The same list quoted ringneck eggs for the 1915 season as follows: 



April $3.00 Dozen, $20.00 per 100 



May 3.00 Dozen, 20.00 per 100 



June 3.00 Dozen, 16.00 per 100 



July 2.50 Dozen, 14.00 per 100 



Another responsible dealer early in the fall quoted ringnecks at $5 a 

 pair, birds purchased separately being priced at $3 each for hens, and 

 $2.50 for cocks. At this writing, early November, the market seems pretty 

 well cleaned up and dealers are asking $6 to $7 the pair for ringnecks. 

 There really seem to be few birds to be had at any price. 



HOW TO SHIP LIVE BIRDS.— Birds wanted for breeding stock are 

 usually purchased in the fall or early spring, the first named season being 

 by all odds the best time in which to lay in stock. In my opinion the 

 best method of shipping live birds a comparatively short distance is that 

 adopted by Mr. Rogers for the New York State Game Farms. A large 

 grape basket is the receptacle used. See illustration, Figure 13. These 

 are made in two sizes, the first holding four to six birds two to three months 

 old and the second only a pair. They are known respectively as the one- 

 bushel Climax and twenty-pound Climax. They have been sold in the 

 past at 11^/2 and 5 cents each by the Oxford Basket & Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, Oxford, Chenango County, New York. In preparing the basket 

 for shipment, cut the ventilation holes shown in the illustration with a 

 stencil, cover the bottom with two inches of coarse shavings and quarter 

 three or four apples or turnips as a substitute for water during the trip. 

 Place a few handsful of grain in the basket also. Unless the birds are to 

 be used for shooting, one wing should be clipped. Many a bird is lost 

 otherwise when the basket is opened by an inexperienced consignee. Paste 

 the address label on the top of the basket immediately under the handle 

 to avoid its being rubbed off. 



The crate shown in Figure 

 14 is that used by a British im- 

 porter and illustrates the type 

 best adapted to long shipments. 

 It is 4 feet long, 2 feet wide and 

 14 inches high. A double bot- 

 tom is provided for removing 

 the droppings, with a space of 

 l}4: inches between the upper 

 and lower levels. A space of 

 14 of an inch is left betw^een the 



boards composing the upper 



Figure 13. — Type of grape basket used for ship- 

 ping live pheasants. 



