T^! Game Breeder 



Published Monthly. Entered as second-class matter. July g, igts, at the Post Office, New York^City, 



New YorK, under the Ace of March 3, 1879. 



VOLUME X 



OCTOBER, J9I6 

 SURVEY OF THE FIELD. 



NUMBER I 



Good Work in Minnesota. 



Mr. Frank I. Blair, field secretary of 

 the Minnesota Game and Fish Protec- 

 tive League, in the Minneapolis Sunday 

 Tribune, tells the sportsmen of the State 

 the result of Minnesota's initial attempt 

 at game bird breeding. 



The game breeding farm is on Big 

 Island, Lake Minnetonka, and it is sup- 

 ported in part by the league and in part 

 by the State. As a result of the first 

 year's breeding it is "alive with game 

 birds." 



There are hundreds of ring-necked 

 pheasants and many covies of quail. 

 There are sixty wild ducks and a few 

 prairie grouse. Only a few pair of ducks 

 were purchased, but the number will be 

 largely increased next season. The 

 hand-rearing of prairie grouse was not 

 very successful. This experiment is de- 

 scribed in Notes from the Game Farms 

 and Preserves in this issue. 



Plans for the Future. 



Next winter the Minnesota League 

 proposes to introduce in the legislature 

 a game breeders bill which will make 

 game farming profitable. Mr. Blair says : 

 "When we get the farmers raising game 

 we can be sure of good sport for years 

 and years to come. The co-operation not 

 only would prove profitable to them, but 

 would insure sport forever. It is the 

 only way to perpetuate the game birds." 



Minnesota has an excellent State game 

 officer, and we hope he may be continued 

 in office until the State becomes a great 

 game-producing State and all of the 

 sportsmen have excellent shooting and 

 all of the people have an abundance of 



game to eat. The league and its secre- 

 tary are to be congratulated. 



The circulation of The Game Breeder 

 rapidly is increasing in Minnesota. We 

 heard some time ago that the booklet on 

 "Game Farming," issued by the Hercules 

 Powder Co., had been largely in demand, 

 and that much credit for the good work 

 no doubt should be given to that educa- 

 tional publication and the enterprise of 

 its publishers. 



Ohio. 



In Ohio a proposition for State ref- 

 uges in various parts of the State where 

 game can be introduced and bred for 

 public shooting. New York has a big 

 State park where public shooting and 

 fishing are permitted. There are vast 

 bays and saltings where the public can 

 shoot, and vast areas of wild and un- 

 inclosed lands. 



The State should, of course, permit 

 and regulate shooting on such areas. It 

 cannot issue a license for $1.00 permit- 

 ting the holder to shoot up the posted 

 farms. The breeding and sale of game 

 on a very small area of the lands now 

 posted soon will fill the markets with 

 cheap game. 



We are pleased to observe that most 

 of the State game officers now agree 

 that the profitable production of game 

 on such places should be encouraged on 

 the most liberal terms. Many of the 

 State game officers subscribe for The 

 Game Breeder and are interestd in work- 

 ing out the problems which rapidly are 

 l)eing worked out in the interest of more 

 game and fewer game laws. 



Ohio has an excellent State game of- 

 fice, and we hope to see rapirl pros:ress 

 in that State. 



