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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER on FARM EDITION MAT, 1919 eom Bteoi T. nlgiywdl Fa SOTf o)0g UDH kpion Buy s More Than Half Million Cords of Wood 5 t IlW wu ion Pap I Canton, wood. paid more base pr'fes o( Cham- it, says 95 :anle from brought Imckload. lords came rest from Georgia blina slock, h per cent stout ana lot it came Jrolina, Mr. companies heir wood lealers," he Jelly to the lasasmuch bought be- I cords of nty. The tie wood- tarms, deal- and 1,000 individual tt carload, id for this price were Itself, the its distance togging con- Keener cx- Jvice survey county's pulpwood of 158,350, the harvest 'D not est i- Ir that year. fs woodlots ids of saw- firms which harvest. pariVl ans- ft what the in Haywood Slop P) Circuit ins fell on he heard a Kbut he was doctor treat Logging On Unused Section Of Waynesville Watershed rISliir : r 4 Modern cutting practices are being followed in cutting timber on 600 acres ot an unused .section of the Waynesville watershed. The program is being managed in a way that will completely utilize the water resources as well as produce a periodic cash income from limber resources. Waynesville Lum ber Company is doing the work as outlined for forestry specialists from Stale and Federal agencies and the TVA. (This photograph courtesy TVAi. Town Puts Modern Forestry Program Into Effect On 9,009 -Acre Watershed (By TVA Foresters) Farm timber should be consid ered as a crop just like corn or potatoes. By applying scientific methods farm timber lands can, be managed in such a way that successive cut tings of sawtimber and minor for rest products can be made and at the same time improve the forest stand, and increase yields of better quality wood products to the end that the county and the nation shall be insured a perpetual sup ply. Several months ago the board of aldermen adopted a manage ment plan prepared by the North Carolina Department of Conserva tion and The Tennessee Valley I MACHINERY WE FEATURE Forn Plant Dee: ers fine Mow! f Hay Rakes. " Lynchbimr Pi,, F'Packers. 1 "LSpfeaders and Lime Spreaders for w spreading lime. Anything You Need rDn't Have In Stock Gld To Get It For You. ETHERS' W. D. KETNEB, Mgr. ' 0VWhead fc'idge, Lake Junaluska Authority Department vf Forestry Relations for Waynesville Muni cipal watershed. A timber sale on the Old Bald drainage represents the beginning of a long range management pro gram designated 10 improve ana utilize both water and timber re sources on the watershed. The plan outlines operations for a 13 year period, and provides for the systematic removal of mature, over mature and defective trees from portions of the watershed, not cur- i rently in use for the supply of water. This project is of consider able significance in that it repre sents the first example in the region where a municipality has under taken the development and utiliza tion of both forest and water re sources on the same area. The first timber sale unit con sists of about 600 acres on Old Bald drainage. Approximately 1,600, 000 board feet of selectively mark ed sawtimber and 430 cords of chestnut acidwood were designated for cutting. . The timber was sold on a lump sum bid of $17,000 to the Waynesville Lumber Company Thesai aMitrct"provWeiS-foT re moval of designated trees in such a way as to do a minimum amount of damage to the watershed values of the area; provide protection to the reserve trees, and to provide access for fire control through the construction of permanent roads. Timber cutting and road con struction activities were initiated in April, 1949, in accordance with approved specifications. These specifications represented the com bined experience and studies of representativs of the State Board of Health, the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, the North Carolina Department of Conserva tion and Development, the Tenn essee Valley Authority Division of Forestry Relations, the town and practical timber operators. To date, approximately 3 miles of road have been fjuilt and 500, 000 board feet of sawtimber harv ested. The Board of Aldermen have ex pressed considerable enthusiasm and satisfaction concerning the progress on the first phase of the (Continued on page four) Modern Practices Are Being Pushed The trees that blanket Haywood county's mountains look like a million dollars. But they're worth considerably more than that. They constitute vital forces in four of the county's major indus tries, and actually count