40 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



BUREAU OF THE GAME FARMS 



By August Bade, Chief 



Two principle factors are responsible for more efficient production 

 and distribution of game birds in the State in the past two years. 



(1) Many of the counties have, through the use of half of the fine 

 money collected in the county, built and are operating many more rear- 

 ing pen units than in the past. 



(2) The Bureau of Game Farms is now working more directly with 

 the county board of supervisors, as well as the local sportsmen's clubs, 

 which gives the program more stability and places responsibility on the 

 shoulders of men who are more dependable and experienced in business 

 matters. This combination also helps the budget of the Bureau of Game 

 Farms as the materials for these pens and feed for the birds is provided 

 out of a portion of this fine money. 



In 1940 breeding stock of pheasants and partridges was installed 

 at Willows, Sacramento, Fresno, Bakersfield, Castaic and Valley Center, 

 in addition to the regular complement of breeders at Yountville and 

 Chino. The eggs from these breeding birds are shipped to Yountville 

 and Chino for incubation and the day old chicks shipped back to these 

 several units for brooding and rearing. 



During the latter part of 1941 incubators were installed at Fresno to 

 help take care of the South San Joaquin Valley projects and eliminate 

 shipping costs into that area. So far this incubating unit at Fresno has 

 done very well and will be increased as business demands. Small incu- 

 bators have been installed at Willows and Sacramento in order to take 

 care of eggs that are brought in by sportsmen from nests that have been 

 destroyed by farming operations. 



GAME MANAGEMENT COURSE AT HUMBOLDT STATE COLLEGE 



Possibly the outstanding accomplishment of the Bureau of Game 

 Farms during this biennium period was the establishment of a Game 

 Management Course at the Humboldt State College at Areata. The 

 course consists of two years of class work in conjunction with actual expe- 

 rience with the incubators, brooders, rearing pens and the fish hatchery. 

 This project was made possible by the Humboldt County Board of Super- 

 visors, the Humboldt State College and local conservationists. Particu- 

 lar credit is due Arthur Gist, president of the school, and Fred Telo- 

 nicher, a teacher who has direct charge of the course. Three boys who 

 have taken one year of this course are now employed by the Bureau of 

 Game Farms, and their fine work proves that men who have had the 

 advantage of this schooling are better fitted to carry on the work of 

 handling and producing game birds. In other words, class room work, 

 plus actual experience, well fits these men for the duties that follow on a 

 game farm or in the field of game management. 



