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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 Realized ........... $ 155.50 



Total for 1904 .......... 107 Realized ............ 301.00 



Total for 1905 .......... 284 Realized ............ 496.50 



Total for 1907 .......... 188 Realized ............. 394.00 



Total for 1908 .... ...... 540 Realized ............ 716.00 



Total for 1909 . . . ...... . 924 Realized ........... .1665.75 



Total for 6 years ....... .2099 $3728.75 



PHEASANTS KILLED FROM 1898 TILL 1907 

 Total for 1898. ... 179 



Total for 1899. ... 492 



Total for 1900. ... 468 



Total for 1901. ... 281 



Total for 1902.... 726 



Total for 1903. . . .1047 



Total for 1904. .. . 893 



Total for 1905. . . .1144 



Total for 1906. . . .1425 



Total for 1907. . . . 1098 



Total for 10yrs...7753 



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 put 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 



