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natural enemies; the planting of some 

 additional covers and foods where this 

 is necessary and the feeding of the game 

 in winter. 



In a very short time we will have all 

 the native birds we wish to eat at reason- 

 able prices ; possibly we may have to go 

 outside of New York to eat the wild 

 turkeys, produced by industry for a short 

 time, but we have a notion that common 

 sense rapidly is being revived and that 

 this is really all that is needed, besides 

 the "revolution of thought," called for 

 by the dean of sportsmen. 



Take a walk through the markets next 

 fall, dear Forest and Stream, and look 

 at the thousands of imported black cocks 

 offered for sale. These birds are some- 

 what similar in their habits to our ruffed 

 grouse, and we have a big area suitable 

 for grouse, to say nothing about the vast 

 Canadian forests. And Canada is wak- 

 ing up as numerous letters from Canad- 

 ian members of the Game Conservation 

 Society indicate. 



which is said to be vanishing soon will 

 be plentiful and cheap. Very little com- 

 paratively of the posted lands will be 

 needed to produce such results. 



PARTRIDGES AND HARES. 



We print in this issue two stories by 

 Captain C. E. Radcliffe, from Shooting 

 in order that our readers may learn how 

 easy it is to make the partridges and 

 hares tremendously abundant without 

 any expensive artificial rearing "in cap- 

 tivity." The thousands of partridges 

 and hares were produced simply by de- 

 stroying their enemies and feeding them 

 in winter. 



The prairie grouse and quails and our 

 numerous hares and rabbits can be made 

 and kept abundant, although thousands 

 be shot and sent to market, as soon as 

 we know how and are not in danger of 

 being arrested for food producing. The 

 laws rapidly are being made right in 

 many States. Soon we will open the 

 New York market to quail and grouse 

 and soon these birds will swarm as they 

 formerly did on suitable areas. We pre- 

 dict in manv places they will be far more 

 p 1 entiful than they ever were. We 

 should send the thousands of dollars 

 which we now send abroad, for black 

 cocks and other game birds, to the Amer- 

 ican breeders. Quickly they will use the 

 money to good advantage and the game 



CORRESPONDENCE- 



The Game Conservation Society: 



Of the several magazines I take I look 

 forward to the coming of The Game 

 Breeder with the most genuine interest 

 and satisfaction, so I cannot afford to 

 miss a copy. I have not yet received 

 the April number. 



H. C. Shaney. 

 Chicago, Ills. 



Game Conservation Society: 



I have the letter of your Secretary of 

 the 13th inst. and am very glad to have 

 such advice as is given therein, but I 

 would like to know more. 



In the first place I get the idea from 

 reading your magazine that Illinois is 

 taboo territory for game raising and sale. 

 I assume you mean the latter. Of course, 

 I presume a man could raise all the 

 game he wanted to if he did not kill it 

 for sale. Since you must know the laws 

 of the various States, advise me on this 

 point and what you think it would be 

 necessary or desirable to do to overcome 

 such law if existing. 



Further advise me how to proceed to 

 get up a garrfe breeding preserve and 

 what the experience of those who make 

 such efforts has been. Anything which 

 you can say which will throw light upon 

 the subject and give me encouragement,, 

 will be gratefully received. 

 Most sincerely, 



G. A. Stephens. 



Illinois. 



It is impossible to answer by mail, in 

 detail, the thousands of enquiries which 

 come to the Society. We have long since 

 ceased to advise what the game laws are 

 in the different States. The laws are 

 changed so often that no one is safe in 

 saying what they are at any particular 

 time. Most of the States issue booklets 

 containing the State game laws and we 

 suggest that you write to the Game Com- 

 missioner and get a copy of the laws. 



We do attempt to keep up with the 



