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•THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS-WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1973
South Produces sl.l Billion Pulpwood
For the third consecutive
year, the South’s forests
produced more than one billion
dollars worth of pulpwood
during 1972, the Southern
Forest Institute, Atlanta, Ga.,
reports.
The total value of pulpwood
harvested and delivered to the
South’s 112 pulp and paper
mills during 1972 was
$1,106,987,500, the Institute
said. This represents 44,279,500
cords of pulpwood, an increase
of six per cent over the South’s
1971 pulpwood production. (A
cord is 128 cubic feet of stacked
pulpwood.)
In 1972, the Institute
reported, the South produced
approximately 67 per cent of
the nation’s total pulpwood
supply. During this same time,
Southern forests also yielded 30
per cent of America’s total
plywood output, and almost 34
per cent of its finished lumber
production—enough lumber to
build nearly half of the two
million housing units expected
to be built in the United States
this year.
By the year 2000, projections
are the South’s forests will be
producing approximately 55
per cent of the nation’s total
annual wood needs, more
timber than any other single
region of the U.S., the Institute
said.
“More than a billion dollars
worth of pulpwood grown and
harvested from our Southern
forests last year is a major
contribution to the economy of
our region,” said Dr. Benton H.
Box, executive vice-president
of the Atlanta-based Forestry-
Institute. “But despite this new
record harvest, we still have
more trees growing in the
South’s 198 million acres of
forests today than anytime
since the 1930’5.”
“Trees are one of America’s
few endlessly renewable
natural resources,” Dr. Box
said. “If we continue sound
tree-harvesting and prompt
reforestation practices, the
forest products industries,
government and private, non
industrial landowners—all
working together—can help
insure there will always be
enough trees to meet our
nation’s future needs.”
For the 25th straight year,
Georgia led the other eleven
Southern states in total value of
pulpwood harvested during
1972: $189,127,500; Alabama
was second, with a pulpwood
harvest worth $174,795,000.
Mississippi was third—its
pulpwood harvest last year
totaled $114,610,000.
To help renew the forests for
the future, the South’s pulp and
paper, lumber, plywood and
other timber-using industries
planted a record 513-million
new pine and hardwood
seedlings during the 1972 tree
planting season, the Institute
said.
Pulpwood is produced and
harvested in 90 per cent of the
counties in the South, the
Institute reported. And, almost
two-thirds of the pulp and paper
industry’s annual pulpwood
supply is purchased on the open
market from tree farmers and
other private, non-industrial
landowners.
The Southern Forest
Institute’s annual pulpwood
value report is based on results
of a regional pulpwood
production survey conducted
by the USDA’s Forest Service
Southeastern Forest
Experiment Station, in
cooperation with the American
Pulpwood Association.
State-by-state breakdown of
total value of pulpwood har
vested in 1972; Top three
pulpwood-producing counties in
each state: And value of
pulpwood harvested in each of
those counties.
Alabama $174,795,000
Choctaw 6,986,750
Clarke 5,239,825
Conecuh 4,633,650
Arkansas 84,847,500
Union 4,220,100
Grant 3,613,475
Ashley 2,937,250
Florida 84,832,500
Taylor 5,096,675
Nassau 4,474,125
Jackson 3,194,050
Georgia 189,127,500
Ware 4,747,450
Clinch 4,214,300
Appling 3,259,850
Louisiana 103,442,500
Sabine 5,365,400
Overhead
Is Costly
In Store
A shop in Toulon, France,
was robbed of $225,000 worth
of jewelry, it was revealed re
cently.
"Hie thieves used a tech
nique made famous in the
French film “Rififi,” cutting
through the ceiling of the shop
to bypass the burglar alarm
system.
VAnon
Beauregard
Mississippi
Clarke
Copiah
Rankin
North Carolina
Beaufort
5,332,725 Brunswick
4.929,350 Craven
114,610,000 Oklahoma
3,980,025 McCurtain
3,132,575 Pushmataha
2,983,600 Le Flore
102,655,000 South Carolina
3,970,375 Georgetown
Defense Cycle Riding
Might Save Your Life
By GEORGE HOWER
Copley News Service
The headline on Page 1 of
the afternoon newspaper told
it all:
“Mother Feels Nothing Was
learned by Son’s Death.”
