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THE GAME BREEDER 



Oklahoma. 



Hon. G. A. Smith, state game and 

 fish warden of Oklahoma, reports that 

 his State encourages the breeding of all 

 species of game and game fish for sale 

 as food. Licenses are issued to breeders 

 for $2.00. The regulations for the m- 

 dustry have not been adopted yet. 



Live game can be sold for propaga- 

 tion at all times. Oklahoma soon should 

 become a big food producing state and 

 as often we have observed, sport has 

 nothing to fear from an abundance of 

 game. 



Kansas. 



The state warden of Kansas, W. C. 

 Tegmeier sends us the Kansas law which 

 does not appear to contain the modern 

 provisions relating toi game breeding and 

 the sale of game as food which are com- 

 mon and popular in other states. 



Kansas seems to be a little behind the 

 times. 



The law provides, however, "that it 

 shall not be unlawful for persons who 

 propagate and raise deer and antelope in 

 captivity to sell and dispose of them." 



Section 25 also provides for the issu- 

 ing of permits to bleeders to take and 

 ship birds protected by the act when such 

 birds are raised or propagated in cap- 

 tivity by such person, when the warden 

 is satisfied such persons desire the same 

 exclusively for scientific or for propaga- 

 tion purposes. 



There would seem to be no opportu- 

 nity for any game food producing in Kan- 

 sas. It seems perculiar that in an agri- 

 cultural state it should be criminal to 

 produce food on a farm. Probably the 

 farmers are not aware how much money 

 the game farmers in other states are mak- 

 ing. We predict when Kansas wakes up 

 it will enact a law as liberal as the Mas- 

 sachu^.etts and Kentucky statutes are. 



Proposed Amendments to the Game 

 Breeders' Laws. 



The Game Breeder suggests that the 

 laws permitting and encouraging the pro- 

 duction of game for food should be made 

 uniform and where necessary they should 

 be amended as follows : 



1. To permit the profitable breeding 

 of all species of game on the same terms 

 under which it is now permissible to 

 breed only a few species. 



Note — Some states permit the breeding of 

 all species of game and the sale of the food 

 produced. Why should other states say, in 

 effect, you may breed black chickens, but not 

 white ones because the last named are very 

 scarce and are becoming extinct? 



2. To provide for the issuing of per- 

 mits to breeders without charge or for a 

 nominal fee not to exceed 50 cents. 



Note — Massachusetts and Kentucky issue 

 permits to breeders without charge. Ohio 

 charges 50 cents. Why should any state pen- 

 alize a food producer to the extent of $25.00? 

 There are hundreds of small breeders, includ- 

 in many women, who are successfully en- 

 gaged in the new food producing industry 

 in states which have a small license fee. A 

 lady, who purchased a few pheasant eggs in- 

 tending to become a producer, wrote to The 

 Game Breeder, when she ascertained she must 

 pay $25 in order to hatch the eggs, that she 

 had decided to give them to "a voter," and 

 concluded her letter with the wise remark, 

 "the fools are not all dead yet, are they?" 



3. To provide for the issuing of per- 

 mits permitting licensed breeders to trap 

 birds for breeding purposes. In order 

 to make any game very abundant it is 

 quite necessary to have breeding stock. 



Note — Why permit every one to destroy a 



certain number of birds for fun and deny to 



the breeder the right to take a similar number 



alive for the purpose of multiplying their 



numbers? 



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New Hampshire, 



New Hampshire has a new law which 

 provides for payment from the fish and 

 game fund upon assessment by the com- 

 missioner of agriculture of damages for 

 injury to live stock caused by persons 

 hunting deer. 



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