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NEW YORK'S IMPRESSIVE EFFORTS.— The production record 

 of the New York State Game Farm at Sherburne during the six years of 

 its operation is as follows: 



Eggs Ringneck Pheasants Reared 



1910 6,500 1,200 



1911 12,945 2,533 



1912 12,681 3,409 



1913 25,000 5,000 



1914 31,000 4,500 



1915 (a) 58,000 8,500 



146,126 25,142 



(a) — Includes production of recently established farm at Brownville, 

 Jefferson County. 



Superintendent Harry T. Rogers states that the sum of 3,000 should 

 be added to the total given for ringneck pheasants above, representing 

 birds distributed late in the year by the state's game protectors, which have 

 been sent out too late to be included in the annual reports of the game farm. 

 This would bring the total to 28,142, an average of nearly 5,000 birds a 

 year. 



The tabulated figures given above represent eggs distributed among 

 farmers and sportsmen for propagation purposes and birds turned loose in 

 the covers of the state. From the distribution of eggs alone, it is estimated 

 that more than 5,000 persons have been afforded experience in the breed- 

 ing of ringnecks, and the recurrent applications for eggs from a large per- 

 centage of these shows that they constitute a valuable asset to the state 

 in the maintenance of its supply of this valuable food-producing and sport- 

 ing bird. 



WITHSTANDS COLD WELL AND BUDS.— The result of these 

 efforts has been the firm establishment of the ringneck in the wild through- 

 out the greater portion of central and northern New York and on parts of 

 Long Island, and the species has abundantly proved its ability to stand 

 any degree of cold and to survive the heaviest snowfall, statements to the 

 contrary notwithstanding. From the mass of available evidence confirma- 

 tory of this statement may be cited this instance: 



John B. Burnham, president of the American Game Protective Asso- 

 ciation, states that there has been an excellent increase from the twelve 

 ringnecks, six hens and six cocks, placed in the covers of Essex County in 

 northern New York three years ago. It is estimated that the progeny of 

 these birds at the present time numbers more than 100. Six distinct covies, 

 each of good size, have been seen in one day within a small section of the 



