Vernal Express | 1951-01-18 | Page 16 | Sports Afield Section

1110m us B by V ted kerting ecology do you know what that word means louis bromfield field says you sportsmen must learn it it I 1 you expect to have any future hunting and fishing in this country ecology means simply the study of how man can live with nature to the greatest possible advantage in terms of health prosperity and general welfare no group is as able to prove how this can be done as farmers and sportsmen it Is only recently that much attention has been paid to the ecological problems of nature in the united states but now we realize that ecology begins at home on the individual farm we know that the prosperous farmer is one who avoids erosion does not pasture his woodlands keeps the rainfall where it belongs on his own land and makes provision for fish and wildlife as well as tor for his own livestock the farmer pr landowner who uses ecology asthe agthe guide in planning his farm activities will benefit in profits and welfare and provide lovide rovide sports and pleasure for hundreds gundreds hundreds gund reds not only on his own farm but elsewhere in the neighborhood bo rhood since any well managed farm is a breeding island for all borts torts ors of game that eventually spread out into the surrounding area areas in 1939 bromfield took over five farms in north central ohio all in very poor condition today after 11 years the band iand landscape Is no loncer loneer recognizable thewoods the woods and pastures which were made bare by anim animals allt that were starving because fht wht whsit they ate att contained so little noi nonrih rih meat have become again something e resembling the mamlfi mairnif 1 cent orI original vInal hardwood in fast ftst ft ats sts st I 1 of ohio the bare often ri vIlled surface surfaces of the old lots are once again preen green bromfleld bromfield writes tj our own ease case with a very small o won alture dlture diture of time work and ind money