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would be the case, some of the quail be- for prorit. Wild turkeys sell readily for 

 came sick, when the importation of quail from $15 to $25 each and the eggs sell 

 suddenly was ended. It is such perform- for $12 and $15 per dozen. Why should 

 ances by some members of the Biologi- not the breeding of wild turkeys for 

 cal Survey which bring the whole Sur- sport and for profit be an attractive in- 

 vey into scandal and disgrace. The in- dustry in the South? 

 telligent scientists who have studied the We can remember the time when many 

 foods of game birds ; the relations of people went West and bred cattle and 

 the natural enemies to game, and other sheep on inexpensive lands and found 

 important questions should not be con- the industry profitable. We believe any- 

 founded with those who seem determined one who will undertake the practical 

 to prevent the importation of game and protection of the wild turkeys on the in- 

 who seem to take the most delight in expensive lands of the South will find 

 fanciful laws restricting sport in the this industry far more profitable than 

 hope that the game may at least be kept the breeding of cattle and sheep ever was 

 out of the markets where it should be in the best days of this industry when 

 abundant. the lands were cheap. 



We sincerely hope the nonsense on the The wild turkey responds nicely to 



Mexican frontier will not be repeated practical protection. We saw a lot of 



this season. There can be no honor in these birds which were imported from 



discovering a disease when the discoverer Austria and sold alive in America at 



knows that he has caused it. excellent prices. Recently we endeavor- 



. ed to get a few hundred wild turkey 



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WILD TURKEY BREEDING. £ach but we wgre unaWe tQ secure them 



In an able and interesting monograph, Anyone who will protect the wild tur- 



"The Wild Turkey and Its Hunting," k eys f rom their natural enemies can 



reviewed on another page, Mr. Edward ma ke them very plentiful on the land re- 



A. Mcllhenny, one of our Louisiana f er red to and we will guarantee to sell 



members, says: "There are thousands t h e birds and eggs at very satisfactory 



of acres in the South which were once prices. 



cultivated, but which are now abandoned Anyone who will protect the birds and 

 and growing up with timber, brush, and advertise the shooting can count on get- 

 grass. Such country affords splendid t i ng excellent returns since the quail and 

 opportunity for the rearing and perpetu- w ild duck shooting can be made excel- 

 ation .of the wild turkey. These lands i ent on the same ground and we often 

 are vastly superior for this purpose than h ave inquiries from readers as to where 

 are the solid primeval forests, inasmuch t hey can go and find good shooting in 

 as they afford a great variety of sum- the South. 



mer food; such as green, tender herb- • 



age, berries of many kinds, grasshoppers THE SIZE OF THE VICTORY. 



by the million, and other insects in The law mills having finished grind- 



which the turkeys delight. Such a coun- ing out the new laws in most of the 



try also affords good nesting retreats States, it is now possible to determine 



with briar patches and straw where the the size of the "more game" victory, 



nest may be safely hidden, and where Two-thirds of the States have enacted 



the young birds may secure safe hiding laws permitting the breeding and sale of 



places from animals and birds of prey ; all or certain species of game and game 



but alas ! at present not from trappers, fish. 



baiters and pot hunters. Check these and We like best the laws which have 

 the abandoned plantations of the South avoided the words, "in captivity," be- 

 soon would be alive with turkeys." cause we are somewhat inclined towards 



The lands Mr. Mcllhenny refers to are field sports and we do not care much 



cheap. It would be an easy matter to about "in captivity" bied or tame game, 



start wild turkey breeding for sport and "The wilder the better" is one of our 



