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ing into the country, and for a year or so be- 

 fore the United States entered the war very 

 few came in. 



He might have added that the output 

 of four or five of the larger game farms 

 now operating in the United States will 

 total a somewhat larger number of 

 pheasants than were imported in the 

 year mentioned. There are also several 

 thousand smaller pheasant breeders, each 

 of whom produces from 100 to several 

 thousand birds annually. There are 

 numerous game clubs, some of which 

 produce and shoot several thousand 

 pheasants every year and there are num- 

 erous country places in America whose 

 owners consider a few hundred pheasants 

 per year the proper caper. Since orders 

 for tens of thousands pheasant eggs can 

 be filled readily by some of the larger 

 breeders and all quickly sell out every 

 season, it seems likely that the United 

 States soon will be the biggest pheasant 

 producing country in the world if it is 

 not to-day. We think it likely it is, since 

 game breeding was checked in the Euro- 

 pean countries on account of the war. 



Numerous State game farms also turn 

 out a few thousand pheasants every year 

 and we . printed a story about a few 

 thousand reared by the convicts in a 

 Western State prison. This year will be 

 a big year for quail and wild duck breed- 

 ing also. 



The progress of the "more game and 

 fewer game laws" movement was cele- 

 brated at a recent dinner in New York 

 City, where two species of quail, Gam- 

 bel's and Bob-whites, were served. Both 

 of the foods were produced by industry 

 on a New York farm and both were 

 taken not "otherwise than by shooting." 

 The ammunition used in the taking is 

 advertised in The Game Breeder. 



shot, sold and eaten by sporting readers 

 of The Game Breeder. The reason for 

 the abundance is well known to the older 

 members of The Game Conservation So- 

 ciey. New members will be interested 

 to learn that more foreign fowls than 

 American quail and grouse are produced 

 because the laws in many of the States 

 prevent the production of American 

 game. Massachusetts is in the lead, as 

 usual, showing the people by practical 

 experiments how to rear quail. 



Quail breeding has made great prog- 

 ress during the year. Many members of 

 The Game Conservation Society now 

 breed large numbers of quail and it will 

 not be long before those who wish to 

 procure quail and quail eggs in large 

 numbers can do so. Quail are easily 

 reared in a wild or semi-wild state on 

 protected areas ; they also have been 

 produced in good numbers in pens and 

 small rearing fields by hand-rearing 

 methods somewhat similar to those used 

 by pheasant breeders. 



The quail are comparatively small 

 eaters and experiments made by The 

 Game Conservation Society indicate that 

 the young birds thrive best when they 

 are fed very little, provided they can 

 procure green weed-seeds and insects in 

 safe gardens. Ohio and other good 

 quail States should encourage and not 

 prevent quail breeding for profit and for 

 sport. 



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Pheasants Wanted. 



Wanted — One thousand pheasants for 

 October delivery. Write stating prices. 

 Any breeder willing to make a contract 

 to rear pheasants can have an order for 

 the birds now, provided the price is satis- 

 factory. Address, stating price. 



A New Shooting Club, 

 Care of The Game Breeder. 



There is a good reason why foreign 

 pheasants have become abundant and are 

 used as food in many parts of America. 

 These birds are so abundant in many of 

 the States that many hundreds of thou- 

 sands of eggs and birds are sold through 

 advertisements in The Game Breeder an- 

 nually and many thousands of birds are 



Contract Rearing. 



In the older countries many pheasants 

 and other game birds are reared by con- 

 tract. We have had several inquiries 

 recently from shooting clubs and from 

 individuals if any of the breeders in 

 America would rear birds to be deliv- 



