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Show The plan also would require the employment of additional caretakers and employes to conduct the work of the farm. In the end it is doubtful if propagation would be as successful as If the work wee undertaken in the natural haunts of the fish and fame in Utah. It would seem that the better plan would be to devote the funds required for the establishment of the farm to increasing the fish and game attractions in the natural way in the unsettled portions of the state. This plan no doubt would serve the state interests more and render better satisfaction to the sportsmen of the state than the proposal now before the legislature. I The Game Farm ,1 "THE proposal to purchase or lease lands for 1 the establishment of a state same farm in Utah should be stricken from the fish and fame bill pending before the legislature. The suggestion sugges-tion is ill advised because it demands heavy expenditures ex-penditures with no tangible guarantees of returns on the investment. Moreover, the proposal does not have the sympathy and support of the Utah sportsmen, who should be regarded as the beacon ;Hghts in fish and game legislation. . Mother Nature offers the best game farms to be had in Utah. The state is not so thickly populated that it is necessary to purchase or lease lands for the propagation of fish and game. Money Is to be saved by conducting this work in the wild haunts of the state, where ample protection pro-tection can be provided by the establishment of game sanctuaries. The game farm proposal would cost the sportsmen thousands of dollars before the work of propagating could be started. Under the plan now proposed In the legislature legisla-ture the initial expenditure for the acquirement rf land would be great. New buildings would i - hav to be provided at . considerable expense. J . a |