Location by Counties of Pheasant Hunting Preserves 1961-1962 



Algoma 2 



Brant 2 



Carleton 1 



Durham 2 



Elgin 1 



Essex 1 



Frontenac 1 



Grey 1 



Haldimand 2 



Kent 3 



Lambton 1 



Lanark 1 



Lincoln 1 



Manitoulin 1 



Middlesex 3 



Muskoka 1 



Norfolk 2 



Northumberland 3 



Ontario 2 



Oxford 1 



Peel 1 



Prince Edward 1 



Simcoe 1 



Victoria 1 



Waterloo 3 



Welland 2 



Wellington 1 



Wentworth 1 



York 1 



Total 44 



Commercial Pheasant Farms 



March 31, 1962 completed the sixth year of operations for Commercial 

 Pheasant Farms in the Province and the number of these farms has been steadily 

 increasing from 30 farms in 1956 to 181 in 1961, 



In 1956, when the regulations were first promulgated all breeding stock 

 had to be imported mostly from the United States. In 1961 out of a total pur- 

 chase of chicks, poults, and adult birds of 37,545 only 7,660 were imported. 



The fact that 50% more live birds than dressed birds have been sold indi- 

 cates that the emphasis on production of dressed birds for the market is moving 

 toward a supply of good quality birds for sale to the pheasant hunting preserves. 



The following are the average prices obtained: 



$ $ 



Pheasant hatching eggs during May — 20.00 to 22.00 per hundred 



during June — 18.00 to 20.00 per hundred 

 Day old chicks from May to June — 35.00 to 40.00 per hundred 



June to July — 30.00 to 35.00 per hundred 

 Poults (7 weeks) — 1.25 to 1.40 each 



Mature pheasants September 1 to November 15 — Cocks 3.00 to 3.35 each 



— Hens 2.60 to 2.95 each 

 November 16 to January 31 — Cocks 3.25 to 3.60 each 



— Hens 2.85 to 3.20 each 

 February 1 to March 31 — Cocks 3.50 to 3.85 each 



— Hens 3.10 to 3.45 each 

 These prices were for top quality birds and the prices being governed by 



the quantity purchased. 



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