Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Ut that u game breeding is not soon PTGc-
Tag rail fea-e protected nests in its corners
and when the fields were moved or harvested
in straight lines the machines Mztased ezes
nests tucked away under the joined rails. The
modern steel fence Is straight and there Is no
hiaeaway foE eggs CT yoang-
0CAMR<BREEDEG is new business n
- America The first gamekeepers were
imported frCm England and Scotland where
the lore and experience Of generations 10 part
OF tine knowledge Of those who guard the mO0sS.
~Now that We are beginning to develop our
own boys for this profession, We fiEsd that we
naSb begin alnoet from scratch and adapt our
selves To American conditions -s5yg = 50
".0st of every lee pheasant eggs prepareUE
for Matching. less than 60 prove sound enough
to yield q bird Than We lose about 10 OF
these before maturity. -,
"Tiis leaves a INST crop Of about e5 per cent
We must get higher and more efficient produc-,
ton than that before we can begin to feel
that we really know mach about game breeding
"The demand is mach greater than the sup
ply OF birds pheasant will bring $325 and
the Tiny .quail s. each beeause Of their scarcity.
A quatl egg hes a value Of: 50 cents,
1T Is thexs facts which make gane-hreeding
a type Of outdoor activity wsaieh is attracting
a fine group of American boys. The scarcity
Of men makes the profession profitable. and
ones increasing knowledge makes game breed
ing fascinating vocation.
The; male pheasant is a gorgeous creature
In his full planlage When he goes counting his
lady love he spreads his cape and feathers TO
their fullest glory. The lady turns away in
disGazin and the male, after patient pseening,
may decide that the girl is ritz5 and has given
him the air.
EFF he turns away to seek another mate, she
is usually after him to say she didn't mean it
we all know human nature IS much the same.
While the phi asant IS polyEam0us. the quail
is homogeneous and the cock quail vim Often
mother the brood II his 'conSort is missing.
THE pheasant makes poor mother and VEL
are using chickens, preferably bantam hens.
az breeders fos the Matching and mOthering
Of the game chicks. -
"Thc institute hatehsd more than $4,000
pheasant eggs thia year, with a crop Of 1000
birds, It is, Ct course. impossible to hold them
to the grounds by Enclosures. bat the lure of
regular feeding. four times O. day, IS sufficient
to enable us to retain al but about Is per cent
On our grounds ''
when the young quail are Matched out .
brood is placed In one of the new type laying
pens with y cock bOEvhike Is foster mother
The run of these perls Is only 3 feet by 8
feet, but the rearing field in which they are
placed Is planted that each individual run
contains miniature garden in which are
planted potatoes. tomatoes, cats, lettuce and
clover. s
1kSSS ptaEIIsl1s5S are nl4k1S III St1lkAS utl0
the pens are moved along the planted strips
about once q month. Each time the inc5oSure
is moved the quail have access to new garden
containing all Of the above plants.
The purrcss of planting is twofold FirSt,
to furnish green food, such as lettuce and newly
spToutcd oats; second to attract insect life,
which is essentia. part of the quail diet.
There are about 500 commercial game
breeders throughout the country, but their pro-
duction does rot begin to satisfy the public
demand fcr game, for sport and food. The
stocking of private game preserves must con-
tinlie for Long time. for the number Of pre-
serves Is increasing and, also, because In some
of them the natural balance between the birds
and their enemi-s has not yet been established.
So. J
GA FEW Of the prominent Americans who
are interested in this type Of sport are
Clarence Mackay. the telegraph, and cable
magnatc: Fred Stone. the actor; Jacob Rup-
pert owner Of the YANKEES hall team: Cecn
b. 0s Mile, the motion piStnre director. and
John Held. r. the artist.
AS a sport think II IS better chan COLI.
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