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Wilkes County Leads 1 Way In 4-H Forestry By WA1/TBR M. KELLER (Forestry Extension Specialist) Win a cash prize, and at the same time increase the Talue of your woodlands! This is exactly 'what happened td a group of 4-H Club boys in Wilkes Coun ty. Each year the Wilketf Coun ty Chamber of Commerce spon sors a forestry thinning contest v among the 4-H Club member^ of the county and award! cash prises for those boys doing the best Job. So these boys not only improve the growing conditions and value of their woodlands, but also stand the chance of win ning some cash prises. Those 4-H Clnb boys indicat ing a desire to enter this forestry contest are visited by the for estry extension specialist or as sistant county agent. An acre of woodland, preferably of young pine, is measured and marked off for the boy. The boy is given some technical advice on how to properly thin and manage this woodlot and then left to carry out this work during the winter months. (In the spring, the boys are visited by several foresters who Judge the work done and grade the boys by a standard previously established. lit Wilkes County this past year fifteen boys between the ages Of 1| to i9 years entered the contest, and of these fifteen boys thirteen completed the work on their ohe-acfe plot. These plots were judged during the week of April 25, by John Gray and Walter M. Keller, for estry extension specialists for the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service. Following is a list of the boys in the order in which they finished, their oom I munity, and the prize money i won: » • 1. Clyde Adams, Ronda, $50. 2. Edwin McGee, Purlear, $40. 3. Kenneth Jordan, Roaring River, $30. 4. Veftion Poplin, Ronda. $20. 5. -Warner Hoot*, Roaring Riv er. $10. 6. Bobby Gilliam, Bethel, $6. 7. Carl Cleary, Hays, $6. 8. C. A. Bufchette, Jr., Ronda, »5- * , 9. Bill Harrold. Hays, $5. 10. Toby Wellborn, Wilkesboro. W A great deal of time and en ergy goes into the completion of a project of this nature, but the boys learn something that will be of lasting value to them. They learn a little about prop er methods of handling farm woodlands as a source of a future income. What they learn from their project will stick with them, and in the future years may serve as a guide for them in managing their own woodlands. Conceivably, this annual contest could some day produce enough forestry-conscious farmers to put Wilkes County on a solid, su stained-yield basis where forest products are concerned. 1 The work done by some of these boys on their projects was of a very high caliber and would have done credit to a profession al forester. Clyde Adams of Ron da school, the first prize win ner, did an outstanding job on what was a very difficult acre to begin with. He had a mixture of high-quality white and shortleaf pines and a lot of inferior hard woods and pitch and scrub pines. Clyde removed the inferior spe cies, such as '.he scrub and pitch pines, and left the white pine, shortleaf pine, and poplar. He pruned the white pine up at least 17 feet so that they would even tually produce at least one 16 foot log of high quality. Clyde cut his stumps almost flush with the ground; lopped and scattered the brush so it would decay rap idly, and used all sticks of wood larger than 1 1-2 Inches in di ameter. He cut 10 1-2 cords of fuelwood and pulpwood and 1, 550 board feet of sawtimber from the ace and still left 375 trees of good quality standing to go on growing and producing sawlogs. Edwin McGea, of Furlear, cut 10 cords of .fuelwood and pulp wood and 615 board feet of saw timber, and left 203 trees stand ing on his acre. In addition, he planted 50 white pine seedlings in the open spots in the project. Kenneth Jordan, of Roaring River, worked In a very thick young stand of 15-year-old short leaf pine. He cut 4 1-2 cords of fuelwood and left 1,067 trees still standing on the acre. Sev eral future thinnings will be necessary to reduce this stand to the final 150-175 sawlog trees that one acre of land can pro duce. Kenneth's father was a very surprised man when he saw the 4 1-2 cords of fuelwood. He said, "I didn't think all of those trees would make that mucb wood, and here he only cut part of them and left plenty of them to grow." All of the Boys entered In the contest did some fine work, and certainly some hard work. Little 13-year-old Vernon Poplin of Honda cut 10 cords of wood and did such an excellent job of spreading the brush that the ground looked like a carpet when he finished. Warner Hoots of Roaring River did a professional Job on his tree selection and opened up his stand just enough to get the maximum growth and still have the acre fully stocked. Bill Harrold of Hays cut 14 1-2 cords of fuelwood and pulpwood and still left 304 tall, straight shortleaf pines on his acre. The Chamber of Commerce of Wilkes County is to be commend ed for sponsoring such a vital, far-seeing contest. Howard Col vard, Assistant County Agent in Wilkes County, did a splendid job of helping and encouraging the boys to finish their projects. Work such as this can go a long way toward helping North Caro lina solve her future timber problems. for Your Electrical Wiring Mi See at Roy qnd George CAROLINA HOME AND AUTO SUPPLY Telephone 53 WELL DRILLMK Of Different Sizes We dan drill in any kind of formotion. ROYAL J. RUSSELL Route 2 Pores Knob, N. C. Leo's Electric Shop 511 5th Street NORTH WILKESBOBO, N. C. Phone 537-J Contracting, Supplies and Fixtures We service w* make electric Store er Water Heater .LEO ANOBB0ON Qualified JHeetrieiaa TAKE A BUSINESS COURSE i Accounting or Secretarial. Ap proved for Veteran*. Applica tions accepted nor for Summer Session enrollment beginning June 6 and June 18. Write for free pictorial cata logue and information. 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