T he Game Breeder 



Published Monthly. Entered as second-class matter, July g, 1915, at the Post Office, New York City, 



New York, under the Act of March 3, 187^. 



VOLUME VIII 



JANUARY, J9J6 

 SURVEY OF THE FIELD. 



NUMBER 4 



It Was Quite a "More Game" Dinner. 



The veJoute of wild cluck ; the venison ; 

 the wild mallards, and the tame turkeys 

 (not related to New York protected 

 birds) all were excellent. 



The speeches were interesting and in- 

 structive ; the music was good. The din- 

 ner was an important event because rep- 

 resentatives of the associations con- 

 cerned with the preservation of wild 

 game and the propagation and profitable 

 increase of the species desirable for food 

 met together to dine in harmony on such 

 game as now legally can be served and 

 eaten. 



We are informed that a statement has 

 been made that the dinner simply was a 

 scheme to sell wild game in New York. 

 Nothing could be further from the truth. 

 Some wild turkeys, produced on game 

 farms and preserves and owned by the 

 producers, were donated to The Game 

 Conservation Society for the dinner. A 

 few additional turkeys were purchased 

 from the gentlemen who own them. 

 When a suggestion was made that pos- 

 sibly such food could not be served at a 

 subscription dinner the matter promptly 

 was referred to the state game officer of 

 New York, who was asked if there was 

 any legal objection to serving such game. 

 When we were notified that there was a 

 law protecting species related to New 

 York birds and that the department was 

 opposed to our serving wild turkeys on 

 this account, the birds promptly were 

 dropped from the bill of fare and the de- 

 partment was notified of the fact and 

 thanked for the information. 



The Game Conservation Society we 

 are sure is fully as law abiding as any 

 of the other associations which were 

 represented at the dinner. We are quite 



sure the Game Conservation Society- 

 does not want anything which is not 

 favored by the newly created depart- 

 ments of applied ornithology and game 

 breeding recently created by the Audu- 

 bon Association and by the American 

 Game Protective Association. As we 

 understand the matter all of these orga- 

 nizations agree that wild game should 

 not be sold as food but that the laws 

 should encourage game breeders to sell 

 the food they now produce abundantly. 

 All agree that such sales should be regu- 

 lated and that the penalties for viola- 

 tions should be sufficiently severe to ef- 

 fectually prevent the marketing of wild 

 game. 



Many members of the Camp Fire Club, 

 who now own game in other states and 

 who would like to. send some of their 

 game to New York, attended the dinner. 

 The meeting was harmonious and there 

 was no "scheme" excepting the laudable 

 one of giving prominence to the work of 

 the associations which recently have an- 

 nounced their intention of encouraging 

 game breeding. 



Game Breeders in California. 



Believing that it is to the interest of 

 game conservation to foster the breeding 

 of game birds and mammals in captivity, 

 California Fish and Game stands ready 

 to publish short notes regarding the suc- 

 cess of breeders in this State. Should 

 the amount of material warrant it, a 

 special department will be formed where- 

 in those interested can obtain an avenue 

 of publication. If you desire informa- 

 tion as to methods of rearing game birds 

 in captivity or wish to give publicity to 

 success which you have obtained, write 

 the editor of California Fish and Game. 



