Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-23
BREEDING GAME
BIRDS PAYS WELL
National Association Urges Crea.
ton OF Federal Conservation
Department.

ono of the topics ~ diz~uazior ~ 'hr
American Game Protective Assert ttor
~ the recent seventh annual convon
tinn ras the breeding ~ game birfE
as = now and profitable Industry Tho
conference was held IN New York
The assclaAon urges creation y
FaferHf Dera*rnen ~ Cor, zarvrtior
needed. II was h~ld because m tho aev
eraI million hunters who start ont evorv
year in search n game birds Unless
scrna action IL taken hy the Federal
state and Canadian governments many
species of valuable game birds vii 10
come extinct before the game farm gets
started.
The breeding ~ game FOR sporf ard
for profit Il 2 new. rapidly growing and
popular industry IN Auaerica. = vas
stated, and il Will add - the value -
many farms and The summer ~n'fntry
homes of tho city business rnsn wh0
raise wild fowl as an interesting avo-
cation These numerous 4pecies -
game birds which are beneficial n aEri
culture can be carried on the .ands
where cereal and other crops are Guilt
vated. and the demand for game birds
as food st good prices ~1h bring
ample profit 70 the game breeder
NanT frlNAfe ETFsSffrSs
Many owners ~ country places row
have plenty Of game and .ook after Il
properly They enjoy The good shooting
during long open seasons and ne
abundant food There are also prob
ably more than 10000 people. iaclud-
ing many women. who ind ( vsry
profitable industry Many u ne states
hava already extensive game farms
49, r.er INA n 2
game breeding are made These farrs
are in Afassac chu sets Connecticut New
York. New Jersey Maryland. Illinois.
oregon and many other states This
/ aeld sport tends 10 keep people n me
country and form a sufficient oounter
/ rolss, 70 the pleasures of the city. and
| a verv healthy avocation for he '!red
| business man.
The prejudice against game farming
and preserving has largely disap ppsared-
| II grew from the idea that only tns rich
| could afford game farms and preserN -.
/ but this Is not the case. Even N denseiy r
! populated England owners n 7t.a..
/ country places nov breed pneasants
/ cartridges. Hild ducks and ether game
| MANY clubs have been formed - ~aAf
/ the expense u keeping the satne p.~HI 4
/ fill Hundreds nf commerria4 game
/ farmers and small breeders ~ea, <aHi-
/ for uroat. Thus game has be- n.e 81
abundant that the markets of Great
! Rrttain are full Of Il. and market san
ners are permitted 70 sell the Same
/ they take on public .aads and 2a'ers.
/ Former Abundance Amusing.
The former abundance oS game IN
America is almost beyond be.ief We
s "a
and a greater variety and abundance cs
Wild ducks and geese thaa any country
!, the world We had. besides. the big
gest pheasant in the world-ths wild
turkey which was plentiful. from Maine
I 70 Florida and westward 20 the Grea,
/ Plains. Many tons Of prairie grouse
and quau were sold in the markets AZ
/ that time All the little ponds and
lakes. today deserted by wild fowl. we're
! breeding places for countless numbers
| Of wild ducks and geese.
one OF the game breeding associations
/ in the East has raised over 250o nal
Iards in the season and attracted 2 GOOD
/ lot of black ducks 20 a little artificial
pond which was inclosed with wire net
ting against verrnin The making ~
| the pond cost only so. Hundreds g
! p0edHahLS anu QuA4t Nctf 49, .tAt''' =
on the same farm. where there was m
game and no shooting for anyone lntil
the club was formed to provide shoot
ing for its members.
Among those at the conference were
William =. Boulton. chairman Harry
T. Rogers. superintendent of New York
state game farms: Lee ;. Crandali
curator cf birds. New York Geological
Park; Duncan Dunn. superintendent ~
New Jersey state game farms W n
Howser. game and fish warden 81 Ten
nessee: James w Stuher assistant
chief of the Ohio Bureau II Fish and
Game Colonel John III. Wallace lr.
Carlos Avery William r. Coleman and
| George A. lawyer.