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FINS, FEATHERS AND FUR 
BULLETIN OF THE MINNESOTA STATE GAME AND 
FISH DEPARTMENT. 
CARLOS AVERY, Commissioner 
Published Quarterly at the Office of the Department at the 
State Capitol, St Paul, Minn. 
Single Numbers, 15 Cents; Yearly, 50 Cents. 
No. 13 MARCH, 1918 
Smoked carp is a delicacy, equal if not superior 
to any other smoked fish. If your meat or fish 
dealer does not have it ask him why. 
The Ranier Fishermen’s Association’s pike 
hatchery is being operated by the state this sea¬ 
son under agreement with the Game and Fish 
Department. 
Most of the employes of the department are 
over military age, but before the next issue of 
the bulletin several will have gone into the serv¬ 
ice. Twelve sons of employes of the department 
are in the service, most of them volunteers. 
More attention should be given to gathering 
wild rice seed for planting. Nearly all that is 
gathered by the Indians is prepared for food 
which destroys it for seed. There would be a 
ready sale for a large quantity of wild rice 
seed. - 
A good deal of time is being devoted by Game 
and Fish Department employes to patriotic serv¬ 
ice in Red Cross, Liberty Bond and other cam¬ 
paigns, and each one is making his own contri¬ 
bution to the cause, as liberal as possible. Every¬ 
one is doing his part. 
Game protective organizations, sportmen’s and 
fishermen’s clubs, bird clubs, and all other similar 
organizations are requested to keep the Game 
and Fish department posted on the names of 
officers, and to send news of their clubs’ activi¬ 
ties for this publication. 
Harold Jensen who has been for some time 
foreman of the St. Paul Hatchery has resigned 
to take a position with a club having a private 
reserve in Wisconsin and his place has been 
filled by the promotion of J. O. Nelson who has 
been at the Glenwood Hatchery for several 
years. 
The Enabling Act putting into effect the 
Migratory Bird Treaty with Great Britain has 
not yet been passed though there is high hope 
that it may be come a law at the present session 
of congress. It has passed the senate and has 
been recommended to pass by the house com¬ 
mittee of Foreign Affairs. 
Wardens, fish hatchery foremen and other em¬ 
ployes of the Game and Fish Department are ex¬ 
pected to do their share to make the bulletin 
interesting and instructive. Send to the editor 
all material you think might be used. Write it 
on sheets separate from letters and reports. This 
means every one of you gentlemen and ladies. 
Oliver Mix of the St. Paul hatchery and 
Emery Iverson of the Detroit hatchery are two 
valued employes of the department who are in 
the selective draft and who will soon leave the 
service of the state for that of Uncle Sam under 
the Stars and Strips. Both are splendid, patri¬ 
otic young men who will bring honor to the 
state. 
FOR SALE—Wild mallard duck eggs for 
hatching. Inquire of Frank D. Blair, Superin¬ 
tendent Game Propagation, Excelsior, Minn. 
WANTED—A few copies of the last biennial 
report of the Minnesota Game and Fish De¬ 
partment. This edition has been exhausted and 
copies are desired to supply requests of libaries 
and institutions asking for them. 
The Game and Fish Department now has four 
reels of moving pictures which can be furnished 
for use of clubs or under any proper auspices. 
The pictures show the work of the department 
in game and fish propagation, hatchery scenes, 
wild life scenes, all in Minnesota, and a very 
interesting picture of the operation of wild rice 
harvesting by Indians. Write if you can make use 
of the pictures. _ 
The Minneapolis branch of the State Game 
Protective League held its annual meeting on 
February 5th. There was a very enjoyable 
dinner. Dr. Roberts’ pictures were shown and 
several talks were made by E. W. Cobb, Super¬ 
intendent of Fisheries, C. S. Woodhull, and 
others. A very interesting feature was the com¬ 
plete and exhaustive report of the secretary, 
Frank D. Blair. The old officers were re-elected. 
The Game and Fish Department put on an 
exhibit in connection with the Fourteenth Annual 
Convention of the Minnesota Crop Improvement 
Association at Luverne, February 13 to 15, 1918, 
similar to the one shown at Fairmont the pre¬ 
vious year. The live fish show was not quite 
;>s larqe as it should have been owing to the 
limited water supply. Furs and mounted speci¬ 
mens of game, birds, and fish were shown. The 
exhibit was in charge of Superintendent of 
Fisheries, E. W. Cobb, assisted by John Huderle. 
The Ramsey County Game Protective Associa¬ 
tion held the best meeting in its history on March 
15th at the Merchants Hotel. State Insurance 
Commissioner John B. Sanborn was re-elected 
president; Preston Beal, first vice president; R. 
A. Lanpher, Jr., second vice president; Joseph 
Brickner, secretary; Harold Harris, treasurer; 
and M. W. Thompson, Dr. E. L. Warren, G. B. 
Messing, H. H. Baldwin, Wm. Regan and Dr. E. 
F. Warner, members of the board of directors. 
Dr. Thomas S. Roberts showed his Minnesota 
bird pictures, three reels of pictures from field 
and stream were shown and talks were made by 
C. M. Odell of Minneapolis, President of the 
Minnesota State Game Protective League, Prof. 
D. Lange of St. Paul, and the Game and Fish 
Commissioner. A large increase in membership 
was secured. - 
Since the establishment of the state fisheries 
in October, 1917, under order of the State Safety 
t ommission there were caught and furnished to 
the people of the state 184,607 pounds of fish 
up to April 1. 1918, that would not otherwise 
have been available for use. These have been 
shipped to all parts of the state and sold at 
nrices very much below the prevailing prices for 
fish, the difference in price resulting in a saving 
to the people of the state of several thousand 
dollars. During the same time there was pur¬ 
chased from commercial fishermen and distri¬ 
buted in the Twn Cities by the Safety Commis¬ 
sion agent 74,946 pounds of carp and buffalo 
fish at lower prices than were prevailing. The 
use of carp was materially increased in this 
market by this means. 
