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FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



California will need at least four farms to care for present needs, to 

 say nothing of the future. 



FUTURE PROGRAMS 



It is, and will continue to be, the policy of the Bureau of Game Farms 

 to seek out the particular type of game birds that will add to the 

 pleasure of the sportsmen and help to make the outdoors attractive to 

 all classes of individuals. We are not so much interested in what par- 

 ticular part of the world the birds come from, but what they are worth 

 to the sportsmen of this state. We are willing to let time and expe- 

 rience settle the problem of the particular type. 



And in the meantime let native game birds enjoy the protection of 

 game sanctuaries as numerous and extensive as can be afforded, but on 

 those parts of our domain where public shooting is practiced and itS' 

 continuance is desired, the practical necessities of the situation require 

 the use of species of game birds that will produce the best results and 

 be produced in numbers by artificial propagation. 



Fig. 37. Chart showing production in eggs and birds for the past two seasons. 



