. Final report of the Ontario Game and Fisheries Commission, 1909-1911. -- . Therecan be no question that this policy is both the wisest and the fairest inthe interests of the general public. As, hoAvever, sections of the coun-try become populated and taken u]) by the agriculturist, the areas ofCrown lands in them inevitably become diminished or disappear, andthe question of gnuic in sncli areas is on an altogether different footingto that prevailing over the great bulk of the Crown wild lands. Thefarmer has the right to post his lands, and if he is fond of shooting willprobably do so if there
. Final report of the Ontario Game and Fisheries Commission, 1909-1911. -- . Therecan be no question that this policy is both the wisest and the fairest inthe interests of the general public. As, hoAvever, sections of the coun-try become populated and taken u]) by the agriculturist, the areas ofCrown lands in them inevitably become diminished or disappear, andthe question of gnuic in sncli areas is on an altogether different footingto that prevailing over the great bulk of the Crown wild lands. Thefarmer has the right to post his lands, and if he is fond of shooting willprobably do so if there is any game to shoot, more especially so shouldhe have taken any measures to produce or maintain that game. More-over, such stretches of public lands as there are in these districts arepeculiarly accessible to the hunter, and the difficulty, therefore, of main-taining a supply of game in them is materially enhanced. In fact, inthe settled portions of the Province it would seem that the only practicalmeans of perpetuating the game lies in a measure of individual, in addi-. 1912 AND FISHERIES COMMISSION. 227 tioii to governmental, conservation. The shooting of the farmer has adistinct value; that of his neighbors also. By posting their lands andthus conserving the game on it, and by combining to any desired extent,they have in their possession a shooting which can be annually leasedfor a fair sum at least. Where the farmer does not post his land or takeinterest in game, all and sundry will shoot the game over it until allgame has disappeared, and with it a legitimate source of income to thefarmer. Plainly it is better to have the game on the farm, and that thefarmer should profit from it, than that there should be no game, andconsequently no profit from it to the farmer or anyone else. Indeed,there can be little doubt that as the population increases and shootingbecomes more difficult to obtain, there will be an ever-increasing field forprofit in game of which the farmer ishould
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