The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-24
BREEDING WILD Fowl.
SHOULD Be PROFITABLE
tunilics-Iand Is Cheap and
Weather Conditions Good.
ALL REQUIRED
Quail and Other Game Birds Can BE
Made To Swarm on Areas Given
Attcntion-WiId Turkeys Abuu-
dant i'm Maryland and Elsewhere.

Thy breeding Of quail. wild turkeys
wild ducks and other game should soon
hccomc very profitable industry in the
south. The lands are cheap in many
places. and the upland birds do not suf-
fer from climate losses as they do in
the North. Now that there are many
small and large successful breeders in
the Northern states. it is believed the
industry of the, Northern breeders
and that the laws in tho Southern
states should be amended, as they have
been IN MANY Northern states: TO per
init and encourage the profitable breed
ing of game.
Florida is. splendid State for the
breeding Of wild turkeys. certain
can he sent to southern breeders for
thouSaHds of quail at from IS to SIC
per dozen and probably more; as soon
These birds can he produced at small
cost by simply protecting them from
their natural enemies, and by adding
Il little to their natural foods ana covers
where this seems To be necessary. II
IS interesting work 10 shoot and trap
Nerinn which now keep the quail from
becoming oVer-abundant. Remove the
checks to increase even slightly. SAYS
Darwin. and the species Will increase to
amy amount
The quail and other game birds can
he made to swarm on protected areas
just as the gray partridgcs. often called
Hungarian partridges, do on many liu-
r r%Ri%mn, farms farms; The partridges are
sand. and although many thousands are
Shot and marketed every season. they
stu remain plentiful because very few
are destroyed by their natural enemies.
quail. like the partridges, are not
injurious to agriculture. but. on the
other hand. Il biz crop OF quail is highly
beneficial because the birds live largely
ON harmful insects and weed seeds. ANY
cnterprising farmer who Will employ
someone to pcrSiStcntly trap ana shoot
tnt quar- enemies on a large area can
nave quail 10 sell and his quail crop
VIII bring in a lot OF money us soon as
the industry of producing this kind
Of food ON the farms, probably, is no
longer criminal. 1t seems to be pc
culiar crime to produce food on "A farm
And 1T no longer is so in many Northern
states. The South has a far much bet
yer chance 10 get into the new indus
Try IMAM any Northern State has.
Wild ducks. as has often been point
ca out. arc easily reared i'm large mum
hers If properly fed and looked after
they will remain about the ponds where
they are bred either for sport or for
prott. Many people in Florida know
how tame the wild ducks have become
in protected places i'm that State. The
Knowledge eau be turned To good ac-
count when the ducks can be sold as
ger VIII be the supply aud the danger
OF extinction viii he heard of no more
KS soon as II PAYS TO look after the
da can use a lot OF game.
The best ducks for breeding purposes
in the southern states are the mailard
blue winged teal. the beautiful wood
duck. often called ;hc summcr-d duck
which commands splendid prices. Many
of these last named birds are imported
from Belgium whore they arc bred from
stock which originally came from
America.
Wld turkeys are now bred abund-
'ntlN ior sport ana for profit in Mary
hoped uat the tarolinaS. Georgia. Mis-
SiSSipDI, Alabama and Florida soon will,
am"nd their laws so that their people
can engage in the new industry which
~ interesting ana profitable. There are
nearly 300 licensed game breeders in
Massachusetts alone. and the number
OF breeders is growing; rapidly in New
York. New Jersey and rs far West as
I 'hifnrni' ia an Of the states which
America soon VIII he the biggest game
producing country in tho world ana
IN" Southland Should produce it's fun
share of this highly desirable food