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tection to grouse and many ground and 

 winged enemies find it difficult and, in 

 fact, almost impossible to take grouse 

 in briar patches. The wild roses and 

 black berries are important plants for 

 the grouse preserve since both give pro- 

 tection and winter foods which often 

 •can be found above the snow. 



The Work of the Society. 



Real Estate. — We are prepared to 

 give advice about the purchase of real 

 estate and the renting of shooting. It is 

 important to select ground suitable for 

 the game it is intended to introduce. 

 Many failures have resulted from at- 

 tempts to breed game on unsuitable areas. 

 We can send an expert to look at land 

 and to suggest food plantings for upland 

 game and for wild fowl. 



Game Fish. — We are prepared to give 

 advice about the selection of waters suit- 

 able for the propagation of fish, the erec- 

 tion of fish hatcheries and the purchase 

 of fish. 



Game Breeding Associations. — We 

 are prepared to give advice to those 

 who contemplate forming game breeding 

 associations and shooting syndicates. 



Game Birds. — We are prepared to 

 give advice about the purchase and in- 

 troduction of game~ birds, the creation 

 of pheasantries and breeding enclosures 

 for the hand rearing of true game birds 

 and wild fowl. W^e can send an expert 

 to lay out the grounds and advise the 

 planting of suitable covers and foods 

 where wild breeding operations are con- 

 templated. 



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The Grouse and the Farmer. 



When the farmers receive the amount 

 of their taxes from the shooting club, 

 they will not be friendly to legislation of 

 the kind which was nearly slipped over 

 in North Dakota and which has already 

 been slipped over in many states as far 

 west as Idaho, where grouse shooting, 

 pheasant shooting and quail shooting are 

 prohibited. 



W^e have shot on many places where 

 practical protection is carried on and we 

 found the farmers well pleased with the 

 sport and glad to have some one always 



on hand to kill the hawks and other ver- 

 min which were taking their poultry. 



There is plently of room in North 

 Dakota for grouse clubs for all of the 

 sportsmen and those who do nothing will 

 find some fair shooting far better than 

 any they can find under the existing con- 

 ditions. We would like to see the new 

 Protective Association become a grouse 

 club. We furnish plans and estimates. 



The- quail clubs recently prevented 

 the slipping over of a regulation to pro- 

 hibit quail shooting on Long Island, N. 

 Y.; thereby keeping the shooting open for 

 their members on the small part of the 

 island preserved and also for all who 

 wish to shoot on the larger area not used 

 by the clubs. This is far better than uni- 

 versal prohibition in Ohio. It is quite 

 wise to interest the farmers and quite 

 fair to see that they get something out 

 of the game. They hold the whip in 

 agricultural states and it sooner or later 

 is easy for mischief makers to slip some- 

 thing over with the aid of the farmers 

 if their interests be wholly disregarded. 



Betting on the Result. 



Already there has been some discus- 

 sion among game breeders as to which 

 state will send the largest tonnage of 

 game to the hospitals. There has been a 

 little betting on the result. We placed 

 a small bet recently on a state where 

 some big breeding operations are going 

 on. 



Readers who wish to stake an opinion 

 as to which State will be the winner can 

 send sealed cards to The Game Breeder, 

 stating the name of the State selected. 

 These will be opened at the end of the 

 distribution when an announcement of 

 the winner will be made. Since several 

 may pick the same State as a winner, we 

 have decided to number each card ( nam- 

 ing a state), which is first opened, Xo. 1, 

 if it appears that this State sends the 

 most game the first card opened which 

 naines the State will receive the first 

 prize. This prize will be a fine lot of 

 northern quail, suitable for breeding 

 ■ purposes — -birds like the bunch bursting 

 into view on the new Remington calen- 

 dar. 



