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FF 4 APRIL, 1917 THE OBJECT OF THIS MAGAZINE IS TO MAKE NORTH AMERICA THE BIGGEST GAME PRODUCING COUNTRY IN THE WORLD CONTENTS ily aati ig ila hie Survey of the Field—Raiding a Game Farm-— More Freedom — Uniformity of Criminal Laws—An Excellent Commissioner—A_ Suc- cessful Meeting—Why the Oyster Escaped—Quail for Anne Arundel —The Maine Breeders’ Bill— Wild Ducks in Ohio— Reducing the Food Bill—A Big Mail—The Book Department—A Good Word for the Airedale. Prairie Grouse and Sharp Tails - - °- D. W. Huntington Black Siberian Hares and Other Fur Rabbits U. S. Department of Agriculture More About the Siberian Hare - : “ By McGillivray The Trapping of Wild Ducks Aymer Maxwell and DeVisme Shaw Notes from the Game Farms and. Preserves By Our Readers The Game Market—The Egg Market—Sales of Day — Old Pheasants — More Prize Quail— The Rahlman Case — Orders Still Coming. The Black Head Disease—Contribution Rhode Island Experi- ment Station. Editorials—Two Similar Cases—Quail Breeding—The Title to Game —The Siberian Hare. Correspondence— Outings and Innings—Trade Notes, Ete. HS OW i i) Ml yl | | hal vy lh PA) Malet | i! fl ial I A Mil Daf AV T 2) a Mycdll, 0 N uJ Wh bs hi | hall eis Wy in the ~|l \ iM. 8 For Sale The Boat shown in the above illustration. — A Deck Cruiser in good order. Mahogany — cabin, and handsomely fitted - throughout. I especially wish to dispose of this boat promptly and will sell it at an attractive price. For full particulars and price, address PETER WILKES | Care of THE GAME BREEDER 150 NASSAU STREET | NEW YORK MUS. COMP. Z00L. LIBRARY ii eee gate ee THE GAME BREEDER Bio c A Game Farm Pays Dividends in Pleasure and Profit Have you who own land in the country, either a large amount or small, ever considered the possibility of obtaining a cash yield from it, or increasing its present yield, by means of game farming? There is a constant demand for game birds and 5 SA their eggs. This demand, which comes largely from Wf \ S OipeejYyfe city markets, from small breeders and from sporting V4 WU SS : # clubs owning game preserves, is so much greater il SSS ene than the supply that good prices are received by the i The comparatively few people at present engaged in Wild. Turkey game farming. _ Its restoration is im-@ 4 portant because domes- tic turkeys are deci- ! mated by adisease &- from which the wild’ SS ee ier A is Also, a game farm pays dividends not only in cash Ui, ven 4% but in pleasure. There is an interest attached to it 4 which grips strongly those who have ary love at all for the wild. In fact many of the game farms in this Country are conducted simply for the pleasure of it, for the fun there is in it, and not in any way from a business standpoint. The subject is one to which you should give serious con- sideration. All the information which we have regarding it is at your disposal. If you will write for our booklet, ‘“Game Farming for Profit and Pleasure’’, we will gladly send you a copy without cost to you. When writing use the coupon below. Game Farming Pays the Sportsman Every sportsman who has given the matter any thought realizes the importance of game farming to him. He knows that by its means the good old days of fifty years ago, when game ofeall kinds was plentiful on every hand, may come again. In those days nearly every man and boy in the country had a gun and used it. If you are a sportsman fond of good shooting, write us and we will tell you howto getit. Game Breeding Dept., Room 204 HERCULES POWDER CO. Wilmington, Delaware ———————— Manufacturers of Explosives; Infallible and ‘‘E. C.’? Smoke- on coe am BI H less Shotgun Powders; L. & R. Orange Extra Black Sporting market ————"s) |IEV Sine Powder; Dynamite for Farming. e Breeding Department, Room 201 Hercules Powder Company, Wilmington, Delaware EERE ERC TNGATIOLONTIG Of oe os eaten a ee eee on ne ea ee a mone ee ea SO ai): i Re ee a rs ee : | re 0 SSS ag el a laa Se PETS OF SSSR SI URE ag pea 2 Sica aan oa aa ntlemen;—Please send me a copy of “‘Game Farming for Profit and Pleasure’’. I am interested in game yee c > 2 ' THE GAME BREEDER REMINGTON UMC € Us pat O The Famous Steel Lined “Speed Shells” NOWN as the ‘Speed Shells” from coast to coast, ARROW and NITRO CLUB Steel Lined Shot- shells are used by a majority of our leading field and trapshooters because they are absolutely dependable and just a fraction of a second quicker in getting to the mark. The steel lining does it!! This Remington UMC steel reinforce- ment in the shell acts as a second gun barrel. It retains all the compression - —no chance for side expansion——all of the force is put back of the load. Successful sportsmen everywhere are using the “Speed Shells” with un- qualified success. The first practical steel lined shotshells to be manufactured, the Remington UMC “Speed Shells” are still the recognized leaders in every branch of the shotgun shooting sport. ~ .Ask.-your dealer for ARROW and NITRO CLUB Steel Lined Shotshells and look for the Red Ball Brand. of Remington UMC on the package. | The Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Co., inc. if “Woolworth Building New York City In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” THETGAME BREEDER’ 9°" 2) 40. 3 The King of Sports a3. ie Invigoratine—thrilling—spontaneous—and in- teresting to the last degree—that’s trapshooting— the Sport Alluring. TRAPSHOOTING is a veal American game—the sort of sport that sends the red blood coursing through your veins and makes your very heart rejoice. Each flying clay is a challenge to your eye and aim—and each shattered disc a tribute to your gunskill. Get a gun and begin a It’s a pile of fun whether you practice with a - simple hand trap and a few clay targets or shoot over thé most elaborate club layout. The cost is up to you entirely. Eee Write for our booklet, “The Sport Alluring,’’ No. 354 E. I: du Pont de Nemours & Company gee ee ee te WILMINGTON, DELAWARE ee oe 4 _ In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: ‘Yours for More Game.” 4 THE GAME BREEDER ONEIDA ¥Y JUMP Aogreat fe tora TR, Ps and owls. Specially emesis adapted to setting on a pole and unequalled for | A of. thes | Game Destroyer. general trapping for eo Se weasels,e'minks, foxes and other animals. Actual Size | No. J Trap mn Made in Five Sizes Insist on the genuine Jump Trap. Do not accept an tn- CATALOGUE FREE bs hoe a . ferior substitute. ONEIDA COMMUNITY, Ltd., - ONEIDA, N. Y. In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” sin atts The Game Breeder Published Monthly. caears as esate class matter. July 9, 1915, at the Post Office, New York City, New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879. VOLUME XI APRIL, 1917 NUMBER 34 CD) SURVEY OF Raiding a Game Farm. A most shocking performance—a game police raid on a Long Island game farm—was reported recently in the daily papers. No doubt the police were within their rights ; no doubt it is an absurd crime to take birds for propagation in New York. It must be humiliating, however, to an intelligent State game officer to see his police raid a private farm because the employes were unaware that it is crimi- nal in New York to take a few birds for breeding purposes, or, possibly, to even catch the ducks bred and owned by the farmer. It is legal to shoot and entirely destroy hundreds of ducks during the open sea- son; it is illegal to take even a small number for breeding purposes. Often we have said this absurd law should be amended so as to encourage and not prevent the production of wild fowl. - P. S.—It is reported $15,000 was paid to settle, which is just $14,999.75 too much. More Freedom. Often the English papers and maga- zines, after their editors have read about an absurd arrest under the American game laws, point with derision to the, methods in vogue in “the land of the free.” They seem to delight in the quotation. In every civilized country, excepting in America, it is legal to take wild fowl on public waters and to sell them as food just as fish are taken in public waters and sold as food. Granting there THE FIELD. is a sentiment against this, we insist there should be no objection to taking birds for propagation. In all civilized countries, excepting in America, it is legal to take wild fowl alive for breeding purposes and it is not at all strange that gamekeepers who have heard of “The land of the free” should imagine they had the same free- dom in America which they enjoyed at home. It is not strange where they are employed to rear game birds that they should take up their own fowl and also a few migrants to help out the breed- ing operations. We appreciate their amazement that such transactions should be placed on the same basis as real crimes, murder, theft, burglary, etc. People who observe such performances of the game police have ceased to wonder why we have no game to eat and very little to look at, in many states. Uniformity of Criminal Laws. Blackstone and all the legal writers since the date of his famous commen- taries have said that criminal laws should be uniform. It certainly is evident that any transaction should not be criminal in one place and not in another. No one thought of Mr. Mcllhenny as a bad criminal when he sent his story to The Game Breeder about trapping the same ducks twice in Louisiana; the second time after they had returned from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, where he had sent them to a Chicago friend who is a game breeder. Why should we think of the Long Island farmer, recently raided, as . a criminal? Every one we have heard : | THE GAME BREEDER _ ees mention the matter (and there are a great many), has called it an outrage, just as every one said, “outrage,” when citizens who brought their quail home from the South were raided by the same force. gh ape Re An Excellent Commissioner. Fortunately New York has an excel- lent State Game Officer. Mr.* Pratt promptly conceded that the papers were - right in denouncing the arrest of Sports- men returning home with their game. He, no doubt, will at once see the ab- surdity .of permitting every one to ab- solutely destroy hundreds of birds every season and of arresting reputable pro- ducers when they take a few birds alive for propagation. The dignity (possibly we should say indignity) of the law will be well pre- served by a fine of 50 cents; 25 cents would seem even better, if any attempt is ever made to collect a fine. The case is important since it should result in an ‘amendment to the laws permitting and encouraging food production on the farms, with at least as much freedom as there is in all civilized countries, except- ing in America. A Successful Meeting, The Annual Breeding, at the Waldorf-Astoria, N. Y., was interesting and successful. A num- ber of interesting papers were read: One of the most interesting was one by Mac Vicar in which the French system of partridge rearing was referred to. Mr. F. C. Walcott made the opening address. Duncan Dunn, Superintendent of the New York Jersey State Game . Farm, made a report on pheasant breed- ing. Mr. E. A. Quarles described pheasant breeding at the New Jersey and New ~ York State farms. His remarks were illustrated with moving pictures. Mr. E. A. Mcllhenny told “How to Distinguish the Pure Bred Mallard.” Hon. J. B. Harkin described Conserva- tion work in Canada’s Great National Parks. : ‘Braddford Scudder spoke on the Prac- Fisher discussed, The R lat on. torial Birds to. Game. Other ‘the methods of the dispe: _ who spoke of the Protecti Conference on Game tical Application of ‘the servation to Large Esta were Dr: John C. Phillips, who de reared Quail. Robert our National Parks; E. C. He who discussed Efficiency in the Ad- ministration of Game Laws. = The dinner in the evening was good, of course. No bad dinners are — the Waldorf. The pictures by - henny and Finley were wonderful and — delighted the diners. nee A Why the Oyster Escaped. : The Times, Boonsboro, Md., citing a. “ringing appeal” of the Conservation Commission, says: - The oyster is stationary. If it moved from State to State, Uncle Sam would have long ago extended his strong right arm to save the oyster. The same is true of terrapin. Its home is local. It does not wander beyond — State lines. Hence its lack of strong protec- tion. Hence, also its partial destruction. = The people who enjoy eating oysters well may give thanks! How fortunate it is that it is “stationary!” See the ar- ticles about non-stationary wild ducks in England and Holland in this issue. Wild ducks are as cheap as oysters in all the markets of the civilized world ex- cepting in America. More laws, fewer game birds! ye Quail for Anne Arundel. Dae Within the next few weeks 600 birds that cost Anne Arundel county $2 apiece will be liberated in various sections of the country with a view to increasing the number of wild fowl. The birds are known as “Mexican Boby Whites,” and are the first of a number to be pur- chased by the county out of funds ob- tained from the gunners’ licenses issued last year. The year was a record-break- — er for the county in that respect and after appropriating about $1,200 for the first consignment of birds the county had nearly $2,000 remaining of the license fund. A bill passed by the legislature of 1916 makes possible the use of the i Wat EE et, THE GAME BREEDER 7 proceeds for that purpose, and the county is now negotiating with dealers in Pennsylvania with a view of getting a new variety of birds, but more of the Bob Whites are to be ordered as soon as the effects of the liberation of the first consignment are noted. The plan has been adopted in other States for re- plenishing the supply of wild fowl, and it is believed that it will work satisfac- torily in the county.—The Times, Boons- boro, Md. — > The Maine Breeders’ Bill. . One of our Maine readers sends us a copy of the proposed Game Breeders’ Law for Maine. It appears our abstracts of this bill printed last month from Maine woods was wrong in stating the amount of the proposed license. The bill appears to have been amended so as © to provide for a $2.00 license instead of a $25 fine for breeding game. Only twenty-five acres of the farm can be used as a game pasture, more than this appears to be criminal. The Maine farmers will wake up some day and put an end to such nonsense. Possibly they may put the wild duck and the deer on the song bird list as a matter of retalia- tion. The farmers certainly have pushed protection to the limit in Ohio. Wild Ducks in Ohio. Young Scott Jordon, son of an em- ploye at the Driving Park and two or three other boys recently were the prin- cipals in a wild duck “hunting story” de- cidedly out of the ordinary. A small flock of splendid wild mallard ducks passed the summer in a pool at the driv- ing park and the employes there made it a point to see that they were undis- turbed. This fall they liked things so well that they decided to pass the winter at the same spot, but during the recent cold snap, took a “flyer” and disap- peared for some days. While the boys were skating on the pool, in came the ducks and dropped down right on the ice although there _ was a small portion of the water that had not completely frozen over. It seemed to be a direct challenge to the boys and they at once started on their skates after the half wild birds and quickly ran them down before they could take wing, seven ducks being captured after some lively twisting and swift turn- ing. They are now at the driving park with their wings clipped and seem to be just as contented as the tame and noisy barn yard variety—Sportsmen’s Review. - Reducing the Food Bill. . One of our Maryland members writes for information as to how to reduce the cost of feeding hand reared wild ducks, now that the prices for corn and other grain are high. Capt. Aymer Maxwell; an English authority, says that Mr. Bell, the duck keeper at Netherby, who probably knows more of the ways of our commoner ducks from a practical point of view than any other man living, “has very materially reduced his food bill—always a formidable item where ducks are con- cerned—by inducing his grown ducks to live largely on pulped turnips. As he put it to the writer, “Your duck is a gor- geous person,.and only wants to fill him- self with something; so we make him gorge himself on what we can get.’”’ One of our large western breeders of wild ducks, who called recently on The Game Breeder, said that he plants buckwheat in his orchard and field and lets his ducks eat the growing sprouts and later the standing grain. The birds have a wide range and visit in many fields, returning when they are called to be fed in the afternoon. Where there are suitable marshes and ponds on pre- serves and game farms these should be planted with some of the many natural foods advertised by the dealers. The ducks can be fed on acorns and grain to advantage a short time before they are shot or marketed, but sports- men must always remember that too much corn makes slow birds, and the more they are compelled to find their own living and the wider their range, where the preserve.is a big one, the better. There is a danger, of course, of some 8 THEGAME BREEDER of the birds deserting, but if they are accustomed to come to a good meal of grain and acorns late in the day, and are never disappointed, they will not be inclined to depart, if the shooting be properly managed, until the waters be- gin to freeze, before which time (and ~ in fact before the shooting begins) the stock birds for the following season should be caught up and penned after having their wings clipped. We shall be glad to hear from our readers who can tell us how they re- duce their food bill, for this is, as Mr. Bell says, always a formidable item. A Big Mail. It has been impossible for the editors _ of The Game Breeder to answer their mail promptly. The secretary of the society was ordered out with the Naval Militia some weeks ago; an assis- tant has been away on account of ill- ness and correspondents who have not had prompt answers to their letters will kindly excuse the delay. : Z The reorganization of The Game Guild will relieve other departments of the society and we hope soon to have extra clerical help. Hundreds of requests for advice are coming all the time from all of the States and from the Canadian Provinces. The mail of the publication of the society evidently is much heavier than that of an ordinary story magazine and we trust our readers will subscribe liberally to the Guild in order that the work of all departments of the society may be promptly handled. The Book Department. The demand for books on game breed- ing and for Our Feathered Game has in- creased rapidly and ‘we have repeatedly been entirely sold out. Twice recently the publishers of “Our Feathered Game” have reported that they could not fill our orders. We will have some new copies of this book before this issue goes to press and all orders on file will be filled in the order in which they were received. The demand for books is evidence of _they receive proper compensation for the the rapid growth of the Dr. Job’s Book on “The Pro Wild Birds and “Our W. Waders” by the editor of Breeder continue to be the “be Grouse Clubs. Clubs for prairie grouse easily ‘ - formed in many of the Western Stat to keep the grouse shooting good as the quail shooting is kept up 1 South. Some of the prairie States have game breeders’ laws permitting p serve owners to breed grouse and all other species of game and the gun clubs in the West well may undertake the breeding of grouse and quail in pro- tected fields just as the quail are bred in © the South. Many Western farmers — whose lands are posted against all shoot- — ing will be willing no doubt to have the game produced on their lands provided shooting. Where game is bred wild in the fields — the cost of production is small and the © club dues can -be kept down. Sportsmen are beginning to find upland game shoot- ing more interesting than the “sport al- luring” and enjoy having something to take home after the shoot. Since the abundant game overflows from the pre-_ serve they provide sport for others as well as themselves. We are always glad to hear about the formation of clubs to preserve the vanishing prairie grouse. Nas ccs Caertthid sinlieegagle serhbisit chide eps mcyhiiien ote x A Good Word for the Airedale. Mr. MacVicar, game keeper for the Chiles-Walcott preserve, said in answer to the question, What kind of dog was the best for a game keeper, that he pre- ferred the airedale; that it was a good, lively, strong dog well able to handle cats and other vermin when he encoun- tered them. It occurred to us that there is a good advertisement ‘of airedales in The Game Breeder, and we wondered if the members of the Conservation Society are buying these dogs as they should. At all events it is a good thing to know where they can get good airedales. 5 ole WANTED — AVIARY OR FANCY PHEASANTS, quail, prairie chickens, mandarin and wood duck, Give full description and prices. ROBERT HUTCHIN: ON, Littleton, Colorado, at In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” THE GAME BREEDER 25 WANTED-75 OR 100 PHEASANTS FOR BROOD Stock, will take them ina bunch or in small lots. Birds to be delivered before the last of March. Would like them to run 3 to r.- Address, R. E. BULLOCK, Scarboro Beach, Maine, WE WILL PAY TOP MARKET PRICE FOR Ruffed Grouse, Prairie Chicken, Columbian Sharp- tailed Grouse, Prairie Sharptailed Grouse, Canadian Ruffed Grouse, Dusky Grouse. Also for Canvasback, Bufflehead, Old Squaw, Golden-eye, Ringbill and Lesser Scaup Ducks. CHILES & CO., Mt. Sterling, Ky. WANTED—WHITE PEAFOWL, EITHER SEX, Pied Peafow], Soemmerring, Cheer, Hoki and German Peacock Pheasants, Ruffed Grouse, and White Squirrels. Also Swinhoes; state price and number. R. A. CHILES & CO., Mt. Sterling, Ky. GAME EGGS eo ee PHEASANT EGGS, PER DOZEN, ENGLISH RING- neck, $3.00; Pure Chinese, $3.50; Golden, $4.00; Silver and Reeves, $5.00; Amherst and Pure Mongolian, $6.00. Write for circular describing brood coops, setting nests, pheasant feed and pheasant book. SIMPSON’S PHEAS- ANT FARM, Corvallis, Oregon. (25) WILD AND BRONZE TURKEY EGGS—CHICKEN eggs. Handsome Catalog, 2 cent stamp, showing pure wild gobbler from the mountain. VALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM, Belleville, Pa. (24) PHEASANT EGGS PER DOZEN Golden, Silver, four dollars; Ringneck, three dollars ; Amherst, eight dollars, also Buff Wyandottes, prize win- ers, Pen, 1 nve dollars; Pen, 2 three dollars. One dollar deposit insures early delivery, T. A. MENDENHALL Greenville, Ohio. : (23) PHEASANT EGGS—PER DOZEN, GOLDEN $5.00, Ringneck $3.50. One doller deposit now insures early spring delivery, *‘Goldbank’” M B. Turkeys. Big boned lusty young toms, $5.00 up. : 6t MRS. IVER CHRISTENSON Jamestown, Kan. RINGNECK PHEASANT EGGS FROM PURE BRED Stock, $3.00 per setting of 15 eges. All orders filled in the order received. All eggs strictly fresh when shipped, EDWARD W, DOLAN, Worthington, Minn, (25) ~ RINGNECKED PHEASANT EGGS, $25.00 PER hundred ; $3.50 per dozen. Also a number of youn k birds, $3.50 each. F. SHAW, Marlborough, NOY. 3 “(51 WILD DUCKS KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BE- tween live decoys and blocks. Get the real live bird and get good shooting. Eggs from the genuine wild mallard at $1.50 per dozen, 12,00 per hundred. Birds at $1.50 each. E.G. SHOWERS, Onalaska, Wis, ee WILD MALLARD EGGS—FROM FINE, VIGOROUS birdson streamrange, Also White Pekin Ducks and Mam- moth Bronze Turkeys at $2.50 per doz., $15.00 per too Place order now to insure delivery when season opens, INGERSOLL, Wah-Wah-Taysee Lodge, Buffalo, Minn, MALLARD EGGs, $3.50 PER 13. PHEASANTS EGGS of all kinds. All kinds of Pheasants, Pigeons, Water fowl and Pet Stock. Write your wants. BOIES, Mill- brook, N. Y, a ee pL. as Peele IE BGG Rs Ot2.s0 HUNDRED no limit, $1.50 Dozen. nglish Caller E : Dozen, Mail draft, BREMAN CO.. Danville dil, °° FOR SALE—GOLDEN PHEASANT EGGS FROM non-related birds. S.H. GARNER, Attleboro, Mass. BANTAM AND PHEASANT EGGS APANESE Silkies, Buff, White, Black Cochin, Golde, Seabright $2.50dozen. Chinese Pheasant $3.50 Golden $4, Silver $s, Beets $6. DOTY’S PHEASANTRY, Marmor on, ( a ee a RINGNECK PHEASANT EGGS, $2.75 PER DO _ Silver Pheasant, $3.50 per ie G.M. GILLES EN Cherokee, Iowa. ; ENGLIsH RINGNECK PHEASANTS EGGS FOR sale—f2.50 a dozen. ISAAC SPENCER, zo Wayne Ave., Ipswich, Mass. RINGNECK EGGS $25 PER HUNDRED AND GOL- den $6.00 per setting of 13 eggs. Young cock birds for sale $3.60each. Mrs. EDGAR TILTON, Suffern, N.Y. CHINESE RING NECK PHEASANT EGGS, (13) eggs $3.00. J. W. FURNSIDE, 412 Brandywine Ave., Schenectady, N. Y. FOR SALE—RINGNECK PHEASANT EGGS FROM pens of special mating grouped in different localities— $3.00 for 15, Dr. HOLMAN, Attleboro, Mass. GAMEHEEPERS GAMEKEEPER WANTED—MARRIED OR SINGLE, One who had some experience raising young Pheasants or Wild Duck. Fully state qualifications and wages ex- pected. Room and board furnished. Good position for right man. JOHN R. ANDERSON, 649 Washington Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois. WANTED— HEAD GAMEKEEPER FOR SMALL preserve on a noted private estate, Married man pre- ferred and one that is experienced with pigeons and the production of squabs. Must be thoroughly qualified in every way and have a good record of proven ability. Apply fully to Mr. PULTZ, in care of Game Breeder, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. City. & GAMEKEEPER WISHES RE-ENGAGEMENT. First class rearer of game—life experience—single— age 42 years. Ten years in America. Testimonials furnished as-~to character and ability. Refer by per- mission to J, Dillage Vann, Esq., Dillage Memorial, Building, Syracuse, N. Y. JOHN H. JOHNSON, Baldwinsville, N. Y.,R. F. D. 4. WANTED —SITUATION AS HEADKEEPER, Thoroughly understand raising of all species of game, Also trapping and dog breaking, Fifteen years’ experience in this country. Married, no tamily. Best of references from former employers. J. H., care of Game Breeder, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. City. IF YOU WANT A THOROUGH MAN READ THIS: A practical and reliable manager, widely experienced here and abroad in breeding and rearing-ornamentaltand and water fowl, English pheasants, partridge, quail, wild turkeys, wild ducks, etc.; the management of Incu- bators for hatching pheasant and duck eggs. And a handler and trainer of field, trail and high class shooting dogs. A capable man to show sport. Excellent trapper of vermin. A reliable and trustworthy, all-around manager, Address J. H. WISE, 157 East 69th St., New York City. BOOKS OUR BOOK DESCRIBES FULLY THE 200 MOST valuable roots, herbs, etc., used in medicine, How to gather and prepare. War Prices and Address of Buyers postpaid, only 20c. ROOT & HERB COMPANY, West Milan,N.H, _ REARING PHEASANTS IN SMALL ENCLOSURES. Price, 20 Cents. It contains nothing that has not been thoroughly and successfully tried out in actual practice. S.V. REEVES, Haddonfield, N. J. “OUR FEATHERED GAME,” BY D. W. HUNT- ington, contains portraits of all American game birds and shooting scenes in color. Postpaid $2.00. THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau St., New York. “OUR BIG GAME,’ BY D. W. HUNTINGTON, contains portraits and descriptions of all American big game animals. Postpaid $2.00. THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. “OUR WILD FOWL AND WADERS.” BY D. W. Huntington. A practical book on wild duck breeding for sport and for profit. Postpaid $2.00. ‘I1HE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. BOOKS—*°x Hunters, Trappers, Fur Traders, Taxidermists, Fishermen, Sportsmen, Campers, Prospectors, Fur Farmers, Ginseng and Golden Seal Growers, etc. By A. R. Harding. Price 60 cents each THE GAME BREEDBER, 150 Nassau St, N. Y. In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” 26 . THE GAME BREEDER : AIREDALE TERRIERS Most Popular Dog to-day because of sterling merit, IDEAL FOR POULTRYMAN, © .guards birds, kills rat , skunks. INDISPENSABLE IN ORCHARD. home, family, stock. Easy keeper. E LESS (used by Allies in trenches), faithful, highly intelligent, a “one man” dog. HIGHLY PROFITABLE, good bitch earns upward $200 yearly, pups easily reared, readily sold Pupptes, grown dogs, bred bitch, — from FINEST AIREDALE BLOOD IN WORLD, pedigreed, registered, certified. AT STUD, Havelock Goldsmith, magnificentimported son internationally famous Ch. Crompton Oorahg, fee $15; express bitches to Weston, N. J. Safe delivery, honorable dealing, satisfaction guaranteed. Booklet and references on request. VIBERT KENNEL, Box 11a. Weston, N. J. . tEERLESS WATCH DOG for _ SPLENDID PLAYMATE for children. ABSOILUTELY FEAR- | DOGS NORWEGIAN BEAR DOGS, IRISH WOLFHOUNDS, . English bloodhounds, Russian wolfhounds, American fox- hounds, lion, cat, deer, wolf, coon and varmint dogs. All trained. Shipped on trial. : money refunded. Purchasertodecide. Fifty page highly illustrated catalogue, sc. stamp. ROOKWOOD KEN- NELS, Lexington, Kentucky. THE BLUE GRASS FARM KENNELS, of Berry, Ky., offer forsale setters and pointers, fox and cat hounds, wolf and deer hounds. Coon and opossum hounds, var- \mint and rabbit hounds, bear and lion hounds, also Aire- dale terriers. All dogs shipped on trial, purchaser to judge the quality, satisfaction guaranteed or money re- funded. Sixty page, highly illustrated, instructive and interesting catalogue for ten cents in stamps or coin. DOG WANTED WANTED—Tertier for poultry and pheasant yard One that will not dig up the place or put in his time barking. CHILES & CO., Mt. Sterling, Ky MISCELLANEOUS SEND 25 CENTS FOR INFORMATION AND PRICE list of the most profitable furbearing animal, the Black Siberian Hare. SIBERIAN HARE CO., Hamilton, Canada. PHEASANT MOTHERS—COCHIN BANTAMS SU- perior to Silkies, all others. 15 eggs, Buff or White, $2.00, Hardy, attractive little fowl-flesh—eminently use- ful on the pheasantry. LINN RINGNECK RANCH, Albany, Oregon. + REAL ESTATE BUNGALOW FOR SALE OR RENT HAVE WELL BUILT BUNGALOW IN THE MOUN- tains of Ulster Co., N.Y.,2 hours from N.Y. City and half- hour from Poughkeepsie. Bungalow. contains 6 rooms, good artesian well and first-class outbuildings, Will rent furnished or unfurnished for the comingsummer, Address E. DAYTON, 26 Bergen Ave., Jersey City, N. J large Game Preserve For Sale Robinson Crusoe’sIsland outdone !--ST. VINCENT ISLAND, FLA., inthe Gulf of Mexico, containing over 13,000 acres of pine forest, fresh water lakes, Biessy. savannas, wild boar, native Virginia and sceoladeer, also imported Indian deer, wild cattle, turkeys, millions of ducks and all varieties of fish. The Island with bungalows, hunting lodges, yachts, boats and vehicles, for sale to close an estate, Easily protected. Many thousand acres of finest pine trees, Booklet sent on request. For Information Inquire Vv. M. PIERCE 663 Main Street Buffalo, N. Y. Satisfacfion guaranteed or ; x BOOK ON DOG DISEASES] | And How to Feed — Mailed free to any address Db the Author ° Do ~H. CLAY GLOVER CO., Inc. The Amateur Trainer By Ed. F. Haberlein A practical trainer of over 30 years’ experience, whose system is up to_date and stands unequaled. New Edition Just Out. Illustrated. A plain, practical and concise, yet thorough guide in the art of training, handling and the correcting of faults of the bird dog subservient to the gun afield. Written especially for the novice, but equally valuable to the experienced handler. By following the instructions plainly given, every shooter possessed of a littke common sense and patience can train his own dogs to perfection. Paper cover, $1.00; best full cloth binding and gold embossed, $1.50. Address THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau Street, N. Y. The Best in Pointers Puppies, Broken Dogs and Brood Bitches, by Champion Comanche Frank, Fishel’s Frank’ and Champion Nicholas Write me your wants, please. U. R. FISHEL _ Box 35 HOPE, IND FISHEL’S FRANK FOODS. WILD DUCKS’ NATURAL FOODS. Will attract them, These foods collected, examinations made, plant- ings planned and superintended. Write for free infor- mation. CLYDE B TERRELL, Specialist on the Natural Foods of Wild Ducks, Dept. P1, Oshkosh, Wis. MEAL WORMS FOR BIRDS, FOR SALE BY THE hundred or in large quantities. 25c. per hundred. Write for prices for larger lots. WM. STOFFREGN, 124-126 4th Ave., New York City. ACORNS An excellent food for deer, pheasants and wild ducks. I can supply acorns by the bushel or in large lots. Write for prices, including shipping charges. W. R. McLEAN, R. F. D., Eagle Springs, North Carolina. In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” o a THE GAME BREEDER 27 OUR FEATHERED GAME A manual on American Game Birds with shooting illustrations in color, and bird portraits of all American Game Birds. By D. W. HUNTINGTON Editor of The Game Breeder PRICE $2.00 Established 1860 FRED SAUTER Leading Taxidermist of America 42 Bleecker Street Corner Lafayette Street Subway Station at the Door. Specialist in All Branches of Taxidermy Write for Illustrated Catalogue ATTRACT WILD DUCKS They. Must Eat They will come hundreds of miles to natural feeding grounds. Examinations made, feeding grounds planned, planting material collected, plantings superintended. Have made many successful plantings all over U.S. and Canada. CLYDE B. TERRELL Specialist on Wild Duck Foods OSHKOSH, WIS. Wild Mallard Eggs for Hatching New York City Our Big Game A manual on the big game of North America with pictures of all big game animals. By D. W. HUNTINGTON Editor of the Game Breeder PRICE $2.00 womaosu! | FOR SALE Mallards and Duchs Pheasants and Hens —ALSO— Duck Eggs Pheasant Eggs WRITE FOR PRICES CARROLL ISLAND CLUB JAMES EDGAR, Head Game Keeper BENGIES, MD. Genuine Wild Mallard Eggs FROM LICENSED GAME FARM Eggs Gathered Every Day and Carefully Packed for Shipment 1 CAN SPARE A FEW PAIR OF DUCKS IF TAKEN AT ONCE For Price and Partculars, Write W. R. Hinde, Early, lowa In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” 28 THE GAME BREEDER ~ PHEASANTS A superb lot of Golden, Silver and Amherst Pheasants, just pe | for breeding this spring ‘and summer. : PHEASANT EGCS: . I am now also booking orders for eggs of the following varieties: Mongolian, Ringneck, Chinese, Golden, Silver, Lady Amherst and Reeves. WILD DUCK EGGS: Wood Duck, Mallard and Gray Call Duck Eggs. All the eggs I ship are. guaranteed to be from non-related, pure bred, strong, healthy birds, cor- rectly mated; all eggs are guaranteed not over three days old when they leave my farm. Fullinstructions given with each order as to setting, hatching, feeding and general care of the young birds. SPECIAL FOODS: ] also manufacture a full line of special foods for the successful raising of young pheasants and wild waterfowl, also for oo the old buds all the year round; write for prices. WALLACE EVANS GAME FARM, St Charles, Ill. Largest and mest successful breeders of pheasants, wild waterfowl, deer, etc., in the world. LEVANA GAME _FARM Pheasant Eggs For Sale We ofter pheasant’ eggs for Spring delivery at attractive prices. The eggs shipped will be the same as those used in our pheasantry where they are gathered daily. For Prices Address: LEVANA GAME FARM 120 BROADWAY Room 3555 NEW YORK CITY In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” e- THE GAME BREEDER 29 Fisherman’s Luck must begin for you after the selection of the tackle. The more you keep chance out of your tackle buying, the better your chances for landing the big fellows this coming season. The expert anglers who make Abbey & Imbrie FISHING TACKLE with the mark of the Leaping Dolphin— have done as much as human ingenuity can do to keep the element of chance out of your fishing. From their years of experience they have learned the ways of fish in fresh water and salt. They know how to put into all the tackle they make those sturdy qualities that go so far to make every strike an addition to your creel. Ask your dealer for Abbey & Imbrie Tackle with the mark of the Leaping Dolphin, or write us for our interesting catalog N. Abbey & Imbrie Division of Baker, Murray & Imbrie, Inc. ESTABLISHED 1620 15-17 Warren St. New York City SIGN OF THE LEAPING DOLPHIN TROUT ON YOUR COUNTRY PLACE On your estate or country place you may have a brook, a small stream or pond well adapted to trout, without realizing it. We shall be pleased to have our fish culturist answer, without expense to you, any inquiries you may care to address to us in reference to the matter, or have one of our expert fish culturists visit and examine your waters and advise you of the desirability of stocking them with trout, and what kind. The charge for this service will be five dollars per day and his necessary expenses for the time heis away from our Preserve. ‘ We have for several years scientifically bred trout on the.Darwinian theory of artificial selection and devel- oped a remarkably vigorous, healthy variety, absolutely free of diseases, that grow rapidly to a large size and will usually thrive under conditions where others fail. Our trout are known as Yama Brook Trout, and on account of their vigor and health,we have been success- ful in shipping them long distances—the four to six-inch trout, several hundred miles—and the very young (fry) seven days. We take all the risk of transportation and only charge for the live trout put into your waters, plus the expense of transportation from ourrailroad station, including a nominal charge for the attendant’s time and his necessary traveling expenses. October, November and December are ideal months for stocking with the four and six-inch trout and larger; very young trout we can ship long distances to best ad- vantage in December and January. We have been very successful in putting them in the water through holes in the ice, at this period. Fish culturists who have visited our Preserve and Hatcheries unite in saying that our Yama Brook Trout are superior to anything they have ever seen, and in two cases the statement has been made they ‘‘did not suppose such trout existed ’’ Our trout have reached a point of development where they are growing about twice as fast as ordinary trout We have on hand seve- ral hundred thousand upwards of 5% inches long that were hatched this year. YAMA FARMS Address,Fish Preserve Dept.,Napanoch,Ulster County, New York. Our Wild Fowl and Waders ‘A Practical Book on Wild Duck Breeding for Sport or Profit. : Fully Illustrated $2.00 The Game Breeder 150 Nassau Street New York In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: ‘“‘Yours for More Game.” 30 . THE GAME BREEDER PHEASANT EGGS RINGNECKS GOLDEN REEVES For Sale in Large or Small Quantities | Orders for Spring delivery will be filled in the order in which they are received. Eggs are gathered daily, and those I ship to customers are similar to those used at the pheasantry. Write for prices. SANDANONA PHEASANTRY P. O. Box 101 Millbrook, Dutchess Co., New York | GAME BIRDS s 4 We are now hooking orders FOR PROPAGATING PURPOSES ; 1 Genuine Wild Mallards, Black Duck, Green-win a eggs for Spring 5 ate Date Wee Pintatls, Gadwalls, Shey ae ; 1 ; (eXe) uc. idgeon, Red-heads, Blue-bills, also a de ery e following few oe ot ae choice Cae Ross aa ge ills; Canadian, Greater and Lesser Snow, Ross Brant, § | varieties O Pera . Hutchins, Cackling ane Blue Geese yee for prop- 1 £ agating purposes, inest quality 1n the countr i ; Silver, Golden, Ring Golden, Silver, Amherst, Reve Pheasants at yet \ neck Lady Amherst able prices. I also am booking orders for ring-neck 7 hi ’ hi ie cee ae reared on my preserve for delivery in fF, (2 early ta 3 C Ina, W ite, Mongo i I also have rare land and waterfowl from all parts of 4 an, Reeves, Swinhoe,Versicolor, Elliott, the world. Prices quoted for the asking. j Impeyan, Manchurian Eared, Melan- || | JOHN HEYWOOD, Gata : : Farms for the Propagation of Wild Fowl. . otus. Also in Wild Turkeys, Japanese | ~ : Silkies and Longtails; Blue, White and Pied Peafowl, as well as Wild RAISE SOME MALLARDS ; Mallards and other fancy ducks. Eggs For Hatching d From Very Fine, High Grade Flying Birds Send fiftv cents in stamps for colortype catalogue of pheasants and how to raise, 1 00—$25 : Setting, 1 3—$3.50 together. with our new Supplement. ie Satisfied Customers in Every State s SSS ‘ Order now and insure delivery when you want them. MT. STERLING _ KENTUCKY Licensed Game Farm OSHKOSH, WIS. Wild Duck Foods for Planting ee a 10,000 GU ATI: pan GAMBELS ELK y Lowest Prices Ever Quoted DUCKS DEER GEESE BE ee PHEASANTS MOOSE d PEAFOWLS ‘CRANES—STORKS HARES — RABBITS ~~ SQUIRRELS -.And_ alf varieties Pet Sock. Get our prices before placing your order. We carry the largest stock on the continent at all times. MOUNTAIN SHEEP SILVER FOXES MINK—MARTIN FISHER And all other varieties Animals & Birds Big Ilustrated Catalog, 10c Complete Information and Lists Free HORNE’S ZOOLOGICAL ARENA CO. = KANSAS CITY, MO. In writing to advertisers please mention The Game B reeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” - We hear it said often that the na- tion-wide advertising of The Hercules Powder Company has done more than anything else that has been done to make America a big game producing country. The result is positively startling. Editor Game Breeder: I have far more calls for birds now. than I can supply. I am sure the many letters I get on the subject of stock birds are due to your magazine, and I appre- ciate its value greatly. Mary C. WILKIE. Virginia. It might be a good plan for someone to suggest, at this time, to the U. S. Congress that it would be a good idea to have more game for the people to eat and fewer game laws intended to cre- ate a vast number of fanciful crimes which are unknown in countries which have game. Subscribe to The Game Breeder $1.00 a year. THE GAME BREEDER 31 MALLARD —_E G G S= From strong, flying birds, suitable for Shooting. Write for Prices GEORGE EDGAR HEAD GAMEKEEPER ’ The WYANDANCH CLUB Smithtown, Long Island, N. Y. DUCK FOODS Wild Geese and Ducks 3 Sago Pond Weed, Chara, Wild Celery and other ‘ foods of wild fowl. We will refer to people who are erowing our foods abundantly and THEY WILL TELL YOU how these foods hold and attract wild ducks and how they have improved their shooting. I have for sale also Canada Geese and Call Ducks. Write for prices and testimonials. JASPER B. WHITE -Waterlily, “Currituck Seund, North Carolina + mos mee In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: 32 : THE GAME BREEDER Land for Game Preserve and Country Howe: Near New York For Sale. 2 SSL | ~ F About three hundred acres on the Mianus River in Greenwich, Conn., may be purchased at present for one thousand dollars per acre. Suitable for a magnificent country house site, with sur- rounding forest like that of English estates. A mile of beautiful trout stream and a new!y made lake of several acres on the place Owner will not divide the tract. Its peculiar value rests in the combination of forest, cliffs and stream in a tract of this size so near to New York and to the social centers of Greenwich and Stamford. : Nothing similar can be preneeed because nothin similar remains so near to the city. It will naturally continue to in- crease in value as a plain investment for this reason. Deer and many other wild animals and birds now on the place | Address Advertising Department, The Game Breeder, 150 Nassau Street, New York City. CONRON BROS. COMPANY _ Wholesale Dealers in Fancy Poultry and Game aS We are in the market to buy Game Birds and Deer raised on preserves. If you have any to offer, communicate with us. ene Main Office: 13th Street and 10th Avenue, New York Shooting Clubs and Game Farms The Game Breeder has assisted in the formation of many shooting clubs-and game farms. We are preparing a booklet on this subject, containing testimonials. Those who desire information on either subject, or information about the new Game Breeders’ laws, are requested to write to us. The service is free to those who state that they deal with advertisers in The Game Breeder and who are contributing members of The Game Con- servation Society or subscribers to The Game Breeder. Letters should be addressed to the Information Department of THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau Street, New York “Yours for More Game.” Mackensen Game Park I carry the largest stock in America of live game birds, ornamental birds and quadrupeds. Hungarian Partridges \ I am prepared to fill the largest orders S\ for these birds and for years I have filled a 2 ZS practically all of the large State orders for both au, .«7- Partridges and Pheasants. 3 wei Pheasants My Pheasant pens hold thousands of Pheasants and I am prepared to furnish these birds in large numbers to State de- partments, individual breeders and preserves. Wild Duck Mallards, Black Duck, Teal, Wood Duck, Pintails and other species can be supplied in large numbers at at- tractive prices. Also Mandarins and all other water fowl. Wild Turkeys I am now the largest breeder and dealer in Wild Turkeys and can supply these. birds in good numbers to State Departments and preserve owners. I carry the largest stock in America of ornamental birds and animals. My ponds now contain nearly 200 best Royal Swans of England. I have fine lot of the beautiful pink FLAMINGOES and the very large European - PELICANS. Also STORKS, CRANES, PEAFOWL, fancy GEESE and DUCKS. My pheasant pens contain over - a thousand Ringneck and fancy PHEASANTS. All stock is kept under practically natural conditions. I have 60 acres of tand entirely devoted to my business. Canalso promptly furnish BUFFALOES, DEER, LLAMAS, RABBITS, etc. Orders booked during summer. I have for years filled practically all the large State Orders and have better facilities for handling large orders than any other firm. Write me before buving elsewhere—it will pay you to do #0, Your visit solicited. am only 60 miles from New York and 30 miles from Philadelphia. WM. J. MACKENSEN Department V. YARDLEY, BUCKS COUNTY, PA. HE 2H Profit and Satisfaction Lie in the number of poults you rear. Thousands die before they are two weeks old—the result of indigestible and innutritious food. ; . SPRATT’S GAME FOODS AND PHEASANT MEALS Will reduce the percentage of mor- ~ ; RE ee RTT cs tality to a minimum and will make Game Breeding a pleasure. SPRATT’S Chicgrain Contains no salvage grain, field Z ik corn, weed seeds, ovster shell or grit Ble and is undoubtedly the best and sf cheapest food on the market. 7 Birds fed on CHICGRAIN will have strength and stamina and will mature quickly. a Below is a partial list of Game Foods manufactured by SPRATT’S: SPRATT’S PHEASANT FOODNo. 3 (For Adult Birds). SPRATT’S PHEASANT MEAL No. 12 (For Pheasants, Partridsesand Quail Chicks). \ SPRAT T'S PHEASANT MEAL No. 5 (For Youn Pheasants). SPRATT’S MAXCO (The most nourishing food obtainable). SPRATT’S PRAIRIE MEAT ““CRISSEL” (Takes the place of Ants’ : Eges and is a perfect substitute for insect life). SPRATT’S WILD DUCK MEAL (The best food for Ducklings). SPRATT’S WILD DUCK MANNA (A strong, nourishing food). ~ B wide tnt Rr ae iniigu gel unui daanstf dhannraNgLiMTURiGHN GENAOMNV AURA GUNTARETNTNGLEAR RRO Send 25 Cents for “Pheasant Culture.” “Poultry Culture” sent on receipt of 10 Cents. SPRATT’S PATENT LIMITED Factory and Chief Offices at NEWARK, N. J. ENT MNO U INU OIA UNUM U TAN ULUUUIUTN ULL UMUC MODACO TTC CER JPVNUOOOUAOOOUUOOUADEETUOTEVOTECOEOHEEQOPOQ00040 000000898900 TUTEOEOOEOEEEEEOOOOEOEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAOOUEOOOOAO OOOO EEOEEEEOEEGEOOOOODOOOOOOOOUOOEGOOOUOOUOTOOPEPOEGOOOOEOOOOOOOGOOOOOOOGOO OUD AESEAGHREGEOOD AOA TAREAPPS Gov ‘dj sir 2) a aaa Renee e THE GATED E BREET MAY, 1917: THE OBJECT OF THIS MAGAZINE IS TO MAKE NORTH AMERICA THE BIGGEST GAME PRODUCING COUNTRY IN THE WORLD im ‘hat ‘CONTENTS Frontispiece—A Letter That Speaks for Itself—Survey of the Field— More about the Police Raid—Does the Punishment Fit the Crime— The Asking Price—Quail and Boll Weevils—Other Recent Raids by Game Wardens—The Boies Case—More Cases—A New Program Suggested — Another Pheasant Breeder Fined—A Letter to a Farm Journal—More about the Stationary Oyster—More Law, No. 413A— Game Breeding in Rhode Island—Our Best Guess in Hasenpfeffer— Quail Breeding on Long Island, N. Y.—Good Meat Runs Wild in Dutchess Co., N. Y.— Movements of Keepers. Incubators and Foster Mothers for Pheasant Raising. By Head Keeper Sport Producing and Sport Alluring - - - By The Editor The Blackhead Disease - Contribution R. I. Experiment Station ~ Sales of One Day Old Birds Notes from the Game Farms and Preserves - By Our Readers The Game Guild-——-The Proper Number of Hen Pheasants—The Live Bird and Egg Market—Dead Game—Wild Duck Foods— Food Prices and Production—Wisconsin Duck Foods—Expert Opinions—Wild Ducks—Jack Rabbits and Prairie Grouse— Quail a Song Bird—A Book on Trapping. Important Legislation Suggested - . : By H. M. Brigham Game Enemies - - - - . - By M. J. Newhouse (1) Method of Trapping Hawks and Owls ’ (2) Trapping Turtles. Editorials—Three Years of Conferring and Preaching—Reflections on “Moral Turpentine”. Correspondence—Outings and Innings—Trade Notes, Ete. = EV THE GAME CONSERVATION SOCIETY. Inc. Ei 1 ine i] ery ee NON SOCIETY. Ince fl Peewee rel $ For Sale The Boat shown in the above illustration. A Deck Cruiser in good order. Mahogany cabin, and handsomely fitted throughout. I especially wish to dispose of this boat promptly and will sell it at an attractive price. For full particulars and price, address PETER WILKES Care of THE GAME BREEDER 150 NASSAU STREET NEW YORK THE GAME BREEDER ~— 33 ONEIDA A great trap for hawks -alnd owls. Specially adapted to setting on a _poletand unequalled for generajl trapping fior weasels, minks, , foxes and other animals. lle. (aie Destroyer Actual Size No. J Trap Insist on the genuine Jump Trap. Do not accept an in- a, ATALOGUE FREE ae ferior substitute. NEIDA COMMUNITY, Lid., - ONEIDA, N. Y. i to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters : “Yours for More Game.” a . > + 4 ; ¥- yes te 3t CA GAME BREE Dik Smokeless Shotg | POWD In Your Favorite Make of Shells Y \HE fact that you prefer some partic- ular make of shell when shooting at the traps or in the field need not ayes prevent you from enjoying the satisfaction elite ae ee C. given sportsmen by Hercules Smokeless can be obtained in all Shotgun Powders, Infallible and “‘E.C.” of the following makes "These splendid powders, which are of high of shotgun shells. and remarkably uniform quality, may be obtained in any standard make of shell. ETERS Undoubtedly the shell you use is named REMINGTON in the: list given at the left. The next SELBY time you order ask for a Hercules Powder U.S. in that particular make of shell. You will Be ra see the name of the powder stenciled on the box and on the top wad in each shell. WINCHESTER | Hercules Smokeless Shotgun Powders give light recoil, high velocity, even pat- terns. You can’t do better than shoot either Infallible or ““E. C.’’ Write fora _ free booklet that describes them fully. HERCULES POWDER, co. 1063 Market Street “Wilmington ff ~=—S «Delaware THE GAME BREEDER 35 The King of Sports Invigorating—spontaneous—and ‘interesting to the last degree—is _trapshooting. It is the sport of _kings and the king of sports—re- plete with excitement and exhilara- tion. ‘Winging the wily sliy pigeon has become quite de rigueur in smart country places and has proven a wel- come boon to both host and hostess in the entertainment of house parties. : Write for the “Sport Alluring” . booklet No. Bod: E I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., _ _ WILMIN GTON, DELAWARE. In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: ‘Yours for More Game.” a 36 GEORGE D, PRATT, COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER MACDONALD, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER A. S. HOUGHTON, SECRETARY MARSHALL MCLEAN, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL THE GAME BREEDER * Stare oF New York ¥ Ae Be ‘ DIVISION OF FISH AND. GAME +f ~LLEWELLYN LEGGE Emer 4 DIVISION OF LANDS AND FORESTS -RJPETTIS. SUPERINTEND ER DIVISION OF WATERS AH. PERKINS, owwision eneincen DIVISION OF SARATOGA SPRINGS J G, JONES, suptaimrenoenr IN REPLYING PLEASE REFER H. A. Boies, Millbrook, N. Y., a small farmer with a family of five children, was told by New York game wardens that he was liable for $285 because he had eight ducks and one pheasant in his possession before he applied for a license. ‘The call by the game wardens was made a week after Mr. Boies applied for and paid for the license. ek . Mr. Boies was offered his choice of a settlement or a criminal prosecution. The wardens offered to take $100. Later the asking price ‘was reduced to $20 since it was evident Mr. Boies could not pay the $100 promptly. Still later the price went up again to $100, “Since $20 is not agreeable to you,” as appears in the above letter. A jury and magistrate at Millbrook decided that $20 was “not agreeable” to them. Mr. Boies, au of a technical eee a of law, was paced to pay $10 Bee 8 ; SARATOGA SPRINGS, MY © CONSERVATION COMMISSION TO FILE: NUMBER % ; ALBANY April 11, 1917 Mr, H. A. Boies, Millbrook, N. Y. * Daar Sirs Your letter under date of Aprii Oth, addressed to Commissioner G2orge D. Pratt, has been referred to the writer for reply. In view of the fact that the Proposition made by the Commission that the judgment taken against you for $100.00 be reduced to $20.00 is not agreeable to you, we desire to inform you at this time that this proposition is withdrawn, and that we shall now insist upon the payment of the original ~ judgment of $100.00. In view of the stand you are taking in this matter, we are herewith returning the $1.00, which was to cover cost of license under section 159 sub-division 2 of the conservation law, as we cannot issue you this license under the circumstances. yery truly yours, a Be Commissioner’ Gb, ITM/ ITH Deputy Chief, D.F.G. 70, a Vn oS oe “The Game Breeder Published Monthly. Entered as second-class matter, July 9 t9r5, at the Post Office, New York City, New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879. VOLUME XI MAY, 1917 NUMBER 2 Co) SURVEY OF More About the Police Raid. One of our readers who has a big wild duck breeding plant, outside of New _ York, was interested in our comment on the police raid on the Long Island duck farmer and wrote: “T am a subscriber to The Game Breeder and I am breeding large numbers of mallard. ducks under a keeper I got through an adver- tisement in your paper. “In the April number I read about a man in New York State being fined $15,000 for trapping ducks for breeding purposes. As I understand the case he had permission to trap a number of ducks for breeding purposes, but, in place of doing so, he killed the birds and sold them, May I ask if this is correct?” This excuse for the outrage, which in effect says that the duck farmer per- mitted the people to have a sample taste of the game they are said to own, might be regarded as a mitigating circum- stance in favor of the force, since no doubt it is a bad crime in some of the United States, including New York, to sell wild ducks. A letter addressed to the Department at Albany was answered as follows: ' Albany, April 20, 1917. Editor Game Breeder: I beg to state in reply to your inquiry con- tained in communication of April 18, that this Department has no information as to Mr, Phipps marketing any black ducks. Very truly yours, GeorcE D. Pratt, Commissioner. By Llewellyn Legge, Chief D. F. G. C. C. It would seem, therefore, that the $15,000 was “lifted” from the duck ; farmer because an employee took some _ wild ducks alive in order to make twenty ducks grow where only one duck grew before. THE FIELD. We again say the police, no doubt, were within their rights although to us the rights seem to be wrong. A poorer farmer would have been required to go to jail for life. We again wish to remark that we be- lieve New York has a good Game Com- missioner who can and will see that such outrages be not perpetrated. - He should ask to have the law amended so as to encourage the taking of wild fowl, under proper regulations, for breeding purposes. The country may need the food. Laws encouraging game breeding are popular in other States. Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? In every civilized country, excepting America, it is legal to take and sell wild ducks as food just as oysters and other fish are taken and sold as food. Granting that it is a public wrong or crime in some States, including New York, for a game keeper to take fowls for breeding purposes; granting that in the case reported he did so, we insist that the punishment does not fit the crime. It is too big. Many sizes too big. The Asking Price. We understand, moreover, that the “asking price” of the game police was several times larger than the closing or compromise price. In other words, the owner of the duck farm was threatened with a jail sentence which would keep him behind the bars for life, granting that he had an expectancy of living for fifty or possibly an hundred years. Sup- pose he could not have raised the $15,000. 38 Quail and Boll Weevils. The question is being asked every day, “Do quail destroy the boll weevil?” Basing my opinion upon information re- ceived from both State and Federal authorities on the subject, I would say that the bob-white cannot properly be classed among the birds which feed on the weevil. While reports of boll weevils being found in the crops of quail, in this State recently, might indi- cate the reverse, the explanation is prob- ably found when it is said few people know a boll weevil when they see it, particularly after it has passed into the stomach of a bird, and other insects are mistaken for them. It is, of course, possible that the quail may acquire an appetite for this bug, but this remains to be proven, and full investigations with that end in view will be made next stni- mer, and the result made public. Other Recent Raids by the Game War- dens. A number of game breeders, engaged in the laudable industry of food pro- ducing, have complained recently that they have been “hounded” by game wardens. One member of The Game Conservation Society writes that he knows of two breeders who have given up their industry on this account. : The Boies Case. Mr. H. A. Boies, of Millbrook, N. Y., writes that some years ago he procured some mallard eggs from Connecticut, by purchase. He raised a lot of ducks and later, having been burned out, he gave the birds he produced by industry to his father-in-law who subsequently raised about twenty-five ducks and ate all of them but eight. These he gave to Mr. Boies who wished again to undertake duck breeding. Having read in The Game Breeders’ magazine that breeders were required to have a license to breed food birds, he applied and paid for a license, sending the money to Albany. Two game policemen called a week later and asked for $200 because he had eight tame ducks before he applied for THE GAME BREEDER the license. Later they decided to take $20. Because this was not paid prompt- ly one, John R. McCormick, who signs his letter George D. Pratt, by John R. McCormick, Deputy Chief, D. F. G. C. C., wrote a charming letter to the food producer stating that the asking price for the cfime referred to would now be $100, . “Since $20 is not agreeable to you.’ This letter is printed on another page. The mallard is not considered an in- digenous duck in Connecticut where it iS “replaced by a near relative, the black duck, entirely different in appearance. The eggs which Mr. Boies purchased * ee ee some years ago, were, undoubtedly, the - eggs of the common green-head of the barn yard, which are owned by farmers in many States. The State Game Officer never would have been aware that Mr. Boies was pro- ducing food on his farm had he not formed the impression that he must have a license. Should he be fined $200, $100 or even $20 because he told the depart- ment that he was producing food? Why not issue the license and let it go at that? More Cases. We have a number of other recent cases where the force pounced upon small pheasant breeders who innocently were producing pheasants without pay- ing the preliminary penalty or fine for so doing. A New Program Suggested. How would it do in the future, where any reputable farmer is found to have tame birds in his possession and to be innocently producing food to simply say he must conform to the law (absurd as it may seem) and pay the original pen- alty of $5.00 for food producing, and to omit the extra $200 or $2,000 or what- ever the sum may be. The amount de- pends on the number of stock birds pur- chased, we are told; but it would seem also to depend somewhat on the mood of the arresting officer or the grand deputy “1D. oH) eres sarc, We believe a suspension of excessive fines for food producing would be desir- able during the continuance of the war. THE GAME BREEDER It may seem to be a hardship on the game police, but we all must make some sacrifices. We believe there should be no license fee required to breed game. There is no charge for this in Massa- chusetts. Another Pheasant Breeder Fined. A newspaper clipping with the above heading (probably from the Newburgh, heey, journal), sent to The Game Breeder, describes the case of Alex. Kis- sick, of Savilton. Alex. Kissick of Savilton is the second man within the past week to fall into the hands of State Game Protector Valentine J. Kohl for keeping pheasants. Mr. Kissick entered a plea of guilty today when arraigned before Justice of the Peace Jacob A. Decker. He was fined $11. Five fine specimens of English ring- neck pheasants-were found at the home of the defendant by Game Protector Kohl, who con- fiscated the birds. Ignorance of the law pertaining to the keep- ing of wild birds was Mr. Kissick’s excuse, who was loath to part with them. Three of the birds were the gift of John Masten, whose case was told about in last night’s Journal. Mr. Masten paid a fine of $10 on Tuesday night when arraigned before Justice Decker on a similar charge. Like Mr. Masten, Mr. Kissick is a great lover of birds and kept them as a hobby. Two of the birds seized by the game protector were raised by Mr. Kissick. A Letter to a Farm Journal. Another reader of The Game Breeder sends a letter written to a farm paper by an excited reader. The writer says: “I see in your last issue you suggest raising game birds for profit. I believe it would be profitable if it was legal, but I understand you have no right to raise game birds or have them in your possession.” The writer fears the paper unknow- ingly is advising readers to become crim- inals. We can readily imagine the effect the police raids will’ have on those who otherwise might undertake a most im- _ portant food producing industry. More About the “Stationary” Oyster. The claim was recently made by a Southern state game officer that the rea- son why the oyster is exempt from 39 strong protective laws is that it is sta- tionary and not migratory. Hence, he observed, Uncle Sam could not protect the oyster as it was proposed to have migratory fowl protected. We have seen no reason to change our opinion that it is most fortunate for the people who enjoy eating oysters that this fish is “stationary.” One new thought occurs to us: it is far easier to take a stationary object than it is to take one that moves swiftly. Any farm boy knows that if a rabbit will stop to a whistle, or for other cause, and sit up and still (or stationary) that the shot is far easier than it is when bunny goes sailing across a field with ears laid back. How is it, therefore, that the station- ery oyster, exempt, as it is, from strong protective game laws, survives and is marketed and the swift flying wild ducks are vanishing, although they are not mar- keted ? The answer is plain: There are no laws preventing the people from looking after the oyster for profit. There are no police raids on the people who trap oysters for sale. More Law. No. 413 A. A Wisconsin reader sends No. 413 A, in Assembly, State of Wisconsin. The bill introduced at the request of the Con- servation Commission is intended to pre- vent the collection and sale of wild duck foods. Fortunately, those who know most about the plants assert that both the seeds and roots should be gathered and marketed. Letters on the subject mailed to Wisconsin should defeat the bill, which is as follows: No person shall take from the public waters of this State for the purpose of removal, sale ‘or transportation or remove, sell, or transport, to any place beyond the borders of the State, any duck potato, wild celery, or any other plant or plant product except wild rice native in said waters and commonly known to fur- nish food for game birds. Game Breeding in Rhode Island. One of our readers writes that a law permitting game breeding in Rhode Isl- and has been enacted. We hope it is a liberal ore. Rhode Island has been 40 ‘ - THE GAME BREEDER a bad state for the industry and the game commissioners recently decided that -they were simply police officers without the right to encourage industry. Our Best Guess is Hasenpfeffer. The following from Bend, Oregon, is from The World, N.-’Y.: E. D. Prescott of Seattle has been in town, and his mission here was one that holds out possibilities that are staggering, not in the way of increasing the payroll of Bend but in bringing new money into the country. Mr. Prescott came here to establish a place of business wherein he may negotiate with the farmers, ranchers or others for the purchase of the common, everyday jackrabbit—the one for whose scalp the State pays a bounty—the jackrabbit that pesters the homesteader and rancher. Mr. Prescott proposes to pay 10 cents for the rabbits, but they must be fresh, and in order to make his staying here worth while it will be necessary for him to arrange to buy _at least 300 to 400 rabbits daily. He can use more than that if he can get them. His com- pany is now receiving thousands of rabbits from Idaho and other States in the West, and they can use about 12,000 daily. The rabbits are used in the manufacture of a dish that is popular with German and French people. Our best guess is that the dish it is proposed to make plentiful is hasen- pfeffer. Quail Breeding on Long Island, N. Y. There were two hearings before Conservation Commissioner Pratt of New York, who will decide if quail shooting and, quail breeding are to be prohibited on Long Island. Those who wish to have the shooting prohibited claim that the quail were not as plentiful last season as they should be on account ~ of losses due to climate. The breeders of quail, who are to a large extent responsible for the occur- rence of these birds on the Island, since they have purchased and liberated thou- sands of quail there, and have, properly protected them from their natural enemies, claim that an end should not be put to their industry. Some have purchased and liberated birds this sea- son; others have been inclined not to purchase and rear birds this year because » of the doubt about their right to con- tinue to shoot and eat the food’ pro- duced. A proper solution of the matter would be amended so as to permit profitable quail breeding on the Island and to dis- tinguish the abundant game produced by industry from the wild or state game which vanishes because no one looks after it and provides the proper foods and covers which are necessary for its existence. Many thousands of quail are reared on Long Island in protected fields. in a season on one farm from stock birds purchased in another state. We can hardly believe just at this time such industry will be prohibited. We believe if it is that it may be many years before anyone will again under- take to look after the quail in New York State. We fear that the best sport known to sportsmen may be prohibited forever on the Island as it seems to have been prohibited in other parts of the state. ‘ The hearings were on April 30, at the Board of Trade and Transportation, New York, and May 7, at the Court House, Riverhead, Long Island, N. Y. Good Meat Runs Wild in Duchess Co., IND YE . The high cost of living can’t be very pressing in the old county of Dutchess, up the river. There is good meat run- ning around wild in that county in the form of jack rabbit, and so superabund- ant that the natives have appealed to Representative Platt to enlist the services of the Federal Biological Survey. ~ Movements of Keepers. David Gordon has gone to the Pabst preserve in Wisconsin. accepted the position of head keeper of the Will preserve in New York. M. Rogers has gone to the De Ford. pre- serve. There are several requests for under- keepers from excellent preserves, in- cluding several large clubs. Subseribe to The Game Breeder, only $1 a year. We have reared several hundred J. H. Wisetnasss ‘be to defer any action until the laws can — THE GAME BREEDER _ 41 INCUBATORS AND FOSTER MOTHERS FOR PHEASANT ? REARING. Incubators were first introduced by me in a small way in 1896. I.saw how successtully a wealthy farmer’s wife in the eastern counties brought her domes- tic chickens from the shell to the farm- yard. I turned my attention to them first as aids to the ordinary methods of incubation of pheasant’s eggs, as prac- tised at that period. After closely watch- ing the methods pursued by the lady re- ferred to, who, | may remark, used an empty lumber room in the farmhouse for the purpose. I purchased, through -an agent in the country, the first in- cubator, and trusted to mother hens to foster the broods as they came off. The following season saw me in possession of a foster mother’ as well. We will suppose that the eggs are ordered from the game farm or aviary to come in sequence, and that 2,000 is to be the total. Seven hundred eggs at £5 per hundred are to be delivered as soon after April 20th as possible; 700 more about May 15th or 16th, at £4 per hundred. These take the place in the incubators vacated by the first lot having passed to the foster mothers. The last lot of 600 on June 9th, which are cheap eggs at £2 per hundred, and which, of course, are the latest we can deal with. These are late eggs, which are possibly the cheapest which can ~come. Now, it must be borne in mind that 110 eggs are sent to the 100—so now the room must be prepared to work them satisfactorily. The No. 20 incubator holds 360 pheasant eggs, but I only place 350 in, _as I require a vacancy or two in three days after placing my eggs. I shall re- ‘quire two of these incubators. In addi- tion I have a No. 11 incubator, which holds just 180 pheasant eggs, but which I do not fill for reasons to be pres- ently explained. In this I shall place the remaining 70 eggs which come as * ‘—that is, By Heap KEEPER. the overcount. So soon as the incu- bators arrive I place them carefully on levelled stands, fill them to the requisite test aperture with hot water, fill the lamps and light them, and get them to the 103 degrees required. As the pheas- ant eggs are so much smaller than ordi- nary hen’s eggs, the trays must be raised, so as to bring the eggs level with the bulb of the thermometer. I purchased a small account book, in which I register the degree of heat at every visit paid to the incubator room or shed, and which with a pencil is kept in any handy place in the room, or even on top of incubator. Every egg on being placed in the drawer [| mark plainly, with the date of putting in, with indelible pencil. Three days after the pheasant eggs go in I place in, say, five bantam eggs in each drawer fifteen in all. These birds come out contemporarily with the pheas- ants, and as bantams pick food and drink water before they are fairly out of their shell, the example thus given starts the duller pheasant chicks on the feed at once. I purposely leave a vacancy for eggs in the smaller incubator which it must, be recollected only contains 75 eggs out of a possible 180, leaving room for 105 eggs. Now, any eggs which may be brought in from the wild birds in the coverts or by-paths or roadways, dan- gerous positions, are marked with the date of putting in, and so started; of course, these come off at different times, but that is not of the slightest consequence, as I separate them from the previous eggs with strips of flannel. The young pheasant will make his-ap- pearance, and can pass to the foster mother with his elder brothers and sis- ters, where he will soon learn to pick the food provided. Care must be taken that the incubator room is kept free 42 THE GAME BREEDER from draughts, noises and absolutely protected from shakes or shiftings. Each*morning, ‘say at ten o’clock, the head keeper and the keeper told off to attend to the incubators go in, and after carefully shutting the door, a stool ,or chair is placed in front of the incubator, and the drawers are noiselessly opened out so as to cover the knees of the oper- ator. Starting from the back of the drawer, moisten with the tongue the tips of the fingers, and turn each egg com- pletely over—on one day the dated side of the eggs is uppermost, the next the blank side. The drawers will each be thus open for about ten or fifteen minutes, the requisite time for airing the eggs, and which approximates to Nature. The drawers are then carefully closed, hot water poured in to fill if necessary, lamps trimmed, etc., and all fastened up again securely. The key of the door or shed should never be handed to strangers and no one should be admitted to view the incubators at work, unless accompanied by the regular attendant. At any time of the day or night that you happen to be in proximity, enter quietly, and look at the thermometers, enter heat in book so as to keep the average, and never forget to enter time and date of turn- ing eggs. This means a systematic way, and nothing in our line succeeds like system. I may now mention that the last 200 eggs, of which I have before spoken, are put in, together with other late eggs which may come up from the estate, and these birds J generally pass into an aviary after leaving the foster mothers, where I keep them well fed; at the fag end of the season I turn a few out in the coverts, if more sport is desired by the guns. But if sport has been satis- factory, I retain them until shooting is all over. I then keep sufficient birds in the aviary for eggs for the ensuing sea- son, and turn the remainder out into the nearest covert for their self-laying and hatching. By this procedure I can make certain that none of the birds have been injured by being shot at, and have a sufficient stock for the following season. Those birds turned out having been well fed and cared for, all through the win- ter, are in fine condition and plumage, ‘and a good head of game is practically — assured for the next season. It will be observed that I have spoken of purchas- ing the first stock eggs from a game farm; after the first year, if good judg- ment is exercised, a less and less quan- tity of eggs would require purchasing. — As the birds are hatched out they should be passed on to the drying boxes, and will there require no food for the ordinary period. They there dry them- selves thoroughly, and are transferred to the foster mothers, which should have ~ been made ready for their reception in the same way as the incubators for the eggs, viz., lamps burning and hot water in for a day or two, so as-to get thor- oughly regulated. I give my way of placing the fostering machines; but of course, considerable latitude is allow- able, according to the various rearing fields, etc. I choose a dry, sunny piece of meadow land adjoining the most con- venient covert, where young spruce and larch intermingle with older timber, as these encourage the young birds to perch when put on their own resources. (If a large, empty aviary is available without top it can be utilized for first turning birds into with advantage, after leaving the foster mothers.) I see that the ground is carefully levelled, so that the water in the tanks over the birds is perfectly even with the opening into ‘the various runs facing the sun as much as convenient. The birds are first fed in the glass runs before they are al- lowed out to the wire-covered runs; and while speaking of feeds, it must be re- marked that each keeper must be there his own judge. I myself prefer Spratt’s foods as sup- plied, and can turn out my birds from the egg to the gun with Hearson’s in- cubators and foster mothers and Spratt’s foods. Two of the No, (20) iostes mothers and one of the No. 13, are suf- ficient to bring the supply of birds up in first-class condition. These, with the incubators, will last for years, and no further outlay in this direction need be incurred. I have myself in southern counties put eggs in much earlier than Ve 5,4 ae THE GAME BREEDER 43 April 20th from aviary birds, and, as may well be guessed, they are in splendid plumage long before guns or beaters are ready for them on October Ist. I find it a great advantage to put some long wire runs, the same width as those supplied with the foster mothers, so as to give the birds as much ground to run and fresh air as possible. I see that the keeper’s hut is close at the back of the foster mothers, so that the man on duty can see to the lamps in the _foster mothers at any time. And the new method of fostering surpasses the old, as no coops are required; foxes and other night vermin are powerless where the foster mothers are used, and the only period of night-watching (which the old style of rearing enforced so long) is when the birds are turned out to the coverts, and this is brought down to the lowest possible allowance if, as I before advised, the birds go into an aviary. SPORT PRODUCING AND SPORT ALLURING. By Tue Epitor. If we are right in our opinion that several million game birds will be pro- duced this season and shot and eaten by readers of The Game Breeder next fall it would seem that game shooting soon will compare favorably with trap shoot- ing, both in the number of those en- gaged in the sport and in the number of targets. Since probably five or six shots are fired for every bird “dead” in the first named sport, it assumes an importance to those who make and sell guns and ammunition rivalling the “sport alluring.” Many of the game clubs, nearly all of them, we believe, have traps and trap shooting and we are quite sure the trap shooting often is lively at such places. A club member at_a Massachu- - setts club said to the writer that he had a | ] shot more ammunition at the trap on the day of our visit than he had shot in five or six years. He was getting ready for the bird shooting. Recently at a quail club on Long Island, com- posed largely of farmers, we observed a trap for clay bird shooting and we are convinced that the game shooting everywhere stimulates an interest in trap shooting. At the game club last men- tioned the dues are $5.00 per year. We hope it will not be long before many of the trap shooting clubs in the rural towns and villages will become game shooting clubs and will have good game shooting during long open seasons, as they can under the game breeders laws permitting them to have game. Easily game can be made plentiful on ground where no game now occurs, and if the game is bred wild in protected fields, the expenses can be kept down so that the annual dues need not be large. The sale of some of the game will go a long way toward paying all the club expenses if the place be man- aged properly. It should always be remembered that when the target is edible there is an offset to the cost of the ammunition and the club expenses. In some cases I have known club men to stop a butcher’s bill equal to the amount of the club dues. The country is large. There is plenty of room for all those who want good game shooting and The Game Breeder is always willing to give advice to those who contemplate starting new shooting clubs. Now that it is fashionable and patriotic to produce food, we “hope more people than ever before will get into the “sport producing” and that they will have much “sport alluring” on the side. -tricts oa THE GAME BREEDER Bed THE BLACKHEAD DISEASE. CONTRIBUTION FROM THE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION op ae RuHoDE IsLtanpD STATE COLLEGE. ya (Continued from April Number.) NESTING. Usually by the middle of March on , our southern New England ranges, the hen turkeys will become restless and may be observed to make brief tours of investigation into the outlying dis- to which, during the winter months, they have seldom strayed. After a few days, or perhaps a week, during which the nesting possibilities of the neighborhood are being explored, the hen turkey will choose her nest-site, usually in a clump of brush or briers, or in some sheltered and out of the way corner of the stone walls; then laying will begin. It not uncommonly happens in the case of a late spring that the snow will still be upon the ground when the first eggs are laid. For this reason, but especially for the purpose of fur- nishing greater seclusion for the nesting hen, it is advisable, ordinarily not later than the first of March, to give some aid in preparing the nesting locations. Such assistance may be rendered in several ways, depending amount of time and the facilities avail- able to the turkey raiser. The best plan ‘is to construct nesting boxes somewhat resembling a dog kennel, about 24 inches by 30 inches and 24 inches high with either a shed or a double pitched roof. There should be no bottom on the box and the door should be small and on one end. A detachable back and removable top facilitate cleaning~ the boxes. They should be placed in a con- cealed location beside a wall, or in a clump of brush or briers. It is well to partially cover them with cut brush or fir branches if available. If it is impracticable to construct nest boxes of this type, barrels may be em- ployed. These should be covered over the top with a strip of roofing paper, - tacked in place, and should be blocked underneath to prevent rolling. They - gether piles of brush alone, the heavier her nest. upon the should then be located, as in the case of the nest boxes, and covered lightly with cut branches or brush. If neither of'the above aids are avail- able, it frequently suffices to throw to- pieces at the bottom. Under this the turkey hen will find her way and locate (To be Continued.) SALES OF ONE-DAY OLD BIRDS. The sale of one-day-old pheasants and ducks, and probably quail, and the shipping of the birds, with and without foster mothers, will be one of the inter- esting experiments carried on this sea- son by the Game Conservation Society. Several prizes of one-day-old birds are offered by the society for the best short practical stories about game breeding, written by members of the society or ~~ others who may wish to compete. The stories should be short, to occupy not over a page in The Game Breeder; they should give an accurate account of a successful breeding experiment or even an unsuccessful one where the cause of the failure has been discovered. Stories about hatching pheasants and ducks in incubators will be very accept- able. It is not necessary to be a “fine — writer” to enter this competition.. Any one who can write a good plain letter telling of an iriteresting experience in — game breeding will stand an excellent — chance of getting a valuable prize. The rapidity with which people are joining ~ The Game Guild indicates that the so- ciety can spend a lot of money for game prizes which in our opinion are far more attractive than the hundreds of new game laws (the number is not ex- aggerated) annually provided for their members by the numerous game pretec- tive associations. THE GAME BREEDER 45 NOTES FROM THE GAME FARMS AND PRESERVES. By Our READERS. The Game Guild. The Game Guild is an important com- mittee of the Game Conservation Society originally formed to investigate com- plaints growing out of the sales of game, eggs and fish. The work of the com- mittee has grown rapidly during the last two years and it is proposed to much enlarge the committee and to have sub- committees in four or five sections of the country. The mail of the society has grown so large that it is impossible with the present clerical force to answer it promptly, and it is proposed in the future to advance the mail of members of the guild and to see that they get special letters of advice, when requested. This will be eminently fair since guild members pay $2.00 a year which will be used to pay the cost of investigating com- plaints and the cost of additional clerical ~ help to look after the special mail. It became necessary either to advance the subscription price of the magazine or to provide by some other means for the needed income. The magazine evidently does much good wherever it goes and we believe it would be better to lower ig subscription price than to advance “We hope many of our members will icin the guild and pay the additional dollar. The Proper Number of Hen Pheasants. While most are agreed on the ad- _ visability of keeping pheasants in con- finement as the main source of supply for the eggs they require, Capt. Aymer Maxwell says, there is much diversity of opinion about the best method to em- ploy. Some—including perhaps most of the keepers on big shoots—favor the use of a large aviary, constructed to hold a hundred hens and more, some prefer smaller fixed pens to held twenty or _ thirty, while others—among whom it is interesting to note that most of the game farmers are to he found—rely ex- clusively on the small, easily movable pens, each containing one cock with whatever the individual considers the right proportion of hens, a number vary- ing from five to eight. While this is about the figure adopted . to the capabilities of the ordinary cock, surprising instances of powers beyond the ordinary occur from time to time. Some three years ago, on a neighboring estate, three cocks were penned with twenty-one hens. By the next morning two of the cocks had been vanquished and slain by the sole survivor ; two fresh cocks, introduced to restore the balance, only survived a single day before shar- ing the same fate. nizing the presence of uncommon vigor, then left the warrior in undisturbed pos- session of his many wives. Nor was his confidence misplaced, for the twenty-one hens averaged nearly twenty fertile eggs apiece. The Live Bird and Egg Market. Late reports from the dealers indicate that common pheasants sold for $12 per pair and one dealer reports the sale of a lot of extra hens at $7 and $8 per bird. Practically every bird for sale was sold some weeks ago and, of course, those advertised in The Game Breeder were sold very rapidly and at Hine best prices. Early reports indicate that ie egg market has opened strong and that thou- sands of pheasant and duck eggs have been sold for future delivery. The San- danona pheasantry writes that orders are on hand for all the eggs that can be delivered and wishes to have the offer of eggs for sale stricken out of the ad- vertisement. _—w Dead Game. Conron Bros. report they have re- ceived numerous offers of dead game from their advertisement—as many, The keeper, recog-’ 46 THE GAME BREEDER probably, as could be expected, consider- ing the number of big shoots in New York State and the absurd restrictions : preventing clubs and preserve owners in other states from sending their game to the New York market. There will be much more game sold as food next fall than was. sold last season, we feel sure, since the number of breeders has in- creased rapidly and vast numbers of eggs will be sold this spring. Wild Duck Foods. - Vast quantities of wild rice, celery, wapato, sago pond weed and other wild duck foods were sold last season and one of our larger advertisers writes that his orders this season are twice as large as they were last year. The work of planting ponds and marshes with foods forthe ducks is interesting and profitable, but the industry is attacked by prevent- ive legislators in Wisconsin as it was not long ago in North Carolina. The law there, we are: told, was repealed promptly. Food Prices and Production. ' Since the prices of all foods are ad- vancing and will continue to do so, we strongly urge all of the clubs and pre- serve owners to breed much’ more game this season than ever before. Game farmers, clubs and individual preserve owners, who only saved a few hundred stock birds, will do well to purchase a few thousand eggs and to employ addi- tional help for the keepers so they can _ produce much more game than they did last season. It is not only a pleasure, but it becomes a patriotic duty for those engaged in the game breeding industry to push their plants to their fullest capacity. We feel sure that game officers who interfere with breeders will not be pop- ular and that their superiors will curb their activities. Wisconsin Duck Foods. Editor Game Breeder: There has been introduced recently in the Wisconsin Legislature a bill in both Houses similar to the one which was introduced in North Carolina several years ago and repealed two years after- ward. These bills propose to restrict the distribution and gathering of wild celery, duck potato, or wapato and other — wild duck foods, which are known to furnish food for game birds in Wis- consin. A copy of the bills are en- closed. These measures seem very unwise and show no thought on the part of those who introduced them. The wild ducks of this country travel from the far north Hudson Bay region to the Gulf of Mexico and even South America, and the more food we have in every little pond and stream along their entire line of flight, the more game it will be pos- sible for us to have in this country. Speaking from my examinations of — some of the best ducking places in America, Wisconsin has a greater abund- ance and a greater variety of natural game bird food, especially wild duck foods, than any other state I know of. Such an attitude is a very selfish one for Wisconsin to take, while there are hundreds of tons of good planting ma- terial going to waste within her do- mains. It can result only in harm to allow such a measure to be passed. This measure means less game. More food everywhere throughout the country means “more game. The Wisconsin Game Laws are now undergoing a complete revision. I am sending you a copy of. Bill 46 S. This bill repeals practically all the former game laws and puts the measure indi- cated in their place, providing the bill passes. However, I expect there will be a good many changes before our legis- lators get through with it. With best wishes, yours for more game and fewer game laws, . CrypE B. TERRELL. Expert Opinions. State of New York Conservation Com- mission, Albany, N. Y., March 2, 1917. -Mr. Clyde B. Terrell, Oshkosh, Wis. Dear Mr. Terrell: Receipt is acknowledged of your let- — ter of Feb. 28th, enclosing copy of the THE GAME BREEDER 47 bill which- has been introduced inthe to address the. State. officials upon the Wisconsin Legislature, _prohibiting | ‘the ° “subject of this.bill unless requested by collection of wild ricé.seed for the pur- them ,to do so. To- you I may say, ~ pose of extending the range of this valu- ‘however, ‘that I consider the bill not only able duck food in other waters of your. -useless, but j injurious. There is no dan- State and especially of other States. It. . ger that the stand of any wild plants is also noted that it prohibits | the re--. in) large bodies of water will be injured moval of wild celery or any*other plant “by the removal of parts for propaga- or plant product for stocking. other tion, at least-on the scale it has here- waters. _ It seems to me that the ori- ‘tofore been done anywhere in this coun- ginator of this bill does not recognize try. In fact, the breaking up of roots _the great-harm that will be accom-. that takes place when the subterranean "plished if it becomes a law. The Fed- parts ofthese plants are gathered. is one eral Government, through the Bureau of “of the: best ways..of insuring.a dense Biological Survey, has issued several ~ “growth. It--would appear. that’ the bill — very instructive articles on the valué of. as. it’ now. stands would prevent ‘the ‘wild duck foods with a view to encour-. transplanting of aquatic plants by Wis- | aging the dissemination ofthese plants. consin citizens in the State. In conclu- -in all parts of the United States wee “sion, 1 may say that such legislation climatic conditions are favorable to seems “uncalled for and even none _them.. -Some of these plants, which are Ne muy yours, included in the proposed prohibition, are Wl MoAter, also extremely-valuable in ‘fish So) Ss Pookie _ Assistant. Biologist. _ operations, and. it is very. Gesirable _ to. “, PMr, Nig is ie United States Govern- hayé; their’ ‘Tange “extended. into many ik expert, who prepared several. government ‘ waters” to which. they are ‘now unkhown.~ bulletins on “Important Wild Duck Foods,” The small amount of wild rice which 4fter making several’years’ investigation of the Panne collected for such purposes fees principal feeding grounds of wild: ducks in : this country and i is probably better acquainted mere bagatelle to what nature, in, her. with the conditions and plants furnishing food lavishness, has provided in your State. for: game birds, than ‘any other “man in It would seem to be almost as foolish America. —Editor.] is ae if you were to prohibit the distribution é of pine cones or seeds of any of the | WILD DUCKS... trees of your forests for dissemination Gerad ane oo Geteten ceeds or to other parts of the country. ° : : wildness and of various breeds and cross epee Hua 2 oe a breeds have become very abundant and Re tieacre ie deeds “cach Baa oes thousands would have been sent to the oo New York market last fall had it not been Bee V ; . ' for foolish restrictions. There is a de- ay, Ceuly: YOUES, WwW. T cided tendency on the part of wild duck Mi Fish Pee breeders to improve the character of 2 ‘their flocks by introducing wild blood. . : There is much to be done in this direc- eed alee eat es a. tion before the wild fowl owned by ; breeders are uniformly strong on the ose van 1917 wing and suitable for the preserve. Mr. Clyde B. Terrell, aa ; Crosses between the pheasants and : Oshkosh, Wikis. even long periods of domestication do Dear Sir:—Your letter relating to not seem to cause the loss of wing power proposed legislation in Wisconsin to which soon occurs when ducks are bred £ prevent the gathering and shipping of in captivity or payy domesticated. On aquatic plants has been received. As an most of He is . ceeds i is) in; _ employee of the United States Govern- BN ICES ENA cots ment, it is of course BMG he an me (Continued on page 50.) =u a Fe ly hae ee, - ner "yh Padi <> 48 -THE GAME BREEDER EATING SHOTGUN A you one of the thousands of men who will be selecting a new gun this year? Q! , | As a sportsman, all you know about guns and every- thing you want in your gun, should lead you to Remington UMC. The Remington UMC Pump Gun if your choice is for the hand operated repeater — " The Remington UMC Autoloading Shotgun if you prefer that type of arm. These are the shotguns of the day—as clean and efh- cient in results as in appearance. Solid breech, hammerless — strong, simple, workmanlike — their shooting qualities in the fieid and at the traps attested by thousands of sportsmen of the very first class. And for your Ammunition— if you are guided by the men in the front rank of the shooting game, you will use Remington UMC Steel Lined “ Speed Shells” to the exclusion of all others. TRAD SAW na SA TET VIR A POR CA Dk NG 28 Pe MS ai We are well within the truth when we say that these shells—the “Arrow” and “Nitro Club” smokeless—have. THE GAME BREEDER 49 the most forceful body of public opinion in their favor ever put behind a make of shotgun ammunition. You know what that steel lining means—the punch, the penetration, that extra margin of speed that counts in results. Wherever you go in this country you will find Remington UMC. You see the guns, the rifles, the shotshells and metallics in the hands of sportsmen everybody knows and respects. And whenever you find a leading dealer, you sce the Red Ball Mark of Remington UMC prominent in his stock —the Sign of Sportsmen’s Headquarters in every town. Sold by Sporting Goods Dealers in Your Town THE REMINGTON ARMS UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE COMPANY, Inc. Largest Manufacturers of Firearms and Ammunition in the World Woolworth Building, New York REMINGTON UMC OF CANADA, Limited Windsor, Ontario (Continued from page 47.) . since the dark-necked and ring-necked species and the Mongolian, Prince of Wales and even the Japanese pheasants . have been used to improve the stock on the preserves. All of the hybrids of various colors and markings seem to be» strong on the wing and they are ex- cellent on the table. The wild duck - proposition is quite a different’ matter. It does not pay to introduce tame blood’. on preserves where the ducks are bred= for the shooting; it does not pay to” domesticate or even partly domesticate the ducks. - troduced every season and the- birds not be kept for breeding purposes. . course, on game farms the wings of the, - birds are clipped at certain seasons, but which are not strong on the-wing should Of the game farmer who wishes to be able. - to furnish. sporting birds and desirable. Aneals, ‘~eges should keep his birds on the wing _ at least during a part of thé-year and should see that they have.much, exercise. This canbe done by feeding at “several * places. and making the birds fly to their "Jack Rappits and Prairie Grouse mabhe, World, Ni VY, says: «like Ag- i Cen the Far West finds that the de- --spised jack-rabbit when dressed and “iced can be sold for real money. Hasen- _ pfeffer may yet do more to rid the farm- ets Ou a nuisance than barbed wire or repressive laws.” The West will soon find that the prairie grouse can be sold for , “real money” and that a prairie grouse ranch . will produce more real money than any sheep or cattle ranch ever did. Prairie grouse are worth $5.00 per bird and up. Thousands can be bred on protected - farms where wheat and grain are grown at a cost not to exceed 50 cents per bird. The Game Breeder will fur- nish plans and specifications on request. Quail, a Song Bird. ‘Numerous clippings similar to the fol- oeine, have been sent to The Game | Breeder : The-jest of today becomes a sober truth to~ ‘che “Quail” * voté:of 31. to. T.* New wild blood should be in-. ~ .THE-GAME BREEDER morrow. What was humorously suggested in article in a recent issue of The ‘traveler, that it be considered a song bird, seems to have been acted on seriously i in Ohio. All friends of the birds are rejoicing in the passage of a law in that State) based’on - the ee that quail are song-birds: . . . We-noticed the following em im ‘Manday’s Terentia Eagle: “After a sharp ‘contest in Ohio over the future of the . Bobwhite, in which ‘the League. o£ ‘Ohio , Sportsmen - and a few other organizations fought. hhard- for the reopening of quail shooting, the “Asserhbly,- by “a vote of 102 to 14, placed the quail. in- the. list of‘song birds; and the Senate ratified. it by; a “This action -extends per- petual protection to the cue of Ohio.” FARMER. _ “ER “Gamie« Breeder | thas sounded a warning often ‘that the game protective associations would get ‘more- ‘protection ‘than they wanted if they persisted in : getting more laws every year and ‘gave no attention to game breeding. It is well*known:that the natural. ene- mies’.of game leave just enough stock -birds to. restack, the fields. -and : woods every’, season : ithat if many; ‘sportsmen shoot: the stock birds the game must de-, crease in numbers and in time it will become extinct, provided no game breed- ing or practical protection be undertaken. ‘Tt is ‘well known that the farmers own the quail grounds and are disgusted every year by gunners who overrun the farms without asking permission. In States where the sportsmen deal fairly with the farmers, quail shooting always is. good and the “song-bird” danger never appears. pe A 25+Cent Book on Trapping Vermin. The Oneida Community, Ltd.,. Omei= da, New York, issues an excellent “Trappers’ Guide” for 25 cents. Those of our readers who have not secured a copy of the guide should write for it today. It is impossible to have an abundance of game without a liberal use of traps. The traps are inexpensive. Every “shoot” should use several hun- dred traps. Write for a copy of the book today and sign your letter, “Yours for more game,’ so the advertiser will know who is doing it. More Game and Fewer Game Laws. THE. GAME :BREEDER 51 IMPORTANT LEGISLATION SUGGESTED By Ee M. BricHam. Game breeders in America are much indebted to Mr. Henry Martyn Brigham, of New York, because he wrote the | game breeders’ law, parts of which were en- grafted on the ridiculous Bayne bill in- tended to prohibit the sale of all game, which was pending in the: New York Legislature. He adroitly provided for many restrictions, which were surely necessary in order to get any legislation intended to encourage the production of game in New York. The provisions of Mr. Brigham’s bill which became the law of New York were copied in other states and the en- tering wedge in a nonsensical method of game preservation was secured. Mr. Brigham agrees with us that the time has arrived when many of the restrictions (which seemed to be neces- sary, at the outset, in order to.make any progress) should be removed. In a recent letter he makes a most valuable suggestion. Game clubs, he says, should be permitted to shoot the game birds they may purchase from game farmers and from larger clubs which have expensive equipment. Mr. Brigham agrees with us that the time has arrived to issue licenses to game breeders without charge in order to encourage small breeders or food pro- ducers. “You may count on my support,” he says, “for any bill which will reduce or eliminate the fee for a license to breed game.” The New York legislature and other assemblies now in session should pass, under a suspension of the rules, a bill authorizing the Conservation Commis- sioner to issue permits to game breeders to produce all the desirable foods with- out charge or fine. As the law reads, a small breeder who wishes to purchase a few dozen eggs and hatch the game birds, must pay a $5.00 license before he can sell any birds or eggs, and in most cases he must renew the license and pay another fine of $5.00 before the birds are ready for market. For what? Food producing! No one at this time can find any ob- jection to a change in the statute in- tended to encourage the small food pro- ducer. Massachusetts issues permits WITH- _OUT CHARGE: and the capable state game officers say such permits and the - game breeding industry “conduce. to the public welfare.” In Massachusetts it is jee to. pro- duce all species of game. In New York it is illegal to produce any species excepting the imported pheasant, two species of wild ducks and deer and elk. It should be legal to mul- tiply the species in danger ‘of extinction which most need the game breeder’ s at- tention. If the New York Conservation Com- missioner will favor such liberal legis- lation, quickly it can be placed in the books. . The Game Conservation Society will purchase and distribute some eggs to small breeders and help them to get busy. We hope the Conservation Commis- _ sioner will see the importance of the pro- ' posed legislation. He can ascertain that it will be popular, and that it produces results, by writing to the capable Mas- sachusetts commissioners, who are a credit to the commonwealth. Unless we are decidedly wrong in our opinion, the people are in no mood just now to see a food producing industry strangled. pt It is absurd to say that every one can destroy a certain number of birds every day during the open season and that no one can take a similar number of birds for breeding purposes. 52 THE GAME BREEDER GAME ENEMIES. By M. J. NeEwHouse. Method of Trapping Hawks and Owls and Crows. As is well known, both hawks, owls and crows generally alight on some high point like a tree-top, high posts or pole and sometime the ridge-pole of a barn either to survey the surroundings or to eat what they have caught. In our experience the most successful way of catching them is to use a long stake or hop-pole, saw off the small end so as to have at least 114 inches in diam- eter. This gives ample room for a staple large enough for a No. 1% or No. 2 _ Oneida Jump Trap. The staple can be made from common stove-pipe wire with a pair of pliers. No pointing of staples required as they drive readily into end _ wood. Drive the staple into the end of pole, leaving only room enough to insert the . end of the cross piece as shown in illus- tration. The chain hangs quite close to the pole and wedge on end of chain can be driven into pole so low down on the pole that the bird would be un- able to regain the end of pole when caught. This way of placing the trap is far more satisfactory than nailing a small board on the end of the pole as a bench for the trap which often shakes off the table in a wind by the constant sway- ing back and forth. By using the staple the weight of the over-hanging trap holds it firmly in place, but is instantly released by any exertion of a bird when caught. With a high pole and bench or table the trap has to be tied on, but with a staple is easily handled when placing pole in a fence corner or lashing same to a fence post or stake. [While we were looking at the draw- ing illustrating the placing of the hawk and crow trap, Mr. J. H. Wise, a ca- pable game keeper, came in the office of The Game Breeder. He suggested cut- ting the top of the pole so the trap could Oneida Jump Trap. Showing method of seiting on post, _ be inserted in the cut and said he had found the traps very effective when so placed —Editor. ] Trapping Turtles. I have been experimenting with traps of various styles and have settled on either our California pocket gopher trap with some modifications, which I think would fill the bill both for turtles and water snakes, or our No. 12 Jump Trap: I am not certain in the case of water snakes whether or not they strike at bait as a turtle does. If they do not the pan should be made to operate either way. I have been experimenting with a trap which had this double ac- tion, so that a reptile like a turtle or snake lifting on the bait would spring the trap, but in order to make this dou- ble action on the No. 12 ‘the expense would be so great that we would not care to handle it unless we felt sure of having a sale of at least 100 dozen. All things considered, I think the pocket gopher trap with the alterations which I would make would fill the bill, although this trap is made of wood largely. I think it could be used with- A THE GAME BREEDER 53 out any further protection so as not to catch young ducks. In case the No. 12 were used a cage or protection around the trap would have ‘to be supplied in order to keep young ducks from being caught. This trap would have to be set per- pendicular and should be tied to a flat stake and all inclosed by fine chicken Wire with opening just large enough for a good sized turtle’s head, say 214 inches. I am enclosing cuts of both traps, also clipping from the Syracuse Herald with reference to owls. In this con- nection, I might mention that I have never seen any reference made to cow frogs catching young ducks, but I recol- lect well when a boy of seeing a young duck pulled under and I caught the frog in the act and killed him. The cow frog is not very common. Many people call them bull frogs, but the cow frog proper will weigh from one to two pounds. The largest size could al- most swallow a very young duck. They are easily caught by a fish hook and line with a hook set baited with a min- now or angle worm about an inch over the water. The California pocket gopher trap with the alterations I suggested would cost in the neighborhood of 35 cents each. The hard shell of the turtle and the extremely short flat-leg makes trapping by the leg a very uncertain proposition with the common steel trap. Locating a Place for Target Practice. fa col Sy vie ol seta BENINAS Remington U. M. C. Co. In these troublous days a great need has sprung up for adequate target range facilities for home guard training. A few hints on the proper selection of a range site and the neces- sary fitting should be of interest. The ideal rifle range should be outdoors, facing slightly east of north, and with a body of water several miles wide in back of it so as to eliminate the necessity for back stops. Such locations are hard to secure and in the months to come, we will see the construction of target ranges for rifle and revolver train- ing in all sorts of improvised locations. The first requisite for any range is, Of course, sufficient space, and after that comes the ab- solute necessity for safety, and a method of stopping the bullets is important. Perhaps the best back stop of all is a mound of loose sand or soft earth. If several feet in thick- ness it will stop any kind of a high power rifle bullet. Indoor galleries are usually fitted up with steel back stops and consequently high power rifles cannot be used for they would soon tear the plates away. For all revolver work and tifle work with reduced charges and lead bul- lets, 3” steel plates are very satisfactory. . They will last indefinitely. The best prac- tice is to install them at an angle of about 30 / degrees so that the splash from the molten bullets will be thrown to the ground. On outdoor target ranges the trench which must be dug to throw up the back stop serves as a protecting shelter for the boy whose work it is to spot the shots on the target and give the score. In indoor ranges an equiva- lent construction would be rather expensive and the need arises therefore for some method of pulling the targets back-to the firing point without interfering with the other shooters. Target carriers accomplish this result. A number of different gallery equipment makers can furnish-them, the prices ranging from $6.00 to $15.00 per unit, depending upon the elaborate qualities of the various parts. A little ingenuity will also permit the construc- tion of these by the members of the club who would otherwise use their energy in tinkering with the plumbing about the house or the family automobile. One range I have seen is fitted up with a very good set of “home grown” carriers con- sisting of a heavy wire tightly strung from one end of the range to the other for each firing point and running on it a carrier with wheels and a clip to fasten the target to. It is run back and forth by means of braided cord run over pulleys and an old sewing machine wheel to which has been fitted a handle. The properly constructed range is a great help to good scores and it is not as simple a subject as would appear on the surface. Ques- (Continued on page 59.) 