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help him by setting out shrubs and erecting nesting 

 boxes in every spot congenial to the birds. He is 

 one of the most efficient enthusiasts in conserving 

 bird life in order to lessen the damage to crops by 

 insects, which the United States Department of 

 Agriculture estimates amounts to $800,000,000 

 annually. He entered very actively into the cam- 

 paign for the passage of the federal migratory bird 

 law, and he is one of the founders of Dr. Horna- 

 day's Permanent Wild Life Protection Fund. 



The experiment station of the American Game 

 Protective and Propagation Association is at South 

 Carver, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The preserve 

 contains 6,000 acres of land, including sixteen fresh- 

 water ponds, where deer, ring-necked pheasants, 

 mallard, wood-duck, quail and ruffed grouse are 

 being reared for distribution among the members of 

 the Association to encourage the extension of 

 private preserves. 



The game breeders' association, formerly of 

 Wading River, Long Island, and now at Sparrow- 

 bush, New York, has made extensive experiments 

 with pheasants, ducks and quail. Last season they 

 gathered 4,000 eggs from 170 mallard ducks and 

 hatched 2,500 ducklings. 



The Woodmont Rod and Gun Club, in the 

 mountains of the western part of Maryland near 

 Harper's Ferry, has accomplished excellent results 

 in breeding the wild turkey and quail. 



Dr. J. W. Whealton, of Chincoteague Island, 



