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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] Forest management and the harvesting and marketing of wood in Sweden
    Lead Author: B.W. Holtam
    This Bulletin presents the findings of a team of Forestry Commission Officers who visited Sweden and Norway in 1965. The main object of the visit was to study managerial, organisational and technical practices which seemed likely to assist in promoting greater efficiency in the creation and maintenance of state and private woodlands at home and […]
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    [Archive] Blue stain (FC Leaflet 53 – 1966)

     This Leaflet describes briefly the effects of blue stain on the wood of coniferous trees.
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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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    [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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    [Archive] Journal of the Forestry Commission (No.34)
    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-fourth Journal includes information on: A tour of Finnish […]
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    [Archive] Journal of the Forestry Commission (No.33)
    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-third Journal includes information on: Rumania visit 22nd Sept. […]
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    [Archive] Extraction of conifer thinnings
    Lead Author: R. E. Crowther
    Extraction accounts for between 25 per cent, and 75 per cent, of the total costs of production, that is all costs up to roadside ready for despatch, but excluding growing the trees; this percentage, however, depends on the amount of conversion (crosscutting and peeling) and the length and difficulty of the extraction. For this reason, […]
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    [Archive] Forestry Practice (8th edition)
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    A summary of methods of establishing forest nurseries and plantations with advice on other forestry questions for owners, agents and foresters.
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Journal of the Forestry Commission (No.32)
    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-second Journal includes information on: National forests and parks; […]
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    [Archive] Pruning conifers for the production of quality timber
    Lead Author: D.W. Henman
    Experimental pruning of conifer crops was begun by the Forestry Commission in 1931 and the results of the experiments have been assessed up to date, but the final assessment, that of the pruned timber, still lies in the future. The main purpose of this Bulletin is to indicate the extent of the experimental work done […]