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THE GAME .BREEDER 



Quail Breeding Permitted. 



A western member writes : "We had a 

 very good example the otiier day of your 

 theory of the fertility of quail eggs where 

 the eggs are procured from wild bred 

 birds. We obtained 17 eggs from one 

 nest of wild birds. All were fertile. We 

 hatched 15 and the hen destroyed the 

 other two in the nest " 



We shall be interested to know about 

 the rearing of the young quail. We are 

 strongly of the opinion that if the young 

 quail could be permitted to run in a gar- 

 den or specially prepared field wired and 

 trapped against vermin the chances of 

 rearing the flock would be better than 

 they are and we are strongly of the opin- 

 ion the young birds would be taught to 

 run to the briars when alarmed and 

 would be better equipped to escape 

 natural enemies when turned down on 

 the preserve than any quail reared by a 

 domestic hen are. Reports often indicate 

 that tame quail reared by bantams often 

 disappear soon after they are turned 

 down on the shooting ground. 



We believe a cock quail can be induced 

 to rear a brood just as cock partridges 

 are used in England to rear broods of 

 partridges. 



The Egg Season. 



Now is the time to begin advertising 

 eggs for next season. Already we have 

 inquiries for thousands of eggs for some 

 new game farms and preserves and we 

 believe those who advertise large num- 

 bers of eggs can begin booking orders. 



A Patriotic Duty. 



People who hesitated about starting 

 some big game farms have accepted our 

 advice that it is a patriotic duty to pro- 

 duce all the game possible. Although 

 the prices may remain up, there are plenty 

 of people who are patriotic enough to 

 eat game several times during the week 

 and who can afiford to do so. As we have 

 remarked before they will leave some 

 beef and mutton for those who prefer 

 tame meat. 



Many new fish ponds are being started 

 and states which have not amended their 



laws to permit the sale of game fish pro- 

 duced by industry in private waters 

 should do so at once. Trout are sold 

 abundantly in Colorado and some other 

 states and the breeding of bass is be- 

 coming an interesting and valuable in- 

 dustry. 



City Game For Sale. 



Mr. Peter Mcintosh, Assistant Pur- 

 chasing Agent of the City of Portland, 

 Oregon, sends the following advertise- 

 ment of buffaloes, elk and other game 

 which came too late to be of service. His 

 letter was mailed August 13 and the 

 date of sale is earlier than our publica- 

 tion date for September. 



NOTICE OF SALE OF BUFFALOES, 

 ELK, ETC., BY THE CITY OF PORT- 

 LAND. 



Notice is hereby given that I will sell at 

 public auction August 27, 1917, at 2 P. M., 

 to the highest bidder for cash as follows: 



At Washington Park, the following ani- 

 mals more or less : 

 4 Bufifaloes 

 12 Elk 

 6 Japanese Deer 



3 Native Deer 



4 Bear 



2 Coyotes 



3 Monkeys , 

 100 Guinea Pigs 



18 Ducks 

 100 Canaries. 



DAN KELLAHER, 

 Purchasing Agent, 

 City of Portland, Oregon. - 

 Date of first publication, August 10, 1917. 



Duck Breeding in- Michigan. 



F. Stephenson. 



I breed a few wild ducks, more for 

 pleasure than anything else; at least I 

 have not made a large fortune ou: of 

 them up to the present. 



But, believe me, I do have a sensation 

 of fullness once in a while, and it is not 

 a dizzy feeling either. I do not see or 

 hear anything more about black mallards 

 of late. I suppose as the rabbit skin 

 becomes a fox pelt, so has the old blacV 

 mallard changed into the black duck. 



I have made some interesting crosses, 

 although according to some people's ideas 



