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which were dead when we ' received 

 them. We informed her without asking 

 her to refund, but she replied with a sat- 

 isfactory letter and madeus good on the 

 birds. You should speak a good word 

 for her. It has been our experience that 

 even where we make a "terrific holler" it 

 is very seldom we are reimbursed. 



C. and Co. 

 Kentucky. 



Inquiry for Quail Shooting. 



Advertising Manager, The Game Breed- 

 er : 



In answer to the advertising offering 

 good quail shooting near New York, I 

 wish to ask particulars. Will you please 

 put me in touch with the owner of the 

 shooting. I think it is just what I want. 

 Also let me know about the Longwood 

 Club; amount of annual dues, number 

 of members, etc. Yours truly, 



C. W. Johnston. 

 New Jersey. 



Ant Egg Technique. 

 Editor Game Breeder: 



I am sending you a short note about 

 the technique of ant eggs. S. 



New York. 



Cotton Tails. 



Game Breeder: 



We have plenty of cotton tails here. 

 Would it pay to advertise them and sell 

 them to shooting clubs? What prices 

 will they pay ? 



[Ans. — Yes, they will sell quickly at prices 

 mentioned in our letter, provided your State 

 game officers have common sense and the laws 

 of the State are right. We will look into, 

 both matters. Western State and writer's 

 name omitted pending common sense investi- 

 gation. — Editor.] 



Why Not Kentucky. 



Game Conservation Society : 



We notice remarks about a party in 

 New York buying land in Virginia for 

 a game farm. The laws of our State 

 are in fairly good shape and we have 

 wondered why people should not come 

 to this section. 



We are exactly 23 hours from New 

 York. I can get land here for members 



of the society— no rake off or commission 

 to me — at $5.00 per acre, which would 

 make an ideal game farm. I would be 

 •pleased to have any sportsman who is 

 contemplating such a farm as my guest 

 and to show it to him and I would not 

 expect him to buy anything or to pay for 

 his keep. Kentucky has a common sense 

 breeders' law and a good state game de- 

 partment. R. A. C. 

 Kentucky. j£ 



More Ducks. 



Conservation Society : 



Please send me "Our Wild Fowl and 

 Waders." Three letters in one mail. 



[This book has produced a number of duck 

 ponds where wild duck are reared for sport 

 and for profit. Sales for twoweeks, 30 books, 

 which is going some for the good old summer 

 time. "More" books, "more" ducks, "more" 

 guns, "more" ammunition, "more" sport, 

 "more" eggs, "more" live bird sales, "more" 

 game in the markets, "more" people friendly 

 to sport] 



A Virginia Farm. 



Editor Game Breeder: 



Before deciding to buy the farm in 

 Virginia I wrote to the Game Commis- 

 sioner as you advised. I am sending; 

 you his reply. Please return it when, 

 you are through with it. 



F. A. W. Shaw. 



Monisunk Farm, N. Y. 



[The reply is printed on another page. We 

 still think no one will be arrested for food 

 producing in Virginia, but if the attitude of 

 the new commissioner continues threatening 

 as the letter indicates, it will tend to much 

 impair the value of the farm and the tax rates 

 on such properties should be reduced accord- 

 ingly. 



One of our readers was arrested some time 

 ago for producing game in Virginia and said 

 that he proved that he owned the game. The 

 court decided that ever since Blackstone's time 

 — and long before, if we remember rightly — 

 there was a difference between wild creatures 

 said to belong to the State because the poor 

 things had no other owner and game produced 

 by industry. We believe the court told the 

 officers to keep their hands off. We would 

 like to hear from our Virginia reader about 

 this case. It is some time since the matter 

 was referred to in a letter which seems to- 

 have been mislaid. 



We believe game breeding will continue to 

 thrive in Virginia, and if the game depart- 

 ment declines to safeguard the industry it 

 should certainly go way back outside the fence 

 and sit down.] 



