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| DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH. -

BULLETIN NO. 1

SUBJECT

| Hungarian Partridge and Pheasants

In Missouri -

JESSE A. TOLERTON

STATE GAME AND FISH
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COMMISSIONER.

THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THE
STATE GAME FARM

AND THE EXPERIMENT OF RAISING CHINA PHEASANTS
AND HUNGARIAN PARTRIDGES IN MISSOURI

SOME INSIDE FACTS BY THOSE
WHO KNOW THEM

No. 1—1

JESSE A. TOLERTON,

State Game and Fish Commissioner.
Jefferson City, Mo.

HARTLEY A. BROADBENT,

Expert Game Breeder, State Farm.
Jefferson City, Mo. .

E. T. GRETHER, Chief Deputy,

St. Louis Branch Office.
701 Fullerton Bldg.

CHINESE RinG Neck PHEASANTS.

STATE Of MissouRI, STATE GAME AND FiIsH DEPARTMENT.
City of Jefferson, October 25, 1911.

Honorable H. S. Hadley, Governor of Missouri, City of Jefferson:

Dear Sir—Since preparing my annual report and a pamphlet con-
taining two hundred letters from prominent citizens of the State, giving
their experience with the Hungarian partridges and pheasants, you will
note from the enclosed correspondence that the State Printing Commis-
sion has declined to honor my requisition for this printing. I immedi-
ately sent these documents to the Hugh Stephens Printing Company and
ordered them printed, guaranteeing the payment of the bill.

I also issued a letter to a number of my sportsmen and farmer
friends throughout the State telling them of the refusal of the Commis-
sion to allow this printing, and up to the time of going to press I have
received a number of letters enclosing checks made payable to The
Hugh Stephens Printing Company, and am satisfied I will have no
trouble in raising a good portion of the expenses for printing these
documents.

I hand you herewith a copy of my letters to Mr. Cornelius Roach,
chairman of the State Printing Commission, also his replies, in which
he sets cut the reasons why they decline to issue requisition.

I consider it very important that both the reports be printed for
free distribution, in order that the people of the State may be advised
as to the success or failure of these birds, as well as giving other in--
formation contained in my annual report.

Yours very truly,
JESSE A. TOLERTON,
State Game and Fish Commissioner-

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October 16, IQII.
Hon. Cornelius Roach, Secretary of Printing Commission, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—I am in receipt of a letter from the Hugh Stephens Printing Com-
pany stating that the Printing Commission has approved my requisition for hunt-
ers’ licenses, application blanks and record books, but is holding up the annual re-
port and the pamphlet which I desire printed for distribution, showing the success
or failure of the Hungarian partridges and pheasants which have been distributed
throughout the State. I am anxious to have these two documents just as soon as
possible, and I write to ask the cause of delay in delivery to the printer.
Yours very truly,
JESSE A. TOLERTON,
State Game and Fish Commissioner.

October 16, I9QII.
Hon. Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Warden, Jefferson City, Moa.:

Dear Sir—The State Printing Commission declines ta issue requisition for
printing matter submitted as “Bulletin No. 1” and “1o1z Annual Report” because
(1) your appropriation for printing for biennial period is already overdrawn; (2)
and because an annual report required by law in January comes too late for action
an October.

The fixed policy of the State Printing Commission is to make as few de-
ficiencies of any kind as are consistent with good public service, and while October
is late for a January report, the Printing Commission will issue requisition for
printing your annual report if the copy for said report be made strictly to conform
to the law authorizing the report, in harmony with this Commission’s action in
already having issued requisitions for license blanks and such printing as is neces-
sary to carry on the business of your department.

Very truly,
(Signed) CORNELIUS ROACH,
Chairman State Printing Commission.

October 20, I9I1T.
Hon. Cornelius Roach, Secretary State Printing Commission, City:

Dear Sir—I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of October 16th, in
which you decline requisition for printing matter submitted for the printing of my
annual report for the year 1911, and also for Bulletin No. 1, for the reason, as
stated, that the appropriation for printing for the bienniai period is already over-
drawn, and because the law requires the annual report to be published in January
of each year.

You, however, state that the Printing Commission will issue requisition “for
printing your annual report if the copy of said report be made strictly to conform
to the law authorizing the report.”

In reply to your communication, I beg to call your attention to the fact that
in the month of January of this year no appropriation had been made for printing
in my department, and, in fact, the question of the continuance of the department
itself was a subject of active controversy in the Legislature. It would, therefore,
have been highly inadvisable, under those circumstances, to have requested the
printing of the annual report at that time. Laws of this character have further
deen construed as directory, and are so treated in the printing of reports for the
different State departments.

In answer to your statement that you will issue requisition foe the printing of
this report if the copy for said report be made to strictly conform to the law au-

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thorizing the report, I request that you indicate any portion of said report that is
not in conformity to the law authorizing the same, and J shall be very glad, indeed,
to eliminate it.
Awaiting your further communication, I am
Very truly yours,
JESSE A. TOLERTON,
State Game and Fish Commissioner.

October 23, 1011.
Hon. Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Warden, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of yours of October. 20,
IQII, requesting that the State Printing Commission indicate what portion of the
copy you submitted for your annual report is not in conformity with the law au-
thorizing the printing of the report. a,

_I would respectfully refer you to section 6561, R. S. of Mo., 1909, which. spe-
cifically sets out affirmatively, not negatively, what the report shall contain, viz. :

(1) Number of hunters’ licenses issued and fees therefrom.

(2) Moneys received by your department from other fees and sources.

(3) Number of deputies employed.

(4) All necessary information concerning the affairs of your department..

The State Printing Commission is loath to interpret the plain provisions of
section 6561, since you are favored with the counsel of such an able attorney as
the Governor. The said section (656%) requires that your report be made to. the
Governor. The State Printing Commission does not regard, for example, a score
or more of full-page pictures of yourself and the Governor “Afloat on White
River” as “necessary” information to be printed for the Governor’s perusal, as he
is already fully aware of the important bearing this has on the protection of the
State’s game. The State Printing Commission is of the opinion that the original
photograph of all such scenes will accomplish all the purposes contemplated in the
law requiring the report to be made to the Governor. The State Printing Coni-
mission does not regard as “necessary,” for instance, voluminous treatises on me-
teorological conditions; nor does the State Printing Commission regard it “neces-
sary’ to print the hundred and thousands of letters your department has received,
the printing of such correspondence not being pertinent in the matter of the en-
forcement of the game law. The Governor may read these letters in the original—
if he has not already done so—and save to the State the heavy and needless ex-
pense of printing.

Your explanation that the January, 1911, report has been delayed till October
because the very existence of your department was a matter of controversy in the
Legislature last February, does not explain, because the cost of the January, 1911,
report should have been incurred and the printing should have been done before
your appropriation for 31910, the year covered by the report, had lapsed. The
Legislature, when in session last winter, was entitled to all necessary informatio
this report should contain, and your neglect in this regard certainly did not have
the effect of allaying the unpleasant agitation affecting your administration of the
affairs of the office you have the honor to hold.

In view of the fact that the law requires your report to be made to the Gov-
ernor, the State Printing Commission is somewhat perplexed to understand why
your requisition calls for a thousand copies, since it is probable that the many
official duties pressing the Governor for attention will prevent his reading more
than one copy.

Very truly yours,
CORNELIUS ROACH,
Chairman State Printing Commissior-

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Jerrerson City, Mo., October 25, IgIt.
Hon. Cornelius Roach, Chairman State Printing Commission, City:

Dear Sir—I have yours of the 23rd, in which you attempt to make excuses
~vhy the Printing Commission declines to honor my requisition covering my annual
report for 1910, together with a pamphlet I have prepared reproducing two hundred
letters from responsible people in different counties of the State, showing the suc-
cessful propagation of imported game birds. I note what you say about my having
collected some hunting and fishing scenes, together with pictures of the State game
farm, and which also includes a picture of Governor Hadley and party on a float
on White river, and that your Commission does not regard these scenes as “nec-
essary,” and should not be printed at the State’s expense. In-this ‘connection I
venture the assertion that the sportsmen of the State who contribute to the game
protection fund would be far more enthusiastic over these pictures than the tax-
payers of the State are over the picture of your family on page six of Missouri’s
Official Manual, issued by you for the years 1909-10.

T want to also call your attention to the fact that my report of 1910 contains
similar pictures, both of hunting and fishing scenes, and that ten thousand copies
were, with your approval, printed at the expense of the game protection fund, and
sinder exactly the same law as is now in force.

I also take it from your letter, in which you state that the report referred to
should have been printed and paid for out of the 1910 appropriation, that you and
the Auditor, who constitute a majority of this Commission, are again ready to re-
a erse yourselves, since you have insisted that the printing of the Banking Depart-
‘ment report for 1910 should be paid out of the appropriation for 1911-12.

] note what you say about the Commission not regarding it “necessary” to
print the hundreds of letters this department has received dealing with the success-
ful propagation of such imported game birds as the partridges and pheasants. I
consider the printing of these letters necessary, in order that the people of Mis-
souri may know the results obtained through the expenditure of public funds and
the falsity of the articles circulated by the Democratic Press Bureau, for which, it
4s understood, you are largely responsible, to the effect that the efforts of this de-
partment to stock the State with imported game birds has been a failure. [ am
advising those who are making application for these documents that it seems to be
the opinion of the Printing Commission that only one copy of the report should be
printed, and that for the use of the Governor, notwithstanding the fact that we
have a general statute making it mandatory on all heads of the departments to
furnish the State Historical Society of Missouri with sixty copies of all publi-
cations of the State, “except the reports of the Supreme Court and the Courts of
Appeals,” as set out in section 6700, page 2127, R. S. 1909.

For your information, I want to say that the matters which you say the report
should contain, numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4, were given to all the members of the Legis-
lature who asked for them, and especially each member of the investigating com-
mittee last winter. Every member of that committee was given an advance
sheet, showing the number of licenses issued, fees collected therefor, and all mon-
eys received from other sources, every deputy employed, their names and per diem
and expenses, and all other information that the committee asked for was always
forthcoming, and much of which was never permitted to go into the record, but
which, in my opinion, would have made interesting reading for the public. No-
body familiar with the action of the last Legislature entertains any doubt on the
proposition that the effort to destroy game protection in this State was due to
partisan efforts and opposition to game propagation, rather than any lack of in-
formation about the successful conduct of my department.

The writer is-not disposed to enter upon a campaign of silly letter writing,

ee forms basi for so doing, an donot regard it ecssaey

< in flippancy or facetiousness in dealing with what I and a large ,
the abaile of the State consider as matters of serious public impor-
conclusion, however, I want to say that, as I stated to you in your office,
may rest easy, because both of these reports are going to be printed and
d to all throughout the State who desire a copy of them,
Yours very truly,
JESSE A. TOLERTON, /
State Game and Fish Commissioner.
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It is an ordinance of nature that mankind should blunder while
learning, and best of all, that he should learn by his blunders.

We are living in an age in which few people are satisfied with the
state of affairs in which they exist. This longing for ‘‘something
better’’ is what makes progress in the world. Step by step mankind has
progressed from crude ideas to higher civilization.

Nothing is too good for us, we want the best—and then some more.
The higher the civilization the more does the individual depend upon
the functions of government to secure his just share of the general
progress. Nations, states and cities are now performing public duties
which our forefathers, in the very nature of things, could not have
even dreamed of. There is room for all of us to live in this Great State of
ours, and living in it, should not mean merely existing nor merely work-
ing in drudgery.

The civilization which can not produce something better than con-
stant drudgery is not worthy of the name, and the statesmanship which
has no higher aim than that, is an heirloom from the dark ages.

Fortune has placed me at the head of a new department in the
government of the State of Missouri, created for the purpose of con-
serving and perpetuating the natural resources of fish and game in this
Commonwealth, for the pleasure and recreation of her citizens, as well
as increasing the variety of her food supply.

In thus carrying out the duties imposed upon me, by a most com-
prehensive game and fish law, I am constantly brought face to face with
that retrogressive element in our community, which is the remnant of
primitive mankind, which though outwardly having the appearance of
modern enlightenment, is in reality but a reincarnation from past ages.

I have been striving to restock the State with game birds, imported
from foreign countries, which game birds are very prolific in those.
countries, where the natural conditions seem to be similar to those of
Missouri.

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HUNGARIAN PARTRIDGES.

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An ample source of revenue was provided, through a system of
nominal hunting licenses, similar to those in vogue in other states, and
I seriously attempted to carry out the provisions of the law, which
contemplated the restocking and replenishing of our State with game
and fish.

In thus trying to really accomplish something beneficial to the resi-
dents of Missouri, I have been constantly hampered, maligned and ridi-
euled by persons who assume it to be their duty to not only themselves
place obstacles in my path of duty, but who, through misleading news-
paper articles, strive to inflame the minds of the uninformed, to dis-
regard the State laws, for the protection, preservation and propagation
of game and fish which are the common property of all of the people.
After failure in legislative attempt to amend or repeal those laws, they
now seek to create disrespect for them, either in the interest of the illegal
game and fish dealers, or in the hope of discrediting the administration
of the political party of which I am a member, or with both of these
ulterior motives as the basis of their activities.

Certainly they have private axes to grind, and are not promptea
by the welfare of the general public, unless their dense ignorance pre-
vents a proper conception of the uses and purposes of game and fish
laws.

It may be that in attempting to introduce imported game birds into
Missouri, I have blundered, but the law of nature which makes mankind
blunder, before knowledge is acquired, is no excuse why the people
should be blind and heedless of the facts in this case, and place them-
selves beneath the rule, either of the knavish schemer or, still worse,
the sodden fool. |

Will it pay to continue these experiments? That is the question
we should determine. How shall this question be answered if not
through a report of the experiences of those public spirited persons who
have undertaken to aid this department in rearing, distributing and
earing for the new supply of game birds purchased with the money
collected from the sale of hunting licenses?

About a year and a half has passed since I first started the Mis-
souri Game Farm, and began the purchase, breeding and distribution of
game birds to the farms of some of our best known Missourians. I
recently sent to some of the parties receiving the newly imported birds,
a circular letter if inquiry relative to the success or failure of my ex-
periment with these birds, of which the following is a copy:

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Office of the State Game and Fish Commissioner,
Jefferson City, Missouri.

Dear Sir—Your name appears on the files of this office as one to whom
some pheasants or Hungarian partridges were sent. I am issuing about
200 letters similar to this one to parties who have received some of these
birds for the purpose of gathering information which will be published in
pamphlet form for free distribution, showing what success these birds have
made during the past year.

I will appreciate it very much if you will write me a frank letter, stating
whether or not you fed your birds through the winter of IgI0-11, or if they
seemed to be able to take care of themselves equally as well as the bob-white
and other birds; also give me such information as you have as to whether
or not they hatched any young ones in their wild state, giving me the number
of birds, as nearly as you can, that are on your premises, also any you happen
to know of on your neighbors’ premises. State whether or not, in your
opinion, the birds are bad to migrate, providing they have sufficient cover and
water where liberated, and whether or not they are able to take care of them-
selves against hawks, owls and other vermin. In short, give all the informa-
tion you have that you think will be of interest to the public. Be sure to
state whether you received pheasants or Hungarian partridges.

Yours very truly,
JESSE A. TOLERTON,
State Game and Fish Commissioner.

As stated in the circular letter, I requested this information with a
view of publishing it in pamphlet form, for the benefit of the public,
in order that they might judge for themselves as to what the future of
the partridge and pheasant is likely to be in this State. The letters are
reproduced exactly as written, and all letters are offered in evidence,
good, bad and indifferent, nothing is concealed. i

But even after reading the hundreds of letters from people who
have been assisting me with this experiment and other flattering reports
IT am receiving, I am not yet ready to say that either the partridge or
pheasant can be made a success in this State; though I do feel that the
people who have created this fund by purchasing hunters’ licenses are
entitled to the experiment, and I am satisfied that my action in under-
taking this work meets with their approval, as well as it does with the
thousands of farmers of the State who are looking for bug and insect
destroyers, such as the pheasant and partridge are known to be. I also
think after the reader has gone through this pamphlet, he will agree
with me that the reports thus far are very gratifying and flattering.

These letters should be a sufficient and vigorous condemnation of
the reckless assertions being heralded broadcast by the so called ‘‘ Demo-
cratic Press Bureau,’’ whose reputed author was chief clerk of the Forty-
sixth General Assembly, and who seems to be under the impression that
his paramount and sole duty to his State and party is to write false and
misleading articles, and have them reproduced by as many of the partisan

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country newspapers as possible, though many refuse to handle them.
In order that the readers of this pamphlet may judge and see for them-
selves the truthfulnes of some of these statements, I herein reproduce
two of ihe articles referred to, and following them I offer as evidence
some 200 letters, which speak for themselves; the first of which is from
the Honorable W. E. McCully, one of the best known citizens of North
Missouri, who refers to these ‘‘canned’’ newspaper articles, and follow-
ing this letter of August 3rd, I wrote and asked for his permission to
use this letter in this report, and the second letter is his reply in answer
to my communication.
JESSE A. TOLERTON,
State Game and Fish Commissioner.

Democratic Press Bureau Canned Articles.

“Jesse Tolerton told the citizens at Mexico last week that English pheasants
wouldn’t do well in Audrain. And if Jesse would only stick to the truth, he would
say the same thing of every county in the State. It was an open winter and a
dry spring, but who has seen one of the pheasants. Tolerton had.the State of Mis-
souri pay thousands upon thousands of dollars for.”

Another False and Misleading Article Sent Broadcast Over this State.

“Tt is estimated that each one of Tolerton’s English pheasants alive in the
“woods of Missouri today cost the State $7,624.18. So few of them came through
the winter that this cost price is probably too low. ‘The fact is that the most
stupendous waste known to the history of Missouri is found in the riotous extrava-
gance of the Game Warden Department. The Legislature sought to stop this
reckless squandering of the people’s money and refused to appropriate funds for
Tolerton to handle, but the Supreme Court, made up-in part of appointees of
-Governor Hadley and men whose election are being contested, stepped in last week
and appropriated $90,000 for Tolerton to blow in, and the giddy dance of extrava-
gance will go on.

Macon, Mé., August 3, I9I1I.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

My Dear Sir—See clipping enclosed. A statement of this kind, is so mani-
festly unjust, or portrays such ignorance, as to not pass without notice. If the
writer of that article will come to Macon, I will show him more than 100 of the
nicest young pheasants he ever saw (provided he ever saw one), and we give
them nothing more than good cover, with plenty of food, and protection from “pot
hunters.”

I am sure we have more than 100 of these birds, as we have 18 old birds, and
have not seen but three of my “old hens” with the three flocks, containing the. young
birds mentioned.

The writers democracy is unquestioned, as he has always “helped, aided and
assisted in the support, giving my time and substance to that ticket, but have no
patience with demagogery.”

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I shall publish a letter similar to this one in our local papers. With regards
and best wishes for the successful propagation of these birds throughout Missouri.
Iam :

Sincerely yours,
Waa E. McCULLY.

Don’t know who the “Dem. Pub. Bureau’ are, but so far as our case is
concerned, their knowledge is sadly at fault—Mc.

Macon, Mo., September 10, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Replying to yours 8th jnst., will say you are at perfect liberty
to publish anything I write you, save when I make the exception, for I fear
neither my utterance or signature.

I think the drouth past few months has scattered my flocks somewhat.
but also think, if so, they will come back to their breeding grounds, as we
have plenty of rain and feed.

I saw one flock of 32 birds yesterday, and they are fine ones—young ones
seem larger than the old ones—and are not unduly wild, as I sat in my buggy
and counted them several times, and not over fifty yards. |

It takes a bit of care to rear them, but not a bit more (if as much) than
would a flock of “common chicks,’ and we are very proud of them.

Sincerely yours,
Wit Ee Mic @uicii ie

St. Cratr, Mo., October 1, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your request for information concerning the birds you sent
me to liberate received.

I received from you during the spring of 1910 a pair of your pheasants.
I made a nice pen for these birds, and during the summer of that year the
hen laid 25 eggs, from which she hatched 18 chicks. I left the chicks in the
pen with the mother until they were two days old, when I noticed that the
male bird was killing the young ones that morning. He killed three of the
birds before I could get them out of the pen. I then kept them in a brooder
until they were three weeks old. I would leave them out in the sun every
day, and when they were three weeks old they all flew away on their own
accord. During June, I saw two of the hens with about 18 or 20 young ones.
I have also seen four or five male birds going through the woods. This spring
I was confident that the birds were well able to take care of themselves, so
I liberated the first pair I had.

Last fall I received five pairs of the Hungarian partridges, which I liberated
at once. All during the fall the birds would fly out of the woods into my
wheat fields at about three o’clock every afternoon and would feed there until
it would get dark. The winter of 1910 was so very hard that I scattered quite
a lot of grain through the woods where I could see the birds had been, as I
was a little afraid they would not find enough to eat. This summer I have
seen two of the female birds with about 15 young ones, and one of my neigh-
bors tell me that one of the hens is on his place with a large bunch of young
ones. I can only locate three pair of the birds now, but these three pair have

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at least 30 or 40 young ones. I do not think they are at all bad to migrate,
as two of the hens are roosting with their young about 200 feet from where
I liberated them. I am sure that these birds will do fine in this country.
They have certainly taken excellent care of themselves so far.

Thanking you for these birds and trusting they are meeting with as good
success in other parts of Missouri as they are at my place, I remain,

Yours very truly,
W. E. MAY.

StaTer, Mo., September 9g, I9II.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I have delayed answering your circular letter which was re-
ceived several days ago for the reason I wished to get more definite informa-
tion in reference to the birds you shipped here.

I received about one dozen of the Hungarian partridges and kept them
in captivity until the bad weather was over, and then liberated/them. They
were seen several times after they were liberated, and one pair of them was
seen with some young birds. We have not seen any of them lately, for the
reason the brush and grass, where we think they are, is very thick, and they
can easily hide. I have every reason to believe they are all right, and will do
well. Mr. Mead, a friend of mine here, also received a box of these birds, and
they have been seen several times near where they were liberated, and one
pair 6f them was also seen with some young birds. I shall write you fully
about this matter a little later, when the leayes have fallen and the grass is dead,
so that we can find them.

The few pheasants you sent were kept in captivity, and I got more than
one hundred eggs from three birds—raised some forty or fifty young birds,
and have placed nearly all of them in the country with farmers who will see
that they are protected,

My opinion is that the partridges will be a success in this part of the
country, but am not prepared to say just what luck we are going to have with
the pheasants when they are liberated, Will gladly furnish you any informa-
tion I can at any time, and hope you will continue to stock the country with
these game birds.

Yours truly,
COM. P. STORTS.

Sikeston, Mo., August 24, I19Q11.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—You sent me, the latter part of February this year, four pair Hun-
garian partridges that I turned out on my farm, and J am glad to say they have
done splendidly. We have seen three bunches of young partridges and they seem
to be adapted to this country, and I feel they are the bird for this section. You
sent to me three pair pheasants within the last sixty days, which J also liberated
on my farm, and at this time we see them occasionally, and they are growing nicely
and seem to be doimg well, but in this immediate section I fear they will be less
able to take care of themselves than the partridges. The pheasants migrate and
have a wide range.

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the partridges are more suitable for this county than pheasants, as they are more
able to protect themselves from hawks. I will report from time to time on the
birds I have and will protect them in every way possible. I am,
Yours truly,
GREEN B. GREER.

Ozark, Mo., August 22, Igrt.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Replying to your letter of recent date, enquiring about pheasants
sent me last spring.

I notice one hen and cock with five or six young about my feed lot, and hear
the cocks crowing from the other, but have never seen any young ones, as the
weeds are very tall and thick where they range. George Wills, my brother, who
lives north of me, says he seen a hen with twelve or fifteen young—guess they are
from those you sent him.

As to what the hawks may do, I am of the opinion they will be hard on the
hen and young birds. I noticed a “hank” following some a few days ago, but did
not see it catch any or see any feathers.

Your letter was misplaced, therefore cannot answer other question because do
not remember what you ask.

I think it would be a good idea to offer a small bounty of say 25c for the
head of hawks, as they destroy more of our quail than the hunter.

: ; Yours very truly,
C. W. WILLS.

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Hopkins, Mo., August 24, IOI.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Yours of the 22nd received. In answer will say I turned out three
pair of Hungarian partridges last spring; have seen them a few times since. One
pair hatched out about one-half mile from where they were liberated. There were
twenty chicks in the flock. The others I have not heard from. They have plenty
of feed, shade and water.. My neighbors are very much interested in the birds,
and there is no danger of their being killed. The other question £ am unable to
answer, not having the birds long enough.

I would like to get some more and try to keep in a pen and have them tame
before being out.

Yours truly,
J. L. HEPBURN.

mi QUEEN City, Mo., September 8, IQI1.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
_ Dear Sir—The pheasants you sent me wintered all right last winter without
being fed, as they had corn fields all around their timber home. We have twenty-
five on the place, as near as can tell, and I think they will take care of themselves
as well as the quail will. Would like very much to have some for the Marion
county farm, where conditions could not be better any place than there. Thanking
you for these birds,

I am yours,
W. A. RINEHART.

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Lee’s Summit, Mo., R. 6, September 9, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Yours of recent date received and contents noted with care. Im
regard to pheasants would say, we have two broods of young, one of nine and
one of thirteen. They are growing much wilder in habits.

They were very tame at first, but now they seek cover in hedges or brush
thickets. Would be glad if you would send the Hungarian quail as soon as con-
venient.

We have never heard of a pheasant being found dead or being killed. Every
one seems anxious to get them started here.

Frazier is anxious to know if there is a bounty on wolf scalps, as he killed’
five last spring. Got the county money all O. K., and wants the State money if
there is anything due. Please advise us as to what course we should take to col-
lect same. Thanking you for past favors, I remain,

Yours respectfully,
P. S. ALEXANDER.

Ava, Mo., August 21, I9QII.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I write to inform you that I have turned loose all my pheasants,.
old and young, and to report what success I had. First I beg to inform you that I
have at least three coveys of Hungarian partridges of from fifteen to twenty in.
a covey. They are hard to find and just accidentally see them once and awhile.
Think I must have at least sixty young ones—a pretty. good start for next year..
I have a good deal of. faith in them. Now, with reference to pheasants, I do not
think they are so extremely hard to raise if a person will follow instructions and
use common sense. They are just about like a young turkey. It may be that I
am a little “puffed up” because I was so successful. My hen hatched out fourteen
young ones and I[ raised every one of them, and if one was ever sick I never
noticed it. I was very particular in feeding. JI hardly ever missed a day that
they didn’t get a feed of raw meat cut fine or maggots of some kind and other
worms, and about every second or third day I fed them shard boiled eggs, put
through a colander and mixed with corn meal, or bread crumbs, lots of fine sand
and a liberal sprinkling of cayenne pepper, all mixed thoroughly. After they were
about a week old I fed them what green grass and weeds and leaves they would
eat. I soon learned what they liked, such as lettuce, radish tops, turnip tops, bean
leaves, mustard tops, etc. In six or seven weeks they were as large, if not larger,
than the ones you sent to Mr. Hudson, Ava, Mo., some time in July. However, Mr.
H. S. Wilson did not have such good luck. His hen hatched out nineteen, but the
only raised twelve or fourteen, and a number of them are badly crippled. I set
twenty-four eggs under a turkey out on the fartherest farm, but she only hatched
out fifteen. She broke the balance of the eggs. I think turkeys a little heavy, un-
less you get a small one. How many she has is hard to tell, for the young ones.
are so hard to see. Another thing I noticed, that after the first of July the eggs
did not hatch so well. I gave out two hatchings of eggs. The parties only got
one or two young ones. The same was true with Mr. Wilson’s pheasants. He
gave out three or four hatchings of eggs, but only got one or two young to the
hatching. Mr. Wilson gave me his pheasants, and two weeks ago I turned them
all loose—young and old. The young ones given me by Mr. Wilson had only
about a half dozen birds, but what were so badly crippled they will hardly be able
to get around to find a living. His young ones had what you call “cramps,”

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caused from indigestion, and some of them had their feet and legs so badly
twisted that they could hardly walk at all, while others had grown so little that
they were not more than half the size of the healthier ones. I turned my young
ones in a bunch by themselves and Mr. Wilson’s by themselves. The old ones I
turned loose in two different bunches—a cock and two hens in each. They are
all seen once and awhile, and are getting along nicely. However, I had bad luck
with the trio Mr. Wilson gave me. The second morning after turning them
loose the cockerel came up to the house and eat a little with the chickens, but the
man on the place noticed he was not just right, so got him in the barn and caught
him and found that he was badly hurt by some varmin or owl. He kept him in
the barn that day, but the next morning he was dead. So that leaves the two hens
without a rooster. Is it possible for you to send me an extra cockerel right away.
I will be under great obligations to you if you can spare me one. Now, as to
next years’ consignment that you spoke of in one of your recent letters. I will
be under great obligations if you will put my name in for a trio, or what you
can spare. What success is being met with in other parts of the State, and more
especially the Ozarks. Say, Jesse, do you ever send out any of those Chinese
golden pheasants on anything like the same conditions as the English Ring Neck
pheasants. If so, I like very much if you will put “my name in the pot” for
whatever kind of an assignment you think proper, and I will be under still further
obligations to you. I believe I can raise some of them too if not much harder te
raise than the ring necked. I am going to move to the nearest farm and look
after everything personally, and will be in shape to raise them. Am building a
nice fish pond. Can you give me any information? Does the State furnish any
young fish to stock ponds? If so, what kind. I can get almost any kind from the
government at Neosho, Mo. Would be glad for any information along this line.
Respectfully,
BEN J. SMITH.

