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sorts other than national parks fell below 
their average of attendance, it becomes ap¬ 
parent that this increase means something. 
For one thing it means that the national 
parks propaganda has been getting home; 
that is certain. For another thing, it means 
that there is a situation in actual existence 
to-day which demands some attention. 
The postponement because of war, of the 
organizing of the National Parks’ Associa¬ 
tion, which seemed so necessary last win¬ 
ter, now appears unfortunate. There is so 
much that it could do in the interim to hold 
the situation safe and place the movement 
in position to spring immediately into large 
national prominence with the advent of 
peace. In time of war, prepare for peace. 
However, some small but important part 
of this work could be accomplished by a 
temporary committee which afterward 
could be developed into the Association. 
Such a committee at least could develop 
the situation by standing vigorously for the 
idea; it could safeguard the national parks 
from designing hands during a period of 
national absorption in war; it also could 
prepare the way for the Association by 
undertaking initial investigations, experi¬ 
menting with certain of its proposed activi¬ 
ties, and planning definitely for its moment 
of opportunity. 
An informal interim body has been sug¬ 
gested, to be known as the National Parks’ 
Educational Committee, with headquarters 
in Washington. The Committee’s stated 
objects would be to assist and co-operate 
with the National Park Service, to engage 
in activities which do not come within the 
ability and equipment of Government, and 
to encourage the study of national parks in 
their economic, historical and scientific 
phases. 
Such an organization should be the sim¬ 
plest possible—an informal body; dues a 
dollar a year; a small governing sub-commit¬ 
tee ; a secretary-treasurer; no constitution 
or by-laws; the committee to consist pri¬ 
marily of those who already have signified 
their willingness to become governors of 
the National Parks’ Association when or¬ 
ganized, and of as many others as may join 
without membership effort. It is not sug¬ 
gested that the committee solicit funds, but 
it should have the power to receive and 
use contributed money or property. 
Robert Sterling Yard. 
WOMAN BRINGS OFFENDER TO 
JUSTICE 
M RS. PAULINE PHILLIPS, of COL¬ 
CHESTER, N. Y., touched by the 
efforts of a half-starved deer to secure 
food, was fast making a pet of that animal, 
by suppling it regularly with rations. An¬ 
drew Delamater, of Chapinville, appeared 
on the scene, one day, however, drew a 
pistol and killed the animal, which was a 
doe. Delamater was an up to date game 
hog, for he pursued his vocation in a taxi¬ 
cab, and into this vehicle the carcass of 
> the doe was hastily thrown. 
Mrs. Phillips secured the number of the 
taxi and after some good detective work, 
ascertained from the chauffeur that his 
fare on the occasion in question was Dela- 
; mater. 
Haled into court, Delamater was fined 
a total of $150; $50 because he had no 
hunting license, $50 because he killed a 
(doe, and $50 more because he cooked it. 
It is certain that conservation has gained 
an efficient friend and supporter in New 
York, now that the women have been en¬ 
franchised in the Empire State. 
IOWA TO HAVE MODEL, GAME 
FARM 
HAVE finally obtained the authority 
A to establish a model game farm in 
Iowa,” writes E. C. HINSHAW, chief 
game warden. “When we built our experi¬ 
ment farm five years ago, we had about 
twenty acres of land. I intended to op¬ 
erate that piece of land to gain experience 
and if we proved successful, then build up 
a game farm on a large scale. You are no 
doubt familiar with our success on the 
small farm. I believe the results obtained 
are as good as on any farm in the United 
States. Twenty acres of land, however, 
has limited our activities. 
“Our plans are now to enlarge the farm 
to a capacity of 25,000 or 30,000 birds a 
year. We shall have Charles Howard, our 
present game keeper, who has made an ex¬ 
cellent record, at the head of the new farm. 
We shall experiment quite extensively with 
bobwhite quails, together with ringnecked 
pheasants and different varieties of water 
fowl and also the prairie chicken. We 
hope to be able to make an interesting re¬ 
port at the end of the year.” 
THINKS QUAIL BREEDING COM 
PARATIVELY EASY 
ULWIG P. SEIDLER, game keeper in 
charge of a private game farm oper¬ 
ated on the lands of the Bridgeport Hy¬ 
draulic Company, of Bridgeport, Connec¬ 
ticut, sends the BULLETIN the following 
report of his activities with bobwhite quail, 
which he says he finds comparatively easy 
to breed in captivity: 
1915— Set 16 eggs with 100% hatch. Lost 
10 birds 26 days old by barn-yard 
hens. The remainder were reared to 
maturity. 
