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to let me produce all the game I wish to 

 on mine, provided it is used "in order to 

 increase our food supply?" 



Game Law Novelties. 



The Sportsman's League of Pennsyl- 

 vania has decided that the open season 

 for black birds should begin August 1 

 instead of September 1. , 



Another resolution provides that the 

 Frog Law passed by the last Legislature 

 be so amended as to permit the having in 

 possession by licensed dealers in and 

 sellers of frogs of more than 25 frogs at 

 one time ; and also be so amended as to 

 permit the use of lights in taking frogs 

 at night during the month of July only, 

 with a creel limit of 12 per man per day, 

 and a season limit of 48 for any indi- 

 vidual." 



Other interesting resolutions provide: 



"That red squirrels should be stricken 

 from the absolutely protected list to this 

 extent, that the owner of any property 

 or his authorized agent should be per- 

 mitted to kill red squirrels on his own 

 land at any time, when he finds them 

 doing damage to property, birds or 

 game ; 



"Resolved, That before a deer may be 

 killed for doing damage the Game Com- 

 mission must be notified and the damage 

 proven ; 



"Resolved, That bear may be captured 

 during the open season in pens (not steel 

 traps) providing such pens are con- 

 structed in such manner that bear will 

 not be injured, and that pens be visited 

 by their owner every 24 hours and also 

 providing the locaton of each pen be 

 given the Game Commission in writing 

 before it is used, and that any such pen 

 shall be destroyed or closed as soon as 

 one bear has been taken therein in any 

 open season." 



Since it is proposed to have the ruffed 

 grouse on the song bird list for a time 

 and a, job lot of quail procured from 

 Mexico soon will be exterminated by 

 vermin and the guns, it is interesting to 

 learn that sportsmen can start in on black 

 birds August 1 ; kill red squirrels on their 

 own land when they are doing damage, 

 take one bear in a pen trap and have 



12 frogs at a time. A sub-committee on 

 game legislation was instructed to have 

 bills drawn and introduced carrying out 

 the above resolutions and numerous 

 others, so that the legislature can look 

 forward to a long season. 



Since one of our members has been 

 able to produce and sell hundreds of 

 deer to the State it would seem wise- for 

 the State to encourage breeders to pro- 

 duce grouse and quail in good numbers 

 on game farms and preserves so that the 

 State will not be obliged to send money 

 to Mexico to purchase birds 



We believe the wild duck industry is 

 to be encouraged. We are sure the 

 sportsmen will like it. Easily they can 

 produce thousands of ducks on ponds 

 where there are none. 



Incubators 



The Game Conservation Society at 

 its experiment stations has proved that 

 the incubator is useful on the game farm 

 and preserve. This year the society has 

 been especially interested in quail and a 

 record, no doubt, was made in success- 

 fully hatching both bobwhite eggs and 

 the eggs of the Gambel's quail at the 

 same time in an incubator. 



Only a few years ago it was thought 

 impossible to use the incubator for 

 hatching wild duck, pheasant and other 

 eggs. Some of the gamekeepers in 

 America expressed doubts about the pos- 

 sibility of hatching wild ducks in incu- 

 bators but a studv of the experiments 

 made with incubators in England satis- 

 fied the editor of The Game Breeder that 

 it could be made very useful on both 

 game farms and preserves. 



Wild duck eggs which were purchased 

 in England were successfully hatched in 

 an electric incubator in a store in New 

 York under most unfavorable conditions. 

 The store was closed over Sunday and 

 they were not looked after and did not 

 have sufficient moisture. 



Even the dealers in incubators ex- 

 pressed doubts to the editor if it was 

 possible to hatch game eggs in the in- 

 cubator. Game eggs were comparatively 

 scarce at the time and very high priced : 

 for this reason it did not seem wise to 



