THE GAME BREEDER 



attitude to impair laws, J. B. Burnham ; 

 the status of the Heath hen, W, C. 

 Adams, chairman Massachusetts commis- 

 sion ; the bob-white quail, George G. Phil- 

 lips, chairman commissioners on birds, 

 Rhode Island ; Teaching game farming at 

 Cornell University. 



We regret that Mr. Chiles could not 

 attend since he is a member of our game 

 guild which believes, as he does, in re- 

 quiring fair dealing in the sale of eggs 

 and game. 



The Second Day. 



The program for the second day in- 

 cluded papers on the following topics by 

 the persons named : 



Statement regarding formation of 

 joint committee for the protection of 

 wild life during war time, Ottomar H. 

 Van Xorden, chairman. 



The attitude of the United States Food 

 Administration toward the conservation 

 of game and fish, Frederic C. Walcott, 

 U. S. Food Administration. 



The conservation of fish in inland wa- 

 ters during war time. George D. Pratt, 

 conservation commission of New York. 



The menace to all bird life involved in 

 a weakening of the game protective laws, 

 T. Gilbert Pearson, secretary, national as- 

 sociation of Audubon societies. 



A history of the unsuccessful attempt 

 to annihilate wild life in the state that 

 winters the nation's birds, M. L. Alex- 

 ander, conservation commissioner of 

 Louisiana. 



Discussion. 



Does the supply of game justify any 

 relaxation in the laws that regulate its 

 taking, William T. Hornadav. chairman, 

 permanet wild life protection fund. 



Whv farmers want birds protected in 

 war time, , United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



How can the salt water fishes best serve 

 the food situation with due regard to the 

 preservation of the species ? H. M. Smith, 

 chief, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 



The sportsman's attitude toward the 

 proposal to impair game laws, John B. 

 Burnham, president, American game pro- 

 tective association. 



The proposal to relax protective laws 

 from the viewpoint of the scientist, E. 



W. Xelson, chief, U. S. Bureau of Bio- 

 logical Survey. 



Conservation of wild life in war time 

 from, the point of view of the agricul- 

 ture college, J. G. Needham, New York 

 State College of Agriculture. 



We regret that Dr. Needham was un- 

 able to attend. We published an article 

 by him in our March issue. 

 The Dinner. 



At the dinner excellent moving pic- 

 tures of western big game were exhibited 

 by Norman McClintock. Jack Minor 

 also had moving pictures to illustrate his 

 remarks on "My Wild Goose Sanctuary." 



Both speakers seemed inclined to favor 

 hunting only with the camera. The first 

 named also exhibited some movies of song 

 birds and said these interested him more 

 than the big game animals. 



Jack Minor said he had been a market 

 gunner, and he seemed to be proud of his 

 reformation. He spoke of placing bands 

 containing quotations from the scriptures 

 on the legs of his wild geese which 

 spread the gospel in their migration, and 

 there was moisture in the eyes of many 

 of his auditors when, with a burst of 

 pathos, he told how one of his geese was 

 wounded by a naughty gunner and came 

 home to die beneath a bush near the 

 house. "There is the bush, gentlemen! 

 There is the bush in the picture — right 

 near the house ! The lady near it coming 

 this way is the daughter of. my mother- 

 in-law." It was suggested that possibly 

 the eye moisture was due to smoke in 

 the room but it may be that the speaker 

 converted some of the sportsmen to the 

 idea that the camera is the only proper 

 weapon. 



A gentleman seated at one of the ta- 

 bles fainted and was carried out ; but the 

 doctor with him said the collapse was due 

 to something he had eaten before coming 

 to the dinner and that the patient quickly 

 recovered when the cause of the disorder 

 came up. The trouble was not at all 

 caused by Jack Minor's pathetic oratory. 



Grouse Breeding. 



It is one thing to confer about grouse 

 breeding and quite another to breed 

 grouse. There can be no doubt that the 

 grouse quickly can be made tremendously 



