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recreation for "both, assisting in the control of rodents and such farm 

 pests as foxes and crows, and last but not least, affording an additional 

 source of income for the farmer through the sale of furs. 



Cole County, Mo., night he cited as another example of this sort. 

 Count y Agent R. W. Kallenbach has "been spending considerahle time cooper- 

 ating with the Central Missouri Wildlife Conservation League, the State 

 Conservation Commission, and committees of local farmers. After a commun- 

 ity meeting at which the problem of wildlife conservation was discussed, 

 the farmers agreed to establish a wildlife reservation for quail in their 

 neighborhood, and the 4-H Clubs of the county readily agreed to feed then 

 during the winter. Last winter they carried 135 coveys of quail through 

 the winter. 



The Brook County, W. Va. , Wildlife League has been very helpful to 

 farmers in a general campaign against stray dogs which were killing the 

 sheep and wild animals. Farmers in that county established a game pre- 

 serve of about 2,800 acres, which has been successful in restocking of 

 rabbits, squirrels, and quail. 



Although some progress has been made along the lines of coopera- 

 tion between sportsmen and farmers, the real spearhead of our attack on 

 problems of conservation of natural resources has "osen with rural young 

 people in 4-H Clubs. More than one million coys and girls are enrolled 

 in 4-H Clubs and a large number of them include conservation as one phase 

 of their club work. For example, their tree-planting activities have 

 reached considerable proportions. A couple of years ago, Tuscarawas 

 County, Ohio, reported that every club in the county had planted more 

 than a thousand trees, and all the clubs together in the 15 years they 

 had been planting trees had set out 300,000 in the county. These figures 

 could be duplicated in New York, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and other 

 States. 



TRAINED 4-H LEADERS NEEDED 



The limiting factor with 4— H Clubs is the scarcity of qualified 

 leaders. Mr. Lode, after studying the field, felt the need of some plan 

 for systematic training of local leaders. He said that in practically 

 every State he visited he found local men and women intensely interested 

 in wildlife conservation, but generally they felt more or less helpless 

 because they knew so little about the subject. 



'Then leaders such as Miss Nuterich, a school teacher' who leads 

 the Southwest Birds Nature Club in Middlesex County, Conn., can be found, 

 conservation of the feathered songsters naturally follows. This club 

 held weekly meetings to study birds and made a large chart recordin ; I 

 first time and place birds were seen and the person reporting the event. 

 On their frequent field trips they saw and identified over 50 different 

 birds. They prepared an instructive exhibit for the county 4-H fair, 



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