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of State game officers who now encour- 

 age food production upset by turning over 

 the law-making power of Congress to 

 those whose animus is well displayed in 

 the above quotations from the treaty. 

 We hope if Congress makes a law it may 

 be a sensible one and not simply a grant 

 of the right to make regulations to those 

 who do not seem to know why game van- 

 ishes and how easy it is to make it an 

 abundant and cheap food. 



Long IsleUid Quail. 



Returning from an extended trip on 

 Long Island the editor of The Game 

 Breeder had the opportunity to inter- 

 view a number of sportsmen "who board- 

 ed the train with handsome setters and 

 pointers. All had quail and rabbits, and 

 all but one had ruffed grouse. Those 

 who shot on club grounds had the most 

 game, as might be expected. One man 

 who had been shooting on unposted land 

 said the quail were scarce : he only found 

 two covies but he said he secured sev- 

 eral grouse. No doubt the land was more 

 suitable for the last-named birds. The 

 sportsmen interviewed all said that 

 enough birds were left for re-stocking 

 but some said they would purchase and 

 liberate more birds this year in order to 

 still further improve the shooting. 



Considering the fact that all of the 

 sportsmen in New York State who wish 

 to shoot quail must go to Long Island — 

 the quail being on the song bird list 

 elsewhere in the State — we have an ex- 

 cellent exhibit of what can be done where 

 part of the land is preserved by quail 

 clubs with small dues. The clubs keep 

 the shooting open for all and will con- 

 tinue to do so. 



raid game farmers and seize their stock 

 birds for trivial offences. We beUeve the 

 departments should be liberally supported 

 and that the officers should receive much 

 larger salaries than they do in most 

 States. 



We believe they can conduct their de- 

 partments better if they be not hampered 

 by ever-changing federal regulations and 

 by the efforts of those who wish to place 

 the upland game birds and the woodduck 

 and the woodcock on the song bird list. 

 It must be annoying to capable State 

 officers to have a few people in New York 

 (who have hundreds of thousands of 

 dollars to spend in getting more game 

 laws) insist upon laws preventing field 

 sports and also the production of food. 



If a small group of professional game 

 prohibitionists can take over the right 

 to make all the laws relating to wild fowl 

 and can secure laws prohibiting the shoot- 

 ing of every thing else it would seem 

 then the State officers soon will have lit- 

 tle to do and they may expect a diminu- 

 tion of their revenues from shooting li- 

 censes. 



State Game Officers and Prohibition. 

 There has been a great improvement 

 in the State game departments during the 

 last few years. The departments devote 

 much less time to politics than they for- 

 merly did. For the most part they be- 

 lieve that game breeding should be en- 

 couraged and that the departments should 

 represent all of the people and be of 

 great economic importance. With very 

 few exceptions the game wardens do not 



A Patriotic Duty. 



We regard it as a patriotic duty of 

 all sportsmen, who are rejected for mili- 

 tary duty to go in for "more game," 

 much more game than ever before. The 

 food is highly important. The fact that 

 some of it brings high prices should not 

 prevent those who like to shoot, from 

 producing more than they can eat and 

 from selling a big lot of it. Those who 

 can afford to eat game are glad to eat 

 it. They will leave a corresponding 

 amount of beef steak and beef stew. It 

 is clearly the duty of those who can not 

 go to war to get into "the sport pro- 

 ducing." Do it now. 



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