THE GAME BREEDER 



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of Mill Creek, on the east side of Bald 

 Butte> on September 3, killed a very 

 large rattlesnake which had just swal- 

 lowed a cottontail rabbit whole and was 

 lying out in the open enjoying the feel- 

 ing of, fullness experienced after a ^ood 

 meal. They cut the snake open and found 

 that part of the hair on the rabbit was 

 dry and that he had been swallowed 

 head first. Part of the rattlers had been 

 broken off, but the reptile still had twelve 

 left, which evidently were enough to 

 charm bunny. — -Oregon Sportsman. 



out. The snapper was snapped in this 

 position with a Kodak. A search for 

 the other three showed that they had 

 either climbed, jumped or flown over the 

 six foot wire fence. Not knowing the 

 powers of these mysterious animals, I 

 cannot hold up my right hand and state 

 which method of escape they chose. 

 Yours truly, 

 New York. Robert T. Morris. 



Opposed to the Big Pen. 



Gene M. Simpson, of Oregon, one of 



Turtle Climbing Wire. 



Snapping Turtles. 



Four of the snapping turtles which 

 were living upon my trout and ducklings 

 were captured and put in a spring. Some 

 trash was placed at the bottom for hid- 

 ing purposes in order to make them feel 

 comfortable, though wet. 



Around the spring I placed a wire 

 fence about six feet high, believing the 

 turtles to be as safe as I was when bap- 

 tized. One morning I observed that 

 something was going wrong (in the turtle 

 cage). A turtle was found half way 

 up the wire enclosure evidently climbing 



the most successful of the large breeders 

 on the Pacific Coast, says : "I have tried 

 large breeding yards but with very poor 

 success. The method is quite common 

 in England and consists of an open field 

 of about one acre enclosed with a six- 

 foot woven wire fence, into which is 

 placed about five dozen pinioned pheas- 

 ant hens and one dozen cocks. One cock 

 usually 'bosses' all the rest ; eggs are hard 

 to find, and, worst of all, the eggs that 

 are left the crows often get." 



[Crows and other winged vermin can not 

 enter a covered pen such as we have used.— 

 Editor.] 



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