Georgia forest lookout [Feb. 1931]

Volume 1

ATLANTA, GA., FEBRUARY, 1931

Number 2

WOOD REQUIREMENTS

GEORGIA FORESTRY

CAMDEN COUNTY TIMBER

OF GEORGIA INDUSTRIES

ASSOCIATION WORK PROtECTIVE ORGANIZATION

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Figures from Federal Sources Show Plan for Annual Meeting at Albany- How a Large Timber Protective Or-

Georgia Indwtries Used 427,-

Pamphlet for Teachers Being Is- ganization in Georgia is Manned

190,000 Board Feet in 1928.

sued - Membership Drive Con- and Operated to Control Forest

tinues.

Fire.

The Forest Service of the United States
* * * Department of Agriculture recently issued
its report on "Lumber Used in Manufacture, 1928". In this report, Georgia is shown to have used in wood manufacture for that year 427,190,000 board feet. The distribution of this consumption by industries is as follows:

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The annual meeting of the Georgia Forestry Association will be held this year at Albany, the dates for the meeting not having yet been set. President T. G. Woolford and officers are planning to have a program of outstanding merit.

The Camden County Timber Protective Organization was formed in 1929 by consolidating the Satilla Forest and the Bertha Mineral Timber Protective Organizations and adding the Sea Island Company and J. C. Wilson lands. At present, the total

w: Agricultural implements, 2,808,000 board

acreage listed under protection in this or-

feet; baskets and fruit packages, lumber The Georgla Forestry Assoc1'at1'on has ganization is 108,000 acres.

10,000, veneer 836,000, bolts 12,674,000; on the press a pamphlet designed for use of Two new lookout towers have been pur-

boxes and crates, lumber 38,929,000, "teachers, county superintendents and others chased and erected by this unit, one at

veneer 5,744,000, bolts 4,549,000; brooms in presenting the subject of forestry. It Kingsland and the other at Forest View on

and carpet sweepers, lumber 4,000, bolts

(Continued on page 2, column 3)

the Sea Island Company property. These

666,000; brushes, lumber 48,000; car con-

two towers were joined by telephone con-

struction and repair 11,368,000; caskets

nection with a third tower at Sileo on the

and coffins 2,123,000; chairs and chair

Satilla Forest, which has been operated

stock 7,006,000; dairy, poultry and apiary

by the Georgia Forest Products Company

supplies, lumber 50,000; fixtures, lumber

for some time. The three towers provide

1,268,000, veneer 214,000; frames and

lookout service for detecting fires over

moulding, lumber 84,000; furniture, lumber

150,000 acres of land on the southern half

8,482,000, veneer 750,000; handles, bolts

of Camden county, south of the Satilla

4,400,000; instruments, professional and

river.

scientific, lumber. 110,000; laundry appli-

Under the present plan of operation,

ances, lumber 5,000; machinery and appa-

fires are located "with range finders from

ratus, electrical, lumber 22,000; patterns

each tower. The findings are reported to

and flasks, lumber 13,000; pencils, pen

a central dispatch office at Colesburg where

holders, lumber 15,000; planing mill prod-

the accurate position of the fire is found

ucts, lumber, 247,485,000; refrigerators

on a coordinate map by triangulation. All

and kitchen cabinets, lumber, 800,000;

of this only requires two or three minutes,

rollers, shade and map, lumber, 10,000;

and once the fire is definitely located a

saddles, lumber, 222,000; sash, doors,

waiting fire truck manned by a fire chief

blinds, general mill work, lumber, 65,476,-

and assistant is sent out to extinguish it.

000; ship and boat bu"ilding, lumber 925,000, bolts 25,000; shuttles, spools and bobbins, bolts 700,000; signs and supplies, lumber 111,000; sporting and athletic goods, bolts, 360,000; toys, lumber 40,000; vehicles (non-motor), lumber 385,000; vehicles (motor), 308,000 , woodenware

C.

B.

