Volume 1 ATLALNTA, GA., OCTOBER, 1931 Number 10 HONEY A PRODUCT OF ROUGH WOODS JOSEPH A. McCORD BLACK LOCUST RESULTS- FORESTRY PIONEER PLANTING FROM SPROUTS Leading Business Man Who Saw the Results Obtained by Dr. Neal KitchBees Robbed of Materials for Making Vision of Forestry and Has Served ens, Warm Springs, Ga.-Phenom- Honey in South Georgia by Fires Faithfully and Well in Promoting enal Growth-Excellent Fence Post Burning Gallberry and Huckle- This Great Natural Resource of Material. berry. Georgia. A black locust tree 30 ft.. high and 6 Prominent businessmen of Georgia have in. D. B. H., planted from two year nurs- Honey is one of the products of the for- visualized the meaning of forestry in the ery stock only two and one-half years est that is dependent on many flowering development of the potential wealth of ago! It is a fact, and a most important shrubs found in woods. If fire is kept out the state. Among the business leaders of one considering its commercial possibili- of the woods maximum production will re- the state who have taken a prominent ties and its uses about the farm for sult and bring to foreste1s who keep bees part in the counciis of those directing a fence posts, etc., where a durable wood considerable cash. program of forestry in Georgia is Joseph in contact with soil is needed. Gallberry, which has become the symbol A. McCord, of Atlanta. He has been an In the early spring of 1925, Dr. Neal of rough woods in south Georgia, furnish- (Concluded on page 2, col. 1) Kitchens of Warm Springs, Georgia, plant- es some of the finest honey made. According to Ramp Mizelle, naturalist and fire patrolman living on the edge of the Okefenokee swamp, there are four principal honey "flows". In early spring, huckleberry flowers furnish the nectar. This flow is followed by the black gum and tupelo flows, with gallberry coming in the middle of May. ed fifty small black locust seedlings on a 30 x 40 ft. plot in his back yard. Fire, which a small boy carelessly set, burned through this plot of black locust seedlings the following winter and killed practically the entire lot. Here is the result: Large numbers of black locust sprouts sprang up the spring following the winter in which fire burned over the plot. In Hamp states that one land lot (490 1929, Dr. Kitchens planted two-hundred acres) protected from fire will support 100 sprouts from this plot, and in 1931 he hives of bees, but that on land bur ned an- was able to secure one-hundred and fifty nually, several land lots are required to sprouts that had spr outed following the furnish as much "grazing" for the bees. During the last season, Ramp harvested 5,000 pounds of honey from 212 hives. Most of this he sold in one lot at 10 cents a pound. This is just another one of the many examples of what sour ces of income grubbing up of the trees in 1929. This same plot is now covered with sprouts from which he expects to plant one-hundred and fifty or more black locust plants in 1933. Facts derived from the above are as follows : 1. Black locust readily sprouts are to be found on wild land when fire is from the roots left in the ground follow- kept out.-C. Bernard Beale, District For- ing the grubbing up of planting stock, e ter. which sprouting ability automatically does away with planting of seed each year. 2. Georgia is first in forested area of any Planting stock of two years age gives best results. state in the Union, having over 23,000,000 Why use two year old planting stock? acres in forest and potential f orest land; That question introduces the secret to se- and is second in the numb er of species of trees, being preceded only by Florida. JOSEPH A. McCORD, l'iuuecr in l!'oreutry of Geor~:i a. curing such remarkable growth. Dr. Kitch(Concluded ou page 2, col. 2) 2 GEORGIA FOREST LOOKOUT GEORGIA FOREST LOOKOUT Black Locust-Cont'd ens "tops" all of his stock back to a Published Monthly By uniform length of five feet when planted. GEORGIA FOREST SERVICE The sprout will, of necessity, have to be SIXTH DISTRICT Jack Thurmond, Distr;ct Forester Savannah State Capitol Atlanta, Ga. C. A. Whittle, Editor more than one year old to have height growth enough to allow "topping" at proper height. This topping causes the Long County T. P. 0. Holds Meeting. Staff of the Georgia Forest Service tree to branch out and thus concentrate On September 10, a meeting was held B. M. Lufburrow, State Forester......Atlanta growth in a short trunk of selected height, in the county courthouse in Ludowici, C. A. Whittle, Director of Education and thereby giving a single post of sufficient Georgia, at which several new members Utilization ------------------------------------ Atlanta diameter within a period of from two to were taken into the Long County T. P. 0. Everett B. Stone, Jr., Assistant State four years following planting. T. L. Howard, president of the organiza- Forester -------------------------------- Gainesville Dr. Kitchens is making it a practice to tion, presided at the meeting and a dis- H. M. Sebring, Asst. State Forester, plant a black locust beside each post in his cussion of the work to be done during the .................................................. Macon pasture, the idea in mind being to sup- coming fall and winter was the principal C. Bernard Beale, District Forester, plant the present posts with black locust business to come up. --------------------------------------Waycross posts as needed. In order to prevent the C. A. Nobles, with 1200 acres of timber W. D. Young, District Forester............Rome wire from being enveloped by the growth land adjoining lands already included in Jack Thurmond, District Forester, -of the trees used as posts, a 2 x 4 in. gal- the organization, was admitted and Harry ............................................ Savannah vanized iron plate is placed horizontally Parker, with 500 acres, was also taken in. Charles N. Elliott, Assistant Director of between the wire and tree. The wire is This addition acreage brings the total for Education ------------------------------------ Atlanta held in place by two nails, one of which the T. P. 0. up to 15,000. H. D. Story, Jr., District Forester, is driven through the plate and bended T. D. Houston, secretary-treasurer of ................................................ Albany over the wire, the other nail being driven the organization, has been active in put- W. G. Wallace, District Forester, through the plate on the opposite side of ting the plans of the organization before ........................................... Columbus the wire and bended over the other nail. the landowners and in getting new mem- Mrs. Nellie Nix Edwards, Secretary to the This is to facilitate pulling out the nails bers to come in and take up the work. State Forester -----------------------------Atlanta and changing position of plate to prevent Another meeting will be held in the court- Mrs. R. S. Thompson, Secretary to Direc- injury to trees. house on October 2, at which time all de- tor of Education and Utilization, Atlanta tails will be gone over relative to getting W. G. Wallace, District Forester. started with firebreak work on or about October 20. All landowners who desire Joseph A. McCord-Cont'd PRUNING LOBLOLLY to be taken into the organization this year should see Mr. Houston and be present officer and a member of the executive committee of the Georgia Forestry Asso- PINES RECOMMENDED at the meeting before all budgets and assessments are closed and unless listed, one ciation from its inception. None has will have to wait until next spring before served more faithfully. His wide experience and his sound judgment have made Value of Lumber Increased by Prun- being listed as an active member. his services of great value. Mr. McCord has been associated with ing Shown by Tests Reported by W. I. Stafford's Comments on Benefits Forest Products Laboratory of From Fire Protection in Liberty the banking interests of Georgia for many United States Forest Service. years, president of a leading bank of At- County. lanta, as head of the Federal Reserve --- "I want to ask the landowners and all Bank and identified with other prominent The Forest Products Laboratory of the citizens interested in the welfare of our financial interests. United States Forest Service at Madison, county if they, in passing along, have tak- It is with pleasure that the Georgia Wisconsin, recently released an article dis- en time to notice the growth of the timber Forest Lookout places Mr. Joseph A. Mc- cussing the advisability of pruning young both old and young where the woods were Cord in its gallery of notable pioneers in stands of loblolly pine. From studies made kept rough last year or for the last two forestry in Georgia. in North Carolina and Louisiana, it is years, and then have turned and observed stated that by pruning, the value of the the burned woods closely? Which looked lumber would be increased from two to the most thrifty? Trend of Lumber Production m four times. Experiments in North Caro- "In my section I see other things be- Georgia lina showed that by pruning trees fifteen sides timber on the rough woods. In huckyears old up to sixteen feet above the leberry time the protected woods are While the production of lumber varies ground, the value of the timber at fifty blue with berries but there are none on the with building demands, Georgia's lumber or sixty years of age would be increased burned woods. The low-bush live oak production in recent years, not including $180 to $250 per acre. which furnishes abundant hog feed from 1930, is fairly constant. their acorns are plentiful on the rough Production statistics are as follows: In a Louisiana stand of loblolly the net woods and will fatten many piney woods For 1924, 1,206,599,000 board feet; 1929, increase of return per acre of trees that hogs this fall, while if burned the bushes 1,386,250,000 board feet. had been pruned over one. that had not fail to bear. The berries and acorns alone, Referring back to 1909, we find produc- been pruned was almost one hundred dol- if properly utilized, will pay the taxes on tion was 1,342,249,000 board feet. lars! According to the census, 1,692 saw mills the land and the cost of fire protection. "As much of the land in Liberty county were operating in 1929, of which number The article advocated the method of outside of the organization burned over 1,284 mills cutJ in excess of 200,000 board pruning to all loblolly pine growers and last year, you will not have any trouble in I feet annually. Small mills cutting less suggested that some tool might be pat- seeing the difference in the burned woods than 200,000 board feet annually produced terned to facilitate pruning large limbs and lands that were listed in the Liberty only 48,175,000 board feet. sixteen feet from the ground. County