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til 1 &if f PAGE TWO THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Fourth Agent Brought Franyim Is Wording On Pigeon Watershed Wayne Franklin, assistant coun ty agent, could just as well have tin- title, "Haywood's Soil Guard." Air. Franklin is to the soil in the I:igeon Hiver Valley, what Hie amird guards are to Uncle Sam's Sold reserve at Fort Knox. li true that Mr. Franklin does mil carry a gun loaded with high row tied bullets, but he is carry ing (,u a program that is "loaded" to the limit with good practical, cciiiincjn sense. The program of the Pigeon River Valley is unique in several re-M-eets. rust, it is a cooperative move ment, being sponsored by The ( iiampion Paper and Fibre Com- i pany. the Tennessee Valley Au thority, the -North Carolina hxten son Service, and Havwood County .Ml tour of these are well aware I c; Hie value of top soil, hence the ;jri caching program which has him started in the Pigeon Valley. "-tcund, the program goes out to ' tw-iy farm, and every acre of tand in the valley, because it is on iho-t acres of land, whether wood ed or not, that the top soil must be anchored. rffin:Mt.MMiiii.iMljWi 1 4r Ikv ... LAfjJ Promote Tree Farming Under Cooperative l - l West Pigeon Community Leqdexs, In This Area Of Slab By Win. S EDMUNDS Executive Director. N. C. Forestry Association especially for the Waynesville Mountaineer 1 '1 he Champion Paper and Fibre Company have more than civic -'ne farmer has, inteievt in the project. Thev are la" afford to comb. ciinoiig the few industries in the 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 that realize the importance ot lop soil, and the destructiveness nt erosion. Hlicials of the company, work i 111; hand-in-hand with the state ing on a program designed to curb 'the erosion of the soil, j Bare spots on steep hills are being planted in trees, or cover I crops, to help hold the top soil in I place. Other practices will be fol lowed in an effort to reduce wash ing of gullies, and roadsides. The whole program is to keep the top soil where it is. The erosion project, however, is just part of the program which is being started throughout the Pigeon Valley. Every practical farm program, from increased poul try Hocks, to apple orchards are encouraged. The more farm in- the better he i the destruc tive forces of nature, such as wash ing soils. The vast virgin forests which made North Carolina the land of opportunity for our forebearers nave practically disappeared ex cept for a few scattered tracts wrdcji lie in remote and inaccess ible areas. Where the mighty for ests once grew, however, there are now growing second, third, and even fourth growth stands of tim ber planted, protected, and nurtur ed, by the sons, and grandsons of the pioneers who converted our origirial stands into homes, furni- ture, apd hundreds of other nec essities fpr a growing nation. Many pioneers could no more see the need for conserving timber which, grew in such than they could for building air ports for the use of airplanes not yet invented. However, as our na tion grew and as new uses for forest products were developed, the sons of these pioneers were among the first to change their at titude about our forest resources. They had seen their earnings de crease as timber stands became smaller and smaller. They had hut he is determined that if will succeed, and the farmers in the area are doing their part to moke and national foresters, are cany-Ins ideal program come true. Six Million Seeding Planted Last Year By Champion Paper Company i-J.ast fall and this winter, The CWimpion Paper and Fibre Comp any planted 6.000.000 pine seed- liifcs on the company's 189.000 acres of land in the Carolinas and ' Georgia. Last year, the Company bought j and gave tli3 North Carolina State College more seedlings for distribution to the 4-H Clubs of the state. Mr Franklin's job is a big one, I seen thriving communities in come ghot towns when the local timber supply was exhausted and lumber plants were forced to move on. It was then that the more fore sighted of our wood-using indus trialists began to urge the study of a science then little known iii America called "forestry." The first such school was established at Biltmore, in Western Carolina and began to leach the techniques of planting, managing, jand protecting forests. During the succeeding 50 years many fine forestry schools have been estab lished throughout the country and today there are thousands of for estry graduates, the majority of whom are employed by wood-using industries to. manage their own holdings' in such a manner as to insure a perpetual supply of wood. Industrial foresters are also em ployed in many phases of research Where white pine is concerned, I that's