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THE GAME BREEDER 



T*?f Game Breeder 



Edited by DWIGHT W. HUNTINGTON 



NEW YORK, APRIL, 1914 



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THE GAME CONSERVATION SOCIETY 



PUBLISHERS, 150 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK 



Telephone, Beekman 3685. 



A LONG SALES SEASON. 



The influence of The Game Breeder 

 plainly may be observed in the legisla- 

 tion at Albany. The Legislature, the 

 Governor and the Conservation Commis- 

 sion are to be congratulated upon the 

 passage of the Jones law permitting the 

 sale of pheasants, wild ducks and deer 

 by breeders at all times. While we 

 have suggested that no good reason could 

 be assigned why the owners of desirable 

 foods, produced by industry, should not 

 sell their game at any time, the plat- 

 form of the Game Conservation Society 

 only calls for the sale of game at all 

 times "except during the breeding sea- 

 son." The Game Conservation Society 

 adopted this platform in order to be in 

 perfect harmony with the North Ameri- 

 can Fish and Game Protective Associa- 

 tion, the National Breeders' Association, 

 The Game Breeders' Association and the 

 other organizations which are interested 

 in the "more game" movement, and 

 which have adopted the resolution as it 

 was first adopted by the Breeders' As- 

 sociation. It is an old axiom, however, 

 that the greater includes the less; we 

 would have been fully satisfied with an 

 open market for eight months, we have 

 no fault to find with a twelve months' 

 market. Truly great encouragement 

 was given by sensible lawmakers to the 

 game breeders ! It is evident they are 

 getting busy. Those who advertise re- 

 port that they cannot fill all of their 

 orders. 



A REMARKABLE PERFORM- 

 ANCE. 



A number of the States have enacted 

 breeders' laws encouraging the breeding 

 of game for the market. The best mar- 

 ket, of course, is New York City. 



Breeders in New York State can sell 

 their game in the best market. 



English, French, German and other 

 foreign breeders can sell their game in 

 New York. 



Why should New York exclude such 

 desirable food coming from Massa- 

 chusetts and other States provided it be 

 legally produced and shipped by and 

 with the authority of the State game 

 officers of the States where it is pro- 

 duced ? 



We presented this important matter 

 to Governor Glynn when he invited us 

 to attend a conservation meeting held 

 in his office. The Governor evidently 

 referred the matter to the Conservation 

 Commission. 



Recently we have seen a copy of a let- 

 ter, written by Mr. Van Kennen, chair- 

 man of the Conservation Commission, 

 to Governor Glynn. The copy was for- 

 warded by the Governor to Mr. Car- 

 man, a Massachusetts breeder residing 

 in New York. 



In his letter to. the Governor Mr. Van 

 Kennen admits that certain game reared 

 in New York can be sold. He admits 

 that similar species of game shipped 

 from foreign countries can be sold in 

 New York, and he continues as follows : 



"It is true, as stated by Mr. Carman, that 

 New York City furnishes the best market for 

 the sale of game birds of this kind; and at 

 first thought, it might appear that there is no 

 good reason why the law should not permit 

 the importation and sale of pheasants bred in 

 captivity in the State of Massachusetts, when 

 the sale of practically the same species of birds 

 is allowed when imported from abroad. The 

 argument, however, is made with much force 

 that, if pheasants are permitted to be imported 

 from adjacent states of the Union, it will re- 

 sult in the destruction of birds in those states." 



Who made the forceful (?) argu- 

 ment? 



We will be glad to print the brief if 

 there is one. 



Not a word was said on this point at 

 the hearing. We desire to ask Mr. Van 