1916— From 18 pair of quail, 468 eggs were 
obtained up to July 10. Of these 
394 hatched. Of the chicks 34 were 
killed by hens and 26 disappeared. A 
total of 336 birds were placed in the 
covers of the preserve in the fall. 
1917— From 23 pair of quail, 552 eggs were 
obtained up to July 10. Of these 
481 hatched; 28 were killed by hens 
and 62 by a weasel and a domestic 
cat. At the end of the season, 401 
birds were placed in the covers of 
the preserve. 
HELP JACK MINER’S SANCTUARY 
S ECRETARY E. R. KERR, of the Essex 
County Wild Life Conservation Asso¬ 
ciation, Ontario, Canada, gives some inter¬ 
esting information regarding the growth 
of Jack Miner’s great wild goose sanctuary 
in that province, in a letter just received by 
the BULLETIN. He says, in part: 
“On behalf of the members of this As¬ 
sociation, permit me to express keen appre¬ 
ciation for donation to Mr. John T. Miner 
by your Association during the year 1917 
for feeding of wild geese migrating to this 
area during the spring of the year. Up¬ 
wards of 3,000 geese now visit this farm 
which was recently set aside by the On¬ 
tario Government as a game and bird sanc¬ 
tuary. If it had not been for the patience 
of the owner coupled with the interest of 
your Association, we fear the same suc¬ 
cess would not have attended our efforts. 
We fully expect that upwards of 4,000 
geese will be with us again this spring and 
you will, doubtless, appreciate what our re¬ 
quirements this year will be. The Ontario 
Government grant will be in the neighbor¬ 
hood of $700, and our association, now in 
its infancy, is undertaking a publicity cam¬ 
paign in the hope of raising a sufficient 
sum with which to import a quantity of 
bobwhite quail to place in this area. Re¬ 
cent blizzards almost destroyed present 
stocks in the county.” 
DUCK INCREASE FOLLOWS FED¬ 
ERAL LAW ENACTMENT 
HE Blue Wing Hunting Club of 
Clarksville, Tenn., has its headquart¬ 
ers on the celebrated Reelfoot Lake in that 
state, a body of water on which free shoot¬ 
ing of waterfowl is permitted—there are 
no private preserves. When this fact is 
taken into consideration, the season bags 
of duck printed below give added sig¬ 
nificance to the part played by the Federal 
Migratary Bird Law in increasing the 
numbers of waterfowl in this country. The 
figures are furnished by Mr. E. A. 
COOKE, a fine type of southern sports¬ 
man. In perusing them, it should be borne 
in mind that the Migratory Bird Law went 
into effect in 1913: 
November, 1913—11 men killed 226 .duck in 
9 days. 
November, 1913—10 men killed 35 duck in 
7 days. 
October, 1914—11 men killed 120 duck in 
11 days. 
November, 1914—11 men killed 137 duck in 
8 days. 
November, 1915—T3 men killed 151 duck in 
14 days. 
November, 1916—17 men killed 856 duck in 
10 days. 
November, 1916—7 men killed 317 duck in 
4 daj r s. 
November, 1916—7 men killed 285 duck in 
4 days. 
November, 1917—14 men killed 1,329 duck 
in 10 days. 
FEED THE BIRDS 
ANY sportsmen consider the present 
winter as hard a one on game as any 
that this generation has seen. It is certain 
that birds have perished by the thousands, 
quail particularly. Save in the states in 
which that species is given careful atten¬ 
tion by the sportsmen’s organizations dur¬ 
ing the winter, little more than a remnant 
will be found this spring. 
Sportsmen should redouble their efforts 
to bring through the birds that remain. 
It is important to remember in winter 
feeding that grit is quite as essential as 
grain, otherwise the quail or pheasant will 
perish with a crop filled with food which 
it cannot grind. Grit does for birds what 
teeth do for human beings. Feed un¬ 
threshed grain if possible. If not possi¬ 
ble, feed the threshed grain in straw, hay 
or leaves; if thrown on the snow it soon 
sinks out of sight or freezes in and be¬ 
comes unavailable. 