something that Nature over looked. When the first settlers came, they found only small patches of pine in j Haywood's virgin forests and plen- !'ty of chestnut, which were killed Extendi Service 150.000 ",l U,,MI WI1,cn slrueK lpe en ure Appaiacntan ranee more than 15 years ago. Tl... ,.. . This winter on 3.000 acres of the i ' '" lm"" n(m " luu Per cent Company property above Lake mol' ,n ' h"" ' .vears ago, Logan. Champion foresters planted !!,w,-v lllTOll8h "' work of Champ- 42,000 trees, more than half of j Wuestion: Is top-dressed wheat them white pines. And from the Nature made up for her over- j more likely to be damaged by frost company nurseries, there will be tight by taking advantage of the!'nan non-topdressed wheat? 50 000 more pine seedlings ready lcssons taught by Man. The original for distribution in a few years. plantings made by foresters re- This extensive planting program : produced naturally and rapidly in an unceasing effort to develop new techniques for converting wood into materials for every day use of persons throughout the world. J The humble birth of the new science in their midst has left an indelible Impression on the peo ple of Western North Carolina and no place in the country can be found that takes greater pride in the progress of it's forestry pro gram. Among the wood-using indus tries of Western North Carolina which have contributed greatly to the development of the forestry program, two are outstanding. They are The Champion Paper and Fibre Company, of Canton and the Mead Corporation, of Sylva. These Arms abundance i on,y mana8e and cut their own noiaings according to sound lor estry practice, but are always eager to aid other timberland owners in their vicinity in setting up forest management plans. The contribution of these firms to the economic welfare of Western North Carolina is well known, but in addition to providing jobs for hundreds of persons and paying tremendous taxes for maintenance of roads, schools, and other gpv ernmental services, they are sup porting on a voluntary basis imVny programs to elevate the civic, edu cational, religious, and recreational culture of our state. The 250,000 individuals who own 80'V of North Carolinas Iflli mil lion acres of timberland have be gun to follow the leadership es- Norlh lablished by industry in growing trVcs for tomorrow. They have found that which is profitable tp industry is also profitable to in: dividuals. In recent years other groups have conic to recognize the value of North Carolina's one re newable natural resoruce, arid, to day supporters of the forestry deT velopment program may fcj found among bankers, utility companies, merchants, doctors, lawyers, pub lishers, ajid others from every walk of life. Western North Carolina can take great pride in having been the 1jtii'.v wyyy nyw' ' 1 wiiffw i nWWWtfMiwwwMW I . sett. Pasture Charlie Caldwell James Sheffield. Uis Burneite a, d Jim Welch. Alfalfa Letch Worley (.. VVells, W. H. Hyatt. " Clothing; Mrs. Ellis Wells Mh Charlie Terrell, Miss Eugenia 'ju1 tice, Dolores York, Miss Joann w Craeken and Mrs. Jack Sloan Mr. Sloan, Viee-Chairman ' hvk G. McCracken; Mi s. Henry u,,,,, , K, secretary; ana Mrs. Clyde Coll Photo by Ingram's Studio) Among the principal officers elected when the West Pigeon Com munity Development Program was organized are, left to right, Chairman John Sloart. Mrs. Henry Garner, secretary; Vice-Chair-ma,n Jack, P. McCracken. Mrs. Clifton Terrell, assistant reporter; and the Rev. Clyde Collins, treasurer. Ms. Clyde Collins, reporter, was absent when the picture was taken. Speqi Groups Named hi Wst Pigeon Program Special committees for the West . C. Seunders, Bryan Burnette, J. Pigeon' Community Development L. Singleton, Henry Garner. Program were selected recently at Dairy Jack G. McCracken, Mrs. a meeting-at the Bethel school. ,j L singleton, Mrs. Earle Moore. Community Chairman J o h n Fruits and. Vegetables, and Foods Sloan presided as these special and Nutrition (combined) Charlie nswar(s Gi,yen Ta Stock, Wheat, Timber Problems hak a double purpose: to grow a continuous wood supply for the cc.iiii.an: to conserve soil. Ir. tliis planting process, for in stance, some 8.000 acres of bleak, erodrd. idle land were carpeted with pine seedlings. This is the latest phase of Champion's long-range policy of forest practice that was among the t irst to be drawn up by a major C S. industry. It had its beginning shortly after Woild War 1 when Walter Damtoft joiiiid the Company to be the first graduate forester ver employed by a Southeastern firm. . The accent on white pine is largely the result of this research. In 1926, six years after he was engaged by the Company. Mr. Dam toft. new Champion secretary treasurer, started planting company land at Willits in Jackson