THE GAME BREEDER 



whose personality has made a forceful 

 impression on the people of the state." 

 He was for many years connected with 

 the Forest, Fish and Game Commission 

 oi New York. 



A Souvenir. 



The New York State Conservation 

 Commission presented a little illustrated 

 pamphlet, as a souvenir, at its booth in 

 the Sportsman's Show, w^here live pheas- 

 ants from the state game farm were ex- 

 hibited. On the cover were printed the 

 familiar words : "Fewer Laws ; More 

 Fish and Game." "With that popular 

 slogan the Conservation Commission 

 is in hearty accord," says the pamphlet. 

 It is fortunate that the commission is 

 planned to be somewdiat permanent. It 

 takes time to solve the problems of game 

 and fish propagation and the best meth- 

 ods of making these interesting foods 

 abundant and cheap. The attitude of 

 the commission certainly seems friendly 

 towards the game breeders and it is in 

 striking contrast to that of its predeces- 

 sor. If the legislature will grant to the 

 commission the same right that the 

 Massachusetts Commission has to grant 

 permits to breeders the Commission, un- 

 doubtedly, will gladly encourage the 

 propagation of game. 



The Guild and the Dealers. 



It would seem that the two great as- 

 sociations above named should cover the 

 entire field of l)ird and game protection 

 and propagation ; but the American As- 

 sociation, which deals with game, has de- 

 clared that it favors free shooting, (The 

 Guild also favors this on public waters 

 and wherever it is practical) and, in the 

 transition from game-law chaos to sane 

 conservation and game abundance, 

 there is so much foolish prejudice 

 against the dealers, preserve owners 

 and breeders that it seems highly 

 proper they should have a guild 

 formed especially to look after their 

 interests. Neither of the big Na- 

 tional Associations are equipped to 

 handle controversies between sportsmen 

 and dealers in live and dead game. Dis- 

 putes have been referred to the editor 

 for settlement which should be settled 

 bv an association, in the nature of a 



trade organization. The first number of 

 this magazine will go to over 2,000 

 sportsman game breeders and to several 

 hundred commercial game breeders. The 

 Guild should join the American Asso- 

 ciation as other state and local associa- 

 tions have and it no doubt will. 



Pulling Together. 



Although the song bird and game bird 

 interests are divorced, and are now rep- 

 resented by two influential associations, 

 it will be observed that harmony prevails 

 and that the two associations will pull 

 nicely together when sane legislation is 

 sought. The Audubons can count on 

 the Protectors and Propagators to help 

 them save and increase the numbers of 

 the songsters and the insect-eaters and 

 the Protectors and Propagators can feel 

 assured that the Audubons will not insist 

 that the wild food birds shall be included 

 in song-bird legislation. As Mr. Chap- 

 man well said, "the most tender-hearted 

 sentimentalist can join hands with the 

 less sympathetic but possibly more prac- 

 tical sportsman in every honest effort to 

 preserve wild life." 



Trapping Permits — "More" Rabbits. 



The New York "Globe" printed a 

 telegram,, recently, from Lockport, N. 

 Y., which stated that Daniel T. Mc- 

 Carthy, a nurseryman, advertised for 

 hunters to shoot rabbits on his estate. 

 "I'm a poor shot," said McCarthy, "and 

 the rabbits have been multiplying with- 

 out subtraction." 



It occurs to the survey that Hoover, 

 Chief of Publication of the New York 

 Conservation Commission, comes from 

 up Lockport way. Here is a chance for 

 the commission to suggest a short 

 amendment to the laws permitting the 

 trapping of game of all sorts in order 

 to remove it from places where it is not 

 desirable to places where it is desirable. 

 It would be a shocking waste to shoot 

 rabbits in the Spring. But the state 

 bunny should not, of course, be permit- 

 ted to eat up the nurseryman's young 

 trees. 



Breaking up Covies. 



The foregoing reminds us that covies 

 of quail or partridges do far better if 



