that may be constructively applied. What is needed, is a 
national "hook-up" that will be more productive of field work.

Isolated attempts, in separate regions that will overflow their 
locations so that regions are constructed by interrelation of 
overflowing results; the direct benefit being a seemingly 
national "hook-up", without the expense that a blanket enter- 
prise would entail. I think there should be some responsible 
agency to undertake this and I do not think there is any group 
better situated than the Arms people, co-.operating with the 
American Game Association group, looking toward a more effective 
and widespread interest and organization that could eventually 
assume the offices of the Arms activities without severing 
associations. Owing to things I may not be familiar with 
this may not be as effective as whatelse may be suggested: but 
the thought remains and could behighly productive of organization 
and game. The work that could be done    on location, could be 
responsible to a direct head; this head or his assistants 
would have to be capable of going onto locations, outlining 
the work for the man on the study and would have to periodi- 
cally visit and evaluate the work of the studies man, correct 
or construct a more applicable outline as a check to keep the 
studies man on "his course." The results should be checked 
against what is possible to obtain by 1, effectiveness of the 
abilities of the studies man as compared with the importance 
and difficulty of the problem to be solved; 2, the resulting 
amount of favorable compilation as a result of a full five- 
day week in the field. 
 
      We are not going to get very favorable results from 
University "tie-tots" until these groups are also informed as 
to what eonstitutes game management. We will get "educated 
man-power" for game work only through the output of univer- 
sities teaching game management as a climax to game needs. 
This instruction will have to produce game men that are 
capable of evaluating the assistant and relative work of 
biologists, pathologists, botanists, and etc., and to see that 
these relative needs are not overstated, overapplied, or 
overworked, thus adding to expense and loss of time in solving 
the problems. Designed misinformation submitted by detri- 
mental interests and overenthusiastic laymen - in order to 
save time, effort and money - will have to be "laid" in the 
office and not in the field. As for instance, the personal in- 
terests of a bacteriologist in regard to "pathological effects 
of ticks and sucking lice as transmitters of bacteria and the 
effect of these upon deer and elk increase", as was recently 
suggestdd for a prolonged study to me by a University of 
California biologist, will Uave to be relegated to the depart- 
ment of deer and elk diseases which are of minor importance in 
the management of these when other factors have been investi- 
gated and applied. The money which would be used for this 
work alone - if left to the biologist mentioned - could be 
productive of the survey of an entire game unit - by a well- 
 
 
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