DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND GEOLOGICAL DEVELOPMEN Vol. 2 ATLANTA, GA., DECEMBER, 1932 No. 12 HUNTERS, BEWARE! FORESTRY MEETING ADULT NIGHT CLASSES HELD AT BRUNSWICK IN FORESTRY AT SCHOOLS Watch Your Tobacco Sparks, Put Out Your Warming Fires, Protect the Executive Committee of Georgia For- District Foresters to Assist Vocational Forest and Foster Game. estry Association Greeted by Forest Agricultural Teachers in Conduct- Enthusiasts of Southeast Georgia. ing Work in Forestry for Adult The hunting season is now in full swing. Classes. Game is reported plentiful and doubtless An enthusiastic forestry meeting was moi:e than the usual number of hunters will held at Brunswick, Georgia, October 27, Arrangements have been completed for be invading fields and forests. No one complimentary to the Executive Committee starting night classes in forestry for adults would deprive hunters of their sport, and, of the Georgia Forestry Association which at a number of vocational agricultural some of them, of necessary food. Good was attended by a large number of timber schools in the state. The work in forestry luck to the hunters! owners of southeast Georgia. Col. R. E. will be conducted by the vocational teach- But be careful not to start fires that Benedict of Brunswick was largely instru- ers in a manner similar to that used by will burn forests and reduce the supply of mental in arranging the meeting which them in adult classes in agriculture. Dis-- game. Trees can not run or fly from the was held in connection with a dinner at trict foresters are scheduled to assist the fire. They must stand and suffer. Game the Oglethorpe hotel. teachers on this project. may escape the winter fires, but what is good hunting grounds today will be charred and black lands when the fire sweeps through, and game will have moved away, possibly into swampy areas where there is protection both from fire and hunters. C. B. Harman, Atlanta, chairman of the Executive Committee, presided. A. S. Kloss of the Hercules Powder Company, Brunswick, spoke of the cellulose prospects of southern woods, among them paper making. He predicted that as the textile mills moved from the north to the south, so would the paper mills. He felt sure the This undertaking has met the hearty approval of the heads of vocational teaching as well as by those directing forestry activities. The adults are to be taught reforestation, fire protection, thinning, wood utilization, and, in South Georgia, turpentining Hunters start fires mainly by accident. outcome of the research work of the paper methods. A warming fire built on a cold day is left plant at Savannah would determine there The methods used are informal confer- burning. A wind blows sparks or embers is ample material for pulp mills in the ences in which adults give the results of into nearby grass and leaves, and a forest south. their experiences and ask questions with fire has started. Col. R. E. Benedict spoke on growing the district forester, as an expert, giving Hunters are usually smokers. A cigar timber and told of possibilities where such information as is desired. or cigarette stump still burning is dropped proper attention is given. He cited results It is expected that through the vocational into the grass or leaves; the hunter passes obtained from an acre planted near Bruns- agricultural schools a large number of on and in his wake a raging forest fire wick which in 28 years grew 49 cords of leading farmers may be reached and that fll\l"es up. Or the hunter may knock burn- wood suitable for pulp wood, or 1,770 better forestry practices will result. Twen- ing tobacco from the bowl of his pipe with board feet of lumber, or 220 cross ties and ty to thirty communities will be reached a rap on the heel of his shoe. Enough 35 cords of pulp wood, or 200 turpentine this year and after the year's trial it is fire is released to start a flame that may faces worth $50 per acre for a 12-year expected that the work will be extended spread over thousands of acres of wood- lease. Other similar citations were made to all vocational agricultural schools. land, fire that will kill young pines and showing how well timber growing in the stunt the growth of larger ones. southeast will pay. Some hunters, usually boys of a neigh- Alex Sessoms of Cogdell, large timber Dr. Cary in South borhood, after rabbits, start a fire to drive owner, told of shipping 10 cords of pine Dr. Austin Cary, of the United States their game out of briar patches, and then to a paper mill in Maine for experimental Forest Service, who has spent considerable go away to let the fire rage at will. Often purposes and a second shipment which, he time in recent years