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THE GAME BREEDER 



serv-ation Society, for example, wants a 

 lot of bantams for its experimental work 

 in food production. Since the society has 

 decided to donate the food produced to 

 hospitals it would seem that such indus- 

 try should not be prohibited. Bantam 

 eggs are not very desirable for food. We 

 believe that with grain at present prices 

 it would not pay to keep bantams simply 

 to sell eggs for food. Should a farmer 

 be compelled to feed grain to bantams 

 which he cannot sell? 



Some Trapper. 



Miss Patsy Reese of Sierra County, 

 California's only girl trapper, walked 

 nearly 200 miles to register for the sec- 

 ond semester at the State University at 

 Berkeley. 



Before she left the summit of the high 

 Sierras, where she makes her home, she 

 shipped her expense money for the half 

 year on ahead. It consisted of pelts of 

 2 lynx, 25 coons, 18 skunks, 15 foxes and 

 5 coyotes. 



From the proceeds of their sale Miss 

 Reese will be able to pay her expenses 

 in the College of Journalism. 



More Fish in Massachusetts. 



All fish streams in this State (Massa- 

 chusetts) are being stocked more heavily 

 than usual and regulations governing 

 fresh water fishing will be made as liberal 

 as possible in an effort to reduce the high 

 cost of living, William A. Adams, chair- 

 man of the Massachusetts Fish and Game 

 Commission announced to-day. 



In addition to the usual work of f.sh 

 propagation, two innovations are being 

 tried this season. The commission is 

 artificially hatching smelt eggs to stock 

 streams and has obtained thousands of 

 salmon eggs from the Pacific Coast 

 streams. 



Bobwhite Quail in Washington. 



Ira D. Light, game warden of Pierce 

 County, Washington, writes: The bob- 

 white quail were introduced about fif- 

 teen years ago and liberated in different 

 parts of the country and I am sorry to 

 state that they have been a complete 

 failure and have become almost extinct. 



I am constantly traveling through the 

 county and I have not seen a single bob- 

 white during the past six months. We 

 liberated ten dozen pairs early this year 

 but I have heard nothing* from them and 

 I am afraid that I never will, although 

 we hope that they will get along and do 

 better than the others have done. 



[Quail introduced into strange country 

 often fall an easy prey to vermin. A good 

 quail farm where quail are reared in protected 

 fields for sport and for profit quickly will 

 stock a good sized area adjacent to the game 

 farm and those who wish quail for breeding 

 purposes can obtain birds which are ac- 

 climated. — Editor.] 



Ohio Game. 



At a recent conference of the Ohio 

 game wardens it was reported that the 

 quail had been nearly exterminated by 

 climate in the northern parts of the State 

 but the pheasants everywhere seemed to 

 have survived. The superintendent of the 

 London hatchery said the pheasant was 

 well able to take care of itself in the 

 severest winter. 



Mr. John R. Gammeter, of the Por- 

 tage Hights game farm, who rears thou- 

 sands of pheasants, said the owl and the 

 fox were the worst enemies of the game ; 

 the pheasant has demonstrated its ability 

 to stand severe and prolonged winter 

 weather and comes out right side up with 

 care. 



Since Ohio undoubtedly was one of the 

 best quail States a few years ago we 

 hope the sportsmen will not decide to let 

 this bird remain on the song bird list and 

 substitute the pheasants.. It is not a dif- 

 ficult matter to protect quail by the proper 

 planting of hedges and other covers, 

 foods and some inexpensive quail clubs 

 easily can keep the shooting good every 

 year provided they deal fairly with the 

 farmers and pay a small rental for the 

 shooting as the quail clubs do in many 

 places where the birds are shot in good 

 numbers every season without fear of 

 extinction. 



Change from Deer to Antelope. 



There has been some speculation in the 

 northern part of Arizona as to whether it 

 would not be a good plan to close the 

 season on deer and open the season on 



