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cultivated, but which are now aband- 

 oned and growing up with timbers, brush 

 and grass. Such country affords splen- 

 did opportunity for the rearing and per- 

 petuation of the wild turkey. These 

 lands are vastly superior for this pur- 

 pose than are the solid primeval forests, 

 inasmuch as they afford a great variety 

 of summer food, such as green, tender 

 herbage, berries of many kind, grass- 

 hoppers by the million, and other insects 

 in which the turkeys delight. Such a 

 country also affords good nesting re- 

 treats, with briar-patches and straw 

 where the nest may be safely hidden, 

 and where the young birds may secure 

 safe hiding places from animals and 

 birds of prey; but alas! at present not 

 from trappers, baiters, and pot hunters. 

 Check these and the abandoned planta- 

 tions of the South would soon be alive 

 with turkeys," 



The quail, or partridge, as they call 

 bobwhite in the South, also can be made 

 to swarm on the places Mr. Mclllhenny 

 describes provided gamekeepers be em- 

 ployed to control the natural enemies of 

 the grouse as well as the trappers, bait- 

 ers and pot hunters referred to by Mr. 

 Mcllhenny. I have seen the quail so 

 abundant on such places that the dogs 

 pointed a second covey often before we 

 reached the scattered birds of the first 

 covey. I have seen places where it is 

 perfectly safe to shoot thousands of 

 quail and many turkeys every season. 

 If the laws be amended so as to permit 

 sportsmen of small means to rent the 

 shooting on such places and sell some of 

 the game to help pay expenses thousands 

 of guns soon can have fine shooting in 

 places where now there is none and at 

 very small expense. 



The sale of some of the game at pres- 

 ent prices would pay all the expenses, I 

 am sure and soon double the value of the 

 lands used for game. 



Fur Farming, written and published 

 by A. R. Harding. Price, 60 cents. 



Hunting Dogs. By Oliver Hartley* 

 A. R. Harding Publishing Co. Price,. 

 60 cents. 



These little books should interest many 

 readers of The Game Breeder. The 

 Science of Trapping describes the prac- 

 tical methods for capturing fur-bearing 

 animals, the control of many of which is 

 deemed necessary and advisable on game 

 farms and preserves. 



Fox Trapping is important since the 

 fox is one of the worst enemies of game 

 and it is a most difficult animal to con- 

 trol unless one knows how. 



Fur Farming contains much practical 

 information about the habits of the fur- 

 bearers and tells how to trap them. 



Hunting Dogs describes the handling 

 of game dogs and the training and man- 

 agement of dogs used for night hunt- 

 ing as well as for daylight sport. 



The Usual Results. 



Editor Game Breeder: 



The small advertisement I placed in 

 your most valuable paper sold all my 

 pheasants old and young that I wished 

 to dispose of. If I had hundreds more 

 ring-necks I could have sold them all. 

 Mrs. S. S. Hirsch. 



Illinois. 



Book Reviews. 



The Science of Trapping, by E. Kreps. 

 Revised edition. A. R. Harding pub- 

 lisher. Price, 60 cents. 



Fox Trapping, edited and published by 

 A. R. Hardin?. Price 60 cents. 



I have had some offers of a dollar each 

 for wild eggs through the Game Breeder,, 

 but I did not supply them as it would 

 pay me better, with the number of birds 

 I have, to set all the eggs; the grown 

 birds bring from twenty to twenty-five 

 dollars. This is not an exorbitant price 

 at all, for the wild poults are certainly 

 more difficult to raise than those of do- 

 mestic turkeys. 



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No wonder the game vanishes. Per- 

 mits are issued for a dollar for every 

 one to destroy it. Permits are refused 

 to those who would take a few birds 

 alive in order to breed them and multiply 

 their numbers. • 



