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Some new forestry publications

LOG SAW CATALOGUE - 1957

This catalogue has been prepared with the object of providing a guide to log saws at present being produced in various countries. It covers 416 models manufactured by 112 firms, providing brief specifications on the different types of log saws together with the name of the manufacturer and the country of origin.

Trilingual $4.00 or 20s.

TREE PLANTING PRACTICES IN TROPICAL ASIA

Forestry Development Paper No. 11

This development paper, one of the geographical sections of the World Forest Planting Manual, deals with seed, nursery and planting practices in Tropical Asia, and the characteristics of the species most commonly used in the region.

In English and French $2.00 or 10s,

HANUNOÓ AGRICULTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES

Forestry Development Paper No. 12

A study of the agricultural methods of the Hanunóo tribe which forms part of a general enquiry on shifting cultivation being made by FAO. It follows a volume containing two studies on this subject undertaken in Africa, in the Belgian Congo and the Ivory Coast.

In preparation. English only.

TREE PLANTING PRACTICES IN TROPICAL AFRICA

Forestry Development Paper No. 8

A further section of the World Forest Planting Manual, this work is largely based on information culled from published literature, but use has also been made of semi-official notes and circulars and of private communications received from a number of officers of Forest Departments throughout the territories of tropical Africa.

In English, French and Spanish $3.00 or 15s.

Yearbook of Forest Products Statistics, 1957

Prepared by the Forestry Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the eleventh Yearbook of Forest Products Statistics includes information of world forestry output, trade and consumption from about 130 countries for 1956, with revisions made in 1955 figures as available. The publication carries world production tables, technical notes, country notes and a leading chapter entitled --Salient Features of the World Situation, 1956 ".

Returns from countries reporting to FAO, as well as other official sources and estimates, cover approximately 95 percent of the total world production of roundwood, 97 percent of lumber, 97 percent of plywood, 96 percent of woodpulp and 99 percent of newsprint.

Issued in one trilingual (English, French and Spanish) edition, the Yearbook is available on order through any authorized FAO sales agent at U.S. $2.50 or 12s. 6d. or the equivalent in local currencies. Ready in November 1957.

JOURNAL OF FORESTRY

The Journal, official organ of the Society of American Foresters, is a professional magazine devoted to all branches. of technical forestry. It is published monthly for, and by, practising foresters. The editor is assisted in selecting material by a group of associate editors, each a specialist in his field: wildlife management, genetics, and artificial regeneration, management and engineering, range management, economics and policy, pathology and entomology, mensuration, silviculture, watershed management wood utilization, and forest flies.

In addition to publishing articles which deal with the science and practice of forestry, chiefly in the United States,, the Journal includes book reviews, forestry news, and Society activities.

Subscription Price of the Journal of Forestry to non-members of the Society, libraries, and organizations, is $7.50 per year, in the United States, $8.00 in Canada, and $8.50 elsewhere.

FOREST SCIENCE

A quarterly publication of forestry research, Forest Science was designed to bring together technical papers of interest to research Workers, teachers, and administrators. Forestry research and educational organizations co-operate with the Society of American Foresters in its publication. The editorial work is directed by a board of three men representing educational and research fields and the Society.

Subscription price for Forest Science is $6.00 with an additional postage fee of $6.25 for Canadian subscribers - and $0.50 for those in foreign countries.

Orders should be sent to:

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS, MILLS BUILDING, SEVENTEENTH STREET AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE N.W., WASHINGTON 6, D.C., U.S.A.


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