THE PRACTICAL COUNTRY GENTLEMAN 



nursery, the birds will all become more or less 

 tame and will multiply very rapidly. 



In regard to thinning out, Mr. Walsh says: 



" The thinning-out process should be made with box 

 traps, and not with the shotgun. The latter alarms 

 the birds, so that many may desert the preserve and 

 seek shelter in some public woods or on other private 

 property. The box trap works silently and captures 

 the birds alive without disturbing their mates. They 

 can be sold for breeding birds, to parks and game pre- 

 serves, at good prices. A pair of live quail are worth 

 double the price of two dead ones." 



If after stocking up with birds It is found 

 that they bring more sold alive in pairs for 

 breeding purposes, then you will not need to 

 join with a neighbor. 



Most of us connect bees with flowers and fruit 

 blossoms. We know their value as pollen car- 

 riers and realize that wfthout their aid wc 

 should have little or no fruit, but as regards an 

 intimate acquaintance with these little benefac- 

 tors, we are obliged to confess a good deal of 

 ignorance. That bees are profitable there is no 

 doubt, and we should all be the better off for 

 having, at least, a few hives on our farms. 

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