54 THE GAME BREEDER The Game Breeder PuBLIsHED MONTHLY Epivep sy DWIGHT W. HUNTINGTON NEW YORK, MAY, 1917. TERMS: 10 Cents a Copy—$1.00 a year in Advance. Postage free to all subscribers in the United States. To All Foreign Countries and Canada, $1.25. THE GAME CONSERVATION SOCIETY, INC. PUBLISHERS, 150 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK D. W. Huntincton, President, F. R. Pzixorro, Treasurer, J. C. Huntineton, Secretary. Telephone, Beekman 3685. THREE YEARS OF CONFERRING AND PREACHING. The third annual conference on game breeding of the American Game Protec- tive Association was interesting. Sev- eral score of game wardens, breeders and game keepers attended and numer- ous excellent papers were read. A game breeder who attended asked us if we could inform him where he could get a few pair, or even one pair, of ruffed grouse or prairie grouse for breeding. He said he would pay $20 - per pair. We informed him that many members of our society have plenty of grouse but that we feared the State and national laws would prevent them from selling or even giving him any birds. It occurred to us that after three years of conferring by the Protective Associ- ation and after more than three years of preaching by The Game Breeder that the progress in the production of grouse for the market was not very encourag- ing. As a result of the preaching, supple- mented by the conferring, many States have enacted laws permitting the profit- able breeding of all or certain species of game. Wild ducks, or perhaps we should say near-wild ducks, have be- come very abundant in many places and where they are kept strong on the wing they afford excellent shooting and eat- ing. Hundreds of thousands of pheas- ants are now reared and at some places — the bag runs into thousands of birds in — a season. ‘The birds are sold in the markets in increasing numbers. We are convinced the laws should be made more liberal in order to permit the sale and shipping of grouse both alive for prop- agation and also as food in the markets. Amend the laws and we will, at once, send a lot of birds to the game farms and preserves where they should be produced in great abundance in protect-— ed fields and woods. a We would suggest to the Game Pro- tective Association that it get busy and see that the laws permitting the profit- able breeding of pheasants and ducks be > amended so as to permit the breeding of all species, and we will encourage the members of our society to increase the numbers of their grouse; we are sure they are now willing to sell some if such sales can be legalized. REFLECTIONS ON “MORAL TUR- PENTINE.” There is a difference between acts which are simply naughty and -those which are criminal. There is a difference between crim- inal acts which have and those which have not the element of moral turpitude —‘‘moral turpentine,’ as the Southern ‘game warden expressed it when he said he was forced to admit that game law crimes do not contain this element of — wrong doing. Since there is, evidently, no “moral turpentine” in trapping stock birds in order to make ten food birds grow where only one or none grew before, or in having stock birds in possession for breeding purposes (especially where the birds have been acquired ‘by purchase by an owner who is unaware that he must pay an advance penalty for the right to produce food on his farm from stock legally obtained), we do not think State game officers should be permitted to raid such innocent food producers, to confis- cate their stock birds and to threaten them with excessive fines and long terms THE GAME BREEDER | in jail, far bigger and longer than the fines and penitentiary sentences imposed on persons guilty of real crimes, burg- lary, forgery, larceny, etc., where the element of “moral turpentine” is strong. We believe, at least during the con- tinuance of the war, when a food pro- ducer is found engaged in his laudable industry, even without paying the ad- vance penalty, or license, for so doing, it would be wise simply to notify him that he must pay the license and not to break up his plant as if it was a gambling house or a joint for the mak- ing of counterfeit money or “moon- shine” whiskey. “Man, Proud Man,’ when he becomes a game warden, should not regard food producers as in the criminal (M. T.) class. He should not make his raids under the presumption there is “moral turpentine” when such a thing is impos- sible from the very nature of the indus- try. He should not seize and confiscate birds which are laying eggs. He should not be permitted to acquire big fines and to boast of his exploits. “Proud man, dressed in a little brief authority,” when he becomes a game po- liceman, seems to over-exert himself in New York and sometimes, of old, he did so in New Jersey, until Commissioner Napier promptly brought about some re- forms. No such scandals, as have occurred recently in New York, ever occur in Massachusetts or in the other New Eng- land States, where the breeding of game is a legal industry. They would not be tolerated in the South or in the West. They are a disgrace to New York and we believe and hope the Conservation Commissioner will undertake to curb his Over-eager officers. CORRESPONDENCE. Editor Game Breeder: The enclosed clipping indicates that you are right, as usual, in warning sportsmen that those who stopped dove shooting are determined to put bob white on the song-bird list. I often think of the closing sentence in the letter which you published from a lady in New Jersey who decided to give up game breeding Sy) on account of the game laws: “The fools are’ not all dead yet are they?” Why not encourage the breeding of quail? Indiana. F. H. Ripeway. The following is the clipping: QUAIL CLASSED AS SONGBIRDS. Columbus, Feb. 7.—By an almost unanimous vote, the Ohio House of Representatives passed a bill to put quail on the songbird list and prevent hunters from killing them. OUTINGS AND INNINGS. Winsted’s Move Next.” Mrs. William Crown, who lives on the old Dark Moon road back of Allamuchy, N. J., hung her table cloth on the elothes- line a few days ago and in half an hour she was pained to see three deer eating it greedily. The table-cloth was ornamented with a design of green leaves. Mrs. Crown fought the deer off with a stout stick and they retired for reinforcements, returning a little later with three companions they attacked the woman and ran her into the house.— Exchange. THE DANGER. “Pa, a man’s wife is his better half, isn’t she?” “We are told so, my on.” “Then if a man marries twice there isnt anything left of him, is there ?’— Boston Transcript A Boomerang. “You made a fool of me,’ the angry husband. “My dear,” calmly rejoned his better half, “you seem to have forgotten that you have always posed as a self-made man.’’—Indianapolis Star. , exclaimed An Expectorate. “A man asked Miss Katherine Pitts The breed of her little dog Fritz. I think, replied Kate, He’s an Expectorate. The truth was the dog was a Spitz.” This reminds of the statement of a washwoman who often referred to her excellent dog. When asked what breed it was, she said she guessed it was one half spitz and the other half was ‘“‘just dog.” . 56 THE GAME BREEDER CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Announcements inserted under this head in small type for 3 cents per word. If displayed in heavy type, 5 cents per word. No advertisement accepted for less than 30 cents. Postage stamps accepted in payment. ; THE GAME BREEDER. 150 Nassau Street New York City LIVE GAME FOR SALE—GOLDEN PHEASANTS, FULL plumage, non-related, healthy stock, $1z.00 per pair, FRANKLIN J, PITTS, 14 Webster St., Taunton, Mass, FOR SALE—MALLARDS. PURE BRED, GUAR- anteed Flyers. Four dollars per pair. Prompt delivery. SPRING HILL FARM, Roslyn, L, I. PHEASANT AND JAPANESE PHOENIX FOWL Eggs for sale; several varieties. S. V. REEVES, 114 E. Park Ave., Haddonfield, N. J. WILD TURKEYS—For prices see display advertisement in this issue. W. J. MACKENSEN, Yardley, Bucks County, Pa. i PHEASANTS —GOLDEN, SILVER, AMHERST, Chinese.—Wild Ge-se Wild Ducks, English Beagles - America’s greatest Hunters—bred in the wilds of the Adirondacks—hundreds of acres of range. WILLET Be ae North River, N. Y., Beavermeadow Stock arm, WILD MALLARD DUCKS, $1.00 each, no limit ; prompt delivery, mail draft. BREMAN CO., Danville, Ill. BELGIAN HARES FOR SALE, FROM PEDIGREED, prize-winning stock. Satisfaction guaranteed. CLIF- FORD MACKLIN, Kearney, Neb. 23 PHEASANTS, MELANOTUS, AMHERST, REEVES, Goldens, Silvers, Ringnecks. Silkies. TROUT, 126 Kingsbridge Road, Mt. Vernon,N Y. : SIBERIAN FUR FARM, HAMILTON, CANADA; breeds Foxes, Martin, Mink, Skunks, Wild Geese, Ducks, Pheasants and Black Siberian Hares. Send 25 cents for Booklet on the Jatter. PURE BRED WILD WATERFOWL AT FOLLOW. ing prices: Mallards, $3.75 per pair. Pintails, $3 25 per pair. Green Wing Teal, $5.00 per pair. Blue Wing Teal, $3.75 per pair. Also resheads, Gadwalls, Widgeons, Canvasbacks. Spoonbills, at reasonable prices. for propa- ating and scientific purposes. GEORGE J. KLEIN. Ellinwood, Kansas. é SAN LORENZO GAME FARM — BREEDER OF all kinds of pheasants; eggs in season: also birds for sale at all times Visitors welcome. Write for price list. Mrs S. MATTHIESSEN, San Lorenzo, Alameda Co., California. 7-10 QUAIL, PARTRIDGES, WILD FOWL, DEER AND ‘other animals. See display advertisement in this issue. WM. J MACKENSEN, Proprietor Pennsylvania Pheas- antry and Game Park. CANADA WILD GEESE AND THEIR GOSLINGS— A limited number for sale now—the surest way to start — breeding this srecies. We are the oldest and largest breeders of Canadas in this country. Black and White Swans,Wild Ducks, etc, forsale. WHEALTON WATER FOWL FARMS, Chincoteague Island. Va. : . PIT GAME FOWL, COCKS, SfAGS, HENS AND young trios, best strains, reasonable prices, WALTER FORRISTER, Framingham, Mass . 5 FOR SALE—GOLDEN PHEASANTS, WRITE FOR priees. FRED GUENTHNER, 1538 Washington Ave., Piqua, Ohio. FOR SiLE— FIRST CLASS BREEDING STOCK, two year old pinioned Lady Amhersts, Goldens, Ring- necks, Reeves, Silvers. ROBINSON BROS,, Aldershot, Ontario, Canada, ; Lan CHINESE RINGNECK PHEASANTS AND GRAY MALLARD DUCK EGGS. PHEASANT EGGS — $25.00 PER HUNDRED. MALLARD EGGS—$20.00 PER HUNDRED. HEMLOCK FARM, BOX 1011, BRIDGEPORT, CONN. PEAFOWL FOR. SALE-—FINE PEACOCKS AND hens, no relation. Send 25c, for book on peafowl}, their care and habits. SHADY BRANCH PLANTATION, Monetta, S C f CANADA WILD GEESE. THREE YEARS OLD $10.00 per pair. L E.GALLUP, 2209 Ogden St.; Omaha, Nebraska. PHEASANT EGGS. RINGNECKED $3.0c, GOLDEN $4 50 per dozen, guaranteed fresh fertile. LUP, 2209 Ogden St., Omaha, Nebraska. LIVE GAME WANTED L. E GAL- WANTED—TWO HUNDRED HEN PHEASANTS. — Must be healthy and all right in everv way. giving price and particulars,to E. STRONG, James- town, North Carolina, CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATED PHEASANT BREED- ERS. Pheasants, Quail, Mallard price list. FRED D. HOYT, Hayward, Cal. GRAY STAR PHEASANTRY Breeder of all kinds of pheasants. Eggs in season. Pure brand, strong, healthy birds for sale. GIFFORD GRAY, ex Ward St., Orange, N. J FOR SALE—Pheasants and eggs. Everything in the pheasant family. Pamphlet with order free. BUCK- WOOD PHEASANTRIES, Dunfield, Warren Co., New Jersey. (10t) FOR SALE—BUFFALO AND ELK IN CAR LOAD lots or single. Deer, Antelope, Beaver, Mink, Mountain Lion, Pheasants and Game Birds. Eggs in season. KENDRICK PHEASANTRIES, Coronado Building, Denver, Colorado, PRAIRIE GROUSE WANTED ~ I wish to purchase six pair of prairie grouse, also a ruffed grouse Will pay a good price for same. Ad- dress READER, care Game Breeder, 150 Nassau St., New York. ‘ PHEASANTS WANTED . eek Iam in the market for several hundred pheasants for immediate delivery. Will pay highest cash prices for large or small lots. J. W.,care Game Breeder, 150 Nassau St., N. ¥ WANTED — AVIARY OR FANCY PHEASANTS, quail, prairie chickens, mandarin and wood duck, Give full description and prices. ROBERT HUTCHINSON, Littleton, Colorado, at In writing to advertisers Apply, BANTAM AND PHEASANT EGGS THE GAME BREEDER 57 WANTED-75 OR ioo PHEASANTS FOR BROOD stock, will take them ina bunch or in small lots. Birds to be delivered before the last of March. Would like them to run 3 to :. Address, R. E. BULLOCK, Scarboro Beach, Maine. WE WILL PAY TOP MARKET PRICE FOR Ruffed Grouse, Prairie Chicken, Columbian Sharp- tailed Grouse, Prairie Sharptailed Grouse, Canadian Ruffed Grouse, Dusky Grouse. Also for Canvasback, Bufflehead, Old Squaw, Golden-eye, Ringbill and Lesser Scaup Ducks. CHILES & CO., Mt. Sterling, Ky. WANTED—WHITE PEAFOWL, EITHER SEX, Pied Peafowl Soemmerring, Cheer, Hoki and German Peacock Pheasants. Ruffed Grouse, and White Squirrels. Also Swinhoes; state ptice and number. R.A. CHILES & CO., Mt Sterling. Ky. GAME EGGS PHEASANT EGGS, PER DOZE\, ENGLISH RING- neck, $3.00; Pure Chinese, $3.50; Golden, $4.00; Silver and Reeves, $5.00; Amherst and .Pure Mongolian, $6.00. Write for circular describiny brood coops, setting nests, pheasant feed and pheasant book, SIMPSON’S PHEAS- ANT FARM, Corvallis, Oregon. (25) WILD AND BRONZE TURKEY EGGS—CHICKEN eggs. Handsome (‘ atalog, 2 cent stamp, showing pure wild. gobbler from the mountain, VALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM, Belleville, Pa. (24) PHEASANT EGGS PER DOZEN Golden, Silver, four dollars; Ringneck, three dollars; Amherst, eight dollars, also Buff Wyandottes, prize win- ers, Pen, 1 nve dollars; Pen, 2 three dollars. ne dollar deposit insures early delivery. T. A. MENDENHALL, Greenville, Ohio. (23) PHEASANT EGGS—PER DOZEN, GOLDEN $5.00, Ringneck $3.50. One doller deposit now insures early spring delivery. **Goldbank’’ M B. Turkeys. Big boned, lusty young toms, $5.00 up. — 6t - MRS. IVER CHRISTENSON Jamestown, Kan. RINGNECK PHEASANT EGGS FROM PURE BRED Stock. $3.00 per setting of x5 eges, All orders filled in the order received. All eggs strictly fresh when shipped. EDWARD W. DOLAN, Worthington, Minn. (25) RIXGNECKED PHEASANT EGGS, $25.00 PER hundred ; $3.50 per dozen. Also a number of young cock birds, $3.50 each. F. SHAW, Marlborough, N: Y. (25) EGGS FROM WILD MALLARDS AT $1.50 PER dozen, _ Birds $1.50 each. Fall will s-on be here, E. G. SHOWERS, Onalaska, Wis. WILD MALLARD EGGS—FROM FINE, VIGOROUS birdson stream range. Also White Pekin Ducksand Mam- moth Bronze Turkeys at $2.50 per doz., $15,00 per 100, Place order now to insure delivery when season opens, _INGERSOLL, Wah-Wah-Taysee Lodge, Buffalo, Minn. WILD MALLARD DUCK EGGS—$12.00 HUNDRED, no limit. $1.50 Dozen. English Caller Eggs, $3.00 Dozen. Mail draft. BREMAN CO.. Danville, Il. FOR SALE— GOLDEN PHEASANT EGGS FROM non-related birds. S.H.GARNER, Attleboro, Mass. JAPANESE Silkies, Buff, White, Black Cochin, Golden Seabright, $2.50 dozen. Chinese Pheasant #3.50 Golden $4, Silver $s. Bere Mongolian $0. DOTY’S PHEASANTRY, Marmot, regon, RINGNECK PHEASANT EGGS, $2.75 PER DOZEN. Silver Pheasant, $3.50 per dozen. G.M. GILLETTE, Cherokee, Iowa. _ENGLI5H RINGNECK PHEASANTS EGGS FOR sale—$2.50 a dozen. ISAAC SPENCER, xo Wayne Ave., Ipswich, Mass. _ Seal Growers, etc. each. RINGNECK EGGS $25 PER BUR Price cuae den $6.00 per setting of 13 eggs. Young coc for sale Suc caeh Mrs, EDGAR TILTON, Suffern, N.Y. CHINESE RING NECK PHEASANT EGGS, (13) eggs $3.00. J. W. FURNSIDE, 412 Brandywine Ave., Schenectady, N. Y. ' FOR SALE—RINGNECK PHEASANT EGGS FROM pens of special mating grouped 1n different localittes— $3.00 for rs. Dr. HOLMAN, Attleboro, Mass. GAMEHKEEPERS WANTED—COMBINATION GAME KEEPER AND kennel man tor Long Island Estate Good position tor right man Exceptional references required. Phone E A. QUARLES, Barclay 7730, for appointment, or ad- dress him at 2273 Woo worth Building, New Yerk City. GAMEKEEPER WANTED—MARRIED OR SINGLE. One who had some experience raising young Pheasants. or Wild Duck. Fully state qualifications and wages ex pected. Room and board furnished. Good position for right man, JOHN _R. ANDERSON, 649 Washington Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, WANTED— HEAD GAMEKEEPER FOR SMALL. | preserve on a noted private estate. Married man Pies ferred and one that is experienced with pigeons and the production of squabs. Must be thoroughly qualified in every way and have a_ good record of proven ability. Apply fully to Mr, PULTZ, in care of Game Breeder, i150 Nassau St., N. Y. City. GAMEKEEPER WISHES RE-ENGAGEMENT, First class rearer of game-—life experience—sing |e age 42 years Ten years in America. Testimonials. furnished as to character and ability. Refer by ay mission to J, Dillage Vann, Esq, Dillage Was Building, Syiacuse, N. Y. JOHN isl,» MOists ; Baldwinsville, N. Y.,R_F. D. 4. BOOKS FOR ANTED COPIES OF THE GAME BREEDER raat and July, 1916, We will pay 20 cents each for a few ies of these numbers in good condition, Address CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT, THE GAME BREEDER, iso Nassau St., New York. ‘LUMINOUS BODIES,” A VERY INTERESTING i i Price and instructive volume, by Charles Hallock. > $1.00. Address: Sportsmen’s Review Publisuing Co., 15 W. Sixth St., Cincinnati, O. ‘ MOST UR BOOK DESCRIBES FULLY THE 200 canal roots, herbs, etc., used a OSS Sey ae ther and prepare. War Prices and A< SS Pactual Orly ie ROOT & HERB COMPANY, West ane N.H. REARING PHEASANTS IN SMALL ENCLOSURES. Price, 20 Cents. It contains nothing that has not been thoroughly and successfully tried out in actual practice. S. V. REEVES, Haddonfield, N. J. i f UNT- “OUR FEATHERED GAME,” BY D. WwW. Hu ington, contains portraits of all American game Digeaet shooting scenes in color. Postpaid $2.00. THE BREEDER, 150 Nassau St, New York. j N “OUR BIG GAME,’ BY _D. W. HUNTINGTON js ¢ ntains portraits and descriptions of all American big game Beamals Postpaid $2.00. THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau St,N Y. me mn ” Ww “OUR WILD FOWL AND WADERS.” BY D. W. Huntington. A practical book on wild duck aie for sport and for profit. Postpaid $2.00. THE GA BREEDER, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. KS Fox Hunters, Trappers, Fur Traders, BOO Taxidermists, .Fishermen, eee ee , Prospectors, Fur Farmers, Ginseng and Go concn : A. R. Harding. Price 60 cents By THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau St’, N. Y 4 eee eee” aE Te In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game. THE GAME BREEDER SPLENDID PLAYMATE for children. LESS (used by Allies in trenches), faithful, highly intelligent, a ‘one man” dog. HIGHLY PROFITABLE, good bitch earns upward $200 yearly, pups easily reared, readily sold Puppies, grown dogs, bred bitch, from FINEST AIREDALE BLUODIN WORLD, pedigreed, registered, certified. Goldsmith, magnificent imported son internationally famous Ch. Crompton Oorang, fee $15; express bitches to Weston, N. J. Safe delivery, honorable dealiny, satisfaction guaranteed, Booklet and references on request. VIBERT KENNEL, Box ita. AIREDALE TERRIERS. Most Popular Dog to-day because of sterling merit, IDEAL FOR POULTRYMAN, guards birds, kills rats, skunks. INDISPENSABLE IN ORCHARD. home, family, stock. Easy keeper. PEERLESS WATCH DOG for ABSOLU1IELY FEAR- AT STUD, Havelock Weston, N. J. DOGS NORWEGIAN BEAR DOGS. IRISH WOLFHOUNDS, English bloodhounds, Russian wolfhounds, American fox- hounds, lion, cat, deer, wolf, coon and varmint dogs. All trained. Shipped on trial. Satisfacfion guaranteed or moneyrefunded Purchasertodecide. Fifty page highly illustrated catalogue, 5c. stamp. ROOKWOOD KEN- NELS, Lexington, Kentucky. THE BLUE GRASS FARM KENNELS, of Berry, Ky., otter forsale setters and pointers, fox and cat hounds, wolf and deer nounds. Coon and opossum hounds, var- mint and rabbit hounds, bear and lion hounds, also Aire- dale terriers. All dogs shipped on trial, purchaser to judge the quality, satisfaction guaranteed or money re- funded. Sixty page, highly illustrated, instructive and interesting catalogue for ten cents in stamps or coin, MISCELLANEOUS SEND 25 CENTS FOR INFORMATION AND PRICE list of the most profitable furbearing animal, the Black eeanan Hare. SIBERIAN HARE CO., Hamilton, anada. PHEASANT MOTHERS—COCHIN BANTAMS SU- perior to Silkies, all others. 15 eggs, Buff or White, 2,00, Hardy, attractive little fowl-flesh—eminently use- ful on the pheasantry. LINN RINGNECK RANCH, Albany, Oregon. MEAL WORMS! A CHOICE INSECT FOOD FOR young pheasants, quail, wild turke,s, ete. Your young birds need ple ty of insect life and will get it, if you wilt supply them Meal Worms. The yellow worms are best. The many orders, and repeat orders, received last season for this choice, clean, natural insect food, is proof that those who fed them were pieased ~ith tho result, Would you like to try them? Ic+nsupply your needs. 500 at $1.00; 1ooo at $1.50; 5000 at $5.00; 10,000 at $7.50. All express prepaid east of, or to the Mississippi River. C B KERN, zz East Main St., Mount Joy, Pa. Subscribe for The Game Breeder, only $1 a year. large Game Preserve For Sale Robinson Crusoe’s Island outdone !--ST. VINCENT ISLAND, FLA., inthe Gulf of Mexico, containing OVer 13,000 acres of pine forest, fresh water lakes, tfassy savannas, wild boar, native Virginia and sceoladeer alsoimported Indian deer, wild cattle, turkeys. millions of ducks and all varieties of fish The Island with bungalows, hunting lodges, yachts, boats and vehicles, for sale to close an estate, Easily protected. Many thousand acres of finest pine trees. Booklet sent on request. For Information Inquire Vv. M. PIERCE 663 Main Street Buffalo, N. Y. BOOK ON DOG DISEASES And How to Feed. Mailed free to any address by America’s the Author = Pioneer Dog Remedies | 118 West 31st Street, New York The Amateur Trainer By Ed. F. Haberlein A practical trainer of over 30 years’ experience, whose system is up to date and stands unequaled. New Edition Just Out. Illustrated. A plain, practical and concise, yet thorough guide in the art of training, handling and the correcting of faults of the bird dog subservient to the gun afield. Written especially for the novice, but equally valuable to the experienced handler. By following the instructions plainly given, every sbooter possessed of a little common sense and patience can train his own dogs to perfection. Paver cover, $1.00; best full cloth binding and gold embossed, $1.50. Address THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau Street, N. Y. eS ee ee ee The Best in Pointers Puppies, Broken Dogs and Brood Bitches, by Champion Comanche Frank, Fishel’s Frank and Champion Nicholas Write me your wants, please’ U. R. FISHEL Box 35 HOPE, IND. x x PISHEL’S FRANK ———— FOODS WILD DUCKS’ NATURAL FOODS. Will attract -them. These foods collected, examinations made, plant- ings planned and superintended. Write for free infor- mation. CLYDE B TERRELL, Specialist on the Natural Foods of Wild Ducks, Dept. Pz, Oshkosh, Wis. WILD DUCK FOODS Wild duck food plants, and seed. Wild Celery, Sago Pond Weed, Widgeon grass, Red head grass, Chara and other kinds. There are hundreds of thousands of acres of water marshes where these, the best of duck foods, will grow and hold the game. Write and learn how to do it. WHITE'S GAME PRESERVE, Waterlily, N. C. Currituck Sound, ACORNS An excellent food for deer, pheasants and wild ducks. I can supply acorns by the bushel or in large lots. Write for prices, including shipping charges. W. R. McLEAN, R. F. D., Eagle Springs, North Carolina. H. CLAY GLOVER CO., Inc. “- —* In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: ““Yours for More Game.” j THE GAME BREEDER (Continued from page 53.) tions of godd lighting, easy working carriers, safety and a dozen and one other features must be thought out to produce best results. If your home defense league is having trouble along these lines I am at your service for advice or infor-aation. i [Most of the game shooting clubs have trap shooting grounds. Some have ranges for large or small rifle shooting.—Editor. ] A Big Dent in a Platform. Our good neighbor Forest and Stream must observe that the game breeders have put a good big dent in its cele- brated platform, “no sale of game.” Many thousands of game birds and deer are now sold in the markets of the States which have enacted laws encouraging the Profitable breeding of the desirable wild foods. Our neighbor should take a stroll through the New York market in October and see the toothsome pheasants and wild fowl which will be attractively displayed in much bigger numbers than they were last season. The industry has grown rapidly and the game is far more abundant than it was a year ago. Drop in, good neighbor, at the Hotel Astor, or at any hotel or restaurant, and order a wild duck, not too well cooked, or home-bred pheasant, broiled or roasted, and we feel sure you will become con- verted or as nearly so as was the gentle- man who dined on roast pig. Our Wild Fowl and Waders Practical Book on Duck Breeding for Sport and Profit $2.00 The Game Breeder, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. C. ATTRACT WILD DUCKS They Must Eat They will come hundreds of miles to natural: feeding grounds Examinations made, feeding grounds planned, planting material collected, plantings superintended. Have made many successful plantings all over U. S. and Canada. CLYDE B. TERRELL Specialist on Wild Duck Foods OSHKOSH, WIS. Wild Mallard Eggs for Hatching . ” writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game. 59 Our Big Game_ A manual on the big game of North America with pictures of all big game animals. By D. W. HUNTINGTON Editor of the Game Breeder PRICE $2.00 FOR SALE Mallards and Duchs Pheasants and Hens —ALSO— Duck Eggs Pheasant Eggs WRITE FOR PRICES CARROLL ISLAND CLUB JAMES EDGAR, Head Game Keeper BENGIES, MD. EGG BOXES for Shipping Pheasants & Pouttry Write for Prices, Stating Quantity. F. T. Oakes The Sun Building New York 60 - THE GAME BREEDER PHEASANTS FOR SALE Bie A superb lot of Golden, Silver and Amherst Pheasants, just night i for breeding this spring and summer. bs PHEASANT EGGS: I am now also booking orders for eggs of the follomtne jariietes: Mongolian, Ringneck, Chinese, Golden. Sa Ly Amherst and Reeves. WILD DUCK EGGs: Wood Duck, Mallard and Gray Call Duck Eggs, All the eggs I ship are guaranteed to be from non-related, pure bred, strong, healthy birds, cor- rectly mated; all eggs are guaranteed not over three days old when they leave my farm. Fullinstructions given with each order as to setting, hatching, feeding and general care of the young birds. SPECIAL FOODS: I also manufacture a full line of special foods for the successful raising of young pheasants and wild waterfowl, also for Teetia the old birds all the year round; write for prices. WALLACE EVANS GAME FARM, St. Charles, Ill. Largest and most successful breeders of pheasants, wild waterfowl, ee, etc., in the world. ; Member of The Game Guild LEVANA GAME FARM Pheasant Eggs For Sale We ofter pheasant eggs for Spring delivery at attractive prices. The eggs shipped will be the same as those used in our — pheasantry where they are gathered daily. For Prices Address: LEVANA GAME FARM 120 BROADWAY. Room 3555 | NEW YORK CITY “In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breéder or sign’ your letters: “Yours for More Game.” THE GAME BREEDER 61 _——— ee BOOKS FOR SPORTSMEN Our Feathered Game By DWIGHT W. HUNTINGTON Editor of The Game. Breeder : complete cal on the Game Birds of North America. Illustrated with portraits of all American Game q Birds and with full page Shooting Scenes in colors. Price $2.00 Postpaid eS 2 Our Big Ga By DWIGHT W. HUNTINGTON Editor of The Game Breeder A manual on the Big Game of North America, con- taining full page illustrations of all the big game animals. A companion to Our Feathered Game. These two volumes contain a Gonna review of Field Sports in America. Price $2.00 Postpaid — In red ie pavexpiects Upeae os aa Game gest or aka ey eters vitae oe more, Game.” 62 THE GAME BREEDER SANDANONA PHEASANTRY MILLBROOK Dutchess Co. New York P. O. Box 101. We are now booking orders for eggs for Spring | delivery on following varieties of Pheasants: | Silver, Golden, Ring- |} neck, Lady Amherst, China, White, Mongoli- an, Reeves, Swinhoe, Versicolor, Elliott, Impeyan, Manchurian Eared, Melan- otus. Also in Wild Turkeys, Japanese Silkies and Longtails; Blue, White and Pied Peafowl, as well as Wild Mallards and other fancy ducks. i Send fifty cents in stamps for colortvpe. - catalogue of pheasants and how to raise, together with our new Supplement. CHILES & COMPANY | MT. STERLING Member of The Game Guild 10,000 KENTUCKY. oe QUAIL.» BOE pA ‘Member of Game Guild OUR WILD FOWL AND WADERS By D. W. HUNTINGTON $2.00 Post Paid THE GAME BREEDER — 150 NASSAU STREET NEW YORK RAISE SOME MALLARDS Eggs For Hatching From Very Fine, High Grade Flying Birds — 100—$25 Setting, 13 $3.50 Satisfied Customers in Every State Order now and insure delivery when you want them. CLYDE B. TERRELL OSHKOSH, WIS. Wild Duck Foods for Planting Licensed Game Farm CAMBELS. ees Lowest Prices Ever Quoted - DUCKS eee GEESE NTS MOOSE PHEASA MOUNTAIN SHEEP SILVER FOXES MINK—MARTIN FISHER And all other varieties Animals & Birds Big Illustrated Catalog, 10c Complete Information and Lists Free HORNE’S ZOOLOGICAL ARENA CO. : Ia writing to advertisers ‘please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” 7 PEAFOWLS CRANES —STORKS HARES — RABBITS SQUIRRELS And all varieties Pet S ock. Get our prices before placing your order. We carry the largest stock on the continent at all times. -_KANSAS City, MO. THE GAME BREEDER 63 STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC., REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST. 24, 1912, OF THE GAME BREEDER, published monthly at New York, N. Y., for April 1st, 1917. State of New York, County of New York, ss :—Before me, a notary publicin and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared D. W. Huntington, who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the Editor of The Game Breeder, and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management (and if a daily paper, the circulation), etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regula- tions, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit: 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are: Publisher, The Game Conservation Society, Inc., Post office address, 150 Nassau St., New York, N. Y. Editor, D. W. Huntington, 150 Nassau St., New York, N. Y. Managing Editor, none. Business Managers, The ‘Game Conservation Society, Inc., 150 Nassau St., New York, N.Y. 2. That the owners are: (Give names and addresses of individual owners, or, if a corpora- tion, give its name and the names and addresses of stock- holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of the total amount of stock.) The Game Conservation Society, Inc., 150 Nassau St., New York, N.Y. Stockholders: C. B. Davis, Grantwood, New Jersey : F. R. Peixotto, 55 John St., New York, N Y.; A.A. Hill, 71 Murray St., New York, N.Y.; D. W. Huntington, 150 Nassau St., New York, N. Y.: : J.C. Huntington, 150 Nassau St., New York, N.Y. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: (If there are none, so state.) None. 4. That the two para- graphs next above, giving the names of the owners, stock- holders, and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company but also, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for which such trustee is acting, is given; also that the said two para-. graphs contain statements embracing affiant’s full knowl- edge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a,capacity other than that ot a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him. D. W. Huntington, Editor of The Game Breeder. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31st day of March, 1917._ Grorcr F. BENTLEY, Notary Public, 96, New York County. [sea]. (My commission expires March 30th, 1918.) MALLARD From strong, flying birds, suitable for - Shooting. Write for Prices GEORGE EDGAR HEAD GAMEKEEPER The WYANDANCH CLUB Long Island, N.Y. -Smithtown, DUCK FOODS Wild Geese and Ducks Sago Pond Weed, Chara, Wild Celery and other foods of wild fowl. We will refer to people who are growing our foods abundantly and THEY WILL TELL YOU How these foods holdeand: ‘atttact wild dudké “and how they have improved their shooting. I have for sale also Canada Geese and Call Ducks. Write for prices and testimonials. JASPER B. WHITE | North Carolina “igo Waterlily, | iy Currituck Sound, In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” 64 THE GAME BREEDER Land for Game Preserve and Countes House Near New York For Sale. | About three hundred acres on the Mianus River in Greenwich, Conn., may be purchased at present for one thousand dollars per | acre. Suitable for a magnificent country house site, with sur- rounding forest like that of English estates. A mile of beautiful trout stream and a newly made lake of several acres on the place Owner will not divide the tract. Its peculiar value rests in the | combination of forest, cliffs and stream in a tract of this size so a near to New York and to the social centers of Cee ee and Stamford. Nothing similar can be purchased because nothing similar remains so near to the city. It will naturally continue to in- crease in value as a plain investment for this reason. ; Deer and many other wild animals and birds now on the place Address Advertising Department, The Game Breeder, . 150 Nassau Street, New York City. ; : CONRON BROS. COMPANY Wholesale Dealers in Fancy Poultry and Game a We are in the market to buy Game Birds and Deer raised on preserves. If you have any to offer, communicate with us. Main Office: 13th Street and 10th Avenue, New York e Shooting Clubs and Game Farms The Game Breeder has assisted in the formation of many shooving clubs and game farms. We are preparing a booklet on this subject, containing testimonials. Those who desire information on either subject, or information about the new Game Breeders’ laws, are requested to write to us. The service is free to those who state that they deal with advertisers in The Game Breeder and who are contributing members of The Game Con- servation Society or subscribers to The Game Breeder. Letters should be addressed to the Information Department of THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau Street, New York ; a In writing to. advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” Mackensen Game Park I carry the largest stock in America of live game birds, ornamental birds and quadrupeds. Hungarian Partridges \ I am prepared to fill the largest orders wy for these birds and for years I have filled “8 practically all of the ok State orders for both WM Pheasants My Pheasant pens hold thousands of Pheasants and I am prepared to furnish these birds in large numbers to State de- partments, individual breeders and preserves. ; Wild Duck Mallards, Black Duck, Teal, Wood-Duck, Pintails and other species can be supplied in large numbers at at- tractive prices. Also Mandarins and ll other water fowl. Wild Turkeys I am now the largest breeder and dealer in Wild Turkeys and can supply these birds in good numbers to State Departments and preserve owners. I carry the largest stock in America of ornamental birds and animals. My ponds now contain’nearly 200 best _ Royal Swans of England. I have fine lot of the beautiful pink FLAMINGOES and the very large European ; PELICANS. Also STORKS, CRANES, PEAFOWL, fancy GEESE and DUCKS. My pheasant pens contain over _ athousand Ringneck and fancy PHEASANTS. All stock is kept under practically ‘natural conditions. I have 60 acres of land entirely devoted to my business. Can also promptly furnish BUFFALOES, DEER, LLAMAS, RABBITS, etc. Orders booked during summer. I have for years filled practically all the large State Orders and have better facilities for handling large orders than any other firm. Write me before buying elsewhere—it will pay you to do so. Your visit solicited. IT am only 60 miles from New York and 30 miles from Philadelphia. WM. J. MACKENSEN Department V. YARDLEY, BUCKS COUNTY, PA. Member of The Game Guild There Is No Food Like— S at SPRATT Sam wo a gg It is the purest form of meat obtainable. SPRATT’S CRISSEL takes the place of ants’ eggs and natural insect food consumed by the birds in the free’ | state, and for this reason is of great value {o young and penned Be ao) Game Foods Manufactured by SPRATT’S PATENT are: SPRATT’S PHEASANT MEAL No. 12 (For Pheasants, Partridge and Quail Chicks). SPRATT’S PHEASANT pO No. 5 (For Young Pheas- ants). ' SPRATT’S PHEASANT FOOD No. 3 (For Adult Birds). SPRATT’S MAXCO (The most nourishing food obtainable), — SPRATT’S PRAIRIE MEAT “CRISSEL” (Takes the place of Ants’ Eggs and is a perfect substitute for Insect Life). SPRATT’S WILD DUCK MEAL (The best food for Ducklings). SPRATT’S “BLACKERITE” This invaluable remedy for GAPES (the receipt of a well-known breeder) has been used with great success by the leading breeders of poultry and game birds throughout the world. It should always be kept on hand, ready for emergencies. Write for Samples on the aboye foods. “Pheasant Culture” — sent on receipt of 25¢. SPRATT’S PATENT LIMITED NEWARK, NEW JERSEY San Francisco St. Louis Cleveland - Montreal se 66g - $12° Der Year Thais Per Year be Pps ees JUNE, 1917 THE OBJECT OF THIS MAGAZINE IS TO MAKE NORTH AMERICA THE BIGGEST GAME PRODUCING COUNTRY IN THE WORLD CONTENTS Survey of the Field—The North Dakota State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion—A Warning—History Repeats Itself—“Remember the Buffalo and Save the Grouse’—Restrictions and Production—A Choice— Bills that Failed in Minnesota—One Effect of Protection—An Amusing Illustration—Importance of Fish Culture—Cost of Production—Cats and Cat Licenses—Nonsense Abroad in Wisconsin—More Banded Ducks Taken in California. Quail and Partridge Breeding for Profit and Pleasure D. W. Huntington Fish Ponds on Farms - Robert S. Johnson and M. F-. Stapleton Remarkable Pheasant Breeding - - - Henry B. Bigelow Notes from ie Game Farms and Preserves - By Our Readers The Busy Season—Contract Rearing—Fun in the Boies Case —Wild Mallard Eggs—The Quail a Food Bird—Audubon on Hawks and Quail—A Big Duck—Vermin Records—Move- ments of Keepers—Keeping Records—Quail Records—Rabbits Pa aud Fruit Trees—Egg Percentages. Editorialsk—Remember Swope’s Swipe—More Food— Our Attitude.” Site a ee E) THE GAME CONSERVATION SOCIETY. Inc. Ey | 7 ai Serena Peesenneet a I For Sale The Boat shown in the above illustration. A Deck Cruiser in good order. Mahogany cabin, and handsomely fitted throughout. I especially wish to dispose of this boat promptly and will sell it at an attractive price. For full particulars and price, address PETER: WIERES Care of THE GAME BREEDER 150 NASSAU STREET NEW YORK § THE GAME BREEDER PNEIDA J * > JUMP A great trap for hawks TTe APS ind owls. Specially dapted to setting on a oie: Game Destroyer ole and unequalled for general trapping for yeasels, minks, foxes and other animals. aa le in Sizes 7, \TALOGUE FREE i . ONEIDA COMMUNITY, ned. - ONEIDA, N. Y. _ In writing to advertisers eae. mention The Game Breeder .or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” Insist on the genuine Jump Trap. Do not accept an in- fertor substitute. 66 THE GAME BREEDER REMINGTON. L UMC | REGling ua: care. _ SINGLE sHor | AUTO | LOADING The man or boy who comes into .22 rifle shooting these days finds a much higher form of sport than he would have found no farther back than five years. { Even the casual vacation shooting shows the q influence of the vast amount of organizing and : standardizing going on all over the country. There is less shooting for the fun of making a | noise—— keener competition — more science and finesse. : So Remington UMC .22 caliber arms and am- | munition come fully into their own. : There has always been a wide and growing public demand for Remington .22’s—from the THE GAME BREEDER 67 REMINGTON | UMC smallest single shot rifle used by the littlest boy, up to the most costly grades of slide action repeaters and autoloading models. There have never been lacking thousands of men who chose their .22 shorts as carefully as their big game cartridges. The point is that there are more thousands of such men now than ever— and the tendency was never so strong for Remington UMC as it is today. The Autoloading .22, the Slide Action Repeater, the Single Shot models; the .22 short, .22 long, .22 long rifle and .22 special cartridges—you will find them all wherever ce is. Ma a leading dealer, the man who features the Red Ball Mark of Remington UMC in his store— the Sign of Sportsmen’s Headquarters in every town. The Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Inc. Largest Manufacturers of Firearms and Ammunition in the World Woolworth Building Remington UMC of Canada, Limited New York Windsor, Ontario 68 THE GAME BREEDER HATCHING HOUSE INTERIOR—GAME BREEDERS ASSOCIATION 2500 Mallards and about 1000 Pheasants were hatched here in a season, Now is the time to send notes to the Game Breeder about successful hatching. Now is the time to advertise birds for future delivery. Those who get their advertisements in first will get the best results. To THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau Street, New York. Please send me THE GAME BREEDER, for one year. $1.00 enclosed. Name............. tinee abe. wre eile abe aleve aig apetepesebe eelet Glee stata tan Street..... rs seaicun alent iets ¢ cana ae JL Citywest pat.qon alt. chs ig Sateen < bis wine love 0.8) e/0 pie eleiahe see State 3: von’. aaene wi oe wie tiaitalala e tiebefelelolalate olatesetb's 0 cieie (iS tae N. B.—_Write Name and Street Address plainly and state if you wish back numbers of the magazine to the first of the year. Te Game Breeder -Published Monthly. Entered as second-class matter, July 9, tors, at the Post Office, New York City, New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879. VOLUME XI ~ JUNE, 1917 NUMBER 3 <=p) SURVEY OF The North Dakota State Sportmen’s Association. The prospectus of the North Dakota Sportsmens’ Association, “now incorpor- ating,” has been received. The officers of the preliminary organization are C. H. Parker, president; Thos. Forde, peeasurer Or J. R. Pence, secretary ; Hon. E. B. McCutcheon, former chief game warden, will act as preliminary organizer. - A Warning. _ The prospectus contains the following timely warning addressed to the sports- men: Do you realize you narrowly escaped a close season on native birds; that a bill nearly — passed preventing the use of dogs; that Sun- day shooting was nearly eliminated; that cer- tain kinds of guns and the tse of automobiles, for hunting, were nearly barred? Do you realize that unless we wake up, these things will be slipped over next session? Can you not see that we have been killers not breeders of birds? We wish to warn the new association that if they go in for more game laws every season they will surely get what they go after, and that they may expect to acquire not only the restrictions re- ferred to in the warning but also the prohibition of sport. — History Repeats Itself. _ Some serious minded people may imagine that shortening the season, limit- ing the bag, and the many other re- strictions, will produce “more game” but the evidence is cumulative in other states that good shooting has not been produced in this manner. As the num- ber of guns increases the bag limit will THE FIELD. be reduced from twenty to ten, from ten to five, from five to three, and the next step will be a close season for five years. This usually is found attractive to farmers and easily it can be renewed for another term. Meantime all the good setters and pointers, owned by sports- men die a natural death, and many a man in middle life has passed to the happy hunting grounds waiting for the quail season to be opened up again. “Remember the Buffalo and Save the Grouse” This slogan of the North Dakota As- scoiation with an absurd cut of a buffalo skull suggests that a lot of small lawyers, as usual, may be employed yearly to re- cite little pieces to the legislative com- mittees beginning, ‘““Where are the buf- falo, where are the wild pigeons?” etc. We have heard this oratory for nearly two score years and we have seen .the game vanish as if it was frightened by the noise. The buffalo were saved by a man who decided they were passing and that he would save a few. He soon had a big herd and offered them for sale. No one in the United States wanted them but he sold to Canada and realized about $200,000, or some other good sum. The story appeared in The Game Breeder. If any one wants any buffalo we can fur- nish a few car load lots at reasonable prices and if properly looked after they will multiply more rapidly than the Al- derman thought the gondolas would in a city park if a male and a female gondola be purchased. We doubt if there are many farms in America where the 70 THE GAME BREEDER owners will consent to have herds of buffalo introduced as sporting animals for the general public. We think the new North Dakota Association will do well to drop the, “Where are the buffalo” business and the buffalo skull device and _to get down to practical business. The, “Where are the buffalo” people are get- ting scarce in the Eastern States. Restrictions and Production. We would advise the new association to go slow on restrictions and to spend: their money and energy on game produc- tion. Each local organization should have its game farm or “shoot” for all the members. A good noisy refuge where thousands of birds are killed every sea- son will be found far more interesting than a quiet sanctuary which after all is only another posted farm. There are, no doubt, enough posted farms in North Dakota to answer as refuges. Remember that one restriction will be followed by another; confirmed mischief makers surely will endeavor to pass them off on the association and to induce it to favor them. In some of the states close shooting was prohibited to give the doves a chance. Later the close dove season be- came permanent. Next came the short closed seasons for quail, renewed from time to time. Stop the use of one kind of gun and the mischief maker will soon propose stopping the use of another kind; the excuse will be that the birds are still vanishing. As a matter of fact it makes very little difference what kind of guns are used provided there are enough of them and provided the natural foods and covers of the birds are destroyed and the natural enemies be un-controlled. _ We have shot big bags of grouse in North ,Dakota, with double guns and pump guns, but we never expect to see a grouse on vast areas where the cover is plowed under and the birds are left to stand on bare mud during a long season, and, later, in emerald fields of growing wheat, where every hawk and every “varmint” easily can discover and take them. There will be no grouse on most of the land in North Dakota until some natural covers and foods are re- stored and made permanent. This easily — can be accomplished provided the state - ‘and national sportsmen’s associations — will look after such matters and the ex- pense can be covered by the sale of a few birds alive or dead. Dead birds make the people smack their lips and say, “field sports are all mght.” game market has saved sport in other countries. A Choice. F. The sportsmen of North Dakota can — take their choice. They can spend a lot — of money every year getting more game — laws and they will, no doubt, bag what they go after, or they canpub wires money. in “more game” and they will be surprised at the excellent shooting during long open seasons. The dues for an association which goes in for game should be a little larger than those of the association which simply wants more laws, but the members of the game association will get some ex- cellent meat in exchange for their dues and there will-be no danger of laws pro- — hibiting the use of dogs. Bills that Failed in Minnesota. Important and desirable bills which failed to reach final passage were the game breeders’ bill, authorizing raising — of game by private individuals, and a bill © to provide for commercial fishing in Red Lake. A provision to permit mak- — ing two express shipments of fish by licensed non-resident anglers, Represen- tative Frye’s frog conservation bill, and a bill to extend commercial fishing to the lower part of the Minnesota river, were not reached for final passage. One Effect of Protection. Often we have pointed out that those — interested in game protection might be- fore long get more protection than they wanted. The writer is somewhat re- sponsible for giving the game protection idea a good start in Ohio. Many years ago, when the wild turkeys occurred in Ohio, we put this food bird on the song The | cr : THE GAME BREEDER bird list but before long, and while our law was in the books, the turkey ceased to sing because it was extinct. Natural enemies and rabbit-shooters evidently - were over-abundant. An Amusing iilusteation: Professor Pearson, secretary of the National Association of Audubon So- cieties, gives us, in Bird Lore, another example of “too much steam on,” in Ohio. He says: For the past five years there has been an absolute close season on quail shooting in Ohio. The time set by law was about to ex- pire, and the question arose, shall quail be shot or shall they be protected for another term of years? This Association favored con- tinuing the close season for at least two, and perhaps five years, and our Ohio agent, Dr. Eugene Swope, began a campaign looking to this end, when lo! the farmers of the State took up ‘the fight and demanded that this bird be protected for all time, and the Ohio legis- lature has passed such a law! Notes From Minnesota. Importance of Fish Culture. Any product bearing close relation to the food supply and the cost of living, should have care and attention, with a view to its conservation and increase. We are just beginning to realize how important in this respect is that product which we take freely from the waters ‘of the state. There is no article of food which can be produced at so little cost for capital investment, operation, dis- tribution and marketing combined, as fish. to our agricultural resources that it may So closely allied is this product ‘be considered as a food “crop” and as ‘such compared with the products of agri- culture in importance, value and cost of ~production—Bulletin Minnesota Game and Fish Department. The remarks are equally applicable to game. Prairie grouse, weighing about 2 pounds, can be produced in vast num- bers on protected fields at very small ‘cost since they will find much of their food in the fields. Quail should be a big food supply, and not a vanishing game bird. All real naturalists now Tealize the economic importance of the ‘game and game fish and agree that the 71 markets should be kept full of these de- sirable foods. Cost of Production. The Bulletin further says: In considering whether the production of any agricultural product is economically profi- table the cost of producing it is always con- sidered. If the cost of production exceeds the value of the product its production can not be justified on economic grounds. Let us consider the cost of production of fish, etc. The hand-rearing of pheasants is ex- pensive far more so than the wild breed- ing of pheasants in protected fields and woods. But at present prices the breed- ers find there is a good profit in pheas- ants. When these birds become tre- mendously plentiful as they will in a few years the prices will fall rapidly in the markets and many pheasants, no doubt, will be sold cheaper than poultry as they are in other countries. Sport will con- tribute to the cost of production and the sportsmen having far more birds than they can use will sell them cheaply. The grouse and quail bred wild, however, are the cheapest and best game that can be produced. Thousands of wild fowl now are produced in protected marshes. Cats and Cat Licenses. The Editor of The Ladies’ Home — Journal devotes a page to the cat prob- lem, beginning thus: “A town council was asked, the other evening, to pass an ordinance to license and bell cats, and to have all non-licensed, cats destroyed. The councilmen smiled: then a witty (?) member cracked a joke about Pussy; a still wittier member cried “Meow,” and the matter was passed over as a joke. Nothing was done except to reveal the members of the town council to the communtiy as a body of men who didn’t know a serious subject when they saw it.’’ We do not object to cat license laws, cat bell laws or laws prescribing the times of the day and night when “pussy” can walk abroad. If it_ becomes neces- sary to have a special cat police we hope a comparatively small force can do the work. Upon one of our first visits to an ~ 72 American game farm and, “shoot”, where thousands of birds are shot and eaten ° every season, one of the most interesting things the game keeper exhibited was a cat grave yard, as thickly studded with graves as the burial places near battle- fields, depicted in the papers, are. The keeper said sometimes it was a little em- barrassing to have some one ask, when he went down to the village, if he had seen a rather large white cat with a yellow ribbon on its neck, when as a matter of fact he had just come from a funeral at which such a cat figured with others, slain.on the same field when attacking birds.’ More recently we have employed keep- ers who were skillful in taking the cats which took our birds, and on one occasion there was a little trouble on hand because a big cat went home with one of our traps on its hind leg. We have more confidence in Oneida traps for cats, with a little pump-gun work on the side, for good measure, than we have in laws prescribing the hours when cats can walk abroad which may, like other similar enactments, become dead letter laws without a special cat police. Laws requiring cats to have the music of bells wherever they go probably will put some birds on their guard and it will be interesting to watch results. A Remington 22 works very nicely on cats, and if the sitting shot is a miss we have found some pretty rapid fire work at the fleeing bird thief interesting. All good “shoots” should have a few Rem- ington 22’s for target shooting. We have observed them at some of the clubs where ladies joined in the shooting. Nonsense Abroad in Wisconsin. A Wisconsin member sends the fol- lowing from The Wisconsin State Jour- nal: “Game farming, in which many farm- ers and other persons are quite exten- sively engaged, will be prohibited if an amendment adopted last night passes the Senate. Mr. Spoor, who is the author of the amendment, and Mr. Rosa, both denounced the present law as conferring special privilege.” THE GAME BREEDER Special privilege to produce food on a farm! This is the high-water mar d of nonsense thus far. The farmers are beginning to think that possibly it may be a “special privilege’ that might well be ended to issue permits for $1.00 to shoot up the farms with the understand- ing that no one can have any of the food secured excepting the shooter. We have warned sportsmen repeatedly what they might expect if they persisted in their notions of “‘special privilege.” Mr. E. G. Showers, one of our Wis- consin members, sums up the situation thus: “They might as well tell us that we cannot let grass grow in our yards, for that is one of nature’s prota also.” A Minnesota foames was reported as saying that it was desirable to kill the few prairie grouse on the place befomg the dudes from town came out. Sport ir agricultural regions will fare badly until the farmers’ interests are considered. ~ Other Wisconsin members write to” thank us for our interest in their trouble; one urged us to write to the Governor. There is a rare chance for the Governor to suggest in a special message that food production be not t suppressed just at thi YF time. More Banded Ducks Taken i in California. During the 1916 open season, as in” years past, several ducks originally band- ed in Utah have been taken in California. Mr. Chris Krempel killed a banded green-winged teal at the Greenwing Gun Club in Orange county during Decem- ber, 1916. A report from the United States Biological Survey stated that the bird had been released at Bear River, Utah. On December 16, A. J. Buck= ley killed a green-winged teal at Los Banos, Merced county, bearing a t numbered 3889. This bird was banded at Bear River, Utah, September 1]; 1916. Another duck, banded at the same place on October. 3, was killed by Henry Schubelhut at ‘Brito, Merc county. S. G. Davis killed another te bearing the number 4138 at the same place during January—H. C. Bryant. © “sg THE GAME BREEDER 73 QUAIL AND PARTRIDGE BREEDING FOR PROFIT AND PLEASURE. 7 “Partridge shooting is a valuable by-product of agriculture to the operations of which it is in no sense inimical.”"