152 LETTERS TO YOUNG SHOOTERS LETTER 



THE TWO FOLLOWING EXAMPLES GIVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT CAN BE 

 DONE IN GAME PRESERVING ON UNFAVOURABLE LAND, AND AT WHAT 

 COST. I CAN ANSWER FOR THE ACCURACY OF EVERY DETAIL SET 



DOWN. 



EXAMPLE No. 1. (An 2infavourable estate for game) 



ACCOUNT OF GAME PRESERVING ON AN ESTATE CONSISTING OF 3,300 

 ACRES, AMOUNT OF WOOD 160 ACRES. SEASON 1890-91. 



Total game killed, including rabbits ferreted and trapped : 



Pheasants Partridges Hares Eabbits Total 



1,464 427 191 1,100 3,182 



(EXPENSES) 



*. d. 

 Wages of three keepers, and assistance in rearing and 



watching 190 8 3 



Pheasant food (including corn for farm hens) . . 207 6 6 

 Amount out of pocket, after the rearing season, on 



sale of hens bought from farmers in the spring . 13 3 



Food for dogs 14 3 



Beaters (wages) 22 4 



Extras, including compensation for damages by 



rabbits, rent of rearing field, licences, &c. . . 38 11 6 



Total cost . . . 485 13 6 

 Value of game killed . 302 16 



Total loss . . 182 17 6 



(NOTE ON EXAMPLE 1) 

 Hen pheasants in aviary for laying 96 



Eggs laid in aviary 2,062 



Wild-laid eggs picked up in the woods and fields . . 860 



Total number of eggs set under farm hens . 2,922 



Birds turned down, 1,650 ; killed, 1,464. 



Cost of these 1,464 pheasants in food from Feb. 1 to Feb. 1 (inclu- 

 sive of birds in aviary, in rearing field, and in the woods), 207Z. 6s. 6cZ. 

 1,464 pheasants killed at an outlay of 207 Z. 6s. Gd. expended in 

 food gives 2s. lOd. as the cost of each bird brought into the larder 

 from Feb. 1, 1889, to Feb. 1, 1890, for feeding only. 



