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from capable breeders who favor the 

 big pens. 



Our business is editing, and as we 

 understand the employment, it consists 

 primarily in selecting that which we be- 

 lieve the readers of the publication want 

 and when there are two sides to a ques- 

 tion we believe they want both. 



Our own opinion is often frankly 

 given for what it is worth and often 

 we are in a position to form opinions 

 based on the consensus of opinion of 

 those we believe know the most about 

 a given subject. We are aware that 

 one danger of editors is that they may 

 become too opinionated to present mat- 

 ters fairly. When they reach this stage 

 they are no longer good editors. Our 

 experience with the big pen has been 

 highly satisfactory. We have never 

 tried the small ones. We have seen 

 thousands of pheasants which came 

 from the eggs laid in the big pen in 

 charge of Adam Scott, when he was at 

 AUamuchy, and we never saw a finer 

 lot of birds. We have seen many thou- 

 sands of pheasants reared from eggs 

 laid in the big pens at many club and 

 individual preserves. The fact that 

 small pens have been abandoned . by 

 capable keepers in favor of the big pen 

 has led us to believe that the big pen 



was the best. It certainly is far more 

 interesting. An occasional cock fight 

 over the possession of a hen appeals to 

 us and we formed the opinion that a 

 little fighting was good exercise for the 

 birds. 



As to the comparative expense, this 

 is a matter of figures, and we hope to 

 give these figures as they will come to 

 us from those who have erected both 

 kinds of pens. 



It is fair to say that on many of the 

 best commercial game farms in Eng- 

 land small pens are still used. We hope 

 many practical breeders will contribute 

 their opinions in letters to The Game 

 Breeder and we shall be glad to publish 

 photographs and drawings or plans and 

 specifications with the cost of construc- 

 tion. 



One thing we are sure about is that 

 we wish the readers of The Game 

 Breeder to have the best that can be ob- 

 tained about any subject, and we be- 

 lieve that our duty lies in the direction 

 of gathering and selecting and serving 

 the opinions of others, rather than the 

 giving of personal advice. 



The following is the letter referred 

 to and is the opinion of a successful 

 breeder : 



"I note an inquiry in The Game 



Small Pens — Blooming Grove Club. 



