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permitted to render assistance in this manner ; but they frequently attempt to 

 imitate what is being done in the State forests, without knowing the reasons for 

 what they see; and they are thus led to commit serious mistakes, as, for 

 example, when, in treating a forest which is to be permanently maintained as 

 coppice under standards, they follow the procedure adopted in a neighboring 

 State forest which is undergoing conversion into high forest. In many cases, of 

 course, the private woods are too distant from the State or communal forests to 

 permit of their owners obtaining any advice or assistance from the officials of 

 the forest department, and they are then thrown entirely on their own 

 resources. 



