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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 1049 



Contribution from tiie Bureau of Biological Suryey 

 E. W. NELSON, Chief 



Washington, D. C. T March 14, 1922 



GAME AS A NATIONAL RESOURCE 



By 



T. S. PALMER 

 Expert in Game Conservation 



CONTENTS 



Pag* 



Importance of Game 1 



Principal Elnda of Game in the United States 2 



Value of Game to the Farmer 9 



Value of Game from the Standpoint of Health .......10 



Returns from License Fees ............ 11 



Estimates of the Value of Game by State Officials ,12 



Limitations on Excessire Hunting 15 



Records of Game Killed 18 



Enumerations of Game ...._. 23 



Methods of Increasing Game Resources 25 



Cost of Maintaining Game . 44 



Suggestions for Making a Survey of Game . 47 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1922 



