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THE GAME BREEDER 



CORRESPONDENCE. 

 Mallard Breeding. 



Editor Game Breeder: 



I have been raising wild mallards for 

 years and shipping them all over the 

 country. They are easy to raise and are 

 not subject to all kinds of diseases. I 

 have sold all I care to dispose of this 

 season. 



I raise pigeons, guineas and ducks and 

 they all have the free range of the place. 



Iowa. 



C. Ferrel. 



You will find a good market for both mal- 

 lards and eggs, when you have any to sell, 

 by advertising in The Game Breeder. The 

 demand is excellent; the prices are up. We 

 hope soon you can supply many thousands of 

 ducks and eggs. — Editor. 



What It Is. 



M. Fullerton, 



New York City. 



In answer to your inquiry : The Game 

 Conservation Society is the largest asso- 

 ciation of game and fish breeders in the 

 world. Its object is to encourage propa- 

 gation and it proposes to make North 

 America the biggest game producing 

 country in the world. The new industry 

 is growing with rapid strides. 



The Society is supported by life mem- 

 bers, contributing members, stock mem- 

 bers, and subscribing members. The last- 

 named pay $1.00 per year and where spe- 

 cial service and correspondence, certifi- 

 cation of advertising, etc., are required, 

 there is an extra charge of $1.00 for The 

 Game Guild, a committee of the Society 

 which requires fair dealing, investigates 

 complaints, etc. The Guild also has a 

 few contributing members who pay $5.00 

 annually. We find it impossible to handle 

 the large mail, which comes from all 

 parts of the United States and Canada, 

 promptly and The Guild members who 

 pay for the service get special letters 

 with considerable promptness. Any 

 further information will be furnished on 

 request, but to receive a prompt letter it 

 will be necessary for you to join The 

 Guild. Several members of the office 

 force are Serving in the army and navy 

 but we manage to answer all letters after 

 some delay. Some of the letters which 



appear to be of general interest are an- 

 swered in the magazine. 



Yours truly, 

 J. C. Huntington, Secretary. 



Per M. B; 



OUTINGS AND INNINGS. 



They were having an argument as to^ 

 whether it was correct to say of a hen: 

 "she is setting" or "sitting," and not be- 

 ing able to arrive at a satisfactory con- 

 clusion, they decided to submit the prob- 

 lem to Farmer Giles. 



"My friends," said he, "that don't in- 

 terest me at all. What I wants to know 

 when I hear a hen cackle is whether she- 

 is laying or lying." 



Fish in Sunken Launch. 



When Burley Peterman sunk his- 

 launch, the City of Findlay, Ohio, in 

 Blanchard River in order that the water 

 might close up several seams, he did not 

 expect he would have an opportunity tO' 

 enter the wholesale fish business after- 

 he recovered it. The launch acted as a 

 seine and when it was raised there were 

 several bushels of extremely fine fishi 

 in it. 



Lucky that no game protectionist had. 

 him jailed for seining without a license. 



The Wise Fool. 



"Age brings wisdom," observed the- 

 sage. 



"But it doesn't leave us much time to 

 use it," replied the fool. — Cincinnati En- 

 quirer. 



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The Roister. 



Clerk — Have we any sassafras root? 



Merchant — By George ! There's some- 

 thing we can jump the price on that 1 

 have completely overlooked.— St. Louis 

 Post-Dispatch. 



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"And She Shall Have Music Wherever 

 She Goes." 



Lakewood, O.— Cats are being regis- 

 tered. Soon all must wear license tags, 

 collars and there is to be a bell on each 

 one, and the owners must pay the city 

 fifty cents. 



