A sanctuary is thus formed in accordance with Chapter 4 10, 

 Acts of 1911, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In this manner 

 of procedure the Commonwealth, through the Commissioners on 

 Fisheries and Game, instead of the individual landowner, as- 

 sumes the responsibility of enforcement of law against all violators. 

 This method is the better of the two, from the fact that persons 

 usually have more respect for property owned by or under the 

 jurisdiction of the state, than for that of a private citizen. 



One difficulty has been experienced in petitioning the Commis- 

 sioners to close certain tracts. They seem loath to grant these re- 

 quests, fearing that by pre-empting the shooting areas they will 

 lose the support of their constituents, the sportsmen. The Com- 

 missioners, however, agree that something drastic must be done to 

 help keep up the supply of game that is annually sought after by 

 nearly seventy thousand licensed sportsmen throughout this Com- 

 monwealth. Artificial propagation of gamebirds is an expensive 

 proposition and we must look to the sanctuaries as a feasible solu- 

 tion of this perplexing problem. 



The following words of Hon. Joseph Kalbfus, Secretary of the 

 Pennsylvania Commissioners of Game, and one of the best in- 

 formed and most practical men engaged in the conservation of 

 wild life in this country today, are very apropos concerning the 

 value of sanctuaries : 



"I have also given the proposition of raising our native gamebirds, 

 such as wild turkeys, ruffed grouse, and quail in captivity, considerable 

 thought and attention. I have visited several game farms, some operated 

 by public officials, some by private individuals. I have seen some few 

 ruffed grouse that had been reared strictly in captivity. I saw some hun- 

 dred or more quail reared in the same way, and have report of several 

 hundreds of other birds of like character raised in the same way. I also 

 know of very many instances where efforts in this direction have been 

 rewarded by failure, and feel that at the best an undertaking of this kind 

 is extremely precarious, the return very uncertain to say the least, and from 

 the data I have collected I am led to believe that through the extermina- 

 tion of vermin, including house cats and crows, and the feeding of our 

 wild and free grouse and turkeys and quail during severe winter weather 

 a far greater return will be secured in every county of this State than can 



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