For the Health of the Land: Previously Unpublished Essays and Other Writings Book

	Foreword
	Introduction	3
Pt. I	Conserving Rural Wildlife
	Game Management: A New Field for Science	27
	Helping Ourselves: Being the Adventures of a Farmer and a Sportsman Who Produced Their Own Shooting Ground	33
	The Wisconsin River Marshes	40
	Coon Valley: An Adventure in Cooperative Conservation	47
	Farm Game Management in Silesia	54
	Be Your Own Emperor	70
Pt. II	A Landowner's Conservation Almanac
	Winter
	Winter Cover	84
	Winter Food	86
	Feed the Songbirds	88
	Woodlot Wildlife	89
	Stories in the Snow	91
	Winter Care of Plantings	92
	Do We Want a Woodsless Countryside?	94
	The Farmer and the Rabbit	95
	The Farmer and the Fox	97
	Pines above the Snow	100
	Spring
	The Farm Pond	103
	The Marsh	105
	Evergreens for Cover	107
	When the Geese Return	109
	Bur Oak: Badge of Wisconsin	110
	Bluebirds Welcome	112
	Back from the Argentine	114
	Sky Dance of Spring	116
	Farmers and Ducks	118
	Cliff Swallows to Order	119
	Summer
	Wildflower Corners	121
	Windbreaks	123
	The Farm Arboretum	124
	Pheasant Planting	126
	Pheasant Damage	128
	Bird Houses	130
	Wildlife and Water	132
	Bobwhite	134
	Fifth Column of the Fencerow	135
	Roadside Prairies	137
	Fall
	Wild Foods	140
	Feeding Stations	142
	Look for Bird Bands	143
	The Hawk and Owl Question	145
	Feed Early	147
	Farm Fur Crops	148
	Farming in Color	151
	Smartweed Sanctuaries	153
	From Little Acorns	154
	Woodlot Wildlife and Plant Disease	157
Pt. III	Conservation and Land Health
	The Farmer as a Conservationist	161
	History of the Riley Game Cooperative, 1931-1939	175
	Planning for Wildlife	193
	Biotic Land-Use	198
	What Is a Weed?	207
	The Outlook for Farm Wildlife	213
	The Land-Health Concept and Conservation	218
	Afterword	227
	Acknowledgments	239
	Editors' Notes	241
	About the Contributors	243