—AyMER MAXWELL. By Dwicut W. Huntincton. The North American quail or part- ridges (the bobwhite is called partridge in the Southern States) constitute one of the most important groups of game _birds to be found in all the countries of the earth. For many reasons I regard the bobwhite, which heads the list of American partridges or quail, as the best game bird in the world. All of our - quails are excellent food birds and they _the human race on this account. are of especial economic importance to They should be abundant in our markets dur- ing long open shooting seasons. Although shooting is prohibited in many of the states and the birds are said to be van- ishing in many places, I have no hesi- tation in predicting they soon will be _ plentiful everywhere, and cheap in the markets, since their propagation for food and for sport is one of the coming in- dustries of the country. Already there are places in the United States where thousands of quail are produced and shot every season and the number of “people who are willing to give these birds the attention necessary to make them plentiful and to keep them so S$ increasing rapidly. It is highly im- portant when laws are enacted prohibit- ing quail shooting they should provide that quail breeders be excepted. Other- wise there can be no industry. It is*well known that our quail, like the European partridges, are in no way detrimental to agriculture (with the pos- sible exception of the California quails when overabundant in vineyards). All ornithologists and. agriculturists agree that the birds are a great benefit to any farm since they destroy many injurious insects and weedseeds. Paradoxical as it may seem, the true way to make the quails abundant, and to keep them so, is to shoot them in abundance. Darwin says that if not one head of game were shot during the next twenty _years in England, and if at the same time no vermin were destroyed, there would in all probability be less game than at. present, although hundreds of thousands of game animals are now annually shot. The prohibition of sport is detrimental not only to sportsmen but even more so, to the farmers since the quails are a valuable food and their production for food and for sport can be made to add much to the value of any farm. Already on hundreds of thousands of acres of farms big and small the taxes, both on lands and buildings, are paid by the quail crop and although thousands of quails are shot and eaten every season the birds increase in numbers from year to year. There are exceptional years, due to climate, but the shooting and eating of quail never is suspended on this ac- count. In some places the “by-product of agriculture,” not only pays all the taxes on the farms but also yields a sub- stantial cash income to the farmers. This easily can be doubled by opening the best markets to the desirable food. Anyone with ordinary intelligence knows that foods which have a good market are worth more than foods the sale of which has been prohibited. It follows that farms from which our most valuable meats can be sold are worth twice as much as those where the production and sale of the food is prohibited. I have gathered much information about the in- crease of farm values by the production of game. In some cases the value of the land has been more than doubled. Since most of the cultivated farms aré now posted against all shooting and in some states quail shooting has been pro- hibited, the sportsmen have nothing to fear from laws which will result in mak- ing the quail abundant and profitable. Arrangements can be made with many farmers for good shooting and the quail will be restored to many wild lands and abandoned farms where the shooting is open to all. 74 The fact. that quails:are beneficial to agriculture has been promulgated by the enemies of sport to induce the farmers to favor laws prohibiting quail shooting for terms of years or at all times. The tendency of our legislation rapidly was in the direction of putting an end to quail shooting everywhere when the so-called, “more game’, movement calling for an increase of game by practical methods for sport and for profit was inaugurated. As soon as we regard quail shooting as, “A valuable by-product of agriculture,” as Captain Maxwell has well said part- ridge shooting is, we will have an abund- ance of quail everywhere in the United States (excepting the northern portions of the northern tier of states east of the Rocky Mountains) and I have no doubt the sportsmen of all classes will find plenty of good quail shooting during long open seasons without danger of exterm- inating the birds. The quail easily can be made plentiful in some of the Canadian provinces. Sportsmen should remember that laws prohibiting quail shooting are necessary in places where no one looks after the game properly, and protects it from its natural and domestic enemies and from _ Climate losses. No species can with- stand these losses and the losses due to shooting at the same time. The Audubon Societies and others interested in pro- tecting birds by law should remember that the prohibition of sport puts an end to the practical preservation of all game species and deprives the people of splen- did foods which should be abundant and cheap. All sportsmen are familiar with the bobwhite, the most common species of quail in the United States, including the subpecies, the Florida bobwhite and the Texas bobwhite, which are somewhat smaller than the northern birds. The bobwhite has been introduced success- fully in states beyond its range and thrives in Montana,* Utah and some other *See articles: The Introduction of Bob- white in Montana, by Hon. M. D. Baldwin in The Game Breeder for Nov. 1914: The Bob- white in Oregon, in The Game Breeder for April, 1915, THE GAME BREEDER) states’ ‘(shooting being: prohibited). pera’ should be made to thrive everywhere al- ‘though thousands be shot every season. The other American quails or part- ridges are of comparatively limited dis- persion, being western and south western species. Our object is not to repeat much that has been well written for ornithologies and books on field sports, but to inform the reader how the birds can be made and kept tremendously plentiful sport and for profit so that the shooting can be lively, during long open seasons, and so our tables can be abundantly sup- plied. It cannot be denied that the gray part- ridges of Europe are tremendously abun- dant from year to year although hun- dreds of thousands are shot and sold as food and hundreds of thousands are trapped and sold alive for propagation. Many thousands of birds have been shipped to America at a single consign- ment. I read, recently, an account of an actual day’s partridge shooting when a party of ten guns shot eighteen hundred and ten partridges, walking them up without the aid of dogs (excepting re- for > ( * wil trievers).* J have the figures from one who took part in the shooting. They are larger than usual, no doubt, but there aré many places both in England and on the continent where a bag of one hundred birds in a day’s shooting would be con- sidered small. Other records of excel- lent shooting are referred to later. — Since the gray partridge of Europe is somewhat similar to our partridges or quails we should expect to make_the in- digenous birds plentiful by applying the European methods. I am pleased to ob- serve that they have been successfully i applied to our quail-in many places and that I have seen the birds on many American farms fully as abundant as it is desirable to have them; big bags are made every season. I know places where it is perfectly safe to shoot two or three thousand quail in a season and — I have seen American records (when visiting the places where they were made) which indicated that one or two The Game Breeder for May, 1916. » wry be a pe ee } ees eee Pe ' THE GAME BREEDER 75 thousand quails are shot, during a few weeks shooting, every season. I. have no hesitation in saying that the quail on some of these places are more plentiful than I ever saw them in Ohio, Ken- tucky, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas and other states in the days of greatest abundance when we found it an easy matter for a party of four or six guns to shoot a wagon load of quail in a few days. All of our qttails are very prolific and they can be multiplied with startling rapidity. Quail shooting is regarded by many as our best sport afield and it is gratifying to observe that quail shoot- ing can be made excellent at a very small cost per gun and that it really is the cheapest form of game preserving which has been undertaken in America. The figures given me by some Of the quail clubs prove that quail shooting costs very little when compared with duck shooting or pheasant shooting. On some quail shoots, of course, the sportsmen have an abundance of pheasants, grouse, and ducks for good measure. Quail multiply so rapidly when their natural enemies are controlled and when foods are supplied in bad weather that it is not necessary to engage in any ex- ridges abundant abroad and which have wires and inclosures. I am strongly in favor of the wild-breeding methods which have resulted in keeping the part- ‘pensive hand-rearing, with its crops, resulted in the abundance of quail and the excellent shooting which I have found on many places in America. The artificial rearing methods are val- uable on some places where they may be used to advantage to supplement the field work, just as they are in foreign coun- tries, when eggs are found in exposed or dangerous places and when sitting ‘birds are driven from their nests by ‘natural or domestic enemies, by water used for irrigation and by farm machin- ery. We should always remember, how- ever, that the artificial rearing of quails and ‘partridges is expensive and uncer- tain: that wild-bred birds are far better tor sport, and the cost of production is very small when the birds are bred wild in the fields. It is significant that thousands of dol- lars have been expended in hand-rearing experiments and that no hand-reared quail have ever been shot and few have been sold alive for propagation, while on the other hand, hundreds of birds have been shot the first season and thousands thereafter, each year, in places where beat-keepers are employed to see that the quail have attractive and quiet nest- ing sites; that they are freed, to a large extent, from the ravages of enemies, and fed abundantly at times when natural foods are scarce. It is desirable to know the artificial methods since, as we have observed, they may be used to save some birds and eggs. These will be referred to after the proper methods of handling the birds in protected fields have been descried. We wish at the outset to impress upon the farmers the fact that easily they can have an abundance of quail and other game; that the game will be profitable; that laws préventing them from having quail to eat and preventing them from selling game or renting the shooting de- crease the value of the farm since any farm where game can be produced for food or sport is worth much more than one where such industry is criminal. We © wish to impress upon the sportsmen the fact that the time has come when quail shooting will be prohibited forever on - the inclosed and cultivated farms unless they deal fairly with the land owners and make it worth while to preserve and in- crease the game. Audubon lists the quail as one of our best wild food birds. It is only those who have no knowledge of natural his- tory and the laws which regulate the in- crease and decrease of the numbers of any species who delight in saying that the quail is a “song bird” and should not be eaten. We agree heartily with Audubon and all other real naturalists that the quail is an excellent food bird intended by the Creator of all things for human food. ——$—$_—$ ee More Game and Fewer Game Laws. FISH PONDS ON FARMS. By Rosert S. JOHNSON aNnD M. F. STAPLETON. U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. (Continued from the January number.) If a gravity flow of water is con- templated, the fish pond must, of course, be located below the level of the source of supply. Porous soils are to be avoided, if possible, not only because of the large volume of water required to replace loss from seepage but because they are usually sterile. Swamp lands, old water courses, and catch basins of years’ standing are the best and most productive soils, as they possess the required fertility and contain seeds and spores for the early development of profuse vegetation and animalcula. Ponds located in such soil will maintain their water levels with a minimum in- flow. Satisfaction may be had from ponds less favorably located, however, if good sense is employed in their preparation and maintenance. Aside from the ideal lands of alluvial deposits, clay loams are a first choice, being most nearly impervious to water and quickly re- sponsive to efforts made to establish their fertility. Sandy loam, being the most prevalent, is probably the most general soil in use for pond construc- tion.. While some difficulty may at first be experienced in making it retain water, this is overcome in time by the accumulation of decayed vegetation. Its fertility is good and, in general, it. produces a sufficient supply of natural . food. Even clear sand and gravel mix- tures may be made to hold water and brought to fair productivity by increased expenditures in construction, and by the application of fertilizers in a man- ner to be explained later. It is very desirable, and also essen- tial for a marked degree of success, that ponds be so located and constructed that they may be entirely emptied of water at certain seasons. To this end there should be accessible a natural dry THE GAME BREEDER © run or water course lower than tee bottom of the proposed pond, to which — drain pipes may be conducted. Ponds are drained for the purpose of assorting fish, removing objectionable species, “reducing the stock, killing out excessive vegetation, etc. Complete — drainage can not be effected, of course, unless there are adjacent waters to which the fish can be removed during © this process. A number of small auxil-— iary ponds will always be found ad- vantageous in fish-cultural work, ye Where the primary purpose is other ~ than fish culture the selection of the site must depend upon the more im-— portant object in view. Fish culture — will yield very satisfactory returns as a secondary enterprise, but the site se-— lected for the work should by all means be the best available consistent with the general scheme of farming opera- tions. PonD CONSTRUCTION. . The exact mode of construction must depend largely upon local conditions, such as the presence or absence of favor able land contour, the nature of the soil. proximity to storm channels and the area of the ground to be worked. Even with these features specified lesser local characteristics and the exigencies of in- dividual circumstances will vary the ap- plication of any approved general meth- od.. Where practicable ponds should be not less than 1 acre in surface area. Those of smaller extent will produce fish and add an interesting feature to farm life, but they will not yield adult food fishes of the larger species in quantities suf- ficient for the requirement of the aver@ age farmer’s table. Natural draws or ravines involve thal least expenditure in their adaptation to fish ponds, as two and frequently three sides are already formed. so that an THE GAME BREEDER 17 earthen embankment connecting them will complete the inclosure. Such loca- tions must be surrounded by ditches to divert surface water where that is likely to roil the pond, and effective waste channels should be provided if the site covers the natural course of flood waters. e If flat land of an elevation only slight- ly lower than that of the source of water supply is selected, it will be necessary to excavate the ponds in whole or in part to the required depth to insure a water level lower than the supply. Thus the excavations will form solid banks which, if impervious to water and prop- erly sloped, will require no further at- tention except to bring them to uniform widths and elevation, which can be done with the material excavated in forming the pond proper. The bottom of the pond should be shaped to drain to a central point. On swamp lands and depressions which are susceptible to drainage. and are at the same time low enough to insure a gravity flow of water from the source of supply, one or more fish ponds can be constructed by the erection of longitudinal and cross-section dikes high enough to provide the required depth of water. The construction of such ponds involves only sufficient excavating to give the bottom the proper slope. In other words, the pond should be built up rather than excavated, and the water level therein will be higher than the sur- rounding land. The method of constructing pond em- bankments is governed by the topo- graphy of the land, the character of the soil, and the volume and pressure of the water to be confined. All made embank- ments should be at least 6 feet wide at the top, and the sides sloped not less than 2 feet to each foot in height. For instance, a 6-foot fill should be 30 feet wide at the base and 6 feet at the top. Prepare the foundation by plowing the site of the embankment, after first re- moving all trees, underbrush, rock and sod, and, as an extra precaution against Seepage, dig a trench 12 inches deep along the median line. This will form a break, or set-off, between the original ground and the made construction, which is a point of natural weakness. The fill- ing should progress by layers over the full width and length of the levee as a continuous operation rather than by sec tions ; otherwise the completed work will later develop checks by reason of varia- tions in material and compactness. Rocks are of use as a protecting riprap on the slopes after completion. | In case the water supply to a pond is taken from a creek, the latter must be dammed and an intake built above the construction provided with screens and dam boards, from which a water conduit must be laid to the pond. The dam should be provided with an ample spill- way, which may best be constructed of concrete. The shape or outline of the pond is immaterial. Currents of water are un- desirable in the propagation of the spiny- rayed fishes. In fact, the best brood and rearing ponds are those which are sup- plied by backwater from other bodies, and if there is reasonable depth and a fair growth of vegetation no stagnation will result. Success in pond fish culture is being attained with widely varying forms of construction. To a considerable extent fish will adapt themselves to existing physical conditions. In nature they seek comparatively shoal waters in which to spawn, by reason of the prevailing high- er temperatures, and during certain stages of their growth the young choose similar depths, where food is plentiful and beyond the bounds of the customary range of large fish. Relatively deep waters must be accessible to the stock fish during winter months, and what this depth shall be will depend largely upon the latitude of the location; cold climates where great thickness of ice forms re- quire the deepest pools. © Experience teaches that breeding ponds should be excavated to hold not less than 12 inches of water at or near the margins ; that one-fourth of the pond - area should range from 12 to 30 inches in depth; and that one-half its total area should be not over 3 feet deep, the bot- 78 THE GAME BREEDER OY “ofS 2 dpsipuos bLyjod ut (AA eZ. 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Provide complete drainage to the deepest point, where a waste pipe controlled by gates or slash boards should lead to outside natural channels. It will be found a great convenience., when draining ponds to have shallow channels 6 inches deep and 15 -inches. wide, at the head of the drainpipe, rad- jiating to all parts of the pond bottom from a kettle or pit, which may be of wood or concrete. A large percentage of the fish will follow such channels as the water recedes, and may be removed from the kettle with less danger of in- jury than if picked up promiscuously about the pond. Remove all projections from the pond bottom which might interfere with the operations of seines, plow the entire bed and level it with harrows before turning in the water or treating further for water-tightness. As stated above, ponds located on swamp bottoms or in clay soils are prac- tically impervious to seepage, and there should be no difficulty in maintaining their surface levels. Sandy loams are more uncertain; they require time to become thoroughly saturated, but will improve in this respect from year to year, through the accumulating deposits of decaying vegetation. It is an excell- ent practice when first filling newly-con- structed ponds with water, whatever the nature of the soil, to follow the advanc- ing water line with a drag or harrow, driving the team knee-deep into the water. The constant roiling and puddling of the ground in this manner is very effective in cementing open cracks and crevices. Very porous soils may require the addition of a layer of clay before _ they will hold water. From 2 to 6 inches of stiff brick clay over the entire bottom and up the sides, well above the water line, the bottom harrowed down as ex- plained above, will hold water over the most open ground likely to be used. The only objection to the presence of clay is its general sterility, but this may be _ corrected by another layer of rich loam, 79 after the clay has been worked down and proved efficacious. Where this process is to be employed, allowance must be made at the time of excavation for the refill of 12 or more inches. Coarse stable manure, and even clean straw, well trampled into the pond bottom, has been _reported as a successful remedy for seep- age. A good set of native sod or sedg grass around the entire pond at the water line is the best preventive of wave washing and encroachments upon new fills. If the location is such that strong currents or eddies are present, piling, rock riprap, or other reinforce- ment, will be necessary at the points of greatest exposure. . Landowners desiring to undertake fish propagation may feel that the expendi- ture necessary to secure completed ponds, as described above, is prohibitive ; or they may have waters available for fish culture which it would not be ex- pedient to remodel along the lines indi- cated. The plans outlined are in accord- ance with the present-day standards. Fish may and are being sucessfully prop- agated in far less ideal environments, but more native ingenuity in such cases is required. This, however, is a common attribute of the American farmer, and any one who can mix balanced. feeds, practice scientific grain breeding, or master the intricacies of modern farm machinery, need not hesitate for fear of failure to add fish culture to his daily routine. Summarizing the construction, these features should be provided for: 1. Water-tightness, so that a small in- flow will be sufficient. This will result in high temperatures during the sum- mer. months. 2. A shallow area, from 18 to 30 inch- es deep, where the fish may nest. / 3. A deeper area, of 6 feet or more, for winter quarters. This will also be occupied by the adults in the summer, after nesting is completed. 4. A fertile bottom for the growth of aquatic plants, upon which fish food de- pends. 80 If these requisities, together with a suitable water supply, are provided the fish will thrive. The accompanying drawings explain the types of intake and drainage devices which have proved effective. These may THE GAME BREEDER be varied to meet the conditions en- — countered, and be constructed of either wood or concrete. The latter material is shown in the illustrations, and is the most durable, but wood will be equally as satisfactory while it lasts. REMARKABLE PHEASANT BREEDING. By Henry B. BIGELow. [The following story about pheasant breeding should interest our readers much. The pheasants, reared at a cost of 35 cents each, easily can be sold for $3.00 each. Our shooting readers will be interested in the comment on the pheasant where it thrives in Massachusetts. This article is reprinted from The Game Breeder for April, 1914. Many new readers will be interested in it and it is an excellent sample of the kind of stories we believe our read- ers want. ‘ C best stories during the year.—Editor.] - My experience with pheasants has been as follows: The matter of chief interest, perhaps, is the cost. In my case there was no question of hiring a game-keeper ; the pheasants had to take their chances with the other poultry, and neither I nor my man knew anything about handling © them. I bought three hens and a cock (Ring- necks) from which I had about 120 eggs; then by purchase and from friends I secured enough more eggs to bring the total to two hundred and twenty-two eggs. These we set under ordinary hens during May and the first part of June. The chicks hatched before June 1 all died of cold; of the others we raised sixty-five to the liberating age, five weeks, 1. e., about twenty-five per cent. I have done worse with hens! As to food. I bought Spratts little book on pheasant breeding (25 cents) and followed directions, but our success was due chiefly to insect food. -Early in the game, we found that the chicks would eat gypsy moth caterpillars and after that we fed them largely with.the result that there was practically. no death rate, so long as the caterpillars and pupae were available. Incidentally, the chicks cleared the birches in their yard of caterpillars. When five weeks old the broods were taken out with their foster mothers to places here and there, the old hens still We shall give prizes of live quail and other game birds to those who send us the in their coops. I had supposed we would have to feed the pheasants for some time ; but to my surprise the young birds — were self-supporting almost at once, feeding in the rye and asparagus fields. After this they were fed no more, but shifted for themselves. ? The total cost, excluding the price of the stock birds and wire netting, was thirty-five cents per bird liberated; in- cluding these items, about seventy cents. But, of course, I need buy no more stock birds or netting for this year. Now that we have our pheasants at liberty, the question is, was it worth — while? This hinges on whether the pheas- ant is a good game bird or not. To me it is of no interest whether or not driven pheasants are hard shooting as I do not — But I can say, without hesitation, - drive. that the pheasant was a great addition to my game bag. He can not, of course, be compared with the ruffed grouse, but ; the latter is in a cless by himself. The Ring-necked. pheasant is not a woodland bird but a marsh bird in his — native country; and it is in rough river meadows where he can make incursions — for food into farm land, that he is at — On our wet meadows, a — pheasant or a snipe is about equally | likely to jump from before your pointing — his best here. dog. When the “bottom” is open he runs but in dense cover (i. e., tall thick matted as a sporting bird and the covers ug a rae raw i“ ~ ~~ a « THE GAME BREEDER _ 81 grass) he-lies like a rock, and we often find them in matted thickets of- roses, elders, etc. Of course, he is large and compara- tively easy to hit in the open, but no more so than quail which give more easy shots in the open, more difficult ones in the brush, than other game birds. Fin- _ ally, the pheasant, does not winter-kill if he has enough to eat, and he is a very good bird on the table. In Massachu- etts he seems to lengthen out the season providing some sport before and after partridges, woodcock and quail can be killed. On the whole he seems to me well worth while on the right ground. But to raise pheasants where the range is all pasture fields and bare wood is a waste of time and money, as they won't stay there.”* *The Spratts Book (25 cents) on Pheasant Breeding referred to is published by The Spratts Patent, Ltd., Newark, New Jersey, whose advertisement appear in the magazine. The use of maggots is advised in the book but . where insects are plentiful they are the best food for young birds in connection with the foods made by the Spratts. ie NOTES FROM THE GAME FARMS AND PRESERVES. The Busy Season. The egg market continues excellent. The prices remain up and our advertisers are reporting good results. All game breeders are so busy at this season that we find it diffiult to get them to write the short stories about their experiences which we are sure our readers want. Some good things are promised, how- ever, and we hope many readers will get live quail prizes so that they may be able to rear some personally owned quail not subject to “song-bird nonsense.’’ We ‘sometimes think it would be a good plan for the breeders to use the black throated bob white and the spotted mearns quail so that there would be no doubt about who owned the quail if a big bag should be made in prohibition states. We are quite sure the laws pro- tecting state game are not intended to apply to game produced by the thousands by individual industry. The only trouble _ is to prove the ownership when the birds _ look exactly alike. The right way, of course, is to consider all birds on a game farm as owned by the farmer until they stray and again become a part of the game said to. be owned by the public because no one has captured it or taken an interest in it. Contract Rearing. In the older countries many game birds are reared by contract and delivered to the preserve owners and shooting syndi- SS SO CS cates when full grown. In America some of the smaller breeders now rear some birds by contract and often birds are sold by small breeders to our larger advertisers. Mr. Henry M. Brigham made a valu- able suggestion in the May number of The Game Breeder, that the laws should be amended so that game farms and clubs, with expensive equipment where many thousands of game birds are produced annually, could sell live game to small clubs for shooting purposes. As a mat- ter of fact many quail clubs, which have no expensive equipment for rearing pheasants and ducks often do buy a few of the hand-reared birds and liberate and shoot them. We heard of such an order to one of our advertisers only a few days ago. They proceed, no doubt, on the theory that laws protecting wild or state game surely are not intended to apply to game produced by industry and purchased in good faith either as food or to improve the shooting: Laws pro- hibiting the sale and transportation of live game became dead letter laws in many states when producers began shipping the game they produced and game officers with common sense. soon realized that they should not seize and confiscate private property under laws enacted to protect wild game. The better way always is to have the laws amended and not to have them pass into a state of “innocuous desuetude.” 82 -There are far too many laws which are violated because their execution seems absurd. Mr. Brigham is quite right in suggesting the amendment, and contract rearing may receive.a great impetus -when there is no longer any doubt about what can legally be done with the food produced. Fun in the Boies Case. An attempt was made at the trial of ‘the Boies case to show that the defend- -ant was an old offender and that for many years he had been a law violator. Mr. Boies when he learned that he must have a license to breed game wrote to the Conservation Commission, Albany, N. Y., using a letter paper which indi- -cated that he was a breeder and dealer ‘in dogs, cats, rabbits, fancy mice and rats, pigeons, bantams, pheasants and water fowl. He said in the letter he had had much experience with birds for twenty years. The claim made by the State, our ‘readers will remember, was. that he had eight mallards and one pheasant in his possession at the time he applied for and paid for his license. On cross-examination he was asked to state where he had his experience with birds. He replied: for several years in Massachusetts, where he was employed ‘by a breeder to look after his birds. He said his employer owned seventeen vari- eties of pheasants. Asked if he then ‘had a license, he said he did not; that he did not think as a hired hand he was “obliged to have one. He did not know if his employer was required to have a license at that time or if he had one. For several years, Mr. Boies said, he ‘had a bird store in the city of New York, ‘where he sold birds. What kind -of birds? Answer: Poll parrots, parra- keets, canaries, etc. Laughter _fol- lowed this announcement. Was it not a fact that on one occa- sion he purchased ducks at Dover _ .Plains? Answer: Yes; white Pekin ducks. More laughter. This was the evidence showing that ‘Mr. Boies was an old offender. - He proved without contradiction that - THE GAME BREEDER the ducks he had in his possession were ; descended from ducks reared by him some years ago from eggs which he pur- chased in Connecticut in answer to an advertisement in a poultry journal. At one time, having been burned out, he gave the ducks to his father-in-law, who — that season reared 25 and ate them all but eight. cided to become a commercial breeder he applied for a license and wrote the de- partment, using the letter paper which When these eight tame ducks — _ were returned to Mr. Boies and he de- indicated he was a breeder in dogs, cats, rabbits, etc., etc. =~ There was no intent to deceive the de- partment; otherwise he would not have ‘used.the letter: paper ‘illustrated with — pictures of dogs, cats, rats and an aviary — species of pheasant. He should not have been told that he — was liable for $285, because in good — faith he applied for a license and paid for it. He should not have been scared into agreeing to pay $100. All that was necessary and proper was to notify him that he should have obtained the license before he hatched the ducks, or at least to suggest that he pay a very small fine - for his error. $10. He was directed to pay We wonder if farmers who ae tur- — keys which are as closely related to wild birds as the Boies’ ducks are should pay a license or take their chances of going” to jail. Wild Mallard Eggs. We have had numerous inquiries as to the color of mallard eggs. Audubon describes these eggs as fol- lows: “The shell is smooth and of a plain light dingy green. 15%. ” sO numerous. Elliot describes the mallard eggs as grayish white with a green tinge. Pale olive seems to us to be a good color description. The Quail a Food Bird. Audubon was a sportsman and en-— The quail was no joyed eating game. sizé 2144 bya He says the eggs are smaller than those of the tame duck and rarely — Sah A Ce Le ce ee ae ee THE GAME BREEDER 88 “singer” for him. We would respect- fully refer Dr. Swope, the Audubon Society agent of Ohio, to the following from Audubon’s Ornithological Biog- raphy: “The ordinary food of the species consists of seeds of various kinds and such berries as grow near the surface of the ground, along with which they pick up a quantity of sand or gravel. Towards autumn, when the young have nearly attained their full size, their flesh becomes fat, juicy and tender and being, moreover, white and extremely agree- able to the palate, is in much request.” _ Audubon on Hawks and Quail. - Audubon, referring to his excellent picture of the quail (Virginia partridge as it was called in his day), says: “In the plate I have represented a group of partridges-attacked by a hawk. The dif- ferent attitudes exhibited by the former cannot fail to give you a lively idea of the terror and confusion which prevail on such occasions.” ~ eyed te _ We have tried the prevention of “‘ter- ror and confusion,’ dnd we found it resulted in an abundance of quail to eat, which the ‘“‘confusor’’ would have taken had it not been for our efforts. In America partridges are cheap for hawks and other vermin; in other countries _partridges are cheap-for the people— often cheaper than poultry. A Big Duck. __ One of our readers says a big duck, much larger than a mallard, which it resembled, put in an appearance when he was shooting our decoys on a Long Island preserve. He describes it as lu- dicrous in size and that it afforded much amusement as it went sailing by over ‘head. It escaped unharmed and we re- 4 that it was not bagged and identi- ed. Possibly it was the descendant of a _ big puddle duck of the barn yard and a __ wilder parent. It may have been a hy- brid of the mallard and muscovy. Elliot 5 Says, “occasionally along the Atlantic _ Coast a duck is shot that is larger than the mallard, with the head and part of oe ee * f the neck black, with green reflections and the lower portion of the neck in front often white. Sometimes there is some white on the throat and head. Breast very dark chestnut, under parts white except the crissum, which is chestnut black. Back brownish black variegated with grayish brown; rump and upper tail coverts, black with green reflections, like the head. These birds were re- garded always with much interest, and opinions differed as to what they could be, but it is now generally considered that they are hybrids of the mallard and muscovy, which, although bred in cap- tivity, have returned to the wild state. The description given only relates to one style or phase of the plumage exhibited by these birds, as individuals vary con- siderably from each other. It seems that Dr. Eugene Swope only intended to swipe field ‘sports in Ohio for a period of five years, but that the legislature made a clean sweep, bringing . the swipe that Swope wanted to an in- glorious end. Next! Shall the scene be laid in North Carolina, professor’ We hope that the new North Dakota association will remember that it is more fun to start game breeding and to go shooting than it is to go lawmak- ing. The last named sport usually ends in prohibition. Vermin Records. Many clubs and preserve owners now keep records of the cats, hawks, crows. and other vermin destroyed. These records are interesting especially when the various species of hawks are set down with notes as to their habits. Good keepers are beginning to distinguish be- tween the birds which do much harm and those which do comparatively little harm. The fact that marsh hawks, sup- posed to be in the beneficial class, were destroying the valuable heath-hens on Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., is one of the most interesting and important facts brought to the attention of game breed- ers by the Massachusetts commission. 84 THE GAME BREEDER A Desirable Industry for Women. A talented writer on English sport, Mr. A. J. Stuart-Wortley says, “I strongly advocate the employment of women to manage pheasantries and look after sitting hens and young birds.” There are in America about an hun- dred women engaged in, game breeding. All of them, with possibly one or two exceptions, are members of the Game Conservation Society and readers of The Game Breeder. The number of women engaged in this new food producing in- dustry is growing rapidly and we pre- dict it will not be long before thousands of American women will be making a good living rearing game birds. The women seem to be braver than the men in many cases where their industry is threatened by game wardens and we regard it as fortunate for the industry that so many women are going into it. The average game warden when he pro- poses a fine of a few hundred or a few | thousand dollars to a woman with the alternative of going to jail often may run against a brave opponent who tells him to do his worst. The male who donates a few thousand dollars tothe warden in order to escape his threatened jail sen- tence does much harm to the game pro- ducing industry and we hope in the future there will be more brave men who will decline to contribute excessive amounts for small offences. Game breeding for women is an es- pecially timely industry for women now that so many men are called to the colors and we hope to. see many- women under- take game breeding. We hope they will send -letters to The Game —— de- scribing their weds ekeepaes Reco ds _ Game breeders will find it interesting to ‘keep records. of the number of eggs gathered from pens, big and small, the ‘number ‘of éggs set, the number hatched in'each nest; the number of birds taken to rearing fields and the number reared to maturity..: Game breeding is a ‘matter of skill, both hand-rearing and field- -rearing when the birds are. bred. wild in protected ing reading. fields (as quail and grouse should be) but it is well said that luck plays its part. A severe storm especially with hail, when ~ young quail and grouse are hatching wilh reduce the number of the birds, and storms often are disastrous in fields where birds are hand-reared. Coops have been overturned. and rearing grounds flooded. The records will be bad sometimes but more often better luck will prevail and good records will be filled with figures and notes which will be instructive and valuable. We shall be glad to record some excellent records if _ our readers will send them in, and records of some failures, also; with their probable causes. We believe all readers — are much interested in what others are doing. Each should remember that he may have some experience which will — interest other breeders and which may — bring out additional facts if it is pub- — lished in The Game Breeder. Send us — some interesting records, please. 5 Quail Records. It is interesting to go over a quail pre- serve with good dogs, after the shooting — has ended and to make an inventory of — the stock birds left for another season. — If the season be a bad one and if the © shooting has been a little overdone it may be necessary to purchase a few quails and turn them down on fields — where they are needed to make the shoot- ing good again. From now on we be- — lieve it will not be so difficult to get — live quail as it has been. 5 Records of the shooting are very in- teresting on the places where a few thousand quail are shot every season. We have enjoyed looking over the score books where the records are kept right — and show the daily bags, number of guns, — area shot over and often some marginal notes about unusual happenings, extra- ordinary shots, extra fine dog work, etc. — We would advise all the new. game clubs and game breeding associations to keep — full records. They will furnish interest- Movements of ‘Keepers. Wm. Melrose ‘has gone to Indian — Neck Farm. ee a THE GAME BREEDER Warning Signals. Warning signals against “swipes” have — been ordered displayed by the Game Conservation Society throughout the middle west. Sportsmen and game 85 breeders should be alert everywhere in this area: Common sense still prevails in Texas, throughout the south and on the Pacific coast where the Game Breeder is well represented. FITTING UP A .22 REPEATER FOR FINE TARGET WORK. No. 1. _ Small bore rifle shooting under the direction of the National Rifle Association of America has for its principal object the instruction of our citizens in the art of rifle shooting as a sport and as practical preparedness measure. Its increasing popularity gives unmistakable evidence that it has taken a strong hold on those who love to shoot the rifle. During the past. few years the N. R. A. has organized many of its clubs into leagues, in fact the league competitions for the winter St poy showed a membership of over 100 clubs. Most of the shooting is done from the slow free prone position and while this kind of shooting is undoubtedly of value, the great war has demonstrated that expertness in slow fire sheeting does not mean a complete rifle edu- cation. Rapility of fire is more important, but requires suitable arms in order to obtain the best results. With the exception of the .22 Krag and Springfield Army rifles, which are not alto- gether satisfactory, there has been no arm on the market that would fill the demand for a Suitable rifle for both slow and rapid fire shooting in the various positions used. Single shot rifles, as a rule, are not easy to load and. Eandle in rapid fire work, and the repeaters, while admittedly extremely accurate, were not very satisfactory for slow fire work because they lacked the sling strap, so necessary in holding a rifle steady. The New Remington UMC No. 12-C N. R. A. Target Grade Repeating Rifle. The Remington Arms Union Metallic Cart- ridge Company has for some time been ex- perimenting on the repeating rifle with a view to making it suitable for all round use in slow “and rapid fire shooting in all positions and at short range distances up to 100’ yards. These experiments have resulted in the production of No. 12C N. R. A. Target Grade Repeat- ing Rifle (illustrated herewith). Essentially it is the same as the regular Model 12-C Re- peater, so popular with the rifle shooting fra- ternity. The new model is fitted: with the Lyman globe and aperture windgauge front sight and Lyman elevating tang peep sight with cup disc. The sling strap is fitted to a ring on the rear magazine band at a point which allows great pressure in the strap with- out in the least affecting-the groups-'made by the rifle. Judging from the remarkable experimental groups made with regular stock rifles in the hands of practical and competent rifle shots, the new rifle will undoubtedly attain great popularity among the followers of the small bore rifle shooting game. For slow and rapid fire target shooting in all positions and at all distances up.to 100 yards the No. 12-C N. R. A. Target Grade Re- peater is undoubtedly in a class by itself. Many sportsmen have hesitated about buying a heavy, single shot arm useful only for tar- get work, and they will welcome a rifle well adapted to both bullseye shooting and small game hunting. No. 2. The New Repeater and Ideal Rifle for Prone Shooting. ¢ 86 “The Eairep sy DWIGHT W. HUNTINGTON Game Breeder PupLisHED MONTHLY NEW YORK, JUNE, 1917. Eee TERMS¢ Ate ae 10 Cents a Copy—$1.00 a year in Advance. Postage free to all subscribers in the United States. ~ — To All Foreign Countries and Canada, $1.25. THE GAME CONSERVATION SOCIETY, INC. PUBLISHERS, 150 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK D. W. Huntincron, President, _ F. R. Prerxorto, Treasurer, J. C. Huntineton, Secretary. Telephone, Beekman 3685. We hope in the future the Audubons will try and think what their great leader would do if personally present and that they will consider the quail better as a “broiler” than as a singer. A big economic question is presented just now. Thousands of quail quickly can be pro- duced for food and at a very small expense, provided they be bred wild in protected fields. They surely should be protected from hawks ane other natural enemies if we would eat them. REMEMBER SWOPE’S SWIPE. Although Dr. Swope is an Audubon agent we hardly think the national asso- ciation should be blamed for not except- ing breeders when the shooting of quail was prohibited for all time in Ohio. We are reliably informed that the Audubon Society is in favor of the profitable pro- duction of game foods and we are quite sure they will favor exceptions permit- ting the production of food when swipes such as occurred in Ohio are pulled off. There often are cases where agents ex- ceed their authority and we believe this is one of them. The matter seems to have been taken out of Swope’s hands and rushed through. The law can-be amended as soon as the legislature meets and the Game Conservation Society and the Audubon Society can work together to this end. doubtedly was right in placing the quail in the food bird list and the way to make the food abundant is, of course, to make it profitable. THE GAME BREEDER: The great ~Audubon un- The people of Ohio and throughout the country long will be saying “Remem- ber Swope’s swipe,” just as the people in Texas said “Remember the Alamo.” The swipe has made Swope a national figure, but we do not envy his notoriety. Suggested by the Swipe. We never felt.~the need of more joney..than we did when we learned | about Swope’s sudden swipe. The Con- servation Society. is well organized in many parts of the country where a - swipe affecting breeders would be im- possible. If we had a State agent in Ohio with plenty of money, as the Audu-. bons have, we could have amended the law so as to permit food production. We must have more money. Large checks should be made to the treasurer. Small bills may be sent safely in the — mail at our risk. We guarantee safe arrival. _ The more we think about the matter — the more we become convinced that game breeders, ignorantly guilty of petty mis- demeanors, should not suffer greater penalties than those awarded to mur- derers, burglars, forgers, thieves and. other real criminals. The police of New York seem to take their employment too. seriously. MORE FOOD. The agitation for the production of more food which is country-wide has resulted in many people increasing the size of the areas tilled and even many small gardens have been started in places where there were none last year. We -pointed out in the May Game Breeder the patriotic duty of all game breeders to push their plants to their fullest capacity and we learn with much satisfaction that some breeders who have many breeding fowls are purchasing eggs and will produce much more game this season than ever before. —. Many new. breéders are starting and ‘there can be no doubt that this year will be a banner year for game breeding in America. ee Although it is said often that many people can not afford to eat game at y THE GAME BREEDER _- 87 present prices, we should remember that those who can will do so and that the pheasants, ducks, quail, deer and other game eaten will leave a corresponding amount of cheaper foods for those who do not care to buy game.at present prices. There will be a substantial addi- tion to our food supply. Wild ducks would have been as cheap or cheaper than tame ducks in the New York markets last year had it not been for foolish restrictions which prevented their coming in from many States. We heard of ducks selling at very reason- able prices in many parts of the coun- try; in fact we had complaints from breeders about the low prices. As the game becomes very abundant the prices must come down. They will remain up, however, for some time because of the Jarge numbers who are undertaking the new industry for sport and for profit and who must purchase breeding stock. The Hercules Powder Company has been congratulated many times, no doubt, for its timely campaign for more game farming. Its advertising campaign long will be remembered as one of the most notable and important campaigns ever undertaken’ by an advertiser. Our rec- ords indicate that many tons of game will be produced in America this year, and the ratio of increase will be geo- metrical. Every country excepting America had an abundance of game when the war: started. The desirable foods which should be plentiful and cheap in Amer- ica were sadly scarce; their place seems to have been taken by many game laws, which, Dr. Shufeldt says, tend to protect the game off the face of the earth. ; OUR ATTITUDE. We have often said that we are in favor of simple laws protecting wild ‘game. We have not much confidence ‘in bag limit laws since we are quite sure ave are easily violated by many persons. We favor short seasons for the taking et the wild game said to belong to the ‘State because it has no other owner. We are in favor of a national law pro- hibiting spring shooting, provided it be Constitutional, and provided it be writ- ten, as any criminal law should be, so ‘as to define the crime and fix the pen- alty; and we believe the United States marshals should have charge of execut- ing the law, with special deputies where needed. We are opposed to delegating the crime making power of the United States to any one, especially to those who are to execute the law. Since they will have no gun license fund to furnish the money for their wages there will be a stronger temptation for national game wardens to make unseemly arrests than there is for some State officers whose conduct does not meet with our approval. We believe the State laws and the game departments should encourage and not prevent game breeding, a most im- portant food producing employment, which the late Judge Beaman, of Colo- rado, said was one of the important coming industries. We believe that all species of game, when produced and owned by breeders, should be sold under simple and reasonable regulations in- tended to prevent the sale of wild game said to be owned by the State. We be- lieve the State Game Departments can be made of great economic importance -and that they should assist in making America the biggest food producing country in the world. Any one who objects to our policy may print his objections in The Game Breeder, using twice the space we may give to the discussion of any subject. Just now we would like to have some- one point out wherein we are wrong in asserting that game breeders should not be arrested and fined excessively for small misdemeanors connected with their industry. We will be glad to print an article by anyone who will point out why game breeders should not be treated as leniently as murderers, burglars, forgers and those guilty of the various degrees of larceny are. They have not been placed on an equal footing with the pro- fessionals listed in New York State. We have pointed out that the fines demanded from game breeders by the game police were many times larger than those im- posed on people guilty of important crimes. 88 THE GAME BREEDER CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Announcements inserted under this head in small type for 3 cents per word. If displayed in heavy type, 5 cents per word. No advertisement accepted for less than 30 cents. Postage stamps accepted in payment. THE GAME BREEDER - 150 Nassau Street New York City LIVE GAME a I ae Fr URE Re aN ig FOR SALE—GOLDEN PHEASAN TS, FULL pipmage, non-related, healthy stock, $11.00 per pair, FRANKLIN J, PITTS, 14 Webster St., Taunton, Mass, pe TS I Ed Fe eg ioe ee ine ae FOR SALE, SIX WILD MALLARD DUCKS, 2 drakes and 4 hens, good healthy birds, price $10 oo. JAMES DEARMIN, Oakland, Minn. R. R. No, x i IE ela PHEASANT AND JAPANESE PHOENIX FOWL Eggs for sale; several varieties. S V. REEVES, 114 E. Park Ave., Haddonfield, N. J. SR EE oe Dee UW Meare ee alo le is 7 2) WILD TURKEYS—For prices see display advertisement in this issue. W. J. MACKENSEN, Yardley, Bucks County, Pa. PHEASANTS — GOLDEN, SILVER, AMHERST, Chinese.—Wild Ge se -Wild Ducks. English Beagles - America’s greatest Hunters—bred in the wilds of the Adirondacks—hundreds of acres of range. WILLET RANDALL, North River, N. Y., Beavermeadow Stock m, a ee ene SN ee, SS Ny ES WILD MALLARD DUCKS—YEARLINGS, 2 HENS, 1 drake, $3.50, Prompt delivery. Mail dratt. (trios only) no limit. BREMAN (O., Danville, Ill. SAO LAC TE eT net sO BELGIAN HARES FOR SALE, FROM PEDIGREED, prize-winning stock, Satisfaction guaranteed. CLIF- FORD MACKLIN, Kearney, Neb. 23 SEES SG AOS ESN areas ee So PHEASANTS, MELANOTUS, AMHERST, REEVES, Goldens, Silvers, Ringnecks, Silkies. TROUT, 126 Kingsbridge Road, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. SIBERIAN FUR FARM, HAMILTON, CANADA ; breeds Foxes, Martin, Mink, Skunks, Wild Geese, Ducks, Pheasants and Black Siberian Hares. Send 25 cents for Booklet on the latter. é Se TES SY ice I ras RR OY PURE BRED WILD WATERFOWL AT FOLLOW. ing prices: Mallards, $3.75 per pair. Pintails, $3 25 per air. Green Wing Teal, $5.00 per pair. Blue Wing Teal, 3.75 per pair. Also redheads, Gadwalls, Widgeons, Canvasbacks, Spoonbills, at reasonable prices, for propa. Zating and scientific purposes. GEORGE J. KLEIN. Ellinwood, Kansas. a j —————— ee eee SAN LORENZO GAME FARM — BREEDER OF all kinds of pheasants; eggs in season; also birds for sale at all times Visitors welcome.’ Write for price list. Mrs. S. MATTHIESSEN, San Lorenzo, Alameda Co., California. 7-16 = ee ee Se eal HOYT’S CALIFORNIA PHEASANTRY, PRICELIST FRED D. HOYT, Hayward, California. i GRAY STAR PHEASANTRY Breeder of all kinds of phea-ants. Eggs in season. ure brand, strong, healthy birds for sale. GIFFORD GRAY, at Ward St., Orange, N. J. FOR SALE—Pheasants and eggs. Everything in the pheasant family. Pamphlet with order free. BUCK- WOOD PHEASANTRIES, Dunfield, Warren Co., New Jersey. (rot) SS a FOR SALE—BUFFALO AND ELK IN CAR LOAD lots or single. Deer, Antelope, Beaver, Mink, Mountain Lion, Pheasants and Game Birds. Eggs in_ season. KENDRICK PHEASANTRIES, Coronado Building, Denver, Colorado, QUAIL, PARTRIDGES, WILD FOWL, DEER AND ~ other animals. See display advertisement in this issue. WM. J. MACKENSEN, Proprietor Pennsylvania Pheas- — antry and Game Park. ¥ > CANADA WILD GEESE AND THEIR GOSLINGS— A limited number for sale now—the surest way to start breeding this species. We are the oldest and largest — breeders of Canadas in this country. Black and White > Swans, Wild Ducks, etc., forsale. WHEALTON WATER = FOWL FARMS, Chinceteague Island. Va. PIT GAME FOWL, COCKS, STAGS, HENS AND J young trios, best strains, reasonable prices, WALTER ~ FORRISTER, Framingham, Mass. Bt FOR SALE—GOLDEN PHEASANTS, WRITE FOR priees. FRED GUENTHNER, 1538 Washington Ave., | See Piqua, Ohio. i FOR SALE— FIRST-CLASS BREEDING STOCK, two year old pinioned Lady Amhersts, Goldens, Ring- necks, Reeves, Silvers. ROBINSON -BROS,, Aldershot, ~ Ontario, Canada. CHINESE RINGNECK PHEASANTS AND GRAY MALLARD DUCK EGGS. PHEASANT EGGS — $25.00 PER HUNDRED. MALLARD . EGGS—$20.00 PER HUNDRED. HEMLOCK FARM, BOX 1011, BRIDGEPORT, CONN. PEAFOWL FOR SALE—FINE PEACOCKS AND hens, no relation, Send 2sc. for book on peafow), their ~ care and habits. SHADY BRANCH PLAN TATION, © Monetta, S.C ~ d CANADA WILD GEESE. THREE YEARS OLD dette pair. L E.GALLUP, 2209 Ogden St., Omaha, ~ ebraska. i PHEASANT EGGS, RINGNECKED $3.0c, GOLDEN $4 50 per dozen, guaranteed fresh fertile, L. E GAL- LUP, 2209 Ogden St., Omaha, Nebraska. : FOR SALE—SILKIES. ‘COCKS $2.50, HENS $3.00; Trio, 1 cock, 2 hens, $8.00; one cock and four hens, $10.00: © Mallards—§z2.75 per pair, $4.00 per trio, All rugged free ~ range stock. Ringneck Pheasants—$s5.00 per pair, Goldens —full plumage, $10.00 per pair. Goldens—year old, $8.co per pair, Silvers—full plumage, $15.00 per pair, Silvers—_ year old, $13.00 per pair. LAKE GEORGE GAME FARM, Lake George, N, Y. ; ’ FOR SALE--6 PAIRS, 2 AND 3 YEAR OLD PEACOCKS, © $15.00 a pair, .5 pair Lady Amherst Pheasants, $15.00, 8 pair Goldens, $12,504 pair. 3 pair Reeves Pheasants, $15 00. 