The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-10-02

tract ~ cheap Wild and from fifty
tn one handrcd acres. with some tim
ner and underground and. ~ possible
bordering a stream. ~ shade water
nnd cover are absolutely Indispensable
20 o. gam" farm pt his acreage. I
Would a-e " portion 10 raise grain and
alfalfa, % balance to ho utilized Tor
pens % tuuWaNs FOR large game not
less than go acres.
Please understand that have On
tcred into thes' details Yresuminr OF
course. that We are cnd,uvoriug 10
induce men Go take ~ commercial
game ntminE and hat the prospective
game farmer first wants TO know
whore hc max readily obtatn the urnp.
order that me might make u proper
start ln my opinion. ~ success co.
failure ot such an enterprise may be
mud" pt the very outset and Iva order
that this worn may hp started and
carried ON successfully. too much
stress cannot hc given to thv TACT that
I've beginner must obtain the best pos
siLlc advice ar To- tho mtuuer OF pro-
rcdur" Hud the species hc should en-
Genyor Go breed o. propagate.
II might interest you lll to know
how : have handled the pheasIuts
purchased by INV stat. There were
several hundred of these birds pun
chased during the past year. These
were distributed AMONG u large num-
her of reliable farmers al no expense
90 ihoW except the erection OF proper
pens % Doops with u distinct undrf-
stauring that an birds raised would
30, sold to the state when two to thre"
month"; old ct ne prevailing market
pric" the original htr{s given out re-
mSininE the property ~ the state
with the UNDERSTANDING that they may
hc called Tor if any fault ls found or
upon failure uf tho farmer To carry
out his agreement q contract 10 this
effect having been signed. The plan
now seems to Doe working "a very we'll
and We have already liberated quite a
number Of birds. Matched aud raised
Boa our own state.
As FOR iamhcl and scaled quail
they are "A pest tn farming sections
Last spring. they destroyed several
hdndrcd acres of young beans IN the
Rio Grando VALLEY They Will not
bother with any other green stuffs 10
there are any sproutidg out OF
the round Beans sppear to be their
favorite %dolicacy.
Wiid ducks are reported gerry pler-
tiful from all over the stat this sea-
non. The Bartlett people estimate oV-
cr . 900 Wild turkeys ou their ranch
of 500. 600 acres, We estimate as
many more in HE Apache indian Res
orvution ana surrounding country ON
account of the large area aud the
wilderness and rouFhurss &c our
mountains. D. b. hard to estimate the
number iu the state.
Grouse are reported very plentiful
this year and seem 10 be- holding their
own
Prairie chickens have been very
numerous in eastern Now Mexico and
have done considerable damage to the
grain crops raised hy the -, farmer
in that portion of the state Al kinds
of wild turkey n geese are very
abundant.
This information H. being given FOR
the benefit of any # the game COM
m%lssioncrs present who may be inter
cstcd IN obtaining specimens or breed
nj tock ~ any OF these birds. I shall
Ice very pleased To hear from them
ana 70 either sell outright or eN.
ChanEc.
/ might also add that In q few days
there Will be given out for publica-
ton a comprehensive article dealing
with this subject giving costs, etc,
with particular reference to condi-
tiuus az they obtain iu New Mexico