COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA 
 
 
                    OFFICE OF THE                       A.WILLUS ROBERTSONCHAIRMAN

                                                             LEXINGTON VA.

COMMISSION     OF  GAME   AND  INLAND   FISHERIES       SALUELP OODLOE....TONVA.

                                                        W'.1 S. SNOW. ALEANDRIAVA.

                  LIBRARY, BUILDING                     BEVERLEY W. STRAS,
J RAZEWELLVA. 
                                                        M, D. HART, EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY 
                    RICHMOND                                 RICHMONDVA.

 
 
                           Augs~t 29, 1930 
 
 
 
 
 
Ron, Carlos Avery, President# 
American Gas Protective Assn., 
Woolworth Bldg, 233 Broadway 
Sew York,Ciir. 
 
Dear Carlost 
 
I note the Xehigan plan in yomr bulletin of September let. *I have had a

plan in my mind for wemetim# which I believe would work well, via, in eaeh

country comunity the landowners or farmers form an association calling it

by some name which may be determined by them. Each landowner in this 
association to agree not to let say personeexcept the members of his family

residing thereorý hunt or fish or trap on his property unless said
p reon has 
an offieial permit issued by the secretary of the association.   Th  plan

would provide that to hunt'over this preserve a fee, o~ say two or tree 
dollars be charged per day; this money to be covered Into the treasury of

the association and divided in propow*tion to the number of acreas of each

landowner. Wre such farmer game preserve associations created, it would 
mean the landoiners would take a real interest in increasing the game by

providing feed and cover for it and, too, they would not pesmit hunters to

kill the breeding stock down too closely in any one season because if they

did, their preserve would be shot out and they would lose the hunters, 
trade. I am convinced that until our landowners (small farmers) are 
awaken to the  eonetax    lus of the wild life on their lands and are 
shown how they can reaie on their game crop just as any other product of

the farm by proper management, we are not going to see any increase in our

game supply. 
 
Free hunting eventually means no hunting. It costs time and money to pro-

perly eare for gSme. The landowners living upon their property are in the

best position to raise gasme naturally and to see proper care is given It.

If they ean be shown its value and how it can be turned into money Mhieh

will go in their pockets, they will begin to figae on their game crop just

"a they do on their other crops and since the demand for more and better

shooting is increasing steadily, this Is one crop which will never beome

a glut on the market. 
 
                                    Very truly yoe 
 
 
                                    I(. D, sart, 
n~hzJ                               Kingutive sece~tary7. 
 
 
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