THE GAME BREEDER 



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John Heywood at his Game Farm. 



THE DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED ORNITHOLOGY OF 

 THE NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY. 



Photographs by the Author. 

 By Herbert K. Job. 



My esteemed friend and fellow- 

 worker, the Editor of The Game Breed- 

 er, has asked me to write of the work of 

 this Department under my charge. It 

 was organized two years ago, on August 

 1, 1914, as the official recognition by The 

 National Association of Audubon So- 

 cieties of the value and importance of the 

 rapidly growing nation-wide movement, 

 which it had long fostered, toward popu- 

 lar undertaking of practical measures for 

 the increase of wild bird life of ALL 

 useful types. As part of this important 

 program, the propagation of wild game 

 species, for whatever purpose, is thus 

 recognized and encouraged. The idea 

 that the Audubon movement is narrow 

 and fanatical, opposed to properly regu- 

 lated hunting, is thus shown to be ab- 

 solutely groundless. This great pioneer 

 association, which expends annually 

 over one hundred thousand dollars for 

 the protection and increase of wild bird 

 and animal life and for the education of 

 public sentiment for conservation, recog- 

 nizes the great services of the real sports- 



men of America and the similarity of 

 ideals, and hence is in constant co-opera- 

 tion with them. 



In starting this new work, our first 

 need was found to be for a "How to 

 Do" literature, for general distribution, 

 giving full practical details of methods, 

 particularly in artificial propagation mat- 

 ters. Thus it fell to my lot to prepare 

 two illustrated pamphlets or "Bulletins," 

 on "Propagation of Upland Game-Birds" 

 and on "Propagation of Wild Water- 

 Fowl," of which ten thousand each were 

 published and distributed under a special 

 fund. Also we put on the market a gen- 

 eral Manual — "Propagation of Wild 

 Birds,"* covering the whole i)rovince of 

 "Applied Ornithology." Thus ])rovided, 

 we are now able to furnish printed in- 

 structions along all lines of practical con- 

 servation and propagation of game and 

 other wild birds. 



Those who begin such work are often 

 confronted with special problems in 



*For sale by The Game Breeder. 



