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ALLAMUCHY'S RECORD.— Mr. Adam Scott, head game keeper at 

 Spring Brook Game Preserve, Mr. Winthrop Rutherfurd's estate near 

 Allamuchy, and now occupying a similar position at Mr. Grant B. Schley's 

 Froh-Heim Preserve at Far Hills, New Jersey, has furnished me with the 

 following interesting statistical information regarding the birds reared 

 and killed on the Rutherfurd preserve during the time that pheasants 

 were driven there: 



PHEASANTS SOLD FROM 1903 TILL 1909 



Total for 1903 56 



Total for 1904 107 



Total for 1905 284 



Total for 1907 188 



Total for 1908 540 



Total for 1909 924 



Total for G years .... 



Realized $ 155.50 



ReaUzed 301.00 



Reahzed 496.50 



Reahzed 394.00 



Reahzed 716.00 



Realized 1665.75 



2099 



PHEASANTS KILLED FROM 1898 TILL 1907 



$3728.75 



Total for 1898. 



Total for 1899 . 



Total for 1900. 



Total for 1901. 



Total for 1902. 



Total for 1903. 



Total for 1904. 



Total for 1905 . 



Total for 1906. 



Total for 1907. 



Total for 10 yrs. 

 Largest bag in one-half day 614, with 12 guns. 

 Largest bag in one season 1425. 

 "With regard to the pheasant figures given above, it is interesting to 

 know that Mr. Scott estimates, apparently conservatively, that probably 

 double the number of birds were raised that were killed. 



The photograph reproduced in Figure 19 shows the keepers gathered 

 about the day's bag on the Rutherfurd estate in the "good old days" and 

 Figure 19-A shows the uniformed beaters. I shall be glad to i)ut any one 

 interested in driving pheasants in touch with keepers experienced along 

 that line. 



PLANTING IN PUBLIC COVERTS.— Planting birds, hand-reared 

 on state game farms, in public coverts has been done with such good suc- 

 cess in several states that large numbers are taken yearly during the open 

 season without unduly diminishing the supply. The Chinese pheasant is 



