ojego PHEASANT FARMING OAc 
Several months ago, there was an editorial in “The American 
Field” to the effect that a large amount of sportsmen’s money had 
been squandered in establishing game farms which proved to be total 
failures,—‘not that game birds cannot be raised in a semi-domestic 
manner, but because our form of government brings about such radi- 
cal administrative changes every few years that no one knows the 
-tenure of his office, and appointments are made, not with regard to 
experience and ability to raise game birds, but to pay off political 
debts, and of all the departments in a state, the game and fish de- 
partments seem to be favored places to unload political obligations.” 
The reason the State Game Farm in Oregon has been a success 
is because of Mr. Simpson. There are very few men in the United 
States today who are really successful in raising game birds. It 
takes long and patient study. It takes a man who loves the work. 
Many a person may succeed in raising two or three broods of pheas- 
ants, but it is rare to find one who can successfully raise several 
thousand birds each season, as Mr. Simpson is doing. He knows the 
business. He lives with his birds. His heart is in the work. 
WittiamM L. FINiey. 
