. Propagation of wild birds; a manual of applied ornithology, treating of practical methods of propagation of quails, grouse, wild turkey, pheasants, partridges, pigeons and doves, and waterfowl, in America, and of attracting and increasing wild birds in general, including song-birds . tern sections it has waned notably. Breeding for Profit. It is a very laudable sort of enter-prise for people to breed wild ducks for profit, particularlyto be able to sell hand-reared waterfowl of all possible kindsfor breeding-stock. Very many people will wish to be ableto secure such stock, and for a long tim
. Propagation of wild birds; a manual of applied ornithology, treating of practical methods of propagation of quails, grouse, wild turkey, pheasants, partridges, pigeons and doves, and waterfowl, in America, and of attracting and increasing wild birds in general, including song-birds . tern sections it has waned notably. Breeding for Profit. It is a very laudable sort of enter-prise for people to breed wild ducks for profit, particularlyto be able to sell hand-reared waterfowl of all possible kindsfor breeding-stock. Very many people will wish to be ableto secure such stock, and for a long time prices will be highenough to make this very profitable. These species are sohardy and free from • epidemics that there is not the riskfound in breeding the gaUinaceous species. Public Responsibility. Owners of large estates suitablylocated would find it most fascinating, as well as of pubUcservice, to breed various waterfowl, and, by the methodsdescribed, liberate numbers of the young which they raise,to breed in the wild state and help to restore these valuablespecies. Every State should have at least one suitable k ^ *Vi^ ^ ■1^ j^T 1 • i^^^^^^HpN ^^^■Bif. £ii. ^-3, ^ ■. \ >^i^ ..-.^i^^^^M Family party of Canada geese raised by E. H. Austin in Connecticut. Canada goose incubating on farm of E. H. Austin
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