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THE GAME BREEDER 



T^5 Game Breeder 



Published Monthly 

 Ebited by DWIGHT W. HUNTINGTON 



NEW YORK, MARCH, 1918. 



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 To All Foreign Countri'es and Canada, $1.25. 



The Game Conservation Society, Inc. 

 publishers, 160 nassau st., new york 



D. W. HwMTiNGTON, President, 



F. R. Peixotto, Treasurer, 



J. C. Huntington, Secretary. 



Telephone, Beekman 3685. 



Mr. Turner, whose story about the 

 Prairie Chicken is continued in this 

 number, seems to think we have misun- 

 derstood his argument about the prairie 

 chicken and the causes for its disappear- 

 ance. Mr. Turner has cited abundant 

 causes for the disappearance of the 

 grouse. His booklet seems to us able and 

 thorough. Our difference is one relating 

 to the remedy — ^the restoration of grouse 

 and shooting. He succeeds in putting 

 the grouse on the song bird list forever. 

 We favor making it quite worth while 

 for any one to have an abundance of 

 grouse for sport or for profit. Mr. Tur- 

 ner's ideas on this point are those of the 

 old style game protectionist. Our ideas 

 are those of the modern more-gameist. 

 We have tried the "more game" plan in 

 so many places that we are sure it works 

 well. Game always is plentiful. The 

 p>eople have some to eat. 



become effective. It is gratifying to 

 know that we have some kind of food 

 which is abundant. 



THE ATTITUDE OF SPORT. 



All intelligent sportsmen have en- 

 dorsed the "more game" idea or at least 

 are not inclined to oppose or obstruct the 

 movement. The tremendous circulation 

 of the booklet on "Game Farming for 

 Profit and Pleasure," written by the edi- 

 tor of The Game Breeder for the Her- 

 cules Powder Company, brought the sub- 

 ject to the attention of practically every 

 sportsman in America and the enthusiasm, 

 of many evidenced by their letters, and 

 the quiet acceptance by practically all 

 sportsmen, of the ideas advanced, indi- 

 cate that the rank and file are prepared 

 and willing to have "more game and 

 fewer game laws." 



The Hercules Powder Company per- 

 formed a big public service when it 

 published its booklet on game farming, 

 not only for the sporting public but also 

 for the farmers and all who would like 

 to see game abundant and cheap in our 

 markets. As an advertising "stunt" the 

 successful campaign of the Hercules 

 Company takes first rank in the won- 

 derful field of modem advertising. 



FOOD ABUNDANCE. 



Our readers will find some suggestions 

 about good places to gO' rabbit shooting 

 in the extract from the report of the 

 Biological Survey. Now that there is 

 so much talk about food scarcity we 

 would think brer rabbit might be re- 

 duced in a better way than by poison. 

 Make the food a commercial proposition 

 and it would seem that the destruction 

 of rabbits otherwise than by poison might 



WAR GOVERNORS. 



During the Civil War ^ome of the 

 State governors became prominent on ac- 

 count of their activities in the right di- 

 rection and became noted as "War Gov- 

 ernors." Governors who at present are 

 not afraid of the political influence of 

 their game wardens and the game poli- 

 ticians have a rare opportunity to become 

 noted as "war governors" if they will 

 speed up the production of game as food. 

 Although even the food administrator at 

 Washington seemed to shiver a little at 

 the idea in a letter sent by one of his 

 underlings in answer to a suggestion on 

 these lines and possibly he may favor the 

 political activities intended to create a 

 national game police force which no 

 doubt may make a record in arresting 

 and fining food producers, as some State 

 officers recently have, we are convinced 

 that a statesmanlike governor has noth- 