6 pair Mandarin Ducks acclimated, x year, full plumaged, ~ $18.00 a pair. 1 pair Wood Ducks, $18.00. Also full line” Foreign Birds of song and plumage. J,L. OAKES, Unio: Stock Yards, Denver, Colorado. LIVE GAME WANTED PRAIRIE GROUSE WANTED I wish to purchase six pair of prairie grouse, also a | ruffed grouse. Will pay a good price for same. Ad- | dress READER, care Game Breeder, 150 Nassau St., | New York. : OG In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” — THE GAME BREEDER 89 WANTED—TWO HUNDRED HEN PHEASANTS. Must be healthy and-all right in everv way. Apply, giving price and particulars,to E. STRONG, James- town, North Carolina. : PHEASANTS WANTED Tam in the market for several hundred pheasants for immediate delivery. Will pay highest cash pees for large or small lots. J. W.,care Game reeder, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. ; WANTED — AVIARY OR FANCY .PHEASANTS, quail, prairie chickens, mandarin and wood duck, Give full description and prices. ROBERT HUTCHINSON, Littleton, Colorado. at _ WANTED—7; OR roo PHEASANTS FOR BROOD stock, will take them ina bunch or in small lots. Birds to be delivered before the last of March, Would like them to run 3 to 1. Address, R. E, BULLOCK, Scarboro Beach, Maine. : “WE WILL PAY TOP MARKET PRICE FOR Ruffed Grouse, Prairie Chicken, Columbian Sharp- tailed Grouse, Prairie Sharptailed Grouse, Canadian Ruffed Grouse, Dusky Grouse. Also for Canvasback, Bufflehead, Old Squaw, Golden-eye, Ringbill and Lesser Scaup Ducks. CHILES & CO., Mt, Sterling, Ky. WANTED—WHITE PEAFOWL, EITHER SEX: Pied Peafowl, Soemmerring, Cheer, Hoki and German Peacock Pheasants, Ruffed Grouse, and White Squirrels. Also Swinhoes; state price and number. R. A. CHILES & CO., Mt. Sterling, Ky. GAME EGGS PHEASANT EGGS, PER DOZEN, ENGLISH RING- neck, $3.00; Pure Chinese, $3.50; Golden, $4.00; Silver and Reeves, $5.00; Amherst and Pure Mongolian, $6.00. Write for circular describing brood coops, setting nests, pheasant feed and pheasant book. SIMPSON’S PHEAS- ANT FARM, Corvallis, Oregon. (25) WILD AND BRONZE TURKEY EGGS—CHICKEN Handsome Catalog, 2 cent stamp, showing pure wild gobbler from the mountain. VALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM, Belleville, Pa. (24) PHEASANT EGGS PER DOZEN Golden, Silver, four dollars; Ringneck, three dollars; Amherst, eight dollars, also Buff Wyandottes, prize win- ers, Pen, 1 tive dollars; Pen, 2 three dollars, ne dollar deposit insures early delivery, T. A. MENDENHALL, Greenville, Ohio. — (23) PHEASANT EGGS-—PER DOZEN, GOLDEN $5.00, Ringneck $3.50. One doller deposit now insures early spring delivery, ‘‘Goldbank’’ M. B. Turkeys. Big boned, lusty young toms, $5.00 up. 6t MRS. IVER CHRISTENSON Jamestown, Kan. RINGNECK PHEASANT EGGS FROM PURE BRED Stock. $3.00 per setting of rs eggs. All orders filled in the order received. All eggs strictly fresh when shipped. EDWARD W. DOLAN, Worthington, Minn. (25) Jhundred ; $3.50 per dozen. Also a number of young cock birds, $3.50 each. F. SHAW, Marlborough, N; Y. EGGS FROM WILD MALLARDS AT $1.50 PER dozen. Birds $1.50 each. Fall will soon be here, E. G. SHOWERS, Onalaska, Wis. WILD MALLARD EGGS—FROM FINE, VIGOROUS birds on stream range, Also White Pekin Ducksand Mam- moth Bronze Turkeys at $2.50 per doz., $15.00 per 100. Place order now to insure delivery when season opens, INGERSOLL, Wah-Wah-Taysee Lodge, Buffalo, Minn. ' shooting scenes in color. WILD MALLARD DUCK EGGS—$12.00 HUNDRED, no limit, $1.50 Dozen, English Caller Eggs, $3.00 Dozen. Mail draft. BREMAN CO.. Danville Il. FOR SALE— GOLDEN PHEASANT EGGS FROM non-related birds. S. H.GARNER, Attleboro, Mass. BANTAM ‘AND PHEASANT EGGS — JAPANESE Silkies, Buff, White, Black Cochin, Golden Seabright, $2.50 dozen, Chinese Pheasant $3.50. Golden $4, Silver $5. pare Mongolian $6. DOTY’S PHEASANTRY, Marmot, regon. ENGLISH RINGNECK PHEASANTS EGGS FOR sale—$2.50 a dozen. ISAAC SPENCER, 10 Wayne Ave., Ipswich, Mass. RINGNECK EGGS $25 PER HUNDRED AND GOL- den $6.00 per setting of 13 eggs. Young cock birds for sale $3.60each. Mrs, EDGAR TILTON, Suffern, N.Y. GAMEKEEPERS GAMEKEEPER WANTED—MARRIED OR SINGLE. One who had some experience raising young Pheasants. or Wild Duck. Fully state qualifications and wages ex- pected. Room and board furnished. Good positien for right man. JOHN R. ANDERSON, 649 Washington Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois. WANTED— HEAD GAMEKEEPER FOR SMALL preserve on a noted private estate. Married man pre- ferred and one that is experienced with pigeons and the production of squabs. Must be thoroughly qualified in every way and have a good record of proven ability. Apply fuity to Mr. PULTZ, in care of Game Breeder 150 Nassau St., N. Y BOOKS WANTED COPIES OF THE GAME BREEDER FOR April and July, 1916. We will pay 20 cents each fora few copies of these numbers in good condition. Address CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT, THB GAME BREEDER, ts50 Nassau St., New York. ‘LUMINOUS BODIES,” A VERY INTERESTING and instructive volume, by Charles Hallock. Price, $x.00. Address: Sportsmen’s Review Publishing Co., 15 W. Sixth St., Cincinnati, O. OUR BOOK DESCRIBES FULLY THE 200 MOST valuable roots, herbs, etc., used in medicine. How to gather and prepare, War Prices and Address of Buyers posal’, only zoc. ROOT & HERB COMPANY, West ilan, N. H. REARING PHEASANTS IN SMALL ENCLOSURES. Price, 20 Cents. It contains nothing that has not been thoroughly and successfully tried out in actual practice. S.V. REEVES, Haddonfield, N. J. “OUR FEATHERED GAME,” BY D. W. HUNT- ington, contains portraits of all American game birds and i Postpaid $2.00. THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau St., New York. “OUR BIG GAME,’ BY D. W. HUNTINGTON, contains portraits and descriptions of all American big game animals. Postpaid $2.00. THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. “OUR WILD FOWL AND WADERS,” BY D. W. Huntington. A practical book on wild duck breeding for sport and for profit. Postpaid $2.00. THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. BOOKS—f Hunters, Trappers, Fur Traders, Taxidermists, Fishermen, Sportsmen, Campers, Prospectors, Fur Farmers, Ginseng and Golden Seal Growers, etc. By A. R. Harding. Price 60 cents each. THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. TT a aa a 7 SiR SRO AE icc UIE In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” 90 SPLENDID PLAYMATE for children. _ LESS (used by Allies in trenches), faithful, highly intelligent, a ‘one man” dog. HIGHLY PROFITABLE, good bitch earns upward $200 yearly, pups easily reared, readily sold Puppies, grown dogs, bred bitch, from FINEST AIREDALE.BLOOD IN WORLD, pedigreed, registered, certified. ATSTUD, Havelock Goldsmith, magnificent imported son internationally famous Ch. Crompton Oorang, fee $15; express bitches to Weston, N. J. Safe delivery, honorable dealing, satisfaction guaranteed. Booklet and references on request. VIBERT KENNEL, Box 11a, Weston, N. J. THE GAME BREEDER AIREDALE TERRIERS Most Popular Dog to-day because of sterling merit, IDEAL FOR POULTRYMAN, guards birds, kills rats, skunks. INDISPENSABLE IN ORCHARD. home, family, stock. Easy keeper. PEERLESS WATCH DOG for ABSOLUTELY FEAR: DOGS > NORWEGIAN BEAR DOGS, IRISH WOLFHOUNDS, English bloodhounds, Russian wolfhounds, American fox- hounds, lion, cat, deer, wolf, coon and varmint dogs. All trained. Shipped on trial. Satisfacfion guaranteed or money refunded. Purchasertodecide. Fifty page highly illustrated catalogue, 5c. stamp. ROOKWOOD KEN- NELS, Lexington, Kentucky. THE BLUE GRASS FARM KENNELS, of Berry, Ky., offer forsale setters and pointers, fox and cat hounds, wolf and deer hounds. Coon and opossum hounds, var- mint and rabbit hounds, bear and lion hounds, also Aire- dale terriers. All dogs shipped on trial, purchaser to judge the quality, satisfaction guaranteed or money re- funded. Sixty page, highly illustrated, instructive and interesting catalogue for ten cents in stamps or coin. MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT—NEW CAMP ON BAY SHORE, WILD fowl and plover, shooting in season. Inquire of A. KENISTON, Edgartown, Mass. PHEASANT MOTHERS—COCHIN BANTAMS SU- perior to Silkies, all others. 15 eggs, Buff or White, 2.00, Hardy, attractive little fowl-flesh—eminently use- ful on: the pheasantry. LINN RINGNECK RANCH, Albany, Oregon. GAME PRESERVE FOR SALE—IN MOUNTAINS. forty-five miles from Denver, 160 acres joining Forest Reserve, heavily timbered. mile of trout stream well stocked water right and reservoir filing, new log house and barn, Fine location for cattle ranch or game park. Deer plentiful in vicinity, scenery unsurpassed, good auto road $8,000.00 property for $3,500.00. J.C. MILES, 1710 Broad- way, Denver, Colorado, YOUR YOUNG GAME BIRDS NEED INSECT LIFE, - and plenty of it. Feed them Meal Worms, the choice, clean, natural insect food. The worms are notrouble, they live in their food, whichis bran, Insect food means life and health for your birds. Why not supply them Meal Worms? 500 at $1.00; 1,coo at $1.50; 5,000 at $5.00; I0,000 at $7.50. All express prepaid east of. or to States bordering the Mississippi River. C. B. KERN, 12 East Main St., Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. large Game Preserve For Sale Robinson Crusoe’s Island outdone !--ST. VINCENT ISLAND, FLA., inthe Gulf of Mexico, containing over 13,000 acres of pine forest. fresh water lakes, Brassy. Savannas, wild boar, native Virginia and sceoladeer also imported Indian deer, wild cattle, turkeys, millions of ducks and all varieties of fish. The Island with bungalows, hunting lodges, . yachts, boats and vehicles, for sale to close an estate, Easily protected. Many thousand acres of finest pine trees, Booklet sent on request, For Information Inquire Vv. M. PIERCE 663 Main Street Buffalo, N. ¥. . BOOK ON DOG DISEASES -And How to Feed = Mailed free to any address by America’s the Author Pioneer H. CLAY GLOVER CO., Inc. Dog Remedies | 118 West 31st Street, New York The Amateur Trainer By Ed. F. Haberlein A practical trainer of over 30 years’ experience, whose system is up to date and stands unequaled. New Edition Just Out. Illustrated. A plain, practical and concise, yet thorough guide in the art of training, handling and the correcting of faults of the bird dog subservient to the gun afield. Written especially for the novice, but equally valuable to the experienced handler. By following the instructions plainly given, every shooter possessed of a little common sense and patience can train his own dogs to perfection. Paper cover, $1.00; best full cloth binding and gold embossed, $1.50. Address THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau Street, N. Y. The Best in Pointers Puppies, Broken Dogs and Brood Bitches, by Champion Comanche Frank, Fishel’s Frank and Champion Nicholas Write me your wants, please. = ed U. R. FISHEL FOODS WILD DUCKS’ NATURAL FOODS. Will attract them. These foods collected; examinations made, plant- ings planned and superintended. Write for free infor- mation, CLYDE B. TERRELL, Specialist on the Natural Foods of Wild Ducks, Dept. P1, Oshkosh, Wis. WILD DUCK FOODS Wild duck food plants, and seed Wild Celery, Sago Pond Weed,’ Widgeon grass, Red head grass, Chara and other kinds. There are hundreds of thousands of acres of water marshes where these, the best of duck foods, will grow and hold the game. Write and learn how to do it, WHITE’S GAME PRESERVE, Waterlily, N. C. Currituck Sound. : ACORNS An excellent food for deer, pheasants and wild ducks. I can supply acorns by the bushel or in large lots. Write for prices, including shipping charges. W. R. McLEAN, R. F. D., Eagle Springs, North Carolina. In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” ee el te | | Rabbits and Fruit Trees. Editor Game Breeder: Is there any way of feeding wild rab- bits in winter where they are plentiful so as to keep them from eating the bark of fruit trees and others? Cee NWR One method of preserving rabbits and saving the underwood from their attacks is judicious feeding. There are many foods which rabbits prefer to the bark of trees. Owen Jones, a capable English keeper and. author, says, “Swedes or mangels, and some tightly tied bundles of clover-hay, if thrown down in the rabbit’s resorts, will prevent much dam- age, and prove indirectly an excellent investment. The food will go far to- wards allowing foxes, shooting-tenants, farmers, landlords and the rabbits to ‘dwell together without extraordinary an- noyance to each other.” Various meth- ods of protecting the trees with wire, etc., have been tried. Egg Percentages. If over eighty per cent. of the pheas- ant eggs hatch, this is considered good. Owen Jones says, “a keeper may con- gratulate himself if he turns a thousand pheasants into covert from fifteen hun- dred eggs set.” Our Wild Fowl and Waders Practical Book on Duck Breeding for Sport and Profit ° $2.00 The Game Breeder, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. C. ATTRACT WILD DUCKS They Must Eat They will come hundreds of miles to natural feeding grounds. Examinations made, feeding grounds planned planting material collected, plantings superintended. Have made many successful plantings all over U. S. and Canada. CLYDE B. TERRELL Specialist on Wild Duck Foods OSHKOSH, WIS. Wild Mallard Eggs for Hatching THE GAME BREEDER _- paren 91 Our Big Game A manual on the big game of North America with pictures of all big game animals. By D. W. HUNTINGTON Editor of the Game Breeder PRICE $2.00 PROFITS IN FUR FARMING Learn about the wonderful Black Fox Industry which has proven so profitable to breeders. Read the Black Fox Magazine, the only " paper of its kind in the world. SAMPLE COPY FREE. Subscription $1.50 per year. THE BLACK FOX MAGAZINE 15 Whitehall Street, New York EGG BOXES for Shipping Pheasants & Poultry Write for Prices, Stating Quantity. F. T. Oakes The Sun Building New York In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” ia PHEASANTS A superb lot of Golden, Silver and Amherst Pheasants, just right for breeding this spring ‘and summer. FOR SALE PHEASANT EGGS: Reeves. WILD DUCK EGGS: young birds. SPECIAL FOODS: Vermin on a Grouse Moor. Owen Jones, in, “A Gamekeeper’s Notebook,” gives the following list of vermin destroyed on a grouse moor in Inverness-Shire, Scotland: “11 foxes, 198 wild cats, 246 martens, 106 pole cats, 301 stoats and weasels, 67 badgers, 48 otters, 78 house cats going twild, 27 white-tailed sea eagles, 15 golden eagles, 18 ospreys, 98 blue hawks, 10 peregrine falcons, 7 orange-legged falcons, 211 hobby hawks, 75 kites, 5 marsh barriers, 63 goshawks, 285 common buzzards, 371 rough-legged buzzards, 3 honey-buzzards, 462 kestrels, 78 merlin hawks, 83 hen harriers, 6 gerfalcons, 9 ash-coloured or long blue-tailed hawks, 1431 carrion crows, 475 ravens, 35 horned owls, 71 common fern owls, 3 golden owls, 8 mag- pies. This bag was made in three years. A total of nearly 5000 head, giving an average of more than 1500 head a year or about 5 head a day.” Some of the predacious birds above listed are not considered as harmful to- day as they were when they were de- stroyed and the tendency both of em- ployers and the modern keepers is to ob- serve what game enemies do and to I am now also booking orders for eggs of the following varieties; 1 Mongolian, Ringneck, Chinese, Golden, as Lady Amherst and Wood Duck, Mallard and Gray Call Duck Eggs. All. the eggs-I ship are guaranteed to be from mon-related, pure bred, strong, healthy birds, cor- rectly mated: all eggs are guaranteed not ever three days old when they ‘leave my farm. Fullinstructions given with each order as to setting, hatching, feeding and general care of the lalso manufacture a full line of special foods for the successful raising of young pheasants and wild waterfowl, also for feeding the old birds all the year round; write for prices WALLACE EVANS GAME FARM, St. Charles, Ill. Largest and most successful breeders of pheasants, wild waterfowl, deer, etc., in the world. Member of The Game Guild spare a good number of birds which it was fashionable to destroy a few years. ago. A keeper soon discovers a destructive individual, which may belong to a bene= ficial species, and he should, of course, destroy such an enemy. 4 Granting that only a few grouse ‘rer taken each year by each of the above enemies which are admitted to be harm- ful, it is evident if no enemies be de- stroyed there would not be enough grouse in any season to warant any shooting for sport, to say nothing about the market which is now abundantly supplied with grouse. ‘ It must be evident to those who prefer game to vermin that the moor in ques= tion should produce thousands of grouse annually, as it does. If we knew the number of acres in the moor we easily could estimate the probable number of grouse in a good season. 9 Those who wish to have grouse on the prairie farms should see that most of the birds and eggs are not destroyed by cats, hawks, crows, foxes, coyotes, snakes and many other game enemies which are known to be harmful. THE GAME BREEDER 93 Ss” ~- Here’s § Your Chance to Win a Prize & _ winners. —Your opportunity to test your ability at hitting moving targets. Every man and woman should know how to shoot and hit what they shoot at. Here’s your chance to learn and perhaps win a beautiful trophy. ‘During May and June hundreds of gun clubs throughout the country will hold a big Beginner’s Day Shoot Be one of the Every beginner has an opportunity You'll win even if you lose, for you'll geta good day’s Get ready now to take part. and you may be one of the lucky ones. sport and a real lesson in shooting. You don't need a gun—the club will loan you one. + ae Fobs for the Men-—Spoons for the Women Cups for the Clubs Enter now. Get the name of the club in your town at which the shoot will be held. > ame hh Write today for full particulars. E. |. du Pont de Nemours & Co. WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 94 THE GAME BREEDER SANDANONA PHEASANTRY | MILLBROOK a Dutchess Co. New York | We are now booking orders for eggs for Spring delivery on following varieties of Pheasants: Silver, Golden, Ring- neck, Lady Amherst, China, White, Mongoli- an, Reeves, Swinhoe, Versicolor, Elliott, Impeyan, Manchurian Eared, Melan- otus. Also in Wild Turkeys, Japanese Silkies and Longtails; Blue, White and Pied Peafowl, as well as Wild Mallards and other fancy ducks. Send fifty cents in stamps for colortype catalogue of pheasants and how to raise, together with our new Supplement. CHILES & COMPANY MT. STERLING KENTUCKY _ Member of The Game Guild Member of American Game Breeder’s Society . 150 NASSAU STREET Member of The Game Guild OUR WILD FOWL - AND WADERS By D. W. HUNTINGTON $2.00 Post Paid THE GAME BREEDER NEW YORK RAISE SOME MALLARDS Eggs For Hatching From Very Fine, High Grade Flying Birds 100—$25 Setting, 13—$3.50 Satisfied Customers in Every State Order now and insure delivery when you want them. CLYDE B. TERRELL | Licensed Game Farm OSHKOSH, WIS. Wild Duck Foods for Planting ELK DEER BUFFALO MOOSE MOUNTAIN SHEEP SILVER FOXES MINK—MARTIN FISHER And all other varieties Animals & Birds HORNE’S ZOOLOGICAL ARENA CO. In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” — 10,000, QUALI Lowest Prices Ever Quoted © Big Illustrated Catalog, 10c Complete Information and Lists Free BOB WHITES BLUE AND GAMBELS DUCKS }| GEESE. PHEASANTS | - PEAFOWLS CRANES — STORKS | HARES — RABBITS | SQUIRRELS And all varieties Pet Sock. Get our § 7 : prices before placing your order. 9 We carry the largest stock onthe ff continent at all times. KANSAS CITY, MO. THE GAME BREEDER 95 HERCULES Smokeless*Shotgun POWDERS Look for the Name of the Powder NY sportsman who gives the matter a moment’s thought will agree that the powder contained in the shotgun shells he uses is a factor of prime importance to him when shooting either in the field or at the traps. Infallible and “E.C.” can be obtained in This being so it is a matter of ordinary prudence when ; all of the following buying loaded shotgun shells to specify that they be loaded with a powder with which you are familiar—a powder maetes @) PhUtguR , upon which you can depend under all circumstances. shells. es : : PETER You get such a powder when you specify either Infal- RI Tes lible or ““E.C.’? —the two Hercules Smokeless Shotgun Powders. : SELBY Undoubtedly the name of your favorite make of shell hh is given in the list at the right. You can obtain either _ WESTERN of these Hercules Powders in that shell by asking your WINCHESTER dealer for it. On the top wad of every shell, and on the cover of the ° box in which the shells are sold, is printed the name of the powder with which the shell is loaded. Look for this name when buying. See that it is either Infallible ,.C.?” These powders are of high quality and uniform quality. They give light recoil, even patterns, and high velocity. Write for a free booklet which describes them fully. HERCULES POWDER, Co. 1063 Market Street Wilmington Delaware de coe vi 4 hat Jobs 96 ; THE GAME BREEDER Land for Game Preserve and Country House Near New York For Sale. About three hundred acres on the Mianus River in Greenwich, Conn., may be purchased at present for one thousand dollars per acre. Suitable for a magnificent country house site, with sur- rounding forest like that of English estates. A mile of beautiful trout stream and a newly made lake of several acres on the place Owner will not divide the tract. Its peculiar value rests in the combination of forest, cliffs and stream in a tract of this size so near to New York and to the social centers of Greenwich and Stamford. . Nothing similar can be purchased because nothing similar remains so near to the city. It will naturally continue to in- crease in value as a plain investment for this reason. Deer and many other wild animals and birds now on the place Address Advertising Department, The Game Breeder, 150 Nassau Street, New York City. HOW TO REAR WILD DUCKS FOR SPORT AND FOR PROFIT The Book, “Our Wild Fowl and Waders,” is a practical, illustrated manual on the breeding and management of wild fowl. There are chapters on how — to attract Woodcock -and Snipe. PRICE $2.00 ae: THE GAME BREEDER, 150 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK Shooting Clubs and Game Farms The Game Breeder has assisted in the formation of many shooting clubs and game- farms. We are preparing a booklet on this subject, containing testimonials. Those who desire information on either subject, or information about the new Game Breeders’ laws, are requested to write to us. The service is free to those who state that they deal with advertisers in The Game Breeder and who are contributing members of The Game Con- servation Society or subscribers to The Game Breeder. Letters should be addressed to the Information Department of THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau Street, New York In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” _ Mackensen Game Park I carry the largest stock in America of live game birds, ornamental birds and quadrupeds. Hungarian Partridges AN I am prepared to fill the largest orders “8, for these birds and for years I have filled practically all of the large State orders for both Partridges and Pheasants. Pheasants My Pheasant pens hold thousands of Pheasants and I am prepared to furnish these birds in large numbers to State de- partments, individual breeders and preserves. Wild Duck Mallards, Black Duck, Teal, Wood-Duck, Pintails and other species can be supplied in large numbers at at- tractive prices. Also Mandarins and all other water fowl. Wild Turkeys I am now the largest breeder and dealer in Wild Turkeys and can supply these birds in good numbers to State Departments and preserve owners. I carry the largest stock in America of ornamental birds and animals. My ponds now contain nearly 200 best Royal Swans of England. I have fine lot of the beautiful pink FLAMINGOES and the very large European PELICANS. Also STORKS, CRANES, PEAFOWL, fancy GEESE and DUCKS. My pheasant pens contain over _ Athousand Ringneck and fancy PHEASANTS. All stock is kept under practically natural conditions. I have 60 acres _ 2f land entirely devoted to my business. Can also promptly furnish BUFFALOES, DEER, LI-AMAS, RABBITS, etc. Orders booked during summer. I have for years filled practically all the large State Orders and have better facilities for handling large orders than any other firm. Write me before buying elsewhere—it will pay you to do so. Your visit solicited. IT am only 60 miles from New York and 30 miles from Philadelphia ' WM. J. MACKENSEN - Department V. YARDLEY, BUCKS COUNTY, PA. Member of The Game Guild a RS Ea RE SP IE ESA EE SCE TE LIE IIL CALS LEIDER ES ISOS OLT LEGIT LILLE ETE OLED IE OTE ECR ETLSEILE of the’ value “of_ keeping Do Not Experiment — EXPERIENCED GAME BREEDERS KNOW that there are no foods that will give such splendid results as SPRATT’S FAMOUS GAME REARING: MEALS Nos. 5 and 12 Be. when fed in conjunction with SPRATT’S CHICGRAIN, ~ i which is the best grain food on the market. Hunters know their dogs up to “top-notch” in the matter of health. They also know that this can only be done by judi- cious feeding with the best of biscuits. SPRATT’S DOG CAKES -are now recognized in all sporting circles as — the food par excellence for keeping dogs up to standard fitness. Dogs fed on SPRATTS FOOD work better, behave better and live longer than those fed on any other diet. Write for samples and send 25c. pee ‘*Pheasant Culture.” ~ ** Poultry Calture’’ sent on receipt of 10c. and — ‘“Dog Culture’ on receipt of 2c. stamp. SPRATT’S PATENT LIMITED Newark, New Jersey SAN FRANCISCO ST. LOUIS CLEVELAND MONTREAL el | 1 err aes 8 ||| THE OBJECT OF THIS MAGAZINE IS TO MAKE NORTH AMERICA THE BIGGEST GAME PRODUCING COUNTRY IN THEWORLD S}, im & It il Ivar "| AI 1 Dy ; lames TWO MEXICANS.—Members of The Game Conservation Society used over 30,000 of these birds for propagation last vear. ‘a Me ( il et ¥ =| ) > SURVEY OF THE FIELD. uail Preservation; The matter to be surveyed with the most interest this month is the decision _ Everyone interested in the practical preservation of game and in the perpetu- ation of field sports in America will be elighted to read that the quail will not e placed in the song bird list on Long Island and that the breeding of quail will e continued, and the shooting will be ively, not only on the grounds of many uail clubs but also on the adjacent land where the birds will be found because of e overflow from places where they ave been introduced and where they are roperly looked after. The Game Con- servation Society took an active interest : this important matter and it is largely due to the members of the society and fo the readers of The Game Breeder to ay that they properly presented the matter to the Conservation Commission. hey all are much pleased with the de- sion. The activity of our members is ell illustrated by the letter of Mr. eorge H. Guy, printed on another age. ‘We are receiving many congratula- ms for the good work done by the ety, and we take pleasure in giving fedit to our members for their excel- nt work in answer to our letter urging 1em to stop the proposed nonsense. Foxes and Grouse. _ Hon. Wm. R. Oates, Game and Fish commissioner of Michigan says: “In of the Conservation Commission of New. view of the fact that a genuine black fox at maturity is worth in the market for breeding purposes from $3,000 up it ,would seem that any obstacle to their capture should be removed.” We suggest to the Michigan game commissioner that prairie grouse are now worth from $10 per bird up, for breed- ing purposes, that this food bird is fully as valuable from an economic point of view as the ornamental furbearer—in fact food may be said to be even more important to all of the people than the ornamental furs are. ; It is quite an easy matter to produce grouse in abundance on lands used for agriculture. The birds easily can be reared to a marketable size for 50 cents each, probably less when they are bred in large numbers in protected fields. Why, Mr. Commissioner, do you advo- cate the taking and breeding of foxes for ornaments and not the taking and breeding of grouse for food? We are strongly in favor of both perform- ances. Wood-cock Scarce. The Michigan game commissioner says in his report that wood-cock are “very scarce, an annual decrease noted.” We have seen the wood-cock recently quite near’ a house, not far from the great city of New York. They are there because a small pond and a little wood-cock cover are kept quiet, safe and attractive for the wild ducks, which dis- appeared entirely from the place a few years ago, but which are now abundant every season. A little farther out from New York 102 | the wood-cock are fairly abundant every season on some country estates where the owners take an interest in wild birds- and prefer them to cats, dogs, rats; and wilder vermin and a lot of exterminat- ing trespassers. With a bag limit of three birds per season there are enough gunners to exterminate the wood-cock on the opening day on all the places re- ferred to if they be permitted to do so. When it is known how profitable game can be made on many places where there are worthless swamps and ponds the wood-cock will respond nicely to the pro- tection given to other game. We would strongly urge the people who may be getting ready to put the wood-cock on the song bird list (he really is a good singer), to use some of their intelli- gence in working out plans to induce more people to get into the “sport pro- ducing.” Mr. Jones hit it about right when he said: let the game keeper look after the vermin and the game will look after itself. the laws do not permit the employment of keepers. Remember always that few can be expected to spend much money on any project unless it pays to do so. Prohibit shooting, put the keepers out of business and there will be enough rab- bit shooters in populous regions to at- tend to the wood-cock, “law or no law,” as some are heard to remark. Bre’r Fox in Michigan. The State Game Department of Mich- igan says, “A closed season on fox with its degree of protection to that animal is anything but economic in principle, is the unanimous opinion of the field force of this department. “While it is conceded that the fox furs bring a considerable percentage of the total revenue which we derive from pelts, it can hardly be contradicted that this animal exacts a toll from our game resources by the killing of partridges (ruffed grouse), quail and song birds, which more than compensates for his revenue qualities and his services as a destroyer of mice and other rodents. “That a single adult fox will kill more partridges in a season than a dozen aver- THE GAME BREEDER It is highly important that. age hunters is faceted by the feather evidence» which strews the co grounds. This is especially noticeable nthe wholesale killing of young broods.” eee “Near It, Very Neue Tf.” 3 The Michigan report says further: “Even in maturity the partridge seems an easy prey for this wily carniverum. Many observers attest the truth of the old nursery assertion that the fox will describe a rapid circle around the tree- roost of the bird causing it to grow dizzy and drop to the ground. Deputies of this department have witnessed tac- tics of the fox with a ‘treed’ partridge which would tend to substantiate the ob- servations cited.” = Possibly when it becomes necessary to put the “partridge” on the song bird list, he may be heard to Sing: “Although I told my loving wife I ne’er was (diz tight in all my life, but I was near it, v near it,” etc. — nn Market Prices. ‘ Reports coming to our game censu indicate that the prices for live pheasl - ants were much’ higher during the wi ; ter and early spring than ever before Some reports of recent sales of thes e birds at $5 and $6 for hens and $4 for cocks are surprising since we believed that as the end of the laying season ap- proached the prices for old birds wot Id fall. We have heard, however, of re- cent sales of extra cock birds tore $3 benefit to breeders who advertise in it We heard of some sales (by people whe did not advertise) at much lower prices In fact some of our readers inforn us they were able to secure small lots birds’ at prices much below those t were getting in answer to their adver tisements. ; Live deer sold fairly well and we be lieve they will sell much better — ‘: year since venison nearly doubled | price and all the meat offered was sold The game dinner of the Game Conser vation Society was held late and we found it difficult to get all the venison needed; many breeders reported that they were entirely sold out. There cer- tainly should be good profit in breeding deer on suitable ground where they will find most of their food so long as veni- son sells for 38 cents per pound. We predict that the prices of venison will be _ even higher next fall and that it will remain up until the close of the war, when venison again will be imported. _ Pheasant eggs sold well at $20 and $25 per hundred until June, when the prices fell somewhat as usual. Duck eggs sold at $20, but sales later were reported for $15 and some “near wild duck” eggs brought even lower prices. Eggs from true wild mallard and biack ducks sold for $25 per hundred, but comparatively few breeders have true wild birds and it is well known that in most cases newly trapped birds do not lay eggs. As the egg season closed there was a demand for more duck eggs and advertisers re- _ ported they were sold out. There is a decided tendency to im- prove. the character of the ducks on many game farms and “shoots” by in- _ troducing wild blood and there is a cor- responding demand for true wild ducks. Pintailed ducks, teal and some other species have been offered in good quan- tities at very low prices. We believe this is due to the fact that many breed- ers have not had much luck in getting eggs from these species. There is a big demand for teal eggs and the eggs _of species other than the mallards and _ we are quite sure the game farmer who _¢an secure the eggs of teal, black ducks, widgeon gadwalls and other ducks or who can offer birds guaranteed to lay will make a lot of money. ' We have heard of some important experiments which will be made with teal and other ducks on some big new _ preserves in which we are interested and later we may have some interesting stories from these places. It seems a pity that many preserve owners prefer not to have us report what we see when we visit places where the shooting is lively. We understand where the trou- THE GAME BREEDER 103 ble lies, but we feel sure it soon will be removed and then people will be glad to permit us to report the abundance of game, lively shooting and good prices received for the extra food which must be sold because those who. produce it can not use but a very small part of the eGOp. A Good Sign. There is a rapidly increasing demand for books about game breeding, and the book sales of the Game Conservation Society are increasing rapidly. Usually very few books are sold in the summer months, but during August the receipts from books were several times as large as the sales in the best three preceding winter months. The lively interest in wild duck breeding and the natural foods of wild ducks, no doubt increased the sales of our Wild Fowl and Waders which was the best seller in August of all the books handled by the society. We would advise all of our read- ers who have not done so to pur- chase Dr. Job’s excellent book, “The Propagation of Wild Birds.” Dr. Job is at the head of the new department of applied ornithology of the Audubon As- sociation, and his book is the only Amer- ican book which covers the breeding and proper management of all species of birds. War Birds. ; A writer, discussing conditions in Rus- sia, in the New York World says: “Un- til we reached the interior of European Russia (traveling from Vladivostok to Petrograd), the dining car meals con- sisted mainly of fish, pheasant, wild duck and white bread.” In another clipping from a newspaper sent to The Game Breeder we are told that crows were for sale in Germany all through the winter for meat. “I recall,” the correspondent says, “going into a grocery one evening in February and ex- pressing my surprise when the old woman in charge told me she had noth- ing but oranges, lemons, cooking apples, spinach, a black root which is now eaten as a vegetable, and crows.”’ 104 Bobwhites in New York City. The quail in the upper part of New York City and in Van Cortland Park seem to be thriving. We heard a num- ber of cock birds whistling in fields ad- jacent to Jerome Avenue, Sunday, June 16th. Elephant HanGae. Elephant hunting is said to be good in the hill country -west of Springfield, Mass. The big game was furnished by a circus from which five elephants es- caped. Four elephants have been taken recently, “otherwise than by shooting,” which should delight those who believe in restricting field sports. The hunt for the extra elephant was reported as still active. Another Society. Mr. Morgan Wing, Mr. R. A. Chiles, Mr. E. A. Quarles and a few other game breeders have formed a new society to promote the interests of commercial game breeders; to protect purchasers from exploitation; to disseminate infor- mation useful to members. f The Game Conservation Society long has looked after the interests of com- mercial breeders and also it has at all times, had the sportsmen’s interests in mind. Our activties are extended to the creation of shooting clubs and the crea- tion of many new customers for the commercial breeders. Competition is the life of trade and we welcome the new society and wish it all the good luck possible. Since all of the _ members of its board of directors are members of the Game Conservation Society all are readers of The Game Breeder and advertise in it when they have anything to sell, the two associa- tions should think and act much alike, in fact, in perfect harmony. The dues of the new society are $25.00 per annum. Subscribe to The Game Breeder, $1.00 a year. Now is the time to advertise Birds ‘and Deer. ° THE GAME BREEDER Pheasants Increasing in Colorado, From Live News Notes, The Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Co. According to W. J. Morrill, Colorado State Forester, the Chinese Ring Necked Pheasants liberated a few years ago by pubiic-spirited Coloradans, are becoming very plentiful in the — agricultural district around Denver, north to the Wyoming state line and extending east- " ward from thefoothills to a distance of 50 or more miles. Recently, Mr. Morrill rode in an automobile from Fort Collins to Greeley, about 30 miles; while no count was made, probably not less than 100 of these beautiful birds were observed in the fields close to the road. They are so indifferent to passers-by that they will barely walk out of the road when an automo- bile approaches. One pair of birds evidently make their howe on the campus of the Colorado Agricultural — College, on the outskirts of Fort Collins. EOE ee Sn Soe —* ~- - oo hae a a te a Sen wciieue Xp, is Five YEARS’ PROTECTION. If absolute protection is continued to ben given to these pheasants during the next five” i years, undoubtedly the area inhabited by them — will materially increase to the eastward, and — eventually all of the plains region of eastern Colorado will become well stocked with one - of the most beautiful and gorgeous species of ¥ pheasants the Creator ever developed. Their chief food during the summer is grasshoppers, of which Colorado has an abun- — dant crop; in fact, the grasshopper plagues of — forty or more years ago, known as “grasshop- — per years,” are said to have originated on the ~ plains of eastern Colorado. Possibly the ~ stocking of these plains with pheasants, to- gether with the cultivation of vast areas under 4 non-irrigated farm practice, will be a powerful : and even determining factor which will pre-— P vent a similar occurrence of grasshopper years. | War TIME Foop Supply. With areas as well stocked with pheasants — as some in this vicinity, the time is fast ap- ~ proaching when a little shooting, perhaps, cane be permitted during a few days "each fall; al-— though at present it would seem from thei standpoint of sport much like shooting hens in- a barnyard. It is said, however, in Oregon that hunting these birds causes them to be- come. wary and shrewd in baffling hunters. — The majority of the citizens here, however, ~ are at present contented to see the birds half — tame and to forego the pleasure of shooting — session of the Legislature, which refused to — open a season. If the war should eventually — bring about famine conditions, the people in © this vicinity have a supply of many hundreds © of thousands of pheasants to draw upon. There appears to be no reason why vast areas — of the south and southwest could not be as — successfully stocked with these pheasants as is this region, and provide fine hunting for everybody. THE GAME -BREEDER 105 The Dusette Wild Duck Ranch. MALLARDS AND NEAR MALLARDS. F. B. DUuSETTE. I am sending you some pictures of my ducks as we breed them on our ranch. I took a great interest in the comments the breeders made on the picture of so- called wild ducks on the January cover of your magazine. I know that the edi- tor of The Game Breeder knows a wild duck when he sees one and I think the magazine has done a great deal to cause all our wild mallard breeders, as well as the buyers of eggs and breeding stock, to realize the great difference be- tween the pure wild ducks and the so- called mallards which in most cases are of no breed of any kind. I have been told by some good game Pure Bred Black Ducks. - eee anatd —s breeders, who claimed to be old breed- ers, that they got a setting of eggs five or six years ago from a noted breeder and had only bred from the choicest of them all this time, claiming that they now have a very fine grade of breeders. There is where most of our mallard breeders have made a big mistake as this is what I call in-bred stock and al- most worthless; but the average buyer will purchase this quality of stock and eggs because they think they are getting pure-bred birds and eggs at about one- fourth what it costs to produce pure- bred birds that are not in-bred. I have only been breeding mallards {7 R= = ‘ a" ri. ~~ Teal, Widgeon and Pintai's, 106 — and black ducks for five or six years. I started with a pair of each kind that I trapped on our shooting ground. Each year I have trapped from twenty-five to as high as ninety- six ducks (in 1916). I have a permit to do this from our Game Department: By adding new blood each season’ my birds do not in-breed by mating with birds from the same nest, a thing which © no wild bird will do in their wild state or where they have their liberty. I hatched about 2,500 ducklings last season and brought over 2,000 to matur- GAME BREEDINGIN MAINE. _ 3 foe 1De Dulac ‘We have one thousand ring-neck pheasant eggs hatching today, June 11, a few hundred more are incubating and we have more eggs to set. We also have a few birds out on the rides which are doing nicely. The bad weather, how- ever, iS staying right with us and if it does not hold up by the end of this week it may go hard with some of the little birds. We are, also, going into the rearing of mallards and I have just finished a pen 700 feet long and 300 feet wide. Half of this is in a pond and I think the place is one of the best for the work that I ever saw. We have quite a few mallards and some little fellows and more hatching every day. Our birds are all clear wild stock. We find that the best food for rear- ing young wild mallards is stale bread cut into slices and dried. When feed- ing, we put-a few slices in a pail and pour over it some hot water and let it soak for fifteen or twenty minutes. Then if it is too hot we add enough cold water to make it just warm. We then aS THE GAME BREEDER _ these “are black ducks. . geon, pin-tails, and wild Canada geese., fe Be ity, using a monanict incubator, 1,800 egg size, and chicken brooders. 1 have very small losses. Some of my hatches - 5 produced over seventy-five per cent of the eggs put into ae aching last sea-_ son. _ So far this season my. discs have not “ laid extra well and I have not set anv . eggs to this date* (May 28), sage have 4 been kept busy filling orders: “for eggs. | I only kept 200. breeders and sixty of © I have also a ‘ few blue and green-winged teal, wid-— sprinkle i in abou one dae a clean sande and this is very much needed and also a little bone meal is very good. The mash should not be too thick or too thin, so- of the water will be left on top. If the growing ducks are fed this way you need not give them any water until Ahey are two or three weeks old. Never give cold water; always make it warm and give the first water just at night or on a rainy day. Put a rock or something in the pan to keep the young birds from getting their tails wet, for once their tails get wet and they get on their backs, if help is not there, it is all up wth them. Cold water and hot sun are sure death to little mallards. 4 The best pen is made out of boards on good green grass. For twenty little | ducks a pen 10x 8 feet is recommended ; — and when the little fellows get the grass worn down move it to a clean place- Always keep a small pile of sand or gravel in the pen and feed on it. z I have always had the best of luck. in. raising young ducks this way and I have : reared them by the thousands. S THE GAME BREEDER 107 Mexican Quail—Imported by W. J. Mackensen and mounted by Taxidermist Fred Sauter. _ QUAIL AND PARTRIDGE BREEDING FOR SPORT | AND FOR PROFIT. | By Dwicut W. HuntTINcTON. __ The system on which we work in the nesting season is to assist the methods of nature in €very way we can, but never to supplant them by methods of our own, recognizing that the Partridge is a better parent than any substitute we can hope to provide, and that birds reared under natural conditions in a wild state make the best and healthiest stock—Aymer Maxwell. _ Our quails or partridges, like the gray Partridges of Europe, thrive best in ag- ricultural regions. The range of the bob- white rapidly was extended with the in- crease of cultivated areas in the West, and the birds increased in numbers for a time when bigger game was plenti- ful and there was comparatively little quail shooting. When the newly-made farms were inclosed with rail fences with their angles full of wild foods and safe covers (weeds, grasses, briars, sumac’? wild rose, furnishing many seeds and berries), and when there was much pro- fective undergrowth in the adjacent woodlands, the land was far more at- tractive and safe than it became with the introduction of wire fences, close cul vation, and the destruction of the under-brush and wild foods in the wood- ands. I have revisited some of my favorite quail grounds in the West where ‘e made famous bags of game, only to observe that large areas had been ren- dered as uninhabitable for the quail as the marshes are for ducks when they have been drained in the interest of ag- riculture. Neither game laws, game of- ficers, nor gunners should be held ac- countable for the disappearance of the game in places where it can not survive because of the loss of nesting sites, cov- ers and foods. All sportsmen know that plowed fields, meadows, pastures, fields planted in fall wheat, and other naked fields surrounded by wire fences and entirely devoid of briars, weeds and other covers and foods, will not harbor any quail. No one would think of running his dogs over such grounds with the hope of finding any game. The prairie grouse, also, rapidly became extinct on vast closely tilled areas and it would be as impossible to introduce and preserve either quail or grouse on such lands, without first re— 108 > storing some of the natural covers and ~ foods, as it would be to restore wild ducks on marshes which have been drained. We should ee. have in mind the fact that quail need foods and covers during every month of the year. Fields which appear to be well adapted to the birds during the harvest and shooting season, when many weeds have sprung — up in the stubbles, soon may be made uninhabitable by the plough. Quail can not survive on lands where all covers are ploughed under leaving no weeds and briars or protecting covers or foods of any kind even at the fences, The birds are not only exposed to their nat- ural enemies, but also they must’ starve © when all their natural foods have been destroyed. Quail are protectively marked birds and rely upon concealment to. es- cape their many enemies. Closely cultivated areas and even grass lands and pastures easily can be made safe and attractive by planting strips of cover and food at the sides of the fields and by sub-dividing the larger fields with hedges bordered with some of the nat- ural foods for the quail and briars to protect them from enemies. Where a farm is owned or rented, especially for shooting, small fields containing a few acres can be planted especially for the birds and if some old logs, stumps and other barriers be introduced, about which weeds, briars and wild grasses are per- mitted to grow, many birds will nest in such fields and be safe from farm ma- chinery as well as from many natural enemies which find it almost impossible to take quail in briar patches. Quail are especially fond of nesting in such cov- ers; the logs and stumps affording a sense of security from a rear attack; the many natural foods and briars make the places especially safe and attractive. Small areas, such as are here sug- gested, may be planted with foods and covers on grass lands and pastures, but on grazing lands the feeding and cover ground should be protected by fences to keep out the animals. Very inexpensive fences, made of rails or a few strands of wire, are all that are necessary. THE -GAME BREEDER _ grasses and briars be permitted to grow the stalks can be made into excellent a ‘which: must be reserved for nesting a _under and the fields are made uninhal = sults in a loss of the quail; these birds -became useless for purposes of sp A. few rows of corn (field corn, ease corn or pop corn), planted at the sides of the closely cultivated fields will make excellent covers, especially if weeds, wild at frequent intervals in the corn, The grain can be used for winter feeding and winter shelters. ~The more closely cultivated areas can be made to yield-a big crop of quail without interfering with the agricultu operations, excepting on the small areas feeding grounds for the birds during the period when the weeds are plowed table. It is well known that the conversi of grain farms into dairies always quickly disappear, also, where the lands are laid in grass. A hay-farm cannot be expected to yield a good crop of qu il unless it be treated as I have suggested. One of our most interesting quai . the masked bob-white (a bird very sim- ilar to our common quail, excepting that the throat of the male is black instead of white), became extinct in Southern Ari- zona, not on account of the shooting but because its home grounds were ov stocked with cattle which destroyed natural foods and nesting sites. I ha a record of these birds breeding in wild state not far from New York in a place where, no doubt, they were intro- duced by accident, the parent stock be- ing shipped with some bobyyete trapped in Mexico. 4 Maxwell, in his book spout the Eng- lish partridges, says that farms whi once carried a fine head of game soon when laid down in grass. No indu ment will persuade partridges to st in any appreciable numbers where th land is unbroken. The only way to keep up a respectable stock under these conditions is to plough a certain por- tion of the land—about ten acres to every two hundred of grass is sufficient —and to grow some cereal crop for the exclusive benefit of the game. On era . ing lands, he says, it is nécessary to fence the grain patches. It would be a Bed plan in America, where we have more vermin than there is in England, to plant a border of black-berry and other briars about the fences to protect the birds from their natural enemies. : Closely cultivated areas, usually, are comparatively free from ground vermin nd a good beat keeper easily can control the winged enemies of the game so as to make all the fields produce an abun- dance of game provided some special cover and foods be arranged at frequent intervals. Small thickets and wood lots can be made attractive by introducing briar covers and foods about their bor- ders when needed. The farmer, if the shooting is rented, should be compen- a for the land reserved for covers and nesting sites, but a sale of a very lit- tle of the game produced will provide the funds to more than fully compensate him. When the shooting is rented, as it is in many places for a few cents per acre, or about the amount of the taxes; a club can well afford to rent some land especially for nesting and feeding places and the expense per gun will not be large. The more evenly distributed the covers and feeding places are the more uniformly the game will be distributed; 1€ sportsmen can count on good shoot- ing in every field and not at widely sepa- rated likely places, where, under exist- ing conditions, some indifferent shooting May occur. It is wise to make the most ttractive plantings for the game in the central portions of the preserve in order to hold many of the birds at a distance from the boundary. _ Areas which are not closely cultivated require different treatment to make and keep the quail plentiful. In places where ee has waned; where farms lave been abandoned and where the er abundant, often there will be found it entirely too much cover; such dense THE GAME BREEDER veeds, briars and brush have become. enty of some kinds of natural foods;... 