Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-13
A TALK
ABOUT
PHEASANTS
AGame Lover Writes a Friend
About China Pheasants
and Other Things

NJ Billie Tsyl5ri Yours of the pth inst
came 90 hand all o. X. Would have
answered sooner bot have been extra
busy. Do regard 90 che China pheasant
raising two broods per year. will say
that there is not a word Of truth 10 &c.
Tho China hen viii hatch the second
or third brood provided tbs arst an1
second broods die ib infancy, bat if
ono chicken lives. that Ia an 1hc will
raise that year This has been proven
right here by turning che birds loose.
boz a large park With ono wing cut on
90 hrst ioiat A dozen hens were treat
si this way, and 10 each case one
brood was the result have IN my
house che testimony of Vernon DcGuife
a bird raiser iu New Jersey, he KEEP,
Ia large pleasantly with no varieties
.of phsasantsi and BIO states positively
that they only raise one brood per year
that last year 1904. a good April, May
/ could give you more proof but it is
unnecessary, However. / may remark
that last year, 1904 proved this beyond
"a doubt You will remember that in
1905 we bad good April and May |
and June and only one rain iH Juiy.
well, only about IS per esat Of last
yrar b birds we're late ones and these
were the ones that were hr6ken up 10 |
June by the crows and also ths having |
which began about the l0th of June
on the clover aud ended about the 10th |
af July on the other k.nds OF bay n |
lhr China hon raised two hroods per
year, we would have bad as maay late
as early birds.
As 90 the sale, will say that we
should ALLOW that provided we allow
our game 10 be killed az all We al 4
Low the gunueTs 10 spend the money for
the game and as not more than one 10
twenty can Kin for themselves. We
should allow that class, the nou-sAoot,
eu, 20 buy a few m0uthfuls OF the
game which they cannot Kill. An We
have 90 do iu this ease is 20 make
heavy penalties for killing beyond the
limit, say 900 fine for each bird. then
tho e.ty spoFtsmen viii obey the law
as it .s now. Not one In twenty paws
any attention 10 the limit. Fhyl |
ducks per week 70 the summer will not
thin out the ducks, but one hundred |
10 two hundred per day 20 the gun is
done on the Columbia lakes and sloughs
will, after a few years exterminats !
the ducks.
As 10 the number Of birds, pheasaats J
killed per year in this vicinity. viii |
say that in Halsey precinct il viii ay |
eFage 5000 per year. The amount le- |
gally marketed vas about IS per cent
OF this aud during the past four years
has averaged about - birds per year /
TO the gunner.
shutting oH the sale Of birds has
caused double the number 20 be killed /
out Of season as compared to the past
four yeara The sentiment here Is this
II We can't sell the surplus, We win !
eat iti and this year the eating began |
the lst Of July,
The new game Law destroyed an the
PEoieetion that We had here Ninety |
per cent Of the shooters here violated |
the Law and killed out OF season. How.
ever, there is a lOOPhOls--yes, several
OF tAem-in the pressRE law. ana about
a dozen fellows here are on 70 the rack.
Ct Of turning the birds intO money, and
they have killed four times as many !
PAeasants per capita a. AsFstofoEs. Nv I