174 THE GAME BREEDER 



for the farms, the grouse and the quail, to the Kansas farmers for grouse and 

 In many States, recently, the legislatures quail will be surprising as soon as the 

 have been stampeded into hurriedly enact- farmers who have the power to do so put 

 ing laws prohibiting the killing of these some common sense in the game laws, 

 birds for terms of years or forever. The We refer to Kansas especially since it 

 farmers have willingly favored such laws is one of the few States which are far 

 because they know that they put an end behind the times and which have not 

 to the trespassing sportsmen who too enacted laws encouraging game breeding, 

 often have disregarded the posted notices It is one of the best States for this highly 

 of the landowners. The farmers evidently profitable industry. Quail and grouse 

 depreciate the value of their farms when can be bred in vast numbers very inex- 

 they secure laws which prevent even pensively and there is a market for every 

 themselves from having some of the most bird at excellent prices. Quail will sell 

 desirable foods which the farm produces, readily for $24 per dozen ; grouse for $60 

 They make it impossible to profitably per dozen. The eggs will sell for $4 and 

 produce and sell the game and for repu- $6 per dozen in large lots and we can see 

 table sportsmen to pay them a shooting no possible reason why the Kansas farm- 

 rental which in many States now is a ers should not have the money. We saw a 

 substantial source of additional revenue substantial check recently which came 

 to many farmers. back from a Kansas farmer in a letter 



Where laws are enacted prohibiting stating he was not permitted to ship the 

 shooting the farmers should always see birds he had reared by industry. The 

 that the principle of our game breeders money was sent to a farmer in another 

 enactments be applied to the quail and State. It would be far better for the 

 the the grouse. The farmer who gives farmers to sell the game they easily can 

 the game a little attention can, under produce than to enact laws preventing 

 such laws, easily have all the game he can them from even eating the desirable food, 

 eat and quickly he can sell stock birds We predict when the farmers in Kansas 

 and eggs at excellent prices; or he can and a few other backward States under- 

 rent the shooting to agreeable people who stand what they should do they will act 

 will pay an amount equal to or more than quickly and we are quite sure the legis- 

 the entire taxes on his lands and buildings lator who will oppose them will soon re- 

 for the right to shoot a part of the game turn to private life. 

 produced. Often we have insisted that sport has 



We have visited many farms in States nothing to fear from an abundance of 



where the farmers' interests have been game produced by proper methods. For 



distinctly consulted and where the com- the most part the farms are posted against 



munity of interests between the farmers shooting. In many States shooting is 



and sportsmen, to which Professor prohibited for a term of years or forever. 



Bailey refers, have been established and It is absurd to say that the laws should 



the farmers and sportsmen of all classes prohibit the farmers from producing all 



are well pleased with the result : game is species of game for profit, or in order to 



always plentiful. rent the shooting if they would prefer to 



It seems surprising that some of the get a revenue from their game in this 

 agricultural States, notably Kansas, have manner as thousands of American farm- 

 not enacted laws permitting the farmers ers do in the States where the sporting 

 to breed and sell game and eggs and to politician is not permitted to say what a 

 rent the shooting if they so prefer. New farmer can do, or not do, on his land. 

 York alone will soon be sending hundreds The best sportsmen in the country have 

 of thousands of dollars to farmers who endorsed the "more game" idea of The 

 sell game. Already many thousands of Game Breeder and are friendly to laws 

 dollars pass through Kansas on their way permitting game farming. The sporting 

 to Colorado and other States where.it is politician easily can be defeated in Kan- 

 not criminal to produce game for profit ; sas and in all other States where he needs 

 and the amount of money which will go the attention of the farmers. 



