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ordinary hen. I had 19 silkie eggs under 

 one of these birds and she hatched 14 

 eggs and reared the 14 chicks." 



More About Democracy. 



A Connecticut reader say "no doubt 

 the remarks about a wide open market, 

 etc., and the undemocratic, unsocial and 

 therefore dangerous management of 

 game met your eye." We read it all, and 

 it amused us so much it occurred to us 

 our readers should have it as they have 

 in this issue. We are glad, especially 

 glad to get all the hostile opinions we 

 can. The sunlight of common sense 

 shines so strongly now that there is no 

 fear that trespass laws will be repealed. 

 Since most of the farms are posted we 

 can see no possible objection to indus- 

 trious sportsmen opening them up for 

 shooting, with their owners' consent. 

 They will shoot where now there is no 

 shooting ; they will leave the only free 

 shooting there is at present for the ex- 

 clusive use of the people who object to 

 industry. If the sale of game be abso- 

 lutely prohibited only people who can 

 spend a lot of money can have the shoot- 

 ing on the farms. If the sale of game 

 be permitted the club dues can be small 

 since the game will pay all or a good 

 part of the exDenses of the sportsmen 

 who have intelligence enough to know 

 why shooting has been prohibited by law 

 and by posting and how to put an end 

 to the necessary prohibition of field 

 sports. 



If it is democratic to arrest men, 

 women and children because they pro- 

 duce food on the farms we are repub- 

 licans If it is republican to arrest peo- 

 ple for selling food produced by industry 

 we are democrats. We are quite sure 

 the majority of intelligent Americans 

 have about the same political views. 



Putting in the Pep. 



Mr. C. A. Benson writes : "You fel- 

 lows are the ones who are putting pep 

 into the business and it's up to us fel- 

 lows to help you along some. The Eu- 

 ropean fracas all but demolished our 

 game producing business from lack of 



help and feed. Should' any of you get 

 away from home as far. as Oregon there 

 is a little game farm there welcoming 

 you. Let us know and we will chain 

 the airedale." 



Aviary Species at Shooting Clubs. 



We are glad to observe that many of 

 the game shooting clubs and preserve 

 owners are taking our advice to rear a 

 few aviary species as a side line. The 

 Long Island Association decided to try 

 the Reeves pheasants. We shall not be 

 surprised to hear that a few of the long- 

 tails have been shot for a thanksgiving 

 dinner. If there should be enough of 

 them we would favor teaching the peo- 

 ple to eat them at the annual game din- 

 ner of the society which is given to in- 

 terest the people in the rare sport of 

 game eating, warranted to be more in- 

 teresting than a Pennsylvania campaign 

 for six "dozen new game laws. 



We prefer most of all the preserve 

 which looks least like a preserve. The 

 place where the game introduced is per- 

 mitted to breed wild in the fields and 

 woods and where the shooting is done 

 under the most natural conditions. 



It is not an easy matter to turn down 

 game birds with the hope that they will 

 become established and will breed and 

 become abundant. 



State game officers as well as individ- 

 uals know that the losses are large of- 

 ten, because vermin of many species is 

 abundant. 



We are by no means opposed to inten- 

 sive artificial breeding both on the game 

 farms and ranches and on the club shoots. 

 On the last named a large number of 

 guns can have good shooting on a com- 

 paratively small area since the abundant 

 game going out from the rearing fields 

 and pens will be plentiful in the fields. 



Where many sportsmen (as many as 

 the land can accommodate) arrange to 



