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flock has steadily increased. "Sometimes," says Mr. Miner, 

 "there are five acres of them. During the last six years, 

 in the months of March and April, I have fed those ducks 

 and geese over 2,000 bushels of corn in the ear. In 1915 

 alone, I fed them over 600 bushels. In 1917, owing to the 

 high price of corn it will cost me, — or some one, — at least 

 $350 to buy the corn that those geese and ducks will 

 require. ,, 



In due time, Mr. Miner began catching ducks and placing 

 metal leg-bands upon them, in order to gather some records 

 of their dispersal over North America. Up to this date re- 

 ports of Mr. Miner's tagged birds have been sent to him 

 from the following localities : 



Ducks Reported. 



Louisiana Greydon Kentucky Paris 



North Carolina Anderson Indiana Shelbyville 



Tennessee Martha Michigan Rockwood 



Tennessee Cookesville Maryland Tylertown 



Missouri Boekertown Kentucky Lebanon 



Virginia Saluda Kentucky Sanders 



West Virginia Ravenswood Ohio Circleville 



Ohio Greeneville Arkansas Manila 



Alabama Mobile Georgia 



North Carolina Louisiana 



Wild Geese Reported. 



Out of only 10 wild geese tagged in 1915-16, six tags have 

 been returned, as follows: 



Moose Factory James Bay Ft. George James Bay 



Point Hill James Bay Nag Head North Carolina 



Watts Island James Bay Currituck Sound, N. Carolina 



Naturally Mr. Miner's great wild fowl sanctuary has at- 

 tracted considerable attention, and it has been successfully 

 set forth by its owner in illustrated lectures. The latest 

 word is that in order to relieve its gallant founder of the 

 financial burden now involved in feeding rare and expensive 

 corn to the wandering wild-fowl of North America, purely 



