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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 […]
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    [Archive] Metric top diameter sawlog tables
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    This Booklet contains tables which give volumes of softwood sawlogs for given lengths and top diameters in metric units.
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    [Archive] Chemical control of weeds in the forest (FC Leaflet 51 – 1969 (2ed))

     This Leaflet contains recommendations for the use of herbicides in Great Britain.
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Journal of the Forestry Commission (No.36)
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    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-sixth Journal includes information on: International course on construction […]
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    [Archive] The use of land for forestry within the proprietary land unit
    Lead Author: D.C. Nicholls
    This Bulletin presents the results of an enquiry by Dr. D. C. Nicholls into the factors that influence the use of land for forestry on private estates in England and Wales.
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    [Archive] Forests of central and southern Scotland
    Lead Author: Herbert L. Edlin
    The region covered by this Booklet is the southern third of Scotland, from the headwaters of the Tay in Perthshire, down to the Border. It holds the two great cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, the widespread industries that have been built up over the central coalfields, the richest farmlands and also—rather surprisingly—one-third of Scotland’s forests […]
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    [Archive] Metric guide for forestry
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    This guide outlines proposals for the introduction of the metric system of weights and measures in British forestry and has been approved by the Forestry Commission and the Home Grown Timber Advisory Committee as a basis for more detailed planning by the individual sectors of the industry.
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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] 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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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Journal of the Forestry Commission (No.35)
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    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-fifth Journal includes information on: Royal Forestry Society—summer meeting […]
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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 […]