. The Game breeder . -vent the fox getting at the nest when hehas winded it and the other is to pre-vent his winding it. Wire netting placed about the nests,will protect them and a fox can be pre-vented from winding a bird on its nest:by putting on the wind a stronger scent:than the bird produces. Various smell-ing mixtures are used. Animal Oil,Mr. Fryer says, is the most efficacious,but one must be careful to get it asstrong as it can possibly be made. A preparation named Renardine is-largely advertised and sold. There aremany testimonials from preserve own-ers and gamekeepers as to its eilfe
. The Game breeder . -vent the fox getting at the nest when hehas winded it and the other is to pre-vent his winding it. Wire netting placed about the nests,will protect them and a fox can be pre-vented from winding a bird on its nest:by putting on the wind a stronger scent:than the bird produces. Various smell-ing mixtures are used. Animal Oil,Mr. Fryer says, is the most efficacious,but one must be careful to get it asstrong as it can possibly be made. A preparation named Renardine is-largely advertised and sold. There aremany testimonials from preserve own-ers and gamekeepers as to its eilfective-ness. One of the advertisements repre-sents a mule backing off a bridge wherea little Renardine had been «pilled. BETTERMENT. With the present number The GameBreeder begins a new year. Our read-ers will be pleased to notice the newcover from a clever design by the tal-ented artist, Mr. C. B. Davis, who willcontribute much to make the magazineinteresting and attractive during thecoming year. THE GAME BREEDER 19. THE GAME BREEDERS DEPARTMENT. By Our Readers. Pheasant Breeding. By Spencer Brothers. The chief thing we try to do is toget good results with as little expendi-ture as possible. If one were to followall the rules and ideas laid down in thebooks, good as they are, it would involvea heavy outlay. Our pheasants generally start layingabout the first week in April, and byfeeding plenty of green food, meatscraps, etc., they average 70 eggs ormore per hen. We set the eggs on theground, with a little straw for the nest,and draw up a small wire run to the boxand allow the setting hen just enoughroom for a dusting place and greengrass. We try to arrange to set as man\ihens as possible on the same day, usingany breed of healthy hen we can get, al-though we do not care for the BarredRock as a rule because they seem to ob-ject so much to being changed and seton the ground. Lately we have been raising gamechickens for this purpose, also for sportand profit. They make the best o
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