studying southern 'possum hunters having treed their game concluded, indicated that the paper com- pines, is again. in this section making head- in a hollow butt of a tree build a fire to pany was developing interest in southern quarters at Lake City, Florida, where he smoke him out, then having achieved their pines. will be glad to be of service to naval Purpose, move on to let the fire spread Speaking on "What the Forestry Asso- stores operators and others. into the woods. ciation Means to Georgia," C. B. Harman, It is reported that Dr. Cary is planning Forest fires do great damage to the chairman of the Executive Committee and to write a summary covering all the in- forest and to game as well, which, if long-time active member of the association, vestigations he has made in various studies hunters fully appreciated, would make said that the association had inaugurated of southern pines. This will doubtless be them very careful not to be responsible the state's department of forestry and fos- an important contribution to forestry lit- .for starting. (Continued on Page 2, Col. 1) erature relating to the south. 2 FORESTRY-GEOLOGICAL REVIEW Forestry-Geological Review Published Monthly by the NAvAL STORES VISIT MEN PAPER PLANT agent of the Central of Georgia Railway Company; J. N. McBride, agricultural and industrial agent of the Seaboard Air Line DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND Railway Company; W. J. Morgan and J. C. GEOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT State Capitol, Atlanta. C. A. WHITTLE, Editor. Bonnell Stone, Oxford, Development Agent Impressed That Harvesting Wood Need Not Interfere Naval Stores Production. Pulp With Morgan of Morgans, Inc., and Thomas Purse, secretary of the Savannah Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Nellie Nix Edwards, Treasurer, Atlanta FORESTRY ASSOCIATION Forestry Division B. M. Lufburrow, State Forester......Atlanta E. B. Stone, Jr., District Forester, Following a meeting of naval stores erators in Savannah, those attending opac- EXECUTIVES MEET --------------------------------------------Gainesville H. M. Sebring, District Forester........Macon C. B. Beale, District Forester......Waycross W. D. Young, District Forester............Rome Tack Thurmond, District Forester, -----------'--------------------------------Savannah 1::. N Elliott, District Forester........Augusta H. D. Story, Jr., District Forester....Albany W. G. Wallace, District Forester..Columbus cepted an invitation to visit the paper research plant in that city. Dr. Charles H. Herty and others conducting the research work at the plant explained the operations and told of the success attained that indicated very certainly that southern pines would find use in the manufacture of white paper. Following a forestry meeting of timber owners of southeast Georgia held at Brunswick, a meeting of members of the Executive Committee of the Georgia Forestry Association was held at which matters relating to the development of association work were discussed. A satisfac- Mrs. R. S. Thompson, Stenographer, Atlanta Geological Division S. W. McCallie, State Geologist......Atlanta The naval stores men asked how this new use of slash and longleaf pine on which they depend for their raw material would tory meeting is reported. Following the meeting of the committee, those attending went to Savannah R. W. Smith, Asst. State Geologist, --------------------------------------------------Atlanta G. W. Crickmay, Asst. State Geologist, --------------------------------------------------Atlanta Miss Margaret Gann, Clerk............Atlanta affect the naval stores industry. The explanation was made that the paper industry would provide a market for thinnings of prospective turpentine forests and would where the research paper plant was inspected and a luncheon ~as attended where a number of Savannah business men were present. The association is to hold Research Division, Savannah Charles H. Herty..............Research Chemist George C. McNaughton..........Asst. Research thus gum that bring forests to earlier and heavier production. It was also pointed out after trees are turpentined and are its next annual meeting in Savannah during the period set aside for 'celebrating the founding of the State of Georgia. Bruce Suttle................:.........Plant Engineer made available for saw logs, poles, etc., Those attending the meeting of the W. F. Allen........................................Chemist J. B. Osborne........................Plant Assistant that the tops or parts of the tree ordinarily left on the ground to decay, could be mar- executive committee of the association were President T. Guy Woolford, C. B. keted as pulp