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THE GAME BREEDER 



we have a great many private hatcheries. 

 Trout are raised exclusively in these 

 hatcheries. 



"There is very little game breeding 

 here and we have no regulations for iden- 

 tification of game sold by breeders. Tags 

 are not used as yet. 



"Live birds can be trapped for scien- 

 tific purposes only by our State institu- 

 tions, such as the University of Utah 

 and the Agriculture College at Logan. 

 Private individuals cannot secure such 

 permits." 



Texas. 



W. W. Wood, Game and Fish Commis- 

 sioner of Texas, says the State permits 

 and encourages the breeding of fish for 

 sale as food but not game. Any species 

 of fish can be sold. No licenses are is- 

 sued to breeders. Game cannot be sold 

 for propagation. 



Kentucky. 



J. Quincy Ward, Executive Agent for 

 Kentucky, reports that his State permits 

 and encourages the breeding and sale of 

 all species of game and fish under permit. 

 There is no charge for permits. The 



game sold is identified by metal tags for 

 which no charge is made. 



Kentucky seems to be running well 

 up with Massachusetts. Prairie grouse 

 once were so plentiful in Kentucky that 

 Audubon says they were regarded as 

 pests. We believe and predict that these 

 birds will again be shot and eaten in 

 great abundance in Kentiicky although 

 there is not a prairie grouse in the State 

 to-day. 



Idaho. 



W. H. Thorp, Chief Deputy Game 

 Warden for Idaho,, reports that game 

 fish can be sold as food — rainbow and 

 Eastern brook trout, from private ponds 

 only, under special permit. 



Game cannot be sold alive for propaga- 

 tion. Live birds can be trapped for 

 scientific purposes otdy under special per- 

 mit. 



It would appear that Idaho is sadly 

 behind the times. The Game Breeder is 

 not as extensively circulated in Idaho as 

 it should be. There should be a special 

 fund for educational purposes in Idaho 

 such as we have had for some other 

 States where common sense now pre- 

 vails. 



NOTES FROM THE GAME FARMS AND PRESERVES. 



Trout Breeding. 



The breeding of trout literally is boom- 

 ing in many places. There are many 

 large commercial hatcheries and their 

 owners are making money. Some of the 

 clubs now have excellent trout hatcheries 

 and keep their streams and ponds full of 

 trout. Many country places have little 

 ponds for trout and there are some ex- 

 cellent lakes which are being stocked with 

 bass. 



The Game Market. 



The market for live game which 

 opened very strong seemed to have a 

 quiet period but the demand for stock 

 hirds again is increasing and we predict 

 all the game offered excepting some 

 *'near mallards" of doubtful flying quali- 

 ties will be sold at excellent prices. 



The market for dead game is very 

 strong, of course, on account of no game 

 being imported and everything offered 

 from the big shoots will be sold at splen- 

 did prices. Even the "near mallards" 

 will find a ready sale when killed "other- 

 wise than by shooting." 



The Egg Market. 



We predict the demand for eggs will 

 be bigger as the breeding season ap- 

 proaches than -ever before. The activi- 

 ties of hundreds of commercial and sport- 

 ing breeders has stimulated the State 

 game officers to produce more abund- 

 antly on the many State game farms. 

 Thousands of birds have been sold to the 

 State officers at splendid prices and they 

 no doubt will purchase many eggs. 



We are glad to observe that some peo- 



