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the Preserves and attract and maintain wild life, he is 

 instructed to plant walnuts, hickory nuts, mulberries, wild 

 cherries, mountain ash, apples, wild grapes and other nut, 

 fruit and berry producing trees and shrubbery, buckwheat 

 and other grains. In addition to this he plants barberries, 

 spruces, pines, etc., for shelter and winter cover. This 

 spring 2,500 of these trees and shrubs will be placed in 

 each sauctuary. 



There are no fences around the Preserves and, as stated 

 above, the wire is intended only as a marker, so that the 

 game is not confined in any way, but can enter and leave 

 the Preserve at will, it being intended to reproduce as 

 nearly as possible the conditions under which animals and 

 birds thrive in a wild state. Naturally, the herds and flocks 

 intermingle at pleasure and there is no in-breeding with 

 the consequent loss in stamina that would occur in a fenced 

 enclosure. 



Provided dogs and guns are left outside the wire, our 

 Preserves are open to the public except during the open sea- 

 son for game, when no person save the officer in charge is 

 allowed within the wire, the purpose of this provision 

 being to prevent the driving of deer and other game out- 

 side the Preserve onto the forest reserve, where it may be 

 killed in the open season. 



The cost of establishing one of these Preserves upon State 

 lands in wild country is about as follows: 



Smooth double galvanized No. 9 wire $115.00 



Cutting fire-lines, etc 350.00 



Erection of camp 1,000.00 



Erection of stable and other outbuildings 300.00 



Telephone connection 200.00 



Horse 165.00 



Two fire extinguishers — No. 22 Babcock-dump bottle 45.00 



Total average cost of creating a sanctuary $2,175.00 



The cost of maintaining one of our regular Game Pre- 

 serves per year is at this time approximately as follows : 



Salary of game preserve keeper $900.00 



Feed and maintenance of horse 150.00 



Feed for game, including the planting of trees, shrubs, 



etc 50.00 



Telephone rental 24.00 



Miscellaneous expenses 50.00 



Total $1,174.00 



