THE GAME BREEDER 111 



account, no doubt, the quail was made good shooting always is an inducement 



a songbird. . for young men to remain in the country. 



The farmer certainly should have the When a farmer wishes to sell his farm 



right to produce quail on his farm and he will find he can secure a much better 



to sell them if he wishes to do so. The price for it provided the purchaser can 



birds can be made a most valuable farm produce game than he can get provided it 



asset. The farmers should have the right be criminal to profitably produce this 



to breed any kind of plant or animal and desirable food. 



they can increase the value of their Why should it be a crime to profitably 



farms by having the quail law amended produce food on a farm? 

 so as to provide that land owners can The answer that so . called sportsmen 



produce and sel quail or rent the shoot- wish tQ a dollar a year for the privi _ 



mg if they wish to do so. A farm is j of exterminating the game does not 



worth twice as much with game as an seem tQ be hi hl satis f actory . It has 



asset m many places as it is without nQt worked QUt weU in Qh[0; certainly 



game The farmers in Ohio evidently since nQ farmer; sportsman or other citi _ 



can do about as they please, but they zen can haye u tQ shoot or tQ 



will find that if they have the quail law ^ and the n should be a hi hl 



amended so that they can produce and rjrofitable croo 



sell quail and other game the crop can _, , .„ , ,, . . 

 be made valuable as it is in all civilized The statesman who will handle this 

 countries excepting America. They will <l ual1 problem m a businesslike manner 

 find that game will be attractive to their need have n0 £ear of the farmers' vote 

 boys and young men when they learn i n agricultural states, or the vote of in- 

 flow to produce it and how to look after telligent sportsmen, all of whom are pre- 

 it properly. There is a tendency in many pared to admit that it should not be a 

 farming regions for the young men to crime to produce any kind of food on a 

 leave the farm. Game breeding and farm. 



THE PRAIRIE HEN AND THE MARSH HAWK. 



Elmer Langevin. 



Is the prairie hen related to the cow- and one-half feet from the ground. The 



bird? This may seem a very foolish female was on the nest when I came up, 



question to ask but how did that per- and immediately started flying near me, 



fectly good prairie hen's eggs get into uttering her cries of distress, whereupon 



that marsh hawk's nest, I found today? the male made his appearance. I walked 



Containing a set of six perfectly fresh up to the nest and to my surprise found 



eggs and the prairie hen's eggs also per- six hawks, and one prairie hen's eggs. 



fectly fresh. 1 cannot believe that there I touched them and they were warm. I 



is a prairie hen in Minnesota that would took them to the car to blow out and all 



do such a thing as to entrust one of her seven eggs were perfectly fresh, not a 



babies to the care of a marsh hawk, but scratch or mark on the hen's egg. Well, 



I do believe that the marsh hawk there was a farm house not far off, prob- 



wouldn't hesitate a second to take a ably a quarter of a mile, so I thought I 



whole setting of prairie hen's eggs and would go over and see if some children 



carry them to his young to devour. At hadn't put that egg in the nest, but upon 



any rate his reputation up in this coun- inquiries I found only an elderly couple 



try is no better than Bill's because he living there and they were positively 



might do anything. sure that no one had been around, as the 



This nest in question was located in a closest neighbor is over a mile away 



small patch of willows and about two and they have no children. 



