128 RURAL XEW YORK 



College of Agriculture at Ithaca, and the State School 

 of Forestry at Syracuse, both of which have forest 

 tracts for practical instruction. 



PISH AND GAME 



Nearly all the species of game animals and birds in 

 the State are reported to be on the increase thanks 

 to fairly comprehensive laws dealing with open 

 shooting seasons and restrictions as to the number of 

 individuals that may be taken by any one person. 

 From time to time certain species may be protected 

 from molestation for a period of years to permit their 

 increase. Of course, game laws are effective in the 

 present stage of society only in so far as they are 

 backed up by a system of wardens and inspectors for 

 their enforcement, since public sentiment is not 

 sufficiently well developed for that purpose. The 

 State is divided into thirteen districts with a chief 

 game warden and a half dozen or more assistants and 

 the restrictions limiting fishing in particular are 

 fairly effective. Some varieties of game — the deer 

 for example — have increased in such numbers in the 

 more heavily forested sections as to be something of 

 a nuisance to farmers because of their injury to 

 crops. 



The diversity in timber and stream-cover and in 

 climatic conditions favors a large variety of animals, 

 birds and fishes. The bird life of the region is espe- 

 cially rich, particularly the migrating species that to 

 a considerable extent follow the cover of the Alle- 



