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THE GAME BREEDER 



some unposted farms and wild lands and 

 bagged a few ruffed grouse and a wood- 

 cock- for good measure. It seemed to be 

 far better than having a law as they 

 have in Ohio and some other States pro- 

 hibiting the shooting of quail, ruffed 

 grouse and woodcock. 



We predict that thousands of prairie 

 grouse, sharp-tailed grouse, quail and 

 other upland game birds soon will be shot 

 every season in Minnesota without fear 

 of extinction. 



What Mr. Dunn Should Do. 



Although the suggestion that the State 

 provide public duck passes for indigent 

 gunners is unobjectionable, we believe 

 it would pay Mr. Dunn to get in touch 

 with some of the members of the clubs 

 which have excellent shooting at a cost 

 of from $15 to $100 per annum and 

 learn how they do it. It would seem that 

 a gunner who cannot pay $15 per year 

 for at least fifteen dollars' worth of meat 

 (game) might fairly be considered in the 

 indigent class, and that, possibly, the 

 State should look after him. We think 

 it would be a good plan for the State to 

 buy him a hand-trap and a few "clays" 

 so he could practice up and be ready for 

 the ducks on the public duck pass. We 

 have often insisted that public grounds, 

 not private farms, are the places for pub- 

 lic shooting. The public waters surely 

 will have more ducks when the duck 

 breeding industry is encouraged on pri- 

 vate lands and waters as it is now in 

 many States. We strongly urge Mr. 

 Dunn to organize a game club. We like 

 these even better than trap shooting 

 clubs, but all the game clubs have traps 

 and clay targets for good measure. 



Deer Gone. 



The few deer that the Sportsman's League 

 brought to Beaver County have all gone away 

 to the delight of most farmers. 



E. J. T., in Rural New-Yorker. 



Beaver, Pa. 



Why not turn down some buffaloes? 

 The Game Conservation Society can sup- 

 ply the stock animals. The truth of the 

 matter is that on most farms the sports- 

 men should not expect to find game ex- 

 cepting they first make satisfactory ar- 



rangements with the land owners. As 

 soon as the sportsmen and farmers work 

 together under the good game breeders' 

 laws we will have game in abundance. 



Pheasants in the United States. 



The United States rapidly is becoming 

 one of the biggest pheasant producing 

 countries in the world. Many members 

 of the Game Conservation Society now 

 produce over a thousand pheasants an- 

 nually. Quite a number of game farms 

 and shooting clubs. produce as many as 

 three thousand birds each season. Some 

 of the places produce five thousand birds 

 and more. 



State game farms in many States have 

 thousands of pheasants and eggs for dis- 

 tribution. Many of the commercial 

 game farms sell thousands of eggs. 



Pheasants sell readily in large lots in 

 the New York markets at from $2.00 to 

 $2.50 each. Eggs sell readily at $20 and 

 $25 per hundred. 



There are over a thousand small breed- 

 ers who have pheasants and many of 

 them sell both birds and eggs. The num- 

 ber of breeders is increasing rapidly in 

 States which recently have made pheas- 

 ant breeding a legal industry. There are 

 many pheasant breeders in Canada and 

 the indications are that all of the Pro- 

 vinces soon will make pheasant breeding 

 a legal industry as it should be. Why 

 should the profitable production of de- 

 sirable foods on the farms be a criminal 

 offense? There appears to be no moral 

 turpitude in such industry. 



In a few years we predict North 

 America will be the biggest pheasant pro- 

 ducing country in the world. 



It is high time the profitable produc- 

 tion of our quail and grouse should be 

 encouraged. Some game breeders have 

 thousands of quail. Give the quail 

 breeders the same rights pheasant breed- 

 ers now have and the markets soon will 

 be filled with these birds which are even 

 better food than the pheasants. 



Eggs, $1,000 Each7 



We were of the opinion that members 

 of the Game Conservation Society were 

 getting good prices for wild turkey, 

 pheasant, wild duck, quail eggs, etc., but 



