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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Fertilisers in the establishment of conifers in Wales and southern England
    Lead Author: J.E. Everard
    The purpose of this publication is to answer some of the questions commonly asked about the use of fertilisers in young forest crops in Southern Britain, that is south of the counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire, and to summarise the evidence on which recommended practice is based. The three main sources of information are: experiments […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Common trees
    Lead Author: Alan F. Mitchell
    This Booklet provides basic information to help users identify common broadleaved and coniferous trees found in Britain. Thirty two species are included with drawings showing tree shapes, leaves and fruit/flowers.
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Volume tables for smallwood and round pitwood
    Lead Author: G.J. Hamilton
    The tables contained in this booklet are designed to provide estimates of volume from length and top diameter measurements. The length and top diameter specifications of pitwood are unique, and require tables specially designed to cater for these specifications. The smallwood tables provide volumes of small diameter roundwood, other than pitwood, where conventional length and […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Timber measurement for standing sales using tariff tables
    Lead Author: G.J. Hamilton
    The methods of measurement described in this Booklet are intended to be used primarily in connection with the sale of standing timber. The procedures described involve the use of tariff tables which have been used for this purpose by the Forestry Commission since 1956. The tariff system of measurement has subsequently proved efficient and reliable, […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Conifers in the British Isles: a descriptive handbook
    Lead Author: Alan F. Mitchell
    This booklet contains a wealth of information on conifers from roughly 580 estates, gardens, parks and collections. Some outstanding trees previously unrecorded have been found and the best of these have been included. Specimens outside the general range of their species in this country are given precedence even if of no great size. Trees recorded […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Wildlife conservation in woodlands
    Lead Author: R.C. Steele
    The aim of this Booklet is to show how woodlands managed mainly for wood production can be improved as habitats for wildlife. It is concerned with identifying those features of woodlands which promote wildlife conservation and suggesting how these features can be maintained or introduced by management. It suggests that wildlife conservation can and should […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Metric conversion tables and factors for forestry
    Lead Author: J.E. Everard
    This Booklet builds on the information provided in Booklet 5 Conversion tables for research workers in forestry and agriculture. Additional tables have been added, while other tables of limited use have been removed. Numerous conversion factors have been included to enable conversions to be made for less frequently used units.
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Gwydyr forest in Snowdonia: a history
    Lead Author: Donald L. Shaw
    In 1920 the Forestry Commission began the transformation of a great expanse of steep hillside and moorland, around Betws-y-Coed in North Wales, into modern productive forest. The few old oakwoods that remained, and the remarkable scenery of riverside, lake and crag were treated with the consideration they merited when spruce, larch, pine and Douglas fir […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] The plan of operations (metric)
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    With the general introduction of metric measurements in the dedicated and approved woodlands schemes with effect from October, 1971, the opportunity has been taken to re-examine the form of the standard Plan of Operations. This study has been carried out by the Forestry Commission in close consultation with the Timber Growers Organisation and the Scottish […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Forest management tables (metric)
    Lead Author: G.J. Hamilton
    The tables included in this Booklet are designed as aids to the management of forests in British conditions and where profitability is a primary objective. The Booklet is divided into four parts which are: The Yield Class System of Classifying Growth Potential Thinning Control Production Forecasting Yield Tables This publication is a revised, metric edition […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Thinning control in British woodlands (metric)
    Lead Author: R.T. Bradley
    This booklet provides a simple guide to the volume to be removed when thinning pure even-aged stands, or with suitable modifications, when thinning woods of mixed species and/or of uneven age. It replaces Booklet 17, the imperial version, from 1966.
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Metric top diameter sawlog tables
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    This Booklet contains tables which give volumes of softwood sawlogs for given lengths and top diameters in metric units.
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Metric volume ready reckoner for round timber
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    These tables are the metric equivalent of the old established Hoppus tables and are used in exactly the same way. Mid diameters in centimetres are used instead of mid quarter girth in inches, lengths are expressed in metres rather than in feet, and volumes are given in cubic metres.
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Forest parks
    Lead Author: H. L. Edlin
    Forest Parks have been established by the Forestry Commission in the belief that where mountainsides or other open country have been acquired in connection with the planting of extensive new forests, the whole should be open for public enjoyment. The first such Park, that in Argyll, was opened in 1935, and there are now seven […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Timber! Your growing investment
    Lead Author: Herbert L. Edlin
    This Booklet contains a short account of the Commission’s achievements in the last fifty years, from 1919 until 1969.
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Forests of central and southern Scotland
    Lead Author: Herbert L. Edlin
    The region covered by this Booklet is the southern third of Scotland, from the headwaters of the Tay in Perthshire, down to the Border. It holds the two great cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, the widespread industries that have been built up over the central coalfields, the richest farmlands and also—rather surprisingly—one-third of Scotland’s forests […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Metric guide for forestry
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    This guide outlines proposals for the introduction of the metric system of weights and measures in British forestry and has been approved by the Forestry Commission and the Home Grown Timber Advisory Committee as a basis for more detailed planning by the individual sectors of the industry.
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Forestry in the Weald
    Lead Author: C.A. Barrington
    This booklet sets out the natural setting of the woodlands of the Weald, a compact geographical region in the south-east of England. It discusses their history and economic value, and aims to show how they can be preserved both as scenery and as a source of useful timber.