County in Japanese red pine' larch. Nor way spruce. Chinese chestnut, white pine, and yellow poplar. These experimental plantings showed that Haywood county's soil and climate was best suited for white pine and yellow poplar. Hut the most important charact eristic of white pipe from the standpoint of wood utilization, is that it matures relatively1 quickly, reaching good pulpwood size in 20 years. The stately trees that were first planted on the Willits tract now present living evidence of this quality. As Ted Davis of the company's Forestry Department pointed out, this program is aimed toward im proving the growth of the forests so that they can be harvested in definitely. "Basically," he says, "the idea is to have every acre grow as at least as much as will be cut from year to year." To take care of these trees and carry out the prpgram, Champion has 10 of its 19 graduate foresters assigned to the Canton Djvision alone. Of these, six work in Hay wood County, where the company also has hundreds more acres of forest land at Fiberville, with its 17-20 year plantings of scotch and w hite pine. 1 During the last four years, the WE WORK WITH WOOD WHEN WE PREVENT 1 FOREST. FIRES-WE ! ARE HELPING GROW 1 MORE TREES AMERICA prevent; forest fics Answer: W. H. Rankin, small grain specialist for the North Car olina Agricultural Experiment Sta tion, says no. Rankin inspected many wheat fields this spring fol lowing the early March frosts. Ho says fci could tell little difference in the amount of winter injury due to topdressing. He does think, however, that early topdressed stands recover much more rapidly from winter injury. Question: What is the difference between black rot and bitter rot in apples1 Answer: There are several ways to distinguish between the tw'o. For one thing, there is usually only a single spot or lesion per fruit with black rot. but with bitter rot there are often several spots. The black rot lesions increase in size rapidly and usually are not sunk en. Bitter rot lesions increase in size less rapidly and are somewhat flat. The rotted tissue of black rot has a sweetish taste, while that of bitter rot has a bitter taste. The leaves of a black rot infested tree become spotted, while the leaves of a bitter-rot infested tree are unaffected. Question: Where can I go for advice on thinning the trees in my woodlot? Answer: There arc two main agencies that have forestry ex perts stationed throughout the State. The .North Carolina Agri cultural Extension Service em ploys ten farm foresters. To con tact one of these see your county cAicMMun age.ni. in addition the State Department of Conservation and Development has eigth dis trict foresters. Their headquarters are at Asheville, Sylva, Lenoir Rockingham, New Bern. Rocky Mount, Faycttevillc and Elizabeth City. birthplace of the American fores try movement. committees were named, with the following members included: Forestry Ellis Wells. Walker Brown, Lamar York, Coleman York, Dclmar Smith and Mr. Newsome. Refreshments Mrs. Jack G. Mc Cracken, Mrs. E. B. Rickman, Mrs. John Sloan, Mrs. Ellis Wells, Mrs. D. York, Mrs. Hugh Rogers and Mrs. M, C. Nix. Roads Bill Wells, Larry Jus tice, Weaver Cat hey and Hugh Terrell. Corn Jack G. McCracken, Jack Sloan, "Gene Barrett. Cattl-Jaek G. McCracken, C. """"" 'Cr"t -I LliULi. ; Terrell, Mrs. Joe Beverage, Mrs. Joe Rigdon, Mrs. Rue Riddle, Mrs. E. B. Rickman. Home Furnishings James Shef field. Mrs. Vernon Sheffield. Health Mrs. Tom Cathey, and JqJ JJ Street Laura Burnette. j Home and Farm Beautification Mrs. Lester Fore, Clifton Terrell, John Hardin, Willie Fore, Mrs. Oscar Laymons, Gudger Worley. Poultry M. C. Nix, Corbit Wright. Scrap Book and School Grounds Mrs. Henry Garner, Mrs. John Hardin, Mrs. Joy Osborne, Mrs. John Rigdon and Mrs. Calvin Bis- Be Protected w insuiuin TODAY SEE E. L. Withers & G nras J. L. KlUWTKICK. ManJ IS THE BEST I WWW nm company has accelerated its pro gram, buying 150,000 additional acres to add to its total forest land says Ifitrshel Keener, head of Champion's woods department. The 'end" result of this long-range Program will be mutually Kon.. W to both the company and the farmers of Haywood Countyin growing continual harvests of Ifoh saw timber and pulpwood, nd in the prevention of soil eros 170,000 FOREST FIRES EVERY YOU, CAM HELP PREVENT FOREST FIR ,.THAT AMERICA'S AVERAGE1 RECORD, Or OES7RUCTIOh4 v ' AND 9 OUT OP TEH ARE CAUSED YOU CAN HELP PREVENT FOREST fIRES eiCAREnju WITH nggJN JHE WOODS TL ff Mnfif9rn m It tin as i WW dak j f iVOUR MATCH, BEFOftE y .THROWING T AWA : NEVER LEAVE A RW WXY Lumber Company IB 1 Pjpogrftm mm tt'ttt twt We Buy Timber AND Saw Logs, 11 wm Vhorn 1,5,4 aaosville Liumbef C Waynes FREsr the I Hie ""Pioal Will (WtoJ vil
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