HARMAN,

Atlanta,

Pioneer

in

Forestry

in

The fire truck is equipped with a 55 gallon drum of water, several portable water pumps, fire swatters and all tools needed in fighting fire . It is estimated that it will be possible to reach any fire occurring on the area covered within a half hour from the time of its origin.

and novelties, lumber 3 0,00 0, bolts Geor gia, Member of State Board of Forestry and

3,043,000.

Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Georgia Forestry Association.

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GEORGIA FOREST LOOKOUT

GE0RGIA F0REsT sERV IcEGOAL MILLION MORE

may offer a solution for pulpwood containing little or no heartwood and experiments

Published Monthly By GEORGIA FOREST SERVICE

* * * PROTECTED AREAS, 1931 in this connection are now under way at the Forest Products Laboratory. Further-

State Capitol

Atlanta, Ga. Goal Set By State Forestry Board for more, employing soda as a base to replace

C. A. Whittle, Editor
Staff of the Georgia Foerst Service B. M. Lufburrow, State Forester......Atlanta C. A. Whittle, Director of Education and
Utilization ------------------------------------ Atlanta Everett B. Stone, Jr., Assistant State

the Georgia Forest Service in 1931 lime in sulphite cooking liquors also elimi-

* ** -New
ized.

District

Foresters

Author-

nates phite

somewhat the process with

objections to the sulsouthern yellow pine

and this procedure is in use commercially.

The sulphite process also offers excellent

The Georgia State Forestry Board which possibilities in the pulping of various south-

Forester ---------------------------------------- Albany directs the Georgia Forest Service, set up ern hardwoods."

H. M. Sebring, Asst. State Forester,

as a goal for 1931, one million more acres

------------------------------------------------- Macon to be placed under organized fire protec-

C. Bernard Beale, District Forester,

tion.

*** The Tariff Commission is now making

--------------------------- ________________Waycross

studies of the cost of producing pine lum-

W. D. Young, District Forester.... _______Rome Two additional district foresters were ber in the south as a part of the inves-

Jack Thurmond, District Forester,

authorized, one to be located at Columbus tigation to determine whether the $1.00

------------------------------------------- Savannah Charles N. Elliott, Assistant Director of

with western middle Georgia as his territory, and one at Albany with southwestern

per

thousand

board

feet

tariff

now

exist-

Education ------------------------ ........ Atlanta

ing is high enough to withstand foreign

Mrs. Nellie Nix Edwards, Secretary to the Georgia in his charge. The office of H. M. competition.

*** State Forester _____________________________ Atlanta Sebring, assistant state forester, was moved
Miss Clifford Sims, Secretary to the Direc- from Albany to Macon where he could be
tor of Education and Utilization, Atlanta in easy access to the district foresters in Ga. Forestry Work-(Continued)

Camden County-{Continued) his territory and the general headquarters has been felt that there is need for infor-

Fire-fighting forces comprising turpen- in Atlanta.

mation such as the pamphlet contains for

tine labor and woodsworkers employed on The territory covered by Assistant State use of teachers in geography, for county

the different operations supplement the fire Forester Everett B. Stone, Jr., with head- superintendents in talks on the subject of

truck in suppressing fires, and volunteer quarters at Gainesville was enlarged to forestry; to provide data for students who

crews are enlisted into service whenever cover all of the upper part of the state. He write essays on forestry, and for various

needed.

will have two district foresters under his civic clubs that have committees on for-

In addition to the tower detection sys- supervision, W. D. Young, Rome, and the estry.

*** tern, approximately 500 miles of fire breaks new district forester to be located at

have been constructed by individual mem- Columbus.

Gordon E. Reynolds, Albany, chairman

bers on their properties.

The Board consists of the following of the Committee on Membership of the

Fire-fighting equipment is also located members: Governor L. G. Hardman; Georgia Forestry Association, is continuing

on the property of each company in order George Carswell, Secretary of State; S. W. an active campaign for members. He has

to promptly suppress fires discovered by McCallie, State Geologist; Mrs. M. E. Judd, been working on a list of all leading timber

their woods crews.

