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    [Archive] Field recognition of British elms

    Lead Author: J. Jobling
    The elms described in this booklet are the species, varieties and hybrids commonly found in the countryside and parks, and at the roadside in towns. They are: English elm – Ulmus proceraWych elm – U. glabraSmooth-leaved elm – U. carpinifolia Gleditsch var. carpinifoliaCornish elm – U. carpinifolia var. cornubiensisWheatley elm – U. carpinifolia var. sarniensisDutch elm […]
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    [Archive] Weeding in the forest: a work study approach

    Lead Author: W.O. Wittering
    ln 1959, when the Forestry Commission’s annual expenditure on weeding in the forest exceeded £1 million for the first time, the Work Study Branch was instructed to study the problem in all its aspects. Work was initially concentrated on hand weeding and the tools associated with it. Later studies of chemical and mechanical methods have […]
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    [Archive] Hydratongs (FC Leaflet 55 – 1973)

    Hydratongs are small hydraulic grapple's developed by the Forestry Commission.
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    [Archive] Grey squirrel control (FC Leaflet 56 – 1973)

    This Leaflet discusses methods to control grey squirrels.
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    [Archive] Replacing elm in the countryside (FC Leaflet 57 – 1973)

    This Leaflet suggests tree species which would be suitable to replace elm in rural areas.
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    [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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    [Archive] Work study in forestry

    Lead Author: W.O. Wittering (Ed)
    This Bulletin presents the papers produced for an international course on work study in forestry organised by the Forestry Commission for the joint FAO/ECE/ILO Committee on Forest Working Techniques and Training of Forest Workers held at Wymondham College, Norfolk, and Newton Rigg College of Agriculture and Forestry, Cumberland, in July 1971.
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    [Archive] Nursery practice

    Lead Author: J.R.Aldhous
    This Bulletin summarises results gained from the extensive programme of experiments and enquiries carried out by the Forestry Commission’s Research Division, from its inception in 1919 until the year 1970, together with the practical experience obtained in the large-scale raising of planting stocks for the national afforestation programme.
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    [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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    [Archive] Operational research and the managerial economics of forestry

    Lead Author: P.A. Wardle (Ed)
    At the Fourteenth Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organisations held in Munich in September 1967, a Working Group was set up in the Economics Section, Section 31, to consider the contribution of operational research to studies in the field of the managerial economics of forestry. In September 1970, members of this working […]
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    [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 of Forestry Commission Booklet 16, […]
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    [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 […]