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friend who is kind enough and fortunate enough to 
secure a few for him. There is no reason why pheas- 
ants and wild ducks may not be successfully raised in 
Vermont for the table, and in such manner as to pro- 
duce birds having the flavor of the strictly wild fowl. 
The raising of game birds for the market is coming to 
be an industry in some parts of the country and it 
should be encouraged in Vermont, whether for the 
market or for use on the home table. The more wild 
birds which can be raised in domesticity, the less de- 
mand there will be for the native wild fowl.” 
Again, in the California Fish and Game Commission’s report 
of 1912, is the following: 
““As it becomes more and more necessary to remove 
all the wild game from the markets, the public de- 
mands something to take its place. This can well be 
supplied from that raised in captivity. A law allowing 
the sale of deer would not make it any more difficult 
to protect the wild animals; on the other hand it would 
supply the demand for venison and would remove the 
reason for violating the law that sometimes exists 
under our present system. .... We recommend that 
pheasants raised in captivity be sold in the markets. 
This has a two-fold advantage. First, it would mean 
a source of revenue to people of small holding, it 
would provide a delicious game bird for the table of 
hotels and restaurants, and proportionally reduce the 
drain on wild game in the fields.’’ 
In a letter dated November 27, 1913, A. Bryan Williams, pro- 
vincial game warden, Vancouver, B. C., says: 
“With regard to the sale of game birds we are 
gradually doing away with the sale of game in this 
province; in fact, it is cut down to a minimum now. 
By encouraging private game farms I am of the opin- 
ion that more wild birds would be sold than those 
raised in captivity.” 
In Mr. Williams’ report of 1912, in the paragraph pertaining to 
the illegal sale of game, is the following: 
“There are, however, a few wealthy people, who 
should set a good example, who regularly buy game at 
any time they can get it. Not only do these people 
break the law themselves, but they encourage others 
to do it also.” 
This emphasizes my contention. Had there been a provincial 
law permitting the sale of game reared in captivity to be sold in 
the market, I know of several pheasant breeders on Vancouver 
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