. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 78 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. done toward propagating, in a domestic way, any of the game birds or animals. When one of our most outstanding exponents of the great game of football was asked what he considered the best defense, he unhesitat- ingly replied, "A strong offense. If you can keep possession of the ball, you can ; So I believe it is with our game birds. Artificial propagation is the answer: merely helping nature
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 78 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. done toward propagating, in a domestic way, any of the game birds or animals. When one of our most outstanding exponents of the great game of football was asked what he considered the best defense, he unhesitat- ingly replied, "A strong offense. If you can keep possession of the ball, you can ; So I believe it is with our game birds. Artificial propagation is the answer: merely helping nature with her work, but in a scientific and businesslike way. The sole object of the following pages is to set forth, in a clear and concise manner, the more important facts concerning the propagation of game birds, as they have come to us through years of patient work. Experience is not only the best teacher, but the lessons thus learned are far more apt to remain with us and prevent the recurrence of previous mistakes. These lines are to lend encouragement to those. Fig. 16. A section of breeding pens with the partitions removed and the sprinkling system working. These pens have been prepared for breeding purposes and the partitions will be replaced again forming the twenty-four foot square pens. who may have it in mind, possibly for the first time, to try their skill at the most-fascinating game of them all—game bird farming. If we are to leave any inheritance for the generations to come, and if they are to enjoy in a limited way the pleasure that has been ours in a very large sense, it behooves us to put our very best energies and resources into this most important work of artificial propagation. Game farming is not a new idea. We have had game farms for many years. But in the past ten years, in keeping with other lines of industry, marked progress has been made. With the expansion of industries along the lines of quantity production, the small game farmer has seen his plant
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