109 can be much improved by cutting long rides through the cover, and these and the abandoned fields should be planted with wheat, potatoes and other grains and vegetables, whatever will be most likely at least to pay the cost of produc- tion. Such ground, if the natural enemies of the game be controlled can be made to yield many ruffed grouse. The west- ern farms, where quail preserving is undertaken, can be made to yield many prairie grouse. A few pheasants can be purchased in the autumn and liberated and those which escape the guns should nest in a wild state provided the ground be made free from vermin. A few ducks, also, may be introduced and permitted to rear their young beside the small ponds and streams. The hand- rearing of ducks and pheasants, how- ever, should not be undertaken on quail preserves with the idea that the keepers can attend to this. Beat keepers should not be permitted to handrear these birds since their entire time is needed in the fields and woods. Pheasant rearing and. wild duck rearing only should be under- taken on places where the club dues are comparatively large. Quail shooting can be made much less expensive and to my © mind far more interesting than the shooting of hand-reared game is. I would by no means, however, decry the last-named sport, and the more places which can afford both kinds of shooting with two sets of keepers the better it will be for sport not only within but out- side of the preserved areas. The ratio of increase of all game is geometrical and in the absence of losses due to natural enemies, climate, fires, floods, farm machinery, and other less important causes, the progeny of a few pair of quail soon will over-run a good sized farm and restock the surrounding territory. If each nest contains only twelve eggs the progeny of a single pair would amount to over six million quails in eight years, provided= there be no losses. Quails often lay more than twelve eggs and sometimes rear more than one brood in a season. The possi- bilities of making the quail plentiful on 110 attractive ground if the checks to their’ increase be only partially elinaiaeiied, are evident. It is absolutely necessary to rhe a beat-keeper to look after the birds and to control their natural enemies. The in- dividual or club which does not employ a keeper should not shoot much, if any, game since, as I have often pointed out, the birds can not survive the losses due to shooting and to their many enemies and climate at the same time. This is true a fortiori: when cats, dogs, and rats - are numerous and when their natural covers and foods are destroyed. A good keeper can save most of his birds at the nesting time and can see that there are few losses even in severe winters. ‘Good keepers, year after year. show plenty of quail to the guns which, in the absence of the keepers, would have per- ished. The duties of the beat keepers are in the fields and woods, where with traps and guns they keep down vermin and _ where they see that nests are safe, and that foods are plentiful at all seasons. Their work is quite different from that of the keepers who hand-rear pheasants and ducks. Some of the best beat keepers I know came from England and Scotland, and they quickly learned the habits of our quail and their enemies and easily have made the birds abundant on large areas. I recall a pleasant stroll with one of the best of them, Jack Armstrong, shortly “before his untimely death. Many birds “had just been shot on the ground, but the ~dogs pointed one covey after another, -at -short intervals, and the keeper asked -me if I did not think the birds were over- zabundant. He referred to the _ black snakes and hawks as among the worst enemies of the game and evidently knew how to control these and other enemies. I know some native keepers, also, who have done wonders with the quail. The requirements of a good beat keeper are: An ability to shoot and trap the game enemies; a knowledge of the habits of the game and the particular foods and covers which make the ground safe and THE GAME BREEDER ~ attractive. Most of the keepers are good dog trainers and understand how to k the dogs in good condition; and_ trained. A beat keeper in the older coun- tries usually is given 1 ,000 or 1,200 acres and he is expected to know the habits of. his birds, their nesting and feeding places | and how to look after them and see that they have the best chance to increase in numbers. Where the preserve is a laa one there should be a head keeper ‘and a number of under-keepers each having his own beat of 1,000 to 1 500 acres to look after. — , Quail need dusting Pies and grit as well as food. They will wander from places where it is desirable to hold them | to find a dust bath to their liking and can not be expected to go without grit. Often — the birds resort to roads and they may decide to go and remain outside of the preserved area.. In potato fields, corn fields and others’ often there are good dusting places, but these easily can be made or improved, by spading up a small area and adding a little sand or ashes. A few handfuls of grit can be thrown down by the keepers at intervals, when he makes his rounds, and some crushed oyster shells will prove acceptable durin the nesting period. Attention to such small details will hold the birds evenly distributed on the preserve and prevent straying. The best and safest place for a dust bath is at the edge of a briar patch. : ‘Quail often thrive in places at a aia - tance from water. They are said at m times to get enough from the dew and from the fruits, but it is advisable to se lect a well-watered ground for a p serve since in very dry seasons I ha known quail to desert most likely fie and to seek ditches and stream, often a distance. In places where there is water some poultry fountains easily maj be provided in dry seasons and, no doubt they will hold the birds. Grit should be abundantly supplied with the grail in when quails are fed in the winter. Since the cock bird likes a tree, post or fence from which he can whistle a his mate during the nesting season, iti a good plan in preparing safe and at- tractive nesting sites to select a fence ‘corner or to plant the briars and foods near a tree or at the edge of a wood. In a pasture or grass field one or two fruit trees can be planted near the pro- posed nesting site and the fruit will prove attractive to the birds and will tend to hold them in the autumn. The quail preserver should see that there be at least one attractive and safe nesting place in every field and he should en- deavor to see that the birds nest where the nests will not be destroyed by farm THE GAME BREEDER 111 machinery and where they will be pro- tected as far as possible from the ground and’ winged enemies which may escape the attentions of the game keeper, as some surely will. In the nesting season the keeper should visit the nests ~without disturb- ing the sitting birds and protect them from vermin. A few years ago it was deemed best, in England, that partridge nests should escape attention altogether, but Maxwell says: “In the text book of today this sentence should be re-worded and read. Certainly it is best that no partridge nest should escape attention.” WILD BRED PHEASANTS. _ When preasants are bred wild in the fields and wodds the cost of rearing is ‘very small in comparison with the cost of hand-rearing. In America vermin is so plentiful that the losses of wild-bred birds, undoubtedly, will be large on many areas, which otherwise are very suitable for pheasants. _ The pheasant is said to be a notably ‘bad mother. There are stories of Hen pheasants wandering on regardless of the fact that the little chicks have fallen in -a ditch or have been left behind because they could not get over or through an obstruction. One reason assigned for the fact that hen pheasants are bad moth- ers is that these birds have been hand- ‘reared so long (the eggs being hatched ‘and brooded by domestic hens), that _they have lost the maternal instinct to a large extent. __ On a preserve, thirty miles from Lon- don, many pheasants are wild-bred every season and the shooting is uniformly 3 “good. After taking part in a covert shoot — on this preserve, Captain Aymer Max- well says, he was surprised to learn that no pheasants were ever hand-reared here. Lord Verulam, the owner, sup- plied him with an interesting account f the wild pheasants. The average yield of pheasants is from 1,400 to 2,000 per year. The pheasants are not fed at all between April and October, after which maize is thrown down in the woods in propor- tion as they require it. In 1910 the total maize during the year was 27 quarters; also eight loads of barley in the straw. No new blood is ever introduced, the owner being a confirmed believer in in- breeding, believing that thus you obtain a race which is most fit for the condi- tions prevailing in the locality. Describing how, in his opinion, “that (so-called) bad mother, the hen pheas- ant, came to be such a model mat- ron, as she undoubtedly is, on this es- tate,” the owner of the preserve says: “Many years ago it occurred to me that it might be possible to improve the par- ental qualities of the pheasant by the force of example, and having learned that the period of incubation of that ex- cellent mother, the partridge, was the same as that of the pheasant, I instructed my keepers to place two pheasant eggs in each of a large number of partridges’ nests, with the result that I have seen the young pheasant at an early stage of its life in the covey with the young of the partridge. This was continued for several years and no pheasants have been turned out 112° for a long time; and though IJ cannot, of course, state definitely that our remark- able show of wild pheasants is the di- rect result of this experiment, still, un- less a better explanation can be sug- gested, I think myself justified in be- lieving that the object with which the idea was associated has been, so far as I can see, attained. For we have actual experience of the hen pheasant sitting through 60 hours of rain, and hatching: 11 chicks out of 12 eggs, while two par- tridges in the same covert close by (pre- sumably being the smaller birds and so unable to withstand the weight of rain), gave up and left their nests, after 40 hours of the same storm. Our pheasants are all over the fields in September, and seem to care nothing about the coverts, which seems: to be witness of the influence of the teaching of the partridge coming out in the foster children. We shoot cocks and hens th2 first time over, without limit, and spare all hens afterwards.” In answer to a query as to the ques- tion of pheasant eggs hatching before those..of the partridge when under a common mother, Lord Verulam wrote: “With regard to putting pheasant eggs into partridge nests—my recollec- tion 1s that Mr. Tegetmeier told me that the period of incubation was the same NOTES FROM THE GAME FARMS AND PRESERVES. Mallard Breeding. George A. Buckstaff says: “The great marshes a few miles from’ our farm attract thousands of wild mallard ducks. We draw on the wild flocks for fresh blood in our domesticated flock. Mal-. lards are the most easily raised and most profitable as a table poultry of any fowl we know. As decoys they are perfect. A mallard hen will lay her eggs in a brush pile, under a shrub or in other secluded place, hatch her brood of .a dozen or fifteen, raise them until they THE GAME BREEDER _ Birds so reared on suitable ground where is a long time ago,’so [| vill et swear positively. But whatever the period may be, I started the experiment after hear- — ing what he said, and it seems to have — 4 been successful, so I must leave it at that. I never heard of eggs being leit. in a nest unhatched, at least not in any © 4 way which would be considered a . usual.” In America many experiments — have — been made with common barnyard hens — or bantams for foster mothers, permit- ting the young birds to run at large with the hens during the day time and shu’ ting them up at night in their coops. they are fed when the natural foods come scarce, often provide - good comparatively. inexpensive — shoott Dried currants and raisins fed with wheat or acorns will ae the attractive ground. be 4, Wild rose and blackberry thithet planted at the fences and in occasional — small patches in attractive fields and 4 woods, will make them safe and attrac i tive. Even pastures and other unattrac- a tive fields can be made to hold pheas- — ants; but where live stock is pastured — on the ground the briar patches, which " should be used as feeding places as well — as nesting sites, should be inclosed with — a fence of some kind. -_ are a month old and half grown before — coming back to the farm yard for feed. — Mr. Buckstaff quotes Prof. J. C. Hal- — pin as saying that the domesticated mal- — lards retain many of the instincts pe- — culiar to their wild nature. When the © mother duck and ducklings. are out in the field, let a strange object approach, a and with one quack the little brown birds — hide in the grass close to the earth. Lit- — tle food’ is given his mallards because — “they fatten quickly and become lazy.” — One hundred and fifty-two skunk ~ _ breeders in Michigan own four thousand and twenty-seven skunks. Three prairie grouse breeders in Mich- igan own two pairs of prairie chickens and one pair of sharptails. We have readers who really own hun- dreds of prairie chickens and sharp- tails, but they say nothing about it since the birds are bred wild in protected fields and the breeders have no license for this, the kind of game farming which is the best method since it is inexpensive and produces the best results. An Amusing Error. In the story of “The Big Duck,” in the June Game Breeder, the fact that the giant appeared to the writer when shoot- ing over decoys, by a typographical error was made to read, when he was shooting our decoys. This is quite as bad as the thrilling story in a newspaper about a battle-scarred veteran who ap- peared in type as “the bottle-scarred veteran.” - Sales and Shipment of Game Under Permit in Michigan. In Michigan (July 1, 1914, to July 1, 1916) permits were issued to breeders to sell and ship 339 deer, 4 elk, 2,743 wild ducks, 10 geese, 17 pheasants, 4 grouse and 2 partridges. The report in- dicates that many of the ducks were sold as food and shipped “‘dressed.”’ It does _ not appear how many of the deer and other game were sold as food. We re- gard it as highly important that much game should be eaten otherwise it quickly will become overabundant and the prices will fall. We feel sure there must be an error in the number of pheasants sold since we are quite sure our readers have sold many live pheasants. Possibly the per- mits only relate to game sold as food. While the figures are not large, they indicate a good start. Michigan soon _ will be selling many tons of game and the State department will become of _ great economic importance. commissioner is to be congratulated on the good work accomplished. The State A few r THE GAME BREEDER 113 years ago the sale of a wild food was impossible. : The quickest way to make game abun- dant is to make it profitable. As a mat- ter of fact the prices are highly satis- factory; the only trouble in some States is that it is illegal to receive the profits after the quail and other desirable foods have been produced. Enough States now permit the sale of game to make it an easy matter to make the United States the biggest game pro- ducing country in the world. The pro- hibition States, where it still is a crime to produce food, in time will observe how lively the new industry is in other places, and, no doubt, they will get live State game officers and wake up. The Cost of a Pheasant. Last month we printed Mr. Bigelow’s story of how he reared pheasants in Massachusetts at a cost of 35 cents per bird. Capt. Aymer Maxwell gives the fol- lowing as his estimate of the cost of rearing pheasants in England: “The cost ‘of rearing pheasants is largely influ- enced by the many varying conditions of each particular case. Taking everything into account, including rent, rearing, feeding, wages; incidental expenses, de- preciation of plant and interest on capi- tal expenditure, a pheasant is probably a cheap bird if he has cost about seven shillings by the time he is shot.” The items rent and feeding are, no doubt, much higher in England than they are in America, especially the first named item. Shooting rights or rentals are very cheap in America, where there is an abundance of land, and they aré much higher in England, where the area suit- able for shooting is comparatively small. There are many “shoots” in America where the shooting is rented for five to ten cents per acre, or $32 to $64 per square mile, per annum. Wages of keep- ers, on the other hand, are much higher in America than they are in England. A keeper who gets $75 per month and cottage in America would receive about $15 or $20 per month in England, It 114 ‘is customary, however, in England to. have more keepers on a given area than are usually employed in America. There is quite a difference in the cost of rearing stated by Mr. -Bige- low—35 cents per bird—and the estimate of Captain Maxwell—$1.75 per bird. We shall publish some estimates of other readers and we especially wish to obtain figures from those who keep accurate accounts of their expenses. Light Feeding. ; Good game keepers underfeed rather than overfeed their young birds es- pecially where insect food is plentiful. The young pheasant obtains much ex- ercise as well as food when chasing grasshoppers and other insects in the grass. The young wild duck fares much better when he can obtain much exer- cise chasing insects and we have ob- served them chasing young frogs and small fish when they are reared on marshy ground and when they have access to shallow water. The water should be very shallow and warm to in- sure the best success and where young ducks are reared under hens they should be driven from the water early in the afternoon before it turns cold and they may well be kept in their breeding yards on cold days until they are several weeks old. Many and probably most keepers do not let their young birds enter the water until they are six or eight weeks old. » An Inquiry About Woodcock. Mr. E. W. Nelson, Chief of the Bio- logical Survey, writes that they are mak- ing extended inquiries about the wood- cock and asks us to suggest to readers of The Game Breeder that they furnish in- formation along the lines requested in the following letter: Editor, The Game Breeder. We are making extended inquiries in regard to the present status of the woodcock with a view properly to pro- tect it under any new regulations that may appear to be necessary. A letter, copy of which is enclosed, THE GAME BREEDER ae has been sent to several indeed sports- ment and others in the territory included within the woodcock range and eee valuable and interesting, although con- flicting data, sponse thereto. = We shall be obliged if. you will sue gest to the readers of The Game Breeder, who have not already done so, that they = furnish us any information they may have along the lines requested in our 4 letter to sportsmen on the subject. © Your cooperation in this matter will be much appreciated. Very truly yours, E. W. NELSON, Chief, Biological Survey. Encouragement of Game. Breeding. Hon. Wm, R. Oates, Game and Fish — Commissioner of Michigan, says in his — 2 tS excellent report: “Authorities agree that there is no greater incentive to an inter- est in wild life and its conservation than lies in the possibilities of utilizing a por- tion of it for commercial gain. So long + — as such use of it does not intrude to an appreciable extent on the rights of the people, I believe that the breeding of wild life for the market should be en= 4 couraged. Water fowl, pheasants, wild — turkeys, deer and fur-bearing animals, — life which is constantly falling prey to — other animals or untoward conditions in — the wilds, can be made to yield in cap- — tivity a private revenue to breeders — which indirectly benefits us all. — — “Our present breeders’ license law is _ inadequate to meet the requirements for propagating animal life in captivity, and — I am recommending amendments to con- form to conditions.’’- We observe that the quail, prairie — rgouse, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse and blue grouse, which the report tells us are getting scarce, and which on this account ~ most need the attention of. game breed- ers, are not mentioned as birds which ~ “can be made to yield a private revenue to breeders.” Any of the birds named — can be made to yield several times as — much money as a mallard and there can be no better food than quail and grouse. is being received in re- Audubon and all the other naturalists praise the edible qualities of these our best game birds.. Why not give them a chance to become plentiful and cheap? Lead Poisoning. Our readers will remember the ac- wel SRELE GAME BREEDER - 115 count we published of wild ducks being poisoned by eating the shot taken from the shallow water on some California preserves and elsewhere. Capt. Max- well says the pheasants are sometimes poisoned by eating yew, ivy, and lead pellets picked up after the shooting. ; ae THE BLACK HEAD DISEASE. CONTRIBUTION FROM THE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE. (Continued from May Number.) It not uncommonly happens that a turkey hen disdains all the owner’s at- “tempts at artificial nest building and will select some unexpected place. In such _cases, unless the hens are followed and ' the nesting place found, many of the eggs may be lost by freezing during the early part of the nesting period. More- over, tthe hens must be tracked sur- reptitiously for if they realize that they are being followed or watched, or if they. are alarmed while on the nest, they will frequently leave it and not return, but go on the hunt for a new nesting place. If the range is small all the nest boxes should be examined late each afternoon. If it is large much time may be saved through an attempt to locate the: nests that are being used, and by examining these only, at the times’ when the eggs are to be collected. As soon as the first egg is removed from a nest, it should be replaced by a nest egg. Failure to do this. frequently causes the hen to leave the nest and seek anew one. After several eggs have been laid a second nest egg should be added, and these two will usually serve to main- tain such a bond of attraction that all the other eggs may be removed as fast as they are laid without danger of disturb- ance. Under such conditions, so long as _ the hen is not annoyed by dogs, or by too close following she will continue to lay and the broody period is deferred. Hens, however, differ markedly in this respect and some will start the incuba- tion of a single egg. Occasionally a hen will persist in sitting upon her nest eggs after a dozen or more eggs have been removed from her nest. In such a case she may be supplied with fertile eggs to incubate, or all eggs, nest eggs included, may be removed from the nest. As a result she will usually return to laying within a week to ten days, but may choose another nest for the later litter. It sometimes happens that when the range is wide a nesting hen is over- looked and is not discovered until she has completed laying her first litter and has commenced incubation. In such a case it may be well to allow her to con- tinue the sitting after provision has been made to prevent her ranging off with the young poults after hatching. This may be accomplished by- placing about the nest a triangle (about ‘four feet on a side) of ten-inch boards. This seldom disturbs the hen if it is accomplished during her absence, and it suffices not only to confine the young after hatching, but to prevent skunks from despoiling the nest during the absence of the mother for meals and exercise. After hatching the young poults may be brought closer home, the mother accompanying, or they may be given to ordinary hens on a re- stricted range, and cared for by methods subsequently to be described. INCUBATION AND HATCHING. It is seldom practicable to permit the incubation of the eggs under the mother turkey, at least in the case of the first litter. The continued removal of suc- cessive eggs from the nest, in which are left a few china eggs, will cause the hen 1ib to continue her laying until thirty to forty, or in some cases even from fifty to sixty, eggs have been laid. The last litter may in some cases be left to the mother turkey. to incubate during the latter part of June or early July. The eggs collected earlier should be set, in successive lots, at intervals of not more than fourteen days, either in an incu- bator or under ordinary hens. lf many are to be hatched the tormer is prefer- abie, while, if only a few are to be set, a broody hen accommodating eight to ten eggs, depending upon her size, will be found more satisfactory. In case the incubator method’ is employed, ordinary hens should be set on china eggs in nest boxes on the permanent range about two weeks before the turkey eggs are due to hatch. After hatching the young poults should left in the incubator a short time to dry off. They are then carried in a covered basket at night and placed in groups of twelve to fourteen under the sitting hens. The china eggs are at the same time re- moved with as little disturbance as possi- ble. If a lantern is being employed it should be kept behind thé nest box where the light will not excite the sitting hen. It is a wise precaution to place not more than one poult under a hen at first. One then waits quietly by for three to five minutes to ascertain whether the hen will accept the change. This can usually be learned by listening to the hen. After a little experience one easily learns to recognize the faint satisfied clucks which signify the full acceptance of the new situation and the slight muscular efforts - on the part of the wings and legs to tuck the young poult safely beneath the feathers. In case the hen clucks loudly, half rises from the nest and remains in this attitude, one may as well leave her and pass on to the next nest. If the young poults were given such a mother they would most likely be found in the morning pecked to death, or huddled and chilled in the corner of the nest box as” far as possible from the ugly parent. A young poult learns within a few hours whether this strange bunch of feathers means warmth and ‘protection or chas- ‘certain to occur. _ importance: to ascertain that the young u THE GAME BREEDER | ee the young creature is alive in the morn- _ ing and is at once transferred to another hen, the sense of fear seems to persist, sometime for several days. In such cases even the most endearing clucks will not draw it under the mother’s wings, and chilling, either by day or night, is almost It is thus of the first poults are accepted without ¢compunc- tion on the part of the mother hen. If, after placing the first poult under the hen, the situation seems favorable, a second and third may be transferred from the basket. If then, after a few moments, still no remonstrance is heard, the full number may be put in place. But - they should not be left until it has been - learned by careful feeling about the hen ~ and in the nest corners that they have re- mained beneath the feathers. Then the nest box door, or a frame of wire, should be braced against the opening and the family left while the balance of the’ poults are distributed among the remain- . ing mothers in the other boxes. BROODING. The care and management of turkeys — e up to the stage of hatching and brooding ~ the young poults presents few difficulties. But within the first six or eight weeks of the life of the young bird the real prob- lems of turkey raising begin and the success or failure of the enterprise is determined. During this period, as will” be pointed out later, methods of feeding — constitute the most important single fac- tor and this phase of the subject will be - treated with the subject of brooding. But, without minimizing the importance of this factor, it is certain that methods of management at this stage are also of importance in determining the result and must be well considered if the attempt to rear even a moderate percentage of the young poults to maturity is to be suc- cessful. Rearing the young poults may be ac- complished by any one of three chief methods: (1) by artificial brooding; (2) ~by the employment of turkey mothers; (3) by the employment of ordinary hens as mothers. _ Although, for reasons that .under the ordinary hen. THE GAME BREEDER will presently become obvious only the last of these methods will be mentioned in detail, the first two methods may be con-. sidered briefly. Although nature’s methods, involving _ the rigorous eliminations accompanying natural selection, are usually sufficiently well devised at least to perpetuate the species, they are very often, when held up to the standard of modern efficiency tests, sadly lacking in results. Many seeds are blown by the wind that one may gain a favorable lodgment in pro- ductive soil. Man naturally attempts to improve upon nature and one of two things usually results; either nature is completely thwarted and becomes wholly unproductive, or man, holding in check certain unfavorable conditions, but per- mitting the operation of others. that are favorable, vastly improves the situa- tion and with a considerable saving. Na- ture works for the perpetuation of the species while man works for the conser- vation of the individual. These general concepts apply to the raising of turkeys as fully as to the arti- ficial propagation of any undomesticated or partly domesticated animal species. We might in the first place be led to as- sume that the turkey mother is the best mother for the poults because she is the natural mother. But the natural mother is the wild mother and the wild mother is hostile and antagonistic to man’s arti- ficial methods; she becomes adapted to them with difficulty. There is no doubt that, leaving aside questions of black- head, young turkeys can be reared suc- cessfully under turkey mothers, but with the exception of raising turkeys on wide and wild ranges, the results are likely to be unsatisfactory. -For this reason, this phase of turkey raising will now be passed over, but may be considered in detail in a subsequent publication. The method employed for raising under purely artificial conditions as in brooders, yards and pens, has been alluded to in a previous bulletin and need not be repeated here. We thus come to what is in all probability the most prac- ticable method of brooding, namely The chief ad- 117 vantage of this arrangement is that the ordinary hen will not carry her brood too far afield when they are young. She is less likely to take her young into the wet grass, and more likely to remain at home with them in times of storm. She is not so easily excited as the turkey mother by many of the details of man- agement. One always knows where to find her; and, so far as hunting for the young poults and giving them every attention in the early days of feeding is concerned, she is greatly superior to the turkey hen. Moreover she is more per- sistent in-her broodiness; she is driven from the brood with difficulty and pro- tects them with courage when danger threatens. In these respects the turkey hen is inferior. She is more easily brought to abandon her brood and sel- dom possesses the spirit of the ordinary hen in their defense. Her chief aim seems to be to carry her offspring as far as possible from the haunts of man and his artificial methods. To succeed in the use of the turkey- mothers, either they or the poults must, at least during the early stages, be closely confined if the measures to be considered in the next section are to be of value. The Usual Result. George Edgar, game keeper for the Wyandanch Club wrote: “Please dis- continue advertisement after this month since it brought all the orders I can fill, thanking you very much for advising me to advertise in The Game Breeder. Now is the time to advertise birds for fall delivery. Those who get their ad- vertisements in first will have the largest mail, of course, and they will get the best prices and make early deliveries. Game breeders in the West and on the Pacific Coast will please take notice that they can get much better prices for their birds and eggs than many now are get- ting, if they will advertise in The Game Breeder. It only costs a few cents to prove the truth of tltis advice. We have large numbers of letters from advertisers thanking us for finding good customers. 118 The Game Breeder PusLisHED MONTHLY Epirep sy DWIGHT W. HUNTINGTON NEW YORK, JULY, 1917. TERMS: 10 Cents a Copy—$1.00 a year in Advance. Postage free to all subscribers in the United States. To All Foreign Countries and Canada, $1.25. THE GAME CONSERVATION SOCIETY, INC. PUBLISHERS, 150 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK D. W. Huntineton, President, F. R. Peixorro, Treasurer, J. C: Huntineton, Secretary. Telephone, Beekman 3685. QUAIL BREEDING AND SHOOT- ING SAFE ON LONG ISLAND. We never for a moment believed that the industry of the many quail breeders on Long Island, N. Y., would be pro- hibited. Under the law, the Game Con- servation Commissioner has the right to proclaim a closed season in any part of the State when it appears that the game is vanishing and that such action will be beneficial. The quail on Long Island are there and the shooting remains fairly good for the simple reason that there are many quail clubs and individuals who look after the birds properly, protect them from their natural enemies, and feed them in winter. Thousands of birds have been purchased and liberated and no greater outrage could be conceived than the putting an end to the food pro- ducing industry of the Long Island quail breeders. Some of our readers accepted our as- surance that there was no _ possible danger and purchased and liberated many quail this season in order to offset a partial loss due to climate last year, the weather having been unfavorable during the breeding season. The dealers report- ed, however, that others who intended buying stock birds did not do so, be- cause they feared the birds would only be for foxes, cats and other vermin. All sportsmen who enjoy shooting and. eating quail will be pleased to learn that quail shooting will remain good quite THE GAME BREEDER c Fi Re: near the great city of New York. ~The people interested in breeding, and_sell- ing and training setters and pointers will a9 be glad to know that quail shooting can . be perpetuated, not only on Long Island, but elsewhere throughout the United States when proper methods are applied, as suggested in The Game Breeder. The makers of guns and ammunition will be glad to know that the readers of The Game Breeder, who have adopted 3 and put in practice the proper methods of game conservation have set an ex- ample which will be followed, no doubt, throughout the country, and that quail * shooting soon will be restored in States ‘which now prohibit it. The Game Conservation Commissioner ~— has done exactly right in not prohibiting sport which really is a food producing industry. Those who urged him to put an end to sport seem to be entirely un- 4 aware of the scientific reasons for the in- crease and decrease of any species of game. The Long in aiding the work of the Game Conser- vation Society throughout the country. — Many State game officers, who must be chagrinned to see an end put to sport by — prohibitive enactments, will be glad to see the laws amended so that the people can have quail, grouse and other game 4 7 in abundance with the same freedom that — pheasant and duck breeders now have these birds. 3 We became converted to the game farming idea after an excellent day’s shooting on Long Island outside of an inexpensive club ground where quail al- ways are plentiful. We have used Long Be Island repeatedly as an exhibit when urging the sportsmen in other States not to give up quail shooting, but to — form numerous inexpensive quail clubs — similar to those which have saved to — sport our best game bird, on Long © Island, N. Y. —_e>—_——__ Every game keeper in America and Canada, we believe, is a member of The — Game Conservation Society and reads The Game Breeder. : oo — a. ABn, 4 ie. ie eee * oe Island decision is import-_ 4 ant since it will have an excellent effect — WOODCOCK. We have no doubt many of our read- ers will agree with us that the woodcock often disappear from places where their covers are drained and destroyed. They remain and breed nicely in places where it pays to preserve the covers and where they are kept quiet and safe because other game is bred in the adjacent fields. We have observed woodcock breeding quite near New York beside a pond used _ for wild ducks and we are told they are fairly plentiful on a number of places where they would vanish if the covers should be drained. To prohibit woodcock shooting with- out excepting those who look after their woodcock would be as bad as prohibit- ing turkey or quail shooting without ex- cepting those who look after their game. | When we decide to consider game as a desirable food supply and keep our mar- kets full of it, the woodcock will be saved with the other food products. The Biological Survey long has had an ex- cellent opportunity to urge the people to _ preserve the game in a practical manner so that the people can have plenty to eat, We hope the present inquiry about the woodcock is not preliminary to some more fool legislation similar to that which never has produced any game for the markets and which for very good ‘scientific reasons never can be expected __to produce any game for the markets or even to preserve the species as population increases. Woodcock have many natural enemies. These should be controlled if we wish to eat the woodcock now eaten by var- mints. There is not enough for us and them. A little additional destructive shooting for example is too much after vermin has freely dined. Hence the necessity for practical protection which will not be undertaken if shooting be prohibited. Darwin was right when he intimated that shooting caused the abun- dance of game in England. The Game Breeder now goes to hun- dreds of game shooting clubs—to all there are in America, we believe—where it is read by thousands of practical game preservers. THE GAME BREEDER 119 CORRESPONDENCE. A Letter from the Dean of American - Sportsmen. Editor Game Breeder. I have read today your Game Breeder for June. It is a fine number. CHARLES HALLOCK, Washington, D. C. Good “Work. [The good work of The Game Conservation Society has been recognized in many countries outside of the United States and Canada. Ad- vertisements in The Game Breeder have sold birds in the Sandwich Islands. Recently we have had inquiries from Cuba, South America and two from Russia. The following request is from Kharkow, Russia. We print, also, our - reply which, no doubt, will interest our read- ers.—Editor. | To the Secretary of The Game Conser- vation Society. ie . New York City, U. S. A. Kharhow 211 III (3liv) 1917. Monsieur, je vous prie beaucoup de m’envoger des materioux concernant la protection des Animeiux, des Oiseaux en Amérique. Je vous en _ remerierdi, parce que cette question m/intéresse beaucoup. Mon adresse: Boris Zakharoff, 56, Rue Kontorskaia, Kharkow, Russie. Avec consideration distinguée. B. ZAKHAROFF. THE GAME CONSERVATION SOCIETY, INCORPORATED. The Largest Association of Game Breeders in the World. 150 Nassau Street, New York City. New York, le 18ieme juien 1917. Mr. Boris Zakharoff, 56 Rue Kontorskaia, Kharkow, Russie. Monsieur, La Société pour la Conservation du Gibier encourage l’élévage du gibier et des poissons aux Etats Unis de l’Ameri- que et de Canada. Nous nous permet- tons de vous envoyer notre publication: “The Game Breeder.” Nous avons aussi les livres suivants, écrits par notre éditeur : : “Notre Gibier Plumeaux,” ‘Notre Gibier Grand,” “Notre Menu Gibier et Palmipéde.” En outre nous vandons: “La Propagation de Menu Gibier” par 120 Dr. Herbert Job et d’autres livres au sujet du gibier d’ americain. | . Le prix de notre publication est $1.25 par an. Les trois premiers livres coutent $2.00 la piéce et le livre par Dr. Job $2.50. ) Nous éspérons de _ recevoir votre réponse et sommes, Monsieur, Vos tout devoués, The Game Conservation Society, Inc. John C. Huntington, Secretary. Copy of letter to Game Conservation Com- missioner George D. Pratt on the proposed law to establish a closed. season on quail for five years on Long Island. - 29 West 39th Street, New York, May 5, 1917. COMMISSIONER GEORGE D. Pratt, Court House, Riverhead, Long Island. Dear Sir: Every man has a right to his opinion; but I must confess I was astonished beyond meas- ure at the purely theoretical and idealistic na- ture of the testimony given by some of those who attended your hearing on April 30th, and even by men to whom we would .expect to look for authority and guidance. I have been preserving quail in this and other countries for over twenty years, and for the last ten years I have maintained a preserve of 1,500 acres near Port Jefferson, L. I. The whole question of adequate quail in- crease resolves itself—where conditions per- mit—into a few fundamental points of prac- tice. 1. Taking care of the birds—by feeding and shelter—in the hard winter weather. 2, Look- ing after them in the breeding season. 3. Sowing enough grain for them in the open. 4. Killing off the vermin—and this is especially vital—and 5, Allowing sportsmen—i. e. men who will shoot wisely and mercifully—only on the land, and keeping off the “game hogs” who would come in and leave not a single pair of birds to breed up the following season. Do this and you will double the number of quail on any place in one year. But to put a close season on quail on Long _ Island for five years would mean the end of the birds on the Island. Look at what vermin has done on some properties in the last year, and especially at the fearful destruction of birds by the hordes of cats that have of late been multiplying so rapidly, and you will realize how soon it. would take this plague, if unrestricted, to strip the Island. A learned gentleman at your Apri! 30th hearing contended that this vermin would be effectively killed off by the State wardens. This is such absolute “piffle’—as every practi- THE GAME BREEDER - ing a decision on this question, so vi cal man knows—that. it is unwort sideration. wr These, too, are the days of swift mi and these could carry unwatched from point to point at high speed, i Dick and Harry would account for the birds left, if any. Eat tow Bi; May I respectfully suggest for your eration: a The 1. That you make an estimate—from table records—of the number of organizati or private individuals on Long Island, likely to take measures to preserve the and ae 2. That you throw in the weight of yc influence in instituting an inquiry as to ho many sections of country in, say, twelve any selected sections, which have adop five years’ close season, have as many at the end of that time as they had at beginning. Bees seen I have the utmost confidence that i interests of the community, you will ap the exact relative value of the testimony of those who have been actually trying to do something toward preserving the game, and of the theorists who are merely laying d the law. ~ eae : Yours truly, : GEORGE Art Advertisements. We are planning some speci trated breeders’ cards for advertising < species of game and eggs, which we b lieve will prove to be attractive and fective. The illustrations will be of these breeders’ cards will be o little more than the cost of adve ments on our classified page and we lieve the results will justify the | cost. Samples of this new form o vertising will be found in this 1 The rate is $2.50 for each insert where contracts are. placed for months or a year. The sale of one or a dozen eggs will more than co the cost, and we expect to have good r ports from those who use this new st of advertising. eo Our advice to large breeders is use large spaces since they indicate the big purchasers that plenty of stock can be obtained. va THE GAME BREEDER 121 Which Trophy Can You Win? A fob—a watch—cuff links—or a hand- some pin? Each one of these golden beau- ties is a Du Pont Long Run Trophy. Which can you win? It’s up to you, for if your eye is steady and your aim is true you are bound to be successful. There is only one condition : you must SHOOT (IJ PJNT POWDERS Dupont — Ballistite — Schultze This year the Du Pont Long Run trophies are more handsome than ever. The variety is greater. Trying to win them will improve your shooting and give you lots of fun besides. : _ The competition is open to every man or woman and every shooter qualifying is sure to get a prize. — Get full details immediately Send for the official entry papers today. Get the full particulars. Quick action now will start you more quickly on the way to win. Address Long Run ETrophy Dept. No. 354 E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Wilmington _ Delaware Fa 5 Paes es In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or ‘sign your letters: ““Yours for More Game.” ee ec 122 THE GAME BREEDER Land for Game Preserve and Coutieey Hopiaes | Near New York For Sale, # About three hundred: acres on the Mianus River in Gucounal a Conn., may be purchased at present for one thousand dollars per | acre. Suitable for a magnificent country house site, with sur- [| - rounding forest like that of English estates. A mile of beautiful | — trout stream and a newly made lake of several acres on the place | Owner will not divide.the tract. Its peculiar value rests in ‘the © : combination of forest, cliffs and stream in a tract of this size so ie near to New York and to the social centers of Greenwich. and |{- Stamford. | Nothing sfantleie can be purchased pesanee nothing similar | remains so near to the city. It will naturally continue ‘to in- . : _crease in value as a plain investment for this reason. 2 _ Deer and many other wild animals and birds now on the place 4 q ; Address Advertising Department, The Game Breeder, : 150 Nassau Street, New York City. HOW TO REAR WILD DUCKS | _ FOR SPORT AND FOR PROFIT | The Book, “Our Wild Fowl and Waders,” is a practical, illustrated manual | 4 on the breeding and management of wild fowl. 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Fullinstructions given with each order as to setting, hatching, feeding and general care of the young birds. SPECIAL FOODS: : cH ] also manufacture a full line of special foods for the succesehah raising of young pheasants and wild waterfowl, also for feeding the old birds all the year round; write for prices. WALLACE EVANS GAME FAR\M, St. Charles esl Largest and most successful breeders of pheasants, wild waterfowl, lear etc., in the world. Member of The Game Guild ATTRACT WILD DUCKS They Must Eat They will come hundreds of miles to natural feeding grounds. Examinations made, feeding grounds planned, planting material collected, plantings superintended. Have made many successful plantings all over U. S. and Canada. CLYDE B. TERRELL Specialist on Wild Duck Foods OSHKOSH, WIS. Wild Mallard Eggs for Hatching PROFITS IN FUR FARMING Learn about the wonderful Black Fox Industry which has proven so Profitable EGG B oxes | |" Read the Black Fox Magazine, the only for Shipping paper of its kind in the world. Pheasants & Pouttry SAMPLE COPY FREE. Sub ipti 1.50 ‘ Write for Prices, Stating Quantity. ubscrption,s) Pet eae oN ey ails THE BLACK FOX MAGAZINE The Sun Building 15 Whitehall Street, New York New York More GaME AND FEWER GAME LaAws. In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” Animals & Birds THE GAME BREEDER 125 SANDANONA PHEASANTRY MILLBROOK Dutchess Co. New York P. O. Box 101. We offer for immediate delivery the following vari- ; eties of Pheasants : | Silver, Golden, Ring- comusaeer) Meck, Lady Amherst, China, White, Mongoli- an, Reeves, Swinhoe, Versicolor, Elliott, Impeyan, Soemmering, Manchurian Eared, Pea Cock, Melanotus. Also Wild Turkeys, Japanese Silkies and Longtails, Java, Japanese, Blue, White and Pied Peafowl, Crane, Swan, Man- darins, Formosan Teal, Mallards and other varieties of ducks. Send fifty cents in stamps for colortype catalogue of pheasants and how to raise. CHILES & COMPANY MT. STERLING KENTUCKY Member of The Game Guild Member of The Game Breeders Society 1y;000". LI ELK »>QU AIL: : ue A Lowest Prices Ever Quoted Member of The Game Guild Member of American Game Breeders Society OUR WILD FOWL AND WADERS By D. W. HUNTINGTON $2.00 Post Paid THE GAME BREEDER 150 NASSAU STREET NEW YORK RAISE SOME MALLARDS Eggs For Hatching From Very Fine, High-Grade Flying Birds 100—$25 Setting, 13—$3.50 Satisfied Customers in Every State Order now and insure delivery when you want them. CLYDE B. TERRELL Licensed Game Farm OSHKOSH, WIS. Wild Duck Foods for Planting Member of The Game Guild GAMBELS. DUCKS Perr Ars RES Epa pea MOOSE MOUNTAIN SHEEP SILVER FOXES MINK—MARTIN FISHER And all other varieties Big Illustrated Catalog, 10c Complete Information and Lists Free HORNE’S ZOOLOGICAL ARENA CO. In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: PEAFOWLS CRANES —STORKS HARES — RABBITS SQUIRRELS And all varieties Pet Sock. Get our prices before placing your order. We carry the largest stock on the Continent at all times. = KANSAS CITY, MO. “Yours for More Game.” THE GAME BREEDER ae CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS __ Announcements inserted under this head in small type for 3 cents per word. If displayed in heavy type, 5 cents per word. No advertisement accepted for less Postage stamps accepted in payment. ine THE GAME BREEDER than 30 cents. 150 Nassau Street New York City LIVE GAME FOR SALE—GOLDEN PHEASANTS, FULL plumage, non-related, healthy stock, $11.00 per pair. FRANKLIN J. PITTS, 14 Webster St., Taunton, Mass. FOR SALE, SIX WILD MALLARD DUCKS, 2 drakes and 4 hens, good healthy birds, price $10.00. JAMES DEARMIN, Oakland, Minn. R. R. No.1. PHEASANT AND JAPANESE PHOENIX FOWL Eggs for sale; several varieties. S.V. REEVES, 114 E. Park Ave., Haddonfield, N. J. ; WILD TURKEYS—For prices see display advertisement in this issue. W. J. MACKENSEN, Yardley, Bucks County, Pa. : PHEASANTS — GOLDEN, SILVER, AMHERST, Chinese.—Wild Gezse Wild Ducks. English Beagles — America’s greatest Hunters—bred in the wilds of the Adirondacks—hundreds of acres of range. WILLET RAN DAE: North River, N. Y., Beavermeadow Stock arm WILD MALLARD DUCKS—YEARLINGS, 2 HENS, 1 drake, $3.50. Prompt delivery. Mail draft. (trios only) no limit. BREMAN CO., Danville, 111. BELGIAN HARES FOR SALE, FROM PEDIGREED, prize-winning stock. Satisfaction guaranteed, CLIF- FORD MACKLIN, Kearney, Neb. 23 PHEASANTS, MELANOTUS, AMHERST, REEVES, Goldens, Silvers, Ringnecks, Silkies. TROUT, 126 Kingsbridge Road, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. SIBERIAN FUR FARM, HAMILTON, CANADA; breeds Foxes, Martin, Mink, Skunks, Wild Geese, Ducks,- Pheasants and Black Siberian Hares, Send as cents for Booklet on the latter, PURE BRED WILD WATERFOWL AT FOLLOW. ing prices; Mallards, $3.75 per pair. Pintails, $3.25 per pair. Green Wing Teal, $5.00 per pair. Blue Wing Teal, $3.75 per pair. Also redheads, Gadwalls, Widgeons, Canvasbacks, Spoonbills, at reasonable prices, for propa- gating and scientific purposes. GEORGE J. KLEIN. Ellinwood, Kansas. SAN LORENZO GAME FARM — BREEDER OF all kinds of pheasants; eggs in-season; also birds for sale at all times Visitors welcome. Write for price list. Mrs. S. MATTHIESSEN, San Lorenzo, Alameda Co., California. 7-16 HOYT’S CALIFORNIA PHEASANTRY, PRICE LIST. FRED D. HOYT, Hayward, California, GRAY STAR PHEASANTRY Breeder of all kinds of pheasants. Eggs in season. Pure brand, strong, healthy birds for sale). GIFFORD GRAY, et Ward St., Orange, N. J FOR SALE—Pheasants and eggs. Everything in the pheasant family. Pamphlet with order free. BUCK- WOOD PHEASANTRIES, Dunfield, Warren Co., New Jersey. (z0t) FOR SALE—BUFFALO AND ELK IN CAR LOAD lots or single. Deer, Antelope, Beaver, Mink, Mountain Lion, Pheasants and Game Birds. Eggs in season. KENDRICK PHEASANTRIES, Coronado Building, Denver, Colorado, QUAIL, PARTRIDGES, WILD FOWL, DEER AND | Ontario, Canada, other animals. See display advertisement in thisissue. WM. J. MACKENSEN, Proprietor Pennsylvania Pheas- —_ antry and Game Park. ‘ "i CANADA WILD GEESE AND THEIR GOSLINGS— A-limited number for sale now—the surest way to start breeding this species. We are the oldest and largest breeders of Canadas in this country. Black and White ,~ Swans,Wild Ducks, etc., forsale. WHEALTON WATER ~ FOWL FARMS, Chincoteague Island. Va. ste x PIT GAME FOWL, COCKS, STAGS, HENS AND~ — young trios, best strains, reasonable prices. WALTER FORRISTER, Framingham, Mass. : 3 «bt FOR SALE—GOLDEN PHEASANTS, WRITE FOR priees. FRED GUENTHNER, 1538 Washington Ave., Piqua, Ohio. FOR SALE— FIRST-CLASS BREEDING STOCK, — two year old pinioned Lady Amhersts, Goldens, Ring- ROBINSON BROS., Aldershot, necks, Reeves, Silvers. CHINESE RINGNECK PHEASANTS AND GRAY MALLARD DUCK EGGS. PHEASANT EGGS — $25.00 PER HUNDRED. MALLARD EGGS—$20.00 PER HUNDRED. HEMLOCK FARM, BOX 1011, BRIDGEPORT, CONN. PEAFOWL FOR SALE—FINE PEACOCKS AND hens, no relation. Send 25c. for book on peafow), their care and habits. SHADY BRANCH PLANTATION, ~ Monetta, S.C . > CANADA WILD GEESE. THREE YEARS OLD $10.00 per pair. L E.GALLUP, 2209 Ogden St., Omaha Nebraska. mS PHEASANT EGGS. RINGNECKED $3.0c, GOLDEN $4 50 per dozen, guaranteed fresh fertile. L. E GAL- — LUP, 2209 Ogden St., Omaha, Nebraska. - FOR SALE—SILKIES, COCKS $2.50, HENS $3.00, © Taio, 1 cock, 2 hens, $8.00; one cock and four hens, $10.00, — Matlards—§z.75 per pair, $4.00 per trio, All rugged free range stock. Ringneck Pheasants—$s5.00 per pair. Goldens —full plumage, $10.00 per pair, Goldens—year old, $8.co — per pair. Silvers—full plumage, $15.00 per pair. Silvers—~ year old, $13.00 per pair. LAKE GEORGE GAME FARM, ~ Lake George, N. Y. ~ FOR SALE--6 PAIRS, 2 AND 3 YEAR OLD PEACOCKS, — $15.00a pair, 5 pair Lady Amherst Pheasants, $15.00. 8 pair Goldens, $12,50a pair. 3 pair Reeves Pheasants, $15 oo. 6 pair Mandarin Ducks acclimated, x year, full plumaged, $18.00 a pair. 1 pair Wood Ducks, $18.do, Also full line ; Foreign Birds of song and plumage, J.L.OAKES,Union ~ Stock Yards, Denver, Colorado. ‘ . LIVE GAME WANTED _ PRAIRIE GROUSE WANTED ~ I wish to purchase six pair of prairie grouse, also a ruffed grouse. Will pay a good price for same. Ad- dress READER, care Game Breeder, 150 Nassau St., New York. re eee In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” _ THE GAME BREEDER - 127 NTED—TWO HUNDRED HEN PHEASANTS. lust be healthy and all right in every way. Apply, @ price and particulars,to E. STRONG, James- wn, North Carolina, PHEASANTS WANTED Iam in the market for several hundred pheasants } for immediate delivery. Will pay highest cash pucks for large orsmall lots. J. W.,care Game reeder, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. WANTED — AVIARY OR FANCY PHEASANTS, quail, prairie chickens, mandarin and wood duck, Give full description and prices. ROBERT HUTCHINSON, Littleton, Colorado, at | we WILL PAY TOP MARKET PRICE FOR _ Ruffed Grouse, Prairie Chicken, Columbian Sharp- tailed Grouse, Prairie Sharptailed Grouse, Canadian. Ruffed Grouse, Dusky Grouse. Also for Canvasback, | Bufflehead, Old Squaw, Golden-eye, Ringbill and | Lesser Scaup Ducks. CHILES & CO., Mt, Sterling, Ky. WANTED—WHITE PEAFOWL, EITHER SEX , Pied Peafowl, Soemmerring, Cheer, Hoki and German Peacock Pheasants, Ruffed Grouse, and White Squirrels. iso Swinhoes; state price and number. R. A. CHILES CO., Mt. Sterling, Ky. GAME EGGS PHEASANT EGGS—PER DOZEN, GOLDEN $5.00, _ Ringneck $3.50. One doller deposit now insures early ring delivery. ‘‘Goldbank’’ M B. Turkeys. Big boned, y young toms, $5.00 up. MRS. IVER CHRISTENSON Jamestown, Kan. ILD MALLARD EGGS—FROM FINE, VIGOROUS irdson stream range, Also White Pekin Ducksand Mam- moth Bronze Turkeys at $2.50 per doz., $15,00 per 100, Place order now to insure delivery when season opens, INGERSOLL, Wah-Wah-Taysee Lodge, Buffalo, Minn, EGGS FROM WILD MALLARDS AT $1.50 PER dozen. Birds $1.50 each, Fall will soon be here, E. G. SHOWERS, Onalaska, Wis. ILD MALLARD DUCK EGGS-—$12.00 HUNDRED, no limit. $1.50 Dozen. English Caller Eggs, $3.00 Dozen. Mail draft. BREMAN CO.. Danville Il. FOR SALE— GOLDEN PHEASANT EGGS FROM ‘ne n-related birds. S.H. GARNER, Attleboro, Mass. BANTAM AND PHEASANT EGGS JAPANESE _ Silkies, Buff, White, Black Cochin, Golden Seabright, $2.50 dozen. Chinese Pheasant $3.50. Golden $4, Silver $5. ‘e Mongolian $6. DOTY’S PHBASANTRY. Marmot, egon, ENGLISH RINGNECK PHEASANTS EGGS FOR le—$2.50 a dozen. ISAAC SPENCER, 10 Wayne .. Ipswich, Mass. ~ RINGNECK EGGS $25 PER HUNDRED AND GOL- _den $6.co. per setting of 1 eggs. Young cock birds for sale $3.60each, Mrs, EDGAR TILTON, Suffern, N.Y. BOOKS RL) Fox Hunters, Trappers, Fur Traders, = DOKS— aon iigHerhten: Sportsmen, pers, Prospectors, Fur Farmers, Ginseng and Golden Growers, etc. By A. R. Harding. Price 60 cents THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. R. BOOK DESCRIBES FULLY THE 200 MOST valuable roots, herbs, etc., used in medicine. How to ther and prepare, War Prices and Address of Buyers 8 ee ROOT & HERB COMPANY, West Milan, N. H. «they live in their food, which is bran, “LUMINOUS BODIES,” A VERY INTERESTING and instructive volume, by Charles Hallock. Price, $1.00. Address: Sportsmen’s Review Publishing Co., 15 W. Sixth St., Cincinnati, O. ect “OUR BIG GAME,’ BY D. W. HUNTINGTON, c.ntains portraits and descriptions of all American big game animals. Postpaid $2.00. THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. “OUR WILD FOWL AND WADERS,” BY D. W. Huntington. A practical book on wild duck breeding for sport and for profit. Postpaid $2.00. THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. REARING PHEASANTS IN SMALL ENCLOSURES. Price, 20 Cents. It contains nothing that has not been thoroughly and successfully tried out in actual practice. S. V. REEVES, Haddonfield, N. J. “OUR FEATHERED GAME,” BY D. W. HUNT- ington, contains-portraits of all American game birds and shooting scenes in color. Postpaid $2.00. THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau St., New York. GAMEHKEEPERS HEAD GAMEKEEFPER for small preserve on gentle- man’s private estate, where pheasant raising is a special- ty. Applicant must be qualitied by a successful record. Cottage will be provided a married man. Apply, stating wages required, references, etc.,to ANNA DEAN FARM, Barberton, Ohio. GAMEKEEPER WANTED—MARRIED OR SINGLE. “One who had some experience raising young Pheasants or Wild Duck. Fully state qualifications and wages ex- pected. Room and board furnished. Good positien for right man. JOHN R. ANDERSON, 649 Washington Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, WANTED— HEAD GAMEKEEPER FOR SMALL preserve on a noted private estate. Married man pre- ferred and one that is experienced with pigeons and the production of squabs. Must be thoroughly qualified in every way and have a good record of proven ability. Apply fui to Mr. PULTZ, in care of Game Breeder .150 Nassau St., N. Y. MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT—NEW CAMP ON BAY SHORE, WILD fow] and plover, shooting in season, Inquire of A. KENISTON, Edgartown, Mass, GAME PRESERVE FOR SALE—IN MOUNTAINS, forty-five miles from Denver, 160 acres joining Forest Reserve, heavily timbered, mile of trout stream well stocked water right and reservoir filing, new log house and barn, Fine location for cattle ranch or game park. Deer lentiful in vicinity, scenery unsurpassed, good auto road 8,000,00 property for $3,500.00. J. C. MILES, 1710 Broad- way, Denver, Colorado, * YOUR YOUNG GAME BIRDS NEED INSECT LIFE, and plenty of it. Feed them Meal Worms, the choice, clean, natural insect food. The worms are notrouble, Insect food means life and health for your birds. Why not supply them Meal Worms? 