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THE GAME BREEDER 



eating such food. The matter was referred 

 to the State Game Department. A "fool" 

 statute was discovered which protects birds 

 related to New York game. The turkey has 

 been extinct in the State for many_ years, but 

 it is said to be related to the quail, and the 

 department was unwilling to have the food 

 served, so we dropped it from the bill of fare, 

 substituting turkeys not quite so wild or so 

 good to eat as those donated. The Game 

 Census figures indicate that members of the 

 Game Conservation Society now own about 

 an hundred thousand game birds and they will 

 have over a million within the year, using very 

 little ground for their industry. There is room 

 enough in America for every one who wishes 

 to do so to have an abundance of game so he 

 can shoot for six months every year, provided 

 it be lawful to breed all species. — Editor.] 



Editor Game Breeder : 



The Game Breeder is a source of 

 great enjoyment to me and I would like 

 to suggest that you publish a list of 

 "Dont's," for the amateur gamekeeper 

 as a prevention of a great amount of 

 trouble and loss. 



Ohio. J. B. Foote. 



Our Game Law. 



We were glad to see the following let- 

 ter from the New York Conservation 

 Commissioner in the New York Sun. 

 We did not believe it possible that Mr. 

 Pratt would favor the performances 

 complained of. We do not believe he 

 will favor the prevention of the sale in 

 New York of food produced by indus- 

 try in other States so long as similar 

 food produced in foreign countries and 

 similar food produced in New York is 

 sold in the New York markets. — Editor. 



To the Editor of The Evening Sun — Sir: 

 Your article of January 11 entitled "The An- 

 nual Game Law Outrage," has been called to 

 my attention and I write to say that I heartily 

 agree with your findings. 



This law was drafted when the "Non-sale 

 of Game Law" in New York State first went 

 into effect and when it was very necessary^ to 

 throw the strictest safeguards about the im- 

 portation of game. It was hard for the public 

 at large and many sportsmen to appreciate that 

 wild game cannot exist on a commercial basis ; 

 and in many cases it was necessary that the 



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WILLIAM A. LUCAS 



W00DHAVEN, L I., NEW YORK 



