Not only farmers, but some mill operators realize the 

 value of the program. Graeber said, "A large number of 

 mill operators are working closely with our farm foresters 

 and are seeking their help. They often refer timber owners 

 to the forester before buying." 



For the fiscal year 1944-45, the Farm Foresters gave 

 assistance in timber marketing to 686 farmers who sold 

 $708,006 worth of material from 73,337 acres of forest 

 land. Timber was actually marked and volume determined 

 on 415 farms or 24,846 acres. The volume marked was 68 

 million board feet of sawtimber and 12,392 cords of pulp- 

 wood and miscellaneous products. 



Further educational value was obtained through the 

 spread of influence in a community by people observing 

 and discussing work of this type. 



Present plans call for the further development of the 

 Farm Forestry Program within the next 10 years. This is 

 now in North Carolina a cooperative project between the 

 Extension Service (State and Federal), and the U. S. 

 Forest Service. 



DIVISION OF FORESTRY AND PARKS, DEPARTMENT 

 OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 



Educational work of this division, the state government's 

 chief forestry agency, consists of several phases. Fire pro- 

 tection education work follows the general trend with talks 

 to schools, radio talks from various local stations, showing 

 of motion pictures to schools and civic groups, and the use 

 of fire protection posters and literature. During the 1944 

 calendar year, 614 schools were visited by division person- 

 nel. 



Various forestry services and advice are given to the 

 absentee, investment, industrial and other owners of forest 

 land. Federal funds, disbursed through the U. S. Forest 

 Service, join state and county funds in this overall pro- 

 gram. 



The Bladen Lakes State Forest in Bladen County is be- 

 ing intensively managed as a demonstration of forestry 

 on submarginal land. All phases of management are under- 

 way. Forest products of all types are being systematically 

 grown and harvested. Two recreational centers have been 

 established and two lakes developed for fishing. Regulated 

 deer hunting in cooperation with the Game Division is 

 now underway. 



Further educational work has been undertaken in co- 

 operation with the Vocational Agriculture teachers in vari- 

 ous counties. In Wilson County, four units of 10 acres 

 each have been established as school demonstration forests. 

 The units have been donated and deeds are held by the 

 Board of Education. Units have been established in four 

 Mountain counties, but the lands are still in private owner- 

 ship. This program was curtailed by the war, but is to be 

 revived on a larger scale. A forester on the State For- 

 ester's staff is assigned full-time to Information and Edu- 

 cation activities corelation. 



U. S. SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE 



In 1944 there were seven foresters employed by the 

 U. S. Soil Conservation Service in North Carolina. These 

 men were not employed as foresters, but were used in the 

 general farm program. However, the forestry-trained con- 

 servationists have worked forestry practices into farm 

 plans and have been responsible for assisting many farm- 



ers in the development of their forest lands through im- 

 provement cuttings and tree planting. 



Tennessee Valley Authority. At present, the T.V.A. 

 (Dept. of Forestry Relations) has three foresters working 

 within the Tennessee Valley in North Carolina. This or- 

 ganization cooperates with state, local, and other federal 

 agencies. For the past seven years they have been assisting 

 timber land owners in forest management and tree plant- 

 ing in an effort to decrease erosion on T.V.A. watersheds 

 and for the past two years, T.V.A. foresters have been 

 developing detailed individual management plans for cer- 

 tain demonstration farms. These foresters also work in 

 cooperation with the N. C. Division of Forestry and Parks 

 in giving technical assistance to absentee, investment, in- 

 dustrial and other owners on lands within the Tennessee 

 Valley in North Carolina. 



Farmers' Federation, Asheville, North Carolina. Two 

 foresters are employed, one working on the marketing of 

 pulpwood in an effort to obtain as much volume as possible 

 to meet present demands by encouraging thinning and 

 cutting; the other working with individual owners to 

 develop a systematic management, harvesting and market- 

 ing program. Management agreements are signed with the 

 timber owners and all future cutting is handled by the 

 Farmers' Federation. This work is carried out on a com- 

 mission basis, with further assistance from a Charles L. 

 Pack Forestry Foundation grant. 



Farm Security Administration. Under the Tenant Pur- 

 chase Program of the F.S.A., some forestry educational 

 work has been practiced with the cooperation of the Ex- 

 tension Service, Farm Foresters, and Management Assist- 

 ants of the N. C. Division of Forestry and Parks. A num- 

 ber of cutting plans have been developed for individual 

 farms and some very effective work has been done, as the 

 F.S.A. controls farm and forest practices on farms as long 

 as loans are in force. In spite of this "enforced" education, 

 however, some owners have liquidated their timber to pay 

 their mortgages. 



THE NORTH CAROLINA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



The North Carolina Forestry Association is "A Volun- 

 tary Association of Persons and Organizations Interested 

 in the Protection and Fuller Development of North Caro- 

 lina's Forest and Game Resources." This organization is 

 very active and has developed a broad forestry and natural 

 resources program to assist in keeping North Carolina's 

 forest lands productive. Educational efforts of the Asso- 

 ciation deal with the development of community forests 

 by counties, towns, and cities, an enlarged program of 

 farm and industrial forestry education and service, a 

 broadening of the public interest in forests through the 

 public schools, and adequate facilities for the teaching of 

 forestry at North Carolina State College and Duke 

 University. 



SCHOOL OF FORESTRY, DUKE UNIVERSITY 



The School of Forestry, although engaged mainly in the 

 professional training of technical foresters on a graduate 

 level, maintains contacts with private and owners through 

 the operation of the Duke Forest. 



The Duke Forest, located in Durham and Orange Coun- 

 ties, consists of three main units; namely, the Durham, 

 New Hope Creek, and Hillsboro divisions. The total area of 

 the Forest is now over 7,000 acres. Situated on the lower 



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