Dalton, representing women's clubs; C. B. owners in each county in the state as a

Practically all of the lands under pro- Harman, Atlanta, representing lumber in- part of the campaign. An able and con-

tection in Camden County Timber Protec- terests; Bonnell Stone, Blairsville; Alex vincing letter soliciting membership is be-

tive Organization are industrial forestry Sessoms, Cogdell, and Leonard Rountree, ing sent out.

*** operations, some of which are under defi- Summit, representing timber owners; and
nite sustained yield management. Tur- J. Phil Campbell, Athens, representing the T. G. Woolford, president of the Asso-

* * * pentine, rosin, saw logs, poles, piling and State College of Agriculture.
cross-ties are some of the products now

ciation, was invited to address the Commercial Forestry Conference held at Columbia,

being obtained. Included in the area is a White Paper from Southern Pines South Carolina. Needless to say, he gave

game preserve of 20,000 acres, and another The United States Forest Products Lab- the South Carolinians an inspiring message.
*'** area provides a large part of the material oratory located at Madison, Wisconsin, is
for preservative treatment by a large tim- carrying on experiments in making white A pioneer in forestry work in Georgia

ber treating plant. All of the member paper from southern pines by the sui- is C. B. Harman, chairman of the Execu-

owners consider fire protection of funda- phite process. It has employed a modified tive Committee of the Georgia Forestry

mental importance and every effort is made sulphate process with success, concerning Association. Mr. Harman is a native of

to reduce the fire loss to a minimum.

the results of which the laboratory says South Carolina but has been a Georgian

* * * C. B. Beale, District Forester.
Ware County Jury Commends

that the kraft pulp made from pine "can since 1895, interested in lumber manu-

be bleached, without loss in strength, to a relatively high white in a two-stage treat-

facturing and field.

is a recognized leader in that

Forestry

ment by a modified method, consisting of a He is one of those who helped form the

At the December session of the grand chlorination followed by a calcium-hypo- Georgia Forestry Association and was

jury of Ware county a resolution com- chloric bleach; the resulting bleached pulp among those who fought for the creation

mending individual timber owners for their can be used for the production of strong, of the Georgia Forest Service. He has

constructive work was passed and strict white paper of high grade".

been a member of the Georgia State Board

regard for the laws regarding the burning The sulphite process, however, seems to of Forestry from its inception and none of

off the woods, was urged.

hold the greatest promise. Some experi- that organization has given more time and

Ware county is one of the counties of ments already mentioned in this publica- thought to the development of forestry in

the state that is becoming "forested mind- tion have shown that second-growth pine the state.

ed" and developing an appreciation of the with little or no heartwood lends itself It is with pleasure that the photograph

fact that the future development of wealth successfully to the manufacture of white of Mr. Harman is herewith presented as

in that region depends in no small measure paper by the sulphite process.

the second in the gallery of pioneers and

on how well the forest resources are looked On this phase of its work the Forest leaders in the forestry development of

after.

Laboratory says: "The sulphite proceess Georgia.

GEORGIA FOREST LOOKOUT

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FOREST RESEARCH IN MOUNTAINS
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Southern Appalachian Forestry Expe-

EIGHTH DISTRICT H. M. Sebring, Assistant State For-
ester, Albany, Ga.

county, that will not seed back naturally. Last year he established a small slash pine nursery to raise planting stock. The 30,000 seedlings that he raised will be planted this winter, and additional seed planted

riment Station's Work in North Georgia With Georgia Experiment

Southwest Georgia Forest

in the nursery for his 1932 planting. ~~~

Station and Georgia Forest Serv-

Tower

ice Cooperating.
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The first forest fire observation tower in Southwest Georgia was recently erected by the Pine Island T. P. 0. near Albany,

By virtue of an appropriation of $5,000 Georgia. The tower is 60 feet high and is