T. P. 0. and protected. GEORGIA FOREST LOOKOUT 3 "We are now passing through one of the worst periods that this country has ever known and if we ever needed to practice thrift it is now. Some of think that to deposit a little money in the bank each week is thrift, and it is; but to protect and build our timber lands up to higher produ cing standard s is also thrift. The sooner we learn to help our- selves and put all our acres to producing something, the sooner we will stop hav- ing to ask for help to get us out of the tight places that our don't-care have gotten us into. ''The Liberty County T. P. 0. requests every good citizen in Liberty county (and every one of us is just chock full of goodness) to assist in every way possible to help u s keep fires out of t he woods and bring better times to our county. If you will but look into the future 10 to 15 years from n ow, our boys and girls will be the m en and women of tomorrow, living on a higher plane and need- \ \ t ing timber just a s bad as we do now and maybe needing a better supply of raw material even worse than we do, you will see that we n eed to get together and pro- tect the timber and give it a chance to Part of Student Group at Forestry Camp Studying Trees. grow so that every idle and unproductive VOCATIONAL TEACHERS R. D. Pulliam, Soperton: " In my opin- acre will begin to yield a revenue. "Restocking can be had by joining the PRAISE FOREST CAMP ion the camp was very much worth while, and I expect good results to come from Liberty County T. P. 0. and keeping the the work done there." fire off of the land. Keeping fires down is Value of Camp Rated High-Instruc- K. N. Phillips, Royston: "I think the a job for each and every citizen of the tion Considered Well Adapted to camp was very good. I learned lots about county working through a cooperative organization such as we now have in the High School Students. forestry I think will help me in my teaching." county. Remember that a fire not started is better than one started and then puf out, or in other words, an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure." -W. I. Stafford, Sec.-Treas. and Patrolman. A number of vocational agricultural teachers who attended the forestry camp at Young Harris College and assisted in management were sent a questionnaire asking their opinion of the courses offer- C. R. Hazen, Adel : " I enjoyed the camp immensely and derived a great deal of benefit from the instruction. It was well generaled." R. E. Tanner, Summit: "The camp was well planned, nicely managed and served School Forest Prize for 1932 Sought By Soperton High School. Students taking vocational forestry at the Soperton High School have already Perfected plans for making a stlong bid ed and various questions about the general program, including excursions, etc. The concensus of opinion was that the courses presented were well suited to students of high school grades and that the methods of presenting the subject were its mission to perfection." Clovis Turk, Sale City: "I want to say that I am very much gratified with the forest camp. I believe it is a fine thing and will develop real foresters." 'nr the 1932 prize given each year to thE thorough and practical. chool doing the most outstanding work in From the general comments of a num- forestry. ber of the teachers the following are tak- Last year they planted 5 acres to slash en: Pine, or about 2,500 seedlings. This year F. B. White, Barnesville: "I think it SEVENTH DISTRICT C. Bernard Beale, District Forester Waycross they intend to double the number of seed- was a wonderful camp and was helped lings planted and to do work on the for- very much." Pulpwood Furnished for Printing est such as thinning, pruning and all other work outlined by the Georgia Forest Service. Each boy also plans to do the same work on a home project. The school forest at Soperton is pos- W. L. Green, Eastanollee: "I don't remember a time that I enjoyed more and at the same time gained something that will be of immediate value to me." ttGeorgia Magazine" A. K. Sessoms, Cogdell, Georgia, forestry board member, and pioneer in timber growing, has loaded a car of pulpwood to be shipped to the U. S. Forest ibly the only one in the state which was W. B. Bates, Nashville: I think the Products Laboratory at Madison, Wis., e tablished on an area where the timber course was very good and not too hard." where it will be manufactured into paper ":as Practically all planted . The forest is L. E. Cox, Epworth: "I believe that for printing the next edition of the Geor- Ituated on the first planting that was done the school was a success. No criticisms to gia Magazine. by James Fowler in 1925 and is now 18 to offer." F . H. Abbott, Waycross, Georgia, editor 24 feet high and f r om 4 to 6 inches in A. R. Bennett, Madison: "I think that of the Georgia Magazine, will chronicle diameter, and, after the ten-year period the camp should be continued every year. the development of the paper mill idea in has expired, will be just about ready to It is fine for both stud ents and vocational Georgia in this ed ition . Beginning witl1 turpentining. teachers." Lh e lirst efforts of Dr. Chas. H. Herty, he 4 GEORGIA FOREST LOOKOUT will outline the events leading up to the OLDEST PLANTATION recent appropriation by the state legis- lature for an experimental pulp plant, OF GEORGIA PINES TREE ..A.. M O N T H which will be