RURAL LEGISLATION 



the diseased animal. The farmer must in 

 his own interest rear healthy animals 

 whether or not it is necessary for the protec- 

 tion of the consumer. 



FISH AND GAME LAWS 



The motives underlying the enactment of 

 laws concerning fish and game are varied. 

 The controversies over these laws in the leg- 

 islatures of the several states indicate that 

 there is a belief, whatever may be the fact, 

 that there are opposing interests; viz., those 

 of the hunter or sportsman on the one hand, 

 and those of the farmer or landowner on the 

 other. The law of trespass has been one 

 over which has raged much bitterness, both 

 with regard to the form of the law to be 

 enacted and concerning its subsequent en- 

 forcement. Sportsmen have usually held 

 that a distinction existed between wild ani- 

 mals occupying private property and 

 domestic animals. The landowner has 

 urged that others should not trespass upon 

 his property for the purpose of shooting 

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