THE GAME BREEDER 



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Pheasants, Ruffed Grouse, Trout and 

 Bass. 



We would advise our readers who 

 wish to secure some good shooting and 

 fishing to write to the Longwood Valley 

 Sportsmen's Club, whose advertisement 

 appears on another page. The pictures 

 illustrating the article about this club in- 

 dicate that the ground should have many 

 grouse and woodcock. We are informed 

 there are some pheasants and quails and 

 that it is proposed to increase the num- 

 ber of these and other game birds. There 

 are also many deer on the ground in- 

 cluded in the preserve. The proposition 

 appears especially attractive. The people 

 interested are the right kind and full 

 particulars will be sent to anyone who 

 would like to know more about this at- 

 tractive place. Write to The Longwood 

 Club, care of Game Breeder, 150 Nassau 

 St., New York. 



trouble referred to. We shall be glad to hear 

 from game keepers if any of them have en- 

 countered this disease or know what it is. The 

 matter will be referred by letter to scientists 

 who should know the disease if it is at all 

 common. — Editor.] 



A New Duck Trouble. 



Mr. C. H. Shaw, of the Arden Game 

 Farm, writes : "Do you happen to be 

 familiar with a difficulty which we are 

 having with some of our young ducks, 

 which develops at the age of about three 

 weeks with birds which have been doing 

 well up to that time? There is a swell- 

 ing below the eye, a little forward. Dis- 

 section shows the cavity there to be filled 

 with a cheesy pus and the same appears 

 on the top of the tongue near its base. 

 The bird loses its voice ; is finally unable 

 to eat and dies apparently of starvation. 

 This has occurred with three broods with 

 hens and with one artificially brooded 

 bunch. The loss from this trouble has 

 not been very great, but it appears to 

 be communicated from one to another. 

 In the beginning it looks as if the bird 

 had caught cold ; but it seems to progress 

 through the brood after that. I would be 

 glad if you would refer this to anyone 

 who may have information on the sub- 

 ject, in case you are not personally fa- 

 miliar with it." 



[We have reared thousands of wild ducks 

 but never had any diseases, excepting the well 

 known "straddles" or sunstroke, due to the 

 heat, and cramDS. due to the young birds 

 getting into cold water. We have inspected 

 many more thousands of wild ducks on many 

 preserves and never observed or heard of the 



What Is an Owl? 



Mr. Montanus of the Middle Island 

 Club sends the following: 



A lady selecting a hat at a milliner's 

 asked, cautiously: "Is there anything 

 about these feathers that might bring me 

 into trouble with the Bird Protection So- 

 ciety?" "Oh, no, madam," said the mil- 

 liner. "But did they not belong to some 

 bird?" persisted the lady. "Well, mad- 

 am," returned the milliner pleasantly 

 "these feathers are the feathers of a 

 howl; and the howl, you know, madam, 

 seein' as 'ow fond 'e is of mice, is more 

 of a cat than a bird." — Philadelphia Star. 



[Referred to the Audubon Society. — Edi- 

 tor.] 



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Shall the Farm Be Purchased. 



Editor The Game Breeder : 



I am about to purchase a farm of 250 

 acres in Virginia and before doing so I 

 wish to ascertain ifT can raise game on 

 it. Do the Virginia laws permit game 

 breeding and the sale of game? 



New York. R. Q 



[We are expecting daily to receive a copy 

 of the new law enacted and we will announce 

 its terms later. It creates the office of game 

 commissioner, and we suggest that you write 

 to this officer at Richmond, Virginia, also the 

 parties whose names and addresses are in- 

 closed, who are raising and selling game in 

 that State. If the new law does not expressly 

 permit the sale of pheasants, turkeys, ducks, 

 quail and other game produced by industry, 

 we believe it will be safe for you to go right 

 ahead and breed and sell all you can. We 

 doubt if anyone will ever be arrested again 

 anywhere for producing food on a farm. The 

 singularity of this old crime does not appeal to 

 modern courts, and the tendency everywhere 

 is to acquit prisoners charged with food pro- 

 ducing. 



Of course, should you purchase the farm it 

 will be worth more when all doubt about your 

 being able to use it as desired is removed. If 

 we find there is danger of game farmers being 

 arrested in Virginia, we will let you know and 

 suggest another State for your business. — 



Editor.] 



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More Game and Fewer Game Laws. 



