THE GAME BREEDER 



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Coming Events of Clove Valley Club— "More Wild Fowl. 



calico bass, rock bass (otherwise known 

 as goggle-eye) crappie, white perch, 

 brook trout or speckled trout, from 

 January 31st to May 1st, provided, 

 further, that no bass under eight (8) 

 inches in length shall be taken, nor shall 

 more than ten (10) bass be taken in 

 any one day ; and provided, further, 

 that it shall be unlawful to use in any 

 manner whatsoever the young or any 

 bass or game fish for bait. 



Section 12. There is hereby appro- 

 priated out of the Game Fund, to be 

 expended under the direction of the 

 State Game and Fish Commission in the 

 preparation and issuance of bulletins for 

 the purpose of encouraging the breeding 

 of game and fur-bearing animals, the 

 following: 



For the year 1916, $500.00 

 For the year 1917, $500.00 



Passed by the Senate, February 18, 

 1915. M. E. Trapp, President of the 

 Senate. 



Passed by the House of Representa- 

 tives March 6, 1915. A. McCrory, 

 Speaker of the House of Representa- 

 tives. 



Approved this, the 5th day of April, 

 1915. R. L. Williams, Governor of the 

 State of Oklahoma. 



Back Again. 



One of our Long Island, N. Y., read- 

 ers writes that about twenty-five of his 

 wild ducks which went South last fall 

 are back again and nesting in the marsh. 

 We hope some of these birds will be 

 banded next season and it will be inter- 

 esting to learn just where they go. Since 

 some undoubtedly will be shot at differ- 

 ent points on the line of migration it 

 may be possible to learn just what course 

 they take when going South. 



More Reindeer. 



Importation of reindeer from Siberia 

 two decades ago was begun with the aim 

 of furnishing a food supply and clothing 

 to Eskimos in the vicinity of Behring 

 Strait. Now there are 47,266 reindeer, 

 30,532 of them being owned by natives. 



Although the state is said to own the 

 game it appears that the natives own 

 about two-thirds of the reindeei 



Professor Ingat Khan, lecturing on the 

 influence of music upon animals, said at 

 the sound of the bag-pipe, cows began 

 to jump and dance." but whether this 

 meant approval or disapproval the pro- 

 fessor did not say. 



