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Although the propagation of this bird in this country has been 
going on for a number of years, it can not be said that any of the states 
that have tried to promote this bird have had anything like a marked 
degree of success. He thrives in Europe under what appears to be 
simular conditions with which he is surrounded in this country. For 
one thing, he is prey for our hawks. He is so much in the open that 
he is easily found and captured. Apart from this, there appears to be 
other reasons why he does not thrive as well here as in Kurope. In 
spite of this, the various states that are propagating introduced birds 
will continue to breed the European partridge because of his exceptional 
qualities, with the hope that eventually he will adjust himself to his 
new conditions of existence and do as well here as in Europe. 
Game Farm Water Wagon. 
The fancy pheasants raised on the game farm do not fall within 
the group of game birds. They are highly ornamental and are useful 
for parks and similar tracts of land where the beauty of the surroundings 
are enhanced by their presence. 
There are but few tracts of land left in Illinois where the wild 
turkey would care to make a home. The few birds of this species that 
are bred on the game farm will be used to restock the few wild tracts 
of land we have left in the State. At best, it will be but a short time 
when the wild turkey of [llnois will be a thing of the past. For that 
reason no great effort has been made or will be made to propagate the 
wild turkey on the game farm. It were better to devote our efforts to 
the more obvious species of game birds. 
