The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-08
Autos supersede the stage coach in national parks. Among the
big trees in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.

days after Matching are shut in a
coop with their foster mother. so that
they may become acquainted with her
call. Then they are allowed TO range.
Little food is necessary. az they Will
pick up insects and provide for them
selves at an innnitesimal expense,
Before the restless period APP
proaChes. when the call of the wild
begins to assert itself, they may lie
enticed with food into yards where
those desired FIR future breeding may
be selected and placed in pens. The
others are allowed to roam, and
eventually they wander off into owe
and become wild.
Thus. his land well stocked with
quail and pheasants. a man may offer
shooting opportunities 10 spOrtSmen
who are ready and willing to pay for a
few good days. The owner may make
his own regulations as regards the
number If birds to be killed so long as
he remains within the game laws of
his State. and If he be wise he will see
TO 1t that at the end Of the season
plenty of birds are left TO replenish
the stock naturally. These, with the
hand raised supply, should provide
excellent shooting indefinitely.
Aside from the revenue obtained
from sp0rtsmen, "A breeder Is more
than likely TO receive orders for stock
and eggs, which, if he is able to Supply
in reasonable quantities, will return
him a no mean sum.
The Game Breeders Association is
satisfied that pheasant raising Is not
at all difficult, and the fact that IN one
season it was able to produce hoo
young pheasants from on Y sixty old
birds speaks for itself. The ~aSsocia-
tons gamekeeper reports hat he has
been able to hatch 80 per cent. Of the
eggs set for that purpose, and says
further h a p~heasants are the easiest
game birds TO breed and RAISE he
knows Of.
If such be the case, why should not
American overs abound with this
beautiful game bird? 1t would be
only a matter OF a few years to
bring about such "A condition and a
great percentage of those taking ac-
tive part in the movement would he
well paid for their trouble.
Here is a new industry for thou
sands. 1t opens the door OF oppor
tunity to city business men with
poor health and not enough capital
to retire permanently; to farmers,
who by reason of their calling have
every advantage, and to poultry rails
ers who perhaps have not been en-
tirely successful in rearing and mar
keting domestic fowls.
Should a general pheasant raising
movement be brought about and IN
consequence American covers be
stocked with that breed, the sports
mans efforts would no longer be di-
rected on the quail and the grouse
alone, as has been and is the case
generally In inland bird shooting. and
their chances for Increased numbers
would be enhanced.
II we would continue to have game
In America we must devise n means
for supplying n generous portion Of
1t ourselves, otherwise its natural
enemies and pot hunters, snarers and
interruptions slaughterers will even
tually do away with what is left.
1t Is well for all interested to know
also that hand Feared game shortly
after liberation becomes as wild and
as strong and as swift of wing Il,
birds which have known no other
home than the woods. There is nc
truth in the statement sometimes
made by sportsmen that game raised
In captivity acquires the mild nature
OF the barnySrd fowl and provides
tame shooting.