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 thirty-third Journal includes information on:
- Rumania visit 22nd Sept. to 30th Sept., 1964;
- Sweden. Diary of a week’s visit, 9th Aug. to 14th Aug.;
- In Norwegian forests;
- An assessment of the cultivation value of exotic conifers in Vestland and their place in the future forestry arrangements of the area;
- Two weeks in Alsace. A visit to the forests of the Vosges;
- A report on a visit to the Queen Charlotte Islands, March 1931;
- Notes on the Sitka spruce and other conifers in the Queen Charlotte Islands;
- Sitka spruce, Alaska’s new state tree;
- Royal Scottish Forestry Society. 67th annual excursion to North Scotland, 18th May to 22nd May 1964;
- The Royal Forestry Society of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Summer meeting at Exmouth, 4th May to 8th May 1964;
- Practical hints on excursions;
- The evolution of forest management in Hertfordshire;
- The forestry exhibition;
- The Scottish Game Fair, 1964;
- A visit to the Scottish Game Fair, 1964;
- Why some trees grow faster in Aberystwyth;
- Tree breeding for timber quality;
- Undercutting as a nursery technique;
- Rhododendron clearance at Dark Wood, Garelochhead Forest, West Scotland;
- The distribution of wind-borne salt of marine origin in some western areas of Wales;
- Predators and forestry;
- The shooting match;
- Observations on the winter roosting of starlings at Slebech Forest, Pembrokeshire;
- Fishery development in our forests;
- Work study and management in the forest;
- Road and extraction planning;
- Some notes on setting out roads;
- A simple unloading ramp for pitwood lorries;
- A plough with a promise;
- The Norwegian planting spade;
- A serviceable fire beater stand;
- Forests attract tourists;
- A note on wooden ladders;
- Prevention of accidents in timber production, timber haulage and other forestry work in Austria;
- Prevention of accidents with machinery in Austria;
- Basic course on fire protection, Northerwood House;
- The Administrative Staff College, Henley-on-Thames;
- The Dean Forester Training School, 1904— 1964;
- Kielder County Primary School;
- Annual Report, Bentwood Forest;
- Our ambassador;
- Our man in Ruskich;
- Poem: Forest fire;
- But whit’s a muir?;
- Strings O’ hemp;
- A review of “Expedition Guide” (Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme);
- Poem: Forest symphony;
- Solution to last year’s forestry crossword;
- Two forestry crosswords.