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THE GAME BREEDER 



who look after the wild breeding game 

 sufficiently to keep it abundant every sea- 

 son. We fail to see anything undemo- 

 cratic in their paying the farmers a few 

 cents per acre or the amount of their 

 taxes for the privilege of turning down 

 game on farms where there was none 

 and where they enjoy good shooting. 

 The restoration of free shooting would 

 again close the farms to all gunners and 

 result in laws putting the quail on the 

 song bird list. If these remedies be not 

 applied the game would again become ex- 

 tinct. 



The most important matters over- 

 looked by Mr. Leopold are : ( 1) That 

 free shooting without some production 

 means extermination; (2) that there are 

 vast areas in America which are game- 

 less and a small portion of the posted 

 farms alone can be made to provide 

 shooting for all who are industrious ; (3) 

 the sale of some of the game produced 

 will make it possible for sportsmen of 

 small means to have good shooting where 

 there is none today; (4) the area of the 

 United States is larger than the area of 

 more populous countries where all 

 classes, including market gunners, shoot; 

 (5) our laws of entailment and primo- 

 geniture prevent the entailment and per- 

 petuation of estates in families; (6) it is 

 legal to drain vast areas and put an end 

 to duck shooting. It is legal to estab- 

 lish large cattle and sheep ranches and 

 dairies which exterminate game. It is 

 legal to create bonanza wheat farms and 

 by plowing a vast area at a time to ex- 

 terminate the prairie grouse and quail. 

 It should be legal for sportsmen who 

 wish to do so to combine and share the 

 expense of saving some of the areas re- 

 ferred to for sport. 



It seems peculiar to insist that democ- 

 racy requires that the industrious should 

 be put out of business by small sporting 

 politicians who are unwilling to proper^ 

 lv look after game on the places now 

 closed to shooting. 



Intelligent sportsmen concede the de- 

 sirability o<f trespass laws and rapidly 

 many of them are making terms with the 

 farmers under which they have inexpen- 

 sive shooting. 



We join Mr. Leopold in urging the 

 states to provide big parks for indigent 

 gunners. New York has very big ones. 

 There is plenty of land. 



Grouse Wanted. 



The Game Breeder : 



In the February number of The Game 

 Breeder you state in an article on "What 

 Grouse Owners Should Do" that you 

 are willing to assist anyone in getting a 

 start with grouse. Can you refer me to 

 someone of whom I can buy eggs or 

 stock of ruffed prairie or sharp-tailed or 

 any variety of grouse? If you can I 

 will appreciate it very much. Trusting 

 to hear from you, and hoping to see 

 you keep your good little paper on deck, 



I am, yours truly, 



J. Miles Robinson, 

 U. S. Dep. Game Warden. 



Nebraska. 



[We were told by the U. S. Biological 

 Survey that the State Game Commission of 

 Nebraska possibly would issue permits to take 

 grouse and eggs for breeding purposes. We 

 suggest that you apply to George G. Koster, 

 Chief Deputy, Lincoln, Nebraska, stating just 

 what you want and what you propose to do. 

 You might try, also, E. C. Hinchaw, State 

 Fish and Game Warden for Iowa, whose ad- 

 dress is Spirit Lake, Iowa. We hope you will 

 report the results promptly to The Game 

 Breeder. 



We are expecting daily to receive a few 

 grouse from another state and later some 

 eggs, but we have long ceased to count this 

 class of chickens until they are hatched 

 when we will give publicity to the result and 

 proper credit to those who perform a great 

 public service. We are glad to learn that you 

 evidently agree with us that is is thne to save 

 the grouse from extinction and to restore 

 grouse shooting by practical gair.'e breeding 

 methods. Write to the U. S. Biological Sur- 

 vey, Washington, D. C, for additional advice 

 about procuring grouse. Dr. Fisher, of the 

 Survey, read a paper on "A Plea for the 

 Breeding of American Grouse" at a Protective 

 Society meeting and of course should know 

 where to get birds and eggs for the purpose. 

 We will tell you how to breed grouse when 

 you get stock birds. — Editor.] 



The country is so big there is plenty 

 of room for all kinds of shooting. All 

 that is needed is "more game," and the 

 permission of the farmers for orderly 



shooting. 



