THE GAME BREEDER 



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game breeding for sport and for profit 

 on the farms and it should properly look 

 after and endeavor to increase the game 

 for the public on the public areas re- 

 ferred to. 



Our markets rapidly will become 

 filled with game for the people to eat 

 when the subject of game saving is han- 

 dled in a statesmanlike manner. The 

 people who eat cheap game will be 

 friendly to the sport that produces it. 

 Field sports in America can be saved 

 and the sporting area can be much en- 

 larged provided we encourage all those 

 who are willing to do so to deal fairly 

 with the farmers and to breed game 

 abundantly. 



The Dollar-a-Week Club, promoted 

 by the Game Conservation Society, will 

 provide excellent shooting for its mem- 

 bers. The annual dues, $52 per year, 

 were fixed in order to demonstrate that 

 those who wish to do so can have good 

 shooting for small dues, using land on 

 which little or no game occurs at pres- 

 ent. The easiest and the best game 

 birds and the cheapest to rear are the 

 native birds which formerly inhabited the 

 region selected by the club. The meat 

 secured by the members goes a long 

 way towards offsetting the amount of the 

 annual dues so that the sport costs little 

 or nothing. 



Those who can afford to do so should, 

 of course, have thousands of pheasants 

 and other hand-reared game. They 

 should sell all they can not eat and the 

 sales at present prices will produce a 

 good annual revenue for any club or 

 country place where game breeding is 

 properly carried on. 



The Game Conservation Society will 

 lend a hand and help any sportsmen who 

 may wish to organize game shooting 

 clubs. We are not opposed, as often 

 we have pointed out, to those who wish 

 to collect dues from sportsmen in or- 

 der to create quiet refuges where no 

 one can shoot. There is so much land 

 in America that all plans for game sav- 

 ing can be carried out. But we like 

 the noisy places more than posted farms 

 without shooting. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Editor, The Game Breeder : 



I want to thank you for your favor 

 of the 3rd instant relative to your ex- 

 perience in the breeding of quail. I as- 

 sure you that you offer some suggestions 

 there which are valuable, and I take it 

 from your letter that while you think it 

 very possible, or even probable, that fer- 

 tile eggs can be produced by in-breeding 

 of quail, but you really believe the bet- 

 ter way is to cross flocks. 



Again assuring you that I appreciate 

 your information and stand ready at 

 any and all times to cooperate with 

 you, I am, 



Very truly yours, 



G. A. Smith, 



State Game and Fish Warden. 



More Rabbits. 



Great Britain and Ireland consume 

 30,000,000 rabbits as food annually — 

 Telegram. 



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Corn for Wild Turkeys. 



The cold weather last fall caught 

 many Center County, Pa., farmers in 

 the midst of corn husking, and early 

 snow in December made it impossible 

 to get in the corn, with the result that 

 a large number of farmers still have 

 corn in the field, and it is very prob- 

 able that because of this fact many game 

 birds in Center County have been able 

 to survive the severe winter instead of 

 perishing with the cold or for lack of 

 food. 



An investigation shows that almost 

 every ear of corn on the outer stalks of 

 the shock has been picked clean of grain, 

 only the bare cob remaining. Flocks of 

 wild turkeys have been seen and they all 

 appeared in a good, healthy condition. 

 Pheasants have also been seen, looking 

 none the worse for the severe winter. — 

 The World, N. Y. 



More Game and Fewer Game Laws. 



Pup Wanted. 



"Listen, ma," said Johnny Cupp. 

 "Let's trade baby for a pup." 

 When his mother said: "No, sir!" 

 Johnny made a face at her. 