wood. Harman, Mrs. M. E. Judd, R. E. Benedict, (Continued from Page 1) H. L. Kayton, Savannah, a leader in the Alex K. Sessoms, and J. Phil Campbell. tered its interests from the beginning, and naval stores industry, expressed his opinion it had guarded the department from being on the subject as follows: FIRST NEGRO FIRE FIGHTERS' involved in politics. He said the association had not yet succeeded in getting the "In my judgment, the advantage of hav- ORGANIZATION FORMED legislature to enact tax laws more favor- ing the paper industry located in this terri- able for growing forests than at present. tory is the fact that it would create a mar- Eleven Negroes at Omaha Join in Co- He called attention to the great services ket for small stuff such as could be gathof Mr. T. G. Woolford, president of the ered in thinning operations. If such a marassociation, and Bonnell Stone, secretary, ket could be established, I believe it would both of whom were unavoidably kept away result in better fire prevention methods operative Fire Fighting-Professor H. E. Hall, Vocational School Teacher, Helps. from the meeting. Mr. Harman urged the being adopted by landowners, that event- timber owners to make hay while the sun ually the burning of trees would dwindle . The first negro forest fire fighters' or- shines, that trees are going to be worth to a matter of small proportions, lands ganization formed in Georgia has been re- , more in the future. would be protected and young timber en- ported by District Forester H. D. Story, couraged to grow on tracts which today Jr., of Albany, who credits H. E. Hall, are practically den}lded of timber." vocational agriculture teacher at the CUT CEDAR CHRISTMAS TREES Those who visited the plant were as fol- Omaha Training school, Omaha, Georgia, WISELY lows: H. H. Bruen, J. A. Myers, A. T. with arousing interest and for calling the Hussey, and C. L. Murphy, of the Columbia meeting resulting in the organization. Many thousands of cedar trees are cut Naval Stores Company; C. H. Carson, Car- This organization is located in Stewart annually in Georgia for Christmas. The son Naval Stores Company; A. F. K. Mus- county. cedars can be made a source of farm in- tin, E. M. Smith and P. A. Mackall of the Eleven negro property owners whose come at this time when the landowner's Antwerp Naval Stores Company; George land adjoin each other have signed up 603 income is very small. W. Drummond of the Consolidated Naval acres in this unit and have pledged to help But the trees should be cut with good Stores Company; A. D. Pace, Turpentine & each other to fight fires and to take prejudgment if the cedar lands are to bring Rosin Factors, Inc.; J. R. Sweat, J. M. ventive measures recommended by the the greatest profit. Let the harvesting be Blaine and C. M. Jordan, of the Operators district forester. Incidentally, it may be a thinning. Frequently the cedars are too Factorage Company; R. E. Thorpe and W. stated that this is the second of the fire thick to make the best growth. When J. Farmer, R. E. Thorpe & Company; A. G. fighter organizations to be formed after some are removed the remainder grow Cassels and R. Frank Cassels, of the Cassels the new plan had been launched. by the more rapidly and will more quickly attain Company; J. L. McLeod and 0. T. Mcintosh State Forest Service. fence post or pencil stock size at which of the Southern States Naval Stores Com- The officers of the new negro organiza- time they can be sold at good profit. pany; J. C. Schwarz, Jr., of the Pine Prod- tion are: M. C. Walton, president; A. D. No species. of tree makes a more shapely ucts Export Company; E. F. Walsh of the Morris, vice-president; Rev. A. J. Holtz- and suitable Christmas tree than cedar, John R. Walsh Company; J. E. Lockwood claw, secretary and treasurer. Other and to many people in the south, the aroma of the J. E. Lockwood Company; Sigo members are M. L. Evans, Aaron Walton, of cedar is associated with Christmas Myers, capitalist; J. F. Jackson, agricul- Charlie Ford, Cornelius Ford, David Davis, cheer. tural agent and J. M. Mallory, industrial Amy Frye, J. A. Pettis and Ben Wiley. FORESTRY-GEOLOGICAL REVIEW 3 ant beautiful white newsprint paper was rushed to Augusta, where the program, and the cuts reproduced herewith, were printed, and distributed in 60 hours from the stump. This was a stunt that accompanied a very interesting address by Dr. Herty that told of great possibilities of making white paper from all kinds of Georgia pines. The address was enthusiastically received by citizens of Augusta. ENGLAND-BEALE Miss Clarice England, Blairsville, and Charles Bernard Beale, district forester at Waycross, were married November 1 at Neel Gap, with