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 �At Amston, Connecticut, on the property of Mr. Charles M. Ams, the National Association of Audubon Societies has built a wild- duck house to solve the problem of wintering. The structure is boarded down into the water to within less than a foot of the bottom of the pond. The pond contains a floating platform on which the ducks may feed, rest and find shelter

��Wild ducks and geese on the game farm of John Haywood, Gardner, Massachusetts. The common native Canada goose breeds readily in captivity. The main requisite for raising wild ducks and geese is a small pond

��Making Game Birds Pay

The propagation of wild game requires care- ful attention to details. No one who does not feel a deep interest in the birds themselves is qualified to undertake it. Breeders of wild birds are advised to begin on a small scale and learn, by first-hand experience, what those well versed in game farming term the technique. One expert in rearing wild birds advocates for beginners the establish- ment of a game-raising section as an adjunct to other diversified farming and a gradual development of the project. A few ring- necked pheasants make an excellent nucleus for a game farm for the enthusiastic beginner.

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���The pictures on these two pages come to us from Mr. Herbert K. Job of the National Associa- tion of Audubon Societies. They represent one phase of the interest in rearing wild birds. The possibilities are unlimited. Our domestic poul- try was originally a wild species — extremely wild — with

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