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of fifty or sixty birds for each of the sportsmen joining in the movement. 

 A dollar for each bird brought to the middle of September would be about 

 the right price for this service. 



Each farmer entering the agreement should be furnished with 100 

 eggs for incubation. These may be bought outright or breeding stock 

 may be purchased and placed with one of the farmers party to the agree- 

 ment and the eggs obtained in that way. The latter method is much the 

 cheaper. If breeding stock is purchased, estimate an egg production of 

 twenty for each hen. 



Let us suppose that ten dwellers in village or city who cannot afford 

 a club or private preserve determine on this method of obtaining sport, 

 practically at their doors. 



SIXTY BIRDS PER CAPITA. As sixty birds will furnish a good 

 season's sport, the endeavor should be to have raised 600 birds for the 

 group of ten. Bearing in mind that fifty per cent, of the eggs placed 

 under hens should result in matured birds under average conditions, we 

 see that 1200 eggs would be called for for incubating purposes under the 

 present scheme. At $25 a hundred this would mean an outlay of $300 if 

 this method were followed. If, however, sixty hens and twelve cocks were 

 purchased at $3 each the expense would be $216, plus the comparatively 

 small cost of pen construction, care and feed, and this number of hens 

 should produce the 1200 eggs needed. 



Estimating the cost of rearing the 600 mature birds that should result 

 from the 1200 eggs at $1.50 each, we have a total cost, if breeding stock is 

 used instead of eggs to effect a beginning, as follows: 



Cost of 72 breeders $216.00 



Cost of rearing 600 birds 900.00 



Add for incidentals 100.00 



Total Cost $1216.00 



This is an average of $121.60 each for the ten sportsmen joining in 

 the scheme. If the birds are planted after the Clove Valley method, each 

 sportsman should bring 75 per cent, of the birds released for him to his 

 gun. This is an average season's bag of 48 birds for each individual. Let 

 us suppose that our man elects to keep 12 of this bag for his own uses and 

 disposes of the remaining 36 at $3.50 a pair to some club, hotel or retailer. 

 In that event he would receive in cash $63 which, deducted from his original 

 outlay, $121.60, would make the net cost of his season's sport $58.60. 



EXPENSE OF TRAVEL ELIMINATED. When one considers that 

 all this sport could be obtained without going to much more expense of 

 travel than is involved in running out to the country for a game of golf, 

 it would seem that it offers the best solution that can be obtained for the 