Rev. W. B. Mills, Blairsville, officiating. The marriage ceremony took place on the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Vogel Park at an altitude in excess of 3,000 feet, with colorful fall foliage making a gorgeous setting for the outdoor wedding. Though informal, it was a beautifully unique wedding in the woods, appropriate to the calling of the groom. Only a few relatives and friends were present, very few knowing of the intended marriage. Mrs. A. L. England, mother of the bride, Mrs. Eula Caldwell and Mrs. Cary Earnest, sisters of _the bride, Mr. Cary Earnest, all of Blairsville, Fred Beale of Savannah, brother of the groom, and Everett B. Stone, Jr., district forester, Gainesville, besides the minister, were attendants of the wedding. Following the marriage ceremony a wedding supper was tendered at the Dixie Hunt Hotel, Gainesville, by Everett B. Stone, Jr., following which the bride and groom left on a honeymoon trip, destination unknown. After November 10, Mr. and Mrs. Beale were at home at Waycross, Georgia. Both have many friends in the state who wish them great happiness. The bride is a cultured, charming member of a prominent family in Union County, while Mr. Beale is a native of Savannah, a graduate of the University of Georgia and prominent in forestry work. FIRE LOSSES NATIONAL FORESTS REDUCED, 1932 The burned area in national forests of the country was reduced in 1932 to 397,- 722 acres compared to 605,073 acres for 19 31. More than half of the loss was in QUICK CHANGE-PINES TO PRINTED PAPER the Santa Barbara National Forest where 220,000 acres were burned over. Else- where the United States Forest Service had Trees Cut at Augusta Made Into Paper at Savannah in 48 Hours-Printed the best r ecord for many years. and Distributed in 60 Hours. HWoodlot" a Misnomer A demonstration of how quickly and C. N. Elliott, district forester at Au- A recent questionnaire sent out by the how well southern pines can be converted gusta, cut pines off the state forest at United States Forest Service develops that into white paper was conducted at Au- Augusta, rushed them to Savannah, where the term "woodlot" is misunderstood by &'Usta on the occasion of an address of Dr. the research pulp and paper plant con- landowners and should be discarded. The Charles H. Herty before the civic clubs of verted them into white paper in 48 hours words "woodlands" or "woods" are pre- that city on November 21. from the time they were cut. The result- ferred. 4 FORESTRY-GEOLOGICAL REVIEW in open fields; at three inches, seventeen WHITE PINE GROWTH IN FORESTRY QUESTION BOX times faster; and at eight inches, two and a half times more rapidly. This, of course, explains in part why forests have less sur- SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS face run-off of water and less erosion. J .. A. Cope, Department of Forestry, Cornell University, discussing white pine What is flexwood? A description of this new material is given in the Journal of Forestry by Reginald T. Titus, which is reproduced here- TUNG OIL TREES TESTED IN GEORGIA in the southern Appalachians in the November issue of the Journal of Forestry this year, says in his conclusions: with: "Closely related to plywood is a new product called flexwood, used primarily as a wall covering. Flexwood consists of very thin wood veneer (usually of walnut, mahogany, or oak) backed with a stout fabric. The sheets of wood, measuring less than one-eightieth inch in thickness, ha~e previously gone through a patented process intended to break the wood into Innumerable fine columns, and this is said to prevent subsequent cracking or warping. In Press Bulletin 355, issued by the Georgia Experiment Station, H. P. Stuckey, Director of the Station, says: "Generally speaking, it would not be safe to plant inland much more than 100 miles from the coast." The station began tests in 1908 with tung oil plants received from its southern range in China, and a small number have been grown at the station ever since. The results indicate that the variety of trees used should be grown only in the' south- "The excellent growth rate of white pine in the southern Appalachians, as shown in both natural stands and in plantations, indicates that it should have an important place in the forests of these mountains. "The control of white pine blister rust and white pine weevil, the two most serious enemies of white pine in the northern part of its range, do not present so difficult or expensive a task." Discussing the rapid growth of white The finished product is sufficiently thin and flexible to be applied in the same manner as wall paper, and gives the appearance of solid wood paneling at a fraction of the cost." Is mistletoe an