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A sympathetic attitude on the part of farmers throughout 
Canada towards the conservation of wild life would be more 
effectual than any other factor in promoting this object. 
Comparatively few farmers, however, appreciate the ad- 
vantages which accrue from the protection and encourage- 
ment of wild life on their own properties. The economic 
importance of protecting insectivorous birds on our farms 
has already been emphasized in a previous chapter. To the 
farmer the presence of a supply of game on his farm means 
an addition to his meat supply. Further, if he undertakes 
to propagate game on his farm, he would, in many cases, 
obtain higher prices for such game than for the domestic 
poultry; game propagation, however, is a special subject in 
itself, and should not be undertaken without some knowl- 
edge of the subject, or loss and disappointment will follow 
instead of profit and enjoyment. The protection of game 
and wild life on the farm requires neither special knowledge 
nor great expense. The essentials are: (1) a well-defined 
boundary with appropriate notices at intervals for the 
public; (2) plenty of cover; (8) the destruction of predatory 
mammals and birds; (4) as abundant a supply of water as 
can be provided; and (5) a little food during inclement 
weather. 
Until the pleasures of wild life protection are enjoyed 
and its benefits appreciated by farmers, it is impossible for 
them to realize how the attraction of the farm and of farm 
life can be increased for them and their families. Such an 
added interest to the life of the farms in many parts of 
Canada would help to retain some portion of the youth 
that now finds farm life too uninteresting, and migrates to 
the cities, thus reducing our agricultural population and food 
production; this is not a hypothetical opinion but is based 
on experience. 
Clubs.—In an account of his hunting experience in Quebec 
a few years ago, the late Colonel Theodore Roosevelt wrote: 
