Slasher Magazine Summary: Publication No. 231 - March 1967
The digitisation of the Slasher was undertaken by, and images courtesy of, the Forest Research Knowledge and Information Management staff based at both the Northern Research Station in Roslin, Scotland and Alice Holt in Surrey, where the original copies are currently located.
The content summary below was very kindly compiled by Diane Birkett, Bedfordshire. See PDF attachment link below the text to view the full document. A total of over 400 issues were produced between 1948 and the final issue in 2010.
Churchill Fellowships
Three members of the Commission staff have been award Churchill Fellowships.
Miss Lynne McMillan, Senior Scientific Assistant, works in the Seed Store at Alice Holt Lodge.
Mr Colin MacPhee, Head Forester, Glencoe Forest, West Scotland Conservancy.
Mr N.P. Danby, Forester, is doing research work at Ardross Forest, North Scotland.
Only 75 successful applicants were awarded Fellowships out of 2,322 applications.
Lochgoilhead Cattle
A history of wild cattle at Ardgarten.
Commissioner to Visit Australia
Mr Andrew Watt, Commissioner for Forest and Estate Management, will attend the world symposium on man-made forests in Canberra, Australia next month.
Forester is Mayor-Elect
Councillor Leslie Pearce, Research Forester in the Dean and South Wales, is Mayor-Elect of Monmouth.
Retirement
Mr L.H. Williams, Head Forester, who has divided his skills between private forestry and the recently formed Bovey Forest, has retired after joining the Commission in 1926.
Presentation
Mr L.H. Williams, Head Forester, retirement presentation.
Four Times a Champion
Congratulations to Miss Betty Landimore, Savile Row Office, who has won the Civil Service Ladies' Singles Table Tennis Championship for the fourth time after her previous wins in 1958, 1962 and 1963. She also reached the third round in the mixed doubles event with Mr Paul Brook, who was formerly at Savile Row and is now on secondment to the Treasury.
What is a Lugg?
A lugg is an ancient term used in Herefordshire to refer to a seven-yards square piece of woodland, that is approximately 100th part of an acre, and in the 18th century, oak coppice was valued at so much per lugg. It was the practise when cutting coppice, to leave one maiden oak per lugg standing, or when converting coppice to high forest, to leave one good coppice stem per lugg as a "grower". This term, says the local forest newsletter, should remain in use at Mortimer, where a hundred of the best stems per acre are being high pruned for high quality saw logs, i.e. high pruning one per lugg.
Doodlers
A quiz for doodlers with a forestry flavour.
Mr Alan Mitchell of Alice Holt Lodge hasn’t been able to beat the four-letter anagram of STOP, POST, OPTS, TOPS, but his best five-letter combination is LEAPS, PALES, SEPAL, LAPSE, PLEAS.
Mr Mitchell's best six-letter combination is PLATES, PLEATS, STAPLE, PASTEL, PETALS, PALEST. His anagrams of FORESTRY COMMISSION are MISTY MOORS - CONIFERS and O! TRIM MOSSY FIR CONES.
A Record Review
A review of "Woodland Birds", the latest in the Shell British Bird series of records, with sounds recorded by Lawrence Shove.
The White Hart
An interpretation of the oft used description or pub name "White Hart".
The precise definition of a white hart is an albino red stag, at least five years old.
It has been used as an emblem for many centuries, being used by Julius Caesar, Alexander, Charlemagne and Richard the Second.
There is no evidence that use of the sign of the white hart brought good fortune. Caesar and Richard died violently and Alexander died of a fever. However, in a war like scene on a frieze at the cenotaph to Alexander in Istanbul, a white hart appears among the warriors and their horses.
The book "The Taverns of Old England" by H.P. Maskell gives details of some inns named The White Hart.
Laughing With The Lancet
The article "In England Now. A Running Commentary by Peripatetic Correspondents", in the medical journal The Lancet gives a warped view of a Forestry Commission research scientist's tongue-in-cheek comments.
Seen From The Fire Tower
The following tree species have been observed from the Emery Down fire tower in the New Forest: -
Oak, Chestnut, Beech, Lime, Tulip tree, Japanese larch, European larch, Douglas fir, Corsican pine, Scots pine, Pinus radiata, Cupressus macrocarpa, Thuya, Abies grandis, Sequoia gigantea, Cupressus lawsoniana, Norway spruce, Sitka spruce, Cedar, Poplar, Sycamore, Holly, Birch, Yew, Alder and Pica morinda.
The Rhinefield Ornamental Drive can be seen from the tower, so there would be even more species.
Obituary
Mr J.P. Mackie-White, former Chief Land Agent for Scotland, who retired in 1964 has died.