enemy of trees? Mistletoe is a parasite on the living trees, that means, it saps from the tree materials that otherwise would go into tree growth. The grey hanging mosses of the south are not parasitic. They get their ern part of the coastal plain of the state in view of their susceptibility to cold. Director Stuckey, however, states that tests are being conducted with hardier tung oil trees brought from north China. Only a few years' observations have been ma'de, not long enough to draw definite conclusions, but he states that these new varieties are showing up somewhat favorably. pines in the south, Mr. Cope says: "On an abandoned field in the French Broad district of the Pisgah National Forest, a 25year-old stand of white pine showed frequent spacing of four feet between nodes and 2.5 and 3 feet were the rule rather than the exception. Similar rapid height growth was found in sections of the Cherokee National Forest, particularly on Cooper Creek in North Georgia." Reference is made to the Biltmore living from the air and use trees only as a convenient object on which to make an Dr. Wm. Folks Dies Plantations, near Asheville, where the best site growth of 195 cubic per acre per year attachment. Dr. William Folks, age 43, surgeon, died is reported for trees 26 years old from At what rate does the yellow poplar October 31 at Waycross, where he was planting. grow? The United States Forest Service has made a study of the rate of growth of second-growth yellow poplar in Sosbee Cove, Union county, Georgia, one of the best stands on one of the best sites in the country. Under natural conditions, without thinning or other treatment, the area measured showed that the yellow poplars were adding 756 board feet per acre annually. On average sites of full stands, the born and where he won distinction as a physician and public-spirited citizen. He was intensely interested in forestry and was vice president of the Georgia Forestry Association. The cause of forestry bas lost, in the death of Dr. Folks, one of its ablest champions. SEEK REVISED STATISTICAL SERVICE ON NAVAL STORES A plantation at Highl~nds, N. C., with 22 years' growing seaso~s, is reported as having an average diameter, breast high, of 8.1 inches; height 45 to 55 feet for dominant trees; an average of 6.1 inches diameter and heights 37 to 45 feet for intermediate trees; an average of 4.5 inches diaJl!.eter and heights 30 to 35 feet for over-topped trees. The number of live trees per acre is 1,010, which measure 5,460 cubic feet of timber per acre. growth would probably not average more At a meeting of the Savannah Stores in- Mr. Cope studied the presence of wild than from one-half to two-thirds this terests at the Savannah Board of Trade, currants and gooseberries, the intermediate much. a resolution was unanimously adopted host plants for blister rust, and concludes Does the Japanese beetle threaten to be- asking that reports on production, distri- that there is little to fear from a southern come a serious forest pest? bution, consumption and stocks of naval advance of blister rust. Entomologists claim that the Japanese stores be made by the United States De- The lack of large areas of open grown beetle is not a menace to well-stocked for- partment of Agriculture in three separate white pine in the south and the great activ- est areas. Their attacks will be more dis- classes, as gum naval stores, steam distilled ity of the downy woodpecker in feeding on astrous to fruit trees and shade trees be- wood naval stores products, and destruc- the weevil are assigned by Mr. Cope as cause the adult beetles are sun lovers and tively distilled wood naval stores products. warranting his statement that this insect their larvae require grassy areas for de- It was requested that the U. S. Depart- will not present a serious menace. velopment. Favorable conditions for the ment of Agriculture disseminate all sta- beetle, therefore, do not exist in or at least only on their edges. forests, tistics on naval stores except those relating to foreign and domestic commerce, and LOWER RAILROAD RATES FOR How much faster is rainfall absorbed by that statistics of gum naval stores and SOUTHERN PINE SOUGHT a forest soil than by agricultural soils of wood naval stores should be fully compiled the open field? and separately reported at the same time. The impending reductions in transcon- Dr. John T. Auten of the United States tinental rates on fir lumber of the west Forest Service reports investigations of The village of Ebern, Germany, has a coast has resulted in a plea by southern unburned and undisturbed forest condi- town forest that pays so well that no taxes pine producers to southern railroads to tions that show soils