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show that, for really economical treatment of 

 woodlands, a well-considered Working Plan or 

 Scheme of Management is necessary in the case 

 of estates having any considerable acreage under 

 timber. The idea of having Working Plans of 

 this sort for the woodland portions of large 

 estates in Britain is as yet comparatively new, 

 and it is consequently not yet generally approved. 

 The necessity for having any regular Scheme of 

 Management, to be adhered to year after year 

 so far as possible, is not yet quite understood; 

 hence it is suspected that its provisions would 

 more probably hamper than assist towards the 

 better management of the estate. This objection, 

 however, overlooks the fact that the object of 

 a Working Plan is that any landowner who 

 wishes to grow crops of timber in a commercial 

 manner may have the forest work on his estate 

 arranged so as to give effect to his wishes in 

 the best and most profitable manner. It aims 

 at effecting improvements wherever necessary in 

 the treatment of the existing woodlands, and it 

 makes such suggestions with regard to the for- 

 mation of new crops as may lead to the land 

 being utilised to the best advantage. By group- 



