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only a few of the many posted farms in 

 a state with the consent of their owners 

 soon should be able to send a big lot of 

 this desirable food to the markets and in 

 this way they will make the people friend- 

 ly to sport as we have pointed out often. 



Attitude of the Audubon Association. 



The attitude of the Audubon Associa- 

 tion is now decidedly in line with the re- 

 marks made by Mr. Townsend. Two at- 

 tractive and well illustrated bulletins 

 issued recently by the Association are in- 

 tended to arouse an interest in the pro- 

 duction of the wild food birds for profit. 

 The bulletins are filled with practical 

 information about the proper handling 

 of quail, grouse, wild fowl and other 

 game birds, and they will do much 

 towards putting an end to the idea that 

 game produced by industry should not 

 be freely transported and sold to the 

 people as food. 



The More Game Campaign Won. 



The good old dean of American sports- 

 men was right when he observed that the 

 campaign for more game had been won. 

 We hardly believed it when we read his 

 letter, but now we are sure of it. Many 

 details remain to be worked out in the 

 various states. These will be attended 

 to by local interests, no doubt. Mean- 

 time, The Game Breeder, as the trade 

 paper of the new industry, will continue 

 to publish the news of the legislative 

 amendments, and it will give more and 

 more space to articles about how to rear 

 successfully; how to shoot successfully; 

 how to market successfully; how to cook 

 successfully, and we have no doubt the 

 dear people will do the rest with avidity. 



A Waste of Game. 



The great waste of an amazing output 

 of fry mentioned by Mr. Townsend sug- 

 gests the great waste of valuable game 

 birds which has occurred in the public 

 plantings in many states. Hundreds of 

 thousands of dollars have been expended 

 in the purchase of live game birds which 

 have vanished from the earth soon after 

 they were liberated in states where shoot- 

 ing was prohibited to give the game a 

 chance to multiply. Practical game 



breeders know the reason why the birds 

 disappeared. Many foxes and other crea- 

 tures which are classed by game keepers 

 as vermin no doubt smacked their lips 

 and gave thanks to the state authorities 

 if such animals ever give thanks for good 

 things furnished as freely as the gray 

 partridges, pheasants and other game 

 birds have been furnished. 



We are strongly in favor of the state 

 ^ame officers purchasing game even more 

 liberally than they have in the past and 

 they no doubt will when they understand, 

 as many now do, how to liberate the 

 game. It should be started on a number 

 of game farms where good and skilled 

 beat keepers are employed to look after 

 it properly and it no doubt will multi- 

 ply under such conditions, and spread out 

 in all directions. Valuable game birds 

 should not be scattered thinly over a state 

 to fall an easy prey to vermin or a lack 

 of proper natural foods. The best plan 

 of course is to distribute the game to 

 those who will agree to look after it prop- 

 erly. Every game protective association 

 and every gun club should have some, 

 provided they will look after it. They 

 should sell some of the game produced to 

 help pay expenses. 



Wild Ducks for State Game Officers. 



Many State game officers are unaware 

 that wild ducks are probably the best 

 game birds they can invest in. Many 

 think, no doubt, that wild ducks, being 

 migratory birds, and very wild, would 

 soon desert if they be purchased and 

 liberated. This was the idea entertained 

 by game keepers in England a few years 

 ago. 



Those who have read Mr. Hunting- 

 ton's book, "Our Wild Fowl and Wad- 

 ers," know that wild ducks are the easiest 

 game birds to handle and rear ; that they 

 are almost free from diseases ; that they 

 can be kept at home, without difficulty, 

 and allowed to depart a few at a time or 

 many at a time. They will fly about and 

 visit nearby waters, furnishing sport to 

 many guns ; they will fly home when too 

 much shot at ; they will breed the second 

 season and thereafter if some stock birds 

 be trapped and pinioned or wing clipped 

 during the winter when (even in the 