LaTour, Mo., August 26, 191.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your letter of inquiry in regard to Hungarian partridges shipped
to me last spring received. I liberated the birds around the orchard and barn lots
where there was plenty of feed and water. It was not necessary to give them any
special attention. I have seen some of them around occasionally all summer.
Recently I have noticed three groups of young on my premises, averaging about
fifteen each. :

So far as I know there are no young on my neighbor’s premises. I do not
know of any being disturbed by hawks, owls and other vermin.

I shall be glad to give you any further information in my possession, and
hope you will find this satisfactory.

Respectfully yours,
I. G. FARNSWORTH.

CALIFORNIA, Mo., August 30, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—I received your letter asking me for report on the pheasants
shipped into this county. I have asked some of the recipients of the birds for
report, but so far have not been favored with a reply. So far as I personally

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know there are fifteen young pheasants near Jamestown, well grown and able to
take care of themselves. They are still in care of a couple of old birds. No
winter feeding has been done there. There are five young pheasants in the Moni-
teau hills, south of the Moniteau creek, that we know of, and they seem to be
doing well. No winter feeding done there except occasionally. But we really
never learned that the birds got it.

Out of another shipment which was liberated near this town, only one bird, a
cock, has been seen for the last eight or nine months. The bird is full grown,
very nice looking and seems to take his home with the chickens or near the
chicken yard of a certain farmer. I liberated the last shipment of birds in that
very neighborhood. The birds above mentioned seem to remain in the neighbor-
hood of the place where they have been liberated and can be approached on horse-
back within fifty feet. The birds I liberated a few weeks ago near this town are
staying close to the place where I gave them their freedom, and make their home
in a cornfield. The neighbors see them quite often, and the farmers in that
vicinity are proud of the birds, and will protect them. I make it a point to interest
every farmer in pheasants, and I know that further shipments of the birds would
be well taken care of in this county. I want to make the raising of pheasants a
success, and ask you to kindly assist me in my efforts. Wishing you success, I am

Yours truly,
CHANSY GE RETB ER:
; Circuit Clerk.

SMITHVILLE, Mo., August 25, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Replying to your favor of August 18, with reference to the Hun-
garian partridges sent me last spring, wish to advise you that these birds have
done exceptionally well with the exception of one pair, whose mate we found in
the pasture, and it must have been killed by a fox. The other bird has been seen
several times by different farmers. Otherwise they have done fine, as I have two
large bunches that I know as they use pretty near altogether around the house
and feed lot. They seem to be very gentle and will only rise and fly a few feet
away. Mr. Jas. Croger, one of our neighbors to my father’s farm, also has a
bunch of twenty-seven of these birds, and he says he feeds them every day and
that he never seen birds as gentle and tame as these are, and do not believe they
are a bird to migrate over any large scope of territory. However, it would be
difficult to say what these birds will do until the migrating season. However,
again with plenty of shelter, water and feed, I have every hope of being able to
keep them. I expect to protect them from all hunters for at least three seasons,
and then I would like to trap some of them for propagation purposes. Kindly
advise me on this subject.

Should you have any of the Chinese Ring Neck or English pheasants, I would
like three or four pair of these birds and I assure you I will take the same care
of these birds that I have of the Hungarian partridge.

Hoping that what I have said will be of some service, and any assistance that
{1 may lend toward the frugality of these birds I assure you will be at your com-
mand. :

Again thanking you for the birds already sent me, I beg to remain

Yours very truly,
R. Ll; PATTERSON:

No. 1—2

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Hate, Mo., August 21, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Bich Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to the within I received six pheasants in the fall of 1910,
liberated them on my farm; think they need very little care; they take care of
themselves alright. The farmers all want them. They feed after the stock in
winter and roam the stubble fields in summer. I think they will take care of
themselves alright. They roam over about one section of land. I have seen no
young ones yet. They divided in pairs, each pair going their way. We certainly
have a good place for them, timber land, creeks, plenty of springs. Will do all I
can to protect them. Wish you could send me some quail.

i J. FRENCH.

Reference: J. B. Hale, Representative from Carroll county.

GREENFIELD, Mo., September 12, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—Your circular letter of recent date to Mr. James P. Wheeler of
Greenfield, Missouri, has been turned over to me for answer.

Mr. Wheeler desires me to inform you that the birds which he got have
been seen recently and seem to be doing all right, but he has seen no young
ones. However, he thinks they undoubtedly have young ones. He has only
seen one of them at a time, and that probably accounts for not seeing the
chicks.

IJ have just heard from the birds which I raised myself last year, and
turned over to Mr. Charley White of Crisp, Missouri. One pair of them has
been seen with a large flock of chicks, and another has been seen, but if it has
a mate, the mate has not been seen with it.

I am also pleased to state that the birds that were turned over to Mr.
Albert Cox of South pee Missouri, are doing well, and are raising
young ones.

I would like very much indeed to have some more young birds sent to
me, because this is a wooded, hilly country, with plenty of streams and springs
in it, and in my opinion, if there is any county in the State where these birds
will properly propagate, I think it is Dade. I know exactly where to turn them
loose, and I think we will get good results without question.

Kindly let me know as to whether or not you can furnish me more young
birds to liberate this year.

Yours truly,
C. F. NEWMAN.

BetHany, Mo., September 22, 1911.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—Your letter of late date, making inquiry about how the Hun-
garian partridges had done, to hand. In reply, will say I have one bunch of
young ones of about 20, and I am sure the rest of the old ones are still on
the farm, but am pretty certain they have no young. Three of the old birds
are with the bunch of young ones all the time, and five of the old ones seem
to stay in together of late. Of course, there might be more than one nesting
of the young birds, but they all seem to be of the same size. I have a very
fine place for these birds, and I am positive the old ones are all on the ground

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yet. I don’t see any reason why these birds did not raise more young, unless
it was too late in the season when they were turned out. In regard to their
migrating, the season of year might have something to do with that. The
birds I have seem to like their home fine, and you can see them most any
time. They are very pretty, and don’t seem to be so very wild. Any further
information you would like I would be pleased to give it to you.
Yours very truly,
JOELN TS) SWAG ENG

SEDALIA, Mo., September 10, 1917,
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Replying to your letter (circular) asking my experience witl
pheasants and Hungarian partridges, received from your department, througl
Mr. Jas. T. Montgomery, Sedalia, Missouri, in the outset I will say that ¢
applied to you through Mr. Montgomery for some Hungarian partridges, but
have never received any, therefore, I can say nothing as to that bird.

However, as to the pheasants, will say during the year 1910 I raised ters
hens and eight cocks. These young birds were mothered by chicken hens
until they were weaned, and then began shifting for themselves; they remained
in my orchard and feed lot and pasture, feeding with the cattle and hogs, duc-
ing the winter of 1910-11, and passed that winter safely.

They seem to be amply able to take care of themselves, both as to feeding,
against hawks and owls and other vermin.

I had ten hens out and have frequently seen nine of cen on my place..
These nine birds have hatched out this summer each a brood of young birds

Two hens and one cock have fifteen young birds; another hen and cock
have seven young birds; another hen has eight young birds; another hen ayd.
cock five young birds; another hen and cock, four young birds; two hens and
cock, eleven young birds; one hen, three young birds.

You see out of the ten hens I have seen nine with young birds. I amr
satisfied the other hen has birds on the place. I am also satisfied that there
are more birds than the above estimate. I am certain that I have fifty-three
young birds, as I have counted them many times.

They seem perfectly contented and at home on my farm, and do not care’
to migrate.

By my experience so far, I am satisfied that if I can keep the hunters away
from my birds’for a year or two, they will multiply sufficiently to stock Pettis:
county.

Mr. Jas. T. Montgomery has eight or ten pheasants with Mrs. J. D. Craw—
ford, some two miles and a half from my place, and I am informed that these
birds have done as well as mine.

I would like very much to have some Hungarian partridges, and believe’
that I can raise them equally as well as the pheasants.

I will call on you at the State Fair, and hope you will be able to furnis!:!
ame with a pair or two.

Very truly yours,
C. Wi WINGATE.

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Knox Ciry, Mo., September 11, 191.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

' Dear Sir—Your letter received in regard to pheasants. We did not see
any of the birds during the winter season on our own place. We have fed
hogs and cattle the year round. Have had rail pens with corn in them, and
the birds need not suffer for feed. There has been one pair of pheasants on
the farm this summer that we know of. About six weeks ago we saw the
female with eight birds, large enough to fly. I have not seen them since then.
Mr. Simpson, living 100 yards east of my farm, said there was a pair at his
place this season; that birds were tame, but he saw no young. A male bird took
up with the chickens of Mr. Johnston last fall; he is another neighbor living
on the east side of my farm. It fed with his chickens and hogs all winter.
#\ female pheasant came to his place this spring and the pair remained there
this spring, but when IJ last saw Mr. Johnston, he had seen no young birds.

Other neighbors reported pheasants coming to their place last summer,
but they did not remain with them long. Sorry I cannot report more favora-
bly. I have 1,000 acres for them to run over and allow no hunting. It seems
that fewer prairie chickens hatched this season than usual.

We thank you for your kindness in sending us the pheasants and appre-
ciate them very much. Any time you may wish to send Hungarian part-
tidges we will be pleased to liberate them on our farm.

Yours truly, ;
D. CLARK THOMAS.

MARION COUNTY, AN IDEAL HOME FOR GAME BIRDS SENT OUT
BY WARDEN.

(Gourier-Post Special Service.)

Reliable reports on the condition of the Hungarian partridges and the
‘English ring-neck pheasants sent to Marion county during the winter of
yQIO*II by the generous action of State Game Commissioner Tolerton, are
hard to obtain for several reasons.

Comparatively few of the birds were seen during the spring nesting
season because of the fact that their natural shyness was augmented by their
introduction into a strange land.

The Hungarians are foreigners, imported direct from their native Eu-
ropean mountains and liberated in a country where the cover, feed and
grounds are different from their old haunts.

To the experienced eye, the Hungarian, seen at a distance or perhaps
only casually observed, would be mistaken for bob-white, his cousin, and no
report would be made. |

_. Marion county was treated very kindly in the distribution of the birds.
Due to Representative Frank Sosey’s work and to the splendid showing of
license money collected, some 200 Hungarian partridges were consigned to
our farmers last March. No cold weather of long duration came after the birds
were liberated. Food was found in the wheat fields and around the feed lots.

. During April nearly every farmer who had birds reported having seen
either a pair or often the eight birds he had received from the Game Com-
missioner. In some cases they had migrated to a neighboring farmer’s field
where food or cover or water was more to their liking.

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Many Birds Seen.

In May the weeds grew up. Here and there a pair of birds would be
seen dusting in the road. In three instances farmers reported seeing their
original covey of eight. Four pair were seen by The Courier-Post correspond-
ent in widely separated portions of Marion county, who got close enough to
identify them. At this time the birds were tame and would only fly to the
- nearest cover.

Have these birds reared a covey? That is the important question to
sportsmen. Farmers generally believe that a great many coveys have been
reared.

Arch Redd, one mile west of Palmyra, saw two different coveys contain-
ing sixteen birds, both on his farm this month. Walter Summers has a covey
of about seventeen birds. Louis Frazer, county collector, has two good
coveys on his place near Withers Mill. W. J. Gash has a covey of eight full-
grown birds on his farm south of Palmyra. The Courier-Post correspondent
worked his pointer on these birds August 23. The dog caught the scent and
held the Hungarians until they were flushed. In two instances they flushed
wild, but each time within gunshot. But they did not lay as close as Bob
White. Not until the hunters fare forth in November can a full report, or
‘anything like an accurate forecast on the number of birds be made.

The Hungarians are protected by law. Their flight, a great deal like a
prairie chicken. Their large appearance in the air and the spread of red tail
feathers also distinguish them from Bob White, and no sportsman can excuse
the killing of one nor truthfully claim he believed he was shooting at a quail.

The Hungarian is a robust bird. No one acquainted with him doubts
but what he will survive any weather that a quail can stand.

The Ring-Neck Pheasant.

The Ring-neck pheasant still remains much more of an experiment.
Fewer of these birds were liberated. Fewer of them have been seen since
they left the shipping coops. There are several reasons for this. The birds: -
were freed in the summer of 1I910—young, immature birds hatched at the
State hatchery, and consequently had the winter of 1910-11 to face.

A larger, more gaudy bird than the Hungarian and bearing the fatal gift
of a long beautiful tail, fine for freezing in the snow, and holding its luckless:
possessor like a trap, for the prowling fox. The pheasant, a bird of the thicket-
and dense timber by choice, had to find his living in a cleared and cultivated:
country. His plumage marks him out in cover where a Hungarian would be
unobserved.

Palmyra sportsmen have heard of only one covey of pheasants, that
one of about twenty, reared on the George Thurwachter farm. Two neighbors
saw these birds July 20, and say they were then not as large as a quail, and’
that they swam across a shallow slough to escape. It is possible that the birds-
simply fluttered across the shallow water.

In some cases, the cocks and hens became separated and the lonely bird
took up with the barnyard fowls.. Charles Ensminger has “Billy,” a cock
pheasant, that lives in the barn yard and whips every rooster on the farm.
Charles Arnold has a solitary hen. Hastings Bros., have two hens without 2
male bird.

Our sportsmen hope they will find coveys of the beautiful pheasants
that have reared in Marion county. Farmers are greatly interested in both

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Hungarians and pheasants and will protect them. Some say they intend to
prohibit all shooting until the new birds have become accustomed to their
farms.

Marion county, with hills and thickets and many streams, is an ideal
-home for game birds..

Patmyra, Mo., August 26, IgIT.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

This report has reached some 7,000 families in Northeast Missouri, and
I hope will help along the good work. Two parties reported Hungarians to
me that I did not know of when I wrote the story.

Mrs. Kennett Spencer, St. Louis (who knows the birds), saw ten north
of Palmyra yesterday. A flock of young birds were in town last week. Louis
Frazier says he saw twelve to fifteen south of Palmyra recently.

We are forwarding a petition, asking Governor Hadley to come to our
fair October 4-7. Won’t it be possible for you to come at the same time and
speak on game birds and their protection and propagation. Tl see that you
are urgently invited, and a visit from you would be greatly appreciated by
your sportsmen friends.

Faithfully,
WM. NICHOLS.

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo., August 23, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your letters sent out about the pheasants and Hungari-
an quail, will say that I know where two pair of the pheasants are out of the six
birds that you sent me. One pair is in the same woods pasture that I turned them
out m, on my farm, and the hen has seven young ones, now almost grown, and the
other pair 1s about four miles west from there, and I do not know whether they
thaye ever hatched any young ones or not. They do not seem to wander around
amuch, Out of the bunch you sent Judge Brown, there is one pair within one
smile of where he turned them out, and they have nine young ones.

Now, as to the partridges, I have one pair on the farm where I turned them
out, and there are about twenty young ones with them and seem to be doing fine.
There was another pair about one mile away early in the spring, but I do not
know whether they have ever hatched any young ones or not. J never fed them
anything last winter, as I never could find them; went to look for them when the
snow was on the ground, but could only find the tracks. I am satished that they
all went through last winter all right. When the snow would stay on too long
¢hey might starve. The pheasants seem to be extraordinarily wild, as they seem
to be always in cover and will not lie to a dog, as I tried with my bird dog, and
when she stopped them they would always be in the brush and would run off when
you come up, not fly away as a quail does. They seem to get along about as well
as our Bob White does. Have you any printed signs to put up notifying parties
mot to hunt in here, as there are pheasants and Hungarian quail, and it is against
the State law to kill them. If you have and will send me some I will post my
farm and the adjoining ones with them. ;

, Hoping this is satisfactory to your questions,
Am truly yours,
FELIX: J. PARKIN.

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Miran, Mo., August 23, IgII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In response to yours of the recent date will say that I received
a consignment of ten birds, Hungarian partridges, about the latter part of De-
cember, 1910, or in January, 1911, and released the birds on my farm near a feed
lot in which I was feeding cattle and hogs grain. The birds remained in this
vicinity until the opening of the warm weather, when they wandered to adjoining
farms. J was informed by a neighbor that he had run on to one of the mother
birds with a large bunch of little ones, a hatch, in which he guessed that there
were twenty or more young birds.

The partridge seems to be very alert, and I believe will stand the winters and
are better prepared to care for themselves than the common quail as to the ravages
of hawks and owls.

The birds have an unlimited range in the vicinity in which my birds were
released, as the farms are large and I believe the original ten birds are in the
vicinity in which they were released, but I only know of the one hatch above
mentioned. These are the only birds I know of released in that vicinity, and as the
range is large and the birds are of a wild nature, we have only seen them a few
times this summer, and then at long range, as they do not allow any one to get
near them.

The people of the neighborhood are proud to know they have this bunch of
birds, and we have no trouble in protecting them.

Yours truly,
CHAS. W. REEVES.

FAYETTEVILLE, Mo., September 5, I9QII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Replying to your favor of the 22nd, will say that the pheasants
you sent to me last year are doing well, and I think are equally as capable of taking
care of themselves as the quail.

I have three broods of young ones, which were hatched on my farm, and they
never stray further away than adjoining farms. I didn’t feed them last winter
for I didn’t think it necessary. I have a beautiful male bird that can be seen
about the farm any day. When you haave some to spare, would be glad to have
a few more.

Yours very truly,
JOHN W. POLLOCK.

VANDALIA, Mo., September 4, IgII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I received six pheasants in August, I910, and six in November.
They scattered out over two or three miles and were seen at rare intervals.

Of the first lot I don’t know that they were ever seen again after being freed.
But of the others I am certain all were alive in June.

One cock stays almost constantly with chickens on a farm 2% miles distant, and
one hen stays near to there and had a nest, but do not know whether she has
raised any young. One cock and two hens were frequently seen on the edge of
timber in early summer. And one hen was seen last part of June on my place
with flock of young—has not been seen since. Another hen on place seems to
have been lost from other birds, and has not been seen for a long time.

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Another cock, probably one sent to Mr. J. H. Wright of Vandalia, stays with
chickens on a farm a mile from Mr. Wright’s.

Only a few days ago I heard of four seen ten miles southeast of here, be-
tween Gazette and Marling.

We may see more of the birds in early winter beret frost has killed the weeds,

We have thirty or forty prairie chickens on the farm. I have seem them but
once in two months.

If I learn of young birds I will write to you again.

Respectfully,
WALTER S. BOYD.

Lours1AnaA, Mo., August 24, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Referring to the pheasants that were sent here, the writer has
called up Mr. Pete Dudley, who had the most of these, and find that from those
shipped here, he hatched out fourteen, that he gave them no special feeding last
year during the winter season, and that they do not migrate. They are not what
would be termed a perfectly wild bird, because they come up around the barn-
yards, but at the same time they do not stay with the chickens to an extent that
they could be called tame.

The writer believes from what he can learn that these birds will multiply if
the game laws can be enforced, where there is undergrowth to protect them.

Will investigate further and report.

Yours truly,
FRANK W. BUFFUM.

SepaLiA, Mo., September 8, Ig1t.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your circular received, and in answer to same will say that all the
birds received by me were placed on farms around here with the exception of one
pair of Chinese pheasants, which were sent to the State Asylum at Nevada.

Mr. Nolan, the man then in charge of the hennery there, reports about sixty
eggs set, but havent heard how many birds hatched or raised. There are two
pair though, that were turned out on the farm there last year that have been seen
with young.

Wishing you continued success, I am

Sincerely,
H. W. MEUSCHKE.

Kawsas City, Mo., August 25, IgII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—You wrote Mullins a while back in regard to their pheasants.
Would say that we have four separate bunches as a result of the old birds which
you sent.

I am a little bit afraid down there in that part of the country they will kill
them this season. It seems to me it would be a good idea to put up some posters
in such neighborhoods until the pheasants get started.

Hoping to hear from you at your earliest convenience, I am

Very truly yours,
W. F. COEN.

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QuEEN City, Mo., September 8, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—The pheasants you sent me wintered all right last winter. without
being fed, as they had corn fields all around their timber home. We have 25 on the
place, as near as I can tell, and I think they will take care of themselves as well as.
the quail will.

Would like very much to have some for the Marion county farm, where con-
ditions could not be better any place than there. Thanking you for these birds,

I am yours,
W. A. RINEHART.

Priatte City, Mo., August 28, 191T.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Your letter of inquiry at hand. In reply will say J received four pair of Hun-
garian partridges early last spring. They arrived when we had quite a snow on
the ground, and as I had to keep them in their box and feed them for two weeks
before liberating them. After that time they seemed perfectly able to take care of
themselves. Have not seen any young ones yet, although have found four nests.
at different times. A neighbor broke up two nests in cutting his first crop of
alfalfa. He found one nest after that with fifteen eggs and the old bird setting.
I found one setting on nine eggs, but think the dogs broke her up about the time
for her to hatch. Saw a pair a few days ago, but did not see any young. I do
not think they are bad to migrate, as we see some of them quite often. This
has been a bad season for them to raise broods, as it has been too dry for them
to get water. There is a small crop of Bob White’s on that account. See lots of
pairs without any young. My tobacco man says he saw a pair with some young
ones a few days ago, but could not tell how many. They were small, having been
hatched from the second laying after they were broken up. From what I have
seen of them am satisfied they are adapted to this country, and will do as well as
the Bob Whites.

. Respectfully, .
JOHN SKILLMAN.

SEDALIA, Mo., September 8, rg1r.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your inquiry in regard to birds at hand.

I received last winter a shipment of Hungarian partridges, and they seemed to
accommodate themselves to conditions at once. I fed them during the severe
weather, but I think they are able to take care of themselves equally as well as our
Bob White. I think if conditions are right as to cover and water, that they are not
bad to migrate, but they will certainly hunt a satisfactory location, even if they
have to go some distance to find it.

Yes, they hatched young and in large coveys, but I would not undertake to
say how many, as I did not care to disturb them. They are not wild, and my im-
pression is that they are a success, and will be a decided acquisition.

I also received a shipment of pheasants this summer.

They came during the extremely hot weather, and two of them were dead
when they arrived.

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I liberated them, two cocks and two oe in the evening near water eae a
fine cover with plenty of feed. :

We only see them occasionally, so I am not able to give you any definite
information.

However, I am continually on the lookout for aoe and will forward any
information IJ secure.

Yours truly,
FRED T. MUNSON.

Monroe City, Mo., August 25, Igri.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your inquiry about birds sent me, would say the kind
sent was Hungarian quail. There were several lots of Hungarian quail liberated
on my farm and farms adjacent, hence cannot give any specific information to the
ones I received, but will answer your questions in a general way as far as I can.
tst. It was not necessary to feed the birds, as we received them in the spring.
and. I have seen several places where one had been eaten, think it was hawks.
ard. I have one covey of young, thirteen, in all now; also, one pair setting yet.
There are two or three coveys of young on farms adjacent mine, and one brood
of pheasants, nine in all, liberated by Hon. W. B. Fahy. I believe they will make
good if looked after a little in extreme cold or snowy weather. I think, as near
as I can tell, there are two pair of old birds and thirteen young ones on my place.
I turned out four pair. I believe this is about all the information I have at pres-
ent. If there is anything I have not answered that you wish to know, write me
and I will be pleased to answer it if in my power.

With best wishes for your success in your undertakings in regard to the
game of the State, as well as your personal welfare, I am

Yours to command,

TE LOWEN ix:

Nevapa, Mo., September 25, 1o1t.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your request of recent date regarding the birds sent
me, will say that I received three shipment of English pheasants. Two of the
first lot sent me remained around our hennery for several months and then dis-
appeared and were seen in the woods about a mile from this place. As far as I
know they have been able to care for themselves ever since.

The second lot that I turned loose, as well as I could tell, made their home in
the woods the entire time, within one-half a mile from where they were liberated,
and have been able to take care of themselves since being turned loose. I am
satisfied the first lot wintered themselves very well without special attention.

We have found two bunches of little ones, about fifteen in each bunch.
When they were found they were able to fly at least three or four hundred yards.
I believe where there is plenty of covering and water that these birds will do well
in their wild state.

Hoping that this will be satisfactory, I am

Yours truly,

le Gy ON Aa,

Ursana, Mo., August 22, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In answer to yours of recent date in regard to the partridges re-
ceived from you wish to say, they all done fine and stayed. in orchard up till
mating time, and one pair remained there. They have thirty-two little ones, and
the rest went to large pasture close, and it is so grown up with brush and briars
that we have not been able to locate them, but are satisfied they have done well.
They seemed to be well contented and real gentle. We fed them during the hard
weather and in the winter, and they have taken up with a big flock of quail that
was raised in orchard. I am very proud of them and will do all in my power to
protect them, and thanking you very kindly for sending them to me I am

Very truly your friend,
FRANK DARBY.

P. S.:—Pll let you know from time to time how they are making it.

Grain VALLEY, Mo., August 4, I91T.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I note what you say in your recent letter about not sending any
more pheasants here. I certainly wish to thank you again for being so generous to
us here. Everyone seems to be delighted that we have so many pheasants, and
there seems to be about eight flocks within our protected territory.

If these birds show any desire to stay within a reasonable zone, I am sure
they will be cared for as carefully as our own domestic fowls. A flock of pheas-
ants, nearly grown, certainly is a grand sight, and we feel very proud of the
showing our birds have made this year.

Two flocks of Hungarian partridges have been reported, though I only feel
certain of one, as the two reported were seen rather near the same place. How-
ever, Mr. Hudson, to whom you sent some of the partridges told me that he had
seen a flock on his place. You may be sure that it will be greatly appreciated if
you can send some more of the partridges here for liberation, and I assure you
they will be carefully guarded and cared for.

The little pheasants which I am raising have certainly exceeded my expecta-
tions, only three having died so far. They are almost as large as quail now and
go everywhere, though they still stay with the old hens.

Have you any more pheasant eggs which you could send me this year? If
you have I would be very glad to get them and I will take great pleasure in rais-
ing them. Very respectfully,

M. TRUMAN ROWE.

New Manrip, Mo., August 29, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

The English pheasants which have been sent to this county are alright and
doing well. They have raised several nice lots of birds this season. They do not
have to be fed in this county, as there are too many peas in the fields and feed of
various kinds they can get to eat.

I am afraid the Hungarian partridges have migrated, as out of the few birds
which were sent to this county none of them have been seen by any one since
they were turned loose.

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I think the birds are able to take care of themselves, as we do not have many
hawks down this way. We kill all the hawks and things like that that prey on
our birds.

Yours truly,
J. L. RANSBURGH,
County Clerk.

CotumsiA, Mo., August 23, IO1I. -
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I am in receipt of your circular letter inquiring into the welfare of
the pheasants you were good enough to send me one year ago. I regret very
much to state that I fear all those birds have perished. The six arrived on the
25th of July, 1910, during the very intense heat of that summer, with two of their
number dead. J at once watered them and liberated them in a place abundant with
small grain and water, but have seen nothing of them since.

Very sincerely yours,
HENRY T. LEE.

St. JAMES, Mo., August 24, ror.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your letter seeking information in regard to pheasants and part-
ridges, will say: The six pheasants I received in 1g1o, I liberated in my wheat
field. I found one a few days later dead, and think a hawk killed him. About the
first of October I saw the other five. I scattered feed all over the place for them
and they came through all right. Two flocks of young ones have been seen this
summer within one mile of here. The partridges I liberated on Saturday evening
and fed them. Stood by and watched them eat their feed; plenty of water near
by. On Monday my neighbor came over with one shot. He found tt in his yard.
It had flown and fell there. I located the others three days afterwards and
fed them. Since then I cannot hear of them. J am inclined to think they are
wanderers. They were liberated in timber four miles east and west, from one to
two miles wide. Pheasants are all right here, and if let alone will do well, but we
have men and boys here that hunt in and out of season without license, and shoot
anything that moves. Hundreds of squirrels were shot all through the month of
June, and you know what that means to mother squirrels. I reported two men to
our justice and he stopped them, but it made them mad at me.

From the setting of eggs you sent, I raised three out of four. They are here
on the place, and almost grown. I believe this is as plain as I can make my letter,
and will close by saying there are more quail this season than ever known, and
will be good hunting this fall.

Respectfully,
JOHN KNOX.

