T¥. Game Breeder 



Published Monthly. Entered as second-class matter, July 9, 1915, at the Post;Office, New YorkiCity, 



New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 



VOLUME XII 



OCTOBER, J9I7 



Co:) 



SURVEY OF THE FIELD. 



NUMBER } 



New Places. 



We had expected in this issue to an- 

 nounce the organization of several big 

 shoots and two new big game farms 

 where thousands of birds will be reared. 

 There has been considerable delay, as 

 there usually is, we are informed. It 

 takes time to decide upon a location 

 when many desirable properties are of- 

 fered and the selection of game keepers 

 is often a problem requiring some con- 

 sideration. One or two big shoots which 

 were about to be organized when war 

 was declared have been deferred because 

 the organizers seemed to think it not 

 timely to start a big sporting proposition. 

 We have insisted that considered as 

 food producing plants there could be no 

 objection to preserves where the shoot- 

 ing is lively, provided they be started 

 by those rejected for military duty. 



Plans of the Game Conservation 

 Society. 



The society has plans for many inter- 

 esting and practical experiments during 

 the coming breeding season. The ship- 

 ping of one day old birds again will be 

 undertaken. There will be far more 

 prizes of live game next year for those 

 who write the best stories about breed- 

 ing.' The society will probably under- 

 take some important breeding experi- 

 ments with grouse and the more difficult 

 wild fowl, 



Near-Sighted Profit. 



Due to the scarcity of and demand 

 for all kinds of meat, the price of live 

 stock is at present abnormally high. The 

 farmer naturally wants to sell all he can 



at these figures, and it is not to be won- 

 dered at that he is sordy tempted to sell 

 his old or breeding stock as well at these 

 figures. It is true that they will bring 

 a good price, yet, unless others as good 

 or better are on hand to replace them, 

 this procedure is bad indeed. 



Instead of selling off breeding stock, 

 the opposite plan should be followed 

 wherever possible — the increasing of 

 breeders. The American live stock in- 

 dustry must not only be maintained, but 

 it must be built up. Kill the mature 

 stock and the industry is crippled. With 

 the breeders killed, production is cut off 

 and future farm profits from these ani- 

 mals lost. 



The breeding animals on the farm are 

 essential and must be considered as part 

 of the permanent investment. Save these 

 to earn future profits, and to preserve 

 and insure our domestic meat supply. 



"Don't kill the goose that lays the 

 golden eggs." — Vertical Farming Maga- 

 zine. 



Our advice is, breed game abundantly. 



Good Work. 



The subscriptions to The Game 

 Breeder keep up surprisingly well. We 

 are pleased to have members who are 

 starting for the war write us to keep 

 sending the magazine. Often new sub- 

 scriptions are sent by members of the 

 society who wish to interest their friends 

 in our work. It is not unusual for a 

 member to send two and even five dol- 

 lars with the request that we send the 

 magazine to those named in the letter. 



Every cent received is promptly ex- 

 pended in extending the work of the 



