Report on mechanical preparation of derelict woodland for planting.

Abstract

As woodlands manager for Kells Ingram Farm, Drogheda, Co. Louth, I was faced in March 1958 with the preparation for planting of 14 acres of derelict woodland. Apart from the high cost of the method, hand clearance could not be considered at this late stage and I was accordingly authorised by the Management Committee to hire machinery for preparing the land...