THE GAME BREEDER 



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propagate our wild life even if the rev- 

 enue to do so must come from the sale 

 of a part of the animals." 



Quail Breeding. 



We had hoped to publish in this issue 

 some account of our quail breeding ex- 

 periments, giving plans and specifications 

 which worked out very well. We learned 

 many things in a few days at the farm 

 which will interest our readers. The 

 young quail evidently are fond of at least 

 two kinds of green weed seeds, and it 

 seems likely that such green food and 

 insects may be all that they need when 

 reared in pens with low wires over which 

 the young can fly to protected gardens. 

 A little Spratt's food and chick food 

 keeps them at home. We wish to get 

 some particulars accurately from the 

 game keeper before we write the report 

 of the experiment and we wish to have 

 a few drawings made of the pens and 

 coops. Next year we shall issue cards 

 to those who wish to do so to visit the 

 place during the breeding season and see 

 how the work is carried on. We hope 

 also to be able to issue cards to some who 

 will like to join us in the harvesting 

 which will be done exclusively by shoot- 

 ing. No salt on the tails goes with us 

 and no hatchets ever will be applied to 

 the necks of our quail. Many new places 

 will be started as the result of our experi- 

 ments, no doubt. This means the sale 

 of more guns and dogs in the States 

 where the quail are not song-birds. 



and tell us what they wish to know. — Editor.] 



Editor Game Breeder : 



Has the wild pigeon which is aboun- 

 dant in England ever been imported and 

 introudced in America? Would it do 

 well on American game farms and pre- 

 serves? Ohio Reader. 



The last part of your question is diffi- 

 cult. Birds from one country often for 

 some reason do not do well in another. 

 See answer to the bob-white question. 

 We do not know if the English wood- 

 pigeon ever has been liberated in Amer- 

 ica. If any of our readers know any- 

 thing about this we shall be glad to hear 

 from them. We suggested trying this 

 bird to Mr. Napier of the New Jersey 

 Game Commission one day when we were 

 at the State Game Farm at Forked River. 

 The head-keeper, Mr. Dunn, said he 

 could see no reason why the birds could 

 not be established in America and we be- 

 lieve Mr. Napier decided to give them a 

 trial. Probablv the war interfered with 

 this. The birds are a nuisance in some 

 places in England and we have no doubt 

 in normal times they can be obtained 

 cheaply. We shall urge the Long Island 

 Game Breeders' Association to give them 

 a trial when the birds can be obtained and 

 we hope in the meantime any of our 

 readers who know anything about this 

 subject will write to us. 



QUESTIONS. 



[Many questions are asked by readers of The 

 Game Breeder every month. We have an- 

 swered some of these in the mail and others 

 have been answered in the magazine. Those, 

 asking about the game laws usually are re- 

 ferred to the state departments. Those asking 

 where they can procure game are referred 

 always to our advertisers who can furnish 

 the best which can be had for money. There 

 are many questions about game handling, feed- 

 ing and rearing and some inquiries come about 

 foreign game and the possibility of introduc- 

 ing it. As we have said, we can answer many 

 of the quetsions and we know where to get 

 information on any subject since all the game 

 keepers in America and all of the game 

 farmers and breeders are members of the 

 Society and read the magazine. We believe the 

 questions asked will interest our readers and 

 we hope many will continue to ask questions 



Bobwhites. 



Could the quail be made abundant on 

 a game farm in north central Wisconsin 

 and would they be profitable? Have 

 these birds ever been exported and intro- 

 duced in foreign countries? 



Wisconsin. R. a. S. 



We believe the quail is on the song bird 

 list in your State but a law soon will be 

 enacted making it possible to breed quail 

 for sport and for profit. Write to your 

 State game officer and urge him to see 

 that the quail is included when a new 

 game farming law is enacted. We can 

 see no reason why the birds should not 

 do well on a farm in your region, pro- 

 vided grain be cultivated. Climate is the 

 worst difficulty, but where quail are prop- 

 erly looked after they will stand severe 



