Baxter Springs news., 1917-02-01
Wild GAME IS
NOW PLENTIFUL
Conservation Society Reports
Breeders Are Renewing Sup
ply Of Birds.
Wild DUCKS At 81 EACH
n y ouoosstsd That New industry
sf Raising Game May Reduce
osst 81 MSat.-kneouraoSd IN
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New York~JTho raising q ''wi1d
DamST II q comparatively new indus
trT n this country, but has been max
IND rsmatinble gtrides in the past u
rnonthA according 70 the report u the
Game Conservation society, which 70
Gently held itS annual meeting here.
The Society's membership includes
many breeders who have established
game farms for the purpose Of renew.
ing the eountry's supply Of game fowl
for tnble consumption. This supply.
according to members Of the society,
was rapidly diminishing until q year
or 20 ago, and many Of the most delsc-
table foFIns Of Wild food that hno
formerly been plentiful in this country
had become rare dishes even for cpl
cures.
Wild ducks and pheasants are
among the varieties Of fowl TINT are
being raised BY the breeders at the
present time, and according to the Co
ciety'S report the former have become
20 plentiful through this method IN
some states that they have appeared
on the market at prices which place
Wild duck within the rnnge Of the pub
lie generally instead Of the rich alone.
In Minnesota, the report states. wild
duck sold at 81 each this year. 1t u
sugTested IN the report that ut the
present rate Wild duck and other form
erly rare fowl may actually tend to
lower the cost Of the more common
place meats Of daily consumption.
Many States Permit Breeding.
'sThirty.nve states now have laws
permitting the breeding and sale Of oil
or certain species Of game, and many
game farms have been started In other
states In .icipation Of laws encour-
aging the industry" the annual report
says. Reports coming to the society
indicate that all Of the states and some
of the Provinces Of Canada soon Will
permit and encourage game breeding.
"Reports coming to our game census
indicate that our members have over
q million game blrds-there were few
or than 100000 reported last year
and that they have several times az
many deer and elk aS they had last
year. The membership Of the society
hns doubled during the year, and our
list shows O very rapid increase.
"The breeding Of quail and grouse
has been started in the western states,
and there Is much interest In quail
breeding in the southern states, which
are well adapted to the production OF
quail In big numbers"
Despite the fact that hundreds OF
thousands Of pheasants have been
raised by the breeders, the report says
the prices have continued to rise be-
cause importers have been prevented
from bringing these birds from foreign
countries. The report also states that
the breeding of game fish is beginning
to attract widespread attention and
to prove highly profitable.
ut Is evident that comparatively
little Of our vast territory will be need
ed to make America the biggest game
producing country In the world, since
game overflows from the many breed
Iug grounds and restocks large areas
where It has become extinct, the
sportsmen In all localities find they
are benefited and all prejudice against
the industry seems to have disap-
peared.
Benefits Are Shown.
ut is highly important that as game
becomes plentiful much Of 1t should
be eaten, and the sale and eating OF
game must be relied on to keep up the
industry, especially when 1t is under.
tuken by popular clubs with small
dues, which should sell some Of their
game and eggs to help pay the cost oil
production. The Game Conservation
society is especially interested in clubs
Of this character and is constantly a'
work to help these organize.
"A notable example, OF the Denentt
Of game breeding hns occurred on Long
Island. The clubs report that mallard'
are plentiful not only on club grounds
but also on public waters, where nun
dreds Of birds have been shot recently
Before game breeding was undertaken
the maIlard was seldom seen on Long
Island. A single bird in q bag attract
ed attention. The ornithologists re
/. ferred to the mallard a. On occasional
visltant.
''ouail shooting has been kept oper
on the island for all hands without
fenr of extinction, and In whole states
where there are no quail clubs 1t hni
been found necessary to prohibit Quai
shooting ut oil times. When there y
J as much breeding propordonateiy II
other parts Of the country as there U
ON Long Island there viii never be tn
necessity for prohibiting oil shooting
ns IL now the case In many OF I'M
quail states"