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THE GAME BREEDER 



as I have observed, the laws have been 

 amended so as to permit the sale of some 

 species of game, and there seems to be 

 no objection to selling eggs, I predict 

 that such sales will go a long way to- 

 wards offsetting the dues of the Game 

 Breeders' Association, and similar clubs 

 in a few years ; those interested in the 

 experiment, also, should secure enough 

 desirable food for their tables to fully 

 offset the amount of their dues. 



At the first annual meeting and ban- 

 quet of the Game Breeders' Association, 

 Mr. Ernest Thompson Seton declared 

 that he had been converted to the idea 

 that the way to encourage game breeding 

 was "to cornmercialize it.'' 



My photographic records of experi- 



ments made last year with game will be 

 largely added to the coming breeding 

 season (April and May), and these will 

 be made public to illustrate a story of 

 the remarkable work now going on in 

 many places. The work is being done 

 by sportsmen and naturalists who favor 

 the increase of game rather than the 

 further increase of the game laws which 

 have prevented the industry of game 

 breeding. 



Since the reason why our game van- 

 ishes is apparent and we know how to 

 make it again plentiful the "more game"' 

 fight seems to have been won and all 

 that remains to be done is to study the 

 details of the game industry. This wilE 

 be done bv "The Game Breeder." 



TAGGING GAME 



By M. H. Hoover 



Chief of Bureau of Publication of the Conservation Commission of 



New York 



[The revenue of twenty thousand dollars referred to by Mr. Hoover was almost entirely derived from the 

 sale of foreign game. Since the tags cost five cents each it seems evident that hundreds of ihoWbands of 

 dollars were sent abroad. The game should be produced in America.— Editor.! 



The tagging of game came into vogue 

 at the time of the passage of the so- 

 called Bayne Bill, which became a law 

 at the last session of the Legislature. 

 This measure prohibits the sale of all 

 kinds of game native to the State of 

 New York, but permits the sale of cer- 

 tain game bred on private preserves or 

 imported from without the United 

 States, provided that the same is tagged 

 with a tag furnished by the Conserva- 

 tion Commission. The tag consists of a 

 band of tin with a serial number and is 

 fastened to the game with a seal on one 

 side of which is a letter denoting the 

 name of the importer or breeder of the 

 game, and on the reverse side a number 

 which indicates the species of game. 

 This tag must be fastened to the game 

 at the time of its killing or importation 

 and must at all times remain affixed to 

 the game until the same is consumed. 

 This easily permits the detection of our 

 native game should the same be placed 

 upon the market for sale. The Conser- 



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vation Commission through this taggin; 

 system last year derived a revenue of 

 about twenty thousand dollars. 



The Bayne Bill so-called only per- 

 mitted the sale of game from October 

 1st to March ist, but under the revised 

 Fish and Game Bill which has just 

 passed the Assembly the sale of tagged 

 game is permitted at all times. The 

 new measure also provides for the tag- 

 ging of hatchery-raised brook trout, and 

 it is estimated that there will be an in- 

 creased revenue by the new bill of 

 twenty-five to thirty thousand dollars. 



The sale of tagged game has given 

 general satisfaction and is considered by 

 all to be a great protection to our native 

 game. Under the new Fish and Game 

 bill it has been the policy to accord to 

 breeders and importers of game liberal 

 privileges consistent with the proper pro- 

 tection and conservation of our native 

 game, in order to encourage the breeding 

 of game on private preserves in this 

 state. 