Bortvar, Mo., August 24, I91T.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—In reply to yours in regard to how the coop of pheasants you
shipped me last fall have done I will say: One of the hens was dead when
the coop got here, and the rest I sent out north of Bolivar, about eight miles,

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close to the river. I thought it would be an ideal place for them, in which I was
not mistaken. These birds did not stay on the place they were put on, but drifted
about a mile north, where the woods and brush were thicker. They were not fed
during the winter, with the exception of one of the cocks, that stayed close to
where he was liberated and runs with the chickens. The others I was afraid were
gone, as no one saw them for several weeks, The cock that was separated evi-
dently finally as spring was coming, heard them and went to them, and they have
done well. As best as we can tell, there were about forty of the young two
months ago, and they were large and fine.- The parties living in that vicinity see
them often, and while they are wild and they can’t get very close to them they
say they are doing fine. I don’t know whether they hatch more than one brood
or not, but if they do we will have the country alive with them in a few years.
All the others that were liberated here have done fine, and I am sure there ara
better than 100 young in this vicinity. The eggs that you had delievered to me that
were uncalled for at the express office, failed to hatch. Thanking you for the
assistance in getting them started here, I beg to remain
Yours truly
E. L. SCHOFIELD.

Bottvar, Mo., September 2, I9II.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I am in receipt of your circular letter a few days ago. I think the
pheasants we received of you are doing well of the ones sent me. J have track of
three pair, one of which has more than thirty young ones, another with sixteen and
another with seven, that we are positive of, and think she has hatched another
brood, but have been unable so far to see the young.

Yes, I fed these birds during the past winter and will arrange to have them
fed this winter.

As to the Hungarian partridges sent me, I have not been able ta see them for
a long time; they got through the winter all right, as I fed them regularly.

I will be glad to further co-operate with you and hold myself in readiness to
do your commands.-

I am very truly yours,

BEN F. LEONARD.

ATLANTA, Macon Co., Mo., September 8, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sit—The pheasants of which you shipped me July 10, and which [ lib-
erated, appear to be doing all right. I see one cockerel and one hen nearly every
day feeding about the barnyard, and are very tame. I think the others must be all
right if these are. About four miles from here I have 80 acres of timbered and
brush land, and this year one pair of native pheasants raised a good litter of
‘young ones. ‘These pheasants stay there every year. Please inform me the best
way to protect these native pheasants. Mr. Chas. Watters owns a farm adjoining
to this 80 acres, and is desirous of helping me to protect them, if this man had
the power to make arrest, I think that would give the birds protection. I would
like to have another shipment of pheasants next year to turn loose on this 80-acre
tract, if possible. It is an ideal pheasant wild.

Respectfully,
ALBERT HOCKENSMITH.

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HiccInsviL_eE, Mo., September 4, 1911.
Dear Sir—Your letter asking for information regarding the pheasants you
sent me a year ago came to hand some days ago. I received six, turned them
loose and saw them frequently and think they got through the winter in good
shape. But as regards the increase, I can’t say anything positively, but some days
ago a near neighbor told me that he had seen quite a few young ones with two of
the old ones, but this has been a fearful dry summer, in fact, all the ponds are and
have been dry quite a while, and I am inclined to think that they have suffered
for water. Had it not been for the drouth and perhaps straggling hunters, they

would do well.
Respectfully,
HENRY C. POWELL.

RIcHLAND, Mo., August 28, 191.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your favor received. I received four pair of Hungarian partridges
late in the winter of the present year and fed them through the balance of the
winter. Yes, I think they are fully as able to take care of themselves as the Bob
White, and would be a little harder for hawks to catch, as they run faster and
fy swifter than the Bob White. I consider snakes the greatest enemy we have to
game birds, as they prey on the eggs and young birds. As stated, I received four
pair of the partridges, and when they were liberated they scattered. / know of
two pair that have raised from cighteen to twenty birds to the pair. They are very
wild. As to their migrating, 1 cannot say, as I received mine Jate in the winter.
Please book me for one of your pamphlets. If I can be of any service to you
command me.

Respectfully,
S. B. GARDNER.

Dieuistapvt, Mo., August 24, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Replying to your circular letter about birds sent out last year, am
pleased to report that I received from you six (6) pheasants in the year roro, and
liberated them at once. They remained about the immediate premises for several
days and then disappeared for some time and scattered over 160 acres, where they
took care of themselves over winter through corn fields. Recently I have seen six
young ones, about grown. One tenant reports that he has secn one old or original
rooster and hen bird with ten or twelve young ones; another tenant reports seeing
a pair with at least fifteen (15) young ones, several times recently i a 40-acra
watermelon, field one-half mile from where I liberated them about a year ago.

From the way I have treated these birds and the gain they have made, I con-
sider them well adapted to our country and able to care for themselves. Last:
winter season was rather mild in this section and the birds could find enough feed
in the fields to support themselves. This next winter may be different, however,
and I may have to feed a little while. I would like to have a few of the Hun-
garian partridges if you have any to dispose of this season.

Thanking you for the interest you have taken in this matter, I remain

i Yours truly,.
MAX L. OSTNER.

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Linneus, Mo., August 29, 1911.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—Your letter of August 22nd was received. I did receive the
pheasants you sent me last fall. But before I was able to make arrangements
for their care on my farm, and while I was keeping them at home in an ordi-
nary chicken coop, in some manner they made their escape. But they did not
leave the neighborhood entirely, and two of them were recaptured and given
to one Phillips, who has them yet. Of the others, reports were had that they
had been seen in the outskirts of town and in the woods. As they were hardy
birds, I believe they survived the winter all right, but am very sorry not to

have gotten them to my farm, which is fifteen miles from here.

Mr. M. L. Cornett reports a covey of pheasants from a pair of his which stay
about his farm, three miles east of here.

Yours truly, i
A. W. MULLINS.

Marionvit_e, Mo., August 24, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—In reply to your letter I would say that I have been very suc-
cessful with the partridges that you shipped me this spring. They are very
tame birds, and do not migrate, as they are within radius of one-half mile of
where liberated, my shipment consisted of eight birds, of which two pair have
succeeded in raising a covey of about ten birds each.
The birds are very similar to the Bob White in their wild state, and have
succeeded the dry weather, as I] have a running stream through my place.
And I will say that if you have any of the birds on hand that you would
like to dispose of, I would gladly help place them, as I have the only birds in
my immediate neighborhood.
Trusting this information meets with your approval, I remain,
Yours respectfully,
12, (Gi, ENS IBUC OUR I.

Ozark, Mo., August 26, 1911.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—Replying to your circular letter of recent date, seeking informa-
tion relative to the Hungarian partridges, which were sent to me last winter,
will say that my man in charge of the farm tells me these birds are very wild,
and he has never been able to get a count on them to ascertain if they all made
it through the winter safely, or if some of them died; but he is of the opinion
that most, if not all, of them came through all right. These birds were re-
ceived and liberated a day or two before the coming of a very severe sleet
and snow storm, and being unable to get near them to leave feed, he feared
they might perish; but he thinks none of them died during that severe spell.
However, they were liberated and seemed to stay near the lots where we
were feeding grain to our stock, and he thinks they frequented the feeding
places and were thereby able to get all the feed they needed. If any of our
birds have left our places and gone on to the premises of our neighbors we
have never heard of it. Shortly after we got our birds, some birds, supposed to
be Hungarian partridges, were seen about one and one-half miles from my

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farm, but I do not think they were our birds. We are of the opinion that these
birds are not bad to leave the premises where they are turned loose, particu-
larly if they have plenty of food, water and shelter. Our birds had plenty
of cover in the way of hedge fences, barns and other old buildings. Since
spring came and the ground has been covered with grass and other vegeta-
tion, we have not seen the birds as often as in the winter when the earth was
bare. My man tells me that on several occasions he has seen a bunch of
young birds of fifteen to eighteen, but he does not know whether it is the same
bunch that he sees, or if there are several bunches. He has seen one pair that
he thinks have failed to raise birds, and he suggests that their nest was likely
robbed or destroyed. We are unable to tell you about how many birds we
have, as it is impossible for us to know whether we see the same or a different
bunch on different occasions. The bunch of fifteen or more were seen a day
or so ago and they are now most if not as large as the old ones. If there is
anything more that I can do for you or tell you about the partridges let me
know and I will cheerfully do my best to give you the desired information.
Thanking you for favors extended to me, I am,
Yours truly,
oS: AWE OiRe

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FREDERICKTOWN, Mo., September I, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—In July, 1910, I received from you six pheasants, one died im
shipment. I turned the remaining five out in a large chicken yard where they
stayed a few days. From there they went to an orchard and IJ fed them until
October, when they left and went about a quarter of a mile to an old corn crib
surrounded by a thicket in a woods pasture, where they remained all winter.
Hogs were fed near by; from this the birds received grain and there was
running water in the pasture.
Of the five birds there was one hen and four cocks. The hen set and hatched
fourteen young birds, of which ten are now living.
The hen, one cock and small birds stay in a covey while the other three cocks
have “Bachelor apartments’ near by.
The young birds are beginning to feather, and it 1 now looks like there are
only two or three hens in the covey.
Any time you can send me more birds, it will be greatly appreciated.
Hoping this information will be of value to you, I am,
Yours truly,
A. FE. SCHULTE, Ja:

St. Louts, Mo., August 29, I9II.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to the circular letter concerning propagation of game
I wish to answer for Charles Valentine, a tenant on my father’s farm at
Matson, St. Charles county.

Through your kindness we received about ten Hungarian partridges and
three pheasants, one cock and two hens. This was some time in May, as I
recollect. We liberated the partridges at once and they seem*to have thrived well
as there is a brood now of about twenty. The pheasants we kept in the yard in

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order to accustom themselves to the place, and after feeding some time they
were liberated. There was no feding done during the winter of 1910 and 1911,
as our birds were not received until after the cold weather was finished. _

The partridges seem to be able to take care of themselves and hatched
young ones in their wild state as above indicated. We do not know of any
birds on the neighboring premises. The pheasants do not seem to be able
to take care of themselves against owls and vermin, for a short titme after
the ones you sent were liberated by my man one of the hens was killed by
some bird.

If this is a proper season for shipment, I should like very much to have
you send some more pheasants and Hungarian partridges, as the country is
wild enough to insure a fair trial of their success. I forgot, though, about your
appropriation; you probably have no birds as well as no funds.

Yours very truly,
LEIGHTON SHIELDS.

Kansas City, Mo., September 4, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your inquiry as to what success I have had with pheasants
you shipped me for liberation on my farm in Chariton county forwarded to
me, and in reply will state briefly as possible conditions as actually existing on
my place. .

We liberated the birds furnished in a lot grown over with heavy under-
brush; in same lot there is a living spring and a small stream of water run-
ning down the side of a hill out through the corner of a meadow. On other
side of lot ground has been used for wheat for the last two years. The day
we liberated the birds we spread several bundles of unthreshed wheat around
in brush lot. The birds did not leave this lot for about a week or ten days,
since then have been seen as far away from there as two miles, but at no
time they have all been away from this lot at once. As a conservative estimate,
should judge that we have twenty-five or more young birds this season. I am
taking into consideration the fact that we may have seen the same young twice.
My tenant tells me there 1s m all probability from forty to fifty young, but I am
cuttmg my guess down a little. The birds seem to take a great liking to grass-
hoppers and insects of a like nature.

One of the male birds seems to have entirely abandoned the rest of the
flock and roosts all the time in the hen house with the chickens. Has de-
veloped into quite a vicious bird, and is master of the chicken ranch. I am
very much encouraged at the success I have had with the birds on my place.
Of course, last winter we took considerable pains to see to their having plenty
of food and keeping the ice broken at least part of each day on the spring
where they got their drinking water.

I have erected a pen after the style of those used on the experimental farm
and would like very much to have another small pen of the birds at such a
time as convenient to you, so that I may save the eggs, hatch them and liber-
ate the birds at such a time as proper.

In conclusion would say, if the pheasant can be successfully propagated
as a farm bird or a game one, that it is the most valuable fowl that I have ever
seen on a farm. From the very youngest to the oldest they are continually
and persistently destroying insects from early morning until late at night. If

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there is any other information that I can furnish you with regarding the con-
ditions of the birds on my place, would be glad to do so at any time.

Very respectfully,
WarAcn CEC Oia
608-10' Wyandotte St., K. C., Mo. ;

Lexincton, Mo., August 28, Io1t.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—Your letter in regard to the pheasants sent me, will say that
they have done well, excepting that I lost one of the roosters before they were
liberated, and think that was caused by the extreme hot weather at that time.
They have hatched out quite a number this year and have been seen several times
where liberated and on adjoining farms. They seem gentle, as they have come
several times into the yard to feed with the chickens. They have a splendid range
and take care of themselves without any extra attention as to feed, etc. They
have access to wooded pasture as well as the prairie, and their feeding range is im
“both places. I think they will be a success under the protection of the law, as we

have, and the people seem interested in them. ;

Most respectfully,
WINFIELD S. PEACOCK.

Joptin, Mo., August 25, IoIt.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Of the six pheasants you sent me, one came dead, one was killed by a hunter,
saying he thought it a prairie chicken, and the other three left, one remaining
around the place for two or threé months.

From the two settings of eggs you sent we hatched out fifteen chicks. They
remained with the chickens until a good size. They did not seem to go in a covey or
flock. They gradually left, apparently one or two at a time. All are gone now,
and we never see any-of them any more. Most of them are alive, I suppose, and
will perform the purpose for which they were sent out.

Thanking you for your kindness in the matter, Iam ,

Yours truly,
D. E. McDOWELL.:

Ozark HoMESTEAD Farm,
ReEEDS Sprinc, STONE County, Mo., September 2, 1911.

Jesse A. Tolerton; State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—We wish to make a report upon the outcome of our venture at
pheasant raising, with the trio of birds you so kindly furnished us with last
fall as stock birds.

These birds wintered well in an open corn shed, with a small shed house
attached, they sleeping or roosting out of doors nearly all the time, even the
“very coldest nights which we had. They were fed as were our poultry, and at
the same time, three times a day, and in fact, were treated in just the same
manner as were our Rhode Island Reds.

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In the spring they. began to lay, but the cock becatne sick and died, and
he was replaced by another by your department, but the eggs proved infertile.
They seemed well in every other respect, and this summer, when I let them
loose upon the range, they still stayed around, and have all summer.

At this time (September 2) they are still loose on the range of an un-
limited number of acres, but show up morning and evening at our back porch
to be fed, and are almost as gentle as a pet hen. They do not seem to want
for any thing, but are fully capable of defending themselves against hawks, or
even a full grown Rhode Island Red cock, and the only fear I have for them is
that they may be shot by some “tie-hacker,” or other person who does not
care for law or anything else but to waste ammunition at all kinds of game.

It would be a pleasure for me next season to try the Hungarian part-
ridges, and feel satisfied they will do as well, or even better, as all during our
winters we have covey after covey of quail (Bob White) in and around our
garden, dung yards and wood lots, no one being allowed to shoot them on
our place.

Yours very truly,
N. T. GREEN, Manager.

I believe you are doing good work, and should be entitled to comment
from all classes, but more especially by sport loving citizens.

Rota, Mo., August 24, IoIt.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your circular letter of recent date, will give you all
the information in my power regarding the birds you sent me last year.

The pheasants you sent me last fall I placed them in a very good place; I
thought, one mile from Rolla, and had a young man, who is very trustworthy,
to feed them, they were there for a couple of months and all at once they left.
I don’t think they were shot, and I have heard nothing from them since. _

My stenographer made a mistake in describiug those birds. It is the
pheasants that are here yet, and the partridges are gone.

Earlier you sent me some Hungarian partridges, six I think, was the number,
I placed them in a very nice place, one-half mile from town. They became
very tame, and went to a neighbor’s house and eat with the chickens; but
about six months they changed the location about a mile, and since then
I have not seen all of them together at one time, but have reason to believe thae
they were all living, and some of them hatched, but cannot find any of the young
ones, but believe they have them Ind away somewhere. If you should send me
any more, with your consent, I will place them in a large barnyard with
domestic chickens, and believe they will become as tame as barnyard chickens..
I believe the latter is the bird for this country. af

The gentlemen that do the most hunting from Rolla, as well as myself,
have taken a lively interest in those birds, and are always protecting them
from the pot hunters.

I met Mr. J. H. Curren in St. Louis not long since, who is a very dear
friend of mine. He said then he wished that I could be personally acquainted
with you. Hope some day I may.

Wishing you success in all your undertakings, I wish to remain,

Very respectfully yours,
G. F. HOLLOWAY.

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Hopkins, Mo., August 24, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Yours of 22nd received. In answer will say I turned out three pair
of Hungarian partridges last spring; have seen them a few times since. One pair
hatched out about one-half a mile from where they were liberated; there were 20
chicks in the flock. The others I have not heard from. They have plenty of feed,
shade and water. My neighbors are very much interested in the birds, and-there is
no danger of their being killed. The other questions I am Meals to answer, not
having the birds long enough.

I would like to get some more and try to keep in a pen and have them tame,
before turning out. Yours truly,

Dhue HEPBURN.

CartHAGcE, Mo., August 26, I9rt.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Ma.:

Dear Sir—I have your circular of recent date regarding the pheasants and
Hungarian partridges which I released on my premises.

I did not feed these birds last winter for the reason that they were on ideal
round, and I felt sure they would have no difficulty in finding plenty of food and
-gwater. They came through the winter in a flourishing condition, and I would
judge from my experience that they are fully as hardy as our Bob Whites. Both
the pheasants and the partridges are occasionally seen by my neighbors and myself
and as near as I can tell, neither covey lost any birds. Vhey have never been seen
more than a mile from where they were released.

f am sorry I cannot report having found some young ones, but [ cannot.
However I intend to take my dogs and look for them in a few days and will
gladly report anything of interest I may find.

These birds should be given every possible protection, and if this is done the
sportsmen in this State will, in a few years, be more than repaid for their trouble.

Your efforts towards having these birds raised in Missouri are certainly com-
gnendable, and I hope you will meet with the very best of success.

Yours very truly,
GEO. D. LEGGETT

LaPiata, Mo., August 28, 1911.
jesse A: Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In answer to your circular letter regarding the pheasants you so
kindly sent me I will say: That the pheasants came here in good condition and
were liberated the following day on a 1,400-acre farm belonging to George Bloom;
Shey were put next to a feed lot in which there has been ever since about four
loads of fat cattle feeding; they were turned loose in a draw that ran along the
feed lot line in which there was some undergrowth, furnishing splendid covering,
with a few scattering trees; they stayed there the entire winter and were seen
every day feeding in the feed lot and drinking out of the tanks; there was not a
loss of a single one the entire winter; sometimes they went up to the house and
/oornyard and fed with and fought with the chickens, especially as spring ap-
proached, but they were seen frequently until about the first of May, when they all
disappeared but one pair, some of them being seen as much as four miles from
tthe place where they spent the winter; this one pair was seen at the feed lots
about the sth day of June for the last time, and since that time they have not been
seen, although we looked the place over and I used my bird dogs in trying to locate

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them. This tract of 1,400 acres of land has never had a hunter on it for the past
three or four years, and is absolutely protected from trespassers, and the sur-
rounding neighbors were very much interested in the outcome of the birds and
were anxious to protect them, and allowed no hunting on their farms. Mrs. and
Mr. Bloom are very much grieved over their loss, as they both take great interest
in the birds and were very anxious to have them stay and nest.

Now, I am of the opinion that they migrated, but where to I am unable so fur
to learn, but will try this fall to find their young if they have nested, for I have
all of the farmers in that part of the country on the look for them. Mr. Reesman
of this place turned about twenty-five loose near this town about three years ago,
and they every one left the country and we never saw a young one from the entire
flock turned loose.

I am very anxious to have some Hungarian partridges to turn loose on the
Bloom farm, as it furnishes the best place for the experiment I know of, and
these people are wealthy and take time and interest enough to properly try thena °
(oxo)

This has been an especially good year for nesting on account of the dry
weather, and there are thousands of quail here, the greatest crop of young I cuer
saw in Missouri.

Thanking you for your kindness to me in this matter, | am

Truly yours,
W. W. HENDERSON.

CHARLESTON, Mo., August 25, 1911
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In answer to your letter of recent date, I wish to say that I am one
of the parties to whom you sent some pheasants last fall, and will say that they are
still in the neighborhood, and just found a nest today of one with ten eggs:

The only trouble we had with them, they wanted to go m the woods or some
place where they could hide, they seem well satishicd until the ficlds become bare,
and then they want to go to the swamp or thickets, so they could hide.

My farm is near the railroad, and they seem to want to go there, in fact, there
is where I found the nest. They seem able to take care of themselves pretty well.
cnly think you sent some out too young, as the first got was small and think thev
died, or at least most of them. I wll watch the nest of this one and report to you.
later. I hope they will get along all O. K.

If you would call the attention of your deputies in this locality to the fact that
such birds should have better attention, I think would be a good idea, as we havi
a hard time trying to convince the people that these birds belomg to the State and
should not be killed. With best wishes,

Respectfully yours,
ING IE SIS UE EG

Mownett, Mo., August 23, I91T-
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—I have your recent letter on hand and glad to answer your questions:
about pheasants.
I had three birds from you last fall, two females and one male. A few days
after their arrival here one of the females got out of the cages and did stay all
last winter in ours and adjoining fields.

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The other female bird did not lay in her pen last spring, so I turned loose the
male and female birds about the first part of May. The other female got back with
them in a short time. ;

The two birds kept in my cage were very tame when I give them their
freedom, and they did stay in our yard, or at close quarters, for about one
month.

These three birds are running at large from our house to about one mile and
a half or two miles, and do stay generally on the highest elevations of land.

_ We fed the pheasants about eight or ten weeks after their liberation, corn.
svheat, maize, millet, etc., but the quail and other birds stole a good part of that
food.

On account of heavy timbered lands in our vicinity I have been unable of
Jate to see if our pheasants had young ones. The male bird last week came in our
yard, but I failed to see the others, and I am nearly certain that they have raised
a covey somewhere. I am very busy now making wine, as I am a grape grower,
and as soon as my work is over, will make a careful search for them. So far the
neighbors have seen no young pheasant birds yet.

ft am quite convinced that it is important to keep pheasants in pen all winter
and then turn them loose in spring. In that manner they get very tame and more
apt to settle permanently in the surrounding country and will net migrate at long
distances like the birds turned loose immediately after their shipping from Jef-
ferson City.

The partridges liberated on our place after their arrival were exceedingly
wild. They kept drifting continually to the south of us and since last spring I
mever heard of them any more.

‘ All the pheasants sent by you in our locality are much wilder than ours, and
jast week I got information of one male pheasant seen at about seven miles of our
place, probably one bird sent by you to Mr. Frank Mermond, and as Mr. Mermond
was himself to our house last Sunday, I let him know about that matter.

The example of my suecess in keeping my pheasants at short range is closely
watched here and give full confidence to the people that good care and good treat-
ment to pheasants will insure their speedy propagation here or other parts of coun-
try.

T will be very glad to have pheasants from you this fall, and several farmers
are building pens and would like very much to have a few pheasants for next
winter. If it is not of too much inconvenience to you J] will send you their names
in a couple of weeks, as by that time I aim to write to you again to give you the
results about our pheasants. 2

This year I have a small field planted in maize, sunflower and hemp expressly
for the use of pheasants and quail, and no doubt these birds will enjoy those seeds
finely later on, m

Yours truly,

Ly COM MANGE:

CHARLESTON, Mo., September 9, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I write to make application for consignment of some game birds—
pheasants and partridges—ii not against your rule to distribute both to same
party. My information from parties here who got the pheasants last year is that
in most instances where the birds have been favored with protection they survived
the winter and a number of voung birds have been seen.

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Now, I have a farm of 320 acres, devoted to general farming, on which I
grow corn, clover, peas, oats, etc., with 35 acres of same in wood lots, left for
stock, shade and pasture land, which I never expect to clear. This land is grown
up with underbrush and briars, etc., affording as ideal protection as could be de-
sired, with a tenant living on said farm who can be relied upon to protect the
birds from hunters as closely as could be done. Besides, my farm is surrounded
by lands owned by Mr. Wm. Holloway of this place and Mr. W. B. Passmore of
Deventer, Mo., the lands of both being same as mine—general farming lands, with
plenty of thickets and briars and bushes to give ample protection. They have both
said that they would apply for consignment of birds, too. If the three of us could
be favored with a consignment, each, I feel sure that no place in the State could
be better to liberate a bunch of birds.

Trusting that I may be favored with a shipment, I am

Yours truly,
(CIBUAS) IRS ILONW38,

Winston, Mo., August 28, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I am in receipt of circular letter sent out by your department in
which you make inquiry regarding my success with the pheasants.

In reply will state that the pheasants sent me were liberated as per instructions.
I did not feed them during the winter only as they happened to come around the
barn lot and ate with the chickens and hogs. I have one rooster pheasant that
seems to make it a point to happen in around the barn just about feeding time
almost every evening. You remember we experienced some very severe weather
last winter, the thermometer going down to ten degrees below zero, and every-
thing being covered with ice for many days. I had little hope of ever seeing any
of the birds after that spell, but was agreeably surprised to find in the spring that
at least two hens and three roosters had survived the winter. There was probably
more of them which we did not happen to see. I cannot say as to whether or not
they have hatched any young ones in their wild state.

I do not believe the birds are bad to migrate, as neighbors living within a
mile or two of me frequently speak of seeing them. I certainly believe them to
be as hardy as the Bob White, and that if we persevere we will soon get them
started in Missouri.

In conclusion will say that I received the pheasants, but you also sent, at my
request, one shipment of Hungarian partridges, which I delivered to Mr. A. J.
Metcalf of Weatherby, Mo.

Yours respectfully,

He i; JOHNSON.

HicH Pornt, Mo., August 23, IgII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your letter concerning pheasants sent me, to hand today. ‘Will say
that I received six pheasants, two males and four females, sometime last Decem-
ber. I placed them in a large cage, kept them there until about March to, 1911. In
the meantime two of the females died, from what cause I am unable to say. I
liberated the four remaining ones at date stated, about sundown, expecting them
to fly up in the trees, but they flew about 200 yards into the open fields, and I
have never seen them since. But some of the neighbors saw them frequently for

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a month or so after I turned them out. Since that I have not heard of them, so E
cannot say if they hatched any young, or what became of them. They were welt
taken care of while I had them, but they seemed so wild or afraid of any one,
would not become gentle. I was very glad to get them and hope they are still in
the vicinity and may be seen later on.
Respectfully,
Vo BS WUSIING:

Hotianp, Mo., August 27, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—In regard to the Hungarian partridges I received last winter wilt
say: I can’t give you much information in regard to them. a
I turned them out on the farm, and they haven’t been seen but very few times.
since. I saw a couple of them about a month ago. As to whether they are able
to take care of themselves, I can’t say.

Yours very truly,
P. A. COLEMAN.

Newson, Mo., R. 1, August 26, I91t.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your inquiry regarding pheasants you shipped me last fall received.
I liberated the birds, three hens and two cocks, in a good place, with plenty of feed.
They roosted there one night and commenced moving in an easterly direction
about the next day, stopping just about one-half mile from here, then going on
about two miles from there, where they stayed nearly all winter, and then dis-
appeared.

They had plenty of feed. As soon as I heard where they were, would offer to
pay man to feed them, but as there was no bad weather to speak of, they did not
require extra feed, there being plenty in the fields.

Believe the birds like to migrate some, and after they discovered their enemy
they could take care of themselves.

Would try some more pheasants or partridges if you will ship them to me;
have good place for them; plenty feed, timber and water.
Yours truly,
ROBERT BAGNELL.

Stockton, Mo., R. R. 2, August 26, roit.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your inquiry at hand. In reply will say that our birds came
through the winter all right.

One pair nested and raised young. I have only seen one pair, the others have
migrated. We did not feed, but turned loose in feed lot and birds had plenty of
feed. Would it be possible to get another pair or so. There are some parties that
desire to try a pair of those quail. If so, I’ll send you names of parties for a pair
of same. I received Hungarian quail.

Respectfully yours,
Wie RHP ES:

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HUuGHESVILLE, Mo., September 5, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In answer to your letter of recent date, will say in regard to your
shipment of Hungarian partridges sent me, that I fed them regularly for about
ten days, when the spring opened up and they commenced to shift for themselves.

Owing to the dense undergrowth, I am unable to form any opinion as to how
many of them are scattered through the country. As soon as the hunting season
open up we will be able to give you a better idea of the success of your venture
with Hungarian partridges.

I understand Theodore Shelton has quite a number on his place of the lot
you sent him.

With many thanks for the shipment, I remain,

Yours truly,
JOHN BULGER:

SMITHTON, Pettis Co., Mo., August 29, IQITI.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In answer to yours of recent date will say the partridges came
through the winter in good shape. We did not feed them, only put a few shocks.
of millet in their range, which, of course, is fine feed for quail or partridges.
This spring early we used to see the birds quite often, but for the past three
months have seen very little of them. It may be they are setting and keeping hid.
Have not seen any young ones. We would like very much to have a few pheasants.
on the Limestone Valley farm.

