6 THE EXTENSION 
mental forces of nature, engaged in a pursuit which requires 
vigorous physical activity and absolute forgetfulness of 
other affairs for success in the sport they find relaxation, 
rest and recuperation. Much of the disrepute associated 
with hunting and hunters has arisen through the disregard 
by some thoughtless or inconsiderate men of the property 
rights of those on whose land they are hunting and through 
a failure to restrain their immediate self-interest for the 
larger good of the community. Men must learn to be con- 
tent with a reasonable bag of game, at least with that num- 
ber which corresponds with the consensus of publie opinion 
as indicated by the legal limit. Men may learn that the plea- 
sure and benefit to be derived from the hunt are not con- 
ditioned upon unlimited slaughter, but rather upon the as- 
sociations and enjoyment of natural surroundings which the 
hunting season affords. Many boys and men have learned 
that even greater pleasure and benefits may be derived from 
the study and photographing of the living birds, because of 
the much higher degree of hunting and stalking skill re- 
quired, because of the larger opportunity which this affords 
for real acquaintance with the bird and its habits and the 
even more attractive and valuable trophies which they have 
to show. People of North Dakota should realize that a pub- 
lie-spirited, far-sighted policy requires that the splendid 
natural resources be maintained not only for the enjoyment 
of the present generation but passed on unimpaired to sue- 
ceeding generations so far as this is possible in civilized com- 
munities and consistent with agricultural interests. Here 
again ,there is the greatest need for the development of an 
enligtened publie sentiment so that as individuals and com- 
munities we shall neither exercise nor tolerate that spirit of 
unlimited destruction of game which has led to the practical 
extermination of game in many places and is so seriously 
reducing the numbers of many of our own game birds, but 
rather devise ways and means to increase and perpetuate 
them. 
Last, and in many respects, the most important of all 
is the standpoint of those who are interested in birds from. 
financial considerations. Too long people have been accus- 
tomed to look upon birds as objects only of sentimental in- 
terest. How often one hears the remark dropped by persons 
unfamiliar with modern methods of bird study that there is 
nothing of practical value about the study of birds. No 
more mistaken view could well be imagined. A modern view 
based upon the most carefully investigated facts is that re- 
cently expressed by Dr. H. W. Henshaw, Chief of the U. S. 
