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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Managing small woodlands
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    Small woodlands, of various types, scattered widely over the countryside are a major feature of the landscape and form valuable assets for timber production, wildlife and game conservation. The purpose of this Booklet is to provide the basic information for the establishment and management of small woods emphasising ways and means of modifying forestry practice […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] The landscape of forests and woods
    Lead Author: Sylvia Crowe
    This booklet is an extensive revision of Booklet 18 Forestry in the landscape published in 1966. The author has unique experience of landscaping British forests over many years, and her opinions on landscape design principles, which should be applied in forestry to obtain a satisfactory balance between beauty and function in the landscape, are admirably […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] The wood production outlook in Britain – a review
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    The increasing concern throughout the world about the future availability of fossil fuels and other finite resources has emphasised the need for appraising the balance of wood demand and supply into the next century, and in particular its implications for wood production and forest strategy in Great Britain. This led the Forestry Commissioners to invite […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Forestry Practice (9th edition)
    Lead Author: O. N. Blatchford
    A summary of methods of establishing, maintaining and harvesting forest crops with advice on planning and other management considerations for owners, agents and foresters.
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Aspects of thinning
    Lead Author: G.J. Hamilton (Ed)
    This Bulletin contains the papers presented at a meeting of the International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) Project Group P4.02 ‘Economics and Harvesting of Thinnings’, held in Edinburgh from 30 September until 2 October 1974. Papers were invited on various aspects of thinning. The first session (Papers 1-7) mainly concerned the yield aspects of […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Seed orchards
    Lead Author: Roy Faulkner (Ed)
    This Bulletin provides detailed information about all aspects of seed orchards, seed management and tree breeding. Spilt over 14 chapters, each written by separate specialists, the information presented is intended to provide a useful source of reference for practising orchardists and as a general textbook for university forestry courses which include tree breeding as a […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Production and use of tubed seedlings
    Lead Author: Alan J. Low
    The production and use of tubed conifer seedlings in Britain have been studied between 1968 and 1973 in an extensive research and development programme based initially on Canadian practice. Results from the many nursery and forest experiments are described and form the basis for practical recommendations (see Chapter 6) on raising and planting tubed seedlings.
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] The potential of western hemlock, western red cedar, grand fir and noble fir in Britain
    Lead Author: J.R. Aldhous
    This report is the result of the work of staff from many sections within the Forestry Commission and of the Princes Risborough Laboratory of the Building Research Establishment, Department of the Environment. In 1967 it was decided to undertake a comprehensive evaluation of the status and potential of the four most important “minor species” in […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Fifty years of forestry research
    Lead Author: R.F. Wood
    This is an account of research work undertaken or supported by the Forestry Commission during the first fifty years of its life.
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Influence of spacing on crop characteristics & yield
    Lead Author: G.J. Hamilton
    The analysis described in this paper was designed to provide quantitative information on the effects of spacing on yield and the components of yield. It is preceded by a brief review of the more important features of the history of these spacing experiments.
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Field recognition of British elms
    Lead Author: J. Jobling
    The elms described in this booklet are the species, varieties and hybrids commonly found in the countryside and parks, and at the roadside in towns. They are: English elm – Ulmus proceraWych elm – U. glabraSmooth-leaved elm – U. carpinifolia Gleditsch var. carpinifoliaCornish elm – U. carpinifolia var. cornubiensisWheatley elm – U. carpinifolia var. sarniensisDutch elm […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Weeding in the forest: a work study approach
    Lead Author: W.O. Wittering
    ln 1959, when the Forestry Commission’s annual expenditure on weeding in the forest exceeded £1 million for the first time, the Work Study Branch was instructed to study the problem in all its aspects. Work was initially concentrated on hand weeding and the tools associated with it. Later studies of chemical and mechanical methods have […]