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CHAPTER 1 
Propagation of Game Birds 
N AMERICA we have been very wasteful of 
our natural resources. This is especially the 
case in the destruction of our game birds. The 
experience of the continental countries has 
gone unheeded. In earlier years our virgin 
pastures furnished game in such numbers that 
it seemed impossible for it ever to disappear, 
but the rapidly increasing population and west- 
ward movement of civilization has brought our 
people to a realization that the game can disappear, and unless its 
slaughter is checked it will soon be but a memory. Though the 
spirit of protecting the game has come late, it is not too late. 
The true sportsman does not object to being limited in the 
amount of game he may kill in a season, or to being taxed for the 
privilege. Laws for game protection are necessary, but the time has 
come in America when game propagation is also necessary. The 
proper expenditure of the funds derived from hunters’ licenses will 
provide means to secure both. 
Game bird propagation, while a well established business in 
Europe, is in its infancy in this country. That we must produce, 
if we would destroy, has dawned upon us. Propagation is the only 
solution of the future game supply problem. That we must sooner 
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