THE GAME BREEDER 



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same common sense in dealing with this 

 matter and we hope if it don't the next 

 one will have a different political com- 

 plexion. The people in New York who 

 would like to eat the abundant game 

 produced by our readers and who will 

 willingly pay good prices for it should 

 take notice that their representatives at 

 Albany are being advised not to let them 

 eat most desirable foods produced 

 throughout the country and to compel 

 them to dine almost exclusively on cold 

 storage game from abroad — nonsense ! 

 Nonsense ! Nonsense ! Rampant ! 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



The Game Breeder: 

 Your paper is fine. 

 Massachusetts. A. S. Pierce. 



A Good Sign. 



Game Breeder : 



Inclosed I send money for advertise- 

 ment. I find some of your advertisers 

 don't have what they advertise. 



Michigan. A. S. Cooper. 



[Several of our readers have written that 

 they found our advertisers were sold out. This 

 is a good sign. Many advertisers have writ- 

 ten us to say that they were well pleased with 

 this result. Some, in ordering their adver- 

 tising discontinued, say that they do not wish 

 to answer letters simply to say they have 

 nothing more to sell. The game breeding in- 

 dustry certainly is booming. — Editor Game 

 Breeder.] 



California Tight? Too Bad! Too Bad! 



Editor Game Breeder: 



Aside from the pheasants this is one 

 of the tightest States in the United 

 States. We have no right to a place 

 among the game-farming States. 



California. G. E. D. 



[The rapidity with which subscribers to The 

 Game Breeder have been coming and also some 

 unsolicited advertisements led us to believe 

 that California was quite a good State for the 

 game breeder's industry. If the State game 

 officers are guilty of any attempts to strangle 

 a food producing industry the fact should be 

 generally known. We will help investigate this 

 subject; all readers should help. If there is 

 any wrongdoing, bouncing is the remedy, no 

 matter what the politics of the commissioners 

 are. We don't know what they are. We don't 

 care what they are. There are certain agri- 

 cultural interests and certain trade interests, 

 including the hotel men's organizations and 



some others which take an interest in food 

 producing and when the word is quietly passed 

 by organized game breeders we are sure quite 

 a few people will vote right. Let us always 

 be sure we are right and then move rapidly. — 

 Editor.] 



Pheasant Breeders' Law Works Well. 



Editor Game Breeder: 



Our pheasant breeders' law seems to 

 be working satisfactorily although we 

 will be in a better position to speak 

 authoritatively regarding it after the 

 season closes. As you will note it is 

 quite broad since it authorizes the li- 

 censee or any person having his consent 

 to kill birds when ready for marketing 

 Informally the term propagation has 

 been interpreted to mean that land 

 owners or lessees who have protected 

 and cared for the birds to such extent 

 as to insure safety and increase are 

 propagating within the spirit of the law 

 at least. I am inclined to think it will 

 work satisfactorily and become popular, 

 affording opportunity for some shoot- 

 ing. John C. Speaks, 



Chief Game Warden, Ohio. 



[Duck breeding, quail breeding and laws 

 encouraging the breeding of all species work 

 well in States where they have been tried. 

 There are, however, comparatively few places 

 where it is legal to sell the quail and grouse 

 and the breeders can not supply stock birds, 

 being sold far ahead and having long waiting 

 lists. Ohio is a good State for prairie grouse, 

 quail ruffed grouse and wild turkeys. It should 

 not be criminal to produce these. — Editor.] 



Editor Game Breeder : 



We have issued no licenses in this 

 Province for the breeding of game birds 

 and animals, for the very good reason 

 that our system of protection is such, 

 that the game supply is well maintained 

 on the natural breeding grounds of our 

 game birds as well as our fish and birds. 

 Moreover, the Government of the Do- 

 minion maintains a certain number of 

 fish hatcheries in this Province. 



We may issue licenses very shortly for 

 the farming of deer, not because this 

 game is becoming any scarcer, but in or- 

 der to increase if possible the market 

 supply of venison and so to assist in re- 

 ducing the cost of living. 



The only permits for breeding pur- 



