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THE GAME BREEDER 



that it is not so long ago that there was 

 an absurd prejudice against anyone hav- 

 ing any game; and that undoubtedly it 

 is easier to secure game breeders' laws 

 when they provide that the game must be 

 identified than it is to secure laws with 

 no safeguards made to please those who 

 insist they are necessary. 



After all, if the breeder can get an 

 excellent insurance against theft by pay- 

 ing a few cents for a handful of identi- 

 fication tags and an annual license fee of 

 $2.00, or less, it does not seem to us that 

 he is damaged much, especially since the 

 game sells for fabulous prices and the 

 breeder can add the license and tag 

 charges to the price of the game and let 

 the purchasers pay the bill. The hotels 

 clubs and individuals who like to eat 

 game, all are quite ready to pay the ex- 

 tra price, which should not be over a 

 fraction of a cent per pound of meat. 



We believe it will not be long before 

 anyone who legally takes a game bird on 

 public lands or waters will be held to be 

 the owner of it by reason of his industry. 



Game legally taken in all civilized 

 countries, excepting America, ceases to be 

 State property and becomes the individ- 

 ual property of the captor or shooter. He, 

 of course, can sell his food. We have no 

 doubt this will be the law in America in 

 time. It will no doubt be a considerable 

 time before we are as free as other coun- 

 tries are; in the interval there is a rare 



chance for game and fish breeders to 

 make a big lot of money. Some of the 

 members of the Game Conservation So- 

 ciety are now making from $10,000 to 

 $20,000 per year and find the industry 

 interesting and attractive. 



There are a number of women in the 

 business, probably about an hundred, 

 members of the Game Conservation So- 

 ciety. They all find it interesting and 

 soon all of them will report good profits 

 as many have already so reported to The 

 Game Breeder. 



We believe that in the few' States 

 which have State game departments op- 

 posed to the profitable production of food 

 on the farms the laws soon will be amend- 

 ed so as to provide that the departments 

 shall have nothing to do with the game 

 owned by individuals. We should not be 

 surprised to see the departments abol- 

 ished if the farmers ascertain they are 

 depreciating farm values. Easily laws 

 have been enacted prohibiting shooting on 

 the farms and even prohibiting the shoot- 

 ing of quail and other game at all sea- 

 sons. 



It is unnecessary to charge anything 

 for the game breeders' license; it is an 

 outrage to charge $25 per year, as they 

 do in California, and possibly in some 

 other States. $5.00 per year is entirely 

 too much. 



If a food producing industry is de- 

 sirable it should be aided and encouraged 

 and not prevented by high charges. 



THE MOOSE IN MINNESOTA. 



By L. M. Brownell, 

 Supervisor Superior National Forest. 



The moose is the largest of the deer 

 family (alces machlis or palmatus) and 

 was given this name by the Algonquin 

 Indians. They are found on this con- 

 tinent from New Brunswick to western 

 Alaska wherever there are unfrequented 

 forests. They are apparently migrating 

 northward as the forests are being ex- 

 ploited and the country settled. 



The adult moose stands about six feet 

 at the shoulders and may exceed this 

 figure. The male bears very broad (pal- 

 mate) divergent antlers. These horns 

 are sometimes very immense. A pair in 

 the Field Columbian Museum, Chicago, 

 has a spread of 78^2 inches, show 34 

 points, measure 15 inches round the bur, 

 and, along with the dry skull, weighs 



