Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana (1917) (14596061650)

Identifier: biennialreportmo19171918montrich (find matches)
Title: Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Montana Fish and Game Commission
Subjects: Montana Fish and Game Commission Game protection Wildlife conservation Fisheries
Publisher: Helena, Mont. : Independent Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Montana State Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Montana State Library



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ne in this direction. In all instances where efforts have been made toobtain persons to hatch eggs of wild birds supplied by the state pay has beendemanded and given. There has been no offers of voluntary service from anydirection and if the policy of increasing the number of game birds is to be adoptedpermanently then a game bird farm should be bought, equipped and operatedunder the authority of the State. This course has been adopted with markedsuccess in some of the Eastern States and may be a wise policy for Montana, forit is generally admitted that game birds are rapidly decreasing in numbers, andthat state propagation is the only effective way to remedy the shortage. Noprovisions are now made by law for the establishment of a State game farm,although such a move has been discussed from time to time at meetings of theGame and Fish Commission, and the conclusion may be that the cost would beso great that the plan would not meet with the approval of the LegislativeAssembly.(37) IK^
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