The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-10-21
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BY BISHOP BATES

Wildlife is not big word, but
it covers a lot of territory. As we
proceed, we will try to explain
just how much territory wildlife
does cover. There is much dis
pute set forth by many, as to how
much wildlife takes in. But first
will sort of introduce an intro
ductory. Then as we 60 along,
will try to explain in plain En-
glish what we are trying to get
at and exploit
In order to understand wild
life, one should grow up with it.
To understand wildlife, one must
be able to converse with it, un-
derstand its language, read its
signs, nature language. The first
step in the direction of Wildlife
is growing vegetation, this pro-
vides the cover, and with the pro-
per amount of cover, evenly dis
tributed, the predator problem
will not be situation out of con-
troll.
Before we can have an abun-
dance of wildlife, some consider
alton must be allowed toward the
advancement and development of
its future habitation. The man
agement of Wildlife is no small
matter, and if done properly,
everlasting watchfulness will in
time solve a lot of problems and
correct a lot of errors made in
the past.
Very little can be accomplished
in an artificial way, it will have
to be accomplished by nature
herself, and assisted in devious
ways by man. Let us understand
to begin with, that we can't just
have certain kinds of game and
no perdators, we have to have
both, and this is the point that
has been overstepped. You can't
kill off one kind of predator, say
the fox, and expect to have wild
life exist 100 per cent. The why
of this will be explained further
on. So, if we want wildlife in
healthy abundance, we have to
accept it as a whole, game and
predator, or the whole matter of
Wlldlife, its control and vegeta-
ton growth, become out of ba-
lance. Errors heretofore have
been to destroy or do away with
certain predators and this has un-
balanced the sterilization of ma
ture and when natural laws are
disturbed, the whole economic
existence of Wildlife is disturbed
Human beings cannot call
themselves Sportsmen that tries
to kill off the other sportsmens
sport, trying to eliminate one Ger
tain specie, be it predator or the
game, for all are an integral part
of the game crop, and the entire
crop, game and predator, are one,
called Dlome.
For example, the birds and all
fur-bearing mammals must func-
ton together or the biome is de-
stroyed. Nothing must be done
to interrupt biome organization
or the health of the whole will be
impaired, and i'll effect is the re-
suit.
The restoration of game, bird
and fur-mammal, must begin at
home on the farm, the place of
habitat and this habitat must be
in >habitable, and not inhibit the
overall of wildlife. Here the far
mer enters the picture, as it is
the part that he plays that makes
the whole plan work out for the
benefit of all concerned.
At the beginning of 1947 there
has been decided drop in farm
population. There can be a de-
clded raise in population of game
If proper watch, protection, and
control over game is kept allow
ing for the nature growth of We
getation to produce its crop of
game it should turn out. There
must be no more wholesale
slaughter of game, of anyone
specie, weakening the biome.
With the allowance of less farm
ing in certain sections, there is
sure to be an upward increase in
game, if protected and permitted,
and this will depend most part
and largely on the farmers and |
farm owners, to limit hunting on
their farms. There are many
farmers today that allow no
hunting on their farms, and some
hunt very little, themselves, as