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enactments. In one sense, fish and game cost nothing, as they are the 

 products of land and water which otherwise would not be utilized, and are 

 so much clear gain in the economy of living. It has, however, a still 

 more important bearing on the welfare of the State. Land without game 

 or bird-life, and water without fish, are a desolation and destruction of the 

 balance of nature. It means the swarming of noxious insects, fatal to 

 agricultural products, and the existence of myriads of animalcula; and 

 larvae in the water, constantly decaying and rendering the water unfit for 

 use. In its sanitary and economic effect on human life the importance of 

 maintaining; this balance of nature cannot be overestimated." 



