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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept, 9, 1911. 
Published Weekly by the 
Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 
127 Franklin Street, New York. 
George Bird Grinnell, President, 
Charles B. Reynolds, Secretary, 
Louis Dean Speir, Treasurer. 
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—Forest and Stream, Aug. 14, 1873. 
THE BAYNE LAW. 
The greatest market in the United States for 
wild game is closed. It is now unlawful to sell 
or offer for sale any wild game in the State of 
New York, and only when plainly tagged may 
imported game and hand-reared domestic game 
be sold. In other words, all wild game native 
to this State is to be kept out of market. The 
exceptions are certain European birds and mam¬ 
mals and deer and game birds raised for the 
market under license. All licensed game must 
be tagged. 
The new law strikes a heavy blow at the 
market hunters of the Southeast and South. 
It closes their chief market, leaving only the 
markets of Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore 
and New Orleans, and as these are all abund¬ 
antly supplied by local gunners, there will be no 
opportunity to dispose of large quantities of 
game at those points. There is no alternative. 
The market shooters have at last killed the 
goose that laid the golden egg, and for them 
the old care free, happy-go-lucky days spent in 
shooting game for market are but a memory. 
There will be no cal! for them to take the old 
ten-gauge gun from the rack where it has been 
lying since last spring, for it is destined to con¬ 
tinue to gather rust until the day when it will 
be consigned for all time to the scrap heap, out¬ 
lawed by every State. 
News travels slowly and opening day is not 
far off, hence it is well to give timely warning 
to the market gunners that, as there will be no 
demand for wild game henceforth, it will be 
folly for them to plan their customary campaigns 
against the wildfowl, the deer, the turkeys and 
the quail they have heretofore looked upon as 
their rightful prey. 
Every sportsmen’s association should take 
upon itself the task of disseminating informa¬ 
tion on this subject, thus saving many an honest 
man from wasting his time, money and energies 
in a pursuit that will be profitless. Local papers 
should print the facts. The game departments 
of the various States, through their wardens, 
should also assist in publishing the details of 
the Bayne law, so that the greatest possible pub¬ 
licity may be given to the change in the condi¬ 
tions applying to demand and supply. 
The new law will revolutionize the methods 
employed by cold storage men, commission mer¬ 
chants, hotels and restaurants. The presence of 
a tag will be proof that game is being legally 
offered for sale or sold, and the absence of the 
State's seal will show violations. Deer, pheas¬ 
ants, black and mallard ducks that have been 
raised for the market may be sold under license 
and seal, and foreign game, properly tagged, will 
it is certain be offered in sufficient quantities and 
at reasonable prices, so that the incentive to 
evade the law will be removed. 
The effect of the Bayne law is not in doubt, 
though it may not at first be observed. The 
smaller bag limits and the shorter seasons of 
recent years have given the wildfowl more free¬ 
dom and reduced the total kill. The market 
gunners’ occupation gone, there will be more 
wildfowl for sportsmen in the customary haunts 
of the game, and it is probable there will be 
better shooting in places where there has been 
but little in recent years to attract sportsmen. 
At any rate, improvement in the wiidfowl shoot¬ 
ing, and perhaps also in regard to deer, turkeys, 
quail and grouse. 
Meanwhile the rearing of game for the market 
is attracting widespread attention. There are 
thousands of owners of small or unproductive 
farms who are considering the raising of game 
birds or wildfowl for market. There are other 
thousands of men now living in the cities or in 
villages who would purchase small farms if they 
were confident that a living could be made from 
them, and pheasant and wi’dfowl rearing in 
connection with poultry raising or truck farm¬ 
ing on a small scale is appealing to increased 
numbers. The laws of New Jersey are more 
liberal now than heretofore in respect to game 
bird raising, and other States will show increased 
interest in the subject when the results of the 
changes in New York and New Jersey are made 
public. That worn-out farms are often adopted 
to bird raising has been proved, but the industry 
is still so new that intending breeders are natu¬ 
rally cautious, though they are gaining confi¬ 
dence as more liberal laws are enacted. 
A press dispatch from Cordova, Alaska, says 
that all of the field notes, cameras and exposed 
films of the Smithsonian Institution glacial ex¬ 
pedition have been lost. While R. F. Starr and 
Lawrence Madden, of the expedition, were cross¬ 
ing the Big Delta River, their wagon was over¬ 
turned and their papers and instruments swept 
away by the current. The men reached shore 
safely, however. A later dispatch says the party 
was in a boat at the time, and that Prof. Starr 
narrow'y escaped drowning when the boat cap¬ 
sized. 
EXHIBITION PALACES. 
Two of the greatest exhibition places in the 
world are to be c osed and the grounds devoted 
to other purposes. One of these is Madison 
Square Garden, in New York city, where so 
many sportsmen’s shows have been held during 
the past sixteen years. Next spring it will be 
demolished and the ground given over to the 
building of business houses. The other one is 
the Crystal Palace buildings and grounds in Lon¬ 
don, where several fly-casting tournaments have 
been held. In each case the explanation of the 
owners is that the exhibitions held do not re¬ 
turn satisfactory profits to the stockholders. 
There are rumors to the effect that when 
Madison Square Garden is torn down, a greater 
exhibition structure will take its place elsewhere 
in the city, and that a number of well-known 
men are prepared to finance the proposed enter¬ 
prise. In England, on the other hand, a move¬ 
ment to take over the Crystal Palace is already 
under way, and if there is no hitch in the pro¬ 
ceedings, it is probable the property will become 
a national institution. To that end a popular 
subscription was started some weeks ago, and 
the banks throughout the kingdom are receiving 
and forwarding subscriptions to the council of 
the association organized for the purpose of 
preserving the property, which will be called the 
King Edward National Memorial. Donors of 
one guinea receive a free life admission to the 
Crystal Palace, and a contribution of £i,ooo 
entitles the donor to a vote in the appointment 
of managers. 
Sentiment is sometimes more powerful than 
wealth, and when a people desire to prevent the 
destruction of an object that is near and dear 
to them, they seldom turn a deaf ear to appeals 
for substantial aid. 
The Sullivan law, now in force in New York 
State, requires all firearms small enough to be 
concealed on the person, to be registered, and 
such arms can only be sold to and possessed by 
holders of licenses or permits. No person under 
sixteen years of age can possess any firearm, and 
it follows that boys cannot hunt or shoot at all 
with anything more powerful than bow and ar¬ 
rows. Air guns are also denied them. Shooting 
licenses are being issued only to persons of six¬ 
teen years and over. 
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Citronella oil shipments from Ceylon to the 
United States increased from 166,026 pounds 
during the first four months of 1910 to 246,583 
pounds up to May 1 this year. Oil of citronella 
is one of the standard mosquito repellants, 
though many persons prefer oil of pennyroyal, 
which they regard as less pungent and offensive 
to humans, while equally effective against insects. 
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The negro who shot the song birds in Mont¬ 
clair, N. J., recently, claiming that he did so 
under orders from the village shade tree commis¬ 
sion on complaint of residents, was fined $100, 
but appealed to the County Court. 
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The rains of last week brought relief to a 
large portion of the Atlantic coast region, but 
did not extend far inland, where the lack of 
rain has been very keenly felt all summer. 
