272 BIRD FRIENDS 



The rearing of wild birds has now become quite 

 an industry. In a recent issue of a paper devoted 

 to outdoor life were advertisements of four firms 

 offering for sale wild birds which had been reared 

 in captivity. Many people are raising bob-whites, 

 pheasants, and ducks. 



Nine States have game farms on which various 

 species of wild birds are reared. 



The artificial rearing of birds settles the question 

 of the preservation of any species of bird, for as 

 soon as a bird is reared artificially the danger of its 

 extermination is past. The wood duck was form- 

 erly classed as a "vanishing game-bird," but now it 

 is being raised artificially by the thousands and 

 in some localities is becoming common. 



A book treating of the domestication of wild birds 

 has recently appeared, entitled "The Propagation 

 of Wild Birds," by Herbert K. Job. So far as the 

 author knows, this is the first manual of its kind to 

 be published in this country. Those who are inter- 

 ested in the exact methods by which the various 

 species of birds are reared will find full directions in 

 this book. Mr. Job has also prepared two bulletins on 

 the subject, one on "Propagation of Upland Game 

 Birds," and another on "Propagation of Wild Water 

 Fowl." These are sold for twenty-five cents each by 

 the National Association of Audubon Societies. 



Methods of rearing wild birds. In some ways the 

 general methods used in rearing all wild birds are 