SIXTH DISTRICT
Jack Thurmond, District Forester Savannah

obtained by United States Senator W. J. located on a 20 ft. hill, giving the tower

Harris, research work in forestry was in- an 80 ft. elevation above the general sur-

Fire Breaks Costs Held to Low

augurated in the mountains of North Caro- face level. It has an inside stairway made

Figure

lina under the direction of the Southern Appalachian Forestry Experiment Station of the federal government, being directed from the station's headquarters at Asheville, North Carolina.
The Georgia Experiment Station has

out of heart cypress and was built by Reynolds Brothers Lumber Company as a lookout for 23,000 acres of cut over land listed for protection in the Pine Island T. P. 0.
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Plowing fifty miles of firebreaks on 10,000 acres at a cost of only $85 is a record turned in by C. B. Pfeiffer, Screven County, who is a member of the Brier Creek Timber Protective Organization.
A one-horse turning plow turning three

offered the forest and facilities it controls Pine Forest Management Studies furrows on both sides of the 50-foot strip

at its station in Union county near Blairsville and is cooperating in the project. The Georgia Forest Service is also one of the

The Georgia Forest Service in cooperating with Ichaway T. P. 0. in Baker County has established two plots as permanent

was used. The estimated cost of burning between these plowed strips is $2 per mile, making the cost of plowing and burning

cooperating agencies. Initial survey work

was

m~de

in

the

sample plots for the study of forest management for saw-timber and turpentine.

off the firebreak $3 per mile. Mr. Pfeiffer used his own

labor

which

summer and fall over a wide area, and The trees were thinned out, on the 1 1-2 otherwise would have been idle at the time

plots were established on the forest of the acres covered by these plots, to 300 trees the firebreaks were made. He is using

Experiment Station farm where excellent per acre. Certain trees were marked :> turpentine crews to fight fires.

and varied stands were available for more the potential sawtimber trees and the re-

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intensive work on the project.

mainder were marked as turpentine trees.

The assistance of Bonnell Stone of That is, they will be worked for turpentine

Blairsville was obtained in carrying on the when they reach an 8 inch diameter and

Gillis Has Perfect Record for Fire Protection

work. Mr. Stone has been engaged in then thinned out to give space to the re- Jim L. Gillis, of the Treutlen County

f4>restry work in that region for many maining timber trees. These turpentine Timber Protective Organization, in three

years and is enthusiastic over what the re- trees can also be utilized for pulpwood or years of protection work has not had a

search workers are finding.

small poles after they have been worked single fire. He has plowed and burned 140

An effort is being made to enlarge the for naval stores for from 6 to 8 years. It miles of old and new firebreaks on 13,000

work started in the mountains so as to ex- is hoped that some valuable information acres that support a good growth of slash

tend to the Piedmont region and to inclu.de not only forest studies primarily but ero-

will be secured on growth and financial return from well managed timberland, since

and longleaf pines. He has also planted several hundred acres in slash pine.

sion and land problems as affected by for- records are being kept of each tree on the Mr. Gillis finds that after three years of

eats in the Piedmont region.

plots.

protection, firebreaks are much easier to

It is the hope of interested Georgians

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make and cost only half as much as they did the first year for they are easier to plow

that a sub-station of the one located at Asheville may be established in this state.

Thinning Demonstration 1n Tift County

and burn out cleaner as the grass is thinner and there are no snags left to scatter

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The Georgia Forest Service in coopera- fire.

