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THE GAME BREEDER 



and knocked down from a battery. The 

 party "hated" to see wounded birds get 

 away. Justice Hildreth said he believed 

 the law should be changed. That it 

 seemed only humane to get a wounded 

 duck or goose in any way possible. He 

 felt obliged to administer the law as he 

 found it. 



One of the readers of the Game 

 Breeder in sending this story says : "It is 

 only too true we need more game and 

 less laws." The fine, $40 was paid. 



The Tennessee Fox Law. 



The new Tenessee fox law has pro- 

 duced a $20 fine. Two gunners were 

 fined $10 each for shooting a fox. Laws 

 protecting vermin should not apply to 

 game and poultry farms or at least their 

 owners should have the right to destroy 

 predacious animals when observed des- 

 troying game or poultry. Some courts, 

 we believe, hold that this is the farmers 

 right; that he should protect his prop- 

 erty. 



More Game in Ohio. 



Gen. John C. Speaks, Chief Warden, 

 Fish and Game Division, Agricultural 

 Commission of Ohio, says : 



As a result of the recently enacted 

 hunters' license law, Ohio, for the first 

 time in its history, has funds with which 

 to carry on its fish and game department. 



For a beginning we have purchased 

 some 6,000 pairs of Hungarian par- 

 tridges. The birds are being placed in 

 every county in specially selected loca- 

 tions where they will receive the care and 

 attention of both farmers and sportsmen. 

 In addition to this, one lot of some 800 

 pairs will be placed on a 1,200 acre tract 

 in charge of two gamekeepers who have 

 had some twenty years' experience on 

 large estates in Hungary. 



All of these birds are being held in en- 

 closures until the extremely severe 

 weather of the winter and early spring is 

 passed. 



There never has been as much interest 

 in fish and game matters in this state as 

 at present. 



Quail are quite plentiful. They are 



being fed and cared for in all sections, 

 and should we have a favorable breeding 

 season, there will be more quail in Ohio 

 next year than during the past twenty- 

 five years. 



We shall probably make a large pur- 

 chase of pheasant eggs for free distribu- 

 tion this spring. 



An Interesting Experiment. 



The placing of 800 pairs of gray par- 

 tridges in charge of two Hungarian 

 gamekeepers in Ohio, should result in 

 "more" partridges. 



Connecticut fed a lot of foxes, hawks 

 and other vermin with thousands of dol- 

 lars worth of partridges without provid- 

 ing any sport for the licensed gunners, 

 and Prof. Dyche, the Kansas State 

 Warden, recently reported that the for- 

 eign game introduced in his State • ap- 

 peared to have vanished. The partridges 

 have disappeared in many other States 

 where they are not protected against 

 vermin, and the Ohio experiment will be 

 observed with interest. 



Wild Ducks in Ohio. 



Ohio has a number of large State res- 

 ervoirs which are suitable for wild 

 ducks. One of them, St. Mary's, is one 

 of the largest, and we believe the largest^ 

 artificial lakes in the country. Thou- 

 sands of wild ducks easily could be pro- 

 duced at a duck farm beside this reser- 

 voir and the duck shooting would be 

 much improved not only on the reservoir 

 but on other State waters, including some 

 of the small rivers. 



The Game Breeder can furnish a cap- 

 able duck breeder to take charge of such 

 a farm and the advertisers can furnish 

 wild ducks and eggs. 



There are many small ponds and 

 marshes where individuals aiso, might 

 undertake wild duck breeding for profit. 

 The State might well supply them with 

 stock birds just as the Agricultural De- 

 partment supplies seeds to those who will 

 multiply them. Soon the people of Ohio 

 would have cheap wild ducks to eat and 

 the State Department would become of 

 great economic importance. 



