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       is our duty to pass this great heritage on to posterity with as 
       little decrease as possible. 
            The word "Conservation" comes from the Latin which
has fur- 
      nished many of our words in common use. It means "to save, to
pro- 
      tect, to preserve or care for; to guard or keep safe in an entire 
      state." But my interpretation of the meaning of the word is to
the 
      effect that while we should at all times conserve, we should not 
      deem it unwise to make the proper use of our natural resources. 
      Conservation really means a prevention of waste, the wise use of 
      what God has placed on this earth for our use." - E. Lee LeCompte

      State Game Warden of Maryland in Report of 1930. 
 
 
 
 
                        EMERGENCY RATIONS FOR GAME BIRDS 
 
 
      Grain sorghums and millet are being recommended by the Missouri College

of Agriculture as grains to be raised by farmers and sportsmen who would
leave 
this feed standing for quail and other game birds throughout the winter months.

It was at the request of the State Game and Fish Department that the College

determined the grains most suited for an emergency bird feed for use in all

parts of this state. 
      L. Haseman, of the University of Missouri, has issued the following
state- 
ment in this connection:- 
 
            "Knowing that the quail and pheasant can satisfactorily
handle 
      most any farm grain, we felt that the most important thing to con-

      sider would be a grain that could be grown easily on varying types

      of soils and which would tend to hold its seed for winter use in the

      open. Professor M. F. Miller, of the College of Agriculture, has 
      suggested the grain sorghums, for those sections of the state where

      grain sorghums are generally grown, and millet which produces a 
      smaller grain but an abundant supply and which holds its seed quite

      well, Either of these two grains could be readily grown over much 
      of the state where it is desirable to provide winter food for quails

      and pheasants. The grain sorghums, in particular, would grow where

      most other grains fail, due to shortage of moisture. Millet, of 
      course, does best on reasonably good soil but can be grown less 
      abundantly on poorer soils. The millet would have some advantage 
      with reference to height and ease with which the birds could secure

      the grain but the grain sorghums, on the other hand, would have the

      advantage in case of deep snow and we believe holds the grain into

      the winter fully as well as millet." - Missouri Game & Fish
News. 
 
 
 
 
      In his report on Game conditions in Maryland, Mr. E. Lee LeCompte State

 
 
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