To the mother, the lesson
was clear:
Motorcyclists should wear
the recommended safety
equipment helmet, gloves,
and a heavy jacket.
Her son we’ll call him
Glen age 18, didn’t wear the
helmet and, as a result, died
of head injuries suffered while
riding his motorcycle.
Glen’s friends didn’t wear
helmets either and what
bothered the distraught
mother was friends who fol
lowed the funeral procession
on their bikes still weren’t
wearing helmets.
“Apparently,” she said,
“the importance of that
equipment didn’t penetrate.”
But it had with her and,
when a collection was taken,
she put the money into the
treasury of a grass-roots
motorcycle safety instruction
group formed in California in
1972 to teach bike safety.
Classes are free, are held
every week until the 16-hour
course is completed, and the
emphasis is on defensive
motorcycle riding.
Why “defensive” riding?
After they lay a few statistics
on you, you know why.
Samples:
Motorcycling increased
1,000 per cent since 1950, when
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“Full Service and More Since 1904”
MEMBER F. D. /. C.
CUMMINQ 887-7791 ATLANTA 577—1372
there were 50,000 bikes on the
road, to 540,000 on the road;
The fatality rate in
creased 350 per cent between
1960 and 1969, while the acci
dent rate for other vehicles
went up only 33 per cent;
Most accidents occur
during good weather, when
more bikers are out riding.
Who takes this class? A
broad range of people. Young
(9-year-olds), old (people in
their 50s), women.
Take the last group wom
en for example. One bike
safety student was Peggy
Murray, a pretty meter maid.
Another woman was Pat
Rose, an energetic dog
groomer.
Peggy has a motorcycle and
rides it. Pat doesn’t, but, she
says, “I went through the
class and as soon as I can, I’ll
get a motorcycle. It’s a mat
ter of being able to afford
one.”
Pat admits she “had no idea
how to shift, how to brake,” at
the start and, after going
through the class, she says, “I
was more aware they (motor
cycles) are not easily seen”
by motorists.
That is one of the problems
in motorcycling.
“If you hold your forefinger
up,” she points out, “it’s like
looking at a bike 150 yards off.
You’re not going to see it.”
So, she suggests, “It’s a
good idea to wear bright
clothing and drive with your
headlights on. It makes you
more easily seen.”
Pat, a member of the safety
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2,807,775 Fairfield
11,740,000 Tennessee
5,381,025 Humphreys
721,800 Hardin
228,950 McMinn
86,847,500 Texas
3,503,000 Polk
council, cringes when she sees
a young couple riding tandem
the guy in light clothes and
the girl in shorts, a halter, no
helmet, and holding on to him
for dear life.
“If the girls fall off and skin
themselves they’d hurt a lot
more” if they’re not wearing
protective clothes, Pat warns.
“I’ve talked to a lot of peo
ple who have taken falls and
have been skinned pretty bad
ly. It makes a believer of
them.”
A rider can always buy a
new helmet, Pat says, but not
a new head.
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COSMETIC STUDIO
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3,258,125 Jasper
3,186,425 Newton
15,847,500 Virginia
1,219,750 Brunswick
621,000 Buckingham
597,425 Pittsylvania
83,077,500
3,811,925 TOTAL
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3,559,175
3,193,725
55,165,000
2,453,150
2,237,850
1,696,775
$1,106,987,500
“The point we push is if
your head isn’t worth any
thing, don’t buy a helmet. If
you do, get a good helmet.”
The California Highway
Patrol puts out a booklet
which points out that head in
juries are the “most com
mon” injuries in serious and
fatal accidents.
It also points out another
reason riders should wear
helmets.
“At highway speeds, bugs
and grit in the air can pene
trate an eye,” and, it goes on,
“occasionally rocks are
kicked up into a rider’s face
by other vehicles.”
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