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THE GAME BREEDER 



Good Work. 



In the mail today a New Jersey mem- 

 ber (N. J. 526, he requests that we do 

 not mention his name) sent a check for 

 ten dollars and a list of people whom he 

 wishes to interest in The Game Breeder. 

 In the same mail a New Hampshire 

 member (N. H. 455) sent a check for 

 four dollars with a note asking that The 

 Game Breeder be sent to the libraries 

 in three towns in his state and that his 

 own subscription be advanced for an- 

 other year. Activity of this kind is en- 

 couraging to editors. 



An Iowa reader, in sending the money 

 for some new subscribers, says he let 

 them pay, since "anyone not willing to 

 pay a dollar for the best magazine is 

 not worth having." 



Many members have sent three dol- 

 lars each for three new subscriptions. 

 Some say they wish to interest their 

 friends ; others, like the Iowa reader, let 

 the new subscribers pay for their maga- 

 zines. 



When The Game Breeder was first 

 issued game breeding was a criminal per- 

 formance almost everywhere in Amer- 

 ica; many predicted that it would be 

 impossible on this account to induce peo- 

 ple to engage in the industry. 



The rapidity with which the industry 

 has grown is surprising and gratifying. 

 One reason why it has grown faster in 

 some states than in others is that our 

 readers have taken a more active inter- 

 est in some states than they have in 

 others. The states where we have the 

 largest circulation now have the best 

 laws, the best state game officers, and 

 game breeders are encouraged to pro- 

 duce game for sport and for profit. 



It is a very easy matter for readers to 

 send us the names of people in their 

 neighborhood who are or who should be 

 interested in game breeding. It is 

 clearly to the interest of our members 

 to increase the number of those who 

 read the magazine. 



It is not so easy for us to ascertain 

 who are likely to become interested in 

 any place and for this reason we rely 

 upon our readers to heln the cause as 

 many do. If the cause is worth while 

 it is worth helping"; we hope our mem- 

 bers alwavs will bear in mind the fact 



that there is strength in numbers. So 

 please send in the names as requested. 



Two Checks. 



Two checks came back in the same 

 mail today (April 26). One from a 

 state game officer who thought he could 

 secure some prairie grouse for scientific 

 purposes ; one from a state officer from 

 whom we expected to secure some Gam- 

 bel's quail. The deadly fool laws have 

 made the game so scarce that it is next to 

 impossible to secure breeding stock. 

 Now that upland shooting is prohibited 

 in most of the states and it is not worth 

 while to own setters and pointers, we 

 think it is highly desirable for those who 

 own prairie grouse to hold on to them, 

 but some of our readers are offering to 

 send the birds for breeding purposes as 

 soon as they can obtain proper shipping 

 facilities. 



We often wonder' if the dog papers, 

 Sportsman's Review and American 

 Field, have not noticed the loss of their 

 dog advertisements. Possibly this is the 

 reason why one of the papers named is 

 not so busy, as the story papers are, get- 

 ting subscribers for the bulletin of the 

 Protection Society. 



Quail and Bandits. 



One of our Texas members writes : 

 'About Mearn's quail. I can get them 

 if conditions in Mexico would get better, 

 but as it is now, my men are afraid to 

 go far into the interior where they are 

 to be found on account of the bandits. 

 It is not safe anywhere in Mexico awav 

 from the larger cities and main lines of 

 travel." 



Sunday Hunting in Maine. 



The Committee on Fish and Game of 

 the Main Legislature reported adversely 

 a bill permitting Sunday shooting. 



Not That Kind. 



"Griggs and his wife are not getting 

 along very smoothly, I hear," said Brown 

 to Smith. 



"No," replied Smith, "and you can't 

 wonder at it. He married a girl that 

 looked like a magazine cover, and then 

 expected her to work like a cook book." 



