Commonwealth Forestry Review

Eucalyptus
Coppice for
Chip Material
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Satisfactory experiments in the use of this chemical have recently been carried out
at Petawawa Forest Experiment Station. Full details have been written up by J. E.
Brown, Research Officer, Department of Fisheries and Forestry, Petawawa Forest
Experiment Station, Chalk River, Ontario.
EXTRACT FROM Forest Products Newsletter No. 376, e.S.I.R.O.,
Melbourne:
With the increasing consumption of wood fibre for the production
of paper, paperboard, fibreboard, and particleboard,
more serious attention is being paid throughout the world to the growing offibre as a
short-rotation crop. There is rising interest in the planting of quick-growing tree
species, the application of fertilizer and irrigation techniques, the utilization of parts
of the tree other than the merchantable bole, and the increased use of waste and
residue material.
Under appropriate conditions eucalypts are capable of rapid growth and can
produce exceptional yields. Many species are able to regenerate by coppicing and the
increment of coppice shoots is higher than that of trees grown from sowing or
planting.
The Division of Forest Products is particularly interested in this problem, and
during 1969 commenced an investigation into the possibilities of using a coppicegrown
eucalypt as a source of chip material. Eucalyptus viminalis was chosen for
study because it has a wide distribution in south-eastern Australia, coppices readily,
and exhibits marked genetic variation.
New Zealand - G. S. BROWN, Local Honorary Secretary, New Zealand, reports
A New Forestry plans for the publication of a new journal, New Zealand Journal
Publication ofForestry Science, the first number of which is expected to appear
in mid 1971. It will be edited and produced by the Forest Research
Institute, Rotorua. It will be available for a wide range of forestry subjects and to
contributors from the Forest Service, other Government Departments, and industry.
Contributions for the first issue should be submitted by 31 January, 1971 to The Editor,
New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science, Forest Research Institute, Private Bag,
Rotorua.
V.A.C.O. DURING THE past few years many items of interest have appeared
Timber Review in these columns covering new uses of tropical timbers and in
particular the lesser known or secondary hardwoods of West
Africa. V.A.C.O. Timber Review No. 19 published in December gives further information
on the various items already covered. This booklet also reprints a thoughtprovoking
article by Dr. H. C. Dawkins:
The Future of Industrial Cellulose: Unlimited or End in Sight? Not all will
agree with Dr. Dawkins, at the same time his theory commands respect and is
deserving of detailed examination.
This booklet is available from United Africa (Timber) Ltd., United Africa House,
Blackfriars Road, London, S.E.l.
Brachystegia UNITED AFRICA co. (TIMBER) LTD. say that of the less well known
Substitute species of hardwoods that they are currently evaluating in West
for Oak Africa and at Holmes (Wragby) Ltd., Wragby, Lincs., they regard
the species okwen as a most promising example. Although it is
not in the tradition of beautiful woods which many regard as the hallmark of West
African timbers, nevertheless they see a place for it as a substitute for oak.
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