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ing to fear in advising the farmers and 

 the sportsmen, not accepted for war serv- 

 ices, to produce all the game they can 

 and to donate a part of their crop to the 

 Game Conservation Society for the hos- 

 pitals. 



The governor of Massachusetts and 

 the game department of that State will 

 appear as shining lights when contrasted 

 with the governors and the game depart- 

 ments of such States as Kansas and 

 Alabama, which States can not contrib- 

 ute a feather to our hospital donation. 

 Indiana had a war governor, if we re- 

 member rightly, during the Civil War. 

 We believe there will be something do- 

 ing in Indiana now, since there are some 

 game statesmen in that State who, no 

 doubt, will go to the front as the game 

 politician retires, if we are not mis- 

 taken in our guess. 

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GAME FOR THE HOSPITALS. 



A lady member of the Game Conser- 

 vation Society wrote that she proposed to 

 send half of the game she produced this 

 year to the committee of the society 

 which will provide game for the hospi- 

 tals which may entertain soldiers and sail- 

 ors returning from abroad. The entire 

 crop of game produced on the game farm 

 which will be operated by the Game Con- 

 servation Society will be donated to such 

 hospitals. In addition to this a good part 

 of the game produced by a shooting syn- 

 dicate, also conducted by members of the 

 society, will be donated. 



The annual dues of members of this 

 new syndicate have been made $52, or 

 $1 per week, the idea being to demon- 

 strate that good shooting can be pro- 

 vided for this amount. The syndicate 

 will be managed by a board of directors 

 made up of members of this society who 

 have had practical experience in the 

 Game Breeders Association and other 

 successful shooting enterprises. 



The number of members in this syn- 

 dicate is limited to 100 and any member 

 of the society who wishes to join it can 

 send his application to The Game 

 Breeder. 



Since it seems evident that the list soon 

 will be filled and that there will be a wait- 

 ing list, it is probable that the society 



will take an active interest in the for- 

 mation of other clubs or syndicates next 

 year. 



We will soon issue a request to all of 

 of our members to donate some of their 

 game to the hospitals after the shooting. 

 We suggest that all good breeders set at 

 least a dozen eggs in anticipation of this 

 call in order that they may contribute. 

 We believe very small donations from 

 those of our members who are willing 

 to "do their bit" will provide all of the 

 game that will be needed and we believe 

 all good breeders will take a patriotic in- 

 terest in what the society has under- 

 taken. If the society does (we are quite 

 sure it can) furnish a large amount of 

 game to the hospitals we believe the re- 

 sult will be to demonstrate that "more 

 game" is far more desirable than "more 



game laws." 



♦ 



HUNTER OR HUSBANDMAN. 



The article with the above heading 

 by Dr. James G. Needham of Cornell 

 University, printed in this issue, is ex- 

 cellent and timely. It will do much to 

 expedite the "more game" movement. 

 xA.s we have pointed out often, there 

 are vast bays and public marshes, vast 

 and uncultivated areas and mountain 

 areas where the public can be permitted 

 to shoot, and there should be public 

 shooting parks or refuges for game as 

 Professor Needham suggests where un- 

 der proper regulations anyone can shoot 

 during the open season. 



Shooting on the farms without the 

 owner's permission and without the 

 farmer getting proper compensation for 

 the game he produces is quite another 

 matter. "The farmer should possess his 

 farm in peace." 



One of our objects has been to open 

 up some of the posted farms for shooting 

 where the farmers want the money. 



Professor Needham' well says : 



"The farmers want freedom from the nuis- 

 ance of the hunters who are merely raiders 

 and economic pirates, and should unite to 

 secure it. Every man's farm should be his 

 own, free from ravage by hunters, free from 

 menace by guns. All its wild products should 

 be in his own keeping, subject only to his 

 neighbor's interests, rights and welfare. The 

 farmer should be free to raise on his farm 

 any kind of plant or animal without permit 



