association? C. A. Whittle, Editor Southern Railway, Atlanta; DuPree Bar- Staff of the Georgia Forest Service rett, School of Forestry, Athens; Mrs. E. B. M. Lufburrow, State Forester....Atlanta G. Townsend, St. Mary; Mrs. Nora L. *** MEMORIAL TOWER FOR C. A. Whittle, Director of Education and Smith, Ashburn. FOREST UNIT Utilization .................................... Atlanta Everett B. Stone, Jr., Assistant State Forester ................................ Gainesville Harold M. Sebring, Assistant State For- Among the achievements of the Georgia Forestry Association is the creation of public sentiment that resulted in establish- The steel forest tower erected on the Timber Protective Organization area at Warm Springs is a memorial tower erected ester .............................................. Albany ing the organized forestry work of the by Miss Georgia Wilkins, Columbus, Geor- C. Bernard Beale, District Forester state, headed by B. M. Lufburrow as state "gia, who in this way memorialized her ............................................ Waycross W. D. Young, District Forester..........Rome Jack Thurmond, District Forester........ ............. .. .. ........... ... ............. S w a i n s b o r o Charles N. Elliott, Assistant Director of forester and directed by the Georgia State Board of Forestry consisting of Governor L. G. Hardman, chairman; George H. Carswell, secretary of state; S. W. McCallie, uncle, Charles Davis, for many years a leading citizen of Meriwether county and a former owner of the Warm Springs property. E.ducation .................................... Atlanta state geologist; Hon. Leonard Rountree, The tower was dedicated on December 8 Mrs. Nellie Nix Edwards, Secretary to the Summit; Alex Sessoms, Cogdell; Mrs. M. E. by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, who * * * State Forester ..............................Atlanta Miss Clifford Sims, Secretary to the Director of Education and Utilization, Atlanta Judd, Dalton; C. B. Harman, Atlanta; Bonnell Stone, Blairsville, and J. Phil Campbell, Athens. at that time was his Georgia home. spending a vacation at Forest and Waters In May, 1930, the Association, assisted SCHOOL PROJECT IN * * * The most recent bulletin issued by the Georgia Forest Service is entitled "Forest and Waters", prepared by Director of Education C. A. Whittle. The bulletin tells how unburned forest floors conserve rainfall so as to reduce flood damage and increase the constant flow of springs and streams, thereby increasing water power; how unburned forest floors increase the rate of tree growth by providing more water for the use of the trees; how lakes, streams and reservoirs are protected from deposits of silt and sand; and how erosion damage is reduced. The bulletin will be sent free on request. by the United States Chamber of Commerce and the Savannah Chamber of Commerce, held the Georgia Commercial Forestry Conference at Savannah. The addresses at this conference, which were put in print, are said to be the most important contributions ever made to the solution of forestry problems of the state. Studies have been made by the Association of various legislation that affect the development of forestry in Georgia, and safe and sane advice on matters of this sort can always be expected from this source. The Association has sponsored educational projects in the state. By the offer of prizes the teachers of vocational agricul- FORESTRY (Continued from page 1, col~mn 1) The work this year is being taken up with continued enthusiasm by teachers and pupils. The subjects being taught and demonstrated on the school forests are 'tree identification, tree planting, thinning, estimating the volume of standing timber, fire protection and uses r-" Georgia woods. The Georgia Forestry Association is lending encouragement to this work by offering $100 to the white teacher and $50 to the colored teacher doing the best work on the forestry project. The winner of the first year was C. L. Veatch, vocational teacher at Commerce. ture are encouraged to carry out their for- No prize was offered the first year to MORE RESEARCH FAVORED estry projects. Assistance is being offered colored teachers. Mr. Veatch had his stu- BY FORESTRY BOARD to establish a summer forestry camp for dents collect tree seed, plant 4 seed beds, At a meeting of the Georgia State vocational high school boys interested in plant 4,000 loblolly pines, 150 black lo- Board of Forestry held recently a resolu- forestry. tion endorsing the forest research work inaugurated in the mountains of north Georgia near Blairsville in which the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station of the federal government, the Georgia Experinent Station and the Georgia Forest Ser. ice are cooperating, was passed and the ~ward urged that the work be extended to the Piedmont region. The board also asked