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the party. After discussing the weight, found to contain only wireworms, the 



etc., a query was asked as to what its exact number being 397, not a particle of 



crop contained, which on being opened anything else being found. — Game- 



and laid on a sheet of notepaper was keepers' Gazette. 



NOTES FROM THE GAME PRESERVES. 



By Our Readers. 



Preserving Meat for Poultry. ber of wild partridges may be increased? 



Could you give me some information Could food be planted to advantage in or 



as how to cure wild meat, such as wood- near their haunts, or other methods 



chuck and rabbit for poultry for winter taken to increase their number, 



use? H. W. S. I- W. England. 



Mt. Jewett, Pa. New Jersey. 



Various plans are suggested for keep- [Mackensen, Yardley, Td., can furnish quail, 



ing this meat, such as smoking and dry- but has a waiting list no doubt. If the "wild 



• b i • j • • i_ i u partridge is the ruffed grouse, called part- 



ing, packing down m charcoal, or bury- g^, f n New England * many ' ioods cari be 



ing it in the ground. The most prac- planted to advantage— grapes, apples, various 



tical way, however, is to can the meat berries and mast, sumac, etc. Grapes, apples, 



about as recommended recently for wintergreen and mast make a fine combination. 



u„„,4i;*,~ \, a ~t ~.,,4.4.~ r , ~„A ^,-1, (n~ („ We regard The Game Breeder and its many 



handling beef, mutton and pork for fu- ke g epers and advisers as the best au- 



ture use. The meat is cut from the bone, thority.] 



packed solidly in jars or cans, and then 



thoroughly cooked for three or four A Small Shoot, 



hours and sealed. Put up in this way it Qne of our Massachusetts readers, in 



will keep for several months or until sending his repor t for the Game Census, 



winter, and can then be opened and fed . g the following interesting figures, 



to the stock as desired.— Rural New suggesting some g00 d sport on a small 



Yorker. shoot: 



«-,'.,„ , _ ., Pheasants raised 1915 : . . . . 91 



Partridge and Quail. Pheasants liberated 1915 91 



Regarding importing quail for propa- Pheasants shot so far about 40 



gation purposes in New Jersey, I have Living at liberty about 50 



been advised by the New Jersey State In breeding pen. 4 



Game Commission that they will not per- Since 1913 I have liberated about 210 



mit the importing of quail from Mexico, pheasants and have shot on my land 



due to the fact that they claim the birds about 135. 



are infected. This is far better than being arrested 



I was wondering whether I could not for having a stock bird "in possession" 



get a couple of dozen birds from some or for attempting to shoot or sell birds 



breeder in Long Island, or some of the reared at private expense. When we read 



other States, and bring them in for pro- of the absurd pheasant performances in 



pagation purposes. Kentucky and some other benighted re- 



I should be pleased to have you ad- gions we are more and more impressed 



vise me as to what you know about op- with the fact that it is quite worth while 



portunities for getting birds from this for a State to have intelligent game 



source, and I note with pleasure the in- officers such as they have in Massachu- 



formation concerning the breeding of setts, and it is gratifying to observe that 



birds for sale in Oklahoma and other Massachusetts elects capable governors 



States. who do not bounce good game officers. 



Are there any authorities on the pro- It is highly important that game officers 



pagation or methods whereby the num- should have long terms of office, and 