for the presence of two of them. These four are paper and furni ture manufacturing, farming and the tourist business. They brought a Champion Paper and Fibre Company plant to Can ton, which gives work lo 2,500 county people al its factory alone, and paid salaries totalling $10,000, 000 last year. They mean hundreds of thous ands of dollars more in the tourist business to which I hey are vital. Every summer, thousands of trav ellers come to stay in the county anywhere from a week lo three or four months. They don't come to see moun tains alone. They come to see mountains blanketed with trees. These trees supply the raw ma terial for the Unagusta Maunl'ac- turing Corp., which employ about 300 people in making furniture and has a payroll that varies be tween $700,000 and $800,00 a year. Their value in farming itself is difficult to estimate. There is no way to determine the amount of topsoil the trees have held on the land and prevented from being washed by the rains into the rivers and streams. But they can be and are being used to increase both the money value and the beauty of the land. Planted bleak, eroded hills, they are being used to build future pastures and cropland, or woodlots that will provide -a permanent, source Qf tijftber atul pulpwood, ; These trees alsd created many of Haywood's smaller industries. Their ultimate value to the coun ty's, merchants also can be meas ured in terms of millions of dol lars. For instance, of Champion's multi-million-dollar payroll, all but a small fraction is spent in the stores of the county. The same also may be said of the Unagusta wages and salaries. In addition to this direct spend ing, there are also the contribu tions that these industries make to the social and religious lives of the communities. The YMCA at Canton. The rooms sponsored at the Haywood County Hospital by industries and civic organizations whose members are also members of these industries, and others. And the fact that the value of the trees are appreciated fully is reflected in the importance of for estry in the Haywood County Com munity Development program, in the long-range building and con servation practices of Champion, (Continued on Page 4) 4-H Boys Learn Forestry By Working At It Haywood County 4-H Club boys plant white pine seedlings at their camp on the Mountain Test Farm under the guidance of foresters and men from the county agent's office. At left, Bill Martin Boone digs a post hole for a seedling, whiie the boy in the foreground by him plants a young tree. Behind him to the right is Thad Medford. Standing next to Thad is John Gray, North Carolina State College Extension Forester. David Hugh Tate works with a pick mattock, and Harley Caldwell takes a few sec onds otr from tree planting to watch the camera. Other boys In the picture are Charlie Wilson, Lynn McClure, Dan Davis, James Williamson, Jimmy McElroy, Billy Bishop, T. L. Francij, Christopher Doug las, Jack Chason, and Ted Francis. In the background are E. R. Caldwell, Haywood County forest er; County Agent Wayne Corpening, State Forester Charles Pettit, and TVA Forester R. A. Vogen burger. Forestry Commission For Haywood Sets Up Far -Beaching Program Goals The Forestry Commission of the Haywood County Community De velopment program recently adopt Mias their goal, a program "to Improve forestry management prac tices so as to Increase the income from forestry in Haywood county above the $250,000. where it now stands; and double the number of white pine and poplar seedlings set out in the county In 1948. The Commission Is composed of the following: Ted Davis, of Champion Paper and Fibre Company; John Gray. ExtensionvForester, State College; Tom Alexander, rqtite two:' Charles (Continued on page four) Young Timber On Watershed Means Future Profits Hesidua. stands of timber JeCt after the losing operauon on e - Umt' .iruS itrw. The Program was adopted by the Town Board ing cut over in an unwed P from thp gtate NatijonaI and TVA services. Waynesville Lum- ber Comply is dng t"e logging, having made the highest bid for the timber. (This photograph courtesy TVA'. . . - Belk - Hudson o Your Forestry Money Will Always WHILE jYOU READ THIS APVERTISEMENTjf A FOREST rlRE S BElHS STARTED SOMEWHERE IN THE LIMITED STATES BY A CARELESS CITIZEN OR MALICIOUS PERSON PREVENT FOREST FIRES BUY MORE At Clothing For All The Family o Household Needs o When In Waynesville Make This Store Your Headquarters 'Home of Better Values' b' I'. m I ill -i.
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