PULPWOOD INDUSTRY REPLANTS 26,000
ACRES TO TREES LAST YEAR
Last ,year the pulp and paper
industry in the South \\\ <? respon
sible iv r having one-taird ot thei
total number of trees it eut lori
pulpwood replaced .n pine plan
tations. This is brought cut as the-j
result o: a -urvev made i-: the tree!
planting activities 01 members o:'
the Soutnern Pulpwood Conserva
tion Association as reported by tae.
Forester, H. J. Malsberger.
The members of the Association1
purchased 20 million trees from
State forestry nurseries and raised
6 million in the nur>eries operated!
by the industry. More would have]
planted but the trees were not]
available. These 26.000.000 trees
replanted at least 26.000 acres of
poorly stocked forest and aban
doned farm land. Seven million!
of the total were distributed free!
' of charge to small woodland owners
for planting, with the only require
ment being protection from -lire !
The remaining, 19 million were^
planted t>n lands owned by the in
dustry. The trees cyst an averagej
of $2.50 per thousand, to which is
added labor cost of planting. Pra
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s.:.c::lly all v !' thc\*e plantings will
bo ready for a first pulpwood;
thinning at or before 15 to 20 years'.
of >ge.
The pulpwood cut. in the South
la.-t year approximated 8 million
cords. If we assume the average!
tree cut \va< 8 inches in diameter. |
4 1 _> l'eet above the ground, about'
ten trees .of that size are required,
to make a standard cord of*stack-l
ed wood. That means~ aboU! . 80
million trees were cut for pulp-!
wood. Members of the Southern
Pulpwood Conservation Associa
tion. who represent 90 percent of
the total pulpwood produced in
the South, were responsible foi^
replanting 26 million of these trees.1
Th:> is a major contribution in'
assisting in keeping the forest land
of the South growing full crops!
of tree.s In addition to the replant-'
ing activities of the industry, it
also encourages full fire protection'
and improved cutting practices on
the l(>t) million acres of privately
owned and naturally stocke^for
e>ts in the area.
FARMERS GIVEN
WARNING ON
LIGHTNING HAZARDS
"Lightning ? nature's .artillery
? causes 37 per cent of all farm
fires," M. L. Snipes, county agent
for the State College Extension
Service, asserted today. "Each year,
he pointed, out, lightning destroys
approximately $20,000,060 worth of
farm property in the United States.
It takes the lives of 50T) people,
and injures 1,300 others ? and the
lion's shfcre of these victims are
farm residents, according to re
ords of the National Safety Coun
cil.
This is the picture ? correct
and unexaggerated. And a horrible
picture it is because , the greater
part of these tragedies could be
prevented.
Lightning tends to strike* the
highest point in the vicinity. This!
may be a barn, tree, or a man
working in the lield.
"A building adequately equip
ped with lightning rods affords the
best protection," according to the
county agent. "If you are working
in a field and do not have time to
seek tiie protection of a rodded
building, lie down in a low spot
in tiie lield, away from wire fen
ces, trees, livestock, and machin
ery. Avoid seeking shelter under
trees, particularly lone trees or|
small groves. Wirq^fences and ma-j
chinery. should alVo be avoided'
during electrical storms because
they may attract lightning."
Lightning rods, he continued,!
provide good protection when
properly installed. This means that!
the rod must have a definite con
nection to an effective ground.
Periodic check-ups should be made
to determine that the rods are in
satisfactory condition.
The National Safety Council
points flSt that protection can be
prov ided for livestock by ground
ing wire fences every 100 yards.
Metal posts placed at least three
feet in -the^ground provide good
grounding for fences. It should
be remembered that metal build
ings or roofs afford no protection
from lightning unless they are ad
equately grounded.
Production of cotton in North
Carolina during 1947 totaled 452
OnO bales of 500 - pgund gros
weight. This is 12,000 bales more
than was produced from the 1946
crop.
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FARM SAFETY WEEK SLATED JULY 25-31
In proclaiming the period July
25-31 as National Farm Safety
Week*. President Truman po.iflkout
that "needless hazards on the- farms
of our nation continue to cause
thousands of accidents each year
which could be prevented by a
positive safety pre gram.7
Goal fur tne 1948 observance,
which is sponsored by the Nn^~
tional Safety C.our.cil and the U.
S. Department of Agriculture in
cooperation with a number of other
organizations, is the elimination
of at least 30 million farm hazards.
Each farm family is being asked
to accept responsibility for elminaju
ing at ieast one hazard for every
member of the family.
Tiie long-range purposes of Na
tional Farm Safety Week are to
make every American farm and
eveVy American farm resident as
safe as, possible, to cut the annual
toll of needless deaths and in
juries to a minimum, and to make
^farm life safer, happier, and more
prosperous.
Estimates by National -Safety
Council show a 52 per cent increase :
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in motor vehicle deaths to farm
residents from 1944 to 1947. In
other types of accidents, about
4,300 workers were killed and ap
proximately 300,000 workers were
injured in 1947. Il the 1947 non
work toll was similar to that of
1946, the National Safety Council
believes the final figures will show
14,000 non-work deaths and 1,400^
000 non-work injuries to farm res-'
idents.
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