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possibly eat, and at very reasonable 

 -prices. The hostility against sport, 

 which has been increasing everywhere, 

 will disappear when the people find they 

 can have cheap game to eat. Two meth- 

 ods of game saving are now being tried 

 side by side in the States which have 

 enacted game breeders' laws. Already 

 it is evident which system produces the 

 most game, and, fortunately, the fewest 

 petty crimes, many of which are . ridicu- 

 lous. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Editor Game Breeder: 



I desire to thank you for that splen- 

 did little manual, "Game Farming for 

 Profit and Pleasure," issued by the Her- 

 cules Powder Co. 



I have not yet joined the ranks of the 

 game farmers, but look forward to the 

 time when I shall be one of them. The 

 ""more game" movement as expounded 

 oy you is sound and scientific and de- 

 serving of the encouragement of all 

 ■sportsmen. 



Chas. B. Morss. 



Massachusetts. 



Editor Game Breeder: 



I have just received from the Her- 

 cules Powder Co. its most interesting 

 pamphlet on game farming. I suspect 

 that you had a hand in the preparation 

 of it. 



A friend from New Jersey who has 

 oeen shooting with me in our Vermont 

 covers is seriously considering starting 

 a game preserve. I told him not to lift 

 a finger until he had consulted you. 



J. A. M. 



Vermont. 



Editor Game Breeder: 



I think The Game Breeder is a mighty 

 good publication. 



Geo. P. McLean. 

 Connecticut. 

 Game Breeding in Wisconsin. 

 The Game Breeder: 



My attention has been directed to an 

 article in a recent number of your pub- 



lication recounting an experience in the 

 domestication of quail and expressing 

 regret that the laws of this State are 

 such that the private propagation of 

 quail and other wild fowls is not en- 

 couraged and permitted. From this arti- 

 cle false impressions might be obtained 

 that Wisconsin has no game breeders' 

 law, whereas the fact is that it has a very 

 liberal one, due to the efforts of the Wis- 

 consin Fish and Game Protection and 

 Propagation League. For a number of 

 years past the private propagation of 

 nearly every variety of game has been 

 permitted, but no practical scheme for 

 the administration of the law was pre- 

 scribed, and in the general revision of 

 the Fish and Game Laws enacted by the 

 Legislature of 1915, the law was entirely 

 re-written, and as it now stands is a 

 comprehensive and practical law which 

 should encourage private propagation in 

 this State. The law referred to is sec- 

 tion 51 of Chapter 62 of the Statutes 

 and briefly it provides that game farm- 

 ers' licenses, which shall authorize the 

 licensee to engage in the business of 

 breeding and selling moose, caribou, elk, 

 deer, beaver, fisher, martin, muskrats. 

 raccoons or wild birds, shall be issued 

 by the State Conservation Commission 

 to any person duly applying therefor. 

 It requires in the application a statement 

 of the description of the premises to be 

 covered by the license, that the same is 

 wholly enclosed or an entire island, and 

 that the applicant is the owner or licensee 

 thereof. The law further provides that 

 any licensee may possess, transport or sell 

 such wild animals as particularly speci- 

 fied. These requirements are that the 

 quarters or loins of the carcasses of any 

 moose, deer, etc., and the skins of any 

 fur-bearing animals or the carcasses of 

 any wild birds shall be tagged under the 

 supervision of the State Conservation 

 Commission with an indestructible tag 

 or seal to be supplied by the commission 

 to the licensee upon payment of the ac- 

 tual cost thereof. A complete record of 

 such tags and tagging is required to be 

 kept at the office of the State Conserva- 

 tion Commission and the tags are re- 

 quired to remain attached to the carcass 



