[Archive] Journal of the Forestry Commission (No.13)

The Forestry Commission Journal was introduced as a way to communicate information on a wide range of topics which could not be communicated through ‘ordinary official channels’, and was intended to be a means of exchanging the opinions and experiences of all members of the staff.
This thirteenth Journal includes information on: Forest fires in 1933; Progress report on research; Seedlings for turf planting; Office procedure; Root development on ploughed ground at Allerston; Effect of factors other than temperature on frost damage; Spraying against meria laricis; Soil aeration in establishing plantations; Use of basic slag in planting operations; Cost of ploughing by tractor; Experiments on density of bedding-out; Commission’s library: journals and new books; Temporary transplant nurseries; A wire netting suspension footbridge; Planting of scree; Damage by starlings; badgers; R.E.F.S. summer meeting, Sweden; Treatment of scrub; A Baltic sand-dune area; Effect of slag in first year; Miscellaneous notes.