100 



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and ducks which each member was permitted to kill, I was sure that 

 any such reduction would cause dissatisfaction and, further, that if dues 

 were substantially increased it would not be possible to hold the member- 

 ship. The only solution of my problem was, therefore, to increase the 

 revenue of the club. 



GREAT HELP AFFORDED BY BREEDERS' LAW.— The Bayne 

 Bill, which prohibited the sale of all wild game birds in our markets, was 

 then pending in the legislature, and after consulting with our Game 

 Committee and ]\Ir. Neil Clark, our game keeper, I became convinced 

 that if the bill should pass, and in addition, legislative sanction were 

 given to the sale of captive-bred pheasants and mallard ducks, these 

 could be raised and sold in the open market at a substantial profit. My 

 idea was that our club should raise a number of each of these species con- 

 siderably in excess of its requirements, the profits on the surplus birds 

 to be employed in solving our financial difficulties. I accordingly drafted 

 the original Breeders' Bill, which, after introduction, was incorporated in 

 the Bayne Bill, and shortly thereafter was passed and signed by 

 Governor Hughes. 



The plan worked out even better than I anticipated. We found that 

 by raising both pheasants and ducks in large numbers, the cost of each 

 was materially reduced. A careful analysis shows that we are able to pro- 

 duce both ducks and pheasants at a cost of about $L'25 each, provided the 

 ducks are disposed of before the end of November. Breeding costs are: 

 food for pheasants, to January, 75 cents each; food for ducks if marketed 



Pausing for his photograph in the midst of an interesting day 

 in the pheasant coverts. 