that the Southern Forest Experiment Station establish a branch station in Georgia for research work in the pine belt. Plans are on foot for carrying custs, and 150 red cedars. The management plans of the school forest were carefully followed. Signs were placed on roads and at the forest calling attention to the school forest. Six of his students took up home forestry projects. Interest was created by Mr. Veatch in tree planting in the community and as a result several thousand pines were planted on abandoned fields. Assistance was rendered the. Georgia Forest Service in establishing a roadside demonstration forest which Mr. Veatch and his students are to maintain. *** GEORGIA FORESTRY A number of teachers did high character work last year, among them being F. B. White, Barnesville; Wm. B. Bates, Stock- ASSOCIATION DRIVE ton; Clovis Turk, Sale City; W. F. Fletch- (Continued from page 1, column 3) er, Cochran; Leroy C. Lanford, Leslie; Eldredge, Fargo; Col. R. E . Benedict, T . L. Everett, Waresboro; P. L. Elkins, Brunswick; Eitel Bauer, Callaway Estate, Cumming; Geo. I. Martin, Sylvester; Carl LaGrange; B. C. Milner, State Highway Seagraves, Red Hill; C. M. Reid, Sardis; Department, Atlanta; H. L. Kayton, Sa- J. K. Callahan, Wrens; Jeff Davis, Pavo; vannah; United States Senator Wm. J. Har- C. H . Brand, Rock Branch; Gordon N es- ris; Judge Ogden Persons, Forsyth; H. P. ,BONNELL STONE, BLAIRSVILLE, GA.; 'FATHER OF FORESTRY IN GEORGIA" smith, Omega. GEORGIA FOREST LOOKOUT 3 GEORGIA SYSTEM ize may call on the Georgia Forest Service SOUTHERN PINES FOR FIRE PROTECTION for assistance. '* Timber Protective Organizations Grow *** ROADSIDE FOREST PAPER MANUFACTURE * in Popularity-Fire Loss Low- DEMONSTRATIONS Southern Pine Suitable for Producing Refund on Part of Cost. At twenty-five points by the sides of leading highways of the state are what are * termed "roadside demonstration forests". The Georgia Forest Service has develop- Public attention is directed to the forests White Paper-Epochal Discovery of Dr. Charles H. Herty-Great Possibilities in Store. * ed a system of organized fire protection with blue and yellow metal signs 4 by 6 that is distinctive in nature. Since its inception it has found favor in other states. The system briefly stated consists in the cooperation of timberland owners in forming timber protective organizations, these organizations taking over the responsibility for forest fire control. Plans for fire protection, suggested by feet in dimensions. The wording on the signs calls attention to natural reproduction of forests where fires are kept out. Th~ name of the local cooperating agency, probably a civic club, and the name of the Georgia Forest Service appear at the bottom. Other roadside demonstration forests Second growth pine before it begins to form an appreciable amount of heartwood is as free of gum as red spruce and as good for the manufacture of white news print and book paper. This discovery is to be credited to Dr. Charles H. Herty, noted New York chemist and a native of Georgia. the Georgia Forest Service are carried out will be established. The demonstration Until Dr. Herty instituted research lead- by members of the timber protective or- idea goes beyond a lesson in fire preven- ing to the discovery that southern pines up ganizations. In general these plans call tion. These forests are also to be used for to 25 or 30 years of age contained very for fire break construction, lookout towers, thinning demonstrations to show how fast little gum, it was generally supposed that telephone lines and fire fighting equipment. trees may be made to grow. the trees were heavily charged with gum In every unit a number of men are subject to call in suppressing fires. *** b~cause when chipped they produced large quantities of it. But a chemical anal- Once a year the cooperating timber own- Chatham County Makes Drive for ysis showed second-growth pine contained ers make out their bills of cost in carrying Forestry very little gum and that the gum-forming out the fire protection plans and after Chatham county, in which Savannah is cells are inactive until the tree is wounded these accounts have been approved, one located, is putting on a drive to form or until it is old enough to begin forming third of the cost is refunded by the Geor- Timber Protective Organizations. The heartwood. gia Forest Funds with funds obtained from Chamber of Commerce of Savannah is the federal government by virtue of the sponsoring the movement. State Forest- Clark-McNary Act. The annual cost per er B. M. Lufburrow addressed business acre averages a]?out 4 cents per acre. men in Savannah in November when the At present there are 32 of these timber movement was definitely launched. H. M. protective organizations in the state ag- Sebring, assistant state forester, and Jack gregating 1,275,000 acres of