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THE GAME BREEDER 



paratively little game was reared last 

 year due to a late start. But the wild 

 nesting quail seem to be plentiful. The 

 cock birds were heard last week whist- 

 ling on every fence and many birds were 

 seen flying about. Some came to feed 

 in the rearing field for pheasants. Hun- 

 dreds of pheasants and wild ducks are 

 being reared this season. 



Cheap Shooting. 



Since the expense of producing a good 

 lot of game was increased it was decided 

 to add a few members to the list of the 

 Long Island Game Breeders' Associa- 

 tion. Sportsmen recommended by a 

 member are eligible and can be sure of 

 some good shooting next fall at three 

 species of quail and pheasants and wild 

 ducks. Dues are $1.00 per week. 



New Places. 



The many new game farms and game 

 shooting clubs which are being started 

 will undoubtedly purchase a big lot of 

 game. We are often consulted by farm- 

 ers and owners of country places who 

 contemplate getting into the new indus- 

 try either for sport or for profit. Al- 

 though several times as much game un- 

 doubtedly has been produced this sea- 

 son as was produced last year we predict 

 all of it will be sold before the next 

 breeding season opens. 



Good Purchasers. 



The State game departments were big 

 purchasers last year and they will pur- 

 chase more extensively this year since 

 they realize it is quite important to have 

 some game on the lands which are open 

 to the public. To supply hundreds of 

 thousands of sportsmen with two or 

 three birds each requires a vast amount 

 of game and the State game when liber- 

 ated is subject to more serious losses to 

 vermin than the game is on club grounds 

 where the keeper's gun and traps reduce 

 the number of game enemies. The 

 amount of game produced at the State 

 game farms will only provide one or two 

 birds for each hundred guns if there be 



no losses to vermin, so that it is fortu- 

 nate that the commercial breeders can 

 supply the departments with many thou- 

 sands of pheasants. 



Some very big commercial farms soon 

 will be started in the Central States in 

 places where the natural foods and 

 covers are excellent. 



We are beginning to take a great in- 

 terest in the new game shooting clubs 

 and the game farms. It is highly import- 

 ant that the last named have plenty of 

 shooting customers in order to keep the 

 business good. 



Chicks Hatched by Steam. 



Believing they could hatch chickens 

 without the use of a hen or incubator, 

 pump-men in a Shamokin, Pa., colliery 

 placed 18 eggs in a cotton filled box be- 

 . neath the even-tempered steam pipes. 

 Twelve chickens was the result. 



Some of our older readers will remem- 

 ber that the late Mr. Blanton, one of the 

 pioneers in breeding and selling wild tur- 

 keys, hatched a brood of these birds in 

 his hotel room, using the electric light 

 for an incubator. 



Trying It Out. 



"Taking a glass of water, Colonel?" 

 "Just experimenting a trifle," said the 

 Colonel genially. "I may have to drink 

 it as a beverage later on." — From the 

 Louisville Courier- Journal. 



A Contrast. 



After spending a few days at the 

 farms of the Long Island Game Breed- 

 ers' Association, we were more con- 

 vinced than ever before that it is far 

 more interesting to produce "more game" 

 than, it is to go> after more game laws. 

 It is fully as easy to get the first named 

 as it is to secure the other commodity. 

 We wish some of the protective sports- 

 men who have the greatest appetite for 

 legislation could see the shooting and the 

 eating of quail, pheasants and ducks 

 which surely will take place next, fall. 

 We honestly believe they would quit the 

 pursuit of more laws, purchase some set- 



