THE GAME BREEDER 



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more than two or three when on the 

 ground on account of their natural pro- 

 pensity to keep apart. 



"When raised from the nest, they are 

 easily tamed. I have even known some 

 instances of their breeding in confine- 

 ment. When caught in traps and cooped 

 they feed freely, and soon become fat, 

 when they are excellent for the table." 



Our Correspondence. 



We have found it impossible to handle 

 our correspondence politely. The numer- 

 ous requests for information about 

 starting new game shooting clubs ; the 

 many letters about game law amend- 

 ments ; the appeals for assistance in re- 

 forming the laws in many States and the 

 thousands of questions about breeding 

 problems have made it impossible for 

 us to answer many of the letters 



The necessity for additional help in 

 the office becomes more and more evi- 

 dent. Our readers must realize, when 

 they think about the matter, that we can- 

 not furnish a magazine for a dollar and 

 spend a lot of money in active work 

 which is necessary to secure legal amend- 

 ments favorable to game breeders. The 

 correspondence is necessarily heavy in 

 every case since it is necessary to not 

 only write letters to State officers and 

 members of the legislative assemblies but 

 also to many people who must be re- 

 quested to write to their member. 



We are not lobbyists. The successful 

 work which hat, been accomplished has 

 been done largely by correspondence. 



It has been decided that the work of 

 the society and the work of the publica- 

 tion should be conducted separately and 

 each should have a competent clerical 

 force. The reorganization will take a 

 little time, but with double the revenue 

 now received twice as much effective 

 work can be accomplished and members 

 of the society and readers of the pub- 

 lication will receive much better service 

 than we have been able to render. 



prizes — a number will be given this year. 

 There will be several live quail prizes 

 and probably one or two prizes of grouse 

 and grouse eggs. These prizes are given 

 to those who write the best practical let- 

 ters giving their experience in game 

 breeding. 



We were unable to procure the birds 

 for two of the prize winners this spring. 

 The birds were ordered early but the 

 checks came back because the birds could 

 not be delivered. Those entitled to the 

 prizes will get their birds- later and we 

 expect to send them in ample time for 

 the next breeding season. We have in- 

 creased opportunities for procuring quail 

 (better birds than we could expect last 

 season) and we hope and expect to 

 award good big Northern quail instead 

 of the smaller Mexican birds. The 

 grouse and grouse eggs can be secured 

 this year we are quite sure. 



OUTINGS AND INNINGS. 

 A Reason for It. 



"A scientist declares that meat-eaters are 

 more active than vegetarians." 



"They've got to be, to get the meat to eat." 



The most active of all American citi- 

 zens are the members of the Game Con- 

 servation Society who own the quail they 

 produce and whose meat-eating includes 

 quail on toast. 



The Transcript will appreciate the 

 claim of the game breeders in the game 

 prohibition states who manage to eat 

 quail on toast that they are the most 

 active of all the meat eaters. They have 

 to shoot their meat before they eat it. 

 «. 



Prizes. 



In reply to an inquiry about live game 



A Woman's Way. 



(From the Edinburgh Scotsman) 

 Mollie — Can you keep a secret, Pollie ? 



Pollie Oh, yes ! I can. But I am 



frightfully unlucky in telling them to oth- 

 er girls who can't. 



♦ 



War Time Natural History. 



Seven whales washed ashore along the 

 Atlantic coast had been riddled by shells 

 fired at supposed German submarines. If 

 a whale insists on looking like a U boat 

 he must take the consequences. • 