protected tim- Thurmond, district forester, are rendering ber. The minimum area allowed for a tim- assistance. ber protective organization is 10,000 acres. A forest resource survey of an area 75 No limit is set on the maximum acreage. miles in diameter around Savannah is being The largest single unit is about 200,000 completed. Savannah, as a great naval acres. It is the policy to extend the small- stores and lumber center, hopes to become er units into larger ones and to consolidate a center of paper manufacture as well. different units into still larger ones. This Savannahans are intensely interested and helps to reduce the overhead cost. enthusiastic over the timber prospects of southeastern Georgia. The timber protective organizations have been very effective. In 1929 less *** than one percent of the protected area was SHORTLEAF PINE MAKES burned over, whereas in surrounding ter- RAPID GROWTH ritory about 22 percent of the land was C. L. Veatch, teacher of vocational for- burned over. While the figures for 1930 estry at Commerce, reports one year's are not complete the reports for the three growth of shortleaf pine after thinning in GEORGIA HAS MILLIONS OF ACRES OF PINE quarters indicate a record equally as good the school forest to average 5-8 inch in SUITE D FOR PAPER MANUFACTURE as 1929 on an increased acreage. diameter for 80 pine trees. The question then arose "why not south- Most of the timber protective organizations thus far have been organized in South Georgia. Some large units, how- This increment of growth, Mr. Veatch estimates, is worth more at present prices of lumber and cordwood than the yield of ern pine for white paper?" used for a long time to make It had been brown paper. ever, are located in the mountain areas. cotton on the same land would have been There seemed to be no good reason why In regions of small landowners it is, of worth. southern pine would not make white paper course, more difficult to form cooperative Since the year was comparatively dry, treated in the same way red spruce is organizations. In unorganized regions, ef- the growth record is regarded as excep- treated. To determine that point, trial forts are directed largely to. educational tionally good. work through publicity, school contacts, school demonstration forests and roadside *** shipments of southern pine were made to a paper manufacturing plant in the north. demonstrations. Mrs. Edwards Honored The slash pine was used in this test. It 'rhe Georgia Forest Service is anxious Mrs. Nellie Nix . Edwards, secretary to was treated as red spruce and made a to extend the area protected under Timber Protective Organization plan, the be- State Forester B. M. Lufburrow, was recently elected President of the Woman's whiter and stronger paper, it is claimed, lieving that nothing will give so good re- Division of the Atlanta Chamber of Com- than the spruce. sults. Any community desiring to organ- merce for the year 1931. There seems to be no reason why other 4 GEORGIA FOREST LOOKOUT second-growth pines are not as well adapt- ests and has called upon the Georgia For- GEORGIA LEADS IN FOREST ed to the manufacture of white paper as est Service for fire posters. These they the slash pine; therefore, it seems that the have posted over the county. AREA whole south is full of timber on which the The county commissiOners also have paper industry can draw in the future for taken an aggressive stand. The clerk has * its pulp for white paper. Since the red called for posters and literature and Federal Report Puts Georgia Forest spruce has been cut out and will require writes that officers of the county have in60 to 75 years to grow another crop, and structions to prosecute every person who since the south has its abundant rapid violates the law against burning off for- and Potential Forest Land at 23,100,000 Acres-Southern States growing pines ready to produce wood ests. of 4-inch diameter every 8 or 10 years, it has seemed that the paper mills of the north would follow the textile mills and come south where the wood fiber supply is Screven county sets an example which many other Georgia counties might well follow. large and can be made continuously large. Have More Than Half Nation's Forest Area. * Of all states in the Union, Georgia has Such a movement ble. is apparently inevita- TREE SEEDLINGS AT STATE the greatest reason to be "forest minded", for this state has more acres in forest and With this new demand in prospect, what NURSERY potential forest land than any other st~te. are southern land owners going to do about Those who contemplate planting pines According to the report of the Umted it? Would it not be wise to keep out the this winter or in the early spring should States Forest Service, Georgia has 23,100,- forest fires and give the young trees a place their orders with the state tree nur- 000 acres in trees