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but only the eggs of one of them will hatch. The cocks will help 

 in brooding the eggs and in care of the young. After a nest full 

 of 16 to 20 eggs have been laid, the cock may begin to brood 

 and the hen may make another nest and continue laying. 

 The birds do not brood with entire satisfaction under confine- 

 ment, and if, say, 20 eggs have been laid and neither bird shows 

 signs of brooding, put the eggs under a bantam hen and sub- 

 stitute plaster of paris casts in the bobwhite's nest. If abun- 

 dantly supplied with insect food, the hens will lay from 65 to 

 100 eggs in a season, practically all of them fertile. 



By following the above suggestion, it will be possible to save 

 thousands of bobwhite eggs which are likely to be destroyed in 

 haying and harvesting on the farms. 



TOTAL DISTRIBUTION OF GAME FISH DURING 1913 BY COUNTIES, 



INCLUDING FISH LIBERATED THROUGH CO-OPERATION 



OF UNITED STATES BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Baker 157,270 Linn 400,500 



Benton 236,000 Marion 210,000 



Clackamas 477,900 Multnomah 510,000 



Clatsop 35,200 Polk 42,900 



Columbia 37,850 Tillamook 122,000 



Coos 7,500 Grant 45,135 



Douglas 689,800 Crook 149,300 



Hood River 290,400 Umatilla 255,700 



Jackson 1,502,375 Union 51,750 



Josephine 1,530,115 Washington 240,700 



Klamath 282,475 Wasco 134,400 



Lincoln 35,795 Wallowa 199,800 



Lane 532,600 Yamhill 553,332 



Total 8,730,797 



Total for 1911 1,905,840 



Total for 1912 7,444,548 



Total for 1913 8,730,797 



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