T^! Game Breeder 



VOLUME VII 



APRIL, J9I5 

 SURVEY OF THE FIELD. 



NUMBER J 



Charles Hallock, 



We received recently the two pictures 

 of Charles Hallock, reproduced in this 

 issue ; one of them was made quite re- 

 ■cently. Sportsmen should remember 

 that the success of the "more game" 

 inovement which promises quickly to 

 "make America the biggest game produc- 

 ing country in the world, is largely due 

 to the influence of Charles Hallock, the 

 dean of American sportsmen. 



The Machold Bill. 



The bill permitting the sale in New 

 York of game produced by breeders in 

 other States upon the same terms that 

 trout from other States are now sold in 

 New York, was discussed March 9, be- 

 fore the Assembly Committee at Albany. 

 Since the announcement had been made 

 that the hearing would be held on the 

 10th a number who would have attended 

 from other states did not come. 



The Editor of The Game Breeder 

 pointed out the common sense features 

 of the measure ; referred to the great 

 industry of game breeding which had 

 resulted in the production of hundreds 

 of thousands of deer and game birds 

 during the last few years and insisted 

 that the breeders in other states should 

 have the same right to sell their food in 

 the New York market that the New 

 York breeders have. The receipts from 

 tags, he said, indicated that hundreds 

 of thousands of dollars were sent abroad 

 for cold storage game and that this 

 money should go to American game 

 farmers, and that it would result in 

 "more game" being produced in the 

 United States. 



Mr. Marshall McLean said he repre- 

 sented the Camp Fire Club and that the 

 club was opposed to the bill. Mr. Mack- 

 ennen, chairman of the Fish and Game 

 Commission, said it would be impossible 

 to save the wild life of New York if the 

 outside breeders were permitted to sell 

 game. He evidently impressed the Com- 

 mittee with the idea that it was high time 

 New York had game officers capable of 

 handling this business problem as it can 

 be handled, properly. 



Draining in Iowa. 



At the conference on Game Breed- 

 ing, held recently in New York, Hon. E. 

 C. Hinshaw, the able Game Warden of 

 Iowa, said the sportsmen and nature 

 lovers of Iowa are constantly trying to 

 prevent the farmers of the State from 

 draining the last square foot of lake and 

 swamp in order to place it under culti- 

 vation. 



The remedy is to show the farmers 

 that wild ducks can be profitably raised 

 on such privately owned lakes and 

 swamps. Wild ducks sell readily for $3 



