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THE GAME BREEDER 



gam© farms Kansas soon will become it is not a crime to produce desirable 



a bigc game producing State and all foods on the farms under resrulations 



of the people including sportsmen of governing the industry such as are pro- 



"moderate means" will profit by the vided for in Colorado and in several 



change. The laws should provide that other States. 



THE KANSAS FISH AND GAME LAWS 



By Prof- L. L. Dyche. 



State Fish and Game Warden of Kansas 



In chapter 198 of the session laws of 

 1911, the Kansas legislature passed 

 what might be considered a new fish 

 and game law for the^ State of Kansas. 

 Many old sections were omitted, others 

 were revised and many new sections 

 with new provisions were added. So 

 far as we have been able to learn, this 

 fish and game law has been generally 

 satisfactory to the mass of Kansas 

 people. However, no State has suc- 

 ceeded in making a fish and game law 

 that is satisfactory to all its people. 

 Topographical conditions and con- 

 ditions of environment in different 

 parts of the State make it difficult to 

 frame a law that will apply with equal 

 fairness to all its people. 



Many laws relating to fish and game 

 have been ill-advised, due, in part, 

 to the fact that they favor special lo- 

 calities and special interests, and due 

 largely to their disregard of biological 

 knowledge. Any code of laws that can 

 be agreed upon by the lawmakers of a 

 State as large as Kansas must, of ne- 

 cessity, be in the nature of a compro- 

 mise ; they are experimental and must 

 at times be revised and readjusted to 

 meet the requirements of changing 

 conditions. 



It is the intent and purpose of the 

 law to protect certain kinds of wild 

 life because this wild life is valuable to 

 mankind. The wanton waste and de- 

 struction that follows in the footsteps 

 of the over zealous sportsman, the pot- 

 hunter, the market hunter and the 

 "game hog" has made deep and un- 

 necessary inroads into the wild life 

 centres of our State. It is the purpose 



of the fish and game laws, and the duty 

 of those who enforce them to restrain 

 the thoughtless and avaricious person 

 who destroys valuable wild life with- 

 out regard for its present value or fu- 

 ture condition. Without such restaint 

 manv valuable animals, birds and fishes 

 would soon become rare and extinct. 



Persons of means can go to various 

 parts of the country and to reputed 

 pleasure resorts for their outings, but 

 people in more moderate circumstances 

 and the poor man must seek the joys 

 of fishing and the pleasures of field 

 sports either at home or some nearby 

 place. It seems to me that the inter- 

 ests and pleasures of the latter, who 

 are vastly in the majority in our State, 

 should ever be kept in mind when 

 the fish and game laws are being made. 

 Laws should not be made for the well- 

 to-do sportsmen alone. We had this 

 idea in mind when we made plans for 

 the largest and best equipped pond fish 

 hatchery in the country. We hope to 

 be able, by stocking and restocking 

 Kansas waters to produce a good sup- 

 ply of fish in all the streams and ponds 

 in the State ; in other words, to pro^ 

 duce fish enough in Kansas waters so 

 that fish will become a common article 

 of food for Kansas people, and the 

 pleasure of fishing be enjoyed by thou- 

 sands at or near their homes. 



Add 50 cents to the cost of any pub- 

 lication or book, and' we will send it 

 with "The Game Breeder" for one 

 year. 



