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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] 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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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Public recreation in national forests: a factual study
    Lead Author: W.E.S. Mutch
    This Booklet presents the results of investigations during 1963 and 1964 into the demand by the public for the recreational use of some national forests in England and Scotland. The research was intended principally as a methodological study, and it forms part of a wider investigation into the multiple use of forests in Britain.
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    [Archive] Thinning control in British woodlands
    Lead Author: R.T. Bradley
    Thinning control in British woodlands
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    Forestry publication document

    [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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    Forestry publication document

    [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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    Forestry publication document

    [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] 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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    Forestry publication document

    [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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    Forestry publication document

    [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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    Forestry publication document

    [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 schweinitzii. They are primary root rotting organisms, infection usually beginning in the […]
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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 […]