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Profitable and Promising. 



Mr. I. Rabb, of the Marmot Pheas- 

 antry, writes : "I have demonstrated to 

 my own satisfaction, at least, that pheas- 

 ants can be raised on a scale that will 

 bring better returns on the investment 

 than any other line of live stock. If the 

 new breeders will go slow and profit by 

 their own and other's mistakes this coun- 

 try will never again be compelled to im- 

 port her game birds. 



"You people are doing a great work 

 and you certainly have my best wishes 

 for your success." 



Letters like the above help keep up 

 the enthusiasm of the toilers in the office. 

 They seem especially good when the faith 

 there is in them is accompanied by good 

 work, as in the case of Mr. Rabb, who 

 sent in the space advertisement of the 

 Marmot Pheasantry which appears on 

 another page. 



We predict it will not bie long, Mr. 

 Rabb, before you are informed that we 

 are not doing it jusr right; that some oi 

 our ideas are "fair to middling," but 

 that it will be far better to go a little slow 

 and to procure a few more restrictions, 

 and one or two more laws prohibiting 

 the use of pump guns before the pheas- 

 ant business can be freely tolerated. 



We are informed in a recent letter 

 from the Far West that there is more 

 money in the business of getting restric- 

 tive game laws than there is in game 

 breeding. This was true a year or two 

 ago but we believe now there is as much 

 (if not more) money invested in the new 

 food producing industry, as there is in 

 the industry of getting more game laws. 

 There were 70 fewer game laws enacted 

 — at a recent session — in one State in 

 which we are much interested than were 

 enacted the previous session, we are told. 



know that the destruction of the snakes 

 means more quail for the snakes' for- 

 mer habitat. 



Fewer Rattlesnakes — More Quail. 



San Angelo, Texas. — Eight pounds of rat- 

 tlesnake oil was sold in San Angelo this week 

 by John Blakemore, an Irion County ranch- 

 man. This amount of oil was extracted from 

 forty-eight diamond rattlers and was sold for 

 $115.20. 



We do not know just how many snakes 

 it takes to produce ei^rht nounds of rat- 

 tlesnake oil worth $115.20, but we do 



Always Remember. 



When you wish to purchase game al- 

 ways remember that those who adver- 

 tise in The Game Breeder should have 

 your orders because they contribute to 



the making of game breeding possible. 



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OUTINGS AND INNINGS. 



His Orders.. 



"Well, did you get any orders to-day?" 

 asked the book agent's wife. 



"Yes," replied the book agent. "I got 

 two orders in one place. One was to 

 get out and the other was to stay out." — 

 Cincinnati Enquirer. 



Camouflage. 

 Our idea of camouflage is when a 

 bald-headed man ^ wears a skull-cap. — 



Galveston News. 



Stole a Pig and Away He Flew, 



A taxidermist is mounting a golden 

 eagle, measuring seven feet from tip to 

 tip, that Henry Goodman killed near 

 Westervelt, 111., as it was going aloft 

 with a young pig in its four-inch talons. 



Cure for Anemia. 



A Scot and an Englishman who were 

 walking down the street together stopped 

 to purchase a couple of rosy apples. The 

 Englishman on taking a bite of his im- 

 mediately began to splutter. "I believe 

 I've swallowed a worm !". he exclaimed. 



"Weel, weel, mon, an' what if ye did?" 

 said the Scot. " 'Twill put new life into 

 ye !" 



Gondolas in the Park. 

 Once upon a time a city alder man of- 

 fered a resolution that twenty gondolas 

 be purchased and placed on the lake in 

 the park. Another member of the board, 

 under the impression that the gondola 

 was an ornamental water- fowl, moved, 

 in the interest of economy, that they 

 ]jurchase a male and a female gondola, 

 and let nature take its course. 