500 at $1.00; 1,000 at $1.50; 5,000 at $5.00; 10,000 at $7.52, All express prepaid east of. or to States bordering the Mississippi River. C. B. KERN, 12 East Main St., Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. REGISTERED AND PEDIGREED BLACK FOXES. RUGGED PUPS BORN IN NATURAL CONDITIONS ON MOUNTAIN RANCH. GUARANTEED TO BREED. EVERY ONE OF OUR EIGHT FEMALES WHELPED THIS SPRING. WRITE FOR RECORDS, BOARSTONE MOUNTAIN FOX RANCH, ONAWA, MAINE. “THE RANCH BRED FOX,” THE BEST BOOK published on Fox farming. Tell§ all about this wonderful industry. Price 25c, postpaid. THE BLACK FOX MAGAZINE, 15 Whitehall St., New York. [n writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” 128 | THE GAME BREEDER > AIREDALE TERRIERS Most Popular Dog to-day because of sterling merit, IDEAL FOR POULTRYMAN, guards birds, kills rats, skunks. INDISPENSABLE IN ORCHARD. PEERLESS WAT. bb f home, family,stock. Easy keeper. 5S D 4 i J L j LESS (used by Allies in trenches), faithful, highly intelligent, a “one man” dog. HIGHLY PROF good bitch earns upward $200 yearly, pups easily reared, readily sold Puppies, grown dogs, bre: from FINEST AIREDALE BLUOD IN WORLD, pedigreed, registered, certified. ATSTUD v Goldsmith, magnificent imported son internationally famous Ch. Crompton Oorahg, fee $15; express biti to Weston, N. J. Safe delivery, honorable dealing, satisfaction guaranteed. Booklet and referenceson VIBERT KENNEL, Box 11a, Weston, N. J. SPLENDID PLAYMATE for children. ABSOLUIEL GSE Ce EPR i DOGS POINTERS, SETTERS, BEAGLES AND RETRIEVERS. Thoroughly broken Pointers, Setters, Beagles and Retrievers for sale. Also thoroughbred registered Chesapeake puppies. Dogs boarded and trained. Telephone 38M, Central Islip. THE HAWTHORNE KENNELS, Central Islip, Long Island, N. Y. Member of the Game Guild. THE BLUE GRASS FARM KENNELS, of Berry, Ky., offer forsale setters and pointers, fox and cat hounds, wolf and deer hounds. Coon and opossum hounds, var- mint and rabbit hounds, bear and lion hounds, also Aire- dale terriers. All dogs shipped on trial, purchaser to judge the quality, satisfaction guaranteed or money re- funded. Sixty page, highly illustrated, instructive and’ interesting catalogue for ten cents in stamps or coin, BREEDERS’ CARDS LIVE GAME, ELK, DEER, WILD Turkeys, Quail, Pheasants, Ducks, and all other game. Eggs in season. See space advertise- ment. W. J. MACKENSEN, Yardley, Pa. Member of the Game Guild. PHEASANTS, PIGEONS AND . EGGS. f, Pheasants, Amherst, Silver, Gold- en, Reeves, Mongolian, Swinhoe, Versicolor, Ringnecks, Cochin Bantams, White King Pigeons. Eggs in Season. BLUE RIBBON POULTRY AND PHEASANT FARM Davenport Neck, Phone 655, New Rochelle, N. Y. Member of the Game Guild. Our Wild Fowl and Waders Practical Book on Duck Breeding for Sport and Profit $2.00 The Game Breeder, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. C. In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” BOOK ON DOG DISEASES| And How to Feed Mailed free to any address by the Author — H. CLAY GLOVER-CO., Inc. The Amateur Trainer By Ed. F. Haberlein i A practical trainer of over 30 years’ experience, whose — system is up to date and stands unequaled. New Edition Just Out. Illustrated. shooter possessed of a little common sense and © patience can train hisown dogsto perfection. _ a Paper cover, $1.00; best full cloth binding and gold embossed, $1.50. Address fen THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau Street, N. Y. The Best Pointers — : Puppies si and Jeon Champion Comanc' Frank, Fishel’s_ Frank ‘and Champion Nichota Write me your wants, pl U. R. FISHEL Box 35 HOPE, IND. TISHEL’S FRANK FOODS WILD DUCKS’ NATURAL FOODS Will attra _ them. These foods collected, examinations made, p) ings planned and See Write for free i mation, CLYDE B. TERRELL, Specialist on the Na’ Foods of Wild Ducks, Dept. Pz, Oshkosh, Wis. ; WILD DUCK FOODS || Wild duck food plants, and seed, Wild Celery, Sago — Pond Weed, Wiigeon grass, Red head grass, Chara and other kinds. oe There are hundreds of thousands of acres of water marshes where these, the best of duck foods, will grow | and hold the game. Write and learn how to do it, | WHITE’S GAME PRESERVE, Waterlily, N. C. | Currituck Sound, i ACORNS An excellent food for deer, pheasants and wild ducks. I can supply acorns by the bushel or in large lots. | Write for prices, including shipping charges W. R. | McLEAN, R. F. D., Eagle Springs, North Carolina. ro. » Mackensen Game Park I carry the largest stock in America of live _ game birds, ornamental birds and quadrupeds. Hungarian Partridges I am prepared to fill the largest orders for these birds and for years I have filled practically all of the large State orders for both Partridges and Pheasants. La Pheasants My Pheasant pens hold thousands of Pheasants and I am prepared to furnish these birds in large numbers to State de- partments, individual breeders and preserves. Wild Duck Mallards, Black Duck, Teal, Wood-Duck, Pintails and other species can be supplied in large numbers at at- tractive prices. Also Mandarins and all other water fowl. Wild Turkeys I am now the largest breeder and dealer in Wild Turkeys and can supply these birds in good numbers to State Departments and preserve owners. Tcarry the largest stock in America of ornamental birds and animals. My ponds now contain nearly 200 best meric Swans of aia aa I have fine lot of the beautiful pink FLAMINGOES and the very large European PELICANS. Also STORKS, CRANES, PEAFOWL, fancy GEESE and DUCKS. My pheasant pens contain over athousand Ringneck and fancy PHEASANTS. All stock is kept under practically natural conditions. I have 60 acres of land entirely devoted to my business. Canalso promptly furnish BUFFALOES, DEER, LLAMAS. RABBITS. etc. Orders booked during summer. I have for years filled practically all the large State Orders and have better facilities for handling large orders than any other firm. @ Write me before buying elsewhere—it will pay you to do so. Your visit solicited. zz I am only 80 miles from New York and 30 miles from Philadelphia ¢ WM. J. MACKENSEN Department V. YARDLEY, BUCKS COUNTY, PA. Member of The Game Guild Do Not Experiment EXPERIENCED GAME BREEDERS KNOW that there are no foods that will give such splendid results as SPRATT’S _| FAMOUS GAME REARING MEALS -|| Nos. 5 and 12 es. a) when fed in conjunction with SPRATT’S CHICGRAIN, which is the best grain food on the market. ; Hunters know of the value of keeping their dogs up to “top-notch” in the matter of health. They also know that this can only be done by judi- AN cious feeding with the best WAV: of biscuits. VW SPRATT’S DOG CAKES are now recognized in all sporting circles as the food par excellence for keeping dogs up to ~ standard fitness. Dogs fed on SPRATT’S FOOD work better, behave better and live longer than those fed on any other diet. Write for samples bee Scpr 25c. for “‘ Pheasant Calture.”” ‘Poultry Culture’” sent on receipt of 10c. and ‘*Dog Culture” on receipt of 2c. stamp. SPRATT’S PATENT LIMITED |} Newark, New Jersey SAN FRANCISCO ST. LOUIS CLEVELAND MONTREAL |} a — ern AUGUST. 1917- THE OBJECT OF THIS MAGAZINE IS TO MAKE NORTH AMERICA THE BIGGEST GAME PRODUCING COUNTRY IN THE WORLD aD PU | {} hs | oT wht Ila OW % Mm | S ltl " al) f aril Ds Hh Dat g ye A HALF-BREED. MASKED QUAIL—BOBWHITE ; This interesting bird, evidently a hybrid or cross between the : - common bobwhite and the black throated or masked quail, was a shot by Mr. H. Herrick, November, 1903, at the Flanders Club, a Long Island, N. Y. The feathers on the neck show the red peculiar to the masked quail and the throat is black in front. The entire white throat area of the bobwhite is replaced by black feathers in the masked quail. Some true masked quail were shot near Manor, i. _ Long Island, N. Y., but unfortunately they were not preserved. The masked quail i is a southwestern species, probably extinct in the United States. The Game Conservation Society proposes to restore it as a sporting bird. Hh Ps eral ~l Val “ ie Nhe NEW YORK CITY U.S.A v3 -7S Me EE_E—EEkE<£{=iri=wr{@r_—E_E_E__w mM tevsemeatl IE THE GAME CONSEBVATION SOCIETY. Inc EY | 2 Eis 4 v For Sale The Boat shown in the above illustration. A Deck Cruiser in good order. Mahogany cabin, and handsomely fitted throughout. I especially wish to dispose of this boat promptly and will sell it at an attractive price. For full particulars and price, address PETER WIEKES Care of THE GAME BREEDER 150 NASSAU STREET NEW YORK THE GAME BREEDER 129 A great trap for hawks , ‘and owls. Specially \ adapted to setting on a pole and unequalled for general trapping for weasels, ‘minks, foxes and other animals. | of the 3 | Ce Destroyer NES No. J Trap _ Made in Five Sizes CATALOGUE FREE Insist on the genuine Jump e Trap. Do not accept an in- - fertor substitute. ONEIDA COMMUNITY, Ltd., - ONEIDA, N. Y. In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” 130 THE GAME BREEDER a & eg % a -@ i MAN usually has to travel a long distance nowadays to get a shot at Big Game. That fact alone should lead him to think deeply before he selects his rifle and ammunition. The Remington*UMC ideal in the high power Big Game Rifle (whether the hand-operated, slide action repeater, or the autoloading model) is that the arm shall be powerful enough for the biggest game found on this continent—that — it shall handle easily—be as comfortable to carry as to shoot ~ —not excessively heavy—free from delicate parts and complications. | This is the doctrine of common sense, and there is not today in the big game field an arm that approaches the Remington UMC Big Game Rifles in wide-spread and 7 | sound popularity. | Both the Remington slide action and autoloading models ~ | ate made in four different calibers—.25 Rem., .30 Rem.” 32 Rem., and .35 Rem. Ask us or your dealer which caliber is best suited for your needs. In ammunition — if you are shooting a Remington UMC Rifle — you will naturally shoot the cartridges made by the same celebrated manufacturers. If your arm is of any other make—Remington UMC cartridges will give you results enough better to be distinctly worth while. Remington UMC cartridges — produced in all calibers and models for every standard rifle, pistol or revolver in the world. Sold everywhere by the leading dealer— the man who features the Red Ball Mark of Remington UMC in his store, the _ Sign of Sportsmen’s Headquarters in every town. The Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Inc. Largest Manufacturers of Firearms and Ammunition in the World Woolworth Building Remington UMC of Canada, Ltd. New York Windsor, Ontario 131 132 . THE GAME BREEDER CONTENTS Survey of the Field—_Quail in Iowa—Quail and Weed Seeds__Insect Reason- a ing—The Quail a Food Bird—The Quail and the Farmer—Something for ~ Sentimentalists and Fanatics—_Our Feathered Game in Idaho_A Message ~ | to the Hercules Powder Co...Wake Up, Idaho! Wake Up!_-Game Ranch-_ ing in New Mexico_Legal to Breed and Sell Big Game_An Inquiry About) Woodcock_Jack Rabbits and Others_Game Farming in the West— us q Trapshooting Club Handbook__A Game Guild Resolution. Quail and Partridge Breeding for Sport and fer Profit, D. W. Handaatone * Breeding Amhersts, Golden and Ringnecks - - - Wm. Snyder The Blackhead Disease - - Contribution R. I. Experiment Station — Notes from the Game Farms and Preserves - - By Our Readers Game Breeding Experiments—Brook Trout for Japan__More Owls in ~ British Columbia_A New Game Farm_—Feeding Old Pheasants—Quail ~ and Beans—Pheasants a Dog and a Trap__New Game Breeding States_ Wild Cats and the Proper Remedy—Game Wanted and For Sale eee F Busy—Good Work—The Right Idea. . Editorials__Food Producing Patriotic__Farms ana Laws_Nature’s Bal- : ,ance__Good Advice. 4 Testimonials, Correspondence, Trade Notes, Etc. To THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau Street, New York. Please send me THE GAME BREEDER, for "one year. ie $1.00 enclosed. oe E Name dia ilne elaine ace 9080) afe] ale) euede joa ehalle/ oe ci els nuekadalele fone eee haar ‘ Street. 6. cena, veep e nee ole le ole cael nh rr | CHOY bie Eee a cianee ces ole wieielay aaleapene de ioe he eee err ; State Oe eee | eUele ofa: 0 6) we) 6) axelee + (exes be). \s\\e\s) 8) \6 ele ue)! eis)» sks) e)a//n > bsielinli ele iallianelennianete N. B.—Write Name and Street Address plainly and state if you wish back numbers of the magazine to the first of the year. The Game Breeder Published Monthly. Entered as second-class matter, July 9, 1915, at the Post Office, New YorkiCity, New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879. VOLUME XI : AUGUST, 1917 NUMBER{ 5 <=p) SURVEY OF Quail in Iowa. FE. C. Hinshaw, the fish and game warden of Iowa, says, “The prospects are that a large number of quail will be raised. Quail are quite plentiful where conditions are favorable, but unless the natural cover is to be had they do not live through an ordinary winter,’ but where they do have the proper cover they will live through all except the ex- treme winters. By providing feed and shelter we have saved thousands of quail from starving and freezing. « A fat quail that has good shelter seldom dies from cold. It is the quail that have not had proper feed, get poor and - lose their Vitality that die.” . Quail and Weed Seeds. Mr. Hinshaw says, “After. years of study and thousands upon thousands of _ quail have been killed for the purpose of examination, we find that they de- stroy eighty-five different weed seeds. Rag weed and pig weed are among those that the quail destroy in large numbers. Also large numbers of insects, all of which are true statements and are the actual findings by those who have made the examinations, but now comes the ex- aggeration. A ten cent piece is made to look like from $5 to $25, according to some of the learned experts, and right here is where some of our progressive farmers and thinking men do some fig- uring of their own. They take the num- = ber of pig weed seed, for instance, that _ a quail destroys; they divide the number of seeds that one plant will produce and they find that a single pig weed plant will furnish feed for a quail several THE FIELD. days, then they take the number of quail that it would take to make a noticeable difference in weeds on their. farm and find that it would require an unthinkable number to do the same amount of weed destruction that a dollar’s worth of cul- tivation would do.” ; : Insect Reasoning. “Then the insect question comes in for some reasoning. There are those who remember the early days when the birds had not been destroyed by any unnatural cause, and the early settlers were driven out by the grasshoppers, the locust, etc. Then as the country finally settled up the birds commenced to disappear and also the grasshoppers and other insects. Then what does it all mean? It simply means this, that the birds do destroy, but in .such small numbers in proportion to the number of insects in existence that the decrease in birds has no noticeable effect on insect life, and there are other rea- sons, many of which we cannot explain here for want of space. A few will suffice. “The world was created on the plan of the survival of the fittest, which is ° practically true of all living things. Bug and insect life prey upon the smaller and weaker. What has this to do with quail > It has this, the bugs and beetles found in the quail’s crop would have destroyed thousands of small insects had the quail not destroyed them.” The Quail a Food Bird. The Iowa warden well says, “No, the quail should not be taken from the game y 134 ‘ bird class. The law now provides that the land owner can protect them if he so desires.” The Quail and the Farmer. Iowa now has a good game breeders’ law permitting the profitable breeding of quail and other game. It is,an easy _ matter for those who wish to do so to have an abundance of quail for sport or for profit. The quail under this law add materially to the value of any farm when they are properly looked after. \ The farmer who will breed quail in protected fields will find the birds not only useful but valuable. There are a number of shooting clubs in Iowa which have quail. To prohibit quail shooting and quail breeding for profit will decrease the value of the farms since a farm where a valu- able food crop cannot be produced is not worth as much as one where it is legal to have the birds to eat, to shoot and to sell. It is pure mischief making to enact laws making it not worth while to look after such valuable food birds. They require some attention, but a very little care and feeding, if proper covers are planted, will keep the birds plentiful although thousands be shot and eaten every season. The farmers of lowa should insist upon their right to produce quail. Those who do so will have a valuable food for themselves and for others. The shooting clubs which have quail should insist on their right to pro- duce and shoot the most desirable food - bird. - -year. Sport has nothing to gain by laws prohibiting quail shooting and the farm- ers in many states now derive a good in- come from quail and should not be pre- vented from so doing. Recently the quail clubs on Long Island put an end to the nonsense of those who do not seem to know that game easily is made plentiful when it pays to do so and that laws preventing a food producing industry are worse than nonsensical. The Game Conservation Society gives prizes of live quail to those who write the best stories about game breeding. One of these prizes went to Iowa last Should the owner of the birds who THE GAME BREEDER will breed them for profit be sereced a and fined for such industry? Nonsense! Nonsense! Nonsense! oa Hundreds of thousands of dollars were a sent abroad every year (until the. war to foreign game — ended the industry), 4 farmers. About $100,000 worth of quail were imported from Mexico by members of the Game Conservation Society last year. They would prefer to send the money to American farmers. The Society will send no quail as prizes to states where it 1S 7a, €ummen tome - produce the a © food profitably. 1 Something for Sentimentalists and Fanatics. a The Iowa warden says, “There are a few who still advocate the indefinite protection of the quail. This agitation does not come so much from people who have personally investigated the ques- — tion as it does from those who are still ~ willing to quote some sentimentalists or fanatics who have allowed their preju- dice to carry their statements so far be- yond reasonable facts that no person who would give the subject serious thought would care to be quoted as up- holding such unreasonable statements.” You are quite right, Warden. Noone ~ but a D fool would prevent the pro- | duction of quail. Our Feathered Game in Idaho. e A writer of Twin Falls, Idaho, in Forest and Stream gives the following — account of upland shooting in Southern ~ Idaho: “Hunting mostly to feathered game. in Southern Idaho is confined — There are usually — plenty of sage hens in the vast sage brush ~ lands. The hard winter has greatly lessened their numbers, however, and unless something happens contrary to expectations now, sage hens will not be overly plentiful. THERE Is NO OPEN SEASON. “a “Pheasants are here in great numbers but — NO SHOOTING IS ALLOWED now in Twin Falls County. There is NO OPEN SEASON FOR quail — in Idaho this year. These are the main birds ~ here in Twin Falls County.” } The writer of the foregoing, rosy ac- — count of the upland shooting possibili- — ties in Idaho simply seems to report the © oe = ot _S = THE GAME BREEDER - facts as a matter of course, and Forest and Stream publishes the report without comment. Who can expect to sell guns, ammunition or bird dogs in Idaho? We hardly realized that the effect of pro- tection had proceeded so far to the west- ward. Idaho needs some first-class game ranches where game is kept plentiful for sport and for profit. It needs some noisy refuges where a few thousand game birds are shot every season to pre- vent an over abundance. We have just discovered that The Game Breeder only has a very few readers in Idaho. We will soon look after this benighted region. A Message to the Hercules Powder Co. Please send a lot of your booklets on Game Farming to Idaho and convert the natives, as you have in some other states. No one possibly can be damaged by game farming, game abundance and lively shooting in a land where “there is no open season for grouse;” “no shoot- ing is allowed” at pheasants; “there is no open season for quail’? and where these are the “main birds.” Very good birds they are, to be sure, both for sport and for food. Why is such quiet neces- _ sary? Wake Up, Idaho! Wake Up! Listen to the pleasing noise in the states where game breeding is permitted and where the shooting is becoming lively. We suggest that you send committees of the House and Senate to visit The Game Breeder. We will plan some ex- cursions to nearby places where they can see thousands of birds shot safely every season. Many are marketed as food. If they can spare the time we can let them see a thousand quail safely shot in a week. Game Ranching in New Mexico. Ranches for the profitable breeding of all species of game soon will be very - numerous in New Mexico, no doubt. The _ state has a most capable game warden, who says, “This department is now en- — 135 couraging in every manner possible the propagation of game by such ranches or game preserves, by issuing upon the pay- ment of a nominal sum, a permit for a number of years.” One of the game ranches now has a large herd of antelope probably the larg- est herd of these animals, within a fence, in the United States. Another has about 300 antelope and there are smaller pre- serves having from 25 to 75 antelope. A number of game farms have an abun- dance of small game. —_—_—_—_—_e—____—_— Legal to Breed and Sell Big Game. The laws of this state (Wyoming), permit the breeding of game, including elk, deer, antelope and mountain sheep, by compliance with the following: A resident of this state can secure a per- mit from State Game Warden for the capture of the above animals, the capture of these animals to be done under the supervision of a game warden, the permit holder being required to pay such war- den the sum of $3.00 per day for actual time employed. Game animals so cap- tured can not be sold or shipped out of this state, or killed, for a period of five years from date of capture; however, the permit holder is entitled to the natural increase therein. After the expiration of five years, the animals captured under the permit become the property of the permit holder and he is authorized to dispose of same as he or she sees fit. With reference to fish culture, fish may be raised in this state and sold or disposed of for food purposes, no ii- cense being required. However, such . business must be carried on in private waters. I remain, NaTeE P. WILson, State Game Warden. An Inquiry About Woodcock. Sir :-— The Bureau of Biological Survey has received many conflicting statements concerning the present status of wood- cock, some claiming that the bird has increased, others that it has decreased. ee 136 . THE GAME BREEDER As the woodcook is a migratory bird the Bureau of Biological Survey desires to secure as definite information as possible concerning its numbers with a view prop- erly to protect it under any regulations that may appear to be necessary. With this purpose in view I shall be pleased to have your reply to the following queries: 1. Has there been an increase or de- crease of woodcock in your vicinity dur- ing the past several years? 2. Does the woodcock breed in your vicinity ? 3. What is your estimate of the num- ber of woodcock killed in your vicinity during the past year? Please state the area covered by this estimate. 4. Do you believe the species is threat- ened with extinction? 5. Do you advise protection of wood- cock by a close season for a term of years? Any other suggestions you may wish to make regarding woodcock will be ap- preciated. Thanking you for any information you may be able to furnish in this mat- ter and with full appreciation of your co-operation, I am, Very truly yours, E. W. NELson, Chief, Biological Survey. Jack Rabbits and Others. ‘Field and Stream concludes the ad- vertisement of Chiles & Co., Mt. Ster- ling, Ky., thus: “Jack rabbits and other varieties of ducks.” This is almost as funny as the recent error in The Game Breeder when a reader was made to say shooting “our” decoys instead of shoot- ing Over decoys. As Josh Billings wise- ly remarked, “It is human to error.” Game Eins in the West: It is most fortunate that the people of. some of the western states where game is still fairly plentiful, are awake and that capable game officers see that the extinc- tion of game, especially the grouse of the open country and quail, is sure to occur if these birds-are not properly | after on many game farms. There very good reason for not enacting laws — prohibiting grouse and quail shooting — since laws surely will prevent quail and — grouse production. No one can be ex-— pected to look after the game if all in-— centives to do so be removed. Quail and grouse are highly desirable foods. There — is no possible reason why the people should not have grouse ranches and quail ranches just as they now have wild duck and pheasant ranches and game breeding associations where the desirable food is produced abundantly. The Game Breeder takes a great interest in the new places. From 25 to 50 are started each month. This estimate is based on the number of new members of the Game a tion Society, who are active or who are surely starting. ¢ “a A tape Club Handbook. — The Du Pont Powder Company, Wil- mington, Delaware, has issued a most interesting and instructive book with the above title, which describes fully the or- — ganization, equipment and management of trap-shooting clubs. The book is il- lustrated with photographs of trap-shoot- ing grounds, appliances, score books, squad sheets, cashier and bulletin sheets, — etc. There is an immense amount of useful information about the various kinds of clubs and the shoots including the Grand American Handicap. Since many of the game shooting clubs and most of the individual game preserves in the United States and Canada have traps and trap shooting our readers will be interested in knowing all about The Sport Alluring.” q A resolution has been offered and is pending in the Game Guild Committee which will require advertisers to make good in every case where eggs turn out badly provided it appears that the eggs shipped were not laid. on the place ad- vertised. ,! 4 Nom is the time to advertise game birds for fall delivery. aa 4 THE GAME BREEDER 137 QUAIL AND PARTRIDGE BREEDING FOR. SPORT AND FOR PROFIT. By By W. HUNTINGTON. BAR TAI. Quail Foods. ~The quail preserver should know much about the natural foods for quail, both ‘those which should not be de- Stroyed and those which can be planted to advantage. Quail eat a great variety of food and are said to be one of our most nearly omnivorous species. The greater the variety and abundance of the foods the easier it will be to make the birds plentiful and to hold them on the preserved area. Since they eat different foods at different seasons of the year, it is desirable to have, at least, some of the many foods suitable for each season. In winter, for example, it is important, in the northern states, to have foods which can be taken above the snow. Quail thrive on the hips of wild roses; the berries of the dwarf and the stag- horn sumac; the rag weeds and many other weeds which present food above the snow. Sun-flowers and the tall black berries will furnish food late in the sea- son and these foods should be preserved where they occur or be introduced where they have been extirpated. Quail eat all kinds of grain; wheat, buckwheat, corn, Tye and millet are probably the most de- sirable, and ‘small areas planted with these grains, which should be left stand- ing, will hold the birds in safe places where it is desirable to have them. Weed seeds, like insects, often are Over-abundant on the farms, but, as I have said, often they are plowed under On vast areas at times when the quail need them most. Many weeds should be permitted to grow on areas set aside or the quail and at the sides of the ditches and fences at least. The quail is pre-eminently a seed eater and 52.83 per cent. of its annual. food is the seeds bf plants belonging to the general cate- ory of weeds.* Over sixty species are known to be eaten. Among the favor- ite seeds listed are rag weed, button weed, sunflower, bastard pen royal, witch grass, partridge ‘pea, fox tail grass, smart weed and morning glory. The small seeds, especially those of legu- minous plants seem to be especially at- tractive and it is, of course, an’ easy mat- ter to preserve some of them in places where it is deemed worth while to have quail. Insects are so plentiful on many farms that it would hardly seem to be necessary to mention this important part of the quail’s bill of fare. There are places in the mountains, however, and elsewhere in dry seasons, where insects are scarce, at times, and insects seem to be neces- sary to the birds’ existence. A study of the insect food of bobwhite indicates that over one hundred insects are eaten. Dr. Judd says that insects appeared from his investigations to form 15.05 per cent. of the entire food for the year.* The more important insects eaten are numer- ous species of: beetles, including the po- tato beetle, cucumber beetle, squash lady bug and others found in the gar- dens, and many found in grain and grass fields; other insects are grass- hoppers, bugs, caterpillars and spiders. Different plants have different insects and a variety of planting will, of course, produce a variety of insects. The food of young quails consists largely of in- sects and this part of the bill of fare is especially important on this account. Green foods, lettuce, clovers, grass, etc., .*S. I. Judd, Bulletin on Bobwhite and other Quails of the United States. ; *Millet undoubtedly is eaten but for some reason I have seldom found quail in millet fields. Wheat and buckwheat stubbles, full of rag weeds, seem to be the most attractive fall feeding grounds. a Cae! “Eat more am game,” also and win the war. There is ~ something doing in this line on a large ~ scale by members of the Game Conserva- , ) THE GAME BREEDER 153 P LOOK ON THE TOP WAD FOR “NFALLIBLE”’ OR “E. GC.” HERCULES © Pee aay Bact ns Sou WNW ; LUTE Ee LE Se yee he || Beters HIGH GUN. TARGET emingto: Ror Bgeor ARROW NITRO CLUB SELBY LOADS CHALLENGE SUPERIOR 62 BLACK SHELLS // AJAX CLIMAX ~ | WINCHESTER REPEATER LEADER ‘ders, Infallibleand ‘‘E.C.’ Infallible or \*. form» quality patterns, and high velocity. 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See that it is either O27. ‘These powders are of- high quality and uni- They give light recoil, even Write fora free booklet which describes them fully. i» HERCULES POWDER CO. fa 1063 Market Street Wilmington Delaware 154 THE GAME BREEDER RIVER LAWN GAME FARM 1000 Pheasants 600 Mallards My pheasants are raised on free range and will make very hardy brood stock. The ducks are very strong on the wing. Write for prices and particulars. RIVER LAWN GAME FARM RALPH H. SIDWAY +e! b 210. Franklin Street BUFFALO, N.Y. e Land for Game Preseree and Couns House Near New York For Sale. About three hundred acres on the Mianus River in Greenwich, Conn., may be purchased ~ at present for one thousand dollars per acre. Suitable for a magnificent country house site, with surrounding forest like that of English estates. A mile of beautiful trout stream and a newly made lake of several acres on the place. Owner will not divide the tract. Its peculiar value rests in the combination of forest, cliffs and stream in a tract of this size so near to New York and to the social centers of Greenwich and Stamford. Deer and many other wild animals and birds now on the place. Address Advertising Department, The Game Breeder, 150 Nassau Street, New York City SANDANONA PHEASANTRY | Millbrook, Dutchess Co., New York We are the New York State Agents for Mclihenny’s Pheasant and Duck Feeds THE BEST AND LOWEST PRICED GAME FOOD ON THE MARKET Write for Sample and Prices Get Results and CUT DOWN AT ONCE Your Feed Bill | HASLETT’ S | HA-FEVR- aR INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS A SPEEDY RELIEF TO HAY-FEVER SUFFERERS Pees laa Miata ea a aia Send 10 Cents for Sample, etc. $2.00 per Bottle. In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” THE GAME BREEDER Don't Miss Trapstootng’s Biggest Event August 20th to 25th All aboard for Chicago—the 18th Annual Grand American Handicap — trapshooting’s greatest classic. Clean up your gun—get OU eye in trim—and pit your skill against the Country's “cracks.” Win the Nation’s shooting honors and the handsome trophies that go with them. At this year’s biggest and best event Conditions Will Be Ideal The tournament will be held on the spacious grounds of the South Shore Country Club—Chicago’s million dollar club house. Sixteen traps will spring the elusive targets into a perfect back- ground—over the blue-green waters of Lake Michigan. Get Ready Now Make up your mind to go—then go/ You'll get five days of the cleanest, keenest sport you ever had and five evenings amid perfect hotel accommodations and the unlimited hospitality and entertainment of Chicago. It’s a trip that’s a treat. Write Today for Particulars Address E. Reed Shaner, Secretary Interstate Association, 319 Coltart Avenue, Pittsburgh, or Sporting Powder Division E.I.DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. WILMINGTON - - - - DELAWARE 156 a THE GAME BREEDER f. PHEASANTS | A superb lot of Golden, Silver and Amherst Pheasants, just right for breeding this. spring ‘and summer. PHEASANT EGGS: I am now also booking orders for eggs of the following varieties; Mongolian, Ringneck, Chinese, Golden, Silver, Lady Amherst and Reeves. WILD DUCK EGGS: ; Wood Duck, Mallard and Gray Call Duck Eggs, All the eggs I ship are guaranteed to be from non-related, pure bred, strong, healthy birds, cor- rectly mated: all eggs are guaranteed not over three days old when they leave my farm. Fullinstructions given with each order as to setting, hatchiog, feeding and general care of the young birds. SPECIAL FOODS: I also manufacture a full line of special foods for the successful raising - of young pheasants and wild waterfowl, also for feeding the es birds — all the year round; write for prices WALLACE EVANS GAME FARM, St. Charles Il. Largest and mest successful breeders of pheasants, wild waterfowl, eet etc., in the world. Member of The Game Guild a ee Ra FS. ee SAFE GUARD Your Purchase of Game Birds by Buying from Members of The American Game Breeders’ Society v ee _ PROFITS IN FUR FARMING | Learn about the wonderful Black Fox — Industry which has proven so prone | to breeders. | Organized to Protect the Buying Public Read the Black Fox Magazine; the only | paper of its kind in the world. | SAMPLE COPY FREE. Address E. A. QUARLES, Sec’y Subscription $1.50 per year. 233 Broadway, New York City THE BLACK FOX MAGAZINE ‘Telephone, Barclay 7730, © | 4 ..~. -15 Whitehall Street, New York -In wiiting to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” P. o. Box 101. We offer for immediate delivery the following vari- eties of Pheasants : | Silver, Golden, Ring- neck, Lady Amherst, China, White, Mongoli- an, Reeves, Swinhoe, Versicolor, Elliott, _Impeyan, Soemmering, Manchurian } Eared, Pea Cock, Melanotus. Also - Wild Turkeys, Japanese Silkies and | Longtails, Java, Japanese, Blue, White | and Pied Peafowl, Crane, Swan, Man- _ darins, Formosan Teal, Mallards and other varieties of ducks, also Jack Rabbits. Send fifty cents in stamps for colortype catalogue of pheasants and how to raise. CHILES & COMPANY MT. STERLING KENTUCKY ‘ Member of The Game Guild Member of The Game Breeders Society 10, Jub ELK DEER BUFFALO MOOSE MOUNTAIN SHEEP SILVER FOXES MINK—MARTIN FISHER And all other varieties | Animals & Birds ‘A writing to THE GAME BREEDER | "Specialist on Wild Duck Foods Lowest Prices Ever Quoted Big Illustrated Catalog, 10c Complete Information and Lists Free HORNE’S ZOOLOGICAL ARENA CO. advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: 157 SANDANONA PHEASANTRY MILLBROOK Dutchess Co. New York Phiieck Pheasants for Fall Delivery. Write for Prices and Information: Member of The Game Guild Member of American Game Breeders Society ATTRACT WILD DUCKS They Must Eat They will come hundreds of miles to natural feeding grounds. Examinations made, feeding grounds planned, planting material collected, plantings superintended. Have made many successful plantings all over U. S. and Canada. CLYDE B. TERRELL OSHKOSH, WIS. Wild Mallard Eggs for Hatching in Season Member of The Game Guild, oe ee GAMBELS DUCKS GEESE PHEASANTS PEAFOWLS CRANES —STORKS HARES — RABBITS SQUIRRELS And all varieties Pet S ock. Get our prices before placing your order. We carry the largest stock on the Continent at all times. = KANSAS CITY, MO. “Yours tor More Game.” 158 THE GAME BREEDER CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Announcements inserted under this head in small type for 3 cents per ipod If displayed in heavy type, 5 cents per word. No advertisement accepted for Jess a, than 30 cents. Postage stamps accepted in payment. i THE GAME BREEDER 150 Nassau Street New York City | LIVE GAME ; PHEASANTS — ENTIRE BREEDING SIOCK OF Golden, Silver, Amherst, Ringneck and Chinese, Rare bargain to close. BEAVERMEADOW STOCK FARM, North River, New York. 150 HEAD CANADIAN WILD GEESE FOR FALL delivery at $5.00 each, The only sure way of getting started with Canada geese, Mallards and black duck. ALBERT N. FROOM, Box 82, New Holland, North arolina. WILD TURKEYS—For prices see display advertisement in this issue. W. J. MACKENSEN, Yardley, Bucks County, Pa. PHEASANTS— GOLDEN, SILVER, AMHERST, Chinese.—Wild Ge«se — Wild Ducks, English Beagles America’s greatest Hunters—bred in the wilds of the Adirondacks—hundreds of acres of range. WILLET Rabe North River, N. Y., Beavermeadow Stock arm? FOR SALE—THBREE PAIR WOOD-DUCKS TWO years old. One pair Canadian Geese three years old that raised a flock of goslings this year, GLENN CHAP- MAN, Midway, Conn. BELGIAN HARES FOR SALE, FROM PEDIGREED, prize-winning stock, Satisfaction guaranteed. CLIF- FORD MACKLIN, Kearney, Neb. 22 MALLARDS AND BLACK DUCKs For Sale—Mal ard and Black Ducks, good flyers, $1.50 each, ALBERT F. HOLMES, 8 "Bosworth Street, Boston, Mass. SIBERIAN FUR FARM, HAMILTON, CANADA: breeds Foxes. Martin, Mink, Skunks, Wild Geese, Ducks. Pheasants and Black Siberian Hares. Send 25 cents for Booklet on the latter. ‘ PURE BRED WILD WATERFOWL AT FOLLOW. ing prices: Mallards, $3.75 per pair. Pintails, 43 25 per pair. Green Wing Teal, $5.00 per pair. Blue Wis g Teal, $3 75 per pair. Also "redheads, Gadwalls, Widgeons, Canvasbacks, Spoonbills, at reasonable prices, for propa- gating and scientific purposes. GEORGE J. KLEIN. Ellinwood, Kansas. SAN LORENZO GAME FARM — BREEDER OF all kinds of pheasants; eggs in season; also birds | for sale at alltimes Visitors welcome. Write for price list». Mrs. S. MATTHIESSEN, San Lorenzo, Alameda Co., California. 7-16 HOYT’S CALIFORNIA PHEASANTRY, PRICE LIST. FRED D. HOYT, Hayward, California. "GRAY STAR PHEASANTRY Breeder of all kinds of pheasants. Eggs in season. Pure brand; strong, healthy birds for sale: GIFFORD GRAY, 21 Ward St., Orange, N.J FOR SALE—Pheasants and eggs. Everything im-the pheasant family. Pamphlet with order free. BUCK- WOOD PHEASANTRIES, Dunfield,; Warren Co., New Jersey. ie _ (aot) ~WANTED—TWO HUNDRED.,HEN PHEASANTS, PHEASANTS AND WILD TURKEYS For Sale —250 pinioned Ringneck hens, 50 cocks, tg15 birds, extra fine for breeders, immeuiate delivers, "| I00O 1917 hens full wing or pinioned, 1500 1917 cocks full wing or pinioned. ~ 100 wild turkeys, October de- livery, These birds are reared on virgin soil and are | ~ vigorous ard healthy. PORTAGE HEIGHTS | © GAME FARM, Akron, Ohio. Bo QUAIL, PARTRIDGES, WILD FOWL, DEER AND other animals. See display advertisement in this issue. WM. J MACKENSEN, Proprietor Pennsylvania Pheas- ~ antry and Game Park. . CANADA WILD GEESE AND THEIR GOSLINGS_ A limited number for sale now—the surest way to start © breeding this species. We are the oldest and largest © breeders of Canadas 1n this country. Black and White Swans,Wild Ducks, etc, forsale. WHEALTON Vee FOWL FARMS, Chincoteague Island. Va. FOR SALE—GOLDEN PHEASANTS, WRITE FOR | priees. FRED GUENTHNER, 1538 Washington Ave. Piqua, Ohio. | WE HAVE A VERY CHOICE LOT OF MATURE» Golden and Silver Pheasants for sale. Ringnecks in — large numbers for breeding or stocking. Special re- duction in price if ordered at once. Con tesanganes soli- cited, Address DAISY FARM, or H. C. CUTTING, San Lorenzo, California, PEAFOWL FOR SALE—FINE PEACOCKS AND hens, ro re'ation. Send 2sc, for book on peafowl). their ~ care and habits. ‘SHADY pe PLAN TATION, : Monetta,S C ' ———e CANADA WILD GEESE. THREE YEARS OLD — $10.00 per pair. L E. GALLUP, 2200 Ggden St., Omaha Nebraska FOR SALE—SILKIES. COCKS $2.50, HENS me 00, Trio, 1 cock, 2 hens, $8.00; one cock and four hens, $10.00. q Matlards—*2 75 per pair, $4. cooper trio, All rugged free range stock, Ringneck Pheasants—$5.00 per pair. Goldens — —full plumage, $10.00 per pair. Goldens—year old, $8.co ~ per pair, . Silvers—full plumage, $15.00 ner pair, Silvers— year old, $13.00 per pair. LAKE (GEORGE GAME FARM, © Lake George, IN AWS { FOR SALE--6 PAIRS, 2 AND 3 YEAR OLD PEACOCKS, ~ $15.00a pair. 5 pair ‘Lady Amherst Pheasants, $15.00, 8 } pair Goldens, $12.50a pair.. 3 pair Reeves Pheasants, $15 00, 6 pair’ Mandarin: Ducks acclimated, x year, full plumaged, $x8.co a pair.. 1 pair Wood. Ducks, $18.00. Also full mea 4 Foreign Birds of song and plumage, J L, OAKES, Union Stock Yards, Denver, Colorado, LIVE GAME WANTED PRAIRIE GROUSE WANTED 1 wish to purchase oie ‘pair of prairie grouse, “also’a ruffed grouse Will pay a: good price for same. Ad- | ~ dress READER, care ( Game Breeder 150 Nassau St., New York. Must be healthy. and all right in everv way. Apply, giving .price-and particulars, to E. STRONG, James- — town, North. Carolina, ee é In writing to advertisers please mention. The Game Breeder or Dieevoue ‘letters:- “Yours for’ More Game.” THE GAME BREEDER 159 PHEASANTS WANTED Iam in the market for several hundred pheasants Will pay highest cash W., care Game for immediate delivery. prices for large or small lots. J. Breeder, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. WANTED—100 OR 150 YOUNG MALLARD DUCKS. __ Must be good clear stock. The younger the better. SCARBORO BEACH GAME FARM, Scarboro, Maine. PHEASANTS WANTED. Between two and three hundred field grown young “ringnecks for breeding purposes. In application particulars please quote prices for pairs, trios, and cocks and hens separately in such quantity for Fall or Winter delivery. Address A. M., care of Game Breeder, 150 Nassau Street, New York, ‘Ss WANTED—WHITE PEAFOWL, EITHER SEX, Pied Peafowl, Soemmerring, Cheer, Hoki and German Peacock Pheasants, Ruffed Grouse, and White Squirrels. Also Swinhoes; state price and number. R.A. CHII.ES & CO., Mt. Sterling, Ky. GAME EGGS EGGS FROM , WILD MALLARDS AT §$1z.50 PER dozen. Birds $1.50 each. Fall will soon be here. E. G. SHOWERS, Onalaska, Wis. WILD MALLARD DUCK EGGS—$12.00 HUNDRED, no limit, $1.50 Dozen. English Caller Eggs, $3.00 Dozen. Mail draft. BREMAN CO.. Danville Ill. BANTAM AND PHEASANT EGGS JAPANESE Silkies, Buff, White, Black Cochin, Golden Seabright, $2.50 dozen. Chinese Pheasant $3.50 Golden $4, Silver $5. Ree Mongolian $6. DOTY’S PHEASANTRY, Marmot, regon, ‘ FOODS WILD DUCKS’ NATURAL FOODS Will attract _ them, These foods collected, examinations made, plant- ings planned and Se .- Write for free infor- mation. CLYDE B. TERRELL, Specialist on the Natural Foods of Wild Ducks, Dept. P1, Oshkosh, Wis. WILD DUCK FOODS Wild duck food plants, and seed, Wild Celery, Sago | Pond Weed, Widgeon grass, Red head grass, Chara | and other kinds. : : ‘| There are hundreds of thousands of acres of water | marshes where these, the best of duck foods, will grow | and hold the game. Write and learn how to do it, WHITE’S GAME PRESERVE, Waterlily, N. C. Currituck Sound, ’ ACORNS _| An excellent food for deer, pheasants and wild ducks. I can supply acorns by the bushel or in large lots. _| Write for prices, including shipping charges. W. R. McLEAN, R. F. D., Eagle Springs, North Carolina, 7 BOOKS 1 Fox Hunters, Tra Fur T ma i ppers, Fur Traders, BOOKS Taxidermists, Fishermen, Sportsmen, Campers, Prospectors, Fur Farmers, Ginseng and Golden Seal Growers, etc. By A. R. Harding. Price 60 cents each. THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau St, N. Y. OUR BOOK DESCRIBES FULLY THE 200 MOST valuable roots, herbs, etc., used in medicine, How to ather and prepare, War Prices and Address of Buyers ped: ay zoc. ROOT & HERB COMPANY, West n,N. i, nm writing to advertisers please mention The Game B-eeder or sign your letters “LUMINOUS BODIES,’ A VERY INTERESTING and instructive volume, by Charles Hallock. Price, $1.00. Address: Sportsmen’s Review Publishing Co., 15 W. Sixth St., Cincinnati, O. “OUR BIG GAME,’ BY D. W. HUNTINGTON, € ntains portraits and descriptions of all American big gameanimals Postpaid $2.00. THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. “OUR WILD FOWL AND WADERS.” BY D. W. Huntington. A practical book on wild duck breeding for sport and for profit. Postpaid $2.00. THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. ‘ REARING PHEASANTS IN SMALL ENCLOSURES. Price, 20 Cents. It contains nothing that has not been thoroughly and successfully tried out in actual practice. S. V. REEVES, Haddonfield, N. J. “OUR FEATHERED GAME,” BY D. W. HUNT- ington, contains portraits of all American game birds and shooting scenes in color. Postpaid $2.00. THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau St., New York. GAMEKEEPERS HEAD GAMEKEEPER for small preserve on gentle- man’s private estate, where pheasant raising is a special- ty. Applicant must be qualified by a successful record, Cottage will be provided a married man. Apply, stating ~ wages required, references, etc.,to ANNA DEAN FARM Barberton, Ohio, POSITION WANTED: AS MY CONTRACT TERMI- nates soon, I am open for position, tor the com ng, season, rearing pheasants, ducks, turkeys, quail, etc. Have had thirty years experience. Am at present em- ployed by the Portage Heights Game Farm, Akron, Ohio, Can refer you to them or you can come and see for your- self. Expert on vermin trapping,etc. Address, JOHN BRETT, Portage Heights Game Farm, North Portage Path, Akron, Ohio, — MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT—NEW CAMP ON BAY SHORE, WILD fow] and plover, shooting in season. Inquire of A. KENISTON, Edgartown, Mass. GAME PRESERVE FOR SALE—IN MOUNTAINS, forty-five miles from Denver, 160 acres joining Forest Reserve, heavily timbered, mile of trout stream well stocked water right and reservoir filing, new log house and barn. Fine location for cattle ranch or game park. Deer plentiful in vicinity, scenery unsurpassed, good auto road $8,000,00 property for $3,500.00. J.C. MILES, 1710 Broad- way, Denver, Colorado, YOUR YOUNG GAME BIRDS NEED INSECT LIFE and plenty of it. Feed them Meal Worms, the choice, clean, natural insect food. The worms are notrouble, they live in their food, whichis bran, Insect food means life and health for your birds. Why not supply them Meal Worms? 500 at $1.00; 1,000 at $1.50; 5,000 at $5.00; 10,000 at $7.50, All express prepaid east of. or to States bordering the Mississippi River. C. B. KERN, s2 East Main St., Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. REGISTERED AND PEDIGREED BLACK FOXES. RUGGED PUPS BORN IN NATURAL CONDITIONS ON MOUNTAIN RANCH. GUARANTEED TO BREED. EVERY ONE OF OUR EIGHT FEMALES WHELPED THIS SPRING. WRITE FOR RECORDS. ap ce ag MOUNTAIN FOX RANCH, ONAWA, A ° “THE RANCH BRED FOX,” THE BEST BOOK published on Fox farming. Tellsall about this wonderful industry. Price 2sc, postpaid. THE BLACK FOX MAGAZINE, rs5 Whitehall St., New York, Yours for More Game.” THE GAME - BREEDER ee Rey AIREDALE TERRIERS > Most Popular Dog to-day because of sterling merit, IDEAL FOR POULTRYMAN, ~ guards birds, kills rat-, skunks, INDISPENSABLE IN ORCHARD. PEERLESS WATCH DOG for home, family, stock. Easy keeper. SPLENDID PLAYMATE for children. ABSOLUTELY FEAR- LESS (used by Allies in trenches), faithful, highly intelligent, a “tone man” dog. HIGHLY PROFITABLE, ~ good bitch earns upward $200 yearly, pups easily reared, readily sold Puppies, grown dogs, bred bitch, from FINEST AIREDALE BLUOD IN WORLD, pedigreed, registered, certified. ATSTUD, Havelock Goldsmith, magnificent imported son internationally famous Ch. Crompton Oorang, fee $15; express bitches to Weston, N. J. Safe delivery, honorable dealing, satisfaction guaranteed. Booklet and references on request. VIBERT KENNEL, Box 11a, Weston, N. J. BREEDERS’ CARDS LIVE GAME, ELK, DEER, WILD Turkeys, Quail, Pheasants, Ducks, and all other game. Eggs in season. See space advertise- ment. W. J. MACKENSEN, Yardley, Pa. Member of the Game Guild. PHEASANTS, PIGEONS AND EGGS. Pheasants, Amherst, Silver, Gold- en, Reeves, Mongolian, Swinhoe, Versicolor, Ringnecks, Cochin Bantams, White King Pigeons. Eggs in Season. BLUE RIBBON POULTRY AND PHEASANT FARM Davenport Neck, Phone 655, New Rochelle, N. Y. Member of the Game Guild. REGISTERED BLACK FOXES, TROUT & HARES. ° Rugged pups, bred on highest ranch in America. | 1917 Breeding Record. S8litters from 8 females. Also Mountain Brook Trout. Milch Goats. Belgium and Flemish Hares. BOARSTONE MOUNTAIN FOX RANCH Onawa - Maine FOR SALE. Pheasant Eggs in Season. / ; ; Everything in the Pheasant eS Ss family. pies \ ; Pamphlet with order Se ; FREE. BUCKWOOD PHEASANT RIES Dunfield, Warren County New Jersey The BesE in Pointers Puppies, Broken Dogs and Brood Bitches, by Champion Comanche Frank, Fishel’s Frank and Champion Nicholas Write me your wants, please- : U. R. FISHEL 1S Box 35 HOPE, IND. In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” BOOK ON as | DOG DISEASES] — And How to Feed | | Mailed free to any address by | the Author H. CLAY GLOVER CO., Inc. — The Amateur Trainer By Ed. F. Haberlein A practical trainer of over 30 years’ experience, whose system is up to date and stands unequaled. New Edition Just Out. Illustrated. A plain, practical and concise, yet thorough guide in the art of training, handling and the correcting of faults of the bird dog subservient to the gun afield. Written especially for the novice, but equally valuable to the experienced handler. By following the instructions plainly given, every shooter possessed of a little common sense and patience can train his own dogs to perfection. Paper cover, $1.00; best full cloth binding and gold embossed, $1.50. Address THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau Street, N. Y. Our Wild Fowl and Waders Practical Book on Duck Breeding for Sport and Profit $2.00 | The Game Breeder, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. C. — DOGS CHESAPEAKE PUPPIES For Sale. Four Chesapeake puppies just weaned, Two dogs and two bitches, Address GEORGE B. MOORE, Flanders, Long Island. . POINTERS, SETTERS, BEAGLES AND : RETRIEVERS. Thoroughly broken Pointers, Setters, Beagles and Retrievers for sale. Also thoroughbred registered Chesapeake puppies. Dogs boarded and trained. Telepbone 38 M, Central Islip. THE HAWTHORNE KENNELS, Central Islip, Long Island, N. Y. Member of the Game Guild. THE BLUE GRASS FARM KENNELS, of Berry, Ky., offer forsale setters and pointers, fox and cat hounds, wolf and deer hounds. Coon and opossum hounds, var- mint and rabbit hounds, bear and lion hounds, also Aire- dale terriers. All dogs shipped on trial, purchaser to judge the quality, satisfaction guaranteed or money re- funded. Sixty page, higbly illustrated, instructive and interesting catalogue for ten cents in stamps or coin. Mackensen Game Park I carry the largest stock in America of live game birds, ornamental birds and quadrupeds. Hungarian Partridges \ _I am prepared to fill the largest orders “8, for these birds and for years I have filled practically all of the large State orders for both ~ Partridges and Pheasants. ; Pheasants __ My Pheasant pens hold thousands of Pheasants and I am prepared to furnish these birds in large numbers to State de- partments, individual breeders and preserves. Wild Duck | Mallards, Black Duck, Teal, Wood-Duck, Pintails and other species can be supplied in large numbers at at- tractive prices. Also Mandarins and all other water fowl. Wild Turkeys I am now the largest breeder and dealer in Wild Turkeys and can supply these birds in good numbers to State Departments and preserve owners. —————————— ae Te CU i L carry the largest stock in America of ornamental birds and animals. My ponds now contain nearly 200 best Swans of England. I have fine lot of the beautiful pink FLAMINGOES and the very large European ELICANS. Also STORKS, CRANES, PEAFOWL, fancy GEESE and DUCKS. My pheasant pens contain over thousand Ringneck and fancy PHEASANTS. All stock is kept under practically natural conditions. I have 60 acres land entirely devoted to my business. Can also promptly furnish BUFFALOES, DEER, LLAMAS. RABBITS, etc. Onder booked during summer. | have for years filled practically all the large State Orders and have better acilities for handling large orders than any other firm. Write me before buying elsewhere—it will pay you to do so. Your visit solicited. I am only 60 miles from New York and 30 miles from Philadelphia. WM. J. MACKENSEN . tment V. YARDLEY, BUCKS COUNTY, PA. Member of The Game Guild S| aun ANO)NONOANCANOANG) UT ON OO OO NO N I What Rearihd Food takes knowledge and experience to rear them ee NOG ANGJINGAN Do You Use? _ It is an easy matter to hatch Pheasant Chicks, but it ; We cannot give you the: ex- * ry perience but we can furnish : you with the best Game Rearing Foods that the market affords, furthermore if you will follow instruc- tions as set forth in “Pheas- ‘ ant Culture,” you will not — only be successful but you~ will find Pheasant Rearing both pleasurable and eae able. === SPRAT)T’S =e SPECIALLY PREPARED MEALS For Poultry and Game have been on the market for 3 over 50 years and a trial will convince you that there are q no’ foods that can take their place. | eS Send for ‘‘Pheasant Culture,’’ price 25c. cele if - “Poultry Culture’’ sent on receipt of 10c. SPRATT’S PATENT LIMITED - NEWARK, NEW JERSEY .-SAN FRANCISCO... - ST. LOUIS "CLEVELAND MONTREAL _ | the =5 $120 Sera ear Single Copies 10 5 ||| E Wert er ear Nt insle Copies 106. ines in — > il 5) i] SEPTEMBER, 1917 THE OBJECT OF THIS MAGAZINE IS TO MAKE NORTH AMERICA THE BIGGEST GAME PRODUCING COUNTRY IN THE WORLD ileal ti) SHIN = (Se : Dati had HOW ABOUT THESE DUCKS? In our January issue we asked our readers’ opinion about soine ducks, the picture of which appeared on the cover. A large number of readers wrote their opinions. A reader now sends the above portrait and asks for an opinion about the birds. What are they—Mallards or Near-Mallards ? PK! i ) For Sale The Boat shown in the above illustration. A Deck Cruiser in good order. Mahogany cabin, and handsomely fitted throughout. I especially wish to dispose of this boat promptly and will sell it at an attractive price. For full particulars and price, address — PETER WILKES Care of THE GAME BREEDER 150 NASSAU STREET NEW YORK RES ERS a ibd i bia ag a as . ~— @u5 Se dee tek ea Le bah -— THE GAME BREEDER 161 OUR WILD FOWL AND WADERS THE NEW YORK TIMES “The subject is the development of a new crop—a flesh crop which has especial timeliness in view of the general exhaustion of our food supply. Mr. Huntington dis- cusses in the most practical manner the restoration of this crop of feathered game, and from the standpoint both of the sportsman and the market gunner, wild ducks, it seems, can be raised as easily and cheaply as domesticated ducks, and’ with equally excellent financial results. The way to do this is described with estimates of cost and citation of experience abroad, where the deficiency of food supply has led to the discovery and elaboration of many remedies to which we have not yet been forced. Mr. Huntington’s book is illustrated with photographs, interesting alike to naturalists and breeders.” WILLIAM BREWSTER “«Our Wild Fowl and Waders’ is obviously an able, comprehensive and very interesting treatise on a subject which has hitherto received but little attention from writers, especially in America, and concerning which naturalists, as well as sports- men, will, I am sure, be glad to be thus credibly and pleasingly informed.” THE LOCKPORT UNION-SUN “Mr. Huntington has given to the American people an admirable treatise on the practical methods of making these splendid and desirable birds profitably plentiful. Ponds, streams and waste lands which do not pay the meagre taxes upon them can be utilized and be made to yield both handsome profits and good sport. This American authority on wild BERG tells the farmers and land owners of this country how to do it.’ CHARLES HALLOCK “The wild fowl book is valuable, clearsighted and scholastic. It is a direct appeal to sportsmen of common sense and generous behavior, and they will readily absorb its comprehensive pages and act accordingly — and live thereby.” DR. R. W. SHUFELDT “IT have enjoyed the treat in my reading of this book from frontispiece to finish’ and I wager anybody else will enjoy it. . . . The author has placed every sports- man, every naturalist and a great many other citizens of other callings squarely under obligations to him. The book is a direct and logical argument setting forth the means for the preservation in the future of our wild fowl and waders. . . . The illustrations are judiciously selected, interesting and materially add to the value of the volume.” A. A. HILL “ This is not only a readable book, but it is important in an economic sense, and it will especially appeal to all who are interested in the conservation of wild life, and especially our game birds.” AUTOMOBILE DEALER AND REPAIRER “Tf the advice of Dwight W. Huntington, pioneer and apostle of the movement in this country for a rational game protection and conservation, be acted upon, the time is coming speedily when game will be as cheap as beef or mutton. At present, after fifty years of legal protection, we have no game to amount to anything save in the more remote sections. . . . The book is not only instructive in an economic sense, showing how to make wild duck preserves safe and attractive, how to get stock and eggs and the food required, but is delightful reading for all. The author of ‘Our Wild Fowl and Waders’ is doing a great public service in his campaign for more game.’ OUR WILD FOWL AND WADERS will be sent to any address in the United States or Canada with THE GAME BREEDER for one year upon receipt of $2.00. THE GAME CONSERVATION SOCIETY 150 NASSAU STREET, N. Y. 162 : ante eke Gia. — ly MT ee EET age a, cincinnati 26, Ne ae Sus pat 10 KH Goes into a 31-inch Case Like This— For Field Hunting, ‘Duck Blind, Traps’ HE REMINGTON UMC Pump Gun is noted for its clean, graceful lines—evidence of careful thoroughness in design. It’s a gun you will be proud to use in any company. This good design assures a smooth, easy-working action. It. will not fail you in the field or at the traps. The receiver is made from a solid piece of steel—closed at top and sides—absolutely safe—and the action is protected from snow, rain or driving sand. The take-down is easy and quick, provided with a simple adjustment to take up years of wear. “The magazine and action slide can be instantly detached, permitting a differently bored barrel to be fitted without the use of tools. Write us for Pump Gun folder THE REMINGTON ARMS UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE COMPANY, Inc. WOOLWORTH BUILDING : NEW YORK CITY ee ee a In writing to advertisers please mention. The Game Breeder. or sign- your. letters: ‘‘Yours for More Game.” THE GAME BREEDER 163 _A great trap for hawks and owls. Specially adapted to setting ona pole and unequalled for general trapping for weasels, minks, foxes and other animals. rere Game Destroyer Actual Size No. J Trap Made in Five Sizes ae Insist on the genuine Jump ‘aa Trap. Do not accept an in- CATALOGUE FREE Wai t ferior substitute. INEIDA COMMUNITY, Ltd., - ONEIDA, N. Y. _ In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “‘Yours for More Game.” 164 THE GAME BREEDER CONTENTS Survey of the Field—Our Part in the Crisis__Where the Wild Food Will Come From__The Audubons and Food Production__Way Down South in Alabama_Elephant Hamburger Tough but Filling_American Game—A Complaint_Why the Grouse Vanish—Grouse Clubs__Good Advice. . Mallards, Near Mallards and Wild Turkeys - = - R. A. Chiles Raising Pheasants” - - - - - - - Rev. R. W. Siegler Quail Breeding for Sport and for Profit’ - - - D. W. Huntington Notes from the State Game Departments. Notes from the Game Farms and Preserves - By Our Readers” Black Ducks—_Wild Geese—Geese on the Preserve—Quail Breeding Permitted__The Egg Season_A Patriotic Duty__City Game For Sale— Duck Breeding in Michigan__Patriotic Work—Game Officers and Permits —.Game Profits— Production of Leghorns—Good Cheer—More Ducks Wanted—Destructive Quail__A Successful Year__More About Traps— America the Biggest Game. Producing Country in the World. Editorials_Game Abundance—New Game Farms and Preserves__Will the Singer Survive ? . Correspondence—Outings and Innings—Trade Notes, Etc. To THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau Street, New York. Please send me THE GAME BREEDER, for “one year. $1.00 enclosed. N. B.—Write Name and Street Address plainly and state if you wish back numbers of the magazine to the first of the year. ¢ Pee eae VOLUME XI Pt Game Breeder Published Monthly. Entered as second-class matter. July 9, 1915, at the Post/Office, New York City, New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879. SEPTEMBER, 1917 NUMBER 6 Co) SURVEY OF Our Part in the Crisis. Fish and Game, the bulletin of the California Game Department, well says the present crisis demands thoughtful action on President Wilson’s sugges- _ tions: “This is our opportunity to demonstrate the efficiency of a great Democracy, and _we shall not fall short of it. “The supreme test of the Nation has come. We must all speak, act and serve together.” Cannot these suggestions be followed in efforts to conserve our wild life ?, the Bulletin asks: They can. We can quickly make it a ‘great, abundant and cheap food supply far bigger, more plentiful and less ex-- pensive than game is in other more civilized countries where it is cheaper than poultry during long open seasons. We have an abundance of gameless land ‘which is suitable for game breeding. Using very little of it, the markets can be made to overflow with cheap game in a year’s time, provided we, “all speak, act and serve together.” This result cannot be accomplished by enacting laws prohibiting the having of game birds in possession for breeding purposes and prohibiting shooting for terms of years or forever. Such legislation provides game for cats and other ver- min but it prevents a much needed indus- try. Issue permits to take all species of game for breeding purposes! Stop ar-. testing game breeders! Encourage the profitable production of the food every where, and we will guarantee that the game breeders who are rejected for military service and capable women, ‘many of whom are now breeding game, a — THE FIELD. will fill the markets within a year’s time. They will keep them full of cheap game. Some enterprising and patriotic state game officers are now encouraging the new industry and, “it’s greatly to their credit.” The time surely has arrived when we should “all speak, act-and serve together.” Where the Wild Food Will Come From We have been surveying the entire field recently and travelling much in order to form an estimate as to the amount of game breeding which is going on and where the wild foods probably will come from to supply our markets. It is evident that no food will be furn- ished by such states as Alabama and Virginia if we are correctly informed, and none of the money (hundreds of thousands of dollars, which once were sent abroad for game and soon will go to American game farms) will find its way to the states named. The money all will go to states which have game officers who are aware that game easily can be produced abundantly - and who know the difference between the statesman-like handling of any public question and the playing of small politics. Fortunately there is enough free territory where profitable food production is a legal industry to quickly supply the mar- kets in all the states where the people have a reasonable amount of freedom in the way of purchasing and eating game. Places where such performances are fol- lowed by jail sentences, of course will remain gameless if their markets be con- sidered as the criterion. 166 Good Food Bretiupies We know several states that now pro- duce many tons of game. A good part of it does not yet reach the markets be- cause of the high prices, paid for live game for propagation. The big game farms and preserves, however, soon will furnish thousands of birds for the peo- ple to eat and field sports again will be- come possible and popular. There can be no reasonable objection to a food pro- ducing sport which feeds the people with cheap meat. The silly, sentimental sport which claims only to kill things for fun is an easy mark for those who wish to prohibit sport and game breeding. To proceed rapidly it is absolutely necessary to obtain more breeding stock. Quail and grouse still occur in many states and there are more wild fowl in America than any country in the world. The trapping and distribution of a few thousand stock birds will result in the production and sale of many millions of birds, since, where they are’ properly looked after, the increase in numbers is geometrical. Already there are breeding fatms where thousands of pheasants, ducks and other game birds are produced in a season. The crying need is for more stock birds. They can be procured easily if some of the state game officers will stop holding that the laws permitting the taking of birds for scientific pur- poses only mean that museums and col- lectors may trap birds to mount and ex- hibit them. Nothing can be more scien- tific than the multiplication of game birds by breeders for food. The state game officer who stands in the way of the food producer at this time is a standing dis- grace to his country and should be drafted and sent abroad. The Audubons and Food Production. Professor Pearson, the Secretary of the Audubon Association says the Asso- ciation is not opposed to field sports. We have repeatedly said the Assosiation is not opposed even to the sale of ail species of game which is produced and shot for food. The only objection any one can have THE eee EIDE ' game breeding. production but it certainly i is carelessness — . “Way Down South in Alabama, 4 -. y at i 7 to the recent quail law disaaiet in Oh is that the Association forgot to exce’ quail shooting was written. There is great danger in any sta when a law is proposed prohibiting shoot- ing for a term of years that the farmers will take a hand and prohibit it forever. They will not oppose a law permitting | The Audubon Association now has a department of applied ornithology which is supposed to favor game food — not to except the food producer when, preventive legislation is proposed. Our objection to the national migratory — bill is based largely on the fact that the food producing industry is fiot recog-— nized. Regulations made by those who do not favor the sale of game easily may — hamper and destroy much of the good work which has been accomplished by The Game Conservation Society.. - We believe the accident in Ohio will result in much good when it is proposed © to prohibit the shooting of our native game in other states. It must be evident that such legislation puts an end to the © production of our most desirable foods — and such performances just now are not timely. Where the Darkies Plant the Cottout . and the Corn.” q The silver- -tongued state game officer of Alabama overflows thus: ‘ Alabama—there’s magic in thy matchless name—fairest queen of the States, thy face is white with the cotton fields of the Tennes-— see Valley, silks of the blooming corn are thy flowing tresses, thy cheeks are rosy with the apples” and peaches that blush as they ripen upon thy everlasting hills. Around thy grace-" ful throat, as a lover would entwine a diamond necklace about his sweetheart’s snowy neck, is that magnificent river, the peari-paved Ten= nessee, that has wandered here from the vine- clad hills of Virginia to pay loyal tribute to” thy shrine, only to dash on with new mo- mentum, eager to extol the grandeur of a matchless realm, happy and peaceful with con- tentments and joyous songs. About thy waist is a belt of polished steel, set with diamonds, black, yet precious, that have dazzled the ‘a waters of the opal gulf. THE GAME BREEDER _ world. with the magnitude of their princely value. Thy skirt of fleecy cotton is be- spangled by the needles of the long-leaf pine, while thy dainty feet are laved by the soft From the waving woods and clustering hills of North Ala- bama, resonant with the songs of trilling wild birds, to the sunny shores of Mobile, is a land where if “There’s peace to be found in the world, Hearts that are humble may hope for it here.” Which leads us to enquire, and our language is plain: Why, in the name of good sense, don’t you send us some game? The Game Breeder. Ps S.—Alabama should -be shipping hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of game annually to the American mar- kets now that it is no longer possible to send the money abroad for foreign game. Get busy, add the game crop to the cot- ton and the pine’ and the poetic expres- sion above can be amended to suit the jingle of the dollars which will be found useful in Alabama as elsewhere. We will promise to-send the money if you will furnish the “goods.” “ Elephant Hamburger Tough but ' Filling. '] v Under the above heading The World, N. Y., quotes Miss Marie Brown, an . - American singer, who recently arrived on a Norwegian liner. She told of eating zoo meat in Leipzig. The lions and tigers were eaten first. Then the elephants were killed for market. “I ate some of the elephant meat myself,” Miss Brown said. “It was not any too palatable, but it was filling. It was-so tough it had to be ground up to eat. The monkeys and birds were about the only things left in the zoo.” American Game. The members of The Game Conserva- tion Society are now breeding game so rapidly and abundantly that it will not be necessary to send the animals of our zoo to market. Thousands of. acres of land which were gameless are being made to yield abundantly and the number of patriotic citizens who are going into the 167 ‘new industry. is surprising. In today’s mail we have. letters from three game: farms, sending advertisements, all of which have thousands of game birds to sell. Many thousands of deer, elk and antelope are owned by members of The Game Conservation Society who are breeding these animals, and many buf- faloes, also, are owned by breeders. The society is well equipped to save the New York Zoo and the other American zoos from the fate of the Leipzig and the other German zoos. A Complaint. We have received an interesting letter from Hon. E. B. McCutcheon, Secretary of the North Dakota State Sportsmen’s Association, in which he says our com- ment on the work of the Association seems to be incorrect. » The matter he refers to was simply intended as a warning for the future . and not as a criticism of the past. We were delighted to read the following in the prospectus and we quoted it in full. We take pleasure in quoting it again: ‘Do you realize you narrowly escaped a ‘closed season on native birds; that a bill nearly passed preventing the use of dogs; that Sunday shooting was nearly eliminated ; that certain kinds of guns and the use of automobiles for hunting were nearly barred? Do you realize that unless we wake up, these things will.be slipped over next session? Can you not see that we have been killers not. breeders of birds?” It cannot be denied that there is a great danger of the things referred to being, “slipped over next session.” Our remarks which Mr. McCutcheon regards as unfriendly were made in the most friendly spirit and were intended as a warning that if the sportsmen simply or- ganized to look after legislation there was a great danger that they might be induced to stand for laws creating closed seasons and preventing the use of certain kinds of guns, etc., regardless of the fact that such closed seasons would be ex- tended from time to time as they have been in other states which have big pro- tective associations. There is great dan- ger that numerous things will be “slipped over.” 168 Why the Grouse Vanish. The grouse of the open country vanish quickly when the virgin prairie is culti- vated because their natural covers and foods are plowed under on vast areas, making them uninhabitable for grouse, which are birds which rely upon conceal- ment for their existence. Like all other forms of life they must have something to eat. Any one who will look at the vast areas in Dakota which are planted in wheat will observe that during the sea- son when the fields are ploughed there is absolutely no cover as far as the eye can reach. Later there are vast areas of emerald wheat which do not offer the necessary concealment for the grouse. Let us imagine that an association appeal- ing to the legislature to save the grouse, because the buffalo has disappeared, suc- ceeds in enacting some new restrictive laws or ‘in preventing the new measures being “slipped over.” Can any one imagine that laws obtained or laws de- feated will restore the grouse to places where they can not live, or that it will prevent the cultivation of other vast areas, where a few birds still may occur, in such a manner that the grouse must vanish. We wished simply to point out to the new protective association the impossi- bility of getting anywhere unless some. practical propagation and protection be undertaken. We have only words of praise for the prospectus. We wish to sound a warning for the future based on the results in many states. Grouse Clubs. To provide for some fine grouse shoot- ing on places where there are no birds the sportsmen should form some inex- pensive grouse clubs similar to those which have saved the quail shooting in some states and in parts of others where the industry of game production is legal. ' The dues in some of these clubs are only $15 to $25 per year. They rent the right to preserve game from the farmers for a few cents per acre. A square mile often is rented for $32.00 per year. Strips of cover should be planted con- THE GAME BREEDER | “eee sisting of wild roses and other briars and some food should be left standing and a little extra food and grit can be supplied in the winter. The game protective as- sociation which will. provide grouse shooting in the manner suggested will soon have enough grouse for all of its members and in the fall many grouse will be found in the stubbles for miles about. The meat secured by the mem- bers will offset the amount of their dues. Good Wavice: : ; Having shot much in North Dakota and also in many of the other states we feel that we know what the shooting was, what it is, and what it should be. We became converted to the game farm- ing idea after a good day’s shooting on free territory within a few miles of New ~ York City, which is said to contain about one-twentieth part of the entire population of the United States. We were surprised at the good shooting” which we found just outside of a club ground (near the city) where the dues — 4 are $15 per year. We shot quail, a wood- cock and a grouse during a short day’s shooting. Later we ran some dogs over the ground, by permission, and were more than surprised at the number and size of the covies. Had we been shooting easily we could have taken more than $15 worth of meat during the day. We decided that the shares in the club were well worth the money. ‘We only intended in our remarks about North Dakota to give some good advice which is here amplified, and we were surprised to have Mr. McCutcheon write that we were unfair in our criticism. We have nothing but praise for the sentiment quoted from the prospectus. We hope the laws will make it worth while for those who wish to do so to have excellent shooting during long open seasons and that the game will be saved without the usual appeals to the legislature calling at- tention to the loss of the buffalo. Trap-shooting clubs procure their clay birds. Why should not bird-shooting ~ clubs procure and protect their birds in ~ a practical manner? ~~ ee THE GAME BREEDER » 169 © “MALLARDS, NEAR MALLARDS AND WILD TURKEYS. | By R. A. I have always felt that it seemed too ‘much like beating the periodical and ob- taining advertising or notoriety, which- ever you may choose to term it, by break- ing into print unless we, paid for same. I also remember what Job (not Dr. Job, the author of “Propagation of Wild Birds”) said ‘“‘Oh that mine enemy would write a book.” But the recent mallard duck egg controversy* moved me to break a well-settled rule. What I have to say is-my own exper- ience. I do not attempt to cite the ex- _ perience of others. After years of careful abeeevation it has been my experience that if the greenhead or so-called gray mallard 1s kept closely confined and continually in- bred without using any wild cross that in three years’ time he loses his power of flight and is nothing but a puddle duck. This applies although the parent stock was pure wild trapped birds and there was not the least chance for cross-breed- ing. Two reasons seem to cause this. First, mallards raised in captivity be- come extremely gentle and soon cease to be man shy. Second, all wild birds that are raised in captivity and fed regularly, not having to hustle for a living, put on weight and thicken especially about the neck. And even if more or less shy or wild the wing not growing any longer or larger than before has not the weight lifting power, with increased body weight, to take the birds through the air at such a rate of speed, even if in- clined to fly, as to make them a good sporting proposition. We try to overcome this defect by each year introducing wild blood into the flock. Now right here it would be well to state that we have never had a wild caught drake to mate the first year *A recent case before the Game Guild when the seller shipped eggs bought from another breeder. CHILES. after we confined him and very seldom has a wild caught duck laid in captivity the first year and if she did it was seldom that the eggs, or any of them, were fer- tile. To get’ good results we have to wait until the second or even the third year after captivity. Again, to overcome the ae: to domesticity, we have never tried any of the following suggestions but we under- stand a state game farm to which we made these suggestions is trying these experiments this year to see if the birds will not remain shy. The reason we have never tried it-is because being deal- ers and breeders we want to keep our birds pure but to get a good egg yield they must be gentle. First, select a quiet spot and let the mallards (old) be wing clipped and en- closed in a fair sized run that is con- nected with running water or a pond with plenty of rushes in them; after they nest and begin to brood the eggs remove the wire enclosure and after incubation let the old duck hustle with the young for themselves. Do not attempt to feed or care for them in any way; or, second, let domestic ducks hatch the eggs and turn the ducks loose on the stream or pond in the same manner; or, third, if obtainable, get each year eggs from the nests of pure wild birds which is a pre- carious proposition. It might be well to add here that to the sportsman who is advised or posted on the subject that under the above con- ditions it is impossible to furnish eggs in large quantities and at cheap prices, the wild birds will not lay as many eggs, and a great many young ducks will be lost from turtles and other vermin, and the mature birds will be correspondingly higher. As to the duck raised in captivity it has always been a mystery to us how he could be produced and sold at a profit at 170., some of the prices advertised ; it has been our experience that to raise a duck to maturity.. it costs. us, about. $1.50. per. head as against 75 cents for feed for a pheasant. While we only handle pure bred mal- lards, we do not think from a sporting proposition it is material whether it is a pure bred mallard or crossed with black or some other breed if it can fly, fly fast and hard. What the sportsman wants is sport and if he gets that what matters it whether the duck is half gray and half black or some other mixture? If he flys fast and is good food. We think, however, that all advertise- ments should state and the advertiser should be strictly held to the same that the birds, are pure bred, and if of a strong flying strain to say so and if not to not say. so. We also frequently hear the com- plaint this duck does not taste like the ones we killed in Minnesota, or on other lakes or marshes. Certainly he does not if raised in ‘captivity; we never heard that corn, wheat and mash tended to im- part a game flavor to birds reared in captivity, unless they be given the same food the wild birds feed on viz., wild celery, rice, wapato, etc. And not to be RAISING PHEASANTS. THE GAME BREEDER - caught four-flushing we want to say ours do not get these foods; they are not here and they cost more than we can afford to properly stock. Had we the means and were we going to shoot or eat the birds we would do this, for without these necessary foods or unless the ducks are raised on lakes and marshes we would as soon eat a good fat puddle duck as a mallard raised on corn, wheat and mash. — No matter how he is served we defy any one to distinguish the difference. What we say absolutely applies to the And he will, like the . wild turkey also. mallard, lose his shyness and wariness when raised in captivity as-well as his” powers of flight. To keep this king of | all game birds up to snuff as he is in the wild he has to be raised in the wild, you cannot raise him on a “bottle” and then — expect him to remain a game bird, it takes a large space well wooded and secluded to keep this bird game. And there are very few real wild ol turkeys in captivity; nearly all we have seen are crossed with the domestic, or have been in captivity so long as to have entirely lost all their original type. [We believe where ducks are reared in the manner suggested “letting the old duck hustle with the young,” it is advisable to feed them once a day, at 4 p. m-—KEditor.] Rev. R. W. SIEGLeEr. In this article I shall describe in detail how I raise my pheasants, with special reference to my pure Mongolians. This is my eighth year for raising Goldens, and for the last three years I have also kept some Lady Amhersts. I have had exceptionally good luck in raising Gold- ens, even this year in spite of all the cold and rainy days during the spring months. Last winter I resolved to try my luck also with the pure Mongolian. I had seen a nice colored engraving of this magnificent pheasant and later some live birds in a zoological garden. Of all the larger species in that garden none seemed ~ moré pleasing to my eyes than the pure Mongolian. As this pheasant had been some years ago confounded in our country with the — Ringneck, P. Torquatus, and as some breeders of pheasants are still confound- ing the pure Mongolian with the Ring- — neck, as can be readily seen by the en- gravings and descriptions in their circu- lars, I wrote to one of our famous © pheasant breeders, living in Illinois, ask- ing him for his opinion regarding the j 4 - -— : 4 ‘pure Mongolian. This breeder replied that he had some pure Mongolians brought over from England two years ago, and that I could purchase eggs of the pure birds from him. I therefore gave him an order for 12 eggs, paying $10 for them for May delivery. These eggs were sent to me May 23, and he included one extra egg of the Japanese pheasant. In order to have some good clucks on hand for these eggs I had set two Bantams (mixed breed) about two weeks before the eggs arrived. ' The nests for my pheasant eggs I keep near the house under some shade tree, away from the chicken yard and stable. The nests are placed on the ground, covered over with a well ventilated coop. A slight depression is made in the ground, in which a small quantity of good dry hay is arranged. These nests are inspected every other day in order-- to see whether any nest is in bad order ‘or containing a broken or dirty egg. The. coop with the nest is built in such a way that no strong, cold wind can blow over the eggs, while the cluck has left the nest, and still it had good ventilation. Strong cold spring winds striking the eggs, while the hen has left the nest, will ruin, if not all, at least many an egg. Furthermore I’m very careful to rid the -elucks of lice and mites, for these kill more poults in their early stage of life and cause the cluck to ruin more eggs in the nests than anything else. I have had wonderful good success in kill- ing lice and mites on hens with mercurial Ointment. This is applied a little be- low the vent and for head lice also a little on the head of the clucks during the first and last week of incubation. All this is very essential in order to have good success in raising pheasants. _ On June: 18th, after the eggs had been pecked about two days before, ten little poults of the Mongolian eggs were found in the nest; one was lying dead in front of the cluck, but the other nine were alive. The remaining three eggs were fertile also, but the poults, which were nearly fully developed, had died in the shell. Considering that these eggs : THE GAME BREEDER —__, 171 had been shipped several hundred miles by express, this was certainly a very. good hatch and I was more than pleased with the same. The first 24 hours the poults are left undisturbed with the clucks. After that I place the clucks with their poults in a common cracker box, which has a parti- tion in the center made out of laths, in order to feed the poults on one side of the coop, where the cluck can not reach and eat their food. The bottom of this coop is covered with coarse dry gravel. Two days later this coop is connected with a run 3x4xl ft., with screen on two sides and later on also covered on top with 1 inch wire netting. The bot- tom of this run is also covered with dry coarse gravel. This run rests on four legs, each about 6 inches long from coop to floor. This run with coop is kept standing on the porch excepting on very mild and sunny days, when they are set out into some sunny ‘place in the garden. But I always provide for plenty of shade for the poults. Keeping the poults penned up in this manner the first few weeks protects them against rain and keeps them off the cold, moist ground, which is oftentimes detrimental to them in their early stage of life. After they are two or three weeks old—all depending upon the season—they are placed in a larger run in the garden, 14x14x3 ft., an in- closure of 1 inch wire netting. The poults wing feathers are cut every week or so to hinder them from flying over the fence.’ During the nights and stormy, rainy weather they are shut up in a large grocery box, the whole front being cov- ered with screen, including the door. The poults are not fed the first 24 hours. Then I feed them egg-custard. Others feed hard boiled eggs instead of custard. I also give them fresh drink- ing water from the time I begin to give them feed. To this is added the next day finely cut lettuce and also maggots. I keep on feeding them all the maggots they care to eat. To raise these mag- gots I use a piece of fresh beef liver, placed upon some moistened bran. And in order to be well supplied with mag- 172 gots, I start a new hatch every 5th or 6th day thereafter. When poults are 4 days old, I begin to feed them also some of Wallace Evans’ (St. Charles, Ill.), pheasant food No. 1 and when a week and a half old also some of his food No. 3.. The food vessels are always kept thoroughly clean. After the poults are about 5 weeks old, I discontinue feeding egg-custard and maggots. After they are eight weeks old, I feed them Wallace Evans’ pheasant food Nos. 2 and 4 and plenty of green food, lettuce, dan- delion, lawn clippings, etc. This way I have been feeding my young Goldens and also my Mongolians and certainly with great success. Up to this date I have not lost one of those nine Mongolians. Some time ago one of them seemed to be slacking Now is the time to send in subscriptions and to get your friends to join us.—Editor. 184 THE GAME BREEDER S P= WNWLNIRA SAASEZzAWVarz I iS mS /= UZ ~ oT TI Ss gE ; eT Ea Wild Mallard Ducks and Ringneck Pheasants WRITE FOR PRICES Scarboro Beach Game Farm R. E. BULLOCK, Manager SCARBOROQ, - MAINE Member of the Game Guild We Furnish Eggs in Season ws N= > YON 7 SAWANT ’ A New Book on Increasing and Attracting Birds “The Propagation of Wild Birds: A Manual of Applied Ornithology” Treating of the practical, detailed Methods of Attracting, Propa- gating and Increasing all Kinds of desirable Wild Birds, Song and Insectivorous Birds, Upland Game Birds, and Wild Water Fowl in America. The Directions include furnishing Nesting Devices, Planting of Estates, Feeding Birds, and successful methods of artificial and natural propagation. By HERBERT K. JOB In Charge of The Department of Applied Ornithology of the National Association of Audubon Societies $2.50 net. Fully illustrated with photographs. FOR SALE BY _ THE GAME CONSERVATION SOCIETY, - 150 Nassau Street, New York In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: ‘“‘Yours for More Game.” # §~=Improve Your Shooting PORGET September’s sultry days! Banish dull care! Get out in the open and get some real fun. Match your gun skill against the frisky clay targets thrown from a em Hand Trap Improve your marksmanship. Learn how to handle and use a gun. Every man and every woman should know how to shoot and Ait what they shoot at. Here Is a Special Offer For the time being the Du Pont Hand Trap and 100 clay pigeons (packed in a small keg) are being offered complete for $5.00—a real joy package. This is your opportunity to get the complete outfit. Go to your nearest dealer and get one. If he can’t supply you, we'll send it to you direct on receipt of price. Order today and write for booklet The Sport Alluring, No. 354 E. I. du Pont de Nemours In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: ‘“‘Yours for More Game.” WRG en THE GAME BREEDER:.. > | i RIVER LAWN GAME FARM | 1000 Pheasants 600 Mallards | My pheasants are raised on free range and will make very | hardy brood stock. The ducks are very strong on the wanes Write for prices and particulars. __ ; RIVER LAWN GAME FARM | | RALPH H. SIDWAY 210 Franklin. Street ' BUFFALO, ul Y. | — Po i Land for Game: feces and Comes House | Near New York For Sale. | About three hundred acres on the Mianus River in Greenwich, Conn., may be purchased at present for one thousand dollars per acre. Suitable for a magnificent country house site, with surrounding forest like that of English estates., A mile of. beautiful trout stream and a — newly made lake of several acres on the place. Owner will not divide the tract. Its peculiar value rests in the combination of forest, cliffs and stream in. a ‘tract. of this size S$o meat to New York and to the social centers of Greenwich and Stamford: Deer and many other wild animals and birds now on the place.’ Address Advertising Department, The Game Breeder, 150 Nassau Street, New Moz City SANDANONA PHEASANTRY | Millbrook, Dutchess Co., New York 2 i We are the New York State Agents for Mclihenny’s Pheasant and Duck Feeds | | a a a al le a ae a THE BEST AND LOWEST PRICED GAME FOOD ON THE MARKET Write for Sample and Prices Get Results and CUT DOWN AT ONCE Your Feed Bill HASLETTS — HA-FEVR-QR| INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS | A SPEEDY RELIEF TO HAY-FEVER SUFFERERS Send 10 Cents for Sample, etc. $2.00 per Bottle In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” THE GAME BREEDER _HERCULES Smokeles$*Shotgun Look for the Name of the Powder NY sportsman who’ gives’ the matter a moment’s thought will agree that the powder contained in the shotgun shells he uses is a factor of prime importance to him when shooting either in the field or AtsthetEapsenie.isccc snitente Se ene ae Sees Infallible and “E.C.” can be obtained in This being so it is a matter of ordinary prudence when : all of the following buying loaded’shotgun shells to specify that they be loaded with a powder with which you are familiar—a powder Helse GE Inciigne upon which you can depend under all circumstances. shells. eed acts gee : : 4 3 PETER You get such a-_powder when you specify either Infal- pp ee lible or ““E.C.’? —the two Hercules Smokeless Shotgun ; Powders. . SELBY Undoubtedly the name of your favorite make of shell Coie is given in the list at the right. You can obtain either WESTERN of these Hercules Powders in that shell by asking your WINCHESTER dealer for it. On the top wad of every shell, and on the cover of the box in which the shells are sold, is printed the name of the powder with which the shell is loaded. Look for this name when buying. See that it is either Infallible epi Oia Oa These powders are of high quality and uniform quality. They give light recoil, even patterns, and high velocity. Write for a free booklet which describes them fully. HERCULES POWDER CoO. 26 1063 Market 75> Street Wilmington Delaware 188 THE GAME BREEDER a PHEASANTS A superb lot of Golden, Silver and Amherst Pheasants, just right for breeding this spring ’and summer. PHEASANT EG@S: uae ~ Tam now also booking orders for eggs of the following varieties; — Mongolian, Ringneck, Chinese, Golden, Silver, a Amherst and — Reeves. WILD DUCK EGGS: , Wood Duck, Mallard and Gray Call Duck Eggs. All the eggs I ship are guaranteed to be from non-related, pure bred, strong, healthy birds, cor- rectly mated:all eggs are guaranteed not over three days old when they leave my farm. Fullinstructions given with each order as: to setting, matte, feeding: and general care of the young birds. SPECIAL FOODS: ] also manufacture a full line of special foods for the successful raising of young pheasants and wild waterfowl, also for ge the old birds all the year round; write for prices WALLACE EVANS GAME FARM, St. Charles, Hil. Largest and mest successful breeders of pheasants, wild waterfowl, dee) etc., im the world. Member of The Game Guild SAFEGUARD Your Purchase of Game Birds by Buying from Members of The American Game Breeders’ Society PROFITS IN FUR FARMING Learn about the wonderful Black Fox Industry which has proven so profitable the Buying Public Read the Black Fox Magazine, the only paper of its kind in the world. 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We carry the largest stock on the continent at all times. KANSAS CITY, MO. In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” 190 THE GAME BREEDER 2 we. oe ae "CLASSIFIED “ADVERTISEMENTS” Be) eee } z ue " : ; piate ere Die Fs et of i “+. Announcements inserted under this head in small: type ‘for 3 ofateberee rd If displayed in heavy type, 5 cents per word. No advertisement accepted for less Postage stamps accepted in payment. Sa than 30 cents, ‘THE GAME BREEDER 1 150 Nassau Street New York City LIVE GAME PHEASANTS — ENTIRE BREEDING S!OCK OF Golden, Silver, Amherst, Ringneck and Chinese. Rare bargain to close. BEAVERMEADOW STOCK FARM, North River, New York, 150 HEAD CANADIAN WILD GEESE FOR FALL delivery at. $5.00 each. The only sure way of getting started with Canada geese. Mallards and black duck, ALEERE N. FROOM, Box 82, New Holland, North arolina, WILD TURKEYS—For prices see display advertisement in this issue. W. J. MACKENSEN, Yardley, Bucks County, Pa. ; PHEASANTS — GOLDEN, SILVER, AMHERST, Chinese.—Wild Geese - Wild Ducks. English Beagles — America’s greatest Hunters—bred in the wilds of the Adirondacks—hundreds of acres of range. WILLET RONG AL North River, N. Y., Beavermeadow Stock arm FOR SALE—THREE PAIR WOOD-DUCKS TWO years old. One pair Canadian Geese three years old that raised a flock of goslings this year. GLENN CHAP- MAN, Midway, Conn. BELGIAN HARES FOR SALE, FROM PEDIGREED, rize-wiuning stock. Satisfaction guaranteed. CLIF- FORD MACKLIN, Kearney, Neb. ; 23 MALLARDS AND BLACK DUCKS For Sale—Mallard and Black Ducks, good flyers, $1.50 eachh ALBERT F. HOLMES, 8 Bosworth Street, Boston, Mass. 3 SIBERIAN FUR FARM, HAMILTON, CANADA; breeds Foxes, Martin, Mink, Skunks, Wild Geese, Ducks, Pheasants and Black Siberian Hares, Send 25 cents for Booklet on the latter. - PURE BRED WILD WATERFOWL AT FOLLOW. ing prices: Mallards, $3.75 per pair. Pintails,$3 25 per “pair.. Green Wing Teal, $5.00 per pair. Blue Wir g Teal, 3.75 per pair. Also redheads, Gadwalls, Widgeons, anvasbacks, Spoonbills, at reasonable prices, for propa- gating and scientific purposes. GEORGE J. KLEIN. Ellinwood, Kansas. , ‘ f n i ——— SAN LORENZO GAME FARM — BREEDER OF |. alk kinds of pheasants; eggs in season; also birds for sale at all times Visitors welcome. Write for price list. Mrs. S. MATTHIESSEN, San Lorenzo, Alameda Co., California. es 7-10! ' HOYT’S CALIFORNIA PHEASANTRY, PRICELIST, -FRED D. HOYT, Hayward, California. GRAY STAR PHEASANTRY Breeder of all kinds of pheasants. Eggs in season. Pure brand, strong, healthy birds for sale. GIFFORD GRAY, 21 Ward St., Orange, N. J, FOR SALE—Pheasants and eggs. Everything in the pheasant family. Pamphlet with order free. BUCK- WOOD PHEASANTRIES, Dunfield, Warren Co., New Jersey. ; (1ot) PHEASANTS AND WILD TURKEYS © a For Sale —2s50 pinioned Ringneck hens, 50 cocks, r915 birds, extra fine for breeders, immediate deliverv. : zooo 1917 hens full wing or pinioned, 1500 1917 cocks | — full wing or pinioned. x1oo wild turkeys, October de- | livery. These birds are reared on virgin soil and are | vigorous ard healthy. PORTAGE HEIGHTS | | GAME FARM, Akron, Ohio. ; QUAIL, PARTRIDGES, WILD FOWL, DEER AND other animals. See display advertisement in this issue. WM. J. MACKENSEN, Proprietor Pennsylvania Pheas- antry and Game Park. CANADA WILD GEESE AND THEIR GOSLINGS— ~ A limited number for sale now—the surest way to start breeding this species. We are the oldest and Jargest breeders of Canadas in this country. Black and White Swans,Wild Ducks, etc., forsale. WHEALTON WATER FOWL FARMS, Chincoteague Island. Va. _FOR SALE—GOLDEN PHEASANTS, YOUNG | — and also full plumaged, pure, healthy, of non-related stock. C. W. SEIGLER, Bangor, Wis. Member of | The Game Guild. WE HAVE A VERY CHOICE LOT OF MATURE ~— Golden and Silver Pheasants for sale. Ringnecks in” large numbers for breeding or stocking. Special re- duction in price if ordered at once, Coirespondence soli- cited, Address DAISY FARM, or H. C. CUTTING, San Lorenzo, California, PEAFOWL FOR SALE—FINE PEACOCKS AND — hens, no relation. Send 2s5c. for book on peafow). their care and habits. SHADY BRANCH PLANTATION, — Monetta, S. C geen BLACK SIBERIAN HARES, A WAR TIME PRO- POSITION FOR MEAT AND FUR. PEDIGREED STOCK FOR SALE. ELDON R. STAEBLER, GANANOQUE, ONTARIO, CANADA. ; FOR SALE—SILKIES, COCKS $2.50, HENS $3.00, Trio, x cock, 2 hens, $8.00 ; one cock and four hens, $10.00, Matlards—%2.75 per pair, $4.00 per trio, All rugged free — range stock, Ringneck Pheasants—$s5.00 per pair. Goldens —full plumage, $10.00 per pair. Goldens—year old, $8.00 per pair, Silvers—full plumage, $15.00 pet pair. Silvers— ~ year old, $13.00 per pair, LAKE GEORGE GAMEFARM, © ? Lake George, N. Y. Fi FOR SALE--6 PAIRS, 2 AND 3 YEAR OLD PEACOCKS, ~ $15.00. a pair, 5 pair Lady Amherst Pheasants, $15.00. 8 pair Goldens, $12.50a pair. 3 pair Reeves Pheasants, $15.00. 6 pair Mandarin Ducks acclimated, x year, full plumaged, $18.co a pair. 1° pair Wood Ducks, $18.00. Also full line Foreign Birds of song and plumage, J.L,OAKES, Union Stock Yards, Denver, Colorado, . LIVE GAME WANTED PRAIRIE GROUSE WANTED r, Y I wish to purchase six pair of prairie grouse, also a |, ruffed grouse. Will pay a good price for same. Ad- dress READER, care Game Breeder, 150 Nassau St., |) New York. : { WANTED—TWO HUNDRED HEN PHEASANTS. Must be healthy and all right in every way. Apply, giving price and particulars,to E. STRONG, James- town, North Carolina, # am === are —_ fn writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” THE GAME BREEDER 191 i lie _ old, and 1917 hatched birds ; also, Golden and Silver, 1917 hatched and matured birds. Can make immediate delivery. FP. A. W.SHAW, Pheasantry, Marlborough New York. = Lhe ae aed ea Oe eek , ie ‘ ANTED—100 OR 150 YOUNG MALLARD DUCKS. _ Must be good clear stock. The younger the better, ee ORO BEACH GAME FARM, Scarboro, Maine. PHEASANTS WANTED. Between two and three hundred field grown young | ringnecks for breeding purposes. In application | particulars please quote prices for pairs, trios, and cocks and hens separately in such quantity for Fall -or Winter delivery. Address A. M., care of Game | Breeder, 150 Nassau Street, New York, ; ANTED—WHITE PEAFOWL, EITHER SEX _ Pied Peafow], Soemmerring, Cheer, Hoki and German Peacock Pheasants, Ruffed Grouse, and White Squirrels. Also Swinhoes; state ptice and number. R.A. CHILES -& CO., Mt. Sterling, Ky. 3 FOODS WILD DUCKS’ NATURAL FOODS. Will attract _ them. These foods collected, examinations made, plant- ings planned and superintenaed. Write for free infor- “mation, CLYDE B. TERRELL, Specialist on the Natural Foods of Wild Ducks, Dept. P1, Oshkosh, Wis. WILD DUCK FOODS Pond Weed, Widgeon grass, Red head grass, Chara and other kinds. : There are hundreds of thousands of acres of water marshes where these, the best of duck feods, will grow *} and hold the game. Write and learn how to do it, | WHITE’S GAME PRESERVE, Waterlily, N. C. |’ Currituck Sound, . : 4 Wild duck food plants, and seed, Wild Celery, Sago | - ACORNS he oa . 4 * An excellent food for deer, pheasants and wild ducks. | I can supply acorns by the bushel or in large lots. | Write for prices, including shipping charges. W. R. | McLEAN, R.F.D., Eagle Springs, North Carolina, - : aires \ - BOOKS ve ? Fox Hunters, Trappers, Fur Traders, BOOKS Taxidermists, Fishermen, Sportsmen, Campers, Prospectors, Fur Farmers, Ginseng and Golden eal Growers, etc. By A. R. Harding. Price 60 cents each. THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. OUR BOOK DESCRIBES FULLY THE 200 MOST valuable roots, herbs, etc,, used in medicine, How to ‘gather and prepare, War Prices and Address of Buyers , ay ey. zoc. ROOT & HERB COMPANY, West an, N.H. . “LUMINOUS BODIES,’ A VERY INTERESTING and instructive volume, by Charles Hallock, Price, 1.00. Addrees: Sportsmen’s Review Publishing Co., 15 W. Sixth St., Cincinnati, O. “OUR BIG GAME,’ BY D. W. HUNTINGTON, contains portraits and descriptions of all American big me animals. intr ta $2.00. THE GAME BREEDER, [50 Nassau St., N. Y. ~*OUR WILD FOWL AND WADERS,” BY D. W. __, Huntington. A practical book on. wild duck breeding for sport and for profit. roar $2.00. THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau St., W. HEASANTS—RINGNECK. YEARLINGS, 2 YEARS . agement of —— REARING PHEASANTS IN SMALL ENCLOSURES. Price, 20 Cents. It contains nothing that has not been thorougHly and successfully tried out in actual practice. S. V. REEVES, Haddonfield, N.‘J. “OUR FEATHERED GAME,” BY D. W. HUNT- ington, contains portraits of all American game birds and shooting scenes in color. Postpaid $2.00. THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau St., New York. GAMEHKEEPERS GAMEKEEPER—SITUATION WANTED American game breeder with a 15 year experience wishes to raise 5000 ringnecks for a private party or State, and having an incubator and brooder plant, Apply to THE GAME BREEDER, 150 Nassau St., New York, N. Y. POSITION WANTED ON A SHOOTING PRESERVE by a practical and reliable Manager, widely experienced here and abroad, Expert on rearing Pheasant, Quail, Partridge, Wild Turkeys and Wild Ducks, etc., the man- a Incubators, also a handler and. trainer of field and high-class shooting dogs. A capable man to show sport, excellent trapper of vermin, a reliable and trustworthy all around manager. J. H. W., care of The Game Breeder, 150 Nassau Sr., New York City. WANTED, POSITION ON GAME PRESERVE, OR poultry farm,to finish my experiments in electrifying day old game and poultry, which stimulates their growth 100 per cent ; also to finish my apparatus, that will sex day old birds and will tell whether an egg is fertile or not ; if fertile, the sex of the bird when hatched out. I am a lecturer, demonstrator, and writer on poultry and game, 20 years’ experience in America and Europe. S. HERBERT, care of Game Breeder, 150 Nassau St., New York. MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT—NEW CAMP ON BAY SHORE, WILD fowl and plover, shooting in season, Inquire of A. KENISTON, Edgartown, Mass. PHEASANTRY FOR SALE — JOHN L, WILLOCX pheasantry for sale— pure bred Chinese and young golden ‘pheasants, JOHN L, WILLOCX, Hayward, California REGISTERED AND PEDIGREED BLACK FOXES. RUGGED PUPS BORN IN NATURAL CONDITIONS ON MOUNTAIN RANCH. GUARANTEED TO BREED. EVERY ONE OF OUR E{(GHT FEMALES WHELPED THIS SPRING. WRITE FOR RECORDS. PRR RONE MOUNTAIN FOX RANCH, ONAWA, AINE. z “THE RANCH BRED FOX,” THE BEST BOOK published on Fox farming. Tells all aboutthis wonderful industry. Price 25c, postpaid, THE BLACK FOX MAGAZINE, 15 Whitehall St., New York. PARTNER WANTED—WANTED, A PARTNER WHO has some good duck land. I will furnish the stock. Can also put you next to some fine dark mink. Write quick. F. STEVENSON, Route 4, Caro, Michigan. An Aid to Game Preserving. An airedale is a most valuable dog for the game farm and preserve. He is a good watchdog and an excellent aid in ex. terminating vermin. These dogs are ad- vertised regularly in this magazine and we urge our readers to try them. ~ ‘In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: “Yours for More Game.” THE GAME BREEDER AIREDALE TERRIERS Most Popular Dog to-day because of sterling merit. IDEAL F guards birds, kills rats, skunks. INDISPENSABLE IN ORCHARD home, family, stock. Easy keeper. .B: 1.ESS (used by Allies in trenches), faithful, highly intelligent. a ‘one man” dog. HIG good bitch earns upward $200 yearly, pups easily reared, readily sold Puppies, gro from FINEST AIREDALE BLOOD IN WORLD, pedigreed, registered, certified. | Goldsmith, maynificent imported son internationally famous Ch. Crompton Oorang, fe to Weston. N. J. Safe delivery, honorable dealiny, satisfaction guaranteed, Booklet and ré) VIBERT KENNEL, Box 11a,, Weston, N. POU PEE. 1 SPLENDID PLAYMATE for children, BREEDERS’ CARDS LIVE GAME, ELK, DEER, WILD Turkeys, Quail, Pheasants, Ducks, and all other game. Eggs in season. See space advertise- ment. W. J. MACKENSEN, Yardley, Pa. Member of the Game Guild. PHEASANTS, PIGEONS AND EGGS. Pheasants, Amherst, Silver, Gold- en, Reeves, Mongolian, Swinhoe, Versicolor, Ringnecks, Cochin Bantams, White King Pigeons. Eggs in Season. BLUE RIBBON POULTRY AND PHEASANT FARM Davenport Neck, Phone 655, New Rochelle, N. Y. Member of the Game Guild. REGISTERED BLACK FOXES, TROUT & HARES. Rugged pups, bred on highest ranchin America. 1917 Breeding Record. 8 litters from 8 females. Also Mountain Brook Trout. Milch Goats. Belgium and Flemish Hares. BOARSTONE MOUNTAIN FOX RANCH Onawa - Maine © Member of the Game Guild. FOR SALE. Pheasant Eggs in Season. Everything in the Pheasant a= family. Alters ; Pamphlet with order yt , FREE. BUCKWOOD PHEASANTRIES Dunfield, Warren County New Jersey The Best in Pointers Puppies, Broken Dogs and Brood Bitches, by Champion Comanche Frank, Fishel’s Frank and Champion Nicholas Write me your wants, please. U. R. FiSHEL Box 35 HOPE, IND. AS TISHEL’S FRANK In writing to advertisers please mention The Game Breeder or sign your letters: ‘““Yours for More BOOK ON DOG DISEA And How to Fee Mailed free to any address ~ _ the Author ; H. CLAY GLOVER CO., Inc. i : BREEDER OF FANCY PHEASANTS Eggs inseason. Amhersts, Silver, Golden, Versicolor, Mongolian, Reeves, Ringnecks, Manchurian, Elliott, Swinhoe, impeyan, Mela- notus, Soemmering. GOLDEN STAR POULTRY FARM |- = : Gifford Gray ' haan (eer New Jersey & - Member of the Game Guild. HR Orange, DR. FRANK KENT Importer Bob White Quail San Antonio, Texas. | Book your orders now for early Fall-and Spring delivery. Bank references. DOGS CHESAPEAKE PUPPIES For Sale. Four Chesapeake puppies just weaned. T dogs and two bitches, Address GEORGE B. MOOR! Flanders, Long Island. ‘=e POINTERS, SETTERS, BEAGLES AND © RETRIEVERS. Thoroughly broken Pointers, Setters, Beagles and Retrievers for sale. Also thoroughbred registered Chesapeake puppies Dogs boarded and trained. Telephone 38M. Central Islip, THE HAWTHORNE KENNELS, Central Long Islan ,N. Y. Member of the Game Guild. Islip, | THE BLUE GRASS FARM KENNELS, of Berry, Ky ofter forsale setters and pointers. fox and cat hou wolf and deer hounds.’ Coon and opossum hounds, mint and rabbit hounds, bear and lion hounds. also A dale terriers. All dogs shipped on trial purchase judge the quality. satisfaction guaranreed or money fi funded. Sixty page, highly illustrated, instructive interesting catalogue for ten cents in stamps or ¢ Subscribe to The Game Breeder, $1.0 \ As Wear tt Mackensen Game Park I carry the largest stock in America of live game birds, ornamental birds and quadrupeds. Hungarian Partridges yi I am prepared to fill the largest orders ®\ for these birds and for years I have filled practically all of the large State orders for both Sines aes Partridges and Pheasants. Pheasants _ My Pheasant pens hold thousands of Pheasants and I am prepared to furnish these birds in large numbers to State de- ‘partments, individual breeders and preserves. >. Wild Duck Mallards, Black Duck, Teal, Wood Duck, Pintails and other species _ can be supplied in large numbers at at- tractive prices. Also Mandarins and all other water fowl. Wild Turkeys I am now the largest breeder and dealer in Wild Turkeys and can supply these birds in good numbers to State _Departments and preserve owners. . BI carry the largest stock in America of ornamental birds and animals. My ponds now contain nearly 200 best Royal Swans of England 1 have fine lot of the beautiful pink FLAMINGOES and the very large European PELICANS. Also STORKS, CRANES, PEAFOWL, fancy GEESE and DUCKS My pheasant pens contain over ‘a thousand Ringneck and fancy PHEASANTS. All stock is kept under practically natural conditions. I have 60 acres al land entirely devoted to my business. Canalso promptly furnish BUFFALOES, DEER, LLAMAS. RABBITS, etc. Orders booked during summer. d I have for years filled practically all the large State Orders and have better facilities for handling large orders than any other firm. Write me before buying elsewhere—it will pay you to do so. Your visit solicited. am only 60 miles from New York and 30 miles from Philadelphia WM. J. MACKENSEN Department V. YARDLEY, BUCKS COUNTY, PA, Member of The Game Guild TNE ay HUTA UANEAETOTTA TAO SE SPRATT’S PARTRIDGE ME. | MAKES BOTH Success in raising semi-wild birds can only be obta by cage and experience, ‘Cormecteieedme is half ‘the battl We supply the right kind of ammunition and~ you eh get results if you follow directions. ae SPRATT’S GAME REARING ADJUNCTS Are Indispensable Yet inexpensive ; SPRATT’S CARDIAC SPRATT’S: BONE MEAL ““Game Spice’’ _ For Game Contains valuable stimulating and Is an invaluable adjunct to fhe ae ; appetizing properties and should food diet. It contains valuable lime- be added to staple food during raw phosphates and is much cheaper than ~ and inclement weather as it fre- fresh bone, which contains at least 50% quently wards off attacks of Gapes, moisture and which of necessity has Diarrhoea and Cramps. to be given quite fresh. Beware of Gapes— Prevention is Better Than Cone e: jasc SPRATT’S BLACKERITE Is the: most effective yet agreeable method of completely eradicating this disease. Mee . . ui EHR PF Send for “Pheasant Culture;’ price 25c. “Poultry Culture” sent on receipt of 10c. Catalogue on Dog Feeding sent on receipt of stamp. SPRATT’S PATENT LIMITED | _NEWARK, N. J. , San Francisco . 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