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REMEDIAL 



"OEFORE discussing the amendments to the game 

 ^-^ laws which, in my opinion, are absolutely neces- 

 sary to make the wild food birds abundant and cheap in 

 the markets, I wish to say that I am not opposed to many 

 of the restrictive game laws now on the books. Laws 

 which shorten the season, limit the bag and prohibit the 

 sale of game tend to delay its extirpation, undoubtedly, 

 and they are necessary in places where no one looks after 

 the game properly. As the game vanishes it will be 

 necessary, from time to time, to increase the restrictions 

 of field sports and to prohibit shooting for periods of 

 years. The laws, however, can be amended so as to per- 

 mit and encourage the profitable breeding of game with- 

 out in any way interfering with the present laws restrict- 

 ing sport, and the result of such legislation will be bene- 

 ficial not only to game breeders but to those who do 

 nothing. 



The present game laws, which prevent the breeding of 

 game on the farms and other private lands, are neither 

 uniform nor permanent. Any one who is familiar with 

 the legislation in any State must be aware that every 

 year (when the Assembly meets) many new bills regu- 



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