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THE GAME BREEDER 



There will be at least one and prob- 

 ably more prizes for articles about ver- 

 min, what it does, and how to control 

 it. We hope this year to induce more 

 readers to discuss this important subject, 

 and gamekeepers are asked especially to 

 write letters on this subject. Plain let- 

 ters telling what any species of vermin 

 does and how to control it are what our 

 readers want, we feel sure. 



Rev. R. W. Seigler. 



Dear Sir : It gives me pleasure to an- 

 nounce, in the absence of our Secretary, 

 who is an officer on one of the ships, 

 that you have been awarded the first 

 prize of live quail. We can ship you 

 now some California quail if you would 

 like to try these, or a little later we can 

 send you bobwhites. The Society only 

 procured a few bobwhites for its experi- 

 mental farm, but soon it will have more, 

 and if you will send us shipping direc- 

 tions and state which birds you prefer 

 they will be shipped soon. 



Very truly yours, 



E. Dayton, Publicity Director, 

 Game Conservation Society. 

 Mrs. S. S. Hirsch. 



Dear Madam : It gives me pleasure to 

 say that you were awarded our second 

 prize of live quail. We can send Cali- 

 fornia quail now or bobwhites a little 

 later. Please let us know which you pre- 

 fer and give us shipping directions. 



E. Dayton, Publicity Director, 

 Game Conservation Society. 



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Our Policy. 



We believe that the United States and 

 Canada should be the biggest game-pro- 

 ducing countries in the world. We be- 

 lieve that our state laws should be amend- 

 ed so as to encourage and not to prevent 

 the profitable production of the food by 

 industry. 



We believe the state game departments 

 should represent all of the people ana 

 should not be conducted as eovernmental 

 side shows in the supposed interest of 

 sport alone ; the necessary result too of- 

 ten being the prohibition of sport. We 

 believe the departments should be of 

 great economic importance to all of the 

 people ; that they should look after the 

 game on public lands and waters and on 



the vast areas where no one looks after 

 it; that they should license the dealers 

 in game and see that no game stolen from 

 the state or from individuals be sold in 

 violation of law. We believe that the 

 laws should be amended so las to provide 

 that state officers may issue permits to 

 take stock birds for breeding purposes. 

 We believe it should be legal to produce 

 all species of game and to sell all 

 game produced by industry on inclosed 

 farms; that it should be legal to breed 

 the game in captivity or wild in pro- 

 tected fields where it can be produced 

 cheaply and without fear of diseases. 

 ' We are sure sport for all hands will 

 be much better than it is whtn game is 

 made abundant in many places by those 

 willing to undertake the new industry of 

 game farming. 



We believe the people will be friendly 

 to field sports and not hostile when they 

 have plenty of cheap game to eat, as they 

 soon will. 



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Why Not? 



He was a new member of the harbor 

 board in an eastern seaside town and 

 was attending his first meeting. The 

 board was discussing a proposal to place 

 two buoys at the entrance to the harbor 

 for the guidance of mariners. "I beg 

 to propose as an amendment," said the 

 new member, "that one man should be 

 placed there instead of two boys, as the 

 latter are too young for such a responsi- 

 ble position." 



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40,000 Eggs. 



By an error last month the advertise- 

 ment of Mr. A. J. Park, of Seattle, 

 Wash., read 4,000 eggs. It should have 

 been 40,000 eggs for sale. 



Mr. Park in calling attentionv to the 

 error writes, "If we did not have more 

 than 4,000 it would not pay to advertise. 

 We have orders for over 8,000 eggs now." 



A few years ago Eastern Breeders 

 were sending two or three thousand eggs 

 to the West. 5,000 eggs was considered 

 a big number. Now there are many 

 Western game ranches which can furnish 

 10,000 eggs or more and the eggs have 

 been found to stand the long transporta- 

 tion. 