and undergoing refor- chance to start growth? Would it not be sery without delay, Slash, longleaf and estation. This means that Georgia has wise to keep out fires so that the larger loblolly pines are being offered at from great opportunities and responsibilities in trees may have a chance to make rapid $2.50 to $3.00 per thousand. The Geor- growing the future timber supply. growth? Would it not be wise to thin the gia Forest Service cooperates with the The report shows that other southern forests and use good judgment in growing School of Forestry at Athens in operating states are in the forefront in timber area, crops of trees as one does cotton and corn? the tree nursery. This year a large num- making it certain that the nation must look When the south is called upon to provide ber of excellent one-year-old trees are to the south for its future supply of tim- wood pulp for paper, it will be wise to sell available. They are better for planting ber. Next to Georgia in timber area is thinnings and tops of saw0d timber for than seedlings taken from the forest. Florida with 22,900,000 acres, with Ala- * * * wood pulp anct keep on growing trees to saw log size, for that is the economic way of growing timber for the needs of tomorrow. Do you not have some old fields that are not being reforested naturally or with proper species? Then you sh~uld plant pines and the sooner the better. Place bama close behind with 22,386,000 acres. Other southern states in their order are Arkansas, 22,000,000; North Carolina, 20,568,000; Mississippi, 19,500,000; Louisiana, your order for future shipments. Do it 17,000,000; Texas, 15,65'7,000; Virginia, BRANTLEY COUNTY T. P. 0. now. 14,005,000; Oklahoma, 12,388,000; South PUTS UP POSTERS The newly formed Brantley County Timber Protective Organization ordered, as one of its first acts, posters for putting up *** Georgia Industrial College Seniors Organize Forestry Club Carolina, 12,500,000; Tennessee, 10,430,000; and Kentucky, 9,000,000. These thirteen southern states have a total forest area of 222,274,000 acres of on the protected land. The wording of The boys in the Senior Vocational Ag- the total 416,761,000 acres in the entire the posters is good and is reproduced here- riculture class at the Georgia Industrial country. In other words, these thirteen with. College, Barnesville, have recently organ- southern states have more than half the .One poster is as follows: ized a forestry club. This organization timber area of the United States. Lands Being Reforested Be Careful With FIRES Brantley County Timber Protective Organization grew out of the forestry projects being The southern states will be the source carried on in vocational agricultural schools from which most of the timber supply of by the Georgia Forest Service and has for the future will come, because the species its purpose the study of forestry and re- of trees and climate in this region provide lated subjects. much more rapid timber production than Members of the club are planning to the north and west. The virgin forests in cooperation with erect a log house in the demonstration have long since been cut except in the west Georgia Forest Service forest where they will hold their meetings. and there the forests are being rapidly The other poster contains the following Other interesting projects in forestry are harvested. Once cut it will take 75 to 100 words: being planned by the club. years to bring back their slow growing spe- POSTED against FIRE This Land is Under State Cooperative *** Appropriation for Naval Stores Research cies to saw timber size. In the meantime, the south will have harvested second or third timber crops from its lands. What are we going to do about it? The Congressman W. C. Lankford of Georgia men who are to share in the great future Fire Control. has introduced a bill in Congress asking for forest wealth are the men who take care Please Help Us Keep Fires Out. *** an appropriation of $30,000 with which to of the trees so that they can make their carry on field laboratory research in naval most rapid growth. This means protecting stores production. This bill has been ap- forests from fires for there is no profit in SCREVEN COUNTY MEANS TO proved by the agricultural committee and burned over timber lands. It means plant- PROTECT FORESTS Screven county comes to the front with is included in the general agricultural bill. Tha agricultural committee has also ap- ing abandoned farm lands to pines or other valuable tree species. It means thinning an aggressive campaign of forest fire pro- proved an appropriation for $62,300 for and perhaps some pruning. tection. The Kiwanis Club of Sylvania is carrying on the established research work Don't delay. Start today to grow trees sponsoring a movement to protect the for- in naval stores now in progress. for the market that is surely coming.