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much more highly trained. They are in active touch with the farmers, with whom 

 game management must begin, whereas game wardens are in touch only with the 

 sportsmen. By and large, it would be easier to convey to a county agent an under- 

 standing of game management, than to convey 'to a game warden an understand- 

 ing of farm management. Many county agents are themselves sportsmen. It 

 seems only common sense that in the long run the farm extension organization 

 must take a leading part in bringing about the desired cropping of farm lands 

 for game. 



The farm extension organization already has its hands more than full. It 

 is not likely that any large measure of activity in game matters will be possible 

 without special authority and additional funds granted by Congress. The U. S. 

 Biological Survey, which is the center of technical information on game, is a co- 

 ordinate branch of the Department of Agriculture, in which farm extension activi- 

 ties are centered. It is A B C logic for the game conservation movement to work 

 toward an habitual co-operative relationship between the U. S. Biological Sur- 

 vey, which is the source of biological facts about game, and the Extension Service, 

 which is in touch with the farmer who can apply them. 



