. . PLATE XXIX. A breeding pen for Bob-whites established on a Connecticut game farm.(Photograph by Herbert K. Job.). PLATE XXX. Group of Bob-whites in confirvement. A part of the breeding stock at the Connecticut Agricultural College, at Storrs, Conn. (Photograph byHerbert K. Job.) CONSERVATION OF GAME BIRDS. 563 live. Those who are killing the game of this country mustput back into the coverts at least two game birds for everyone which they kill if we are to continue to have game, andthis can be done only by means of artificial pro
. . PLATE XXIX. A breeding pen for Bob-whites established on a Connecticut game farm.(Photograph by Herbert K. Job.). PLATE XXX. Group of Bob-whites in confirvement. A part of the breeding stock at the Connecticut Agricultural College, at Storrs, Conn. (Photograph byHerbert K. Job.) CONSERVATION OF GAME BIRDS. 563 live. Those who are killing the game of this country mustput back into the coverts at least two game birds for everyone which they kill if we are to continue to have game, andthis can be done only by means of artificial propagation ongame farms and preserves. Game Preserving. If we ask why game is still plentiful in the British Islesand some other long-settled European countries, the privategame preserve answers the question. Game is plentiful be-cause there are many persons interested in propagating, rear-ing, shooting and selling it, and many thousands of game-keepers are devoting their lives to it. The birds which formthe basis of game-bird preserving are the Ring-necked Pheasant,the English Pheasant and the Mallard Duck, all of which arenot much more diflBcult to rear than domestic poul
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