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Foster Mothers. 



Game breeders use many thousands 

 of hens for hatching game eggs. The 

 kind of hens used are Hghtweight barn- 

 yard fowls which are recommended as 

 good sitters and bantams for quail eggs. 

 We are quite sure that poultrymen who 

 can furnish hens suitable for game breed- 

 ing will get good returns from adver- 

 tisements in The Game Breeder. It 

 only costs a few cents to tell our read- 

 ers where they can get hens. 



The Real Thing. 



Mr. E. A. Mcllhenny, Avery Island, 

 La., in a letter to Chiles & Co., Mt. 

 Sterling, Kentucky, says : "During the 

 late spring you sent me seven duck eggs. 

 From these I raised three young birds, 

 genuine wild mallards. They are in 

 good shape now, and I thought you 

 would be interested to know that they 

 were real wild stock." 



More Game and Fewer Game Laws. 



NOTES FROM THE STATE GAME DEPARTMENTS. 



Most of the state game departments 

 report that all or certain species of game 

 and game fish can now be sold as food. 

 Many report that a proper amendment to 

 the laws permitting breeders to trap birds 

 for propagation purposes has been over- 

 looked. This is the most important mat- 

 ter which now requires the attention of 

 game breeders. There is a shortage of 

 stock birds and all state departments 

 should be authorized to issue permits to 

 game breeders to trap the birds needed 

 for propagation. The triumph of the 

 more game movement evidently is assured 

 and the details necessary to complete 

 the movement and perfect the new in- 

 dustry soon will be worked out, no doubt. 

 It is gratifying to report that nearly all 

 the state game officers have been con- 

 verted to the idea that their departments 

 should be made of great economic im- 

 portance; that game birds should not be 

 placed in the song bird list and that field 

 sports should be perpetuated during long 

 open seasons. In this and the following 

 issues of The Game Breeder we take 

 pleasure in printing brief reports from 

 the state departments. 



Connecticut. 



The Hon. John M. Crampton reports that 

 his State permits and encourages the breed- 

 ing of all species of game and fish for sale as 

 food. Licenses are issued to breeders for $2. 

 The game sold is identified by tags and deer 

 markers which are given with the license. 



Live game cannot be trapped for propaga- 

 tion or scientific purposes. 



New Hampshire. 



Hon. George A. Mclntire reports that the 

 breeding of game and game fish is encouraged 

 in New Hampshire under a $2 license issued 

 to breeders. The game is identified by tags. 

 Game can be sold alive for propagation also. 



The trapping of stock birds is not permitted. 



Delaware. 



Hon. Edward G. Bradford, Jr., President of 

 the Delaware Board of Game and Fish Com- 

 missioners writes : "We do not have any game 

 breeding laws ; licenses are not issued ; in fact, 

 there is much to be done in this State to bring 

 the game and fish laws abreast of the times." 



Alabama. 



Hon. Linus Leavens, Fish and Game Com- 

 of Alabama, writes: "You are advised that 

 the game and fish laws of Alabama permit 

 the sale of game fish for food but not the sale 

 of game birds and animals. It is a violation 

 of the laws of this State to sell any species of 

 game, either dead or alive. I wish you un- 

 measured success in the activity of your as- 

 sociation relative to the propagation of game." 



Mr. Wallace is a silver-tongued orator of 

 renown and he is said to be a good all-around 

 politician. 



Vermont. 



Hon. Linus Tearens, Fish and Game Com- 

 missioner of Vermont, reports : 



"The State of Vermont permits under cer- 

 tain conditions, and encourages the breeding 

 of game and game fish. The species that may 

 be sold for food under such conditions are 

 in the statute given as fur-bearing animals, 

 game and fish. The statute defines fur-bear- 

 ing animals as beaver, otter, marten, mink, 

 raccoon, fisher or fisher-cat, fox, skunk and 

 muskrat. It defines game as game quadrupeds 

 and game birds. 



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