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INDIAN FOREST LEAFLET No. 82 (Sylviculture) (Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun. Pp. iv+17. 8 an.) discusses those trees the foliage of which is used for animal fodder in India. It is the third edition of a small publication written by M. V. Laurie, then sylviculturist at the Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, first issued in 1939. It was quickly sold out, as also was the second edition, the present being a revised third edition. India has been one of the countries the population of which has been much addicted to tree lopping, usually to provide forage for animals. With the appearance of the Animal Husbandry Wing of the Agricultural Research Council in India, a start was made in collecting information on the subject of fodder grasses and general fodder supplies. It was left to the Forest Research Institute at Dehra Dun to institute inquiries into the trees used for this purpose-and used very often to the detriment of the forests so maltreated. The list does not make any claim to scientific accuracy, but merely represents the consolidated opinions of forest officers throughout India of the relative popularity of different trees for lopping for fodder.
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Trees Used for Animal Fodder in India. Nature 159, 124 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159124a0
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