06 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



EDUCATION 



Believing that true progress and permanent success is based upon 

 a program of education, the Bureau of Game Farms has taken advan- 

 tage of every opportunity to acquaint the public and the sportsmen 

 with this work of artificial propagation. One means of attaining this 

 end is in public exhibitions at state and county fairs. So far as possible 

 Ave have made these exhibits purely educational. Pens of the different 

 birds are shown in as natural an environment as possible with an 

 attendant present to explain and answer questions asked by a curious 

 public. With the use of mounted specimens it is also possible to show 

 the natural enemies of the different birds or animals as the case may 

 be. For instance, at the recent Orange Show a fine specimen of a 

 mountain lion was shown in the act of springing upon a live deer. In 

 the same way many of the hawks, owls, and ground vermin that take 

 a large annual toll from, the numbers of the game birds were shown. 

 The paid attendance at the Orange Show was given at three hundred 

 thousand. Most of these people saw our exhibit, and from letters 

 received it is indicated that much favorable interest was created. 



In conclusion, we strongly recommend the creation of more game 

 refuges where the output of the farms may be planted and the birds 

 permitted to multiply in a natural way, and from these sanctuaries 

 populate the adjoining territory. 



