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still, at best it is always an experiment and involves serious 

 risks. It is no trifling matter that a species has developed along 

 with the insect and plant foods and natural enemies of a large 

 continent for thousands of years, and we should certainly do the 

 fair thing by native species, before introducing possibly inferior 

 or injurious species to take their place. 



Experiments of recent years by myself and several others, 

 have proved that ruffed grouse chicks hatch perfectly tame and. 



Ruffed grouse or "native pheasant," generally found in damp thickets in mid- 

 day or at the edge of a field in the early morning or late afternoon 



aside from disease infections likely to be caught from domestic 

 fowls, are as easy to raise as bantam chickens. The young birds, 

 in common with bob white chicks and even young chickens, have 

 a way of squeezing into cracks about their coop and may be- 

 come wedged in so tight that they are unable to back out. All 

 cracks about brooders or incubators must be very carefully 

 filled, before attempting to use them for these small birds. 



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