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THE GAME BREEDER 



of the birds deserting, but if they are 

 accustomed to come to a good meal of 

 grain and acorns late in the day, and 

 are never disappointed, they will not be 

 inclined to depart, if the shooting be 

 properly managed, until the waters be- 

 gin to freeze, before which time (and 

 in fact before the shooting begins) the 

 stock birds for the following season 

 should be caught up and penned after 

 having their wings clipped. 



We shall be glad to hear from our 

 readers who can tell us how they re- 

 duce their food bill, for this is, as Mr. 

 Bell says, always a formidable item. 



the rapid growth of the new industry. 

 Dr. Job's Book on "The Propagation of 

 Wild Birds and "Our Wild Fowl and 

 Waders" by the editor of The Game 

 Breeder continue to be the "best sellers." 



A Big Mail. 



It has been impossible for the editors 

 of The Game Breeder to answer their 

 mail promptly. The secretary of the 

 society was ordered out with the 

 Naval Militia some weeks ago ; an assis- 

 tant has been away on account of ill- 

 ness and correspondents who have not 

 had prompt answers to their letters will 

 kindly excuse the delay. 



The reorganization of The Game 

 Guild will relieve other departments of 

 the society and we hope soon to have 

 extra clerical help. Hundreds of requests 

 for advice are coming all the time from 

 all of the States and from the Canadian 

 Provinces. The mail of the publication 

 of the society evidently is much heavier 

 than that of an ordinary story magazine 

 and we trust our readers will subscribe 

 liberally to the Guild in order that the 

 work of all departments of the society 

 may be promptly handled. 



Grouse Clubs. 



Clubs for prairie grouse easily can be 

 formed in many of the Western States 

 to keep the grouse shooting good just 

 as the quail shooting is kept up in the 

 South. Some of the prairie States now 

 have game breeders' laws permitting pre- 

 serve owners to breed grouse and all 

 other species of game and the gun clubs 

 in the West well may undertake the 

 breeding of grouse and quail in pro- 

 tected fields just as the quail are bred in 

 the South. Many Western farmers 

 whose lands are posted against all shoot- 

 ing will be willing no doubt to have the 

 game produced on their lands provided 

 they receive proper compensation for the 

 shooting. 



Where game is bred wild in the fields 

 the cost of production is small and the 

 club dues can be kept down. Sportsmen 

 are beginning to find upland game shoot- 

 ing more interesting than the "sport al- 

 luring" and enjoy having something to 

 take home after the shoot. Since the 

 abundant game overflows from the pre- 

 serve they provide sport for others as 

 well as themselves. We are always glad 

 to hear about the formation of clubs to 

 preserve the vanishing prairie grouse. 



The Book Department. 



The demand for books on game breed- 

 ing and for Our Feathered Game has in- 

 creased rapidly and we have repeatedly 

 been entirely sold out. Twice recently 

 the publishers of "Our Feathered Game" 

 have reported that they could not fill our 

 orders. We will have some new copies 

 of this book before this issue goes to 

 press and all orders on file will be filled 

 in the order in which they were received. 



The demand for books is evidence of 



A Good Word for the Airedale. 



Mr. MacVicar, game keeper for the 

 Chiles-Walcott preserve, said in answer 

 to the question. What kind of dog was 

 the best for a game keeper, that he pre- 

 ferred the airedale ; that it was a good, 

 lively, strong dog well able to handle 

 cats and other vermin when he encoun- 

 tered them. It occurred to us that there 

 is a good advertisement 'of airedales in 

 The Game Breeder, and we wondered if 

 the members of the Conservation Society 

 are buying these dogs as they should. At 

 all events it is a good thing to know 

 where they can get good airedales. 



