be secured to the entire State through or because of the establishment of 

 a game farm where the rearing of these birds in captivity is undertaken, 

 no difference how extensive that farm might be or how much money might be spent 

 in that direction. 



Each one of the six sanctuaries created in this Commonwealth and 

 known as Game Preserves, the same being simply tracts of land surrounded 

 by a single wire, a fire line and a line of notices calling the attention of 

 the public to the purpose of the enclosure, whereon no hunting is per- 

 mitted by any person at any time, and whereon no wild cat, or domestic 

 cat, or fox, or crow, or other animals classed as vermin are permitted to 

 live, has produced more game of the kind peculiar to that section; turkeys where 

 turkeys are found, grouse and quail where these birds thrive, than has been 

 produced on any or all of the game farms in all the United States, where such 

 game has been raised strictly in captivity ; this too where the cost of main- 

 tenance and production upon the sanctuaries does not count in pennies as 

 compared with dollars or tens of dollars expended by the game farm. The Resi- 

 dent Hunter's License will make possible one or more sanctuaries of the 

 above-described kind in every county of this Commonwealth wherein the 

 State owns land and from which gamebirds may be trapped for distribu- 

 tion to sections where the State owns no land." 



The author wishes to state for the benefit of those who may 

 desire to establish a sanctuary in accordance with the Acts of 

 1911, Chapter 410, that the Commonwealth assumes no control 

 of land thus set aside, other than the establishing of a close season 

 within the prescribed area, and the protection of all wild birds and 

 animals found therein. The landowners have the right to transfer 

 their real estate, carry on farming operations or engage in any 

 legitimate pursuit of either business or pleasure. 



Whether a sanctuary be established as a private affair and under 

 the direct supervision of the landowners, or whether it be estab- 

 lished in accordance with the Act of the Commonwealth, is optional 

 with the proprietors, but far more important! than either is the 

 choice of a suitable location. 



In selecting a tract of country to be used as a sanctuary, choose 

 a section that contains a diversity of physical conditions, and where 

 a fair number of gamebirds are already established. A tract of 

 country embracing one thousand acres, may be found that has the 

 ideals sought, both wild and cultivated land, small ponds and 

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