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THE GAME BREEDER 



and the poor can get them at from 12 

 cents up to possibly 40 or 50 cents per 

 duck. The poor can shoot and sell not 

 only on places which they own or rent 

 but also on all public marshes and salt- 

 ings. The Protective Bulletin, of course, 

 is guided by Mr. Burnham's remarks to 

 Congress that in England the shooting 

 only is for the rich. But the Congress 

 knew better and decided that food pro- 

 ducers, rich or poor, should shoot their 

 ducks in America and sell them if they 

 want to. The attempt to stop the shoot- 

 ing by the "otherwise than," or the 

 hatchet clause, as it is known, will 

 amount to nothing. 



No argument for either side need be 

 based on the assertion that it "only is 

 for the rich." A little common sense 

 tucked into the voluminous game laws 

 will settle the matter for all time. If the 

 Union wishes to perform a public service 

 we would suggest that it give publicity to 

 the new United States law which per- 

 mits rich and poor on game farms and 

 preserves to shoot the ducks they pro- 

 duce and to sell them. 



It would be highly proper to permit 

 rice growers to shoot wild ducks which 

 may cause damage and they should own 

 the ducks they shoot and sell them if they 

 wish to do so. A little shooting, no 

 doubt, would drive most of the ducks 

 away. 



We personally know hundreds of places 

 where tens of thousands of shells are 

 used annually because there is game to 

 shoot. We have visited many of these 

 places and most if not all of them have 

 traps and trap shooting. Now that the 

 game laws permit the clubs and preserves 

 to make their own bag limits and season 

 limits a thousand cartridges are used 

 where one or none was used before. We 

 have taken the opportunity more than 

 once to wander beyond club boundaries 

 in order to sample the game found in 

 the neighborhood and we are just old 

 fashioned enough to enjoy the ramble 

 and the shooting on the outside where it 

 costs nothing as much as we enjoy the 

 shooting on the protected areas. The 

 vast bays and public marshes have al- 

 ready been improved in the matter of 

 shooting by reason of the birds reared 



about private ponds deciding to quit the 

 game when the shooting became lively. 

 We heard a reader in the South say he 

 had no doubt some of the birds came to 

 him from preserves, and we were pleased 

 to hear him mention several advertisers 

 to whom he sent orders. 



Importation of Quail from Northeastern 

 Mexico. 



E. W. Nelson, Chief of Bureau of Bio- 

 logical Survey. 



Notice Regarding Permits. 

 Under authority of law, notice is 

 hereby given that, until further order, 

 permits issued or which may be issued 

 under the "Regulations Governing the 

 Importation of Quail into the United 

 States from Northeastern Mexico," ap- 

 proved and effective Novembei 13, 1916, 

 will authorize the entry of such quail 

 only between February 15 and April 10, 

 inclusive, in each year. 



D. F. Houston, 

 Secretary of Agriculture. 

 Washington, D. C, January 24, 1918. 



Amendment to the Regulations. 

 Effective March 8, 1918, Laredo, Tex., 

 is hereby designated as a port of entry 

 for quail from Northeastern Mexico, in 

 addition to the ports of Eagle Pass, Tex., 

 and New York, N. Y., designated by 

 regulation 2 of the "Regulations Gov- 

 erning the Importation of Quail into the 

 United States from Northeastern Mex- 

 ico," adopted and approved November 

 13, 1916, and issued as Service and Reg- 

 ulatory Announcements, Biological Sur- 

 vey, 13, on November 20, 1916. 



Quail from Northeastern Mexico will 

 be admitted at Laredo, Tex., under and 

 in conformity with all the provisions, 

 conditions and requirements of the 

 aforesaid regulations of November 13, 

 1916. 



W. G. McAdoo, 

 Secretary of the Treasury. 



D. F. Houston, 

 Secretary of Agriculture. 

 Washington, D. C, March 8, 1918. 