Thanking you for the birds and hope they will do good for us,

Yours truly,
L. M. MONSEES & SONS.

GxLascow, Mo., September 4, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your letter of recent date I will say: In the spring
of I910 you sent me one pair pheasants; they never laid one egg, and about the
15th of June I wrote you that fact. You advised me to turn them out. I did so
about the first of July. In the fall they hatched three young birds. They stood
the winter fine. I fed them several days during a heavy sleet we had last winter.
They were all together until th first of April, whn the young ones disappeared. I
never knew what became of them, whether something caught them or whether they
migrated. The old ones are here and have ten young ones. The young ones are
about as large as grown partridges.

Last spring you sent me four pair of Hungarian partridges to liberate. I
turned them out in a very heavy thicket, with plenty of running water. I don't
know what they have done, for I have not seen one of them since I turned them
out. :

It is a very quict out-of-the-way place, and I still have hopes of them being
there yet.

Respectfully,
W. A. HUGHES.

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KEyYTESVILLE, Mo., August 27, I9gII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—From the eggs you sent me this spring I succeeded in raising six
pheasants—three males and three females. One day last week one of the females
got some poison and died. Could you send me a female so as to make my three
pair complete? JI have the birds in a twenty-acre apple orchard, and they seem to
find the surroundings entirely satisfactory.

If you are going to distribute any eggs next spring I would like to have my
name put on your list for as many eggs as you can spare.

Thanking you for your past courtesies, I am

Cordially yours,
ROY W. RUCKER.

GREEN Rince, Mo., August 24, I9II.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I received five of the pheasants of which you spoke of. One was
very small and got away when I first got them. The other four I kept cooped for
about three weeks and then liberated them. They lived through the winter on the
farm among the stock as good as Bob Whites. Although they had plenty of food
they ran on the farm wild. In the spring they mated. Two stayed on my farm.
The hen laid nine eggs not far from the house and I found her dead on nest and
couldn’t say how long she had been dead before finding her. We brought the
eggs to the house and put them under a hen. Two of them pipped, but were so
weak they could not get out of shell. The others were dead in the shell. The
rest are still living. The other pair on the adjoining farm was alive this
week. They have raised young birds, but don't know how many, as they stay in
weeds and brush. I received pheasants, in answer to your question of which I
received, pheasants or Hungarian partridges. We have plenty of shelter, water
and food supplied on the farm for them. My opinion is that they won’t immigrate
where they are supplied with shelter, water and food. Under those circumstances
I think that they are able to take care of themselves against hawks, owls, etc., as
good as Bob Whites. If it is not asking too much I should like to try some more.

Yours truly,

J. R. CALDWELE:

Lancaster, Mo., August 24, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Replying to your circular letter will say that I received four pair
of Hungarian partridges. I liberated them in a dense white oak section where
water is abundant, except in an extremely dry time like this, but there are numer-
ous springs and stock wells in this section, jso they will not perish. This same
section is bordered with rich and fertile bottom lands, where all kinds of crops
are grown. These birds were released in May and have been seen since several
times. I have not seen them, but several farmers have reported to me that they
have seen them, all of them. They have never paired off, but have all stayed in a
flock, so I fear that they have not mated. I have been expecting to go out in the
locality and hunt them up, but it has been so awfully hot that it would mean
suicide to do so. When it gets a little cooler and a little damper I will go and
see if I can find them. ;

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The farmers of the locality are all eager to see them and are anxious to have
them increase, so they will be protected as far as possible. Of course, we expect
some low-down pot hunter to shoot some of them, but he must keep very quiet
about it, or he will get a dose of “pizened law.’ Our county attorney will never
quit prosecuting because he is a true sportsman. :

We have a bunch of would-be sports here who have in past years shot bob-
tailed quail, but last year I put your most efficient deputy next to it and we come
very near landing two of them. So they will all be shy about shooting out of
‘season this year. Jn conclusion I wish to compliment you upon your splendid ad-
ministration, especially in naming and retaining our J. H. Myers as one of your
deputies. Being at one time a deputy myself, I know that he is and has done all
that any one could do.

Wishing you further success, I am

Yours truly,
R. L. EASON,

Opvessa, Mo., August 25, IgIt.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I am in receipt of a letter from you asking about the pheasants and
partridges you made me in the State distribution, and in reply will say my belief
is that both the pheasants and partridges will, with some care, succeed here, for
there are some of each hatched this season and they will, in my observation, after
they are acclimated, be prolific, and we will have our State restocked with the great-
est of game birds. It requires time and patience to develop these birds and to pro-
tect them from the pot hunters, but a few prosecutions. would determine the latter
hindrance. With best wishes for your success in an enterprise you have given
your time and patience for the benefit of our State, I am

Very truly yours,
C. Y. FORD.

Napton, Mo., August 30, I9Ii.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Replying to your circular letter recently received, will say: Last
fall you kindly sent me six pheasants, and this spring two more.

The birds were not fed last winter, but ran with the chickens part of the
time and came through the winter in good shape. They range about one mile
and seem to prefer the open pastures and meadows to thick, brushy cover. One
hen was killed by my mowing machine while setting on a nest of eggs. Another
hen has a brood of twelve young ones, now about three-fourths grown. Think she
made her nest in an Osage orange hedge fence.

The other hens have not been seen lately, but am in hopes they have .raised
broods also.

The hens are much shyer than the cocks. There is one cock I see every few
days around the barn and orchard, and think the hens must be near also, but they
keep well hid. We have plenty of brush and timber along the creeks and gullies
for good cover, but the birds do not seem to range there much.

Hoping you will make a success of stocking our State with these fine birds,
J remain

Yours truly,
GEO. P. SMITH.

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Maysvitie, Mo., August 31, Torii.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Yours in reference to the pheasants we received, but we have beer
so busy building I have been slow about answering. You sent me six pheasants,
but two were dead on arrival. I turned out the four in the timber. I have never
been able to see them myself, but I think all four are living, as the neighbors
have seen some of them several times. A man saw a pair of them this spring
near the place they were released, and a lady gathering blackberries saw a bird she
thinks was a pheasant, with some young ones. They have never been fed. A
creek runs through my farm and there is timber up and down it for a great many
miles. The one the lady saw was two or three miles up the creek. I think they
are able to take care of themselves. There is an alfalfa field on each side of the
creek, and two of them were seen in my neighbor’s wheat field this fall.

Yours respectfully,

Ss. W. COOKE & SON.

MaysvitLe, Mo., August 31, I91t.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I have to report that my experience raising pheasants is not very
good, although I thought I was giving them good care. I sent to St. Louis for
pheasant meal and some other feed. There were only eight of the eggs you sent
me hatched; they started off fine, until they were a few weeks old, then they had
the cholera, gapes, and I do not know what all diseases they did have, and they
all died. I was in hopes to have raised them, as we want the country stocked
with them if we can. I think they would do well here, as the winters are not very
cold and do not have much snow. Generally open winters until November or
December.

Now, if you have any pheasants or Hungarian partridges for distribution L
would be pleased to receive them and turn them out.

Yours truly,

Se We COOKE:

Sr. Louis, Mo., August 31, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—According to your request I will give you the information regard-
ing the partridges you sent me.

The last report I had from the farm was that an old pair had been seen with
twelve young. If you will remember, they were delivered to me quite late and
did not require any feeding, as there was plenty of feed to be found.

I surely believe they are able to take care of themselves as well as the Bob
White, they having the same habits as the quail, and the hawks, etc., will not be
able to take advantage of them.

Should you desire more information at any time please command me.

Respectfully yours,
W. C: REGLI,
3668 Gravois Ave.

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: Hicper, Mo., August 25, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:~

Dear Sir—The birds I received were the Hungarian partridges; and I only re-
ceived one pair. Was at the Show You Congress at Moberly. I have kept a
close lookout for them ever since we liberated them and have seen them several
times. This year I have seen several coveys that appeared to be the Hungarian
partridges. They seem to do equally as well as the native birds. I saw that all
our quail had access to the stock barns and sheds and had grain where they had
access to it in the seyere weather.

I wish yery much to get a start of the pheasants, and would like very much
to have some sent to me at my present address. Father has over a thousand acres
of land that is well adapted to the birds.

Yours truly,
Wie. MILER:

Montevatyio, Mo., August 31, rgit.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I received six Chinese pheasants from you in 1910, four hens and
two cocks; fed them during the winter when snow was on ground and weather
bad. I think they would have been fully able to take care of themselves, as we
did not have a very bad winter for them. Two of the hens hatched young ones.
Saw five young ones with one, the other one I was not able to count the young
ones. It’s my opinion that they pair off in the spring same as our common quail,
The two male birds seem to run with the two hens that have young ones. Saw
one of the hens last week alone without any brood. Cannot account for the other
hen, though she came through the winter all right. I don’t think they are bad to
migrate. One hen and brood is on one of my neighbor’s farm that joins me on the
east. I don’t think that hawks or owls bother the old ones; can’t say about the
young ones. Of course, the regular chicken hawk would catch the young ones
same as chickens, but think it would be a pretty hard job, as they seem to like
high grass and briar patches and thick brush. I have tried to take special care of
them, allowing no hunting on my land with gun and dogs and don’t intend to.
Any information I can give you will gladly do so. I would like fer you to reg-
ister my name for some Hungarian partridges as soon as you have supply of them
on hand. I am

Most truly yours,
J. W. MAY,

Montevallo, Mo., Route No. tr.
P. S.:—I own 460 acres of land, with plenty of timber, high grass and briars
on the north side. I think I have an ideal location for them; have plenty of quail,
squirrel and rabbits on it. Don’t value the rabbits very high though.

J. W. M.

Marcetine, Mo., August 29, I9II.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—Your letter of recent date received. Note your inquiry regarding
the pheasants and partridges.
As to the pheasants will say, I think they all got through the winter O. K.,
but have not seen the hens since spring, but the cocks have been seen several

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times, so I do not know if the hens are still on the place and in hiding, or have
migrated. The only bunch of young I know of is about half way between my
place and another bunch of old ones, so I do not know to which bunch they be-
long, but they are about the size of quail, and doing well.

The partridges are raising on the farm and are O. K. They are able to care
for themselves against weather or varmin.

Very respectfully,
J. S. WALKER.

SepaLtA, Mo., August 24, IgIt.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Yours just received, and will say in reply that you shipped me last
season seven young pheasants and directed me to liberate them at once. I turned
them out where there was plenty of water and food on the farm, but it was very
warm. One of them was sick when it came and died a few days later in the barn-
yard, I saw another one some two or three weeks after I liberated them on the
farm, but have never seen anything of them since. I am afraid they all died.

Thanking you for past favors, I remain,

Your truly,
EF, E. SWINK.

EstitL, Mo., August 29, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your request of August 22, wish to state that I received
six Hungarian partridges last summer and liberated them when there was an
abundance of feed—there being a corn field on one side, wheat field on the other
and a blue grass pasture on the other. The birds were let loose in a clover field
with plenty of water. I saw the birds several times, the last date being about the
5th of October, and since that date I have seen or heard nothing of them.

About the middle of last January I noticed a cock pheasant near the chicken
yard, and a few mornings later he was with the chickens and has been on the
place ever since, frequently roosting in the cedar trees near the house. I received
these pheasants last April—two hens and a cock. These I kept in a large pen for
two weeks or more, hoping that the old cock pheasant would mix with them, but
he hardly noticed them at all and seemed to prefer the chickens. I let the pheas-
ants out near the house and kept wheat and corn around the hollows, where they
could easily find it. About two wecks after liberating them I saw one hen pheas-
aant, but have not seen any since. With the exception of the old cock, I do not
think there are any pheasants or Hungarian partridges on the place. The birds
have either migrated or died, as there is always an abundance of food and my
place is posted. i

I regret that I cannot send you a more satisfactory report.

Very truly yours,
RieGaat oases

Maysvittz, Mo., August 31, IQIr.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—In reply to your inquiry as to the Hungarian partridges will say,
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and near the feed yard, where the stock was being fed. They are very wild. We
have seen three of the pairs which have hatched their young, and seem to be
getting along all right.
Yours truly,
Be Ave BIN LON:

FRANKForD, Mo., August 31, IQiI.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I have been away from home, hence delay in answering your letter.
I will give you the facts and you can be the judge. On M. J. Jones’ farm he saw
one covey of about fifteen young birds. On Richard Cacss’ farm his man saw a
covey of twelve or fifteen. On G. G. Thompson’s farm his man a covey, but was
not able to tell how many birds were in it. On Dan Strother’s farm there is a
large covey. On my farm I have one very large covey and one covey with only
four young ones. I have three pair that J have seen without any young. I am
satisfied one pair lost their eggs by fire, as fire got out where they used to be and
burned over about five acres of my ground, Now, the above-mentioned persons all
join farms with me, except Dan Strother, and his place is about one-half a mile
from mine. Now, as to the pheasants, I haven’t heard of them since spring, and
I consider this a good sign, because I. know they went through the winter in good
shape. The last trio of pheasants you sent me I kept confined. I have twelve
nice young ones. One of the hens failed to lay, I thought possibly she was too
young. I am satisfied the quail, as well as the pheasants, will be a success. You
ask me if I fed the birds, I fed them during that snow and sleet, but not after it
left, as they had access to a corn field that I turned sheep in.

Wishing you continued success, I remain

Yours,
JESSE B. JONES.

Marguanp, Mo., August 31, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerion, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I am in receipt of your recent inquiry in regard to the Hungarian
partridges sent me some time ago.

In reply will say that I received same in good condition, and as the winter
_ was still unbroken I kept them up for some time, giving them proper attention.
As soon as the weather permitted they were liberated on my farm, They were
seen at different times and seemed to be doing fine, but finally disappeared. I
think they went over on my neighbor’s farm, as there was ‘considerable timber and
tall grass in that particular section.

While I have not seen them since the breeding season came in, but am satis-
fied that they are still living, and I see no reason why they have not done well, as
they have had an excellent range with plenty to eat, and we have had a dry season
here, which should be very favorable for hatching. I will make an effort to locate
them and see how they have increased. I am not able to say as to how well they
are able to protect themselves from hawks, owls, etc. But if they are where I
‘think they have been this season they have a good hiding place in the timber and
grass, with water near them. Any information that I may be able to get later on
I will report to you. Thanking you for the shipment, and should there be a dis-
tribution of pheasants later on I would be glad to receive some of them.

Your very truly,
Dy SawWALES!

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Nott, Mo., August 24, I9rt.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your letter asking for information in regard to the pheasants that
I received, will say that I turned them over to Mr. E. N. Perry, a gentleman, is a
sportsman and a farmer. He has Mallard ducks, wild geese; also, deer, a black
bear, wild turkeys, game chickens, pacing horses and twelve acres of fish ponds
stocked with black bass, crappie, channel cat and perch. He turned the birds out
last fall and they stayed about his barns all winter, and as the winter was open,
did not have to feed them. He has just told me that there were five or six bunches
of young birds in his park about 125 or 150 all told, and looking fine and tame.
Will let you know about them this winter.

Please send me your report, and oblige,

Yours truly,
CAE DAVIS:

Parmyra, Mo., August 23, I91I.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Relative to your letter of recent date, will state that both pheasants
and partridges have done well. The partridges in particular. These are: more
often seen along roadsides and in open country. I have seen several coveys recent-
ly that are evidently the second hatching, for there are others full grown. Their
habits are almost identical with our quail. They range about same and feed on
same grain and seed. They winter and care for themselves equally as well as our
mative bird. Last winter, however, wasn’t especially severe, and but little feed
was thrown out. In my opinion they are a thrifty, haughty bird. It is far too
early to pass judgment as to their migratory habits; quail will move usually the
latter part of September and first of October, rarely earlier unless the fall is es-
pecially early, and although I have heard of covey containing twenty-five to thirty,
I think this exaggerated. What I’ve seen is about in keeping with our quail, num-
bering from fourteen to twenty, and I think the flocks of twenty, if counted on
the ground and not in the air, there wouldn’t be quite as many. I believe the
partridge will do better in our county than the pheasants. We are too thickly
settled and farms closely cultivated. In other words, the pheasant likes broken
wooded and well watered ravines. I don’t think he would be satisfied in corn
fields and weedy draws nor along hedges, out in stubble or in old orchards.

A good many kept the pheasants quite a little while before liberating, and in
some instances they have been seen together late in spring and later, after mating
and nests have been found before and after hatching, but few young have been
seen. , Several farmers have never seen them since they opened the coop, but several
miles away they have turned up and are still there. In every instance it is where
they are turned out in open country and have sought the bluffs of the nearest
stream. My personal experience is that they will stand a much more severe
climate than ours. They remain fat and strong the year round. A grown cock is
as strong and, in some instances, as game as any domestic game cock. The hen
is timid, and will crawl through the grass like a snake and can hide in places that
would show up a quail. For this reason some farmers say that there were no
hens sent out, as they never have seen one, they only see the cocks, and that
sometimes they come up to the barn lot. I think the cock pheasant does this to
protect the hen and draw attention to himself; he is naturally stuck on himself
anyway on account of his plumage; he will show up around the poultry because, he
hears the hens and especially the crow of the rooster. This all sounds good to
him, and he has nerve to “get in the clear.” It’s too early now to answer correctly

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the various questions you ask, but along in December or first of January, will be
able to give more general information.
Thanking you for your prompt and courteous treatment, I beg leave to remain,
Very respectfully yours,
W. B. MARKELL.

Opessa, Mo., August 23, I9It.
Jesse A. Tolerion, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your letter of recent date, relative to the game birds shipped me,
is received and will say in reply that I took the best care of the birds that I could,
and I think that they came through the winter all O. K. The birds were turned in
a feed lot where there was always corn and water and they had a large woods
pasture to run in where there was plenty of cover for them in the shape of un-
derbrush. I have seen the birds a number of times, but I have never seen any
young birds and cannot say if there is any.

Yours truly,
By ELLIOT:

Bevier, Mo., August 23, I9It.
Jesse A. ToJerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Received your circular letter of inquiry relative to the pheasants
sent me last year from your department, beg to say from the first year’s experi-
ence that as far as I am able to ascertain, the fowls done exceedingly well, taking
into consideration the rough winter weather last year. I believe they will survive
and take care of themselves if they survived the past winter. While I cannot ac-
count for all the six fowls sent me, there are enough in this section to form a
good breeding start. Have not, however found any young for this season. The
birds, in my opinion, at times migrate and remain for some while, then return.

I do not think the vermin does them any harm. As soon as they are of any
size they are fleet on wing and can easily take care of themselves.

Thank you for the consignment sent me, as the people in Sone)! are in
hearty sympathy with the movement to stock up on these fowls.

Glad at any time in the future to assist you or the department if I can be of
any assistance, command me, I am

i Yours truly,
T. A. ROWLAND.

KirKsviL_e, Mo., August 23, Iori.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your letter received, and in reply will say I received the Chinese
pheasants last fall and I kept the birds up for about a week. At that time they
got loose and got into a large woods pasture of two thousand acres, which I own.
I have never been able to see the birds since, but they have been seen several
times by the party who is on the farm. Somtime ago one of their nests was found
in part of the timber pasture, but the old hen has not come off with the young
ones yet. So these birds, so far, have not migrated much.

Very respectfully,
ISL WE SIN Gibs

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CAssvILLE, Mo., August 23, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—I received four pair of Hungarian partridges, and as far as I
know they have done well, as I did not have to feed them during the winter,
as there was plenty of shock corn in the field in which they ranged. I do
not think they are bad to migrate, but they seem to be great rangers. They
paired off in the spring, two pair staying on my farm and two pair going on
farms adjoining mine. There has been one covey of young birds seen on
one of my neighbor’s farms, about 25 or 30 in the covey.
I think they are fully as capable of taking care of themselves as our Bob
Whites or any other bird.
Yours truly,
ELIOT K. HORINE.

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Futon, Mo., August 21, 1911.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Enclosed find list of farmers I placed the pheasant eggs with.

I have not seen many of them to learn what success they have had. My
early hatches done very well, but my late ones were no good. My first lot
have left their coops and stay out on the farm. I wanted to pen a few of
them for breeding stock next year, but I am afraid I have put it off too late.
Several of the lot that I raised last year have broods close here. I saw an
old hen pheasant on my place a few days ago that ‘hhad a fine brood with her—
about fifteen—they looked fine.

I want to come over soon and see what you have.

Yours truly,

DDE NE PESONNES:.

St. Louts, Mo., August 23, 1911,
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—I am in receipt of your inquiry regarding the pheasants you
so kindly sent me last year. In reply to same, I beg to advise you that I
liberated six birds in Forest Park last year and looked after them through
the winter months. I a munable to state whether or not they have raised
any young, as I left them to shift for themselves in the spring, as I deemed
it best not to disturb them. I do not think they migrate, as the birds sent
me were to be seen all winter close to the place of liberation. At times I
have had trouble locating the birds, and could find them only with the aid
of my pointer dog. I will look for them the next day or two and will write
you more fully.
Hoping you are receiving successful reports, and wishing you success in
the above enterprise, I am,
Respectfully yours,
CHAS. WEINBRENNER.
Care Marshal’s Office, St, Louis.

KeyTEsviILLe, Mo., September 22, I91!.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—In reply to your letter, August 18, I cannot give you much

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spring. Have an excellent place for them. Don't think we have any hawks
or owls; have not seen any for years. Have not seen any of them; the
brush and weeds furnish an excellent hiding place for them. Two of my
neighbors report seeing them. My house is adjoining the pasture where the
birds are. Will try not to have them stray. Many thanks for them. Will
use my utmost endeavors to make them a success.
No hunting allowed on my grounds.
Very truly,
WOMIS 18, WSOC IL:

Bonnots Mitr, Mo., August 23, 1911.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—In reply to your letter of today will say the pheasants you
sent me some time ago seem to be doing nicely. There is now about thirty
or more young birds hatched this summer, and they seem to take care of
themselves, but a few of them have been caught by the hawks. The birds
are now not more than a mile from where they were liberated. They were
given some feed during the big snow last winter. The farmers are all on
the lookout for hunters to see that no one kills any of these birds. The
farmers in this section are all taking a great deal of interest in these birds

and want to see that they are properly protected.
Very respectfully,
VAC ORG Be CARA lBike

P. S.—At any time you can spare some more of these birds, would like fo
have some more, as a farmer west of town would like to have some toe put
on his farm.

Fruitvit_e, Mo., August 21, 191T.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your letter of inquiry as to the pheasants and the
Hungarian partridges kindly sent me by you and liberated on the Fruitville
farms last year, I am glad to report that the pheasants seem to have win;
tered well on their own accord and without feed, and have been rearing their
young in the open during the summer.

As to the Hungarian partridges, I have never seen any of them but once,
and have not heard of their having been seen by my neighbors.

Very sincerely and truly yours,
JENS MES VAN ONSEN

LaMonte, Mo., August 23, 1o1t.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—In reply to your circular in regard to game birds, I recetved
of you in the late summer or early fall of 1910 six English pheasants and.
liberated them at once on a timber and prairie farm, where they had plenty
of cover and feed. Some of them were seen near where liberated perhaps a.
month later. Two went to neighboring farms and took up with the chickens,.
where they stayed until winter, when they disappeared. One was seen about

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four miles from where liberated about a month after liberating them. I do
not know where any of them are,at present. It would seem that they are
a migratory bird.
If you have the Hungarian partridges, I would like to try them.
Yours very truly,
12 DBE CE AUPIDI SLRS LE,

Cuitton, Mo., August 21, I9It.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—Answering yours just received, will say that I have seen none
of the pheasants since April, but think they are hiding in the brush, caring
for their young.
Senator G. T. Lee was on my farm recently and “aye he saw what he
thought was a covey of young pheasants.
As soon as I sight them, will inform you of the fact.
, I feel confident that this is a good country for them once they get
started off right. I think it better to distribute them in the spring after cold
weather. .
Yours very truly,
IB ae (ClalMb ARON.

Mexico, Mo., August 20, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your circular letter, I have on my farm three
coveys of them pheasants of about sixteen, and nine to twelve in this covey.
Have -heard of one other covey on a neighbor’s farm where there is a good
deal of old hedge fence. During the winter I did not feed them, but they
seemed to take care of themselves around old straw stacks and feed lots.

I think the partridges would be more suitable to prairie farms, and a
better game bird. The pheasants are inclined to be too gentle; will. run a
long ways before taking to flight and are too large for a game bird.

Could I get a trial of the Hungarian partridges?

I have also on my place some 100 or more prairie chickens, and think
the partridges would do well.

Yours truly,
Gi @wAwe

SWEET Sprincs, Mc., August 28, I9II.

Jesse A. Molenton: Sue Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—Have just received your letter in regard to birds sent me.
Will say about February Ist I received four pair of the Hungarian partridges.
I followed your instructions carefully. Liberated them at one, about Feb-
ruary 19th. We had a very bad blizzard. You also wrote me again about
caring for the birds through the storm. I had put out plenty of food for
them, besides they appeared to take up quarters around where some stock
were being fed, so they got along nicely. All or most all of them are now
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three different broods of about twenty in each brood. Their nature
appears to be like our Bob White, in as much as they stay around one locality
while raising their young. I think there will be no question about them
adapting themselves to our section of country, as the ones I have are doing
so well, and I am very proud of them, and would just like to say if our
people would take some interest in getting and protecting them they will
prove to be a blessing to all, in destroying insects, as I have said they like
to stay around where they have been raised. Besides, if the hunters will let
them alone for a few years the country would become thoroughly stocked
and they being larger than our common bird, they would be something to
be proud of. And again thanking you for them, I remain,
Very truly yours,

P. S—I would be very glad, when the time suits, to have a trio of the

pheasants.
DAVID SHANKS.

Marcetine, Mo., August 22, Iori.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I received your circular sent several days ago, and will answér
at least some of the questions.

I received the Hungarian quails during the most severe storm that we
had all winter. I had to hold them several days, and then turned them
loose. They made a long fly at first and left my place entirely, but they are
living close by, and I get to see them quite often. One of them either died
or was kijled in some manner, as one is missing. The others are all right,
and paired off this season all right. They took care of themselves during the
winter, and I have never had to feed them nor water them. I have also seen
some of the pheasants that you sent around here, and see where they have
raised a bunch of little ones, so think that they are all right, too.

I would like to get a hold of some more birds, as mine left me, and
would like to have them on my place.

Please advise me, if possible, to get them.

Yours truly, SAU
FRED. LANCASTER.
P. S—Also, please send me one of the pamphlets.

Mount VERNON, Mo., August 21, IQIT.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your circular, will say you shipped me four pair
Hungarian partridges early this spring. These birds have lived through the
winter without having to be fed, and they seem to be able to take care of
themselves equally as well as any of our native birds. There has been two
or three hatches of these birds, and as near as I can get at it there is from
20 to 25 in each covey.

These birds were given their liberty on a 160-acre farm, and as far as I
know, they are still on this farm. They have sufficient cover and plenty of
water, and seem to be well satisfied.

Yours very truly, at
~FRANK T. O'NEAL.

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SAVANNAH, Mo., August 21, IgIt.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—Yours oi recent date in regard to the Hungarian partridges you
sent me will say in reply, I received the birds, and selected a real home—one of
nature's homes for quail—situated in the center of a section of land one-half
mile from any buildings, with a nice little cluster of shrubs, with spring of
never-failing water, and surrounded by grain fields. We kept feed of wheat,
barley and kaffir corn scattered about, and they would come every day for
feed until about the first of March. We found the feathers of one and shortly
after another, and then they left that part and came nearer my home; and
we would see the balance occasionally until about May Ist, and they disap-
peared and have not heard of them since. The ones you sent J. A. Roberts
were on my farm awhile and left or were caught by hawks.
In my opinion they are of a more roving disposition than our Bob Whites.
Yours respectfully,

DAs, EVAR EN:

SavannaH, Mo., August 20, IQ11.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Yours received yesterday, and I hasten to reply, and beg
pardon for my not writing you sooner to report.

Yes, I kept feed out this iast winter for the Hungarian partridges, and
‘they did fine. I fed them chick feed (composed of millet, ‘corn, etc.)
a think they are amply able to care for themselves under any ordinary cir-
cumstances, unless a heavy sleet is on. Well, as spring came on, I seen them
off and around on my place, and my neighbors seen them on theier premises
also; but in June, Sunday, I heard a lot of shooting, and took a party with
me and went to see about it; they said they were hunting pigeons; but now
fl feel sure they killed my partridges, for I haven’t seen them or heard from
them since.

What are you going to do while there are unscrupulous people like that
an the county, and you can’t fasten the guilt on them, so you can go after
them, which I would do, you bet, if I could get hold of them.

I received the ring-necked pheasant eggs; one broken; left me fourteen;
four hatched, and I saved one till it roosted in a tree along with a bantam
hen, and was doing fine till an owl caught it one night, with a bantam. They
meed not be fed at all, for they live mostly on bugs and worms and grass-
hoppers. I could do fine here with them if I could get everybody to take
same care and interest as I feel.

