THE GAME BREEDER 



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breeders' laws, good shooting and good 

 markets which will keep up the good 

 prices ? 



We are pleased to observe as we travel 

 about the country that game clubs and 

 game breeders every where are becom- 

 ing more and more inclined to buy from 

 members of the Society who support its 

 publication. 



If you want a dog or a gun or ammu- 

 nition or deer, live birds, or eggs, write 

 to our advertisers. If you do not get 

 what you want write to us and we will 

 hunt up some game or eggs or whatever 

 you want, but in no case is it fair that 

 we should say buy from- this or that one 

 until you have first written to those who 

 have the best there is to sell and who 

 make known what they have by adver- 

 tising. 



To answer the big mail of The Game 

 Conservation Society, coming frOm all 

 parts of the United States and Canada, 

 has been an impossibility for several 

 months. Our secretary and his assist- 

 ant are in the navy and army and readers 

 who may think they are neglected are 

 asked to be patient. The Game Guild 

 soon will handle a good part of the cor- 

 respondence. Its postage, however, is a 

 big weekly bill and we hope all of our 

 members who are interested will send the 

 extra dollar. We assure them every cent 

 will be expended to aid the more game 

 movement in which we are all interested. 



Those who wish game or eggs can buy 

 safely from advertisers in The Game 

 Breeder. The Game Guild protects pur- 

 chasers and investigates all complaints 

 which we are pleased to observe are very 

 few in number. 



Those who offer their game birds now 

 will get the biggest mail and will surely 

 sell their birds at the best prices. 



Often we have inquiries for trout and 

 other game fish. Advertisers should keep 

 their advertisements standing. A small 

 space will sell the fish. 



eggs excepting from my own pens. 

 Buying: from other parties has made rne 

 a good many, enemies among my cus- 

 tomers, since they got such poor results 

 from the eggs furnished. I never know 

 how old the eggs will be, and by the 

 time they are shipped to me and re- 

 shipped to my customer, another week 

 or two elapses which makes them too 

 old to get the best results. Two years 

 ago one of my customers even reported 

 to me that some of the eggs he had re- 

 ceived were rotten, and what he had 

 received were eggs that had been hatched 

 and were thrown out. Only a week ago 

 a party offered me some two thousand 

 eggs. On going into the matter I found 

 that they had been saved since the latter 

 part of April. You know what a deal 

 like this would come to. I find that it 

 will be better for me to supply fewer 

 customers and have them well satisfied, 

 than to furnish a few more and spoiling 

 my reputation. A customer lost in this 

 line is not easily won back. 



Most of our advertisers send their ad- 

 vertisements without waiting to hear 

 from us. 



By advertising in The Game Breeder 

 you help the more-game cause and your- 

 self at the same time. 



Letters come often from advertisers 

 saying that The Game Breeder produces 

 excellent results. 



Some absurdities in new laws are quite 

 natural, but it is pleasing to observe they 

 are discovered quickly and often are 

 ended quickly. 



It seems strange for any state game 

 department to favor laws requiring the 

 taking of game, "otherwise than by shoot- 

 ing." The shooters support the depart- 

 ments. 



The Right Idea. 



One of our advertisers writes : I 

 have decided not to send any more 



Love Me Love My Dog. 



The other's talk was far less learned. 

 She lacked in looks and wit and such ; 



And yet my whole heart to her turned, 

 Because she liked my dog so much. 

 — New York Herald. 