State Foresters to Meet in Southeast tion with Mr. W. E. Willis of Chula, Tift Mr. Gillis has also thinned his timber

The Executive Committee of the Nation- County, established a 1.6 acre thinning plot where he thought it would be beneficial.

al Association of State Foresters has ac- on his land. The site chosen was a thick His work has been so thorough and effec-

cepted a joint invitation of Georgia and stand of longleaf pine 15-20 years of age tive that his neighbors are following his ex-

Florida to hold its annual meeting in the and standing 700 trees to the acre. The ample.

aoutheast in the fall of 1931.

trees were too thick and were not making He has posted his forests to call atten-

Both Georgia and Florida will be hosts. their maximum diameter and height growth, tion to the land being under protection and

A part of the session will be held in Geor- so were thinned down to 300 trees per has a poster which says "Please Do Not

&ia and part in Florida.

acre. Each tree was tagged with a num- Put Fire in These Woods. Soperton Naval

Field trips are always interesting fea- ber and its diameter recorded. The di- Stores Company".

~res of the meetings and arrangements ameters will be measured yearly over a

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will be made to visit a region where it is ten year period so as to determine the in-

Washington-Booth Memorial

said that the owners are more active and creased growth over a similar area that M..M. Booth of Vidalia, Route 1, has

progressive in forestry practices than any- was not thinned, and upon which records planted 200 acres of slash pine in honor

where else in the country.

are also being kept.

of George Washington's birthday. Inci-

Local arrangements will be made by B.

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dentally, Mr. Booth's birthday is also Feb-

1(. Lufburrow, state forester of Georgia, Champion Reforests in Lee County ruary 22, so that the new forest might well

and. Harry Lee Baker, state forester of R. E. Champion of Albany has begun re- be a memorial to both. Mr. Booth is a

FlC)nda.

planting some of his cut over land in Lee patriotic American and Georgian.

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GEORGIA FOREST LOOKOUT

Grazing Land Planted

Hamp Mizelle Making Fine Record as

FROM GEORGIA PRESS

J. J. Perry, Dublin, Route 1, has planted

Patrolman

Referring to the fact that less than

35 acres in slash pine. Mr. Perry runs a Employed as patrolman and fire break seven-tenths of one percent of the forest

dairy and consequently needs gra~ing for burner on the Brunswick-Peninsula Com- fire protected area in Georgia was burned

his cattle, so he has planted carpet grass pany lands, of Okefenokee T. P. 0, in over in 1929, the Atlanta Journal says:

along with the pines believing the area will southwest Ware County, is Hamp Mizelle, "Where else can cheaper insurance be

furnish good grazing while the young trees renowned swamp guide and conservationist found? Fire protection there must be if

are growing a crop of timber. With the living on the edge of the Okefenokee Georgia's great forest resources are to l:>e

cows grazing the land closely there will be swamp. Hamp is chief patrolman (he has conserved and developed into the prosper-

no fire hazard.

one assistant) on 40,000 acres of cutover ity-building sinews which they potentially

flatwoods, heretofore considered a mecca are."

for cattle-burners. Through persistent

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SEVENTH DISTRICT

work Hamp has convinced many of the Referring to the practice of "raking

C. Bernard Beale, District Forester Waycross

cattlemen living in this territory that burn- and burning" in turpentine areas, the Saing is bad for the cattle and timber. He vannah News says: has adopted a scheme whereby each cattle- "The organization of timber lands under

owner, who feels he must have a little "cat- the plan offered by the state forestry ser-

Many Farmers Sign Up In

tle burn", is given a small area of waste vice actually and really, thoroughly and

Brantley T. P. 0.

land to burn, which is done under Hamp's completely protects against fires, winter supervision. In this way promiscuous burn- and summer and all other seasons. The

Twenty-two landowners owning less than ing has almost been eliminated on this area. cost is three and a half cents an acre a

a thousand acres each have become mem- Hamp is burning strip fire breaks along year, net. Real protection is better than

bers of the Brantley County T. P. 0., indi- the roads and from pond to pond. He also the costly alleged protection with its at-

cating the county-wide interest the Brant- has a lot of land of his own, with a splendid tendant losses of several sorts under the

ley people have in the protection of their young forest of longleaf which attests his 'rake and burn' custom".

