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THE GAME BREEDER 



ants abroad. Since it seems likely for a 

 few years at least that the foreign coun- 

 tries may not have much game to sell we 

 predict that the American game farms 

 which increase their capacity as some are 

 doing will make a big lot of money. 

 Those who add grouse and quail to their 

 breeding stock will find that these birds 

 are far more profitable than the pheas- 

 ants and the ducks are. 



Although the prices will be so high 

 next fall as tp invite breeders to sell their 

 stock down to small numbers left for 

 breeding purposes, we believe those who 

 are wise will first set aside twice as many 

 birds as they ever did before for breed- 

 ing purposes and to look forward to a 

 small fortune as the sure reward. 



Some people seemed to think, a year 

 or two ago, that the game breeding busi- 

 ness might be overdone and that prices 

 would fall on this account. We believed 

 that the more people who got into the 

 industry the higher the prices would be 

 for many years to come and our predic- 

 tion was verified before the war sent the 

 prices soaring. 



An Elaborate Game Bird Catalogue 



Chiles & Company, Mt. Sterling, Ky., 

 have issued an attractive illustrated Mat- 

 ing List and Catalogue. The writer of 

 the catalogue (evidently Mr. Chiles) 

 must have had a modest spell on when he 

 gave his clever little book its title. It is 

 far more than a "Mating and Price 

 List ;" in fact it is full of valuable in- 

 formation and hints to game breeders. 

 We feel much like quoting a good part 

 of the book for the information of our 

 readers. This would hardly do since the 

 preparation and printing of the book 

 evidently cost a lot of money and it is 

 sold for $1.00. We have no doubt all 

 of our readers will be pleased with Mr. 

 Chiles' book. 



There are long descriptions of the 

 pheasants, rare and common, with nu- 

 merous color pictures of the birds. The 

 advice about the Reves pheasant (which 

 the writer says are his< favorites among 

 the game birds) is sound and timely. 

 "We especially advise all clubs situated 

 in mountainous sections to use these 



birds for breeding purposes instead of 

 ringnecks or Mongolians." 



There are notes about how to make 

 nests for wild geese ; how to feed and 

 look after the various species of game 

 birds ; often the feeding formulas of sev- 

 eral breeders in addition to those of the 

 writer are given. 



Members of the Game Conservation 

 Society who had the pleasure of hearing 

 Mr. Chiles at our game dinners are aware 

 that he has a keen sense of humor and 

 his book is enlivened with many short 

 passages of a game breeder's philosophy 

 which will entertain the reader. The 

 following is one of a few notes found 

 between the serious matter relating to 

 pheasants and the white pea-fowl: "Re- 

 member when you send the butcher ten 

 cents and ask for the largest piece you 

 can get for the money he always sends 

 you the neck or shank ; and when you 

 expect to get a good bird for $1 it is a 

 case, as a rule, of neck or shank." Mr. 

 Chiles prides himself properly on fair 

 dealing, charges good prices for good 

 birds and offers, we believe, to let the 

 purchaser send them back if they are not 

 as represented. He is a member of the 

 Game Guild and approves of its activities 

 in demanding fair dealing between 

 breeders and fair treatment of them by 

 game wardens. 



A Mating List and Catalogue, price 

 $1. Chiles & Co., publishers, Mt. Ster- 

 ling, Ky. 



Elk on the Hoof. 



Early summer quotations on elk on the 

 hoof show $20 as the high bid for fair 

 to medium. This figure was established 

 at the auction sale of New York City 

 stock in Prospect Park last week. The 

 buyer was a Brooklyn man. Auctioneer 

 Cohen also disposed of the season's crop 

 of goats, at the rate of four goats for 

 $45, which a facetious man who stood 

 next to the Deputy Park Commissioner 

 said was more than Brooklyn usually 

 paid for goats. There was no sale of 

 turtles or alligators, although the market 

 is said to be high. 



[Elk from city parks and Zoos usually do 

 not bring good prices because the animals ar« 

 in poor condition, often sick or old. — Editor. I 



