THE GAME BREEDER 



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which has gone over most of the country 

 affects New York. We shall be glad to 

 have you pass on this matter promptly 

 and we will notify our member what 

 the result is. 



Yours truly, 

 The Game Conservation Society, Inc. 



J. C. Huntington, Secretary. 

 JCH/TMJ. 



The Conservation Commission. 

 Albany, Nov. 20, 1916. 

 Mr. John C. Huntington, 



Secy. The Game Conservation Society, 

 150 Nassau St., New York City. 

 Dear Sir : 



Your favor of November 15th, ad- 

 dressed to the Hon. George D. Pratt, 

 in relation to the importation of game 

 from without the state to be sold in New 

 York State, received. I respectfully 

 quote you herewith section 377 of the 

 conservation law, giving you full infor- 

 mation as to the requirements of the law 

 as to the importation of game from with- 

 out the state into the state : 



"Any person engaged in the business 

 of raising and selling domesticated 

 American elk, whitetail deer, European 

 red deer and fallow deer, roebuck, pheas- 

 ants, mallard ducks and black ducks, or 

 any of them, in a wholly enclosed pre- 

 serve or entire island of which he is 

 the owner or lessee, under a breeder's 

 law providing for the tagging of all pre- 

 serve bred game and otherwise similar 

 in principle to the law of the State of 

 New York in such case made and pro- 

 vided, may make application in writing 

 to the Commission for a permit to im- 

 port such mammals or birds into the 

 State of New York and sell the same. 

 In the event that the Commission shall 

 be satisfied that the said mammals and 

 birds are bred in captivity and are killed 

 and tagged under a breeding law similar 

 in principle to that of the State of New 

 York, upon the payment of a fee of five 

 dollars, together with such additional 

 sum as the Commissioner mav determine 

 to cover the necessary cost of inspection, 

 the Commission may in its discretion 

 issue a revocable permit in writing to 

 such applicant to import such mammals 

 and birds raised as aforesaid into the 



State of New York and to sell the same, 

 in which case the provisions of sections 

 372, 373 and 374 of the conservation 

 law, in so far as the same are applicable, 

 shall apply." 



I call your attention to that part of 

 the law which requires the state to have 

 a law similar to the law herein quoted 

 before game can be brought into this 

 state for sale ; also to the cost of in- 

 spection to ascertain the facilities for 

 the raising of game. 



The drafters of the law herein re- 

 ferred to believe that an inspection was 

 necessary as to the facilities so as to 

 prevent wild ducks from being placed 

 upon the market in New York. 

 Yours very truly, 

 George D. Pratt, Commissioner, 

 By Llewellyn Legge, 

 Chief, D. F. G., C. C. 

 L/R. 



[This law should be amended so that 

 the game now reared abundantly in 

 other states can be sold as food to the 

 people of New York. If game reared 

 in other states is accompanied by an in- 

 voice and a certificate of the state game 

 officer that the game is owned by the 

 breeder, this should be enough. Food 

 production can not be encouraged by the 

 restrictions above quoted. Game farmers 

 and, in fact, all farmers in other states, 

 are much interested in this subject. They 

 are becoming more and more interested, 

 as our mail indicates. Suppose either 

 political party should have a candidate 

 for a national ofiice in New York. Will 

 it be safe to say to the farmers in other 

 states: "Help elect our man and we will 

 see that you can not send any food to 

 New York excepting under restrictions 

 which are prohibitive." 



The question has been handled by 

 small politicians long enough. A states- 

 man is needed. — Editor.] 



A reader telephoned that he read in a 

 New York paper that an attempt would 

 be made to prohibit quail shooting on 

 Long Island, New York. We hope this 

 is not true. Wonder who can ])OSsibly 

 wi.sh to exterminate the quail there. The 

 clubs report many quail. 



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