Thanking you, [| remain,

Yours truly,
S. R. MURPHY.

Paciric, Mo., August 21, Tort.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Tish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—Your inquiry regarding the pheasants at hand. Wish to say
¢hat 1 followed your instructions to the letter and turned them loose as
directed on the tarm. Must say that I have been somewhat disappointed, as
I have never seen them on the farm but once since they were loosed last

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spring. I tried to find them with a bird dog, but was unable to find but three,
and I couldn’t tell if they were male or female. This summer three were
seen on my neighbor’s farm, but at that time saw no young ones with them.
I am inclined to think that the males were killed in some way, or else there
would be young broods. Do not think they are bad to migrate, as these
were seen three-fourths of a mile from where they were liberated. I did not
feed them, as you wrote me you preferred to let them shift for themselves, so
as to ascertain if they would live that way. You also stated if they did not,
you would try and send me more. I hereby request the second consignment,
if agreeable.

It is my opinion that either hawks or owls killed the male birds, which
accounts for us not seeing any young ones; therefore, if I had another con-
signment, they might all get together, thus insuring a larger increase.

We have permitted no hunting of birds at any time since they were
loosed, and my neighbors are equally interested in protecting them. We
all want to get stocked up with game birds. If you can spare me more birds
we all shall appreciate it very highly.

The topographical character of our farms is typical of this section, and
I can see no reason why such birds should not do well here. Thanking you
again for your kindness, I remain,

Yours truly,
Wiig IL, SMO IRI BL.

Fayette, Mo., August 21, 191T.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—In reply to your circular letter sent out to parties who have
received pheasant and Hungarian birds from you will say, I have heard from
only a few of the pheasants. They have been seen frequently in the neigh-
borhood. One hen is now setting on a neighbor’s farm one-half mile away.

The Hungarian birds I have not seen since I liberated them.
Yours truly,
JOHN A. WOODS.

Lamar, Mo., August 21, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—Replying to your circular letter concerning the China pheasants
and Hungarian partridges, which you shipped me last winter and this spring,
early, will say, that we liberated the pheasants from the box in which they
were sent in a timber pasture or tract that was heavily timbered and carrying
considerable undergrowth, of about 80 acres, in which there was plenty of
water and in all respects a perfect place“for these birds. We put out feed for
a considerable time for them, and it was thought that they ate some of this
feed. For two or three weeks after their liberation some of them were seen
on the farm and on adjoining farms, but so far as I know none has been seen
for the past four or five months. We think there was one nest on the farm
hatched some young ones, but we are not sure of this. The information was
obtained from hands we had working in the field, and we think that this
report is reasonably certain.
When we received the Hungarian partridges, we built a cage about 8xI2
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the timber for about ten days and fed them regularly in this cage, but they
seemed quite restless, and did not do much good, and so we raised the cage
gently and propped it up so they could escape under the frame quietly and
left them to get out at their leisure, scattering grain in and about the cage
and in the vicinity of the cage, but have never seen one of them since. This
was the same timber tract in which we liberated the pheasants. During the
summer you shipped us some pheasant eggs, 14 in number, I think. We set
them under a hen and seven of them hatched. We at once confined them
with’ the hen in a tight cage, in our chicken yard, which is thickly covered
with small trees and shrubbery, and after about a week’s confinement, five
of them died, and we liberated the hen and the other two in the chicken yard,
which was tight enough to confine the hen, but which allowed a small bird to
go through. The hen was able to keep them tolerably under control
for about a week, after which time they disappeared also, and the last seen
of them they were in our vineyard adjoining the chicken yard, and we have
not seen them since. We think they are all considerably migratory, but I
am rather expecting to hear of more or less young birds, as well as the old
ones during the fall.
Yours truly,
D. A. BEAMER.

CotumpsiA, Mo., August 21, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—It gives me pleasure to answer your favor of the 18th inst.
I received from you, July, 1910, one dozen pheasants. The moment I looked
at them I decided they were too young and inexperienced to combat the
enemies they would be exposed to in the fields and forests. So I wrote you
asking that I might keep them for two months in a large pen. You wrote me
in reply “it would not do to keep them confined, even in a very large cage or
pen.” I thereupon took them down and turned them into fine cover—hazel
bushes, sumac, blackberry bushes, rag weeds and adjoining oat fields and
cow peas.

I did not see them again until October 8th, when cutting a field of cow
peas, the mower flushed two pheasants, which seemed pretty well grown, I
should say twice as large as a quail. I made brush pens in six places in the
cover where I turned the pheasants and kept them supplied with oats, sheaf
and shelled, several bales of clover, some bundles of wheat and crushed
corn during the winter. I did not see any of the pheasants during the winter,
but in May, 1911, I saw a full grown cock about one mile from the cover in
which I liberated them. So much for the pheasants.

In February, 1911, I got one dozen Hungarian partridges and turned them
into the same cover. Many of the original birds have been seen frequently
on the farm where liberated and adjoining farms, though no coveys have been
noticed. I think they did better than the pheasants. I found last April where
one of the partridges has been caught by a hawk.

My neighbor, Mr. W. L. Lyman, got two hens and one cock pheasant
from you. He put them in a pen 20x30 feet and 6 feet high. They hatched
a brood of seven, but the cock killed a number of them. Mr. Lyman set some
eggs under a chicken hen. They hatched six, and he has now nine young
pheasants the size of a full grown quail, or larger. I saw them yesterday.
My opinion is the partridge will succeed better than the pheasants.

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If you have them to spare, please send me a dozen or more of the part-
ridges. I promise you to give them every care.
The partridges are more migratory than the pheasants, I think.
Very truly yours,
CyB ROMMEL S:

Ozark, Mo., August Io, I9It.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In the fall I received a crate of partridges and had them
turned loose on the farm at Cassidy. They could be seen and heard all along
and as they had the range of a corn field took care of themselves. They had
the additional advantage of the barnyard and feed lots, but as they located
themselves in an isolated part of the farm, where there is no passing, we
have seen no young flocks of birds. Came across one that either had young
or was setting, judging from the demonstration she made. In passing from
Ozark to the farm I saw a flock of them, consisting of about 15 to 18, raise on
James Anderson’s place. I have heard of some being seen several times.

The young pheasants I received a few days since have been seen several
times near where they were turned loose. They have a splendid place for con-
cealment.

I hear of nice bunches of pheasants where the birds were received last
spring, and see no reason why both varieties should not succeed well in this.
section, as it is certainly an ideal section for both kinds of birds. I hear
some things that indicate that they will scatter to all parts as they progagate.

I returned the crate a few days since.

Very respectfully,
13S, DAWES,

Gray Summit, Mo., August 20, IgII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your letter inquiring about pheasants sent me in 1910 received.
You ask, first, if I fed them through the winter of 1910-11. I did not, as I
never saw them after I turned them out. They were in a wheat field adjoin-

ing a wood lot, where stock was fed all winter, so had access to plenty of feed
and water.

and. Did they hatch any young in their wild stage?
They did. I saw two coveys this summer. One contained eight young

birds, but I only saw two of the second covey. They were very shy, and I
only saw them as they hid in the grass.

3rd. What do I know of those on my neighbor’s premises?

I have heard of birds being seen, but only single birds; not young ones.

4th. Do I think they are bad about migrating?

I do not. They are still on my own place near where they were liberated,
and those seen by neighbors were very near us.

The pheasants sent me are the English pheasants.

Yours very sincerely,
S. F. NORTH.

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. Orecon, Mo., August 19, Iort.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish ‘Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Yours of recent day to hand making inquiry as to the Hungarian
partridges and trio of pheasants which you sent to me last spring.

In reply to same would say that shortly after I received the partridges I
liberated them in a nice woods pasture, with running water near by. We had no
severe weather after they were liberated, and there is no reason why they should
not have done as well as our native partridges. J am of the opinion that they all
stayed together pretty well, as they have been seen two or three times since they
were liberated, but have not learned whether or not they hatched any young. It
has been a very dry season in Holt county, and the chances are that if they did
hatch any young they reared them, as all of the surroundings were extra good
for them. I think they stayed pretty close to where they were liberated, as they
were seen about three weeks after in about a quarter of a mile of where they
were turned locse. >

With reference to the pheasants, would say I kept the trio you sent me in a
wire pen about 12 feet wide and 30 feet long, until the latter part of July. I put
a number of boxes and a lot of old rubbish in the pen for them to roost on and to
hide away. I tried very hard-to tame them, but without success. If they laid
any eggs I did not find them, so I concluded to liberate them, and [ turned them
out and they flew to the woods pasture, just south of my home, where there is a
thicket of underbrush and running water. About three weeks after that, my
hired man saw them over in another field about one-half mile from these woods.
Other than this I have not seen or heard of the pheasants since they were liber-
ated. I would have liked very much to have raised some young ones, but could
not get any eggs, and I thought it best to turn them loose.

Assuring you to my best personal regards, I am

Yours very truly,
R. B. BRIDGEMAN.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., August 19, I9II.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your circular letter regarding the pheasants you shipped
me this August a year ago, the report I have to make is very unsatisfactory, as
only one of the birds was seen, and that was killed last winter by a young boy, who
took it for a chicken hawk. They either must have left the surroundings where
they were liberated, or they are hard to find, or probably they were drowned, as
the night after they were liberated we had a very heavy rain storm.

I am very sorry that I cannot make a better report, and furthermore, the
farmers in that locality are very anxious to get a start and allow no hunting for
any game on their farms and would well be protected.

At any time you care to give the birds another chance in this locality you are
at liberty to forward same to me, and they shall receive the best attention at my
hands and be liberated to the best advantage of the birds.

Very truly yours,
ROBERT VOGELSANG.

ABAny, Mo., August 19, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—In reply to your inquiry of recent date in regard to the Hungarian
partridges which you shipped me last spring, will state that I received four pair

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of these birds last March, which were liberated on land well watered and with
sufficient cover. We had no bad weather after the birds were received, hence it
was not necessary to feed them. They seem to be able to adapt themselves to
their environment and to take care of themselves. On account of an abundance of
favorable territory they seemed to scatter considerably. We were able to locate
all the birds sent the first of June, but since that time have had rather poor suc-
cess seeing them. However, there is one fine bunch of young birds in the imme-
diate vicinity of where these birds were placed, and another good bunch near.
The young birds are of good size and seem to be very thrifty. I think it quite
possible that we will find more of these birds later on. Will report later.
Yours truly,
JAS. D. WAYMAN.

Rock Port, Mo., August 18, Ig1t.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your letter of inquiry in regard to pheasants shipped me at hand.
Will say that the pheasants were liberated, and a winter has passed since that
time, yet they are occasionally seen on the farm. As to whether they have hatched
and raised pheasants I cannot say. I believe, however, that they will do well in
this country if hunters do not shoot them, and it would be a mighty small man
who would do so purposely. I know they will never be disturbed on my farms
and that, barring an unusually deep snow, they would find plenty to eat. I shall
try and keep tab on these birds by making inquiry in the neighborhood in regard to
them.

I think you shipped me the English pheasants.

Yours respectfully,
Eek SRAP EI

Sparta, Mo., August 4, Tort.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I write you in regard to the birds which you sent me some time
ago. They seem to be doing fine. I have quite a large farm with considerable
timber, which is very dense. JI have never been able to see all of them at one
time since releasing them, but think they all raised young. I counted nine young
ones with one hen. I have never allowed them to be frightened or bothered, and
they seem to be perfectly at home. I thank you very much for them and request
that you send me a few of different vaarieties as soon as you can do so.

Yours very truly,

J. W. FARMER.

Kansas City, Mo., July 21, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Referring to the pheasants that you sent us to Noel, Mo., last fall,
will say that quite recently we were able to make a count of some of this year’s
young ones and counted seventy-eight about the size of a quail. They were look-
ing fine, and it is reasonable to suppose that there are other flocks that we have
“not seen.

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The climate and environment of Noel seems to be ideal for these birds, and
we are much pleased with the showing thus far. The only criticism we have for
the birds are that they are too tame and seem to like to loaf around the domestic
poultry. The citizens of that community seem to take a great deal of pride in the
birds and I do not think will harm them in any way.

We wish to thank you for your consideration of us in this matter.

Very truly yours,
Jars Up IEIUIOMAUENS,
3033 Highland Ave.

CLARKSVILLE, Mo., July 17, 191t.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I see by the papers that you have a number of pheasants and part-
ridges for distribution. If not asking too much I would be glad to have a con-
signment of partridges, promising in advance that they shall be well taken care of
and protected.

The pheasants sent me last year have just been heard from. They have
raised some birds this season. My farmer reports quite a number of young birds
have been seen, but the old ones are too shy to come in sight... Let me know if
you can send me some partridges, and oblige

Yours truly,
JOY ROBBERS:

Ozark, Mo., July 18, roit.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Thinking you would appreciate a report on the pheasants I had you
ship my father and Mr. J. B. Garrison last fall, I am taking this advantage of
writing you today.

You will remember that you shipped each four hens and two cocks. On
arrival of the birds two were dead and, unfortunately, they were hens, and
later three other hens were destroyed by the hawks, which left three hens out of
the two shipments.

I am reporting these together, as their farms are adjoining each other and
the birds soon drifted together and have continued to live together ever since.

They have kept close watch after the remainder of their birds and this morn-
ing I was talking with Mr. Garrison and he told me that they have forty-three
young pheasants about half grown, and all seem to be thrifty and doing fine.
He expressed himself as being more than pleased at the prospect of having their
farms well stocked next year with these birds, and firmly believes that the propa-
gation of pheasants in Missouri is going to be a success.

Very truly yours,
CHAS. L. WALKER.

Lincotn, Mo., June 14, I9rt.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—I will try and give you full report of my success with the pheasant
since last season. The three pair of pheasants you sent me last season came through
the winter in good shape. Two pair that I liberated the first of last July out on

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our 640-acre farm have been very wild, seldom see them, while one pair that I
liberated later, about 15th of last September, came back home and took up with
my chickens after being gone for about three months. They are as tame as my
hens. I missed the hen about two months ago. She came back about two weeks
ago with eighteen young pheasants larger than quail, about two-thirds grown.
She don’t remain with my poultry, but we see her every few days. My neighbors
saw her with her young long before I did. I think she will lay again this season,
for she comes up without her brood and mates with the cock bird, as cock remains
with my hens in barnyard day and night, and is very tame and a beautiful bird.
‘Out of the thirty eggs you sent me this spring I have hatched fifteen pheasants,
now about a week old, doing fine. I set the eggs under two hens at samie time;
both hens set good, yet one hen hatched all her eggs but one, while the other
hatched but three under same conditions. I am more than pleased with my success
and very proud of my hen pheasant and her brood of eighteen young, nearly
grown, all healthy and in fine shape. This has been a good season for them. I
may have more young out on farm, as haven't seen the two hens out there for
some time. I think this section is just suited to the pheasartt. I will do my part to
make a showing in pheasant raising for Missouri.
Yours very respectfully,
C. F. POHL.

Heiena, Mo., August 25, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—I raised seven pheasants this year and have liberated them on the
farm.
The ones you sent me last year have either left the neighborhood or are good
at hiding, as we have seen but one of them this summer.
The partridges were seen often in the early part of the season, and two broods
of young ones were on the farm, but I have not seen them lately.
I am unable to say how much of a success they will be, but believe that it will
succeed, Respectfully yours,
JOHN SLADE.

SiaTer, Mo., August 31, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear sir—Your letter received and noted. My pheasants have been seen on
the farm. My partridges came out of the winter all right. A pair of my birds
~were seen in my orchard with some young birds. I put feed out for my birds, but
from what I cart see they are well able to take care of themselves through the
winter as well as the Bob Whites. I had eight birds. I can’t tell how many young
birds have hatched from the birds we have.

Respectfully,
H. C. MEAD.

East Rocuester, N. Y., September 9, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—Your circular letter regarding pheasants and partridges received.
The former were seen about for a time and some farmer boys told me they had

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seen some of them with their young—but they are seldom seen and I can’t tell
what they are doing. The latter J have never heard of since they were liberated,
and I doubt if I could tell them from our native quail.

Pheasants here in New York are doing fine, and I often see them here at my
sister's home.

My brother-in-law. tells me the first day of the open season (three years ago)
there were 50,000 killed in the one day. They are a success here.

Yours very truly,
RD aS TEER
Representative St. Charles County, Missouri.

CLARKSVILLE, Mo., September 2, IQ1t.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your inquiry regarding the pheasants, I wil say that I
am not able to give as defirtite an answer as I could wish.

I turned the six birds loose in a pine grove of about an acre, where shelter,
feed and water were abundant. About forty rods away begin a series of wooded
rocky knobs or hills. These extend around here for miles. We put out sheaf
wheat in the pine grove, but after the first few weeks the wheat was undisturbed.
One of the cocks visited a neighbor and got in the habit of feeding with his
chickens and became quite a pet, but an old nigger killed him, and I came near
killing the nigger. I have since heard of an occasional pheasant being seen at
different places in the neighborhood, so that I am inclined to think that they are
taking care of themselves. [I have been wondering whether the one ‘cock bird will
be able to reach all of the hens in the breeding season if they are scattered far.

I was quite well acquainted with pheasant culture in Scotland and England,
and I can see no reason why they should not succeed here except for the want of
protection.

If the next Legislature is built like the last one I wish you would ask them to
obliterate all our game laws, then we would surely get some protection. The iast
Legislature took much pleasure in doing the things you did not want done and in
not doing those things that you did want done.

Verily, they were wise men out of their generation.

I would like to see a law forbidding the killing of quail for five years.

Yours truly,
JOHN HOWAT.

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo., August 30, IQIT.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your letter received in regard to the Hungarian partridges. They
are doing fine and seem to be perfectly satisfied. I don’t know how many young
they have, but seems to be several coveys. I think so much of them I am protect-
ing them very closely by not allowing any of my renters to hunt on the farm. I
am putting in my contract with them to this effect.

We never feed our birds, we have so much cover and feed for them they do
not need it. They are as strong as the Bob White. I think they will cross with
them and be a great benefit for our country. I don’t think they are much of a bird
to migrate, and will take care of themselves. I have only partridges and think
they are the bird for this country.

Yours truly,
Cc. L. CUNNINGHAM.

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Lamar, Mo., August 25, Igtt.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your circular letter of inquiry relating to pheasants and partridges
to hand.

A few days ago three hens and about twenty-five young pheasants appeared on
edge of plow land, young birds about size of quail. We have given these birds
very little attention, feeding them whenever they came about the house. They had
been kept about the house for several months before being liberated, hence stayed
about close and fed with the chickens in bad weather.

We appear to have some fifteen to eighteen young partridges from two hens.
We had three pair of partridges; one hen is gone. Both pheasants and partridges
are in the same immediate locality where released. Think the partridges much
better bird, hardy and better able to take care of itself.

Last season our pheasants did not increase.

This is our first season with partridges, but think them a success.

Yours truly,
Cc. D. GOODRUM.

Potost, Mo., August 24, IgIt.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Yours regarding the Hungarian partridges and pheasants received,
and in reply will say that I receiwed four pheasants of you and kept them in a pen
until three weeks ago. They were to have been three hens and one rooster, but
they all layed and two of them set, and I set two chicken hens with their eggs, but
none hatched.

And one month ago I bought from a man here a male Chinese pheasant and
turned with them, and as they were very gentle I leave the door open and they
run out in the meadow and brush and come back to the pen at night to roost.

The Hungarian partridges were very wild and don’t know what they have
done. They remained within two hundred yards of where I turned them loose for
three months, or until the weeds and brush filled out, and they hide when they
see any one and are hard to kick out. I found where an owl had eaten two of
them, but the balance are on the place somewhere, but don’t know yet what they
have raised. Am well pleased with the Hungarian partridge, and think they are
just the bird. I have a great many Bob Whites on my place and my man says he
cannot tell which ts which.

Yours truly,
JeOWEES Bie:

HERMITAGE, Mo., August 25, I9QI1.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your recent inquiry, I received a coop of Hungarian
partridges about the Ist of May this year and [ liberated them in an orchard
where the clover was fine and the could get water, but the left before nesting time.
They flew across the river and have stayed there since. I think they will do well
in this county, and believe they can easily live through the winter without being
fed. Have not found any young broods yet.

‘Yours very truly,
ROSS COON.

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GraHAmM, Mo., August 28, I9IT.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your inquiry of late date will say that I have not seen
the birds since I liberated them. Several other parties have seen them and they
seem to be getting along O. K.

I turned them loose in a good place and will attend to them this winter if
need be, but feed and cover are fine, and if it does not cover everything with
snow they will not need very much protection. I have lots of quail on my farm
and I think these birds are around close and will endeavor to locate them as soon
as I have time, and will report what they have done in the way of raising their
young. Respectfully,

J. M. WILSON.

Horxins, Mo., August 31, I9II.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—As per your request, I will give you a report of my success witha
the six pheasants I received from your department August — 1910. I turned them
loose at once on my farm, and they have been seen at different times on or near
premises. Did not feed them during the winter, as there was always plenty of
feed in the pasture where the cattle were fed on shock fooder with corn on. There
was no snow on the ground to cover the feed. I have not been able to get sight
of any of the young birds, but found where one brood had hatched out. Can’t say
as to their disposition to migrate, and am of the opinion that they are able to keep
out of the way of hawks or vermin as any other bird.

Wishing your department success, I remain

Yours truly,
Is Cy PAS WOMS,
Cashier F. & M. Bank.

-RotiA, Mo., August 28, I91I.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Yours of 22nd inst. to hand, and replying will say: Some time in
July, t910, I received six pheasants from your department. Then about August Ist
I received six younger birds, also from your department (through Hon. A. P.
Murphy). The latter were also pheasants, but much younger and smaller than
the ones you sent direct to me. These birds were liberated at a spring in Slath’s
orchard, five miles southeast of Rolla. Not all let loose at same time, but as I
received them.

There was quite a lot of hairy vetch and buckwheat left standing over winter;
also, some cowpea pods where peas were too short to cut for hay and many pods
lost through rake when they were cut for hay; also, some corn fields on place and
some wheat and oat stubble adjacent. All of this made an abundance of feed and
the spring supplied the water. Hedge fences along road and through the orchard
made good cover, and the birds take care of themselves in every way. One of
them got out in an open meadow and was caught by a hawk and one was killed by
a dog. This happened soon after they were liberated, and the loss was among
the younger birds in both cases. This season I have heard from and seen as fol-
lows: Twelve young birds and two old hens in one bunch along old hedge fence
adjoining orchard. Seven young birds and one hen one-half mile southeast of
orchard, along deep brushy hollow. Nine young birds and one hen one and one-

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half miles east of orchard on banks of Dry Fork creek in wheat field. One hen
setting in hollow one-fourth mile north of orchard. Two hens and one cock seen
near spring where liberated. So you see they are nearly all accounted for and
none of them over one and one-half miles from where they were liberated.

The birds were not fed, because with the supply of feed available in fields,
I thought would be unnecessary. They have proved capable of caring for them-
selves in every way, and they do not seem to migrate. Have always found them
with bird dog in a radious of one and one-half mile of where they were turned
loose. The young birds fly everywhere. Swift on wing as a pigeon and hide
like a young quail. They will not lay long for a dog. They fly from two to four
hundred yards, then run like a turkey, keeping under cover as best they can.

You can never find them when they light. Dog will often trail from one to
five hundred yards. I believe some of the hens have set a second time, yet it may
be that some of the last bunch liberated were late about setting, as they were
younger birds.

Believe me, the pheasant is a success and should be reared extensively. The
birds you sent me this season are O. K., and will soon be as wild as the wild
pheasant, of which there are quite a few where I turned the last lot of pheasants
loose. Yours truly,

Sie Els Ad @ Ne

; Crinton Mo., August 22, I9gII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your circular letter asking information as to progress of the birds
sent out, received. i

I shall be down at my farm soon, and will then go over the matter with the
man in charge, and will then take pleasure in writing you all the information pos-
sible.

I got only the Hungarian partridges. It was our impression, earlier in the
season, that they are probably not as good hustlers as the Bob White, and we
thought that perhaps it would be better if you would not send them out until
mating time in the spring. They seem to nest right out in the open in the middle
of the field, and are in much more danger from hawks and owls.

There was plenty of water and feed on my place, and plenty of brush and
shelter, but they seemed to stay in the open.

Very truly,
PASH es BWEESmON:

St. JosepH, Mo., August 22, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your letter to me was received. Since its receipt Mr. Robert
George of this county has handed me a letter which he had received from you con-
‘cerning the same matter. He has asked me to answer his letter with mine.

You sent me eight pheasants. I turned them over to Mr. George, who lives
on a beautiful farm near St. Joseph. He is greatly interested in such things and
I knew that he would take better care of them than I would take. He fed the
pheasants until the last of March, when he liberated them. He tells me that they
are still on the place and that he sees them quite often. One has disappeared, but
he has seven, two roosters and five hens left. He wrote you and got some part-

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ridges. These came in the spring and he did not keep them in, captivity but re-
leased them at once. He has seen them several times since. He reports that he
has seen no young, either with the pheasants or the partridges.

If you desire to send any other birds into this county I believe you could
send them to no person who would take as good care of them and enjoy propagating
them as much as Mr. George. He has his farm posted and his neighbors have |
permitted him to post their land also, so that the birds have a large territory,
consisting of grain farms and wood pastures, in which they are protected.

Yours truly,
CHAS. H. MAYER.

GREEN City, Mo., September 14, 1911.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—Yours of recent date at hand. In reply cill say the pheasants
you sent me came through the winter all O. K. I did not feed them at all.
They had a corn field and several ricks of millet, where they fed. Then there
was several brush thickets and a large field of wild grass, where they stayed
and where they nested this summer. As near as I can tell I have somewhere
between thirty and forty young birds, and they are growing nicely. I found
them able to take care of themselves fully as well as the quail and other wild
birds around here. I turned my birds loose near the center of a section of
land, and as far as I know they have never been off the section on which
they were turned loose. They have good shelter and always plenty of feed
and water. Of course, if there is a heavy snow or sleet I always see there is
feed where they can get it. Raphi ead

Yours truly, ay

M. J. COCHRAN.

Extporapo Sprincs, Mo., September 11, I9QII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your letter of the 18th ult. received. About the quail you sent
me, I liberated them on my farm. They seemed to be all right, and I saw
them quite often; but we have had a severe drouth in this section of country.
Have not seen any of them since about the 20th of May. It is my opinion
they migrated on account of extreme dry weather.

I was well pleased with the birds, and was in hopes they would get
acclimated and do well here, and believe they would had it not been so dry.

I was talking to my neighbor, W. S. Pence, who also received a coop of
birds from you. He says he has not seen any of them since about the middle
of May, this year.

_ How about the pheasants; will there be any for distribution this fall? —
Yours truly,
JOHN BROWN.

R. F. D. No. 6, Eldorado Springs, Mo.

Monroe City, Mo., September 12, 191T.
Jesse A. Tolertou ate Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear “ir—-l re ret to say that I had forgotten to answer your letter
till now.

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I never saw the hen pheasants after turning out. Saw the male often,
and he died during winter from some cause unknown to me.

There is little cover on my land for game.

I know of about three or four coveys of young pheasants on neighboring
land (about 25 birds to the covey).

I also received four pair of the Hungarian partridges. They paired off
at once, and seemed able to take care of themselves, as they are very swift
on wing.

Have only heard of a few young birds. I found one nest in my meadow
containing six eggs, but the old bird did not return to the nest after the grass
was mown. ' ;

Will be glad to give you further information later, if-able to do so.

Very truly yours,
J. C. HARDY.

Crinton, Mo., August 24, IQIT.

Dear Sir—In answer to your inquiry the 18th inst. I will give you all the
information I know regarding the Hungarian partiridges. When I set them
at libertty one evening just about dark, I opened the opening on the cage,
where required, and left them alone. And at the same time I put some feed
on the outside, such as kaffir corn, cane seed and chop corn, mixed, and I
notitced next day as they came out and was eating on the outside. I kept
that feeding up for about two months; and I noticed they always came back
in the evenings to their roosting place along side of a hay stack, where
we were feeding them. But later on they disappeared, and we did not see
them so often. I think they can make their own living now.

In regard to the young partridges, I am safe to say as I saw from six to eight
young ones in a bunch. If any are on my neighbor’s premises I don’t know. In
my opinion the birds are not very bad to migrate, if they are not disturbed
very much; at least mine didn’t, because we are proud of them and took care
of them. I believe they are able as well as any other birds to take care of
themselves. That is all the information I can give you at the present.

Yours truly,
Rec O: Tov wks 1COXOIS(e

McGee, Mo., August 24, IgITI.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I received your letter of recent date, and will reply to same.
I received some Hungarian quails early last spring, which remained here till.
the last of May, and haven’t been seen since. We have heard of some about
seven miles from here where there hasn’t been any sent, and we suppose it is.
some that have migrated. I believe they are worse than the native quail to
migrate. I think they are as able to take care of themselves from hawks,
owls and other vermin as the other quails.

