408 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETi'. 



THE RELATION OF GAME PRESERVATION TO 

 FORESTRY. 



SAMUEL F. FULLERTON, MINN. STATE GAME WARDEN. 



The forests are the natural abiding places for game ; destroy 

 your forests and you destroy your game. Whether your forests 

 be upon the mountains' rocky slopes or the level stretches of the 

 plains, there you will find game congregated for shelter and for 

 food. 



The people ought to be taught to take home to themselves the 

 necessity of preserving the forests that today are left and see to it 



SAMUEIy F. FUI.l,ERTON, Minnesota State Game Warden. 



that intelligent efforts are put forth to reforest the cut-over lands 

 not suitable for farms. We have millions of acres in Minnesota 

 of just such lands which in time would bring the state a splendid 

 revenue and to the lovers of field sport a game supply that would 

 be almost inexhaustible, and afford not only sport and recreation 

 to the tired and over-worked business man but would be an asset 

 to the state in dollars and cents equal to that of our forests. The 

 game and fish of Minnesota are annually worth to our citizens in 

 dollars and cents over a million dollars. Is not this a heritage 

 that we ought to preserve, not only for ourselves, but for our 

 children who come after? 



