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THE GAME BREEDER 



ing later. The clubs which have fish 

 also are attractive throughout the year.- 



Game Birds for Game Breeders. 



We take pleasure in printing the fol- 

 lowing advertisement of the California 

 Fish and Game Commission which ap- 

 pears in "California Fish and Game," 

 the bulletin of the department: 



GAME BIRDS FOR SALE. 

 The stock of game birds at present 

 held at the State Game Farm at Hay- 

 ward will be sold at reasonable prices 

 to game breeders. The species repre- 

 sented are: ring-necked, golden and 

 silver pheasants and valley quail. 

 Ducks of the following species are also 

 offered: mallard, pintail, spoonbill, 

 cinnamon teal, green-winged teal and 

 fulvous tree-ducks. Apply to Superin- 

 tendent, State Game Farm, Hayward, 

 Cal., for prices. 



We have entertained the opinion for 

 some time that the California Commis- 

 sioners would be in favor of making 

 California a great game-producing State. 

 The department will become of great 

 economic importance to all of the people 

 and the sportsmen of all classes soon 

 will have excellent shooting. They will 

 be surprised as sportsmen have, been in 

 other States at the good results which 

 will follow as surely as the night follows 

 the day. 



Meeting of the State Game Officers. 



At the recent meeting of the State 

 game officers held at New Orleans noth- 

 ing of great importance seems to have 

 occurred. Resolutions were adopted 

 favoring the creation of State depart- 

 ments in the States which have not cre- 

 ated, them and favoring the prohibition 

 of the sale of garne, we are told. Dr. 

 G.;;W. Field of Massachusetts telephoned 

 He would send us a copy of the resolu- 

 tions, but they have not reached us as 

 we go to press. 



Game Breeding in Virginia. 



.Although the clerk of the new State 

 game department of Virginia wrote a 

 letter to a New York man who contem- 

 plated purchasing a farm in Virginia, in 

 which he said he could not give him any 

 encouragement if he wished to breed 

 game, we believe that the people of Vir- 



ginia who are breeding game and who 

 sell live game and eggs will not be in- 

 terfered witli.' The legislature in at- 

 tempting to save the vanishing wild game 

 certainly did not intend to prevent 

 farmers and other citizens from making 

 the game profitably plentiful. 



Any officer who may insist that farm 

 values must be depreciated or that those 

 who are breeding and selling wild ducks, 

 turkeys and other game produced by in- 

 dustry must go out of business soon will 

 hear from the people on the subject. 



The arrest of a farmer for having 

 domesticated fowls in his possession will 

 be an easy way of committing political 

 suicide if our opinion of the people 

 of the commonwealth and their intelli- 

 gence is correct. 



Overstocked with Mallards. 



One of our Illinois members says he 

 went in for "more game" and quickly 

 found himself overstocked. He has sold 

 many mallards, but has about 600 re- 

 maining which he wishes to dispose of 

 at $1.00 each. He would have no trou- 

 ble were it not for the legal restrictions 

 which tend to "protect the game off the 

 face of the earth." There can be no- 

 doubt about his owning the game ; that 

 he produced it by industry and at some 

 expense. There can be no doubt that 

 mallards are very good to eat and that 

 the people of New York are willing to 

 purchase the food at such attractive 

 prices as to make it worth while to pro- 

 duce more game — much more in fact so 

 that the shooting can be very lively. We 

 beheve the food should come to New 

 York markets without interference. We 

 doubt if the State legally can permit its 

 citizens to sell such food and can at the 

 same time exclude the food offered from 

 other States. Who but a fool can imag- 

 ine that such restrictions will encourage 

 the production of desirable foods in large 

 quantities ? J 



The Wood Duck in New Jersey. 



Some of our New Jersey members 

 own good flocks of wood ducks. Some 

 of these birds were purchased from game 

 farmers ; others were reared from the 

 purchased stock. - 



