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THE GAME BREEDER 



NOTES FROM THE GAME FARMS AND PRESERVES. 



A Flock From One Pair. 



I wish to express my great apprecia- 

 tion of the invaluable help you have 

 given me through The Game Breeder in 

 my game propagating attempts. 



I started with one pair of mallards and 

 have now a flock of about fifty. I have 

 added new wild blood in the spring and 

 I have a hardy, strong-flying flock. I 

 hope to liberate some birds every year, 

 killing only enough to pay for their up- 

 keep, and such improvements . I deem 

 wise. Last spring I purchased some 

 pheasants which have done very nicely; 

 also a pair of Canadian geese which did 

 not breed this season. I have read 

 many fine articles in The Game Breeder. 

 The snapping turtles abound in the pond 

 where I keep my ducks. Dynamiting is 

 impractical. Any information about 

 turtles will be appreciated. 



Alan Rogers. 



New Jersey. 



[See notes about turtles in this issue. 



—Editor.] 



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A New Breeder. 



PubHsher of The Game Breeder: 



One of your readers sent me The 

 Game Breeder for a year. In renewing 

 the subscription I wish to thank him for 

 sending me a magazine in which I have 

 become much interested. I am trying 

 to purchase a tract of land and will be- 

 come a game breeder. L. C. 

 Wisconsin. 



[Hundreds of people become interested in 

 game breeding by reading The Game Breeder. 

 Our mail indicates that several people start 

 game farms or shooting clubs every day in 

 the year and possibly we do not hear of all 

 of them. Members of our society will pro- 

 duce, this year, over a million more game 

 birds than they produced last year. — Editor.] 

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Editor Game Breeder: 



I wish to know what kind of eggs are 

 used as game food and also how to pre- 

 pare them. 



Reader. 

 [Common hen's eggs, often hard boiled and 

 grated ; served with Spratt's pheasant and 

 wild du'-k meals. Write to the Spratt's 

 Patent, Ltd., Newark, N. J., for their book- 

 lets about breeding — Editor.] 



A Silencer. 



I saw an amusing "No Trespassing" 

 sign in The Game Breeder. I send you 

 one which I think will equal it. • For 

 many years it was maintained in the 

 outskirts of a village in Maine. It read: 

 "No Gunin Aloud Hear." 



G. H. Richards. 

 Boston, Mass. 



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Real Mallards. 



Mr. Clyde B. Terrell, Oshkosh, Wis., 

 writes that he has a few hundred pure 

 mallards for sale at attractive prices. 

 We would advise some of our readers 

 who have half-bred stock to send their 

 birds to the New York market where 

 they will sell for enough to purchase 

 swift-flying thoroughbreds. 



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Fertility- 

 Editor Game Breeder: 



We never know what is going to hap- 

 pen with eggs as to their fertility. No 

 one should guarantee fertility. No one 

 but a rank amateur would advertise fer- 

 tile eggs. 



Kentuckv. R. A. Chiles. 



The Sale of Game. 



The importance of sending a lot of 

 game to the markets becomes more and 

 more evident as the game becomes 

 abundant. There is a splendid demand 

 for the food at excellent prices and the 

 money paid for it will be used to pro- 

 duce more game. 



Were it not for the fact that much 

 game will be shot and eaten this fall 

 and next winter, some species of game, 

 especially the wild ducks and pheasants, 

 would become over abundant and the 

 breeding industry would suffer accord- 

 ingly. 



Over a thousand members of the 

 Game Conservation Society are actively 

 engaged in breeding game and in selling 

 the birds and eggs. Those who had only 

 a few birds last year have hundreds of 

 birds this year, and preliminary reports 

 coming to our game census indicate that 

 there will be several times as many birds 



