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THE GAME BREEDER 



get gray partridges to be turned down 

 in America on account of the war. One 

 of our advertisers had several thousand 

 birds shipped to Rotterdam but could 

 not get them shipped to America and 

 the birds were sent back to Austria. 



Perhaps some of the larger dealers 

 may be able to get the lerwa partridges 

 and the bearded partridges from Asia to 

 fill the big State orders and the many 



orders irot^L clubs and individuals. 



It will not be long, we firmly believe,., 

 before quail will be produced abundantly 

 in the States which permit such industry 

 and our readers can get these birds tO" 

 liberate on their farms. It is high time 

 that we produced these birds as abund- 

 antly and as cheaply as the gray part- 

 ridges are produced in Belgium, Ger- 

 many and Hungary. 



NOTES FROM THE GAME FARMS AND PRESERVES. 



Although the season was somewhat 

 late reports coming to the Game Conser- 

 vation Society indicate that hundreds of 

 thousands of eggs were sold and that the 

 number of ducks, pheasants, and quail 

 reared this season will be several times 

 as large as it was last year. We hope 

 to publish some fairly accurate figures 

 later showing the number of eggs sold. 



Next season we predict that many of 

 the State game officers will be in the 

 market for wild ducks and duck eggs. 

 They are just beginning to learn that wild 

 fowl are about the easiest game birds to 

 rear and that very small waters can be 

 made to yield wild ducks abundantly. 

 Our readers may anticipate big sales of 

 wild ducks and eggs since many new 

 clubs are forming and many individuals 

 will start duck breeding for sport and 

 for profit on their country places. 



The opening of the New York market 

 to the sale of game produced by breed- 

 ers in other States will give a great im- 

 petus not only to the breeding for profit 

 but also to the breeding for sport. Those 

 who rear ducks for shooting had in many 

 cases more than they could possibly use. 

 They should, of course, sell the food 

 they produce in the best market and when 

 they find that such sales will pay the ex- 

 penses of the shooting they will of course 

 breed abundantly. 



Several of our advertisers in the East- 

 ern States sold hundreds of wild duck 

 eggs to go to California. We are prom- 

 ised reports of the results of the hatching 



and we await these with interest. One- 

 preliminary report says the eggs arrived: 

 in good condition and that no trouble 

 was anticipated. 



Our mail is getting to be tremendous | 

 and some days we have difficulty in hand- " 

 ling it. We know all of our readers are 

 interested in the work of others and we ■ 

 hope they will send us notes of their ex- 

 periments ; notes of their failures as well 

 as of their successes. Miss Mary Wil- 

 kie's account of the White Leghorn' 

 which "gobbled up" her young bob- 

 whites, which was published in the June 

 issue, should be a warning to others not 

 to let barnyard hens eat young quail. 

 We all have a big lot to learn and the 

 exchange of views in The Game Breeder- 

 promises to make this department espe- 

 cially interesting in the future. Mem- 

 bers of the Society are urged to send us- 

 interesting notes early and often. 



The supply department has sold a big 

 lot of wire, traps and other appliances. 

 Hereafter this department will be con- 

 ducted by Mr. F. T. Oakes, who will en- 

 deavor to see that readers of the maga- 

 zine get the best appliances at the lowest 

 prices. There has been a good sale for 

 egg boxes, turners, pole traps, etc. 



The trout breeders report this industry 

 as flourishing and profitable. Many say 

 they can not fill their orders and for this 

 reason they do not advertise. The big 

 reduction in the cost of identification! 



