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THE GAME BREEDER 



will be awarded not later than Septem- 

 ber 15, 1918. 



The Du Pont Photograph Contest will 

 close on September 1, 1918. No photo- 

 graphs postmarked at Wilmington, Del., 

 later than September 1, 1918, will be ac- 

 cepted in this contest. 



Each contestant must fill out and mail 

 an entry blank to the Advertising Divi- 

 sion, Du Pont Company, Wilmington, 

 Delaware, with the first photographs 

 submitted or the photographs will not be 

 accepted in the contest. 



All photographs entered in this con- 

 test must be plainly marked "Photograph 

 Contest" and mailed to the Advertising 

 Division, Du Pont Company, Wilming- 

 ton, Delaware, full postage prepaid. 



Regulation for the Protection of Deer 

 on Certain Islands in Alaska. 



(Effective April 1, 1918.) 

 By virtue of the authority conferred 

 upon the Secretary of Agriculture by 

 section 2 of the act of May 11, 1908 (35 

 Stat, 102), entitled 'An act to amend 

 an act entitled 'An act for the protec- 

 tion of game in Alaska, and for other 

 purposes,' approved June 7, 1902," 

 regulation 5 of the Regulations for the 

 Protection of Deer, Moose, Caribou, 

 Sheep, and Mountain Goats in Alaska, 

 approved July 24, 1916, and amended 

 July 23, 1917, is hereby further amend- 

 ed, effective April 1, 1918, so as to read 

 as follows : 



REGULATION 5.— DEER ON CER- 

 TAIN ISLANDS. 



The killing of deer on Kodiak Island 

 and Long Island ; on the following 

 islands in southeastern Alaska : Duke 

 Island, near Dixon Inlet, Gravina Island, 

 near Ketchikan, Kruzof Island, west of 

 Sitka, San Juan Island and Suemez 

 Island, near Klawak, and Zerembo 

 Island, near Wrangell ; and on the islands 

 of Hawkins, Hinchinbrook, and Monta- 

 gue, in Prince William Sound, is hereby 

 prohibited until August 1, 1919. 



In testimony whereof I have here- 

 unto set my hand and caused the seal 

 of the Department of Agriculture to be 

 affixed this 13th day of March, 1918. 

 (seal) Clarence Otjsley, 



Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 



[This law like all other prohibitive laws 

 should contain a section providing that nothing 

 in the act shall be held to apply to game 

 breeders. Otherwise a food-producing indus- 

 try may be prevented. — Editor.] 



America Is Now the Biggest Pheasant 

 Producing Country in the World! 



Mr. Rabb, one of our Oregon mem- 

 bers, well said, in our November issue, 

 "This country will never again be com- 

 pelled to import her game birds." 



Our readers will remember that at 

 the outset of the more game movement 

 we pointed out that hundreds of thous- 

 ands of dollars were sent abroad annu- 

 ally to purchase wild food birds ; that we 

 insisted that this money should go to 

 American farmers. It is gratifying to 

 announce that they are now getting the 

 money and that they are making good 

 use of it. 



It may be said that this is a benefit 

 which the war has brought to America. 

 We believe the result would have been 

 the same and that it would have come 

 even faster than it has if there had been 

 no war. 



Had the importation of pheasants re- 

 mained possible American breeders would 

 have been able to procure many more 

 thousands of pheasants than they have 

 been able to procure for breeding pur- 

 poses and we believe we could have made 

 the announcement that America is now 

 the biggest pheasant producing country 

 in the world a year earlier. 



There will be another legislature in 

 Ohio before long and we then expect 

 to restore the quail to the food bird list 

 where Audubon placed it and where all 

 real naturalists say it should be placed. 



The way to save the grouse is to make 

 them tremendously abundant and cheap 

 in the markets. The sale of some of the 

 birds will furnish the money to enable 

 any protective association to provide ex- 

 cellent shooting for all of its members 

 during a long open season. Plans and 

 specifications furnished by The Game 

 Breeder on request. State game depart- 

 ments, inclined to food production, easily 

 can point out the way, as they do in 

 Massachusetts. 



