THE GAME BREEDER 



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"In general, we beg to say that we have 

 reached out in all directions AND HAVE 

 PURCHASED ALL AVAILABLE GAME, 

 EITHER BIRDS OR ANIMALS, SUIT- 

 ABLE TO OUR STATE THAT COULD 

 BE SECURED AT A REASONABLE 

 PRICE." 



Many of our readers never knew he 

 was in the market for game. 



It would be a good plan for the Penn- 

 sylvania and other state officers who 

 want "more game" to advertise for it 

 in The Game Breeder. Many of our 

 members will be glad to sell their game 

 after their regular customers are sup- 

 plied. Some are prepared to rear ten 

 or twenty thousand extra birds if the 

 orders are placed in time. Our desire 

 to be helpful is evidenced by our giving 

 this reading notice of the wants of one 

 state free. 



More Game in Maine. 



Mr. R. C. Bullock, manager of the 

 Scarboro Beach Game Farm, writes : 



You will be interested to know that I 

 have spoken for 202 pair of trapped mal- 

 lards, also some green wing teal. We are 

 improving our duck pens and putting in 

 some large and more secluded pens for 

 black duck and teal. 



I shall be in a position to furnish most 

 any amount of black duck and mallards, 

 teal and wood-duck, also Canada geese, 

 some American widgeon (bald pate) and 

 the like. Would like to hear from any 

 party that is interested. 



Later I an; going to put into forty acres 

 some English jack rabbits that I hope 

 will multiply so I can put them on the 

 market in any number. What do you 

 think of the idea? 



The Game Protective Association 

 Dinner. 



The game protective association held 

 a game conference and dinner March 

 4th in Xew York. 



A resolution which stated that in the 

 death of Theodore Roosevelt all outdoor 

 lovers and conservationists have suf- 

 fered a deplorable loss was adopted. 



Mr. Everitt displayed some magic lan- 

 tern slides made in Norway and de- 

 scribed a moose hunt. Mr. Carl Ackley 

 gave his experience with big game in 

 Africa, including a fight with a wounded 

 leopard. John H. Wallace. Jr., game 



warden for Alabama, favored a treaty 

 with Mexico and Central America. 



Wm. L. Finley had some excellent mo- 

 tion pictures showing at close range blue 

 herons breaking through the shell and 

 also some excellent angling pictures. 



Dr. Grinnell, a director of the protec- 

 tion society, "who was the first advocate 

 of the no-sale of game," told about the 

 early shooting on the marshes of Harlem 

 River. Mr. Grinnell evidently feels the 

 more game and fewer game law breeze 

 slightly and has heard some of the abun- 

 dant sales of game now made by our 

 readers, since "discussing hunting con- 

 ditions in the past and for the future," 

 he predicted that "the sportsmen of the 

 future, fifty years from now, will have 

 better shooting than their grandfathers 

 knew." 



Lee S. Crandall, bird curator, an- 

 nounced that three species of geese had 

 been bred for the first time in the history 

 of these birds. One of our readers, Mr. 

 Jagers, bred the snow goose. Mr. Barnes, 

 on the Wm. Rockefeller estate, bred the 

 barnacle geese. The N. Y. Zoological 

 Park bred Magellan upland geese. 



Mr. Nichols of the American Museum 

 of Natural History, told of the habits of 

 shore birds, whistling the calls of the 

 birds. 



Dr. Nelson favored a treaty with Ar- 

 gentina, and said he believed the con- 

 troversy regarding elk in the Yellowstone 

 region could be stopped. The program 

 calls for the purchase of additional lands 

 which would provide ample feeding 

 grounds. 



A paper read for Aldo Leopold, of 

 Albuquerque, New Mexico, brought out 

 a discussion that led Mr. Graham of 

 Massachusetts to say it would be a good 

 policy to purchase cheap lands for the 

 benefit of the man who does not belong 

 to a hunting or fishing club. 



(It might be a good plan, also, to urge many 

 sportsmen to join one or more of the inex- 

 pensive clubs started by the Game Breeder. — 

 Editor.) 



A resolution was passed favoring cat 

 laws to control vagrant cats. The shot- 

 gun and steel traps seem to work well 

 on the game shooting clubs which do not 

 need as many laws as seem to be re- 

 quired for unprotected areas. The only 

 trouble arises when a neighbor's pet cat 

 fails to return home. 



