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of raising and propagating game of many species and varieties, and the 

 great economic possibilities that exist in such enterprises, and it re- 

 mains, therefore, but to note that the whole matter is of such importance 

 from the points of view of sport, of the perpetuation of game, of the 

 available food supply of the population and of the creation of new and 

 prosperous industries, that it is well deserving of the special considera- 

 tion of any administration. It would seem, then, that the government 

 might well give the citizens of the Province a lead in the introduction 

 of the system into Ontario, for in no matter which direction applied the 

 undertaking would almost certainly prove highly profitable financially, 

 if due economy were exercised and due precaution's taken, and it cannot 

 I)e doubted that the success of the governmental experiments would be 

 followed by the institution of many similar enterprises throughout the 

 Province. 



Recommendations. 



Your Commissioner would, therefore, recommend: 



(1) That a Provincial Game Farm be established in a suitable 

 locality for the purpose of raising deer ; demonstrating the practicability 

 of such an enterprise as a profitable eommercial undertaking; and en- 

 couraging the establishment of such enterprises by private firms or indi- 

 viduals throughout the Province. 



(2) That a Provincial Game Farm be established in a suitable 

 locality to raise, propagate and diBtribute the indigenous game birds of 

 the Province, and to obtain and distribute the eggs of the same ; to deal 

 in a similar manner Avith such varieties of non-indigenous game birds 

 or game birds which have become extinct in the Province as may be 

 deemed desirable; to demonstrate the practicability of such an enter- 

 prise as a profitable commercial undertaking; and to encourage the 

 establishment of such enterprises by farmers, private firms and indi- 

 viduals throughout the Province. 



(3) That a suitable area of marsh or other territory, the property 

 of the Crown, be set aside by the government for the purpose of muskrat 

 cultivation, in order to demonstrate the practicability of such an enter- 

 prise as a profitable commercial undertaking and to encourage the ex- 

 ploitation of landkS for this purpose which otherwise are or would be 

 more or less unprofitable. 



Frogs. 



A creature of no small economic value is the bull frog which, in 

 various sections of the Province, was once exceedingly abundant. It 

 constitutes one of the favorite foods of certain of the wild ducks and, 

 moreover, is a valuable contribution to the available fare of such liighly 

 esteemed sporting fishes as the black bass and mascalonge, w^hile frog, 

 legs are generally considered a delicacy on account of their tender flesh 

 and pleasant flavor, and, in consequence, command a good price in the 



