UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 1049 



Contribution from the Bureau of Biological Survey 

 r • 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 



Pags 



Importance of Game • • 1 



Principal Kinds 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 H 



Estimates of the Value of Game by State Officials ...... 12 



Limitations on Excessive 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 



