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which grow readily in New England, are 

 also valuable food, and can be used to 

 feed pheasants, quail and grouse." 



John M. Phillips spoke of conservation 

 of game, especially as it is practised in 

 Pennsylvania. In that state, a million 

 acres have been set aside in twenty-six 

 counties for a state game preserve, he 

 said. Sanctuaries of 3,200 acres each 

 are established in the center of tracts of 

 state land, protected by fire cuttings and 

 cared for by a warden who traps vermin 

 and prepares food for game. Pennsyl- 

 vania is the only state that protects the 

 black bear, and last year between 300 

 and 400 were killed there. 



The work of breeding and protecting 

 deer in Pennsylvania has resulted in such 

 an increase that between 2,000 and 2,500 

 bucks were killed this year. The aver- 

 age weight of deer killed has increased 

 from 90 pounds ten years ago to 140 

 pounds, the increase being due to the 

 protection accorded fawns and does. 



The report of E. A. Quarles, director 

 of the Propagation Department of Game 

 Breeding of the Protection Association, 

 was listened to with interest. Ruffed 

 grouse, ringnecked pheasants and mal- 

 lards, Dr. George W. Field, Dr. Charles 



C. Adams, Mr. Quarles and Adam Scott. 

 At the dinner, in the evening, George 



D. Pratt, Conservation Commissioner of 

 New York, spoke on "What New York 

 is Doing for Conservation." H. S. 

 Graves, United States Forester, talked on 

 "Game Conservation on Public Lands 

 with Special Reference to Elk," and the 

 other speakers were Norman McClintock, 

 Dr. Allen A. Allen, of Cornell Univer- 

 sity, and William L. Finley, State Biol- 

 ogist of Oregon. 



The proposal that New York State be 

 called upon to permit the importation of 

 wild ducks and other game bred in cap- 

 tivity in other states almost brought to 

 a sudden end the second day's session. 

 The matter touched upon has caused 

 much dissension in the past. The New 

 York State laws now prohibit such im- 

 portation. A firm recently was fined 

 $20,000 for selling wild ducks alleged to 

 have been bred and raised near Goshen, 

 but which really were said to have been 

 trapped in Virginia. 



The subject was introduced by John 

 W. Titcomb, Conservation Commissioner 

 of Vermont. He proposed that the as- 

 sociation go on record for the change in 

 the New ^ork State Game laws respect- 

 ing importations. His resolution gave 

 some of the New York members a shock. 



William B. Boulton, chairman, finally 

 calmed the meeting by appointing the 

 following committee to consider the reso- 

 lution: H. M. Brigham, of New York, 

 chairman; J. W. Titcomb, John Hay- 

 wood, of Massachusetts; J. B. Burnham 

 and J. C. O'Connor, both of New York 

 State. The committee will report at the 

 next annual meeting, if they don't for- 

 get it. 



♦ — 



Game Cookery. 



Game, being rich in phosphates, is 

 valuable for invalids. — The Boston Cook 

 Book. 



English and other cook books are filled 

 with valuable recipes for cooking all 

 species of game. American books on 

 cooking for the most part contain little 

 or nothing on this subject because we 

 have no game to cook. America should 

 have more game in its markets than any 

 country in the world. We still have 

 enough stock birds and quadrupeds to 

 fill the markets to overflowing in five 

 years provided the industry of game 

 breeding be encouraged and not pro- 

 hibited by law. 



We predict that new revised editions 

 of the American books will contain many 

 valuable chapters on the cooking of 

 quail, grouse, wild-fowl, snipe, wood- 

 cock and venison and we are so sure 

 that America quickly will become the big- 

 gest game producing country in the 

 world, that we would suggest to the 

 publishers, the desirability of such chap- 

 ters. The game law industry has seen 

 its best days. The game breeding in- 

 dustry is booming. Many states already 

 have amended their laws so that it is no 

 longer criminal to profitably produce the 

 desirable foods which are valuable for 

 people in good health as well as for in- 

 valids. 



We shall publish from time to time 

 good recipes for cooking game and game 

 fish. 



