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THE GAME BREEDER 



or license from any source. Such artificial 

 barriers ought not to obstruct the path of for- 

 ward-looking agricultural enterprises." 



" He should rent the shooting or not 

 rent as he chooses. 



The New York State College of Ag- 

 riculture announces a course of instruc- 

 tion in conservation and game breeding 

 in which all members of our Game Con- 

 servation Society and all readers of The 

 Game Breeder will be much interested. 

 We would point out, however, the fu- 

 tility of teaching any one to breed quail 

 or wood duck or any of the most de- 

 sirable species of game, which most need 

 the breeder's attention, so long as the 

 laws provide close seasons for such food 

 and no one is permitted to take, eat or 

 sell a bird. The matter of first impor- 

 tance is to amend the laws so that the 

 breeding and sale of all species of game 

 may be a legal industry. Why should 

 the college teach the youth of the coun- 

 try to become criminals? 



Professor Needham's idea that the wild 

 products on the farm should be in the 

 farmer's own keeping; that he should, 

 in fact, own the game within his boun- 

 daries and raise it profitably easily can 

 be formulated and enacted as a proper 

 amendment to the game laws, provided 

 those who propose to lecture on game 

 breeding will join the farmers in a re- 

 quest for such legislation. The far- 

 mers should unite and see that the laws 

 be promptly amended so as to permit 

 them to own the game on their farms 

 and it will be a highly profitable crop. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



One We Finished. 



The Game Breeder : 



I am in receipt of notice for my re- 

 newal of The Game Breeder. Kindly 

 cancel this, as I do not desire the maga- 

 zine any more. Your attack on the En- 

 abling Act has finished me. C. M, O. 



■ This is the only letter we have received in 

 opposition to what we regard as a serious legal 

 absurdity. We asked the young lady who has 

 charge of the subscription department how 

 ■ many new subscriptions came in the same 

 mail. There were eleven. The letter was 

 dated the 8th and the report for the month to 

 the date of the receipt of the letter was Ti 

 subscriptions. It would appear therefore that 



the editorial policy of the publication is not 

 causing it to run behind. The writer of the 

 unique and remarkable letter probably does 

 not understand that it is not proper to dele- 

 gate the crime making power to those who 

 are to execute the laws when made and that 

 criminal laws relating to game should be writ- 

 ten like all other criminal laws in simple lan- 

 guage defining the crime and fixing the penalty 

 so all may know what the law is. We are 

 quite sure if any one were to ask him to bound 

 the area where the dove is a migratory bird 

 and where it is not a migratory bird, within 

 the Nriited States, and to say where any one 

 is likely to be seized by an amateur U. S. 

 game policeman and where he is not likely to 

 be apprehended for shooting a dove, he would 

 be unable to give the boundary or nam,e the 

 penalty. We knew this at one time but we 

 have mislaid the pamphlet containing the 

 nonsense, .and there is nothing about this in 

 the United States statute book where all other 

 crimes are listed. It should be remembered 

 that only a few regulations have been made 

 thus far. The number of absurdities will be 

 rapidly increased, no doubt, and the officers 

 seeking to make a case in ordpr tp. prove their 

 prowess and importance, will no doubt find 

 sportsmen easy marks for fines and possibly 

 jail sentences when the mystery has been 

 amplified. 



We do not publish the writer's name since 

 we are sure he will live to be ashamed of say- 

 ing that we, "finished him." 



Another "Good For You." 



, In a letter received recently a prom- 

 inent New York, lawyer says the dean of 

 sportsmen, Charles; Hallock, was right in 

 saying that we had won our fight for 

 "more game" and the encouragement of 

 profitable game breeding. He wishes to 

 join the dean in saying: "Good for you!" 



We are gratified at the numerous tes- 

 timonials which come in the mail and 

 sometimes by phone. What pleases us 

 most is the fact that most of the State 

 game officers are contributing members 

 of the Garpe Conservation Society and 

 say they will favor the prompt enactment 

 of breeders laws in the States which are 

 somewhat behind the times. 



The fact the National Association of 

 Audubon Societies, the North American 

 Protective Association and the American 

 Protection and Propagation Association 

 have endorsed our policy and the "more 

 game" movement will aid much in work- 

 ing out the details needed to make North 

 America the biggest game producing 

 country in the world. 