one inch beneath the are collected for operating the town. Fur- reduce rates so as to avoid a greater trade duff or organic matter deposited on the thermore, the forest provides to each advantage which the lower rates will give floor of the forest, absorbs water nearly householder a load of wood and 60 marks western producers. No action bas yet fifty times as rapidly as agricultural soils annual dividend. been. taken. FORESTRY-GEOLOGICAL REVIEW 5 THIRD DISTRICT FOURTH DISTRICT of two longleaf pines taken from burned and unburned areas. It was found that C. N. Elliott, District Forester W. G. Wallace, District Forester a longleaf pine tree 16 years old and sub- Augusta Columbus jected to periodical fires was actually smaller than a longleaf pine six years old Patrolmen Employed Meriwether County Forestry Fire Pre- taken under similar growing conditions with the exception that no fire had been The two patrolmen employed by District vention Organization Holds An- allowed in the forest from which it came. Three for six weeks beginning November nual Meeting, President-Elect It was also shown that the needles on trees 15 and ending December 31, are E. L. Roosevelt a Member from burned areas were much shorter than Stephenson, of Covington, and J. W. At a recent meeting of the Meriwether the needles of trees from protected areas, Cooper, of Athens. Mr. Stephenson is at County T. P. 0. the following officers thus resulting in lessened resin flow from present in Burke county, where more than were re-elected: A. S. Persons, President; turpentine faces. 70 000 acres have already been signed up T. J. Long, Vice-President; S. M. Stout, It was estimated that practically the enin 'the Burke County T. P. 0. So far, this Secretary - Treasurer; Directors E. B. tire citizenry of the county attended this land is scattered, lying in all sections of Doyle, A. C. Newman, and Fred Botts. fair. Taylor county is particularly to be the county. However, it is gradually being Sidney Williams was appointed as look- congratulated on having such outstanding blocked in. out to be stationed in the 75-foot Charles men for county agent and vocational agri- Mr. Cooper is working at the present Lamar Davis Memorial steel lookout tower culture teacher as W. A. Lundy and W. J. time in Hart county, where he is organiz- on Pine Mountain. Culbertson in addition to citizens taking ing the vocational schools and landowners President-elect Roosevelt is a member of an active interest in the welfare of the into a Hart County Forest Fire Fighters' the Meriwether County Forestry Fire Pre- county. unit. Later on these men will work out in vention Organization and was instrumental other counties of the district. Bank Promotes Pine Planting in its organization. The fire prevention work on Pine Mountain, in which this T. P. 0. has pioneered, has led to such a reduction of the number of fires and acre- FIFTH DISTRICT H. M. Sebring, District Forester Macon The Georgia Railroad Bank and Trust age burned on Pine Mountain that it is a Company of Augusta is contemplating im- matter of general conversation when for- Fire Patrolmen Employed proving several farms they hold in trust estry is the subject talked of in that Three special forest fire patrolmen be- by planting pine seedlings in the marginal section. gan work in the Macon District November land of the farms. The district forester Pine Mountain is the southernmost foot- 15. S. A. Clements of McRae, who worked made a trip not long ago with Mr. Lee S. hills of the Appalachian Range. It iit a as patrolman last spring, was again em- Trimble, vice-president of the bank, and range of mountains heading near Barnes- ployed and assigned the district compris- tentative plans were outlined for the im- ville, Georgia, and running southwest into ing Telfair, Wheeler and Laurens counties. provement of these farms, subject to the Alabama. The elevation of its ridges is Mr. Clements has had long experience in approval of the bank's trust committee. from 200 to 400 feet in elevation above managing turpentine operations, and being Mr. Trimble explained that the seedlings the surrounding country. Pine Mountain a landowner who protects his own land were to be planted for the purposes of: gets its name from the beautiful longleaf from fire, together with his past experience (1) The prevention of erosion. (2) Im- pine forests which formerly adorned it but as patrolman, is well equipped to render provement of the soil. (3) For the timber are now practically all cut. It is still a efficient service. which in a few years will be valuable to Mecca for nature lovers because of its Russell Franklin of Eastman, was em- the owner. This is a forward step in for- multitudinous