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THE GAME BREEDER 



Crime Zones. 

 Our comment on the running of the 

 zone lines in a fantastic manner, under 

 the federal migratory bird law, making it 

 a crime to do certain things on one side 

 of the line and not on the other, seems 

 to have resulted in straightening out the 

 line. It no longer runs around the State 

 of Utah, but extends fairly straight 

 across the continent, waving a little at 

 the south eastern boundary of Nevada 

 and thence running in a northwesterly 

 direction to the northern line of Califor- 

 nia and westward to the Pacific Ocean. 

 Since the regulations probably do not 

 apply to birds owned by game breeders, 

 the matter is not important. 



The Demand for Live Game. 



The game farms report an increasing 

 demand for live birds and some say they 

 can not fill their orders. The prices re- 

 main up and are going higher. 



The opening of the New York mar- 

 ket to the sale of game from other 

 states will result in many thousands of 

 birds being eaten this fall and next win- 

 ter and the money paid for the food 

 will find its way promptly to those who 

 will produce more game. We realized 

 the importance of opening the best mar- 

 kets to the desirable food long ago. If 

 the game produced by game farmers only 

 could be used as ornaments for lakes 

 and parks, the demand would soon have 

 become less than the supply instead of 

 greater, as it now is. 



If hundreds of thousands of birds are 

 eaten this season, as they will be, it seems 

 quite evident that the ratio of produc- 

 tion will be geometrical and that mil- 

 lions of birds soon will be sold in the 

 markets. 



We invite the attention of sportsmen 

 who questioned our program at the out- 

 set to the fact, often stated, that very 

 little land is needed to make America 

 the biggest game producing country in 

 the world. 



The Logical Medium. 



I am glad to see the Oneida trap ad- 

 vertisement in The Game Breeder and I 

 have written for "The Newhouse Trap- 



pers Guide." The magazine is the logi-^ 

 cal medium for trap advertising. 



E. P. Robinson^. 

 Connecticut. 



Game Shooting Clubs. 



Game breeding associations, even 

 those with small dues, are interesting^ 

 places to visit. Our readers write that 

 they find it very interesting to spend the 

 week end at the club. During the breed- 

 ing season there is much to see and later 

 there is very much to do. It is gratify- 

 ing after spending a lot of money for 

 cartridges to have something worth 

 while to show for the money. The pheas- 

 ants, ducks, quail, grouse and other 

 game are very good to eat, and they can 

 be made to stop a butcher's bill equal 

 in amount to the size of the club dues, 

 so that in reality the shooting costs 

 nothing. 



Dr. Geo. W. Field, ex-chairman of the 

 Massachusetts Game Commission, said 

 to the writer that he deemed it impor- 

 tant to encourage the small breeders with 

 only a few birds. We are strongly in 

 favor of game breeding associations with 

 comparatively small dues, which sell 

 some game to help pay their expenses 

 and to help make the people friendly to 

 sport. 



The little club house in the country, 

 often a farm house rented for the pur- 

 pose, becomes the meeting place for peo- 

 ple who are interested in game shoot- 

 ing as well as in trap shooting. Some 

 famous game dinners and luncheons are 

 served at such places, and I recall with 

 pleasure the broiled quail often served 

 for breakfast. Occasionally a distin- 

 guished visitor drops in to see what is 

 going on; he easily gets permission to 

 photograph the young game birds and 

 before leaving he often makes pictures 

 of the gamekeeper's children. Such 

 visitors often decide to become game 

 breeders and we have had many re- 

 quests from such people for information 

 as to how to start, the cost, etc. 



One thing all agree to is that there is 

 plenty of room for those who wish to 

 have good shooting and that in every 

 case they provide sport for others as 

 well as themselves. 



