120 THE GAME BREEDER 



were prepared to furnish all the game Hubert K. Job had been placed at the 

 for a series of dinners and there was no head of this department. He had ex- 

 danger of extinction; the way to make pected to exhibit his moving pictures 

 game abundant was to eat it in abund- but they had been shown in New Orleans 

 ance, paradoxical as the statement might and were lost on their way north. He 

 seem. It would be idle and repetitious, had been unable to locate them, 

 the speaker said, for him to discuss the Mr. Clyde B. Terrell, an expert on 

 objects of the Conservation Society this the natural foods of wild ducks and their 

 evening; all present were aware that it planting, discussed this subject. He re- 

 favored "more game and fewer game ferred briefly to the numerous plants and 

 laws" and that it proposed quickly to said it was important not only to have 

 make America the biggest game produc- suitable foods but also suitable covers in 

 ing country in the world. Announcing places where wild ducks were propa- 

 the game census taken by the publication gated or where we sought to attract 

 of the Society, the speaker said it had them. He cited instances where canvas- 

 been difficult to get full returns but those backs, red-heads, teal and other fowl had 

 reporting had nearly an hundred thou- been restored to waters which they had 

 sand deer and game birds and, the ratio ceased to frequent and where they had 

 of increase being geometrical, the num- been induced to visit waters, where they 

 ber would be a million or more within a had been unknown, simply by planting 

 year. the suitable food. Wild fowl, like other 



Introducing Mr. A. A. Hill as toast- animals, including man, had a tendency 



master, Mr. Huntington said he was a to gather in places where there was an 



very busy man, the editor of two maga- abundance of good things to eat. He 



zines and an arctic explorer, but he invited,, those present to ask any ques- 



found time to advise the society and its tions they might desire to ask and a short 



publication. Sportsmen were much in- and interesting discussion followed, 



debted-to Mr. Hill. Mr. E. A. Quarles spoke about the 



Aftter telling a good little story about, great work being done by the American 

 "more peach brandy," which illustrated Game Protective Association which he 

 the "more game" idea, Mr. Hill said that represented. Within the year, he said it 

 Professor Pearson, the first speaker, had had created a department on. game breed- 

 informed him he could deliver his ser- ing and it had issued a bulletin contain- 

 mon better if the choir would sing his ing much information about breeding 

 favorite hymn before the discourse. The quail in captivity and about other matters 

 choir promptly sang, "A Hot Time in of interest to game breeders. " He re- 

 the Old Town To-night," and the Pro- ferred at length to the importance of 

 fes.sor.with a smile of approval, but dis- game refuges where no shooting is per- 

 claiming that he had called for the hymn, mitted and where game birds can breed 

 proceeded to speak well and earnestly, in quiet and said his association took an 

 as he always does when discussing the especial interest in this branch of con- 

 conservation of birds. He said Mr. Hun- servation work. 



tington had told him a year or two ago He was gratified to observe that all 



that it would not be long before they those interested in game conservation and 



would dine on game at a public dinner, game breeding were working in harmony 



and that he was surprised and gratified and he felt sure that dinners similar to 



at the rapidity with which the prediction the one held tonight, would help the 



had been verified ; he had, as he had no movement for "more game" much, 



doubt the others had, enjoyed eating the Mr. R. A. Chiles of Kentucky said he 



evidence. He referred particularly to had travelled a long distance to attend 



the new department of applied ornithol- the dinner, and that he had come from a 



qgy created by his association, in order state where" they had more game laws 



to encourage game, breeding and said Dr. than game but he felt sure!, the proper 



