120 THE GAME BREEDER 



«ne some rufifed grouse shooting to let farm or an automobile to a roll of wire 



me have the birds he shot. He regretted or a pole trap. This service is free to 



to inform me they had been spoken for members of the Game Conservation So- 



t>y a lady who was to give a dinner to ciety. The department can save money 



some friends. The temptation to forget for them in any transaction, 



the game laws is always present. , 



* The Game Conservation Society. 



Selecting the Ground. ^ brief statement of its organization, 



It is important in selecting the ground object and membership, 

 for a game farm or preserve that it be The Game Conservation Society which 

 visited in the spring or summer. In the has been conducted as a somewhat 

 winter the land may be covered with loosely organized syndicate of enthusias- 

 snow and it may be impossible to deter- tic game breeders has been incorporated 

 mine its fertility and suitableness for the in order that its important work can be 

 rearing of pheasants or other game. The carried forward with more efficiency, 

 game farm or preserve should be started The charter of the association is a 

 in the summer or early fall since there broad one and permits the association to 

 is much to be done in the way of mak- conduct a game farm, make experiments 

 ing enclosures, securing appliances and in game breeding and carry on an educa- 

 the stock birds should be purchased early tional campaign, publish books, pamph- 

 and introduced into their new home if lets and magazines, etc. 

 they are expected to breed well the fol- The principal publications of the so- 

 lowing spring. ciety will for the present be The Game 



It is important to know what one can Breeder and certain books about game 



legally do. No one should think of and game breeding already issued and in 



buying land in Rhode Island, for exam- preparation. 



pie, so long as State game officers per- The officers of the society are: 



sist in arresting game farmers because President, Dwight W. Huntington ; vice- 



they have stock birds, legally obtained, president, A. A. Hill; treasurer, F. R. 



in their possession. In Michigan per- Prixotto; secretary, John C. Hunting- 



mits are issued to breeders permitting ton. 



them to have birds in their possession The stock of the society is $10.00 per 



but we are informed they cannot sell the share. 



food they produce. In Ohio a new law Subscribing members pay $1.00 per 



permits the profitable breeding of pheas- year and receive the magazine. The 



ants and the State is a good one for Game Breeder, 



pheasant breeders only. Contributing members pay $5.00 and 



Massachusetts, Vermont, New York, $10.00 per year and are entitled to have 



New Jersey, Indiana, Oklahoma, Colo- 10 and 20 copies of the magazine sent 



rado, California, Ohio and some other to persons named by the contributors. 



States now have liberal laws which per- Life members of the society pay $100 



mit the profitable breeding of all or sev- each. 



eral species of game. These States have Donors — The society receives dona- 

 capable and intelligent State game offi- tions from persons wishing to aid the 

 cers. cause generally or in any particular local- 



Our supply department is prepared to ity. The amounts received are expended 



advise purchasers about the desirability in educational campaigns usually in 



of many localities, the attitude of the sending a large number of copies of the 



residents towards game breeders, etc., magazine to a particular State or locality 



and it can actually put intending pur- where it is desired to secure legislation, 



chasers in the way of securing desirable The society needs funds to employ coun- 



properties. The department soon will be sel to appear before legislative com- 



«equipped to furnish everything from a mittees and in certain court cases in 



