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[Archive] Know your broadleaves

Lead Author: Herbert L. Edlin
All broadleaved trees belong to the great natural order of plants called the Dicotyledones, which are distinguished by having two seed-leaves or cotyledons in every seed. There are numerous families of these plants, many of which include both trees and smaller plants. Each family is defined, in a rather complicated way, on the basis of […]
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[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.
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[Archive] Forestry in the British Scene

Lead Author: R.F. Wood
The sole purpose of this Booklet is to depict forestry under a wide range of conditions in Britain. The text and the captions to the photographs are kept to the shortest length necessary to offer an explanation of the diversity of forest scenery. No attempt has been made to classify land in any ordered scheme; […]
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[Archive] Timber extraction by light agricultural tractor

Lead Author: J.W. Barraclough
There are real advantages in using the same tractor for nursery work, ride mowing and extraction. Full utilisation of the tractor means low machine costs, fewer stores and easier maintenance. This booklet describes how, in Thetford Forest, the same light agricultural tractors which are used for forest nursery work and forest ride mowing are used […]
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[Archive] Thinning control in British woodlands

Lead Author: R.T. Bradley
Thinning control in British woodlands
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[Archive] Know your conifers

Lead Author: Herbert L. Edlin
Conifers, or softwood trees, form a distinct group which has become very important in the world’s economy because they grow fast on poor soils even under harsh climates, and yield timbers that are very suitable for industry. They are now being planted and tended on a growing scale in most countries as a source of […]
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[Archive] The plan of operations

Lead Author: Forestry Commission
This booklet has been prepared primarily for the guidance of landowners who have already brought, or who wish to bring, their woodlands into the Dedication or the Approved Woodland Schemes of the Forestry Commission. It contains information on the preparation of the plan and map and on management and record keeping.
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[Archive] Forest management tables

Lead Author: R.T. Bradley
The tables in this publication have been prepared with the object of providing a basis for the management of Forestry Commission plantations but they are equally applicable to any plantations which are managed primarily for profit. The Revised Yield Tables for Conifers in Great Britain published in 1953 (Forest Record Number 24) and all previous […]
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[Archive] Forestry in the landscape

Lead Author: Sylvia Crowe
This booklet, written by Sylvia Crowe, draws largely on the impressions gained from her numerous and extensive visits to forests and woodlands in England, Scotland and Wales during the period when she was the Forestry Commission’s consultant. But the importance of the views expressed stems from Sylvia Crowe’s lifetime of experience, her constructive thought on […]
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[Archive] Rabbit control in woodlands

Lead Author: E.V. Rogers
This Booklet includes all the practical methods of controlling and killing rabbits in this country. Much has been written on the rabbit as the quarry of the sportsman and poacher and it is upon their experience the author has had to draw. Neither of these have the extermination of the rabbit as their aim but […]
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[Archive] Principal butt rots of conifers

Lead Author: R.J. Gladman
This booklet is planned as a forester’s guide to the recognition of the three most common and damaging decays of standing conifers in Great Britain. The fungi that cause these rots are the basidiomycetes Heterobasidion annosum (formerly known as Fomes annosus), Armillaria mellea, and Polyporus schweinilzii. They are primary root rotting organisms, infection usually beginning in […]
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[Archive] Extraction of conifer thinnings

Lead Author: R. E. Crowther
Extraction accounts for between 25 per cent, and 75 per cent, of the total costs of production, that is all costs up to roadside ready for despatch, but excluding growing the trees; this percentage, however, depends on the amount of conversion (crosscutting and peeling) and the length and difficulty of the extraction. For this reason, […]
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[Archive] Double drum winch technique

Lead Author: R.E. Crowther
The use of the double drum winch is not familiar to many people and hence this Booklet has been produced in the hope that it will be of assistance to those using the double drum winch for the first time. There are many points of organisation and technique that play a large part in achieving […]
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[Archive] The new forests of Dartmoor

Lead Author: G. D. Rouse
In the decade before the war the Forestry Commission took practical steps to meet the increasing needs of the population for large tracts of wild country to be put at their disposal for recreational purposes by establishing Forest Parks, the first such Forest Park being that of Argyll, created by the Forestry Commission with the […]
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[Archive] Felling and converting thinnings by hand

Lead Author: R. E. Crowther
The Work Study Section of the Forestry Commission has now (1963) been working on production operations for six years and this is a record of sound working methods observed during this period. The credit for developing these methods is due to Forest Workers and Foresters in various parts of the country and the authors have […]
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[Archive] Aids to working conifer thinnings

Lead Author: S. Forrester
This booklet is intended as a guide to some items of equipment which may not be widely known, and particularly to some which have been developed only in the past few years.The purpose of these tools is mainly to make work easier — reducing the effort involved or making operations quicker. Many are intended to […]
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[Archive] Conversion tables for research workers in forestry and agriculture

Lead Author: Forestry Commission
These tables and charts were prepared by the staff of the Research Branch and by other forest research workers to meet their own needs when preparing data for publication, when meeting foreign visitors and when reading foreign literature. They have been amplified and now are published so that others may avoid the laborious calculations that […]
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[Archive] The dedication of woodlands – principles and procedure

Lead Author: Forestry Commission
It is calculated that, when hostilities ceased in 1945, there were three million acres of privately owned woodlands in Great Britain and that of this acreage only half was productive; and it is well known that not all the productive woodlands were being efficiently managed to produce timber of the quality or quantity of which […]