FOREWORD 



r THIS little book is offered to the people of North America 

 -I in the hope that it will hasten the day when our continent 

 shall produce enough game to supply abundant food, and health- 

 giving recreation. 



The author predicts that America will eventually be the 

 greatest game producing country in the world, and we believe 

 he points the logical way for the fulfillment of this prophecy. 

 It is time for us to unite in creating, through our own industry, 

 a wealth of wild life to take the place of that which nature gave 

 us, and we so thoughtlessly destroyed. Heretofore our energies 

 have been mainly expended in trying to bring back the game 

 by prohibitory legislation. Our laws have said, "You must 

 not kill game," instead of "You may raise game." These laws 

 have undoubtedly done much good in a negative way, but 

 they offer no real solution of the problem. They are not 

 creative. Some of them we shall probably need always, but 

 many of them will become obsolete shortly after laws per- 

 mitting game breeding are enacted. Prohibitions which seem 

 important when there is little game to protect will become 

 superfluous when a large supply is constantly maintained. 



In promoting game breeding, the Hercules Powder Company 

 naturally considers its own interests, but fortunately they are 

 inalienably linked with the country's welfare in this important 

 matter. We feel no hesitancy in asking all sportsmen who 

 believe our efforts are in the right direction, to support them by 

 giving us their patronage. 



We take pleasure in acknowledging our indebtedness to the 

 American Museum of Natural History for photographs and 

 drawings made from its collections. They appear on pages 

 11, 21, 24, 30, 32, 35, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 51 (bottom of page), 

 53, 56, 58, 60. 



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