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THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
THE CURSE OF PHEASANTS. 
I have just road a communication on 
page 16G of The R. N.-Y. under the above 
heading in which the writer, J. Q. Wells, 
says a man just from Oregon tells him 
that the pheasant was introduced and pro¬ 
tected by law in this State for the sports¬ 
men’s sake and in a short time became 
such an unmitigated nuisance that be is 
now hunted and killed in any way to get 
rid of him, and a bounty is paid for destroy¬ 
ing him. I think that man had always been 
from Oregon as only a part of what he 
said was true. In 1881 Judge O. N. Denny, 
who was then Consul to China, sent a few 
pairs of pheasants to Oregon. They were 
protected for a number of years. 10 I 
think. They can only be hunted now dur¬ 
ing the months of October and November. 
They are not and never have been an un¬ 
mitigated nuisance. Many farmers do not 
allow hunting on their premises. A man 
is not allowed to hunt except on his own 
land or his father’s in case of a boy, with¬ 
out a license. I think a non-resident of the 
State must pay $10 for a license, a resident 
one dollar. There is no bounty paid for 
destroying pheasants and never lias been. 
It costs a man $25 to kill one out of sea¬ 
son. s. M. K. 
Sherwood, Oregon. 
I noticed an article on the “Curse of 
Pheasants,” which I would like to state is 
the right step for all farmers to take. 
The sooner the farmers come to realize 
that the farmer should own and control the 
game on his place, the better. Then the 
city gun clubs would not run the farmers’ 
rights. We will have to see that the 
men sent to the Legislature do as we say 
in regard to the farmer controlling the 
game on his place, thus saving liis crops 
from pests. I 'would also like to state 
that Oregon has never had a bounty on the 
pheasant, but that the limit to be killed 
in one day formerly was 16, and now is 
10. For the last four or five years we have 
not had much trouble from them, and if 
something is not done they will be exter¬ 
minated entirely. The only bounty paid is 
for the person killing them out of season, 
October 1 to December 1 being the time 
allowed persons to hunt them. J. e. f. 
Oregon. 
I read the article “The Curse of Pheas¬ 
ants,’’ by .T. Q. Wells, and will say that his 
views of the pheasants are just about right, 
and I have just read the article on page 
278 by W. F. Massey, and I think his 
opinion is all right, but I do not see how 
W. H. D. of Auburn can call himself a 
farmer and yet stick up for the pheasant. 
I think, as does Mr. Massey, that if the 
farmers would band together they could do 
much toward doing away with the pest. 
I know of one farm in Ontario County that 
will be protected from pheasants and all 
other pests that come to destroy our crops. 
I also claim that the State had no more 
right to turn those pheasants loose on our 
farms for the farmers to raise than I 
would have to turn my flock of hens in 
my neighbor’s garden and let them eat 
and destroy his crops. If we farmers do 
not stick up for our rights and try to rid 
ourselves of the pheasant we ought to 
have our crops destroyed. Rise, brother 
farmers, for your rights. reader. 
I have just read with much disgust the 
letter of W. H. D. of Auburn on page 278, 
and think that he must be quite ignorant 
of the habits of crows, and is farming for 
fun, if he is willing to board a hungry horde 
of pheasants just to waste time and powder 
and shot. We are not familiar to any ex¬ 
tent with the habits of the aforementioned 
pests, but according to Mr. Wells’ tale I 
would be willing to harbor a dozen crows 
to one pheasant, and would expect to be 
better off when a year should roll around. 
Crows, nearly everyone understands, are 
a positive benefit to the farmer in extermin¬ 
ating insects, worms, etc., while we have 
never had a field of corn damaged to a 
noticeable extent by their depredations. 
Speaking of sporting farmers makes me 
say that the general run around here de¬ 
pend on what they run after for their liv¬ 
ing, while their farms care for themselves 
and furnish food for the robbers of the 
crops of those who take pride and pains 
in the excellency of their crops. I am 
glad to say that I have never met anyone 
yet who shared W. II. D.’s opinions, and 
still have faith in the sense of the country 
folk to put a damper on the idea that we 
are going to feed the game that the rich 
or habitual gunners expect to find when 
they start out for the sport. Why not 
use the saying which some famous man lias 
used to express his opinion when he said 
he who might be better employed is idle? 
Of course one can go to the extreme in it, 
but I think that the majority of the hunt¬ 
ers with which we are pestered may con¬ 
sider that when they are tramping the 
fields with a gun they are doing less than 
they would be were they at home and in 
bed. w. g. b. 
East Berne, N. Y. 
PROCESS FOR MAKING BUTTER. 
The amusement with which I read of 
the “invention” claimed by the party “to 
be new,” page 304, may be imagined 
when I tell you that the butter from my 
dairy is made more or less in the fash¬ 
ion mentioned, though with important 
requirements as regards heating, etc. 
It produces a beautiful butter—sugar is 
not necessary—and we sell a small 
amount that we have left over. The 
idea of patenting a process of milk 
making that has been going on for prob¬ 
ably centuries is absurd—as well might 
one suddenly take it into his or her 
head to patent the idea of the human 
race wearing clothes, which we all do 
of course, but no one has patented the 
idea. English people in part of the 
country have from time immemorial so 
made their butter, and doubtless you 
will receive many notices that thousands 
of people do so in this country—especi¬ 
ally those from England. Many people 
in that country know of no other way 
of buttermaking, and doubtless have 
never seen a churn. 
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Another Egg Record.— I have been 
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Buff Orpingtons, hatched last May. From 
January 1 to March 1 these pullets laid 
1.244 eggs. We have not kept the count for 
YFarch, but they will lay over 500 eggs, 
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Unthrifty Colt. —Tell J. E., page 280, 
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