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and 884 turkey eggs. Iowa has distributed 700 

 ring-necked pheasants. Connecticut has distrib- 

 uted 400, but in the present season (1914) she has 

 raised 6,000 of these birds. So far the output of 

 New Jersey's game-farm is 3,500 pheasants, and it 

 is encouraging to note that in its first year this farm 

 succeeded in raising (under the general super- 

 vision of Commissioner Ernest Napier) 4,400 ring- 

 necks, 400 quail, 35 wild turkeys, 5 Canadian geese, 

 180 mallards and 20 deer. New York's farm so 

 far has stocked that state with 10,000 ring-necked 

 pheasants and distributed 45,500 eggs; while West 

 Virginia has produced 200 ringnecks, 100 Hun- 

 garian quail and 3,000 ringneck eggs. 



All of the states agree that the propagation 

 methods adopted are increasing the visible supply 

 of game, and several suggest an increase in the num- 

 ber of private preserves to reinforce the game- 

 breeding. Many officials complain that the space 

 allowed for propagating purposes is too limited. 



E. C. Hinshaw, state fish and game warden of 

 Iowa, in his reply says : "I am at this time establish- 

 ing game reserves in every county throughout the 

 state, wherein no hunting will be allowed for five 

 years. All birds liberated will be placed in them, 

 and given every possible protection from hunters 

 and vermin, and will also be provided with food 

 and shelter if necessary, during extremely hard 

 weather." 



The State Board of Fisheries and Game at Hart- 



