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Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, May 2, 1957
Brantley Enterprise
Published weekly on Thursday at Nahunta, Georgia
CARL BROOME EDITOR and PUBLISHER
Entered at the Post Office at Nahunta, Georgia as
second class matter under the act of March 3, 1879.
Official Organ of Brantley County
Healthy Pine Trees
Are Best Defense
Against Bark Beetle
Proper .management of pine
stands will go a long way to
ward reducing losses to forest
insects, according to R. E. Lee 111,
Union Bag-Camp Paper Corpora
tion forest entomologist.
Forest insects that concern
most landowners are the pine
bark beetles, tiny, insects that
live inside the bark of pines,
feeding on the inner bark, and
thereby girdling the tree. The
most common of these are the
southern pine beetle, the Black
turpentine beetle, and the IPS
engraver beetles.
By far the most serious of
these is the southern pine beetle.
Since 1950, epidemics of this in
sect have occured from Texas
to Virginia.
Although the exact causes of
these epidemics are not known,
several similarities between out
breaks have been noted. All have
occured during drought years,
and always the attacks have
started in dense, overcrowded
stands. There is no evidence that
the southern pine beetle is attra
cted to timber physically injured
by fire, logging, or other causes.
These observations lead the
entomologists to believe that
overcrowded stands of timber,
the first to suffer during periods
of drought, become weakened
through lack of moisture and
susceptible to attack by the
beetles. Since man has little con
trol over the weather, it seems
best to try and avoid outbreaks
by keeping the timber properly
thinned and in a heathly grow
ing condition. In thinning timber,
diseased and weakened trees
should be removed upon the
advice of a forester, to premit
more growing space for the larg
er, more vigorous trees.
Although fire-damage and
other weakened trees seldom fall
prey to the southern pine beetle,
they are particularly attractive
to the black turpentine beetle
and the IPS engraver beetle. For
this reason, it is essential that
forests be protected from wild
fires. Fire alone may not always
kill timber, but it may weaken
timber to the point that it is
susceptible to the beetles.
In some sections, it is felt that
summer cutting leads to insect
outbreaks. In general, this is not
true. Most large companies op
erate on their own holding the
year-round, being careful only
to keep the stumps low, the tops
small, and injury to standing
timber at a minimum. Following
such an operation, there is little
breeding material in which IPS
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or the turpentine beetle can get
started.
Despite our best efforts, pine
stands sometimes are injured by
fire, flooding, hail, lightning, and
other causes. It should be remem
bered that anything that weakens
timber may render it susceptible
to insects. Timber that has been
damaged in any way, therefore,
should be watched carefully for
evidence of bark beetles. Their
presence can first be detected
by the appearance of tubular
masses of reddish gum anywhere
on the stem of the tree. Usually,
but not always, these “pitch
tubes” indicate that bark beetles
are preesnt.
If bark beetles are discovered,
the advice of a forester should
be sought right away. Pulpwood
companies such as the Union
Bag-Camp Paper Corporation of
Savannah, Georgia, Employ gra
duate foresters trained in the
recognition and control of forest
insects. Their services are free to
landowners and may be had by
writing the company. Other
sources of information are the
State Forestry Commission and
the U. S. Forest Service.
Highest Risk
Group Receives
Most Polio Shots
Over 90 percent of Georgia’s
children most likely to get polio,
those aged 5 through 9 years,
have received their first Salk
vaccine shots.
Os the same age group, 69
percent have received their sec
ond shot and 33 percent have
received the third shot.
The vaccination program in
Georgia has concentrated on per
sons under 20 years, according to
Dr. John Venable, assistant to
the director, Georgia Department
of Public Health, and chairman
of the State Polio Advisory Com
mittee. Generally, Dr. Venable
said, the lower the age group
the higher the risk. Percentages
for all those under 20 run 55 per
cent for the first shot, 45 per
cent for the second, and for the
third. Total eligible in this group
are 1,558,000. The first two shots
are one month apart, with the
third following 7 months later.
Because of this concentration
on younger groups, and because
of adequacy of supply of public
vaccine, Dr. Venable pointed out,
Georgia has used only 52,449
commercial doses. This commer
cial vaccine has gone largely to
persons over 20. North Carolina
is the only other Southern state
using more vaccine through its
public health program than Geor
gia, which has given 1,939,263
doses since the National Polio
Foundation and federal programs
began in 1955.
Whatever you’re looking for in
a modem car, you’ll surely find
in one of the 21 Ford beauties
for 1957. The styling of every
model bears the distinctive Mark
New Law Permits
Pond Owners to
Sell Game Fish
The General Assembly of Geor
gia recently passed a bill which
permits farm pond owners to
legally sell game fish provided
they have written permission
from the Game and Fish Com
mission.
Senate Bill No. 156, introduced
by Senator Deen of the 46th Dis
trict, gives farm pond owners the
right to sell game fish if the
Commission finds that such sale
does not interfere with the pre
servation of wildlife.
Owners who wish to sell fish
must contact the Atlanta Office
of the Commission or a local
Game and Fish Ranger before the
sale is made. If a carrier is appre
hended transporting game fish,
he must surrender a permit or
prove by invoice or written
certification that the fish were
purchased in another state. Both
the pond owner and the carrier
must show that the fish came
from a private farm pond.
Members of the General As
sembly felt that a farm pond
owner who fertilized his pond
properly and managed it accord
ing to the recommendations of
Game and Fish biologists should
be permitted to regain some of
the cost when his pond is drained.
They agreed that he should be
entitled to sell his fish in the
same manner he sells his cattle
or hogs.
Passage of the new law does not
affect the rules governing sale
of game fish by other persons.
ONLY FARM POND OWNERS
WITH A LICENSE ARE AUTH
ORIZED TO SELL GAME FISH.
All other persons will be punish
ed if caught with game fish in
their possession.
Textile Men to
Hear Vandiver and
Tulane President
Atlanta — Georgia’s Lieutenant
Governor S. Ernest Vandiver and
Dr. Rufus C. Harris, president of
Tulane University, New Orleans,
will deliver principal addresses
at the 57th annual meeting of the
Cotton Manufacturers Association
of Georgia, May 1-3, at the Em
erald Beach Hotel, Nassau, the
Bahamas.
Dr. Harris will address the
convention delegates and their
guests at the first business ses
sion on Thursday morning, May
2, following the presidental
message by Henry McD. Tichenor,
the president of Walton Cotton
Mills Company, Monroe. Vand
iver’s speech is scheduled for the
closing session on Friday morn
ing-
Estimated attendance for the
three day meeting will be 375
Georgia textile mill executives,
representatives of supplier firms,
wives and guests.
The average farm in Georgia
today is 67.9 percent larger than
it was 25 years ago, according to
economists at the Agricultural
Extension Service.
of Tomorrow. And beneath the
exterior beauty is an all-new
“Inner Ford” that brings you a
more comfortable ride, out-front
performance, still longer car life
. . . all with Ford’s traditional
economy! Also, there is a whole
new family of Ford V-8 engines—
right up to the new Thunderbird
312 Supercharged V-8 that
delivers a terrific 300 hp. And,
if you like a “six,” you may
choose the Mileage Maker Six —
the most modern and most power
ful “six” on the market. Visit your
Ford Dealer and see how easily
you can start enjoying big-car
fun in a new 1957 Ford.
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Slides
Remember Mother's Day
Sunday, May 12th
Thursday, Friday & Saturday
Rayon
NEW SUMMER SHADES OF
Silk Remnants
NEW SHIPMENT — LADIES’
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Cotton Slips
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