Reports of Field Agents 



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as a pioneer and active ally in the growing movement and industry of game 

 propagation in America, which already is producing birds and eggs by the 

 hundreds of thousands, annually, with a large valuation. Direct instruction 

 in practical methods has also been furnished to many inquirers through cor- 

 respondence, public lectures, and articles published. Scientific research has 

 been and is being conducted, and the results given to the public through the 

 above channels. A large bird sanctuary, game-farm and experiment station, 

 and a Summer School of Ornithology have been maintained. 



The specially distinctive features of the past year have been the successful 

 operation of the Summer School, experiment station, and game-farm at Amston, 

 Conn., these features making for something tangible and permanent in the 

 work of the Department. Attendance at the Summer School taxed the present 

 limited accommodations at Amston, and people had to be turned away. Stud- 

 ents came from points as widely apart as Montreal (three entries), Dallas, 

 Texas, and Chicago. They were a talented and enthusiastic company of people, 

 and had a happy time among the birds, with field and lake excursions, and 

 attending public illustrated lectures given in the evening by Charles C. 

 Gorst, T. Gilbert Pearson, and the writer. Practical instruction was given, 

 including field ornithology, attracting birds, game-farming, nature photog- 

 raphy with plate and motion-picture cameras, coloring lantern-shdes, and 



A FEW OF THE ELEVEN HUNDRED YOUNG PHEASANTS ON THE NATIONAL ASSOCIA- 

 TION'S EXPERIMENT FARM AT AMSTON, CONN., BEING FED BY HEAD-KEEPER, 



R. K. McPHAIL 

 Photographed by Herbert K. Job 



