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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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v.
of trappers, conserve the fur-bearing animals on a trapline by working only certain parts of it at one time, allowing the game to flourish in other areas.
See: farming
Quotations
1929
He told me that since the trap-line registration had come into effect it was worth his while to "farm" his beaver, for instance. Before this Act came in there was no object in a trapper trying to conserve the fur; some other trapper would come along and jump his line and he had no redress.
1934
The professional trapper does not make an occasional short trapping journey as does the Indian . . . neither does he "farm" his territory as was done by many Indians until just a few years ago.