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insect and weed seed destruction will amply repay farm- 
ers for their work. 
“As spring comes on the cocks fight a good deal; 
but still breeders generally advise keeping several 
pairs in the same cage. I tried both methods this 
season, keeping four pairs in the same cage (6 by 12 
feet) through May and June. They laid well under 
these conditions, but there was so much disturbance 
and persecution that there was little hope of either 
hens or cocks beginning to brood. Each pair was then 
given a separate cage, and they did so much better 
that this plan will be generally adopted in future.” 
Professor Hodge gives various suggestions replying 
to many inquiries that have come to him, as to practical 
methods of rearing bobwhite. What he has said, how- 
ever, applies equally to the ruffed grouse and prob- 
ably to the prairie chicken as well. The results which 
he has obtained in six years of experiment will appear 
to most people very gratifying and very encouraging 
to further experimentation in this field. He very truly 
says: 
‘We now see clearly that we must bid farewell to 
all our native game birds or work out methods of 
propagating them.” 
Besides the birds in question Professor Hodge ex- 
perimented with a pair of sharp-tail grouse from the 
Saskatchewan. The birds did very well and Professor 
Hodge discovered that they were exceedingly fond of 
clover. No doubt if he had given them alfalfa they 
would have eaten it with still greater relish, since, in 
