A PREFATORY NOTE ix 



to establish, in 1914, its " Department of Applied Ornithol- 



ogy." 



After looking over the entire field I felt that the best man 

 to conduct this important branch of the association's 

 activities was Herbert K. Job, a well-known naturalist, 

 and at that time State Ornithologist of Connecticut. Since 

 his connection with the association, as well as before, he 

 has had unusual facilities for investigating the methods of 

 successful game-breeders throughout the country; and the 

 broad knowledge thus gained, added to his many years of 

 practical experience in the hand-raising of upland game- 

 birds and waterfowl, has qualified him in a most unusual 

 degree for undertaking the preparation of this " Manual" 

 which undoubtedly will be the standard authority on game 

 propagation for many years to come. 



I have read the pages of the manuscript with great pleas- 

 ure and profit, and my opinion of its excellence is shared by 

 Senator George P. McLean, F. C. Walcott, Wallace Evans, 

 Dwight W. Huntington, and other gentlemen of experience, 

 who have also read it critically and given it their approval. 



T. GILBERT PEARSON. 



