206 WILD LIFE CONSERVATION 



most noteworthy of the preserves belonging to an 

 incorporated association was that of the Blooming 

 Grove Park Association in Pike County, Pennsyl- 

 vania, established in 1871, where, in addition to the 

 native grouse and other game-birds, hundreds of 

 pheasants are shot each year by club members. The 

 Clove Valley Rod and Gun Club of Dutchess 

 County, New York, is another successful example 

 of this type. It was the first organization to profit 

 by the new "Bayne law," providing for the sale of 

 mallard ducks reared in captivity, and marketed 

 according to law. In 1912 this club reared and 

 marketed about 4,000 mallards, at a net profit of 

 approximately $2,500. 



One of the earliest attempts at systematic propa- 

 gation of game-birds in this country was made by 

 Mr. Rutherford Stuyvesant in 1887, at his place 

 called "Tranquillity," in Allamuchy, Warren 

 County, New Jersey. Mr. Stuyvesant's preserve 

 consisted of 8,000 acres, and his success was very 

 largely due to the expert assistants he secured from 

 Scotland. A brief review of the work accomplished 

 by Mr. Stuyvesant will be interesting, as he was in 

 a sense a pioneer in this country in systematic 

 game-bird rearing. 



Donald McVicar, who had been head game- 

 keeper for the Duke of Leinster, Kildare, Ireland, 

 in 1887 brought over from England for Mr. Stuy- 

 vesant 500 ring-necked pheasant eggs. From these 

 he reared only about 70 birds. Eggs are quite apt 



