THE GAME BREEDER 



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reminds us that Professor Pearson, Sec- 

 retary of the Audubon Association, 

 wrote us that the producer of a wild 

 food bird should have as much right to 

 sell his game as the producer had to 

 sell a pig. 



Our remarks about the zoo superin- 

 tendent were playful, not malicious. 

 When. $28,000 was raised to prohibit the 

 sale of game in New York, we were 

 glad to help those who amended the bill 

 so that it would permit and not prevent 

 a regulated sale of game. It was not 

 difficult to have it enacted after the 

 proper amendment was made. 



A big mistake was made in not per- 

 mitting the sale of quail. It would be 

 easy and interesting to make these birds 

 an abundant food supply on areas where 

 they no longer occur. Some industry 

 would be required, of course. When the 

 notable attempt was made to close the 

 quail shooting on Long Island, we in- 

 vited a lot of people to hear "our enemy"' 

 at his best, in connection with another 

 naturalist, Dr. Weeks, D. S. C, etc., etc. 

 We were pleased, as usual, at the result 

 of the hearing. Wild lifing again ap- 

 peared in the role of humpty-dumpty. 



We have always invited the wild-lifer 

 to our annual game dinners and we have 

 reserved a place for him on an impor- 

 tant committee, which will be announced 

 later. We hope he will regard our play- 

 ful remarks as no more harmful than 

 his calling us "our enemies" was. Both 

 sides secured a little much needed pub 

 licity and we now close the account and 

 call it square. 



We have opposed the wild-lifmg in- 

 dustry only when it appeared to inter- 

 fere with the game-breeding industry. 

 When attempts were made to secure 

 laws prohibiting the sale of game, or 

 shooting, we have insisted on short 

 amendments permitting the shooting and 

 the sale of game by breeders and their 

 customers. If necessary, we shall con- 

 tinue this activity and see that any 

 proposed laws which prevent the produc- 

 tion of food on the farms be amended 

 so as to permit and encourage food pro- 

 duction. Present indications are that 

 our work will be easy, now that game 

 breeding has become very successful and 

 the best State game officers favor it. 



We are confident that patriotic State 

 game officers understand that it is de- 

 sirable to encourage and not to prevent 

 food production. We are quite sure 

 that the legislation intended to encour- 

 age it will be favored and not prevented 

 by the Audubon Association and that 

 before long it will not be criminal to 

 produce and sell any kinds of plants or 

 animals on the farms. We must admit 

 we were a little alarmed at one time 

 about the national law, and especially 

 when we were told the game breeders' 

 interests could not be protected, but that 

 is all over now. A pace has been set 

 by the Nation which the patriotic States 

 will follow. 



A Preliminary Demand. 



One of the things that create fear of 

 a leather shortage is the enormous de- 

 mand for suit-cases created by the estab- 

 lishment of Prohibition areas. — Wash- 

 ington Star. 



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Another Doorknob Snake. 



Discovering that snakes were eating 

 the "nest eggs" where his hens were lay- 

 ing, J. P. Gill, of Albany, Ga., replaced 

 the initial eggs with white doorknobs. A 

 snake was soon found which had swal- 

 lowed one of the knobs, but could not 

 "get away with it." The reptile was 

 killed and the doorknob replaced in the 

 nest. 



It Pays and Good Sense. 



The Game Breeder : 



Enclosed find check for advertisement. 

 Please discontinue same, as I am about 

 sold out of game. The first ad. sold two 

 pairs of swans. The Game Breeder 

 surely is a good advertising medium, as 

 it hits them all ; and it is a sensible paper. 

 I appreciate it. 



Colorado. j. L. Oakes. 



[Your ad. helped to put some common sense 

 in the Migratory Bird Law. See Sec. 12, pro- 

 tecting game farmers, and preserve owners. 

 The last named are the best customers. There 

 will be several thousand new ones next season. 

 Do you know where we can get a couple of 

 car loads of deer for one of the new places? 

 Our advertisers all seem to sell out quickly. — 

 Editor.] 



