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THE GAME BREEDER 



tion, which is much more valuable than 

 either the fish or beef and cannot be 

 figured in dollars and cents." 



Let us not forget, in our mad rush for 

 land to raise corn, that there are other 

 things that count besides the almighty 

 dollar. Let us preserve our lakes; let 

 us improve our lakes. 



uous ideas of game protection may result in 

 the quail, .becoming a song bird there before 



The writer is wrong m jumpmg at the con- 

 clusion that The Game Breeder is opposed to 

 the execution of game laws. It simply insists 

 that food producers should not be excessively 

 fined in cases similar to the one referred to, 

 when mistakes are innocently made.— Editor.] 



TESTIMONIALS. 



A Close Season for Game Breeding 



Advocated. 



Editor Game Breeder: 



It has suggested itself to me that one 

 reason the murderers, forgers, burglars 

 and those guilty of various degrees of 

 larceny receive lighter punishment than 

 the people whom your publication rep- 

 resents, may be the fact that the afore- 

 said murderers, burglars, etc., have not 

 become so criminally hardened as to 

 publish a magazine upholding all of their 

 crimes. 



The greatest mistake, in the minds of 

 Missouri sportsmen, the legislature of 

 New York makes, is in not putting a 

 closed season for 100 years on such pub- 

 lications as advocate law breaking on gen- 

 eral principles. But then New York is 

 New York and its Ruth Gruger, its gun 

 men and Leon Lings do not excite the 

 west very much. 



Yours truly, 



MiSSOURIAN. 



[Glad you are interested and not excited. 



The facts in the case which interested the 

 writer of the above testimonial, a new reader, 

 were 'briefly as follows : A game breeder 

 purchased a setting of mallard eggs in answer 

 to an advertisement in a poultry magazine. 

 He succeeded in raising a number of tame 

 mallards and when hfe learned that he should 

 have a license he wrote to the Conservation 

 Commissioner and paid for a license. Shortly 

 afterward he was told that he was liable for 

 a fine of $385 because he hatched the ducks 

 before he applied for the license. He was ar- 

 rested and The Game Conservation Society 

 defended his case, being satisfied an honest 

 mistake had been made and that the fine, if 

 any, should be small. The jury found the de- 

 fendant technically guilty, after a long delib- 

 eration, and recommended a small fine. Ten 

 dollars was imposed and paid. We still be- 

 lieve food producers should not be punished 

 more severely than burglars. We are pleased 

 to see that courts and juries agree with us. 

 But then Missouri is Missouri, and its stren- 



Good Work. 



Editor Game Breeder : 



I cannot resist writing to say how 

 much I appreciate your good work, not 

 only in making it possible to breed game 

 for sport and for profit, but also in de- ^ 

 fending breeders when tl^ey innocently 

 make mistakes, as ih'the Boies case_ in 

 procuring a few'^irds before applying 

 for a breeder's license. The fact that he 

 sent for a license as soon as he found out 

 this was necessary indicates that he in- 

 tended to obey the law and all breeders 

 must be pleased that they have a friend 

 who will see that they are not treated 

 worse than common criminals when they 

 make mistakes in starting. Many peo- 

 ple agree with you that the license should 

 be small, if any charge is nriade, in order 

 to encourage food production. 



When the sportsmen learn that quail 

 shooting is being prohibited in one state 

 after another and that the game breed- 

 ers have been successful in preserving 

 quail shooting on Long Island, not only 

 for themselves but for all others, they 

 will wake up to the idea that there is a 

 way to preserve sport in America. 

 CaHfornia. " G. W. S. 



More Fish. 



The World, N. Y. Says : The advice to eat 

 more fish and "win the war" is reiterated. The 

 simultaneous increase in the market price of 

 fish indicates that the dealers are prepared to 

 help on the movement. 



The Game Breeder says, "Eat more 

 game," also and win the war. There is 

 something doing in this line on a large 

 scale by members of the Game Conserva- 

 tion Society. _ 



In Dutchess Co , N. Y. 



They want the jacks exterminated for 

 fear they will eat up all the apple trees 

 of the county. 



