Figure 28. — A typical operation for hewn cross ties. 



Such operations afford opportunities for part-time employment and for utilization of 

 scattered tracts of timber. 



Approximately 4 million fence posts are produced 

 in this area annually, furnishing about 65,000 man- 

 days of employment. Most of the posts come from 

 lightwood (i. e., dead pine heartwood) and dead 

 cypress heartwood, only 800,000 cubic feet being 

 considered as drain against the sound-tree inven- 

 tory. 



Pulpwood 



In 1934 the pulpwood market for south Georgia 

 was restricted to one mill in adjacent Florida, but 

 during the period 1935-38 several new kraft pulp 

 and paper mills were established in the South, two 

 of which were located on the Atlantic coast in 

 south Georgia. The mill at Savannah started pro- 

 duction in 1936 and the one at Brunswick. early in 

 1938. Although the Savannah mill drew part of its 

 requirements from adjacent South Carolina, the 

 pine pulpwood drain on south Georgia in 1935 and 

 1936 amounted to approximately 47,000 and 77,000 

 cords, respectively. When operating full time, the 

 two mills in south Georgia will consume about 

 400,000 cords of wood annuallv and will furnish 



approximately 1 million man-days of employment. 

 Four new pulp mills located nearby in Florida may 

 draw a considerable portion of their annual require- 

 ments of almost one-half million cords from south 

 Georgia. 



Fuel Wood 



A large rural population, the lack of natural gas, 

 and the distance from coal fields cause an extremely 

 heavy fuel-wood demand. Most of the fuel wood 

 is consumed for domestic purposes, while approxi- 

 mately 220,000 cords are used commercially in 

 turpentine stilling, cotton ginning, sirup making, 

 tobacco curing, etc. About 1% million cords of 

 fuel wood are used annually. Only 560,000 cords, 

 or 41 million cubic feet, are drain from the growing 

 stock; the non-drain fuel wood is principally dead 

 and down timber and fat pine lightwood. 



Miscellaneous 



In 1936 the miscellaneous production, including 

 logs exported, material used locally on farms, and 





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