under the direction of Dr. Herty, with the cooperation of the Geor- Over 500 Board Feet Per Acre a Year gia Forest Service. for Thirty-Five Years-Rate of Heavy Crop of Pine Mast Growth Increases. An excellent seed crop of both long- Cypress by C. N. ELLIOTT leaf and slash pine is in store for south- Probably the oldest forest planting in east Georgia. Because of their abundance, Georgia, and incidently, one of the oldest cones will be easy to collect thi! year. in the South, is located near the city of The tree in our state that has perhaps Many landowners are preparing to collect Griffin in Spalding county, Georgia. the oldest family record is the Cypress. seed with a view to planting a seedbed in The planting is a mixture of loblolly and It was among the first trees to show an- order to have seedlings for transplanting shortleaf pines, offering a very beautiful nual rings. Its beginning dates back many next year. scene to the observer. millions of years to the geological Juras- Highest Student Grades at Vocational Increment be about 35 borings show years of age. the stand to The stand is sic period, at which time the Sequoya and Ginko trees were also growing. Forest Camp fairly consistent throughout the entire The home of the Cypress in Georgia is Grades obtained by students attending planted area and is a good example of t.he swamps in the southern part of the the vocational forestry camp during the what can be expected from a systematic state. Growing in the water it must have summer averaged fairly high. Vocational planting of pines. root projections or "cypress knees" teachers who took the examinations re- A recent timber cruise of the tract through which it gets the additional air ceived the highest grades. The names of shows 17,544 board feet of pine and 1500 needed for its roots and under-water students averaging the highest grades in board feet of red gum to the acre. This parts. the five subjects on which they were ex- is an average yearly growth of 544 board amined and their addresses are as follows: feet for the 35 year period since plant- Harry Seymour, Bowman -----------------------95 ing. Bill Seaman, Waycross ---------------------------95 Horace Ayres, Carrollton ________________________92 Howard Carlan, Commerce ______________________91 The present annual more rapid rate and growth is at a still the ultimate yield Ralph Watson, Moultrie -------------------~------90 Claxton Buren, Kite ________________________________90 per acre in this stand will be very heavy. This plantation shows what may be ex- Broadus Orr, Flowery Branch________________90 pected of similar plantings. Fulton Morey, Sale City__________________________89 E. B. Stone, Jr., Assistant State Forester. Marvin Lloyd, Chamblee__________________________ 88 Herman Tyson, Sycamore ________________________88 Building Merrill Boyd, Fairburn ________________________ 88 Rural vocat nal high schools of the The Cypress belongs to the Pine family. state are interes ed in building cabin club It is the only representative of that family Gathering Pine Seed houses on their sc}:!ool forests. Three or i11 Georgia that sheds its leaves in the fall This is the time of the year when tree four schools already have their club houses arid remains bare throughout the winter. seed should be collected. Pine seed are and find them very popular. Not only are Its needles are broader than those of the mature and if burs are not harvested be- the cabins used for forestry work, but as yellow pine and flatter. They are so ar- fore the first of October, they will open meeting places for the Future Farmers of ranged as to give the twigs a flattened ap- and let the seed fly away. Georgia clubs. pearance. The burs may not be thoroughly brown The preference thus far has been for The wood of this species is very durable and may still have a greenish cast, but this log cabins with chinkings of clay mud. In and highly desirable as lumber. Cypress' does not mean that the seed are not ma- regions where clay is not to be found, slabs shingles are much in demand. The wood: ture. are used to cover crevices between logs. is light, soft, not strong and is very eas- The best way to gather pine seed is to Whether chimneys should be erected or ily worked. It does not rot readily in con go where trees are being cut for a saw stone ovens of the camp type set up under tact with the soil and is much desired for mill and gather cones from the tree tops. a camp shed is a mooted question. poles and piling. Pines do not mature seed every year. The Georgia Forest Service contemplates Like the alligator and snake bird, the Pick the large cones that have just matur- getting out plans for a cabin. Anybody Cypress is a remnant of ancient life that ed. Some pines hold their old cones that with suggestions is invited to send them has been pushed back in the struggle for have already lost their seed, which, of in. Plans and specifications will be sent existence to a common habitat, the south-' course, should be ignored. out as soon as suggestions are made. Send ern swamp. The Cypress is the best tree If the cones are gathered in bags, such in your suggestions at once. product of the watery waste lands. as have been used for grain or fertilizers, they may be kept in these containers until T. P. O.'s In Process of Formation. the time to shake the seed lose from the Cawley Goes to Jenkins cones. Plans are being shape