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THE GAME BREEDER 



good one to copy. Breeders' laws have 

 resulted in a big lot of game being 

 produced annually in many of the States. 

 New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts 

 rapidly are becoming game producing 

 States. Much of the game is sold in the 

 markets. 



Proposed New Conservation Commis- 

 sion for New York, 



The committee on conservation of the 

 Constitutional Convention has reported, 

 or soon will report, to the convention a 

 proposition for a commission to consist 

 of nine unpaid members, each to serve a 

 term of nine years, one to be appointed 

 by the Governor from each of the judi- 

 cial districts of the State. The nine 

 members are to appoint a superintendent 

 who will be the executive head. 



The idea of having a game commission 

 to serve for a long term of years is good. 

 Our State game officers, appointed for 

 one or two years, never have been able 

 to accomplish much. Some of them 

 have found it necessary to devote much 

 of their time to politics. The game com- 

 mission in Massachusetts has done good 

 work because various governors (elected 

 for very short terms) have decided to 

 let the commission carry on its good 

 work. 



A Grand Prix "For Modern Arms and 

 Ammunition." 



There is much interest among sports- 

 men in the announcement, that the Su- 

 perior Jury of the Panama-Pacific Inter- 

 national Exposition, have awarded the 

 Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cart- 

 ridge Company the Grand Prix^ — highest 

 of honors — "for modern firearms and 

 ammunition." This distinction is all the 

 more creditable when it is considered 

 that the exposition is international in 

 character — exhibits being entered not 

 only from the United States, but from 

 many foreign countries. 



An Absent Minded Bostonian. 



We received in the mail the money for 

 a subscription to The Game Breeder with 

 nothing to indicate from whom it came 

 excepting the postmark on the envelope 

 — "Boston." Since we had sent a large 

 mail to Boston it was impossible to de- 



termine who sent the money. It was 

 wrapped up in our circular letter which 

 simply was addressed "Dear Sir," being 

 sent broadcast as such letters are, the 

 writer evidently thought the return of the 

 circular letter would indicate the sender 

 of the money, but the best we can do is 

 to enter "Dear Sir" on our subscription 

 list and hold the magazine for a better 

 address. 



Game Abundant in Massachusetts. 



We often wonder if the Massachu- 

 setts game .commissioners realize the im- 

 portance of the work they have accom- 

 plished and if the people of the State 

 realize how much excellent food has 

 been produced. Where game is made so 

 abundant that sentimentalists are horri- 

 fied at the amount of food birds de- 

 stroyed and eaten, when they complain 

 in the newspapers, as they did last fall 

 about the shooting, . the people should 

 take notice that most capable officers 

 have made it possible for those who wish 

 to do so to have an abundance of a 

 highly desirable food. We suggested at 

 the time that the "mollycoddles" get 

 after those who produced poultry and 

 other foods and that they give the game 

 breeders a rest. 



Oklahoma a Good Place. 



A clipping sent to The Game Breeder 

 says that Hon. James W. Gerard, U. S. 

 Ambassador to Germany, has written to 

 a real estate dealer in Oklahoma that he 

 wishes to purchase a large place for 

 shooting. No better State could be se- 

 lected. Oklahoma has just enacted one 

 of the most liberal game breeders' laws 

 and all species of game can now be 

 profitably produced there. When a few 

 good game farms and preserves are 

 started the State should have a boom. 

 Lands used for game can be made more 

 profitable than lands used for cattle 

 breeding or farming. The game, in fact, 

 can be made to yield an additional rev- 

 enue to the farms since many species 

 are beneficial and the harm done by 

 those which are harmful can be largely 

 prevented by the use of scare boys and 

 in other ways known to game farmers 

 and preserve owners. 