timberlands. Beginning with only 25,000 acres the area of this protective unit has increased rapidly until now there are thirty-one members representing a total of 68,512 acres. This is considered almost phenomenal in view of the fact that here-

efforts at protection. ~~~
Miles and Dunn Doing Thorough Job On Fire Breaks
Messrs. Miles and- Dunn, turpentine op-

~~~ "Several 'thousand trees will be set out
on the Nick Cabero farm about seven miles west of Hawkinsville. Only those sections of the farm unsuited to cultivation will be planted." -Hawkinsville Dispatch and

tofore only the landowners having thou- erators at Baxley, and members of the News.

sand acres or more have made up the ma- Appling T. P. 0., were in the Waycross of-

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jority of the membership of most of the T. P. O.'s.
The Brantley organization is employing

flee are

during January, and reported that they constructing some of the best fire

Vidalia Advance Has Forestry Slogan
The Vidalia Advance, Vidalia, Georgia,

three patrolmen for the area. A number of the landowners are putting in fire breaks,

breaks ever constructed in south Georgia. They are using a 10-30 tractor, and plow-

of which R. E. Ledford is Iisher, carries at the head

editor and pubof the editorial

and have fighting

equipped themselves with fire equipment. Posters, warning

ing out 15 foot breaks. Advance men are sent ahead to chop down t~ees, and remove

columns a slogan as follows: "Stop Woods Fires, Grow Timber-It Pays". As one

against fire, have also been printed by the small stumps and down .timber from . the might expect from this slogan, this paper

organization, and distributed to the members for posting the lands. A concerted effort is being made to hold the fire loss to a minimum.
County Agent L. V. Cawley serves as Secretary-Treasurer of the T. P. 0., and has rendered commendable service in perfecting the organization.
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breaks. A clean break IS thus established on which is being sown carpet grass and lespedeza clover. Miles and Dunn are hoping to establish a permanent break of carpet grass, the expense of which they claim is justified by the fact that such a break will not need annual renewal as in the case with the burned-strip breaks.
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is continually advocating better forestry practice.
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Broadcast on Forestry
The Georgia Forest Service was given representation on an agricultural program put on by The National Fertilizer Association in cooperation with the Atlanta Journal during the week of January 12-17.

Coldraine Tract Receives Protection
The Coldraine tract, located along the historic site of the Indian Peace Treaty on the St. Mary's river in Camden and Charlton counties, has been sold by its previous owner G. W. White to D. I. Hebard of the Hebard Lumber Company, owners of a large part of the Okefenokee Swamp. With

Planting at Astoria
H. M. Peagler, member of the Okefenokee T. P. 0., with a 12,000 acre turpentine operation at Astoria in Ware County, is planting a hundred-acre field in slash pine.
The seedlings are dug up in ponds, and range from 6-12 inches in height. The

Prominent agricultural workers appeared on the program.
The subject assigned for the Georgia Forest Service, "Larger Income Through Better Care of the Wood Lands", was handled by C. A. Whittle, Director of Education.
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the transfer of ownership, immediate steps rows are spaced 12 feet apart and the trees Everett B. Stone, Jr., assistant state

were taken to protect this tract of 5,000 planted at 10 foot intervals. Few of the forester located at Gainesville, was recently

acres. Burned-strip fire breaks, 20-30 seedlings have died thus far, and a 75 to appointed chairman of the reforestation

feet in width, have been constructed along 80 percent stand is expected.

committee of the state organization of

the.Folkston Kingsland road where this The operation is in charge of Mr. Peag- Kiwanis clubs.

property borders. John Hopkins, repre- ler's son, Hal Peagler, who is managing

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set\.tative of the Hebard interests in the the Astoria place, and who is doing some Charles Nuit who was formerly a dis-

swamp, is in charge of this property, and good work in fire protection and planting. trict forester in Georgia, but resigned on

it is evident that this historic old place will Mr. Peagler expects to plant other old account of illness, is now forester in charge

receive the fire protection and development fields on the place this season, and reports of the Cheraw County Timber Organization

it merits.

he is doing the work very economically. in South Carolina.