

T h< : Game Breeder 



VOLUME XIV 



NOVEMBER, J9J8 

 SURVEY OF THE FIELD. 



NUMBER 2 



Wanted Prairie Chickens and Ruffed 

 Grouse. 



A number of readers of The Game 

 Breeder wish to procure prairie grouse, 

 sharp-tailed grouse and ruffed grouse. 

 Any reader who can furnish these birds 

 or their eggs or can tell us where to 

 procure them is requested to write to 

 The Game Breeder. 



A Correction. 



At the meeting of the State game offi- 

 cers Mr. Burnham stated that The Game 

 Breeder in quoting the statement that 

 "we don't want any preserves or the sale 

 of game which goes with them'' misrep- 

 resented him. He said this statement 

 was only made at a hearing before the 

 District of Columbia committee. We 

 promised to print anything he had to say 

 on the first page of The Game Breeder. 

 If this does not fully cover the subject 

 we will give prominence to a letter fur- 

 ther explaining just what he does want. 



What the people want is expressed 

 forcibly in section 12 of the Migratory 

 Bird Law which distinctly says there 

 shall be no further interference with 

 the game breeding industry. Our read- 

 ers will remember our letter addressed 

 to all of the Congressmen when we were 

 asked to write to our Congressmen fa- 

 voring the enactment of the Migratory 

 Bill. We published this letter calling 

 for the amendment and we have reason 

 to believe that many of our readers took 

 the trouble to write to their Congress- 

 men. At all events section 12 suits them 

 and us. 



More Game and Fewer Game Laws. 



In a bulletin issued by the U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture we are told that 



"Fewer game laws were enacted in 1918 

 than in any year since 1900 — about 50 

 laws having been passed. States on the 

 honor roll are Kentucky, Georgia and 

 Mississippi. No game laws were enacted 

 in these States. 



Think of it, worthy readers, only 5Q 

 new game laws in a year ! Is not this 

 a triumph for your cause. Sixty or 

 ninety to a State at one time was fash- 

 ionable. As the laws decrease in num- 

 ber the game has increased rapidly. Far 

 more quail were produced on the Ix>ng 

 Island Game Breeders Association 

 ground than the entire number of new 

 game laws for the whole country, and 

 the place is only a few months old ! We 

 have no hesitation in saying that over 

 fifty tons of game have been produced 

 by readers of The Game Breeder during 

 the time when the 50 new laws were se- 

 cured. Since we once helped to produce 

 over three tons on one place in a season 

 the estimate of 50 tons for the country 

 undoubtedly is small. Let us all make a 

 drive and see that hundreds of tons of 

 game be produced next year. Before 

 long game will be considered as a food 

 by the Agriculture Department at Wash- 

 ington which shows signs of waking up; 

 the States which produce the most game 

 will be listed just as the States which 

 produced the most game laws have been 

 listed by the Agriculture Department in 

 the past. 



Wrong End First. 



One of our Boston readers wrote that 

 those interested in procuring game laws 

 always went at the subject wrong end 

 first. 



There should, of course, be no charge 

 for a license to breed game or any other 

 food on a farm. There is, however, a 



