At Amston, Connecticut, on the 

 property of Mr. Charles M. 

 Ams, the National Association 

 of Audubon Societies has built 

 a wild- duck house to solve the 

 problem of wintering. The 

 structure is boarded down into 

 the water to within less than a 

 foot of the bottom of the pond. 

 The pond contains a floating 

 platform on which the ducks 

 may feed, rest and find shelter 



Wild ducks and geese on the 

 game farm of John Haywood, 

 Gardner, Massachusetts. The 

 common native Canada goose 

 breeds readily in captivity. The 

 main requisite for raising wild 

 ducks and geese is a small pond 



Making Game Birds Pay 



The propagation of wild game requires care- 

 ful attention to details. No one who does not 

 feel a deep interest in the birds themselves 

 is qualified to undertake it. Breeders of 

 wild birds are advised to begin on a small 

 scale and learn, by first-hand experience, 

 what those well versed in game farming term 

 the technique. One expert in rearing wild 

 birds advocates for beginners the establish- 

 ment of a game-raising section as an adjunct 

 to other diversified farming and a gradual 

 development of the project. A few ring- 

 necked pheasants make an excellent nucleus 

 for a game farm for the enthusiastic beginner. 



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The pictures on these two pages 

 come to us from Mr. Herbert 

 K. Job of the National Associa- 

 tion of Audubon Societies. 

 They represent one phase of 

 the interest in rearing wild 

 birds. The possibilities are 

 unlimited. Our domestic poul- 

 try was originally a wild 

 species — extremely wild — with 



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