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    [Archive] Felling and converting thinnings by hand

    Lead Author: R. E. Crowther
    The Work Study Section of the Forestry Commission has now (1963) been working on production operations for six years and this is a record of sound working methods observed during this period. The credit for developing these methods is due to Forest Workers and Foresters in various parts of the country and the authors have […]
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    [Archive] Journal of the Forestry Commission (No.31)

    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-first Journal includes information on: The Eighth British Commonwealth […]
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    [Archive] Aids to working conifer thinnings

    Lead Author: S. Forrester
    This booklet is intended as a guide to some items of equipment which may not be widely known, and particularly to some which have been developed only in the past few years. The purpose of these tools is mainly to make work easier — reducing the effort involved or making operations quicker. Many are intended […]
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    [Archive] Journal of the Forestry Commission (No.30)

    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 thirtieth Journal includes information on: A farewell note from […]
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    [Archive] Journal of the Forestry Commission (No.29)

    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 twenty-ninth Journal includes information on: Tours on the West […]
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    [Archive] Conversion tables for research workers in forestry and agriculture

    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    These tables and charts were prepared by the staff of the Research Branch and by other forest research workers to meet their own needs when preparing data for publication, when meeting foreign visitors and when reading foreign literature. They have been amplified and now are published so that others may avoid the laborious calculations that […]
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    [Archive] Afforestation of upland heaths

    Lead Author: J.W.L. Zehetmayer
    The upland heaths considered in this Bulletin comprise wide stretches of heather-clad land among the hills along the eastern side of Scotland and Northern England. This Bulletin reviews all the experimental work carried out over a period of thirty-six years, from 1921 to 1957. Many methods tried out in the early years have long since […]
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    [Archive] Journal of the Forestry Commission (No.28)

    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 twenty-eighth Journal includes information on: Cartoon: weight lifting or […]
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    [Archive] Journal of the Forestry Commission (No.27)

    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 twenty-seventh Journal includes information on: Fire cartoon; A visit […]
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    [Archive] Forestry Practice (7th 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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    [Archive] Journal of the Forestry Commission (No.26)

    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 twenty-sixth Journal includes information on: Forestry, agriculture, and marginal […]
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    [Archive] Sitka spruce in British Columbia: a study in forest relationships

    Lead Author: W.R. Day
    In the spring and summer of 1952 Mr W.R. Day, Lecturer in Forest Pathology at the Imperial Forestry Institute, Oxford, visited British Columbia. His object was to examine the forest relationships of the Sitka spruce in its natural homeland. The main purpose was to study Sitka spruce as an element in the mixed forests in […]