Practical Game -Preserving. 4 



It is impossible to embark in the preservation of game 

 without spending money. It is an expensive undertaking 

 and one necessitating the outlay of capital even in the most 

 modest circumstances. It is, however, possible to avoid 

 excessive expenditure, and by judicious economy and the 

 husbanding of resources to reduce the cost of the game 

 reared to a reasonable price per head. This fact will 

 always be borne in mind in the following pages, which, 

 being intended as well for the novice as for those with some 

 knowledge of the subject, are based upon the assumption 

 of not unlimited means. It must always be borne in mind 

 that directly the limit of a legitimate amount of game is 

 passed expenses increase at a rapid ratio. Provision is 

 therefore not made for extraordinary requirements. 



Throughout the following pages there will be described 

 a clear, practical system of dealing with each item in turn, 

 which, from experience, has proved successful and satis- 

 factory. Alternative plans and suggestions will be 

 avoided as tending to confuse, but the intelligent preserver, 

 acting under the individual conditions which attach to 

 every estate, will be able so to modify the instructions 

 given as to fit them to his particular requirements. There 

 is nowadays no mystery attaching to the preservation of 

 game. It has become a hard, matter-of-fact business, and 

 as such must be dealt with in purely practical manner. 



