108 THE GAME BREEDER 



bers get at least $-50 worth of meat, as Much depends upon the place selected 



they can if the club be properly man- for the shoot. Some places are suitable 



aged. A few pheasants can be pur- to game and easily can be made to yield 



chased in the fall to supplement the quail, abundantly. On some places the control 



grouse and rabbit shooting and some of f vermin is comparatively an easy mat- 



the game can be sold if it is deemed ter . In some places it is almost impos- 



advisable to reduce the amount of the sible to keep down the verm i n without 



" ues - - employing a number of keepers. Some 



The most inexpensive club should fields conta i n both natural foods and 



count on a yearly expenditure of at least covers . on vast areas such as the dosd 



$100 for the rent of the shooting and cu i t i va ted areas in the prairie States most 



I ! J°J a beat - k f e P er : A r sma11 amoun i of the fields are unsafe and uninhabit- 



should be expended also for gram and able because therg are nQ f oods Qr coyers 



other foods to be planted for the game at certain geasons of ^ In ^ 



^ i!?k W -?T tT' W1 ,°k where agriculture has waned and there 

 should be provided. 1 know some clubs ° , , , , . . 

 which have very fair shooting (with- are many abandoned farms the shoot- 

 out fear of exterminating the game), ^g rent will be very small, but the cost 

 whose annual expenses are not larger of kee P m S down the vermin will be 

 than I have indicated. In some cases lar ^ er thai J rt , 1S m . P la( ; es where the 

 small voluntary assessments or collec- lands are closel y cultivated, but m many 

 tions of $5 or $10 are made to buy of the last named P la - Ces Jt wl11 be found 

 some extra game. No hand-rearing of necessary to provide small covers -and 

 pheasants or wild ducks should be under- special plantings of food- for the game, 

 taken by clubs with small dues' unless Those in charge of the club should know 

 the membership be larger and consider- what must be done and should see that 

 able game is reared to be sold when shot, the game keeper does it. 



A REAL RABBIT DRIVE. 



By Warden J. W. Walden, La Grande, Oregon. 



Thinking that a description of our big lay low about 2,000 rabbits. Men on 



rabbit drive that took place on Sunday, horseback and with wagons followed to 



December 12, might be of some interest pick up the choicest victims. About 



to the readers of The Sportsmen, will 1 ,000 rabbits were brought back to North 



try and give a few details of same. Powder. 



The Wing, Fin and Fleetwood Gun At noon coffee, sandwiches, pies and 



Club of La Grande was invited by the other good things were served by the- 



North Powder Rod and Gun Club of North Powder Club. After the hunting 



North Powder, Oregon, to take part in was over, the hunters were entertained 



a big rabbit drive, which was pulled off at a fine banquet by the local club. This 



on the Telocaset plains. was an affair that will be long remem- 



About forty of the Wing, Fin and bered by all those who were fortunate 



Fleetwood Club were met at the train enough to be present at this banquet. 

 by the North Powder Gun Club, and There were 800 rabbits sacked up by 



were immediately taken by teams to the the Wing, Fin and Fleetwood Club and 



Telocaset plains, where the hunters were shipped to La Grande and turned oyer 



placed in skirmish line, and the hunt to the Salvation Army, where distribution 



began. In all there were about 100 in took place. The finishing touch will be 



line and the constant rattle of shotguns on Wednesday night, December 22, when 



was not only deafening, but such as to the big annual "Hassenpfeffer" will be , 



