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cess. So if our new friends can fill the bill we 
shall welcome them with open arms. In Illinois 
the State game commission has been very suc- 
cessful in rearing them. i ; 
| The Hungarian partridge is more than twice 
as large as the Bob White and is extremely 
lhardy and prolific in the wild state. It can also 
lbe raised in confinement by methods similar to 
those used in rearing pheasants. The ideal spot 
for a preserve would be one that is well watered 
and wooded. There need be no fear about turn- 
ing the birds out just before winter, as their 
Inative home is in the highlands of Hungary 
where they have cold weather. Moreover, being 
‘non-migratory, a flock once started will remain 
‘if a reasonable amount of protection from dogs 
sand poachers is given. 
! Another interesting importation which also 
‘comes from Hungary is the Hungarian hare. 
‘These are the largest and hardiest known wild 
hare. The full grown ones often attain a weight 
‘9f 18 pounds and some have been known to go 
‘as high as 20 pounds. They are very prolific, 
and like the Hungarian partridges they “stay 
tout.” The meat of these hares is delicious, and 
las they are great runners they offer excellent 
sport to the hunter. 
| The time is rapidly approaching when we 
‘shall have to depend on game preserves to keep 
lup our supply of wild birds and beasts, too, for 
ithat matter. It would seem, therefore, to be 
ia wise plan for those that are fortunate enough 
ito possess woodlands that can be used for game 
soreserving to investigate the merits of some of 
these imported wild creatures with a view of 
adopting them. E, K. PArKINSON. 
| The Wichita Buffalo Herd. 
| Tue buffalo herd which last year was pre- 
jsented to the National Government by the New 
\York Zoological Society to form the nucleus of 
2 great southwestern herd, is now on its way 
ito its new home. A range of 7,680 acres has 
lpeen prepared for it in the best portion of the 
‘Wichita Forest and Game Reserve in south- 
‘western Oklahoma, and on Oct. 10, fifteen fine 
animals, the pick of the splendid herd of forty- 
‘ive head in the New York Zoological Park, were 
crated for shipment, each in a roomy and com- 
\fortable crate, and shipped to Cache, Oklahoma. 
In view of the nature and object of the ship- 
snent—a gift to the people, for the express pur- 
iyose of helping to preserve the American bison 
‘rom ultimate extinction—the American Express 
‘company and the New York Central lines trans- 
port the two cars free of charge from New York 
o St. Louis, and the Wells-Fargo Express Com- 
pany also makes a free gift of the transportation 
wer the ’Frisco road from St. Louis to Cache, 
klahoma. Both these favors are greatly appre- 
lated by the Zoological Society, which has un- 
jfertaken to make delivery in good order at 
|Cache. 
The idea of a Southwestern national herd, 
lounded by a gift from the New York Zoological 
Society, originated with Dr. William T. Horna- 
jay, director of the Zoological Park, and from 
its earliest mention was warmly endorsed by the 
|xecutive committee of the society. The offer 
vas made to the Secretary of Agriculture who 
/mediately accepted it, and invited the society 
io select a site for the new fenced range that 
jvould be necessary. The society dispatched a 
}ipecial agent, Mr. J. A. Loring, who went to 
the Wichita Reserve, and with Supervisor E. F. 
Morrissey carefully examined the whole avail- 
ble territory. A location was ‘agreed upon, and 
iluly mapped out. Mr. Loring submitted to the 
lociety an elaborate and thorough report, noticed 
it the time in Forest AND STREAM, which was 
jransmitted to the Department of Agriculture 
jind to Congress. A special appropriation of 
115.000 was secured for the erection of a wire 
fence to inclose twelve square miles of range, and 
o erect corrals, sheds and a hay barn. This 
hvork has been proceeding and will soon be com- 
}leted under the direction of the Forestry Bureau 
'f the Department of Agriculture, whose officers 
|ave from the first been keenly interested in the 
|ndertaking. All the improvements were planned 
ty Mr. Hornaday, and the animals for the nucleus 
erd were carefully selected by him. 
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The buffalo herd of the New York Zoological 
Park has for a long time been one of the finest 
sights of that great home for wild animals. 
Originally. planned to contain twenty . head, it 
numbered previous to this shipment forty-five as 
handsome buffaloes of all ages as ever were 
brought together. Ten lusty calves have been 
born. this year. 
Notwithstanding the fine condition of this herd 
the officers of the Zoological Society. know that 
the only sure way by which the American bison 
can be preserved in full vigor for the next two 
hundred years or more, is by establishing herds 
under national or State ownership, on public 
lands, in ranges so large and so diversified that 
the animals will be wild and free. 
The herd now on its way to Oklahoma is com- 
posed of .six - breeding - cows, one: big. bull, 
Comanche, five: years old, and master of the 
herd, one bull three and one-half years: old, two 
bulls and one cow in their third year, one. bull 
and one cow in, their second year, and one pair 
of calves, male and female, six months old. 
In this collection four different strains of blood 
are represented, and there will be nothing to 
fear. from inbreeding. , 
The shipment is in charge of Frank Rush, 
keeper of the Wichita buffalo range, and H. Ray- 
mond Mitchell, chief. clerk of the New York 
Zoological Park. The buffaloes are in two 
patent. stock cars, and travel in passenger trains 
the whole distance. On arriving at Cache,. fif- 
ten teams will be in readiness to haul the buf- 
faloes, crated as they are, twelve miles to the 
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new range. The utmost care will be observed 
to prevent infection by the Texas fever tick that 
is such a scourge to cattle in the Southwest. 

Reduced Cost of Tree Planting. 
THE cost of forest planting by the Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad appears to be so moderate as to 
warrant the hope that similar forestry work 
will be carried out by many railway and other 
corporations, 
As a result of organized effort, Mr. Sterling, 
forester of the railroad, has reduced the cost of 
planting seedlings by nearly half, bringing it 
down, in 1907, to an average of $11.29 per thou- 
sand or $15.93 per acre, for both the seedlings 
and the labor. This, of course, was for work 
on a relatively large scale, involving nearly a 
half million seedlings, but the work was some- 
what scattered and was done under other con- 
ditions not wholly favorable—Forestry and Irri- 
gation. 

IN THE WOODS 
or in the mountains, no matter how far from 
civilization, fresh milk can always be had if fore- 
sight is used in packing the outfits. Borden’s 
Peerless Brand Evaporated Milk in cans keeps 
indefinitely until opened, and answers every pur- 
pose. It is pure, rich milk, condensed to the 
consistency of cream, put up without sugar and 
preserved by sterilization only— Adv. 





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