THE GAME BREEDER 167 



were prohibited in England there would The kind of sport now enjoyed in 

 be fewer birds than at present, although Ohio seems to us to be that of the nim- 

 hundreds of thousands of birds are shot rod who enjoys the pipe and the rocking 

 annually. Any one with ordinary com- chair. We can hardly imagine any one 

 mon sense easily can understand that if paying a high non-resident licensee fee to 

 shooting be prohibited on Long Island try the shooting in Ohio, 

 there will be fewer quail than at pres- Possibly the game conditions are con- 

 ent, although the sport has been excel- sidered fine from the point of view of 

 lent for many years and will remain so the farmer who is glad there is nothing 

 if people who have no interest in Long to tempt trespassers. 

 Island and know nothing about condi- . 

 tions there can be induced to conduct ^^^ YORK NONSENSE. 

 their mischief-makmg mdustry else- 

 where. All persons, including State Game Of- 



* ficers, should read the quotation from 



ROCKING-CHAIR SPORT ^^^ excellent report of the Massachu- 

 setts Commissioners of Fish and Game 



We recently read the followmg state- printed on another page. 



ment about sport in Ohio said to have arru r £ ^u n • ■ u 



u ji,\.uo-ji.i!^t.-D J I he policy of the Commission has 



been made by the President of the Board u . ■ ■u^ 



1 . , -^ £ iU «T-u iz I. been to encourage in every possible way 



having charge of the game: The fish ^, ^. ^ r i-\i » 



J * ■. . ? ^, . , . the propagation of game birds, 



and game interests of Ohio are being r t- & t> 



kept in a very prosperous condition under Permits are issued 'upon request' 



the care of a special committee of the ^^^ without charge to "any person, firm 



Ohio State Board of Agriculture." °^ corporation" to propagate any species 



Th "Id t V K r1 t ■ °^ deer, elk, pheasants, quail, partridge, 



r\u- u u \- J. ^ ^ " 1^ geese, wild ducks or squirrels for sale, 



Ohio has become extinct except on one i ^ u • 



r T^, • • 1 J .• 11 exchange or to be given away. 

 game farm. The principal and practically ,ni /- • • «o i 

 the only game bird for Ohio sportsmen ^^e Commission well says: Such 

 is the bobwhite quail. The area for duck ^ork contributes to the public welfare, 

 shooting is very limited and we have How far behind the times New York 

 been told that motorboats and riparian seems to be when compared with Mas- 

 residents have sadly interfered with the sachusetts and many other States which 

 duck shooting which once was good on encourage the profitable production of 

 the canal reservoirs. Bowhite has been highly desirable foods! 

 on the song bird list for some time. We A large amount of money is expended 

 are told that the dove, also, has been annually in the effort to save the game 

 placed on this list ; the dove is the second in New York from extinction, but it is 

 best game bird in Ohio. Recently a little deemed necessary to charge the producer 

 pheasant breeding has started and we be- $5.00 for a license and to arrest him 

 lieve those who own pheasants can shoot if he sells any quail, grouse or other 

 them without being arrested. game birds he may produce excepting 

 When we recall the days when we o"ly two common species of wild ducks 

 found it an easy matter to bag twenty ^"^ pheasants. 



or thirty brace of quail in a day in Ohio, The people of the more enlightened 



with a few doves, ruffed grouse and states must be amijsed at the nonsense 



woodcock and an occasional wild turkey in New York ; those who breed an abun- 



for good measure, it does not seem to dance of game for sale as food are be- 



us that the practical prohibition of sport coming more and more disgusted and 



which now exists is all that could be indignant that they can not send their 



desired, or all that easily could be accom- food to the best market. We have a 



plished by those who prefer the annual large mail on this subject, especially 



pursuit of "more game" to the annual from the West and from parts of New 



pursuit of "more game laws." England. 



