72 REPORT OF THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 
. A half dozen deer, kept on the farm, have been of considerable 
Interest to visitors but no success has been attained in breeding these 
animals. 
As the plans are now, the farm will be abandoned in November 1918. 
As a consequence, this will probably be the last formal report of the 
State Game Farm which was founded at Hayward, California, in 

Fig. 11. Canada geese and gosling on State Game Farm, Hayward, California. In the spring 
of 1918 a pair of Canada geese successfully reared one young bird. Photograph by H. C. 
Bryant, May 8, 1918. 
November 1908. The maximum utility of the farm was found during 
the years 1910 to 1914, when a considerable number of ring-necked 
pheasants were reared and distributed throughout the state. Since 
that time no concerted effort has been made to produce birds for 
restocking purposes and the farm has been used largely as an experi- 
mental plant to determine the possibility of breeding different species 
of game birds and mammals. 
Respectfully submitted. 
(Signed) W. N. Dirks, 
Superintendent. 
