| Show University of Missouri Plans Wild Life Farm Columbia Mo The T The University of Missouri is preparing to operate the only wild life preserve in the United States maintained exclusively for that purpose A acre 2300 tract south of ot here has been purchased d by the resettlement resettlement resettlement reset reset- administration to be used for studying Missouri wild life in its natural state There are arc many game preserves in in this country but there is none conducted exclusively for this pur- pur pone Jo explained Dr Rudolf Bennitt Bennit Ben- Ben Bennitt nit t professor profesor of zoology in the university university uni uni- and director of the pre pre- serve sene In every other preserve he said mid such interests as lumber fishing or commercial interests are represented In addition to the chief purpose of ol the thc preserve Dr Bennitt said the preserve also would serve as a conservatory conservatory con con- for native vegetation andas and andas as a demonstration area to show the desirability of converting non- non profitable agricultural regions into game and forest reserves The university ity preserve will be divided divided di di- vided into two districts In one animals will be left in their natural state and not disturbed In the theother theother theother other changes in natural conditions will be made to determine the effect effect ef et- ct on wild life |
