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THE GAME BREEDER 



rarely thrived. Another new fish soon 

 to be introduced by the commission in 

 New Jersey ponds and lakes is the fam- 

 ous Chinook, or Pacific coast salmon. 



The Remington .22. 



At some of the game clubs which we 

 visited recently we found a lot of .22 

 Remington rifles and a good lot of cart- 

 ridges. On one occasion some of the 

 ladies present joined us in shooting at 

 the targets. Such shooting forms a pleas- 

 ing diversion and the small rifles are use- 

 ful also, when ground vermin is about. 

 We know a game keeper who is quite 

 handy with a .22 when a rat makes its 

 appearance. 



Pheasants and Zeppelins. 



While the protectors of London do not 

 seem able to keep the Zeppelins from 

 flying over the city, the people in the 

 country districts are never at a loss for 

 ample warning against the approach of 

 these destroyers, according to Mrs. Cad- 

 walader Jones, recently returned from 

 aboad. 



Mrs. Jones had been staying in Hert- 

 fordshire, England, a rolling country 

 where the pheasants are plentiful and 

 tame. They are now elevated to a sta- 

 tion high above the usual plane of a game 

 bird, for they can sense a Zeppelin fully 

 half an hour before human ingenuity can 

 detect one. 



"I do not know how to account for 

 their power," she said, "but only a few 

 nights before I left a servant came run- 

 ning into our house and cried out that 

 the pheasants were drumming, and half 

 an hour later we looked out to see the 

 Zeppelins high overhead." 



Preparedness in Texas. 

 Our idea of preparedness is to face a 

 hard winter with a smoke-house full of 

 hams. — Galveston News. 



Nobody Home. 



A man is boss in his own home when 

 the rest of the family are away. — Atchi- 

 son Globe. 



Bringing Home the Game. 



By Conservation Commission, N. Y. 



During the open season for any game 

 in this State, the actual and lawful taker 

 of such game in another State may bring 

 it into New York State by any means 

 other than by common carrier or parcel 

 post, provided he accompanies it. If ship- 

 ment by common carrier, except parcel 

 post, it must have a shipping permit at- 

 tached by the taker at the initial point 

 of shipment. The permits are issued 

 upon application to the Conservation 

 Commission. 



After the close of the season for any 

 game, and between the sixteenth of Sep- 

 tember and the first day of January fol- 

 lowing, the game may still be brought 

 into the State if lawfully killed more 

 than fifty miles from the border of the 

 State, and if accompanied by the taker, 

 upon obtaining from the -Conservation 

 Commission an importation license. The 

 cost of this license is five dollars. If 

 such game is to be shipped in by common 

 carrier, except • parcel post, a shipping 

 permit must be obtained in addition to' 

 the importation license. 



Game for which there is no open sea- 

 son, as doe deer, moose, elk and caribou, 

 may be brought in and possessed, under 

 an importation license and shipping per- 

 mit, between the sixteenth of September 

 and the first of January. 



Thus between the first of January and 

 the sixteenth of September no game 

 whatever may be imported, except vary- 

 ing hares and cotton-tail rabbits, which 

 constitute an exception to the general 

 rule. Varying hares and rabbits may be 

 brought in at any time, without license 

 or permit. 



♦ 



MORE CRIME ZONES. 



The fifty-mile legal limit referred to 

 above is ridiculous. No one knows 

 where the line runs through the farms. 

 It is absurd to say that game from one 

 side of a field can come to New York, 

 but not from the other side. Here we 

 have crime zones fully equal to the na- 

 tional Migratory Bird Law criminal 

 absurdities. 



