220 THE ANGLER AND HUNTSMAN 



Help your State to prove to the people the value and 

 economic reason for strict enforcement of the law. The 

 great majority of these laws are just and reasonable, and 

 much more liberal than is really consistent with absolutely 

 effective conservation of our swiftly diminishing wild life. 

 Help them to get the facts before the people ; uphold the law 

 in your own community ; be a good example to your fellow- 

 man in abiding by the law yourself, and be jealous of its vio- 

 lation by others. 



It is easy to criticize, and hard to perform. Give the 

 designated authorities your kindly assistance in return for 

 the great good they are rendering the cause you, as well as 

 they, have deeply at heart. 



One farmer, who was either aiming to be exceedingly 

 generous or else very sarcastic, posted a notice on his farm 

 which reads as follows : 



"Hunters, Take Notice : Hunt all you durn please and 

 Avhen you hear the horn blow, come to the house for dinner. 

 If you accidentally kill a cow, skin her and hang the hide in 

 the barn. If the quail are scarce, kill a chicken or two, and 

 if you can't get any squirrels kill a hog. ' ' 



Game Refuges and Live Stock: 



Forest Examiner Ward Sheppard, of Bernalillo 

 County, New Mexico, writing in the Breeders' Gazette, has 

 this to say on the subject a subject of most timely interest 

 to the sportsman : 



"A step of great importance to the conservation of the 

 remnant of wild game in the western United States was 

 taken at the late meetings of the two national live stock asso- 

 ciations at Salt Lake City. Resolutions were passed ex- 

 pressing the interest of the stockmen in this problem, and 

 urging upon the Government the creation of Federal game 

 refuges within the National Forests. A great body of prac- 

 tical men who, through intimate contact with the question 

 know the present status and future value of our game ani- 