We scattered wheat for them when first liberated, but believe they are
able to make a living for themselves in this climate.

We received some English pheasants the first of this month in good
order and started crate back today. The game and fish law is violated here almost
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fo have a deputy located in these parts if possible, as your deputy has failed to do
any work in this region. I will close. I remain,
Yours as ever,

i Cy vMeGi Ek

Fair Pray, Mo., August 24, 1911.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—Having received your letter making inquiries concerning the
Hungarian partridges which I received in February, 191i, I will gladly give
you what information I can. I liberated the birds soon after their arrival,
and they left my premises, and I had no chance to feed them. Two of them
died. One was badly crippled when liberated. I do not know the cause of
the other one dying. There is one covey on my premises that J presume there is
between twenty and thirty birds. There’s another small one on a neighbor-
ing farm; some I know nothing of; but one pair have never hatched any
young ones. I do not consider them bad to migrate. I do not know whether
they are able to take care of themselves against hawks and owls or not.
i think when they become accustomed to the places they are as able to take care

of themselves as the Bob Whites.
Respectfully,

JOHN T. FOX.

P. S—If you are sending out any pheasants, I would be glad to receive

some.

| Quincy, Mo., August 25, IoTT.
Messe A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—You sent me three pheasants December, 1910. I kept them in coop
wimd set eggs under chicken hens. They laid about 80 eggs, but the weather being
.s0 hot and dry, only the first eggs hatched. J raised twelve; lost several, some by
fhawks and others by vermin; none died. They are three-fourths grown now and
wery tame. They stay around my place. Range off one-half of a mile. Come
an my house to be fed; run with chickens, and roost with chickens. I shall
feed and protect them this winter. They are great rustlers.

The old ones you sent me I turned loose the last of July, 1911. They
atayed around three or four days. Is the last I have seen of them, as I live in
4he timber. They have a good place to hide. J think they will do fine here, as I
ao not allow any hunting on my place, and have not for twenty years. I will
give them protection. J have quite a lot of wild turkeys and quail on my place
simply by keeping off fellows who hunt all the year round and hardly ever do a
day's work. Thanking you for the birds you sent me, I am

Yours truly,
J. J. BROWN.

CarroL_ton, Mo., September 4, IgII.
(Dear Sir—In receipt of your letter of August 24, 1orr, I will state I’ve
‘heen raising China or English ring-neck pheasants for seven or eight years,
turning them loose each year. I hear of them this season scattered for ten
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their uxld state. They seem to be able to take care of themselves equally as welf
as the Bob White and other birds. I have never attempted to feed them in
their wild state, except in the winter of 1910 and ‘11, during the deep snows.
I fed them and the Bob Whites for a few days. You have never sent me
any pheasants. I have bought mine and-have raised them without any as-
sistance of the State.

You sent me eight Hungarian partridges last winter, which I did not
liberate until about the middle of March, which I’ve frequently seen on the
farm. I’ve seen one large flock of young ones hatched this season, and haye
heard of others. I regret very much to see some editors making light of the
State attempting to stock the State with game birds, as it does not cost the
taxpayer one cent, as all expenses are paid by license issued to sportsmesm
for the privilege of hunting.

I asked Mr. Harry James if he could not get me a couple of female
pheasants to put with my male, the weasels having got into my pen, ialling
the hens I kept to raise from.

Yours very truly,
JAMES GOODSON.

Carrollton, Mo., Route No. 1, Box 24.

Nevapa, Mo., August 25, 191%.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—In compliance with your request I will give you all informations
I have concerning pheasants I received from you. I received these birds in
fall of 1910 and liberated them in a good cover of underbrush, with an abund-
ance of natural feed, and owing to the mild and open winter we had there
was no time when it was necessary to feed them. The birds migrated very
little, and at this time there is a bunch of cight (a mother and seven young) with-
in a very short distance of where they were liberated about a year ago. I have not
secn the entire number since they were liberated, but owing to the dense cover, ticy

are hard to get sight of.
Respectfully,
a CAML ZAINCIBIORS.

Mercer, Mo., September 17, 191.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I liberated one pair of pheasants in September, 1910. They
wintered nicely with but little care. They are better rustlers than the quatt,
because of their size and strength.

In the early spring my pheasants left me, going south. The last I heard
of them they were about six miles south. This was in April. I have been
unable to hear anything of them since. Do not believe they nested in this.
vicinity.

I believe they are capable of caring for themselves against vermin or
other enemies.

It was not for the want of cover or water or feed that caused my birds*
to desert.

Thanking you for past favors, | am

4 E. F, McKINNEY-

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Mora, Mo., September 12, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your letter, will say that I can’t give you much
information of the pheasants you sent me. I fed them through the winter;
gave them liberty in March. They stayed on my premises for awhile, and
my neighbors, who saw them flying around there, were tickled about those
fine birds. The pheasants left me and went into the big timber about seven miles
west from my place. I inquired about the pheasants in that neighborhood
and was told that there was pheasants with young ones.

I am sorry that I can’t give you more information in regard to your
letter.

Very respectfully,
CHARLES SCHWENSEN.

Reeps Sprinc, Mo., September 9, I91I.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—I received the Hungarian partridges all O. K., and J thank you
very much for the favor, but am sorry to say I had poor luck with them.
1 liberated the birds as directed and fed them. I saw where one was killed
by a hawk, and heard of one about three miles from my farm. The last I
ever saw or heard of them was in oat-sowing time. I saw three on my farm.
They had plenty of feed and water all winter and spring and plenty of cover.

Yours truly,
Re EES ie asRae

Butter, Mo., September 10, I9rt.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—In your letter received some time back making inquiry about
the Hungarian quail you sent me last February or March will say they
paired off; but just how many young they raised I can’t say. Two of them
flew against the wire and were killed. They have plenty of shelter, such as
buck brush, sumac and bunches of berry, oak and hazel. They have had
access to plenty of feed all the time. One of my neighbors said he seen

about twelve or fifteen young at one time.
When the frost kills the vegetation, so I can see them, I will write you again.
Would like very much to try a few pheasants if you have them to spare.
Yours very truly,
W. HUBBARD.

Marouanp, Mo., September 23, 19011.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I am sending you as much information as I can about the
Hungarian quails. I found one pair that has nine young ones; that is all I can
locate so far. It is hard to find them, as there is so much grass and weeds
on the place.

I feed them during the rough winter. I would have to throw the feed in
the crossing, as they went from one field to the other. They are so wild, I

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couldn’t get near them. They are on my farm, and think they will stay here
all right.

I don’t think they are any more apt to be caught by hawks and varmints than
any other birds.

I would like very much to have some of those pheasants. I spoke to G.
B. Cook to see if you would send me some of them. I have got one of the
finest places to raise birds in this country. I raise corn, oats and wheat, so
the birds you send me shall not go hungry. I have a large farm of 285 acres
and plenty of water.

I will certainly protect and lock after any of the birds. Thanking you
for your favor, I. am,

Yours truly,
J. M. COZEAN.

Crark, Mo., August 26, 191T.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Have received your notice in regard to the pheasants and
Hungarian partridges which I have received from you to turn them out in the
neighborhood last fall (1910). After keeping them in enclosure for about ten
days, at night I left the door open, so they would walk out of their own will.
Have kept the enclosure open all of the time. They came in and went away
as they pleased. This way I got them used to the place and fed them off and
on nearly whole winter. Early in the spring I did not see them so often, but
they came to be fed and in bad weather to seek a shelter. When mating sea-
son came only sometimes, and in pairs did they come. Later on and till now
I have inquired about them all over, and I believe I have them all located
and know of them pretty thoroughly. They are distributed in a half circle of
about from three-fourths of a mile from my house to six miles, and each
couple has from eight to fourteen young birds, which I saw Sunday evening,
August 13th. They were only about half of a mile from my house. So, all
told, I believe we have about forty young birds in our neighborhood. Only
one bird I saw early in the spring, where I thought the same came to his
death by starvation, or disease, for no injury of any kind I found on him.
The one setting eggs, which I got from you, did not do so well, and I think
the shaking up they received in transportation is responsible for it. Only
six hatched; uf these three contracted white diarrhoea; in treating them, two
died; so only four left. Then one night hen tramped one to death. The re-
maining three lived until separated from hen. When for about a week or ten
days I saw them only at feeding time regular. Now, about two weeks or so,
they have failed to come up. I guess they formed an acquaintance with the
ones on the outside, and remained with them.

The partridges are doing even better, for in one covey, crossing the road,
I saw about thirty in it. From time to time I am going out with my dog and
trail them, so I will know all about them, where they stay and how they
prosper.

In conclusion, I will say that this move is a good one to replenish the
country with such fine game birds, if only kept up for some time; we would
have plenty. Then, again, great deal lies in the enforcement of the game law.
In regard to that, I would suggest the prohibiting of using pump and auto-
matic guns in toto for hunting. Then a deputy warden, a stranger in the
country, staying about a week or two in a place, to find out all about the
law breakers, for we have them, especially here. They are so bold that one

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of them has said that he would shoot one of them even if he had to pay fifty
dollars. And in this instance, I would sooner imprison a lawbreaker than put
a fine on him. As this stigma (a jail bird) they would not stand as well and
honorably as paying a fine. It is a shame. I will do all I can to stop this
law breaking and slaughtering the game.

With best wishes and success, I] am,

Very truly yours,
Dr. L. A. BAZAN.

SoutH GREENFIELD, Mo., August 24, IQII.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—Yours of recent date at hand. Will say in answer about the
pheasants received from you I liberated them as soon as received in a quiet,
out-of-the-way place, where there was plenty of shelter, feed and running
water. One pair remained there through the season and raised about fifteen young
pheasants. There was one pair moved about three miles. I have asked the man
to keep tab on them and protect them. Their habits are similar to the Bob
White, except they only call through the mating season and in laying season.
I don’t think hawks are as bad for them as they are for quail, for they
stay in seclusion more. I believe their migratory habits are about the same
as quail; but the male does not remain close to the hen in the hatching season
as with the quail. I see the male every few days, but seldom see the hen
and her brood. The young grow very fast from the appearance. I liberated
six in November, 1910, and only one pair remained on the premises this sea-
son, I believe. They will need protection from hunters for some years yet, if
we ever get a good start, for they are so anxious to see them and get at them.

I am,
Very truly yours,
ALBERT COX.

SoutH GREENFIELD, Mo., August 24, I9IT.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—Will you please send me notices to post on my premises that
pheasants have been released? I will post them in very public places, as I
am anxious to protect them and get a good number in my locality.
If you can send me a few Hungarian partridges I will do my very best
to protect them and get them started in this part of the State.
Any information I may get in the future in regard to the pheasants I
will be glad to give for publication.
Respectfully,
ALBERT COX.

. | GALEeNA, Mo., September 2, rgtr.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—Your recent letter is at hand inquiring about the Hungarian
partridges you sent me. I quitely liberated the eight you sent me and have not
fed them any since. There is a covey of about twenty young birds with two old
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were liberated. In mowing alfalfa the out end of the cutting bar went through
a nest full of eggs and broke every one before I knew it was there. There
were probably 12 to 15 eggs in the nest. There might be other partridges on
the place, but these are near the house, and all that I have seem There
are two of the old ones on an adjoining farm about 80 rods from where they
were liberated. These do not seem to be bad to migrate, and I think are
as able to take care of themselves and seem in habits to be very much like
the Bob Whites, of which we have a good many. They are harder to see,
and seem shyer than the Bob White, but we have thought if we had kept them
confined and fed them for a few days they would have become quite tame.
We don’t allow hunting on the place, and don’t want these nor the quails
killed in season or out. Will you kindly tell me just what the law is and what we
must do to protect these birds, for we have been told, “If you dome eat them we
evil.” Respectfully yours,
AS Gs) CIGARIKE

Butter, Mo., September 13, 1911.

fesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your letter of recent date I cannot give you any
valuable information in regard to the pheasants that I received last year. I
frequently see them. Five is all that seem to be left since last winter.

During a severe cold spell last winter in the morning they would come to
an old oat straw stack and sit on the sunny side for about two hours, and as
soon as it began to get warm enough for them they would run along the
hedges and pick weed seed, and if they could find an ear or corn that I put
out for them, they would certainly get every grain of it before they left. I
have seen them with a number of quail several times. They seem to run
rather than fly. They run very fast when they are frightened by dog or
vermin of any kind.

I think the pheasant will live where the quail or prairie chicken can live.

Have seen only one young pheasant, but think while there is one there
must have been more hiding in the grass. They seem to stay along hedges
most of the time. If there is plenty of water, they seem to be satisfied to stay
almost in one field. This is all I can tell you this time.

Yours truly,
i GueCxnR ROE:

Nort, Mo., August 25, IgIt.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In regard to the Hungarian partridges and pheasants you sent
me will say that I did not feed them any during the winter of 1910-11, as they
seemed plenty able to care for themselves.

The pheasants hatched and raised a good brood, in fact, I think some of the
largest broods I ever saw. I think there are about fifty on my farm, and probably
fifty on each of the farms adjoining me (I mean on two sides of me). The pheas-
ants I think are all within one mile of the place they were liberated. I have
not seen any partridges since late spring, but they are possibly in the woods.
I think they are able to take care of themselves as well as the Bob White,

both in winter and summer.

Yours very truly,
I dale TRIB IRIN

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SLATER, Mo., September 7, Io1I.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In accordance with your request I am writing again to let
you know the result of our attempt at raising pheasants this summer.
The hen of which I wrote you, raised her eight little ones and they are now fine,
half-grown birds. She herself sickened and died this summer. We were quite
sorry to lose her.

We have also ten or more little pheasants some weeks younger, from eggg
given us by Mr. Storts, hatched from under chicken hens.

In regard to the variety of these birds settting in captivity: If you re-
member, I wrote you a year ago concerning those we purchased from Kansas
City, of one coming off her nest with ten chicks and the other with five, and
how they were destroyed by the cock. These afterward made their escape to
the country.

We as yet know little of those you sent us to be liberated on the farm.
Some of them have been glimpsed once or twice.

I find my little experience in pheasantry certainly quite interesting.

Very truly,
MRS. ROBT. T. JENKINS.

CLARKSVILLE, Mo., August 26, Toit.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Replying to recent circular, the birds you sent me were pheas-
ants—Chinese ring-necked pheasants I think they were called. The place
where they were liberated made ideal cover for them, and they did well until
the shooting season opened, when the pot hunters and boys got most of them.
The place was too close to town, I think.

One of the birds has been seen several times recently with a bunch of
quail.

Mrs. Russie E. Guy, who has a considerable farm some ten miles south
of this place wants me to get her a few of these birds. If you send them
you can make shipment to me here and I will send them out. It would be a
good place for them—better than here near town.

Merny pEnulysnetenr
EDWARD N. MOODY.

LAmINE, Mo., August 28, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your letter at hand. You sent me three pair of pheasants. They
seem to do as well as the quail. I didn’t feed them last winter, but saw them at
the feed lot several times. They are all wild in the timber. I havent scen but one
pair this spring, and this pair has (12) twelve young ones in their flock. They are
about grown; I see them quite often. J think they will do fine in this part of the
country. I have a fine place for them. They stay in the brush most of the time.

This flock of birds looks good to me. Only wish I had more.

: Yours truly,

Ay Ro S CEN) sis Re

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GARDEN City, Mo., August 25, I9II.
Jesse A. Teen. State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Yours at hand and will say that in February, 1911, just before
the last big snow, I received from you five pair of Hungarian partridges. I had
had turned them loose before the snow, but fed them until the snow went off.
They scattered around over adjoining farms and, owing to the vegetation, J have
been unable to know of only one pair that came off with sixteen young birds.

My neighbors do not permit hunting on their land and take as much interest
as I in caring for the partridges. I do not think they wander away. farther than
the native quail.

After the frosts come they will be more easily found than now.

I have a neighbor near that has an ideal farm for pheasants—Mr. James Her-
rington. He is anxious for some. :

Yours,
Been GIVANES.

Cairo, Mo., September 2, IQ1T.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State eae and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I got (6) six of your pheasants last fall and turned them out in
about three days after I got them home. I turned them out in the feed lot of
about 20 acres of land. There was a thicket of brush in it, and they stayed close
around there, for I fed in that pasture all the time.

I had twenty-seven young birds hatch that I know of; you cawt find the young
ones very often. The hen birds are very sneaking. 1 don’t think these birds will
leave here, that is, this neighborhood. J hear of them from home from one to two
and one-half miles.

They hatched their young close to home. There are two hens. I think one of
my hens died last fall. I think they can take care of themselves as well as the
quail, and as to the hawks, I think better. My old birds are fine ones, you bet;
the young ones are two-thirds grown.

Yours truly,
A. L: BENNETT:

PITTSVILLE, JOHNSON Co., Mo.,
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your request about the Hungarian partridges we got
this spring: We turned them loose as soon as we got them. We found one nest
with twenty-one eggs in it, and they all hatched by the looks of the shells, but
we never have seen any of the young ones yet. The old birds are still here yet.
I don’t think they will be bad to migrate where they have plenty water and brush
to hide in. I don’t believe the hawks and owls will catch them any worse than
they do the Bob Whites. We got some pheasants from you in June; they are do-
ing all right. They come back every day and eat wheat out of a chicken coop we
have fixed for them. This has been a hard year on birds, it has been so dry and
thot. We believe these partridges and pheasants will be a success.

’ Respectfully,
CRAIG BROS.

P. S.:—Please send me one of your pamphlets when you get them done.

HiccInsvitLe, Mo., August 29, IQII-
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your inquiry about game birds, will say the pheasants
were a failure with me. Kept them in a 6 feet by 8 feet cage for three months;
they were wild; did no good, and I ttirned them out; cocks became separated
from hens. I have never seen a young one. The quail acted mcely; paired off in
spring; found where one had hatched fourteen eggs; found another sciting on nine
eggs, but she was killed, and I think the party who killed her has left the county
and J think the State. The other quail located near by, but only two nests were
found. These quail acted about as our Bob White, and seem adapted to this
locality, and I believe will be as much at home here as our Bob White. I re-
ceived six pheasants recently from you and turned them out in a wooded pasture
joining plenty of feed and water. Have not seen them since. I fed my quail last
March, and will see that they winter all O. K.

I am a Lafayette county democrat, and endorse your action in your attempt
to stock the State with game and fish, and hope you will not again be hampered by
petty politics and petty politicians. Keep your good work going. I hope the peo-
ple will support you and believe they will.

Thanking you for favors aud hoping you success,

Iam
J. G. WEBB.
P. S.—Caught five bass this a. m., weighing eight pounds.

Mayview, Mo., August 27, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I received your letter of recent date and in reply will say I received
four pair of Htingarian partridges. They arrived here all right and the ground
was covered with snow at the time, so J turned them loose in a vacant house un-
til the snow went off, then I let them out. They stayed around the preintises sev-
eval days before they mated, then they scattered out and I have not seen any of
them for some time. There is one pair on an adjoining farm with sixteen (16)
young birds, and I heard of another paw yesterday on another farm with fourteen
(14) young. I have not been able tw see or hear of the others.

Respectfully,
W. C. KEITH.

Lentner, Mo., August 28, ror.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In answer to yours of recent date, will say I received four pair of
Hungarian partridges from the department, as stated, but received them this spring,
therefore did not have to feed through the winter.

I turned them loose in a fine place and only saw them three times since. They
were four together the first time and the last time had paired off in twos. The
last seen of them they were about one-half mile from where I turned them loose.

Since then one pair, with fourteen young ones, were seen about three miles
from there. They seem to be great to wander off, but fully able to rustle for them-
selves. As for hawks, owls, etc., think they are equal to the Bob White or most
any other bird of our section.

The only trouble I can see ‘is their disposition to migrate, yet as long as they

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remain in the State all will be well. I do not think there are any on my premises
now, but some close by. These are about the facts in the case as I see them now.

In this connection would like to ask you to send me a copy of the new game
jaw as now in force, and oblige

H. S. CARROLL.

OzarK, Mo., R. No. 2, Box 77, August 29, 1911.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

“Dear Sir—Received your inquiring letter about the birds sent me. I received
four pair Hungarian quail. I did not have to feed them any, and they seem to
require such seed as our native quail. My son took one pair of them home with
him and turned them loose in his orchard. He found that pair this summer with
eighteen young ones. They don’t migrate very far. They seem to stay pretty near
the place where they were turned loose.

I never have seen the bunch of young ones on my place, but found one of the
young in the field that had gotten lost from the rest, so I brought tt to the housa
and my wife put it with an old hen and chickens and it made the greatest pet you
ever saw. They protect themselyes against hawks, owls and other vermin about
the same as our quail do.

Respectfully yours,
S$, oH. POPE.

Cuinton, Mo., August 24, I9{T.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and. Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your letter of the 18th inst. received all O. K.

In regard to those birds I can not tell you how they would go through the
winter, as I fed those birds I got all winter.

They left my place, some one-fourth mile, some one-half mile, from where I
put them. There are two coveys of them. They have from thirteen to fourteen
little ones apiece. There are two coyeys on the prairie along the hedge fence on
my neighbor’s land, and the other two pair went in the timber. I have not seen
them since May, those in the timber. As far as I know those Hungarian quail are
as well able, if not better, to take care of themselves against hawks and other
vermin as our Bob White. 5

Mr. Tolerton, I received eight Hungarian quail.

After a while I will be more able to give you more information, and will be
giad to do so. I think they would be more able to protect themselves from hawks
and other vermin than from the gun, as I understand. I have no way of protect-
ing them, °

Very respectfully,
W. L. CONVERSE.

Mrnerat Point, Mo., August 24, I91T.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—In reply to yours will say I received six pheasants from you; two were
very small. I liberated them the day received, three on each farm, one-half mile
apart. On one farm they came near the house to roost for eight or ten nights,

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and then next heard from was on adjoining farm only two. Since have been un-
able to locate them.

The other three showed up at intervals last winter. This spring, last June,
were seen one old with seventeen young on the same place turned them out;
seem to be tolerable tame. Were not fed any time after ten days. Seem to be
able to take care of themselves. The only danger is the hunter. I believe would
be best to confine them a week or so after receiving to get them used to location.
- Thanking you for past favors, am

Very truly yours,

H. WALTON.
P. S.:—If you will send me some Hungarian partridges I will liberate part at
once and confine part awhile. ‘ H. W.

Ste. GENEVIEVE, Mo., September 1, IgIt.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I received four pair, eight Hungarian partridges, last fall. Have a
splendid 300-acre farm where the Bob White have been doing well. I turned the
partridge among a nice field of underbrush and plenty of water, fed them twice
last winter and about two months ago J saw a female partridge and seven young
ones with a Bob White male, crossing the road. Am not allowing any hunting on
my property. Haven’t been over my property to look after the quail this year.
My farm hand tells me that he saw a covey of about twelve young; he thinks that
they were partridges. Will let you know later if they hatched well.

Respectfully,
ANDREW WILDER.

PuatTe City, Mo., August 25, 19it.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Replying to yours of recent date have this to say. Some time in
February I received five (5) pair of Hungarian partridges. On arrival there was -
a heavy sleet on the ground. I put them in a runway I had and fed them for
three (3) weeks and then liberated them. They remained in and around my
orehard and ravines till in May, when they disappeared and never have seen them
since. Have heard of only one covey of young this season, and Allen Hewlett of
Platte county, saw them. There were twenty-one of them.

t think them perfectly able to stand our winters equally with the “Bob White.”

Respectfully yours, etc.,
LHOMAS Gs COCRRIMBE

Montrose, Mo., August 24, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your letter will say that I believe that the pheasants are
able to care for themselves, but I believe they are inclined to migrate or rove
around. I didn’t get but one cock, and it seems that mated with only one hen
and the rest scattered and have been seen four miles from where I turned them
loose. The one that mated with cock raised a brood, but I haven’t any idea how
many, as they took to the brush and seem to be very wild. They feed through the
winter with my stock; I had a timbered pasture that I fed in through the winter.
When winter comes again I may be able to see them again.

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It is hard to tell just what did become of all of the birds, as there had been
‘some liberated in this neighborhood before, as Mr. C. M. Clark turned a private
flock loose just three miles from me this summer. I believe that the best way to
get the birds started in a neighborhood would be to keep them in captivity until
spring and then turn them loose. If I could get some more birds I would follow
that plan and see how it works. I have a fine place for them, a very thick tim-
bered pasture.

Wishing you success with your birds of all kinds,

Yours truly,
CHAS: J; HOLLAND:

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WarrENSBURG, Mo., August 27, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your letter of the 22nd concerning the birds you sent
me will say the pheasants you sent me did no good, I fear. I never saw but one
of them after turning them out. That was early in November. A full-grown cock
of fine plumage got up and flew quite a distance to the timber. One of my neigh-
bors reported one, a hen, running with his chickens for a while. J am afraid the
hunters got them, although I don’t allow hunting on the place. My corn fed cattle
run all over the pastures and timber lots during the winter where these birds were
turned loose. We frequently saw quail among the cattle, but no pheasants. There
was plenty of water and shelter. I didn’t get any quail. If I could get another
trial would try turning them with my chickens, as they roam a good ways from the ©
building.

Thanking you for past favors, I am
Yours truly,
Veale VAIN

Paris, Mo., September 3, IgII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In regard to the pheasants you sent me I have not seen them since
the 1oth of April. They were all right then; they went through the winter and
spring ali right, but I think they have gone to the timber. If I see them later on I
will write you. Yours very truly,

Ws Bk) ORR ON
R. F. D. No. 4.

SHELBINA, Mo., August 24, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—The birds you sent have not been seen on my farm since the latter
part of November or the first of December. Have heard of one or two on farms
adjoining. Have not been able to hear of one young. If any one killed or shot at
them we did not hear of it. Know of one pair on a farm about three or four
miles from where I turned them out. I think I have a fine plaace for the propa-
gation of the birds—woods along on both sides of a creek, open land in pasture
and crops each way from the creek. Would be pleased to try it again if you think
it best to send the birds. Regret that I cannot send you a more favorable report.

Respectfully,
S. G. PARSONS.

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WEAUBLEAU, Mo., September 2, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Yours of recent date received in regard to the Hungarian quail I
received. I had them put on my farm and kept feed out for them for some time,
and they stayed around until about the 1st of June was the last we saw of them.
Don’t know whether it was on account of the dry weather or not that caused them
to leave. The last few times we seen them they had mated, as there were two to-
gether each time. Hope I will hear something of them yet, I remain

Yours respectfully,
G. W. THORNTON.

WiLtow Sprines, Mo., August 25, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your inquiry in regard to pheasants received and will say that six
pheasants sent me arrived November 8 in good shape and liberated on arrival, as
per request. They stayed in the fields about one month, then took to the hills, but
did not leave very far until spring. There was a big crop of all kinds of acorns,
and I believe that was the cause of them taking to the woods. I kept corn out all ©
winter for them in different fields, and when it snowed they came to it; as soon as
snow went off they took to the woods again, and from what information I can get
they are about two miles from where turned loose, but have not heard of any
young pheasants. This part of the county is thinly settled and lots of cover and
water and fuel. I believe they are as capable as the Bob White, and more so; I
don’t think hawk and owls will bother them much; I am more afraid of foxes. I
would like very much to try another lot if I could get them before cold weather.
Would turn them loose in the millet and stock pea fields, and as there is no acorn
this fall I believe they would stay on the farm, and I would do anything in reason
to protect them. I did not hunt or allow a gun fired on the farm last winter.

Respectfully,
W. W. BEAZLEY.

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Novetty, Mo., September 2, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your letter of inquiry about pheasants will say I re-
ceived six young pheasants about one year ago. They were little, young, weak
fellows. I got some wire netting, kept them up for awhile, about two weeks. They
seemed to grow and do fine, but when I turned them out they scattered out and I
only saw one or two at a time after that. As to the place I have for them, I have
three hundred and twenty acres of land in a body, with ten acres of thick timber
back of the orchard where I had a piece of wheat that I never cut, where I
turned the pheasants out in and I fed cattle and hogs in the timber all winter,
where there was plenty of water.. There is no better place in the State than I
have got, but dow’t think there is a pheasant on the place. Something must have
caught them. Would like to try it again if you would send them to me.

Yours truly,
W. E. WILKERSON.

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Fiint Hiiz, Mo., September 1, IrgII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I received four pair Hungarian partridges early this spring. They
are doing fine. I have 172 acres, lots of woods pasture, corn fields and grass pas-
tures. They have plenty of shelter; for water I] have a spring branch running
through my farm; it never goes dry. I feed stock and cattle during the winter
months. Then I have several large stock fields in which they can find corn; then
they can find hay stacked in fields. J saw several bunches last week, eleven and
thirteen to the bunch. They have plenty of protection against hawks, owls and
other vermin. J think they are doimg fine.

Yours truly,
WILLIAM GROTHE.

STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo., September 9, IgII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I received Hungarian partridges in February; I kept them in coop
until the 21st of February and then I turned them on my farm where I could see
after them. They stayed around the house lot for two days and left and went to
the timber. I did not see them for about two weeks, and after the snow had left
they came back within 50 yards of the house and they seemed in as good. condi-
tion as our Bob White, for I saw our kind on the same day, and I was nearer the
Bob White than the Hungarian birds; the latter seemed to be wilder; they took
to the woods as soon as they saw me, and the common quail stayed there until I
came within twenty yards of them. They seemed to eat all kinds of seeds as our
common quail do; I fed them millet and Hungarian and different kinds of seed
which our common quail eat; that is why I believe they would do as well here as
ours. I have one pair on my farm now; they were seen in stubble about two weeks
ago, but they did not see any young ones. I saw two pair about two miles from my
farm on the first of July; they had no young ones then; I have not seen the others
since the middle of June. I do not know which way they went; my opinion is
from what I saw of them they will migrate the same as our kind, the Bob White.
My farm is in the river bottom lands and I have known quail to stay here all
winter and leave in the spring, but come back in autumn; my birds stayed around
my place for several weeks, and from what I could see from their ways they
seemed to the same as all other birds, always on the lookout for hawks or some-
thing; they are wilder than our Bob White.

Yours very truly,
. JULES A. DETCHEMENDY.

LamontTe, Mo., August 23, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I received the Hungarian quail all right. The night after I turned
them out we had a big snow storm and I feared they would all be lost, but not
so. All but one came through all right. I have never seen any of their young
broods. Three weeks ago I found one of their nests with twenty-four eggs in it.
We have seen them often; once two of them were with a covey of our common
quail; I think they are doing well and will increase all right. I know several parties
that have received them and all well pleased with the prospect for their future suc-

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cess. Would like. some pheasants, they become tame and domesticated. The only
fear I have is the sportman’s gun. Now, if properly protected, and we can get
them to nest and we can hold them, the migration will cease. Ours have remained
all right and they are shifty and take care of themselves. Of course, we scatter
cane seed, kaffr corn and some wheat around where they run.
Yours truly,
R. C. FISHER.

SuaAter, Mo., September 4, 1gII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In answer to your letter in regard to the pheasants that you sent
me will say that my luck with them was not very good. I made a good pen for
them, fourteen feet wide by thirty feet long and four feet high, and cared for
them well, but this spring when they commenced to lay one of the hens dropped
around for about ten days and died, and some of the eggs did not hatch. Out of
fifteen eggs I only got eight birds and four of them died, so J only raised four
young ones and they are about half grown now. The old rooster. flew against the
top of the pen and, as luck would have it, he happened to hit a small place where
the netting came together, and consequently got away. I then turned the other
hens loose so they could get together, but I don’t know whether they did or not.
I haven’t seen the rooster for some time, but J see the hen every few days. She
laid eight eggs and set on them right in the county road close to the fence. She
has hatched them or something has broken her up, as I found some shells in the
nest. I have seen the old hen since, but was not close enough to tell whether she
had any young ones with her or not. J am going to keep the four young ones and
iry to raise some next year. I have two roosters and two hens. I will try and
trade one of my roosters for another hen if I can. I feel somewhat disappointed
because I did not raise more, but I will try again. I have a fine place to turn them
loose here, and I think they will do well. 1 would ask you to send me some Hun-
garian partridges to turn loose, but I am afraid some one will kill them when the
quail law opens, as I presume they resemble the native bird to some extent.

I am sorry that I cannot come up with a better showing, but I will try and do
better next year. I will not give up, but try again.

Thanking you for sending me the birds and living in hopes of furthering the
interest of propagating the game birds of Saline county, I am

Yours respectfully,
Wee OD ee:

CAMERON, Mo., September 2, 1911. |
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your letter will say I received some Hungarian part-
ridges from you last spring. They arrived here in a storm; I lost one in the
storm that I know of. I fed them as long as. they stayed on my premises; I
haven’t seen or heard of them for three or four months; they were about a half
mile south of me the last I heard of them, and could not say whether they hatched
any young ones or not. Would like to receive another assignment of the birds,
only earlier in the season, if you should see fit to send them.

Yours truly,
H. B. SACKMAN,
R. R. No. 4.

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Waite WatTER, Mo., August 25, 1gI tf

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your letter at hand and contents noted, and in reply will say that
T received Hungarian partridges, but I think they are all dead, or left my farm,.
at least I can’t see any no more; they seem to be a roaming bird; they are either”
wilder than our Bobs, or else they were dissatisfied here, as one day they would
be at one place, the other or next day they would be entirely at another place. i
did not feed them, as the weather here was open all the time after I received
them, only one snow, which was off in a half day, and I don’t know whether [
could have fed them if I had tried, as they would not stay at one place; otherwise
they seemed to thrive, as it seemed they were growing all the time. The last I saz
of them was about the first part of May; they seemed to be about a third larger
than when I liberated them; they looked nice, fat and plump, but I am afraid the
hawks got them. Of course, they might have left their range altogether, as they
seemed to roam around so. This is all that I can say at present; hope others
have had better success, as they are nice birds, and no more harm in them thas
quail. Yours respectfully,
F. W. NOTHDURFT-_

; Harrrs, Mo., R. 2, August 28, 191I.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Would say I got the pheasants all O. K. One died first night, got
other all O. K till spring, and they scattered cn me. One rooster stayed till June-
We found him dead in the meadow in harvest; I think they are all dead; have
found all but one; I think it got too dry; I think water got scarce; I don't be-
lieve they are very good rustlers; ours stayed with our chickens and got quite
tame. J wish you success in your game business.

Yours for success,
ROVE COCHRAN

Fayette, Mo., August 28, Igit
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, -Mo.:

Dear Sir—I received three hens and one rooster (pheasants) last falf.
I kept them all winter and turned them out the first of March. They staye®
around my place until May. I fed them wheat every day. They were them
seen on Mr. Ferguson’s place until the first of August. One of the hens:
that I kept we saw here with young ones sometime in July on Wm. Fealant’s place-
The brush is so thick we cannot see them very often. Wm. Crews has one covey
of pheasants on his place. I think they will stand the winter here fine. In 1882 E
turned seven pair of Oregon quail loose and they raised several coveys, but
I have not heard of any of them for several years.

Until the first of the month my grandson saw some with topknots, and
teday I saw the same quails, but they look grayer than the ones I brought
from Oregon.

You did not send me any quail.

Respectfully, if
WM. H. COLLINS...
P. S—I don’t think they will be bad to migrate if they can get water.

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FrANKForD, Mo., August 26, IgIT.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Yours received in regard to the pheasants will say the ones
I received one died while being expressed, but balance got to me in good
shape. I turned mine in a wheat field as I have a large farm. Of course, the
pheasants get all they can eat. Mune are at large with small gang of small ones, as
they are very wild I cannot say how many in number, and seem to have made
last season all right, so far as hawks, owls, etc. But we have a good
location in my vicinity for both partridges and wild birds and game, as I
own 1,500 acres up and down creek battom and allow no hunting on my
premises. Also own a large pack of hounds that keep all vermin killed out
that usually disturb wild game that sit and hatch on ground.

Yes, I think the pheasants are able to feed and take care of themselves.
The ones I have are still in my vicinity, while they are not always on my
place, but are in the locality. Others hear and see them occasionally. I
think where one has the proper range for them they will do and raise better
in the wild stage than in captivity. This is my opinion so far as my experi-
ence is concerned. There is no one else in my locality who has the pheasants.

The pheasant is a bird that to my belief will make its living through the
winter on small rations. Therefore, when in captivity, are often overfed,
causing death. They seem to be constituted more like a guinea and will not thrive
on too much feed. Respectfully,

: JEFF D. McCUNE.

Maple LAwn Farm, August 25, IQ1t.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Yours is before me. First place I received four pair of Hun-
garian partridges. I liberated the same in a grove in middle of my farm
and continued to feed them till grass and insects were plentiful, or as long
as I could find them to feed. They commenced separating last of March.
Then in the early part of May I saw one pair on my farm and was very care-
ful to not scare them. Have been watching for thém ever since, but have
not seen any of them since. I surely have done the best I could for their
protection. :

As for taking care of themselves, outside of hawks, believe them equal to
Bob White. ;

My neighbors often inquire of me when I saw them last, and I asked them
$f they saw any or, not.

I think they are bad to stray, as I have plenty of cover and do not allow
hunting on my farm. Will continue to look for birds. If I see any, will
write you. :

Plenty of Bob Whites, but few young. Three miles northwest I saw a
small flock of pheasants.

Yours,
Wheeling, Mo. NESS dels NMOL; I

Urica, Mo., August 26, I9g1T.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—You sent us pheasants in 1910. All scattered over this section with-
in a few weeks after liberating, except one, which remained with one of our ten-

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ant’s chickens till midwinter when, I understand, a young fellow up town killed it.
Heard of a hen and six or eight young ones about a mile north of us a few weeks
ago. Heard of one in our orchard about July 1st. If they are here see seem to
keep mighty well hid, as the above were only seen once.

The pheasant eggs you sent us this summer—fifteen in number—hatched five
birds; three died in a few days, the other two are larger than quail now and stay
around with the chickens all the time, roost in the woodshed and seem tame as
the chickens,

If you have any more pheasants or Hungarian partridges which you wish
placed in this neighborhood, send them along and we will do the best we can with
them. Yours very truly,

A, J. and IRA HEDRICK.

Jortin, Mo., August 23, IQIr.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—A year ago J received from you six pheasants, and about a month
afterwards liberated them, together with some I had raised. At first they re-
mained pretty close to the farm house with those I had raised, which were very
tame.

Feed was put out for them most of the winter, but do not believe it was neces-
sary, as they are great rustlers and are amply able to take care of BNA YES
along that line unless it is an extra cold winter with heavy snow.

Soon as the breeding season appeared they immediately went to the thickets
along the creek bluffs, and have remained in that locality since, and are hard
to find.

Two hens with chicks were seen several times, and I believe they will prove
a big success.

I do not believe cither hawks, owls or other vermin can make much Deadviay
in catching them, as they are very alert and swift of flight.

I do not believe pheasants will migrate if they have suitable places to hide in;
as well as feeding grounds.

As near as could be told, these hens had twelve to fifteen young ones each.

Yours truly,
C. O. McCASKILL:

CaLHoun, Mo., August 22, IgitI.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I received your letter and would say in regard to the coop of
pheasants I received from you last fall, about November, I think. I kept them in
a large coop and done my best to raise some; only got about twenty eggs; could
not hatch a bird, and came to the conclusion the eggs were not fertile on account
of too close confinement, and released them on this place and they have not gone
over one and one-fourth mile from the house. I believe they will take care of
themselves if no hunter kills them, as they have a good place to rove, as there is
plenty of cover for them; I don’t think they could increase without some kind of
brush to hide in. :

I will write for a setting of eggs next spring and will let you know if the wild
ones increase or raise any young ones.

Yours,

fo PATRICK

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Wittiamstown, Mo., August 28, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I have been rather slow in answering your letter. I received my
‘Hungarian partridges on the 15th or 20th of March, 1911; they paired off; stayed
around close for some time; they seemed to be a good deal like our Bob White.
— have ‘been watching and making some inquiries of my neighbors in regard to
them. I was told this morning by one man that he had seen one flock of the birds
on his place; he thinks there were about fifteen in the flock, and I know of an-
other pair with from eight to ten. The weather was fine when I got them and re-
mained so for a long time. I think they will be able to take care of themselves
against hawks and owls, but can’t say in regard to cold weather. Would like very
much to receive some of your pamphlets; some of my neighbors asked me to get
some. Yours truly,

Gye Suiilibisl.

Nixa, Mo., August 22, 1gIt.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—In regard to my pheasants I received the first two in the spring of
gsoro, and kept them through the summer, but from some cause the hen layed no
eggs. In the fall you sent me one male and three hens. I kept them up in the
Shouse through the winter; they seemed to do well. In the spring, on March 21,
agi, I turned them loose in some wood of eight acres, covered with larger trees
and thick underbrush. I have seen them off and on every two or three weeks
Since. They made their nest in some old Sago grass that grew in an old field that
I let lay out, or at least one of them did. I think they must have hatched between
4wenty-five and fifty young birds in all, or at least that many has been seen with
-them. I do not know how many of the hens laid and raised young ones. There
4s some woods adjoining my land that belongs to Frank Edwards and W. J. Hedg-
-pethe, perhaps forty acres in all. The birds seem to stay in these woods, but have
.seemed to stay the most of the time on my farm. I believe they can take care of
i@hemselves as well as the Bob White. I do not believe they are bad to migrate if
“vthey have the right kind of woods and brush, but there is one other thing that
must or should be done, and that is to keep men and boys with dogs to go about
#hem or bother them. They are afraid of dogs, and none should be allowed to
go near them. They also seem to be afraid of strangers, and the shot of a gun
Arightens them. If hunters with dogs and guns could be kept away from them, I
‘believe they would raise right along here on my farm, but I find it hard to keep
them off. They can hunt on the land adjoining mine, and that keeps them both-
ered. [I aim to watch my pheasants and feed them the best I can. If I can keep
hunters out this winter I believe I can get them to come to a certain place to be
fed, but if they get after them J] fear they will scatter them so I cannot do any
thing with them. Boys and dogs seem to bother them more than anything else so
far. If I could get my neighbors to keep all hunters out I could do better. What
gs the best plan I could fall on to keep hunters out.
Wishing you success, I remain,
Yours truly,
DR. ‘GP. S. BROWN:
-P. S.:—Jeff Pope, just west of me got some Hungarian partridges and, I under-
stand, has raised some birds.

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Mriicrove, Mo., August 31, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In regard to yours of recent date ] have not any Hungarian part-
ridges, but I have two fine flocks of young pheasants; I have one fine flock of
about forty-five took to the woods.

Please remember me when you ship any Hungarian partridges.

Yours,
IDE: J, BRI ION,

St. Lours, Mo., September 1, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In answer to your letter to Samuel H. Wagner in regard to part-
ridges, I will say as follows:

In the fall of 1916 you sent us eleven partridges and one was dead in shipment.
We kept them for ten days in a large barn and fed them regularly. Then we
turned them loose in a large field next to the timber. We fed them all winter at
frequent intervals. They seem to be able to care for themselves, as we have four
or five coveys of quail in the same place. Yes, they hatched out some young, as
the last time I saw them the flock was twenty or thirty in the bunch. They seem
to stay on our place, although my neighbors are much pleased with them and are
doing all in their power to protect them. They have plenty of food and two or
. three small streams to get water from. In short, they seem to be doing fine and
as well as Bob White or any game fowl.

We received a setting of pheasant eggs which you sent, but not one hatched,
although we took the greatest care of them.

If you will send another setting or some live pheasants, we will take the best
of care of them and report very carefully all the habits, etc., that you ask for.

We have 640 acres of land in Pulaski county, near Arlington, and being tim-
bered and broken, it is well adapted for breeding any kind of game birds.

You had better send a game warden to the Hooker P. O. District, as there is
lots of hunters killing quail, ducks, etc., without a license, and as you know this
will tend to exterminate all game. Trusting that this letter is satisfactory, I am

: Respectfully,
LOUIS WAGNER,
Deputy License Inspector, 2614 Potomac St., St. Louis, Mo.

Roscoe, Mo., August 26, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Yours to hand yesterday. In reply will say we got eight Hungarian
partridges in March, 1911, and fifteen pheasant eggs later in the spring.

The Hungarian partridges we turned loose where we had a lot of millet
stacked. They were seen by different parties till late in the spring.

Whether they raised any little ones I do not know. If any one sees them I
-will write you.

The pheasant eggs hatched ten out of fifteen. We raised seven of them until
they began to wander. All seven may be lwing for all I know, as many as five
-were at the house today. They don’t seem to be very wild. My sister-in-law, Mrs.
Agnes Smith, can call them on to the porch. They will eat at your feet. They
.do not flock together like quail; they seem to scatter out, one in a place. They are
-not all the same shade, some has long tails and some short ones. One has turkey-

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red feathers on the side of its tail. I think they are all getting spurs. I don’t
know whether they are all males or females; I presume they are more than half
grown. They seem to be lusty and care nothing to be in the rain.

I know nothing in regard to their migrating habits. You can use as much of
this letter as you choose, and write you at your request and give any information
I can. Very truly yours,

N. B. SMITH.

Hooker, Mo., August 28, IgII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Yours to hand in regard to the Hungarian partridges you so kindly
shipped to us here, and I beg leave to inform you that the birds sent to me were
fed here on our farm until spring, and in May and June we saw them every week
or so. They seemed to separate later, and it has been a month or six weeks since
any of us.have seen any of them. They have so much territory to hide in and
such good places, we may not be able to find them until the winter sets in. I do
not think they have left us, and we hope to find them later with young ones, and
if we do we will report to you the facts.

I would like to have another shipment and handle them in a different way to
the way we handled the ones you sent. I think the proper way is to get two rods
of poultry wire and make a run and keep them up a week or so and then turn
out a male bird and keep on turning them out until the shipment was all free.

If we could succeed in stocking this part of our State with these birds it would
be a great work and would add so much pleasure for sportsmen they never could
forget it.

I very much regret the fight the last House made on you and your department,
and the people here will remember it when the time comes.

Respectfully,
JNO. L. HOOKER.

Eorta, Mo., August 28, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In response to your letter received a day or two ago, I will give the
best information I can. In August of 1910, you sent me six pheasants, one cock
and five hens, which I turned right out in a large woodland tract, containing plenty
of water and adjoining grain fields, giving plenty of cover and feed. I saw the
birds only once in the early spring (1911), but I could not say how many there
were, and ten days ago one old bird with two young ones were seen together in
the same woodland they were turned out in a year ago, and I am quite satisfied
that with proper cover, water and feed and protection from hunters they will in-
crease and flourish in the condition I refer to, as well as the Bob White. Of
course, they are not as prolific, and they require more cover, such as underbrush
in woodlands. If they were turned out in meadows or even fields of grain I am
sure they would migrate. I am so well satisfied with my shipment that I feel if I
had a few more birds in a year or so, I would see and hear a good many pheas-
ants on our place, which I am hoping may be the case any way. No, I did not
feed the birds, and I only know of one of my neighbors to whom you sent birds,
and as they did not have any cover, save temporary, I think the birds migrated.
If we expect and wish to establish pheasants in the open, they must have cover
and protection from hunters for a few years.

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I trust I have covered your letter, for I am very much interested in the sub-
) ject, and I appreciated very much your sending the birds, and I remain,
Very truly,
(MISS) SARAH C. BLOCK.

Commerce, Mo., August 26, IQII.
Jesse A, Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I have just been to see pheasants that you sent to me sometime
ago. They are growing and getting along fine. They don’t scare very bad when
you walk up to them. I think they will get along all right. I have a fine range
for them. Assuring you that I will give the birds the best protection that I can,
I remain as ever, g

Yours truly,
H. W. SANDERS.

Napton, Mo., August 23, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I was one to whom pheasants were sent. My birds wandered away
gradually to thicker cover, but are fully able to take care of themselves, in my
opinion.

There are several bunches of young pheasants in the neighborhood, but
whether they are hatched from the birds sent me or from those sent Dr. George
Smith, I cannot say, as the birds migrated towards the same quarters. From the
best reports believe them able to live and do well in this section.

I have not been able to learn of any of them being destroyed in any way, al-
though suspicion was pointed at a gang of several negroes in the winter past.
Nothing definite could be learned.

Some thirty eggs or more were sent me in the spring. These we intended to
put out with turkey hens, but no hen being available, they were given to the Leg-
horn hen that hatched them. The hatch was poor and we were disappointed in this,
but after the first week or so the young birds seemed to thrive well. There are
now some ten or twelve birds about half grown, and they stay on the place with
the chickens.

Most of our birds—all but one or possibly two—I believe are cocks. What
would you advise me in this circumstance. I have been wanting to write you about
it for some time. Only one of these birds has been killed, or died, from any cause,
since they were able to fly, that I have been able to discover, and that one was
caught by a bird dog that had gotten loose. The bird would have easily eluded
the dog, but it had wandered into an out-building and could not reach the door.

I would like for you to send me four, or better six, hen pheasants to turn loose
with the cocks. The younger the better, because they will stay with the other birds
better. I would like to be in on the next spring shipments of eggs, as our trial,
taking into consideration some disadvantages which can be overcome on a second
trial, was very satisfactory. Anything of importance I will report, and am glad to
answer any questions at any time.

Hope to hear from you concerning the young birds, I am

Sincerely yours,
JOHN R. HALL, M. D.

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JEFFERSON City, Mo., August 23, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.: ;
Dear Sir—I was handed your létter of inquiry by Mr. John Goller, and
such information as I have been able to gather I will gladly give. I turned loose
on Mr. Goller’s farm a number of pheasants and partridges and they are all still
in that neighborhood and seem to be doing well. I liberated these birds early in
the spring, so can’t say whether they have to be fed through the winter or not.
I have been told by several parties that they have seen on Mr. Goller’s farm a
pheasant with about.a dozen young. There is another one with young ones on
Emil Loesch’s farm, and.one with young on the farm of John Ott. On John
Beck’s farm there are four partridges with about forty young. Henry Sommerer
has a bunch of young partridges and so has John Ott. One old pheasant has
been found dead, but could not learn from what cause. While cutting hay, Emil
Loesch found a pheasant’s nest with ten eggs. He left a bunch of hay stand
around the nest. About three weeks later he went to the nest and it was empty,
except two eggs. There were no broken shells or anything to show what be-
came of the other eggs, and since that time no young ones have been seen there,
so suppose snake robbed that nest. So my opinion is that, as all these birds are
within a mile of where they were liberated, they do not migrate. They are
capable of taking care of themselves, and they will do well.
f Your truly,
NICK KIELMAN..

HERMANN, Mo., August 21, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

I received your letter asking me in regard to the Hungarian partridges you sent
me last summer. The party I sent them to told me that only two pair are staying
on his farm and the other pair are about one-half mile from his place, and
seem that, so he says, that they are mixing with our quail. In regard to feeding
quail and partridges. Last winter I fed and the farmers had plenty of corn in
shock and in the field yet, and the open winter we had was not hard on them.
We have now five coveys where there used to be only one. Lots of underbrush,
where they can hide, and lots of springs in our hills. In regard to migrate,
they did not go so far away from the place where they were liberated; only
about one-half mile. The farmers even could not tell me if they had any young,
but that they go with the quail they can tell, because they are bigger.

Yours,
F. REBSAMEN.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo., August 19, IQIT.

Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—Your letter of inquiry received. I got Hungarian partridges too
early in the spring. I think they perished by a severe wet cold spell a few days
after liberated, at least they disappeared one week after turned out. My man fol-
lowed instructions strictly, and they were liberated in a thicket two hundred feet
square within fifty yards of my barn, under which they could have gone. A
large pond is between barn and thicket. They were fed wheat and cane seed,
also small grains of corn. One arrived dead and was on top of the coops when
received. I have a too-acre orchard, and do not think my neighbors would harm
them. Am sorry it was a failure.

Yours truly, —
W. A. IRVIN.

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Union, Mo., August 19, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Your letter to hand and contents noted. I got the pheasants last
‘summer, 1910, and, according to directions, liberated them in a few hours after
they got to our station. ‘They did well and stayed on my place until fall and
then drifted on an adjoining farm, and so far as I can find by inquiry are there
yet. I was asking about them one day this week, and the man told me that one
of the males got so tame that it would come into his yard and fight with a
rooster, but he hadn’t seen him for some time. I can’t find out whether they have
young or not, but suppose they have. I didn’t feed them at all, and they seemed
to grow and do well. If I had them to liberate again, am confident [ could keep
them on my place. I turned them out thinking they would stay in the fields,
‘but they seem to want to go into the timber, and the timber of my neighbor being
closer than my timber from where [ turned them out, they went to him, and they
seem to stay with him all right. I never saw where the hawks caught but one,
and the rest grew to be fine birds. I would have liked to have had more, but
thought you wouldn’t have enough to send to those to whom you had sent ‘them
to. Our representative, A. A. Vitt, told me that he would recommend me if I
wanted to send for more. Any information you may want, write me.

Respectfully,
Ss Vc CHBAG HAM:

Menvon, Mo., August 21, IQII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—In reply to your letter about the birds, I will say my partridges are
still with me and doing nicely. I except to get a good number of birds. Don't
know how many they have. I think they all went through the winter nicely.
Think they are fully as hardy and as able to rustle: for themselves as our Bob
‘Whites.

While I fed and cared for them through the winter I wouldn’t always find
them ready for their rations like I did the pheasants. I made brush piles around
the hedges and orchard for them, and would most always find them there till
spring opened, and it seemed the handsome little fellows longed for their timber
home and they left me. You see I have a prairie farm, and I am afraid there
‘is not enough protection for the pheasants. I found where a hawk had caught
one. iy

I think the partridges will be a success on the prairie. Was talking with a
man yesterday over at Keytesville who has some pheasants, and he has two coveys
of them, nine in one flock and thirteen in another. He has plenty of timber.

No, my birds doesn’t all stay on our place. Some have crossed the road on
G. L. Gardner’s place, but he promised me he would protect them against hunters.
He, like myself, is very much interested in them.

Any time I can give you any information in regard to the birds will be gla:
to do so. Hoping I will get a good number of birds, | remain

Yours very truly,
G. P. McGREW.

Sitex, Mo., August 19, I9II.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
‘ Dear Sir—In compliance with your request will state that I received from
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place for quails. They had all necessary protection, plenty to eat and plenty of
water. But I am sorry to say I have never been able to see these birds only twice
since I released them, and then only one pair at two different times; do not know
whether it was the same pair, both times or not. As to whether they have hatched ©
any young ones I cannot say. I am fearful these birds are bad to migrate. I
think they have left the farm. Should anything happen to show them up in the
future I will inform you. Yours truly, :

B. R. WILLIAMS.

New Maorip, Mo., August 13, IgII.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

I was talking with Daniel Comfort the other day and he said there were-
several young pheasants around his place and other flocks, and that he had good.
success with his. Will you please send me a shipment of them, as there 1s one-
male bird around my place and haven’t noticed any females.

Yours truly,
S- RU SEW?

CorninGc, Mo., August 19, I9II.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—Replying to your favor of the 18th, will say: The five pair of
Hungarian quail you sent me were very gentle before I turned them out; I left:
them in a shed for about six weeks until all danger of snow storms were over..
We seen them several times each week until the corn was about knee high. Some-
time in the latter part of June we found one nest with about twelve eggs, but
some hens found it and commenced laying in the nest, when they left and have-
never seen any since; heard of one nest, which was about one and one-half miles
from me; the old bird hatched twelve from the number of empty shells in the nest.
They are a bird that is very hard to see where there is grass or weeds; you will
have to almost step on them before they. move, but when disturbed or frightened, .
will fly much farther than our Bob White. Think as for hawks or vermin of any
kind, they seem to take care of themselves better than our Bob White. I believe-
they wander over more ground than any other bird, from what little I have seen
of these; there was no reason why they should not stay close, plenty of feed and
water, with a wide scope of timber meadow and orchard to run in.

I have also noticed when they are frightened they never go back to that place-
again very soon. :

The male is not as wild or shy as the female, and do not hide as mutch.

This is about all I can tell about the partridges, as I have not had much:
chance to observe more closely their habits. Wiéill report to you the first time I
see any.

Hoping the birds will prove a success, I remain,

Yours truly,
E. A. ROSELINS.

Boonvitie, Mo., August 18, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—I received a half dozen of your pheasants.
As I have plenty of open water, surrounded with close timber, I haven’t seen.
any of the pheasants since middle of April.

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I still think there is one or more left on my premises, and others have been
seen by neighbors.

] know of one rooster being caught by a hawk.

I intended to feed my pheasants last winter, but found out that they were do-
ing well from the scatterings of my stock. J haven’t heard of but one young one,
and its head was cut off by a mower. Whether there were any more young ones
there or not I do not know; I have been hoping to find a flock of them soon.

You also promised to send me five pair of Hungarian partridges last year, but
never did receive them. :

I think I understand why I did not get them. I have some of the finest chances
on earth for them. If there is any chance to get any I will give them the best
-of care.

Yours very truly,
CHRIS. OHLENDOREF,

ArmMsTRONG, Mo., July 25, 1g1t.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Dear Sir—Out of the three shipments of pheasants shipped to Armstrong last
‘summer three of the hens have drifted out in draws in the fields, staying in the
‘briers and buck bushes. One of them has twelve, one fifteen and the other eighteen
young, about the size of quail, and seem to be doing fine; they were all liberated
in dense woods, and can’t say what the others may be doing. They will certainly
-be protected here, as every farmer is interested and takes a pride in the pheasants.
Any shipments made here you can depend will be well taken care of.
Very respectfully,
Je Teg COUN dB),

Corninc, Mo., May 15, fort.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I want to say a word in regard to the pheasants I have in captivity
‘you sent me. They are not laying as I think they should, and I wanf to ask your
permission to liberate them, as I think they will do better; they have laid only six
eggs and quit; haven't laid for a week; I have those six eggs setting.