varieties of flowers which ployed to patrol the counties of Dodge, Wil- estry in the state, and the Georgia Railroad blossom continuously from early spring to cox and Pulaski. Mr. Franklin is a grad- Bank and Trust Company is to be congrat- late autumn, and because of the pine and uate of the Forest School at the University ulated on taking this step in the manage- oak forests which are reclaiming the of Georgia and has had experience in fire ment of their land held in trust. rugged slopes and ridges to the accompani- control and other phases of forestry since ment of forest fire protection. his graduation. Last spring he was em- Forestry Exhibits Taylor County Fair Shows Interesting ployed as fire patrolman in the district, but was transferred to Waycross his home Two forestry exhibits of note at fairs in District Three were those of the Richmond County Exchange Club Fair by J. K. Callahan, vocational teacher at Wrens, and Under bertson, forestry Forestry Exhibits the direction of Mr. W. J. CulVocational Agriculture teacher, exhibits were prepared which section. C. C. Brannan of McRae, was employed and assigued to the district consisting of Crisp, Dooly and Houston counties. Mr. of the McDuffie County Fair at Thomson, by County Agent James Purcell. These would convince any open-minded person of the damage caused by forest fires. Brannan has had experience protecting and managing a turpentine forest, and is exhibits were very good and contained One exhibit showed two containers expected to render efficient service as a some valuable information for farmers and filled with soil; one containing soil taken fire patrolman. landowners. from a forest burned over annually, and These patrolmen will concentrate on the other containing soil taken from a contacting landowners and the formation D. F. Broadcasts similar forest through which no fire had of cooperative fire fighting organizations. been allowed to burn. It was found that They will also take the initiative in sup- Ye District Forester is putting on a fif- when equal amounts of water were sprin- pressing fires in their respective territories. teen minute radio broadcast from Radio kled into each container the soil taken Each patrolman will be equipped with two Station WRDW in Augusta, at 5:30, every from the unburned area was able to con- fire pumps, two fire swatters, one rake and Monday and Wednesday afternoon. serve a much greater amount of the mois- one axe. ture due to its organic content. This T. D. Burleigh, of the U. S. Biological pointed growth to the could be fact that greater tree expected as well as in- Jones County Fire Fighting Organiza- Survey, from Asheville, will be a visitor in creased resin flow from thrifty turpen- tion Being Formed the Augusta district some time in Decem- tined trees when protected from fire. A fire fighting organization in Jones ber. Exhibit Number 2 compared the growth county is in the process of formation. The 6 FORESTRY-GEOLOGICAL REVIEW influential landowners are anxious to get W. I. Stafford, who is secretary-treas- the work started, and are working toward urer and also patrolman for the T. P. 0., getting a consolidated area in the vicinity is in charge of the work and is using of Dames ferry on the Ocmulgee river. plowed and burned breaks again this year The area to be included in the organiza- as they are easier to make with the tractor EIGHTH DISTRICT H. D. Story, Jr., District Forester Albany tion covers approximately 5,000 acres of which he is using, two furrows being cut-over land lying along the Ocmulgee plowed about 25 feet apart and the inter- Dr. Herty Heard river. An organization meeting will be vening. strip burned out. Fire breaks of A joint meeting of Kiwanis, Rotary and held within the near future. this type will be good this year as all the Lions clubs and the Chamber of Com- ponds and bays are full of water and are merce, was held at Albany, November 9, SIXTH DISTRICT Jack Thurmond, District Forester Savannah not a source of danger as they were last for the purpose of hearing Dr. Charles H. year. Fire breaks of this type at the Herty on the progress of his research work present price of labor will cost $3.50 per in the use of southern woods for making mile. white paper. John A. Davis, president of the Cham- Chad. ~1. T. P. 0. Plans to Buy Trac- SEVENTH DISTRICT ber of Commerce, Albany, introduced Dr. tor and Hester Fire Break Plow The Chatham County Timber Protective Organization, organized on October 13 C. Bernard Beale, District Forester Waycross Herty who spoke enthusiastically about the prospects of the south becoming the future center of making newsprint and book with 17,000 acres, has increased its hold- papers. He told of the pr