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believe that if the production of game 

 be made legal such action would re- 

 sult in the extermination of our wild 

 life. This is pure nonsense. There is 

 not a naturalist in America who does 

 not concede this. Is it logical to say- 

 that if the profitable production of any 

 species be encouraged under State 

 regulations that such encouragement 

 will result in the extirmination of 

 game mammals and birds which have 

 been made tremendously plentiful by 

 the game breeders' industry — not only 

 in densely populated countries, but also 

 in many places in the United States 

 where the industry is no longer crim- 

 inal? 



We invite the attention of the sen- 

 ators and representatives of Connecti- 

 cut to the article by the State game 

 officer of Colorado and to the opinions 

 of prominent sportsmen and natural- 

 ists printed in this issue of "The Game 

 Breeder." 



When Charles Hallock, the dean of 

 sportsmen ; Dr. Merriam, the distin- 

 guished naturalist, and his successor 

 as head of the United States Biological 

 Survey, Dr. Hanshaw, and many 

 statesman-like game officers say that 

 game breeding should be encouraged, 

 we believe there should be no trouble 

 in securing laws providing that it no 

 longer shall be a crime to profitably 

 produce a desirable food. 



Legislation, creating absurd crimes 

 does not appeal to the people and it is 

 now well known that this sort of legis- 

 lation not only is difficult of execution 

 but that it prevents the production of 

 desirable foods. 



The State game department is in- 

 tended also to protect the song and 

 insectivorous birds. On lands where 

 game is properly looked after by game 

 breeders these birds have become tre- 

 mendously abundant because the prac- 

 tical protection given to game benefits 

 the non-sporting birds. On the farms 

 of the Game Breeders' Association 

 (licensed game breeders in New York) 

 all song and insectivorous birds are 

 absolutely safe from gunners, and we 

 believe the Audubon societies are 

 aware that game breeders' laws tend 



to save and increase the numbers of the 

 birds they are interested in protecting. 

 In a recent book issued by the National 

 Association of Audubon Societies the 

 protection of non-game birds on the 

 lines adopted by practical game pre- 

 serves is advocated. 



OUTINGS AND INNINGS. 



Bass Fishing. 



"Smith the other day went fishing. 

 He caught nothing; so, on the way 

 back home he telephoned to his pro- 

 vision dealer to send a dozen bass 

 round to his house. 



"He got home late himself. His wife 

 said to him on his arrival : 



"'Well, what luck?' 



" 'Why, splendid luck, of course,' he 

 replied. 'Didn't the boy bring that 

 dozen bass I gave him?' 



"Mrs. Smith started. Then she 

 smiled. 



" 'Well, yes, I suppose he did,' she 

 said. 'There they are.' 



"And she showed poor Smith a dozen 

 bottles of ale."— The World. 



Outdid Father. 



There's a new Bryan story going the 

 rounds. It seems that the great com- 

 moner's daughter, after a desperate run 

 in pursuit of a street car, at length 

 managed to catch up with it and get 

 aboard. Falling exhausted into the 

 nearest seat, she gasped: "Well, I'm 

 glad one of the family can run for 

 something and get it." 



Jack Rabbits Overrun City. 

 Fargo is overrun with jack rabbits. 

 So numerous have the animals become 

 that they are seen frequently on the 

 principal business streets. They are 

 encountered in all parts of the resi- 

 dence district after nightfall and the 

 police have had some trouble with per- 

 sons who are unable to resist the temp- 

 tation to shoot them within the city 



limits. 



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The object of The Game Breeder is 

 to make North America the biggest 

 game producing country in the world. 



