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little attention to what was going on outside,, 
and did not display the timidity and restless¬ 
ness of the bobwhite. It was observed that they 
ate with appetite and appeared to enjoy their 
food. Nevertheless, the male grouse died late 
in the summer, evidently from an infectious dis¬ 
ease communicated to him probably through 
infected ground. 
No one has approached the success which has 
attended the work of Prof. C. F. Hodge, of 
Clark University, who for some years, as a rest 
and recreation from his ordinary work, has 
been trying to rear ruffed grouse and quail in 
domestication. His experience is extraordi¬ 
narily suggestive, and we quote much of his 
report to the Massachusetts Commissioners. 
His permits for the year allowed him to take 
80 eggs of the ruffed grouse and to keep three 
pairs of bobwhite quail for purposes of propa¬ 
gation. He had 54 grouse eggs, from which 38 
chicks were hatched, and of these he says: 
“As will be seen, the eggs did not hatch as 
well as in the previous years of experiment, 
possibly due to cold weather in May. The eggs 
were all hatched under Cochin bantam hens, as 
usual. Chicks are accounted for as follows: 
“Fifteen chicks, June 6. left with hen mother, 
began dropping off after the first two weeks, 
and were all dead by August 15. 
“Fifteen chicks, June 6, transferred on morn¬ 
ing of hatching to brooder; 2 escaped, 1 died, 
probably as result of accidental injury, 2 died 
from swallowing objects too large to pass into 
the gizzard (black cricket and large spider), 
10 are healthy, well-grown birds at present. 
“Eight chicks, June 19, transferred to 
brooder, and all did well, until, on sudden 
change of weather, temperature ran too high 
and killed them all. 
“The experiment was conducted this season 
on my new place, on uncontaminated ground, 
and I thought it desirable to try once more the 
simpler method of rearing with the hen. The 
result is decisive against this method. The 
fact that the hen carries parasites, which are 
likely to prove fatal to young grouse, probably 
explains why our native species have not long 
since been domesticated. All former attempts 
to domesticate them have been made in the 
poultry yard and its environment. The same 
is now being proved to explain why the turkey, 
another native American species, cannot be 
reared on ground contaminated by domestic 
fowls. This is the fifth year in which the ex¬ 
periment of rearing ruffed grouse with bantam 
hens has been tried, and although the second 
year 6 birds were reared out of a clutch of 12, 
for all the other years fatalities by this method 
have amounted to 100 per cent. This season is 
particularly decisive because the work was done 
on new ground under most favorable conditions, 
with the benefit of past experiences, and in 
clear competition with the brooder method.” 
On the other hand, his experience led him 
to believe that except for accidents, practically 
every ruffed grouse chick hatched may be 
reared to maturity by the brooder method. 
Brooders connected with yards in which the 
chicks may run during warm days offer a 
method which is not expensive. The young 
develop and feather out rapidly, and except for 
the two first weeks need no artificial heat, ex¬ 
cept during cold storms. 
Professor Hodge suggests the possibility of 
