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THEGAl^E BREEDER 



(Continued from page 47,) . 

 since the dark-necked and ring-necked 

 species and the Mongolian, Prince of 

 Wales and even the Japanese pheasants 

 have been used to improve the stock on 

 the preserves. All of the hybrids of 

 various colors and markings seem, to be • 

 strong on the wing and they are ex- 

 cellent on the table. The wild duck - 

 proposition is quite a different' fnatter. 

 It does not pay to introduce tame blood 

 on preserves where the ducks are bred- 

 for the shooting; it does not pay to 

 domesticate or even partly domesticate 

 the ducks. New wild blood should be in- . 

 troduced every season and the birds 

 which are not strong on the, wing should 

 not be kept for breeding purposes. Of 

 course, on game farms the wings of the, 

 "birds are clipped at certain seasons, but 

 the game farmer who wishes to be able, 

 to furnish sporting birds and desirable" 



•eggs should keep his birds on the wing 

 at. least during a part of the' year and 

 should see that they have much, exercise,, 



-This can lie d<5rte by feeding a.t "Stffef aLl'""^ 

 places aitid; making the birds fly to their 



meals. 



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Jack Rabbits and Prairie Grouse. 



The World, N. Y., says: "Like Au- 

 stralia, the Far West finds that the de- 

 spised jack-rabbit when dressed and 

 iced can be sold for real money. Hasen- 

 pfeffer may yet do more to rid the farm- 

 er of a nuisance than barbed wire or 

 repressive laws." 



The West will soon find that the 

 prairie grouse can be sold for , "real 

 money" and that a prairie grouse ranch 

 , will produce more real money than any 

 sheep or cattle ranch ever did. Prairie 

 grouse are worth $5.00 per bird and up. 

 Thousands can be bred on protected 

 farms where wheat and grain are 

 grown at a cost not to exceed 50 cents 

 per bird. The Game Breeder will fur- 

 nish plans and specifications on request. 

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Quail, a Song Bird. 



Numerous clippings similar io the fol- 

 lowing have been sent to The Game 

 Breeder : 



The jest of today becomes a sober truth to- 



morrow. What was humorously suggested in 

 the "Quail" article in a recent issue of The 

 Traveler, that it be considered a song bird, 

 seems to have been acted on seriously in Ohio. 

 All friends of the birds are -rejoicing in the 

 passage of a law in that State, based'-qn ■ the 

 fact that quail ar^ song-birds. '• ', 



' We noticed the following item in Monday's 

 Brooklyn Eagle: "After a sharp contest in 

 Ohio over the future of the Bobwhite, in 

 which the League of Ohio Sportsmen and a 

 few other organizations fought hard- for the 

 reopening of quail shooting, the "Assembly, by 

 ;a vote of 102 to 14, placed the quail, in the list 

 of song birds; and the Senate ratified it by a 

 vote- of 31 to 1. 'This action extends per- 

 petual protection to the quail of Ohio." 

 '•'•,.. Farmer. 



The- G^me-^Breed^r has sounded a 

 warning often ■that' the game protective 

 associations would get more, protection 

 than they wanted if they persisted in 

 getting more laws every year and gave 

 no attention tO' game breeding. 



.•It is weirknown that the natural ene- 

 ; mies • of ga.me leave just enough stock 

 hjrds to . restQckj the . fields.. an i^ :^wpods 

 ■^ver-y ; s^aSon : ithat if many/sportsriiien 

 shoot the stocks birds the garne must de-. 

 crease in numbers and in time it will 

 become extinct, provided no game breed- 

 ing or practical protection be undertaken. 

 It is well known that the farmers own 

 the quail grounds and are disgusted 

 every year by gunners who overrun the 

 farms without asking permission. In 

 States where the sportsmen deal fairly 

 with the farmers, quail shooting always 

 is good and the "song-bird" danger never 

 appears. 



A 25-Cent Book on Trapping Vermin. 



The Oneida Community, Ltd., Onei- 

 da, New York, issues an excellent 

 "Trappers' Guide" for 25 cents. Those 

 of our readers who have not secured a 

 copy of the guide should write for it 

 today. It is impossible to have an 

 abundance of game without a liberal use 

 of traps. The traps are inexpensive. 

 Every "shoot" should use several hun- 

 dred traps. Write for a copy of the 

 book today and sign your letter, "Yours 

 for more game," so the advertiser will 

 know who is doing it. 



More Game and Fewer Game Laws. 



