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be worth to his garden, orchard or fields. It would seem from 

 the above that the conclusion of Mrs. Nice, who made many of 

 the above determinations, is fully warranted: "Bobwhites, if 

 we only had enough of them, ought to save us over half of our 

 weed damage and half of our billion dollar insect tax." 



How can we have enough of the birds, then, is the question. 

 The bobwhite has been successfully introduced into Oregon and 

 to all appearances thrives exceptionally well in many parts of 

 the State. All the birds the writer has seen have been large, 

 vigorous specimens. The reason they have not increased much 

 faster must be that natural enemies are numerous. The first 

 law in game bird protection the world over is, always and every- 



Friends — Bobwhite Whistling- 



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