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THE GAME BREEDER 



laws in so far as they relate to game 

 breeders, and we are pleased to state that 

 over two-thirds of the states now per- 

 mit the profitable breeding of all. or cer- 

 tain species of game. We publish brief 

 abstracts of these laws from time to time 

 after the law mills have ceased their 

 activities for the year. 



A man as you say, certainly can raise 

 all the game he wants to, but as we have 

 pointed out, often, he will not be apt to 

 do so in States which prohibit quail 

 shooting for five or ten years or prohibit 

 him from shooting more than three cock 

 pheasants in a season, and where similar 

 restrictions are applied to other species. 

 Our contention is that he should decide 

 how many birds he will shoot in a season 

 and how many it is necessary to leave 

 for a breeding stock. He should decide 

 how many he will sell to help pay the 

 ■cost of production. These ideas have 

 been incorporated in the game breeders' 

 •enactments, many of which were written 

 in the office of The Game Breeder, in 

 whole or in part. 



We regret that as a new subscriber 

 you have not seen the scores of articles 

 about the game clubs, game farms and 

 individual preserves (many of them illu- 

 strated) which we have published from 

 time to time in The Game Breeder. New 

 ■clubs and preserves are being started all 

 the time and many individual breeders 

 now breed game in large and small num- 

 bers. We shall print many more stories 

 about the successful clubs and about the 

 game farms and small breeders. These 

 will describe what they are doing and 

 now they do it. 



The story of the Woodmont Club and 

 a subsequent article by its secretary, who 

 owns a wild turkey preserve, contained 

 much valuable information about the 

 breeding and shooting of wild turkeys. 

 Miss Mary Wilkie, who advertises wild 

 turkeys in The Game Breeder, contrib- 

 uted two interesting articles about the 

 Dreeding of these birds. In the stories 

 about the Game Breeders' Association, 

 the Clove Valley Club, the Blooming 

 Grove Club, the Wyandanch Club, the 

 Middle Island Club, and others which 

 nave an abundance of game, the writers 

 •described the breeding operations and 



the good shooting. Many small breeders 

 and game farmers h^ve written their ex- 

 periences. There will be many more of 

 these stories since many of our readers 

 who are successful have . promised to 

 write short articles which we will print 

 from time to time. Some of . the clubs 

 and individual preserve owners now 

 shoot thousands of quail every season. 



Some of the States only permit the 

 profitable breeding of pheasants, ducks 

 and deer. Others permit the breeding of 

 all species. 



In answer to your inquiry as to "how 

 to proceed to get up a game breeding 

 preserve," we can only say that we have 

 had so many requests for such informa- 

 tion that we have decided to publish sev- 

 eral articles on this subject and these 

 will be supplemented by many stories 

 about what the preserve owners and 

 game farmers are doing and how they 

 do it. These stories will be written by 

 those who are successful in having 

 splendid shooting and who sell some of 

 the game to pay the cost of rearing it. 



Mr. Brigham, who. wrote the story 

 about the Clove Valley Club which an- 

 nually shoots thousands of pheasants and 

 ducks, said that if the club had been 

 run purely as a commercial enterprise it 

 would have cleared thousands of dollars. 



We hope to begin the series of articles 

 about how to organize game clubs and 

 shooting syndicates in the June issue and 

 we shall reprint some of the facts from 

 the articles referred to because many 

 new readers are asking for information 

 about those already in the game. 



We are quite sure you will agree with 

 us now that most of the farms are 

 posted and the tendency of our legisla- 

 tion is to put an end to sport by pro- 

 hibiting shooting at all times Or for terms 

 of years, that those who arrange with 

 the farmers so that they can shoot big 

 bags of game during long open seasons 

 and sell some of the game, thereby mak- 

 ing the people friendly to sport, are 

 doing a great public service. 



The necessity for individual action is 

 presented in a booklet on "Game Farm- 

 ing for Profit and Pleasure," issued by 

 the Hercules Powder Company. This 

 booklet is for free distribution, and it is 



