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planning, based on facts such as these, can we bring about the 
restoration of some of our disappearing forms of wildHfe like 
the wild turkey. I have used the turkey here only as an example 
of the processes of study and planning that characterize sound 
wildlife management as we see it today. Similar procedures are 
being followed in other important species. 
The objective of the present game restoration program in 
Missouri is, of course, the production of ever increasing yields 
of wildlife crops, for both the recreational and aesthetic values, 
and the material values of wildlife products. While based on 
our most up-to-date knowledge of the requirements of individual 
species, the program is drawn in its entirety to fit into the much 
larger picture of conservation of our natural resources as a 
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whole. And it is our conviction that sound, well-planned con- 
servation of all our resources is just as important during a war 
as it is during times of peace. 
TIMBER IN WAR TIME 
By W. J. Burton, Assistant to Chief Engineer 
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company 
The war has very greatly increased the use of timber. This 
increased consumption results not only from the construction 
of buildings and other items ordinarily made of wood, such as 
army barracks buildings, but also because of the substitution of 
wood for steel and other metals to a verj^ considerable extent. 
The new cantonments have used lumber in unheard of quanti- 
ties. The result of all of this tremendous demand has been that 
certain grades and kinds are now listed as critical materials. At 
the present time the bottle neck in production is the shortage of 
labor in the lumbering areas. An interesting sidelight on this 
labor shortage is the effect of rationing of meat. Lumber jacks 
are called upon for very strenuous physical exertion, which with 
the outdoor life, results in enormous appetites. It is reported that 
the 
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per week. Many men have left their jobs because of the attempts 
to hold them to the established ration. A special dispensation of 
not less than 10 pounds per man per week is being sought. 
While the necessity for the greatly increased use of wood is 
to be deplored, and while it is unavoidable that things must be 
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e in war time which are not in line with conservation, the 
Situation is far better than it would have been without the bene- 
nt of the many conservation measures well established in the 
