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As a result of the enforcement of the Bayne Law, the pot hunter 

 has lost his market, and hence his incentive to kill more game than 

 he can use himself. 



The reorganization of the force of special protectors, including 

 regulations requiring them to report to a division chief, has im- 

 proved the discipline among the specials and made them more 

 effective. 



Game protectors throughout the State report that as a whole 

 deer are more plentiful this year than ever before. The experi- 

 ment of feeding deer during the winter, made possible through an 

 appropriation by the last Legislature, proved successful and should 

 be greatly extended in scope. 



The State Game Farm at Sherburne distributed through the 

 State during the year 2,535 pheasants and 12,945 pheasants' eggs. 

 Arrangements are already under way to increase the brood birds 

 to 1,000 and the farm superintendent gives assurances that the 

 distribution of pheasants and pheasants' eggs will be easily doubled 

 in 1912. 



Experiments are being carried on in relation to raising ruffed 

 grouse for propagation purposes, and there is much to encourage 

 the belief that the partridge, the hunter's favorite game bird, 

 may again be restored to covers now untenanted. At least one 

 additional game farm should be established in the eastern part of 

 the State. 



Reports from all quarters of the Adirondacks show that the 

 beaver are increasing. 



A most helpful work was the elimination from New York 

 market of the sale of canned game. 



The money collected for netting licenses for the year was 

 $10,048.44, a gain of $406.62 over 1910. For hunting licenses 

 there was collected $156,005.60, which is an increase of $14,786.60 

 over the preceding year. This with the amount of fines collected 

 makes a total of $196,991.98. 



Fish Propagation. 



The State fish hatcheries during the year produced and dis- 

 tributed throughout the State 700,000,000 fish. New York's nine 

 hatcheries produced almost one-fourth as many fish as the Federal 



