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when the blemishes have been removed.  Possibili- 
ties of improvement are of course fewer in some flat 
countries, especially those lacking streams and lakes. 
Tn regions where game is desired, the problem is 
simple, although its execution is difficult. There must 
be adequate fences, and much watching is often neces- 
sary to prevent trespassing and poaching. Those 
plants which yield food material for game and that 
composition which insures shelter in winter are neces- 
sary. The remorseless hunter and hound and other 
destructive agencies must be kept in check. 
In Europe the deer are practically domesticated, 
and feed, as do cows, without concern on the farmers’ 
fields and along the wayside. 
From a business standpoint a forest may yield a 
revenue from the sale of hunting rights for specified 
lengths of time with restrictions as to the quantity 
killed and manner of killing. A revenue may be 
yielded by the sale of flesh or pelts. In many of our 
cold, out-of-the-way forest districts, the production 
of animals for their pelts may develop into a remu- 
nerative industry. Already on several islands in the 
neighborhood of Kadiak, the Alaska Commercial 
Company is exploiting the arctic blue fox with suc- 
cess. 
Many other subsidiary industries of a similar na- 
ture may be practised in connection with the forest 
