188 WILD LIFE PROTECTION FUND 



July 22. — For the first time in history the science of the breeding 

 and preservation of game birds was added to the curriculum 

 of a modern university. The passage of a bill by the New York 

 state legislature made it possible for the New York State Col- 

 lege of Agriculture of Cornell University to undertake the work, 

 and the trustees agreed to accept, maintain and administer the 

 farm "for the purpose of conducting practical experiments in 

 and giving instruction on the breeding of game." It was also 

 provided by the law that the farm should be conducted in close 

 cooperation with the State Conservation Commission and its 

 surplus product shall annually be placed at the disposal of the 

 Commission. 



Aug. 17. — The following Order in Council was approved by the 

 Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, converting Mr. Jack Miner's 

 wild goose farm at Kingsville, Ontario, into a Canadian Game 

 Preserve : 



"Upon the recommendation of the Honorable the Minister of 

 Public Works and Highways, the Committee of Council advise 

 that pursuant to the provisions of Section 8 (g) of the Ontario 

 Game and Fisheries Act, that portion of the Township of South 

 Gosfield, in the County of Essex, bounded on the South by the 

 Second Concession, on the West by the McCain Road, on the 

 North by the Fourth Concession and on the East by the Division 

 Road, which includes the Miner Farm be set apart as a Crown 

 Game Preserve, and the hunting, taking or killing of any game 

 bird or animal in or upon such preserve be prohibited." 



Aug. 24. — The Northwest Game Act of Canada, relating particu- 

 larly to the Northwest Territories, originally passed in 1916, 

 to provide greater protection for the Barren Ground caribou 

 and musk-ox, and to reserve special areas for the latter animal, 

 was finally passed by the House of Commons at Ottawa, with 

 some amendments. The Act will be administered by the Domin- 

 ion Parks Branch. 



Aug. 29. — The Canadian government passed its enabling act to carry 

 into effect the terms of "a certain convention between His Ma- 

 jesty and the United States of America for the protection of 

 migratory birds in Canada and the United States." 



Nov. 8. — In the death of. Miles W. Burford, of Silver City, New 

 Mexico, first president of the New Mexico Game Protective As- 

 sociation, the Association and the sportsmen of the state lost 

 a true friend and earnest worker in the cause of wild life pro- 

 tection. 



Nov. 20. — The heath hens sent by the Mass. State Game Commission 

 to establish a new colony on the state game farm at Middle 

 Island, Long Island, all died. Most of them dropped dead from 

 their perches. The cause of death was thought to be due to intes- 

 tinal tuberculosis. 



Dec. 11. — Delegate Charles A. Sulzer introduced in the House of Rep- 

 resentatives a new bill, H. R. 7344, to take the place of H. R. 4374, 

 introduced by him on May 11, 1917. Among other things the new 