I found one of the pheasant hen’s nest that I liberated last fall, and she has
‘gone to setting; has sixteen eggs; I haven’t located the other hens’ nests so far.
Two of the cock pheasants mate with chicken hens in our poultry yard every day,
‘but so far we have been unable to hatch out any half breeds. I will keep a close
look-out on the pheasant hen that is setting, and see how they hatch. She has her
‘nest in our 20-acre apple orchard.

Please let me hear from you.

Very respectfully,
CHAS. E. DANKERS. |

MeEapvi1tE, Mo., July 5, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—I have always intended to let you know of my success in raising
pheasants. Well, I had some bad luck at first. You sent me two settings of eggs
vand I set them under Brown Leghorn hens; one hen got off her nest; I did not
find it out until her eggs were cold, so none of that setting hatched, but twelve
-of the others hatched, and I now have eight pheasants larger than full-grown
quail, all doing nicely, and so tame. I did raise them altogether according to the

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rules you sent in the pamphlet. But they did not do well penned up, so I turned
them loose when ten days old and have let them run ever since; the mother hen
was a great stroller and took them all over the farm, but would always bring them
home at night. Now they are weaned, but still show up at night for their clabber
cheese, which they love and thrive on better than any other food. They are the
most interesting little birds I have ever tried to raise. When I go out with a pan
of food and call them they come flying from every direction and alight on my
shoulders; still they show their wild nature and do not like to be handled. I Dew
lieve I can stock this part of the country in a few years.

I see by the Republic that you are going to have some more to distribute this.
fall, and as I am sure that mine will not bé even pairs, I want to ask you, Mr.
Tolerton, if you will furnish either birds I shall need this fall? I cannot tell yet

what the sex is, as some are darker than others and have shorter tails. Are they
the hens?

Thanking you again for your favor, I am,
Yours for success, sincerely,
INGER Wife ae ile @ IN Vater tens

Huntineton, Mo., September 8, Ig1I.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Commissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—In reply to your letter will say that you sent me some of the Hun-
garian partridges. These birds were liberated at once upon their arrival, and I
fed them, which I found was no trouble, so far as getting them to the feed was
concerned, for they would come to their feeding place and did not seem wild, but
they have been taking care of themselves all summer. JI am sure they can take
care of themselves equally as well as the Bob White; I have about 35 or 4o young
birds; seem to be doing nicely; do not think the birds are bad to migrate, as these
seem to stay around near where I turned them out. I have several times seen
these birds come very near the house. Are very tame, and one can feed them as.
easily almost as the barnyard hen. If these birds can be protected from the care-
less hunters who would shoot them as quick as any other bird, I think it a matter
of a very few years until we will have plenty of them.

If I can at any time give you any information as to these birds, please do not
fail to write me, as I will be very glad to do so.

Yours very truly,
RAL ASHER a

Artvtanta, Macon Co., Mo., September 8, 1911.
Jesse A. Tolerton, State Game and Fish Cemmissioner, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Dear Sir—The pheasants which you shipped me July 10, and which I liberated,
appear to be doing all right. I see one cockerel and one hen nearly every day feed- .
ing about the barnyard, and are very tame. I think the others must be all right if
these are. About four miles from here I have 80 acres of timbered and brush
land, and this year one pair of native pheasants raised a good litter of youig ones-
These pheasants stay, there every year. Please inform me the best way to protect’
these native pheasants. Mr. Chas. Watters owns a farm adjoining this 80 acres |
and is desirous of helping me to protect them. Jf this man had the power to make }
an arrest I think that would give the birds protection. I would like to have another
shipment of pheasants next year to turn loose on this 80-acre tract, if possible. It
is an ideal pheasant wild.

Yours truly,
ALBERT HOCKENSMITH.

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In order that the readers of this pamphlet may have some idea as
to who these parties are who are assisting me in trying this experiment,
I want to call their attention to some prominent citizens of the State,
whose letters will be found herein:

W. E. McCully, manager Wardell Orchard Company, Macon, Mo.;
Com P. Storts, leading attorney of Saline county ; Green B. Greer, large
land owner in Scott county; T. C. Crane, collector of the revenue, Chris-
tian county; J. L. Hepburn, president of the Farmers’ Mutual Fire In-
surance Company, Nodaway county; Ben J. Smith, retired newspaper
man, Ava, Mo.; I. G. Farnsworth, cashier of Bank of Latour; Chas. C.
Treiver, circuit clerk, Moniteau county; R. L. Patterson, Patterson
Roller Mills, Smithton, Mo.; C. F. Newman, prominent attorney, Dade
county; F. W. Buffum, Buffum Tool Company, Louisiana, Mo.; H. W.
Meuschke, of the Mueschke Dry Goods Company, Sedalia, Mo.; W. F.
Coan, Coan Building Material Company, Kansas City; Fred L. Munson,
member of the State Board of Agriculture; J. G. Love, assistant
physician State Hospital, Nevada, Mo.; J. L. Ransburg, county clerk,
New Madrid county; E. L. Schofield, postmaster, Bolivar, Mo.; Ben F.
Leonard, real estate and investments, Bolivar, Mo.; S. B. Gardner,
clerk of Senator Allee; Max Ll. Ostner, general merchandise; W. A.

’Millans, attorney at law, Linneus, Mo.; Jno. S. Taylor, assistant cashier
Christian County Bank, Ozark, Mo.; Lighton Shields, member of the
Degislature from St. Louis; W. A. Chilcott, traveling salesman; W. S.
Peacock, sheriff Lafayette county; Geo. D. Leggett, manufacturer of
bed springs, Carthage, Mo.; R. L. Shelby, vice-president Big Four Store
Company, Charleston, Mo.; J. F. Tising, merchant, Highpoint, Mo.;
W. E. Phipps, member of the Legislature from Cedar county; Roy W.
Rucker, prosecuting attorney Chariton county; R. L. Eason, county
treasurer Schuyler county; E. A. Bunton, cashier Exchange Bank,
Maysville, Mo.; Jesse B. Jones, leading lawyer of Northeast Missouri,
Frankford; D. S. Watts, cashier Bank of Marquand, Marquand, Mo. ;
C. E. Davis, proprietor of City Hotel, Noel, Mo.; W. B. Marckel, col-
lector of revenue, Palmyra, Mo.; E. K. Horine, Cassville Produce Com-
pany, Cassville, Mo.; T. W. Lynes, farmer and breeder of thoroughbred
cattle and hogs; Victor H. Cartier, clerk Modern Woodman, Bonnets
Mill, Mo.; Col. J..L. Torrey, owner of a ten thousand-acre farm in
Howell county; Fred Lancaster, assistant cashier First National Bank,
Marceline, Mo.; Frank T. O’Neal, secretary and treasurer of Holland-
O’Neal Milling Company, Mt. Vernon, Mo.; Jno. A. Wood, secretary of
Confederate Solidiers’ Home; Jas. D. Wayman, prosecuting attorney ©
Gentry county; H. S. Stapel, editor Atchison County Mail, Rockport,

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Mo.; Jno. O. Roberts, president Clifford Banking Company, Clarksville,
Mo.; Chas. L. Walker, assistant cashier Ozark Bank, Ozark, Mo.; Jno.
Slade, ex-superintendent of schools, Andrew county; H. C. Mead, real
estate and loan agent, Slater, Mo.; R. D. Silver, representative from
St. Charles county; C. L. Cunningham, Cunningham Store Company,
Caruthersville, Mo.; C. D. Goodrum, Goodrum Mortgage and Invest-
ment Company, Lamar, Mo.; J. W. Settle, merchant, Potosi, Mo.; J.
C. Pistol, cashier Farmers and Merchants Bank, Hopkins, Mo.; S. J.
Heaton, Stark Brothers Nursery, Rolla, Mo.; Dr. F. A. Bazon, Clark,
Mo.

INDEX TO LETTERS OF PARTIES REPORTING ON BIRDS.

Name and address. Page
PMSA Cero ee CiSh SUI TaM Enea ian svete ietorn silcitatsoe lelretlel nellatcialiotene ailaiuctiovelleveiaiereielh hare s w lua mueeue. 15
PNG HNC IGS mee ANtoan leat muIN C Viet Cl Anaya Mer MIsrezane eis atiau nei erarAuonellsy Eilat cliarey ahietedsanital otal sal ecteltecapeue lela sirens icashoheoe ace 69
PSN TDi amet eie Gre mel eB Tal OTIC eaves ates ca ei'esie i) oy crak ovtehies aiocthoraietoinet os ohia dealuiors coogi ona eiGueeievuu es Qubtetnugs 31
PSIG Teepe ae Aca a eM UITT ITN OT OTD iret aati iat aly oats tas sey ailelicaticiee wal ewal arate foie. a: ace iouele Vs selra vans acuiate ion cowl muslay alone 94
Slee Ul PEV OMENS Olena Waieuatle al araictenanara wibotanats cement uaa arc cual) occa elds tala) siesta lelalGe lememiieeats 40
Ey UL CMe Lee ETAT: CTUS UID Sy spavene vets, srchedeyicialiclsatio loucuenene tenet erlectetreliel elieitsbles ayens: whisper alendva alas atevece able 79
IBAA M, IDPS Lay dakas Hiei g en erate tote ear eae A ig et US al ONG serie Sect ene eo aR AS EE anal! De ie OD 71
PERS Tamas) pape ANU ime zeA ENV TSO cred c savchiey stiey asics eleva) abetrerer sh cial folieber ah chaiel cliedaiocaltan ode csmacalenone. uieibahalestcleese m(Mub 55
iSGAIZIIENR, Vio Won Walllony Sidebiessq sooo budoseocudgcadeoS OObO Oe OD GMO bdlouole-dae pou eS 80
JEASTATAO UE, | IDES PN Wd OR Wa) Ries hee Tats ear ta A GHA Reale ee areig a cs rane Se am NUS on OAL aan ent A 75
ERO CKAMIVEUS Spr ocuballongy ©) OL epee ers teuarapenat ane daarere derivaean el aber eau uan en en Oe as me a eat 88
TBO GL, WEEE ASL ANY em aNO ENUM hes eran einai icles in let lst aolie hac STIR Gly aU anes a aT a 23
ESTSUCl CLM UME MPE CES ei OL EL OMep ier ateirer ei evel) soi ciel alist chal ese ciis iota 'estaeie oho leita auerval si ellac alee laure lelseleavteralenecav'el 58
BES Talitste dae Sard een VEN LY OV. iain etel evan Aropel sire teieleliane ral snatch anetietrehe erie ou aaical aliele hevai aye jode iecel a bpavehonaiesssaveis 87
ESTO nyse me O les Hh] COLAC OWES DIMES Stencil ore ais uch vue ules isciotemel sae) cprctiotaliohalelelleheceael ale ala alomescencb ene 66
FEST mrel ered iootiy COLILTI CY carey citcnraretau ni ceee tea al steal onlehley Met eer sc oie a Tava) lene taslsce, ables Syicheravie ve huostaiohehe tale leitela ouwus 68
ESO vysde pee) Te Nigh Gx ant E=yctu us INU UNCED cpret path ctiadieyraictte vettebled elie oMieh cris seach ei aren aiiaDataiio le, eval ave: alieiel.sitei ular esate vldatablelinelconater 86
PE Unica ea es) PLO UIST ET Ail: pee cc laven oetapeu a tucks ciietle! onan a\cberetutis: lelovalenccssedsveueoer ais evalichelotensiercis 24
Bulger, John., Hughesville ....... TAI OASTO SIN Gy Coes IGG STEMS TC HECE ee DRA ORM AAU OTE SCORN UR STR gE eR 41
BUA COM avAr OVEN SVL OM VMN suuecualiener si cieiute he iteantaccueittas scans Uarlebaecapetialsiterelevels\elaishayesiellelgce cede 46
Cali wellm Eve GCC TOS Cae ay calie hea al aia chats. ela ne tel lal bilai adele: Woislal alvece: ailevstie eileteraiariescyerter mba leks 42
(Cr O Nem em Cc pers ELE Tete eetrcteian stauralcttsy estentecn entenoeicon crea efit olan ctetreiseliok sited ociener lar e(iehatiaiieyias apcavtelieodbtere aber anaiteliel's 73
(CHROME (Te Shy ALS aVer etek SAR Asal a oratel ata ene Gan) CoA o CHC CREME GLE FEE CECE SIC EAE ae aon EA IAM En I varie 76
Cabs CLO RE aS ONTO ES HV uses qeretalertreete ts teteuad lmiamene mic AMS air be ua Ae LN Sealer e 51
CSC eee ATA SCTE OTN Sy weet rastal aesn alone ra avatar Ui sieall aha) clap eliaiagiane lalbehieolalisCayelisyenatieacon ea omenaneh state 93
Sheahan SaeaVes OMT OMe aro) ctelietolicl ane sucvamarcheioreieke ste IGE Pca RR Das BAN be DRA 2 LA a hts an 91
Cini CO tte EEA CIS EL Sie © Utayirey a aficven stay uel ehaiccpar aiel Sieiial veel sliclicn ate eo alcite Siicicaiialle: greene Iejfeliavee etle|jaellenterierte 33
Sintiniom, JB SE, Cintiorni o Seika a Ay Mis Baal easel a een Aa cee Pree Se Yel ne 52
(Cheep Aern Grane Greull CIVaiara ls Malianeisaie Nretateh ise oamel etek gh eiok aie eels ar fo) ah ievalauis watibival abieialsa ev ateay cfiaiwel ater atyellanatelis 72
Clay Olam G Eee MEXICO elec oi cles eee elo iis) olevevlallelinlie crises elle etiey ei eiie) wrlelval sl apleiveviolle ve (aye ellolieravle)ieie 52
Cochran eae GoLeety City cvrm evel awe toured ah sirctiel aire ral shi svon avers iake casei /stivle tal eilsbellepiee teiebaveleriegeiel si telaiaten oie 66
SOCAL REE REVUE Surin trea teisisliaretemeu cst niistie ciate: alieiled lesley (oul scam rv elscHeol nto oxslintle taliellel’s) elie) aile\le)ler's 83
Cockle NNOMmMase Gesut latte Cryer ume eneicaie chee rsieenens tele iis clenalie) otie)ie) «i elieiclc)ispalereVel s\/e/lens) a) silelle 78
COCR CHEE Wal SAlSiy Cilitayaeren seus rctonsiisher cvcttalisi ee cicliailetal rele) siistlaishevisy otis alieineiterep/attel aie) ot'sive\ ells le)lehel «) allele) el/s 24
Cioikermmanay’ TBs) AS TS oN m ANTS ea Moe alah SAS SO Ne VA te Aenean er Oi MIM a 40
Collins, Wry IEE) ERD o Gd bb dont ooo noo do ood s ClO cocoon mllibO co od OOOO DO.0o Cold big to &3
Converse, W. L., Clinton ..... Pans) E UDA NEGRI SOCCER ARH 42 fas OER See cn aN re anal 17
Coole ce Som, Sh wie, Bewicalooesecsaodso oo cece oc clude cuoo ono 0 00oD.n 5 dooce ooo > 44
COOKMMPELOSS SeEle rm tale Cee erren aie ete icerelen ey Neteecteteneiievielchie ieiichist eielicietiele/ cieliclieite el elelistlelvailel/e(lmilelleueuto/tx 63
CSOmMtaAMit le VION CEE rar uels pene erae iene eis) ses ai /iiaielicpeiis wel ire flelloetio fel elke) oy jel ile//ey ei(eirsllelkell ells felte) loll et tiser\er'e 37
Cox Allbert.SOtn Gre emiivel Giey yey acta tes ole tel cle ster cvenece tele) olienel slieleleveliel/o\:hs/reliaiiosesrs,fe\iai'ei/s les) hehe ache apse 72
WozeanweI. Ma-. IMA qUueandye safe cie s: nierelel ol chateiolerelaleces RE CSG Ra NR SLED H Ara taal ello mek at ctouais 70
(Chrys IBAO es, METI KESNUNS oes oo ooo coo ooo Odd ca OO eIb.Omd oo co cln DIOGO coon Glomin foie oto 75
(Cirmmntinsghosk, Cy We, (Ceiriaersnlles sos bd asobonb enon od sop edo ol doo ob .piinte Gig dono 40 62
Dace sw @HAasHah el COKMIMA Spt ieniererepelenele aia heile cele reielcnobel salts: ellclseylouoniavle\celtevelisl cilevia\leslel sivat s)/sivelte 93
HDDs see Tas eNO UEDA ep circa atte rercaurealcitaean otlopiey sbloirel euenioney ouatiter anal one (ef arieuiel (a) pusiiaiiele ater adsi\sjla\lsl/ evel 4) aa:lelie) isle 27
HA WVAS He Ore eNO CLAN ver caineiletoma ey sealer eMemey al Mier otal sta enter alate aie el GU arabaneli ti wi aisaterreriewelley eY.e/ elie) sliaye! eciatls eri elie 48
IDM ais JE RY OVA AS Biel SI6.6 6616 CIC AO GOOG Odio GO) DICICIG LO OIDICIORD SIC IOFOI RRC siege acl neni aren cneronC 57
DetchemendyawIMleSmAc tw Sten GENE VEE cise seyret sisiel cle cnecclet clistelielicveilelellelio/ else) +) sb eliaiis\el ecmiel'sle 81
IDEVSO) 4 12, TEAS DAG EIE SS died Hibs oibl6 d'd o-oo ORR R Re oO blo DIS Gis 6 OIG CIOL DIC OMATEREICuoro lO Nene Cab ichcEpicd 42
MULOtth Ss OGESSapeeues kev erekel sie at ass eee ener a citeciss sire ley iehletretebeiel silcneleniensl ies cuelloseiceveisell sis: sileyis yeWelve ells 49
WLISTOM AS ey eeamn CLUa OTe en eayeiaiey caeleepeueb etal atenatener er ene) otisvtelleitereneperaush eile lin foliese’Jeiletlalls) e/,0r%6:/esiie, atis 65
PIStill eR GENS til livre weieperneye tt te pete enn stalls enti ee ale tedietav'e tau laioecrmin avrelaay criz WianlCay (h/a\/a\ieile: e:/ am) stlerielrs 46
KArMer aA aVVeS SD LCR pene wee tener esti cralicraicien ly ssctiatemercnetaiaiciiavalconsheyreite:tel ev auie\ieblal Mvenalgel o:/e' elie: s seletheda)iaine 59

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Name and address. Page
MarnSWiorchy EGS Prey GOUT ys cles oneness ue ce te aN R LAR ee eae a PANEL VER aoe NS apa NS Men 16
Misher Re Cx a MOm tee oe Geis a rey mnie Sali adie at een ce pa Ul Ua ci Re a 81
SPOT Chas fTics MERU ON cl et ahn ste are ge reduc na tates lates EASA Cate eles RUTH Ta) aR SE ER SA 18
ORG CRY; i OGSSS a aici patie ie Gehl he cal esrach ea eat is ee oP ape ELT aera MOTs Pact TLE (OU Amc DS ER et 43
Hox; ' John ls Wahlert a apy eek RPO an See ed am eg ace Nees ta EA a en 68
Gardner, iS) GBs, MARICHM airy hae ris Ee cnet Aisa A Sahay Aah cr. nN RUB HL nD ee VAT AR RH cea nT 30
Gooariwma Cie IMGT AUT, Siaereile weve na ot oacceterrona ie tem ane le Ce EMR a ee eet ats HET ST ean ce 63
Goodson sJamesi ti Carnolltomaere cia ae eta rae ait aie ame alen) Aas fie Ue Segara ee a Ze eS 68
Graves; (Agi Les, Glan demo Oieysiilaetadeeiees veneers eee ere eee Me Tener OTTER a eols ERE NCTE 75
Greens YN. VES RESAS STIS eis ict setae aces oapia cathe eae eT Cn OCT ey rt THR EE UAB NDT EStah aL are ae 34
Greer Greens SiGe StOM A eatectasicslave seus dens vette repemeueyte tamara era lc Sti ac oeE gre ts na aco ante pC RC 13
GRO CH ESS WV TE Tate EAT Dh es i en SAN a 20a Le 81
GlIchirie FOR 3) MY Aya O TEC yen ae teh trees (eee ayn ee ars AS her OCT UP LR Ay a a 52
ELAM TNO LR SIND COM i ita tana Were Giana ene AY ace BODHI EUE wk KIL RRA TAT LRN? SORTA AUS RT 89
Ara ye ICH WONLO SY GUC ye ae eee yes eee eC Oe Re Te Cea a Para Sethe ea apy es Oh 66
fe: ee Ko WG ope BD hae Cutest Payee aly geet dia ey yy Ava Pye eri ttt lurssaarat ail dS AU TAT aren Cea Ee oral od onc 54
dea Keys NCO} acts anicd [ea] eK @) ates VRaNU A AC A a YE RNAS AU CDN Ud EGR Sal LS GLU ta MTN IG a AA 64
laleiohitelte, “INS dg navel Geel, WKCELS 6 db 6000 AUER TU OLIN ETAT 2 Ab GANA a Ae a 84
es Key al(GKeWetsXay alah INA VAG heya! Oke Ke hicks Hala meas Ta UA ante es I uel ENN a oo Saree en onialT ev olota aac 36
da l(sya) onoberalamns Jann annul eo) o).c1h ahs imiamer el Sie MuMMIEHe A TEMAS EAN areas yr pattie tat CULE le Doe eee or miata dali 14, 36
DE DU MUAY YG cabs ul Dpethd Sen iain stoi) Vs hnbat aii nied neti Man ania crt rine MANN at UA FaleinA i Maan ae Re) i UTE U cls ua) Ali go 50
Hockensm ithe Ai er by svANtl am Ca ee a sselr rearsiec rae coda ere env altre sented ust Hie EAT SAS sa tL Eg 29, 94
EOVa md Chass (dey! IWOMEROS Se ees ase he eee eis eae cesr a oh St Ia ade atte be/ee Cela Carel alae ent UY) MRIS Rare ay Cau eV 78
ELON OW. aly) (Ge Eo ROM a ere vanaf vent a hah ceyacesrie Sevjetteekraicoticinetetbauay cou sie eave las ure ocala ile ee ear aa Se AR 35
ELOO Ker INOS Tes TOOK rye ey ace eaCas aria see Nyse see als tase Thee Co PR MESS ROLE OL oT SE ea ROI We Ue aru EEE 88
Fforines ABN Ke CASSVAlle en Qee tet ch ait celts sete epleieyistia ce sila evetargat stelvaiey olin hee de i acemaitet mets enti ey olla anise 50
Howat: Johny (Clarks valle ins rele wrath om ss ee ser cha co SOLS esa eee OeaieLio) aulee Mone TG aeaeNTi on cia oh esi ea enealre 62
Phu bar ad, SW SB Uther cyan Sabi lev at ala ene sel cslovsceus leeds ilewainenetetietacis te rane See Pore ne eer eee he fat feu Naha 70
AMS TVOS Oy VV as PAL NGS S Oris eared eliove lal lennessetrei ak se abeat sheet sigs paced sack eteehiatie even roma BETES RCRA Cie Be ellie ntatie eae 41
a freava neko Path Neco) Op iba ¥=a ns) Ks WA Rey ee Aas tetra Aca menial Gunen eB Wen enn Un UN isuaa eR AnN Kent analln Snel. ls talbn aja o 90
Tenkinis si MVErsymRObert Tw SlAace rye pei lat scape asneive conewerertel eveiauonet eirelistest allen ier ital ceeuemeetrsie eine Re ae tioure etree 74
JONES4 JESSE MMA KLOTO de ilenc her agein sense eis eee eh okeroe ha oreeteele SPUR RP fe ea uA Cea eso tera PPSA 47
A KOvavavs(ohabyicl a hake Diab Ab olson akira waaay s Hien Unie tais Oi cine nla o igigithotololaolo olor a:c-ola ogo cao ado u-ad blo 39
TEGETT RAUNT KUL 2 ninth, a ease REG ERIS Late ani a avs LIAN iua aN Ale ALIN GIS) ooG Gidinstaloudis torato, ao 76
Kaela. MNT CkyPHetrens om iG ity ery ce ts paces ae eee CMAPS te oh stare elee Seu aT REE eared shcarence neni ceeeeinaes 90
IEG aVop-ed NolahoMMnciented Hoa KIS h OI eNiARN ARUN Ste AL SIME SUI NAH im eiaialelaia a Giainidlcy Hilo atm ole dio ola. alo (Go a 28
LEO ola SA Ay Het Collate onayesc a Ay Sta Anas hal Rob acces Bele aio holed oom ialel ciao G's aldio-d a oimiaie OG Oslo 6 5 67
IAN Caster Gee aia Geli) ake tcits eiecerel sicieieie lite ledeeehemonstrotavet chil siecle sacra mereiieuliiepenete dene malta 53
DSH EKA obey an DeR WK Okey hbboml oe heniin me ore InuaN chee igueatdis Mecholendiaioaldiaicrclcioua dal sialic card ovateo a dualo oicea bso 28
Weseett. Geo Doo CArthiacen nn aumiecacraeimternceisistoteltetiel diel tan \cclreuei tel teh stat cie ence Rall chsueie Mende Hsp 36
IDO aw RON MEXSioW A SON lvona Ss Aisne cia beam Galb coo sidlolalinod aloe dinlolados solb ood o-oo olnlog a0 29
IU ONES EE KC UNIGN ERO Va a ee Giat aad eb adios o sie bs obo ciodlbinios UOue boob elbo Go Oo pao ate es 26
Mover. Chaska it Charlesvomaetrteeis sense aon eens ony ones enoMelencrsie ellsvel aes te eon tere aan Tee may 38
IAUCh Oke IDEAS ILE IEIERIG) Oia obs oG oa coed cboodandobooon ooo e dso dolaa as oun OO 59
Wye Se MEA WV MERIAL COT ete ys he llabunelehettis eetetst wee Nowe a tfommemeseae tema tewteteate tetiegre ii iets atlanta Zep eieanayte Ai ae 50
WIGORSMUS “OS /OxV MOON SE Sd oSeooe ee owas dHoododdaoDdooodd bop o OOOOH oan oOo OO ENA 85
WICOGID ZY Waany JOR IMIRGOM GS bes bb oadibistobooR DO eo bOob OCOD HOBO ooo bood oon DO UE OOS dal, 2
IMMCKOUAS, Swe 1D)§ TeehalkatOirl sigs atatdoGusoadoadccemo dd madocnndo Koon ood oc adeno 84
WMISDIONVEML IDS IDL. Aone Jodo dorhacaadhvoooGoooodadod oo oubdbapodbodood Nobo u DO ODO 34
WIGS Wy Co MIGECS SE sidbodododsoutododmdadd dobodao none dada nbanornoco00000000 67
Wi Cac CH Jey MM LMcloGa dd ano dodecoce cou oe sac Hobe oenE OuacuoBuo obo Cloak OS 91
WICLEGtHanaveNye 1D, (IME INIGIKEEIES ols Gd Gd be Peowo sod boo doaD edo ddbodn Gedo nHaopcoD Gyo Od GOR. 69
MBAS ON TBS, NEbahViRAb od Goda dsdodo oko oo pda doddasdoonoeoodouadD beter ed eee 48
WENA Ye lais Sito Clee pa tiniscocomoooos oda cao dado pdodcomecddacadacodObdgadoedas 12
WEA Al Win KO NIV ENO Sood Gu olbouod ddnodoinolo du odoneddclodoaduo wo dd Oodd oc peat)
WENDY. OlBisyMEly Sie Wola ctasndcddolcidiogieoioonconcteooooenocodg cg bo dogouoogouD™ 65
WiziChdaia OLN SiENeIns Gio duGolo ca muolniood.od acoso BD mo oiaoUba Mob Odo db Ud b ololob uc 6 a ~ 61
Meuschke, H. W., Jr., Sedalia........ aveooouiddlenligadoidaaidand gio dan gop aoa cjgok oa 24
WINTER) TED NXSO a sio.aididldid ho dio Gidl buetd dh cede SA APMED AD APR UA eA UM A Un alert AL TS 45
MONS SS VILL, ML Shel MOMMA OM BOS AGM omiedooduedood yoo obo s dob soso gundino uu bdo odo 41
Moody, Edward N., Clarksville...............5 NARA EY Atal oneal a ciaR oR AL Hits laadralolionolia n Go;cLONe 74
WHEN TR ING AWE MEIOINEDISI S'S a aiolbald doidddlo noo diwada cand Godadoaiod GE AT NAAR AN este gh HU AN ht 31
NihohoSOyON AMR) MMV OSeSolel sos dose doauiccocccs dnviddboccKddodoutdadodads bind ral SEY SUMAN 25
WhobA AG SW lay ASEM ENV W aN gon nned odo Moo gmc Oop dood Nd oMondaGan oo oOD Mon DbUG 60605 54
DAU PHY sh Vay EY-s SALIS cM ieiolcneteneichokenedelo ke cAviele tata tapetellete\letaitawaslal oie iteWelieWeneUeUetsieitetetels\ aisle cet 79

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