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The bulletin covers nominations for the nominating committee, the vice-president’s coordination of breeding awards, and discussions about rising feed and operating costs. It also includes a natural-history article on rheas, comparing species traits and distribution and noting conservation concerns.","# American Pheasantand\n\nWaterfowl Society  \nMAY-JUNE 1973  \nPres.Frank Shymanski2410 Saratoga St.Wisconsin Rapids,WI54494  \nVice Pres.Me1 RoyalRt.2 Box 139Roanoke,Ind.46783  \n# Bulletin\n\nSec.-Treas.Richard BurgerRt.3 Stanton-0gletown Rd.Newark,Del.19711  \n## ACROSS THE EDITORS DESKTHANE H.EARLE\n\nTime is fast slipping by and it will soon be convention time again.Let me remind you that itis not too early to get in your room reservation.As you know,Wisconsin is a state visited by many touristseach summer,therefore,it is doubly important to have your reservations months ahead.The address to writeis:MEAD INN  \nWisconsin Rapids,WI 54494  \nAlso,the dates are Friday and Saturday,the 24th and 25th of August.The director's meeting will be held onthe 23rd,on Thursday.  \nThere are many scenic attractions as well as various things of interest to out of state visitors.Inthe next bulletin Mary and I will try to give you some idea of things which would be well worth your time tovisit in the area around Wisconsin Rapids.  \nOur President,Frank Shymanski,has informed me that the nominating committee for this yearwill be Douglas Goode and helping him will be Oscar Wallace and Robert Landon.If you are asked to haveyour name placed on the ballot,please think twice before saying“no.”The AP&WS is a society operated in ademocratic way.If you are elected and you have some new ideas for the benefit of the society,they will befully evaluated.I know this from experience.  \nThe Vice-President,Mel Royal,is coordinating the Awards for this year.There are awardsgiven each year for exceptional breeding results in Pheasants,Waterfowl and Quail,Grouse,etc.If you feelyou have accomplished a fete of breeding some of the rarer species in any or all of the three categories,letMel know.You need not be in attendance at the convention to receive your award.  \nI suppose a pretty sore subject with you all this year is the sky rocketing feed costs.As thesummer is progressing,so is the cost of feed.To the hobbyist with just a few birds,this probably doesn'tmean that much but to the commercial breeders whose bread and butter are his birds,it is disastrous.Itseems all we can do is moan and talk to others about the situation.Sorry to say,there is just no substituteyet for feed or water.If your water must be pumped,and most of it is,even electric rates have increased.With the rising costs of everything connected with bird raising.I am amazed at the stick-to-it attitudes.Whilethere are grumblesabout excessive costs,very rarely you hear a dyed-in the wool bird breeder talk aboutquitting.A person that raises birds is in a class by himself or possibly you could say,a rare breed!  \nIn visiting with a fellow bird breeder,when the discussion is over on the excessive operatingcosts,the weather is a good follow up topic.While we have no control over the weather,it can still make orbreak breeding results.When everything seems to have gone according to \"Hoyle\"and there is stil failure,we can always blame the weather.The “weather”can't talk back and defend itself but putting the blame onit can get us off the hook for something we bungled or just forgot to do.At the end of each breeding seasonit might be smart to just step back a moment and analyze in our mindsjust honestly what was done right orwrong.It is silly to make the same mistake twice but we are human,so many of us do just that.  \nPair of Rheas at Flyaway Game Farm operated by Floyd and Irene Jones.Many finechicks have been hatched from this pair.Male is in the foreground.  \nRHEAS..the largest birds in the Western Hemisphere by Kenton C.Lint,curator of birds.“Article from Zoonooz,the monthly magazine of the Zoological Society of San Diego.”  \nIn the New World,the place of the Old World ostriches is taken by the Rheas.They live in thegrasslands and bushy regions of South America where they are referred to as“American Ostriches,”\"PampasOstriches.\"and sometimes as\"Nandus\"because of the male's peculiar courtship call.Rheas are distinq","cbCaicr5RI2z4OFm","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicr5RI2z4OFm","pdf",4051138,1,13,"English","en",105,"# Across the Editors Desk\n## Convention information\n## Nominating committee and society election notes\n## Awards for breeding results\n## Rising feed and operating costs\n## Weather and breeding outcomes\n## Rhea article","[{\"question\":\"What lodging and convention dates are mentioned for the upcoming convention?\",\"answer\":\"The bulletin advises getting room reservations early and provides the address for MEAD INN, Wisconsin Rapids. 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