THE GAME BREEDER 83 



made from time to time by the board, pensive plans is for a club to arrange 



A simple constitution providing . for the with a country hotel for' the accommo- 



officers and their election, the rules for dation of its members at a fixed rate, 



memberships, etc., is all that is required. This will result in the members get- 



The board should make such regulations t i ng g00 d accommodation at a rate 



as appear to be necessary, especially som ewhat smaller than they would pay 



those providing for the open seaso^ bag if they went tQ a simiIar lace without 



•limit and the sale of game, etc. Often a dub contract The sho0ting should 



these matters are left to a small com- be near ^ hand The ^ tQ ^ 



mittee on game and fish or two com- rented 



mittees, one for game and one for fish, ,. • c ' F . , ■ / oe 



when fish breeding is carried on. The numb K er of guns Some dubs have 25 



board should provide rules for the con- ™ emb f^ so ™ e 50 - The la rger clu bs 



duct of members and fix the club-house have 100 > and in a few cases 20 ° mem " 



rates when the club has a house. Ders. 



One of the simplest and most inex- \t be continued 



NOTES FROM THE GAME FARMS AND PRESERVES. 



The Egg Market. number of eggs sold and the price ob- 



Reports from our members indicate tained— not for publication if this is 



that the market for pheasant and duck not desired, but in order that we may 



eggs opened strong. Twenty-five and P 1 "^ a [ air estimate of the eggs sold 



twenty dollars per hundred easily was l " order that those who seem to think 



obtained for eggs, and those who placed there is • no game in the country can 



their advertisements early in The Game be enlightened. 



Breeder reported that quickly they were There was an unprecedented demanq 



sold out. One of the largest New Eng- f or pheasants which increased rapidly as 



land breeders wrote that he was over- th e breeding season approached. The 



sold. He said also that he had sold all P nce r ose rapidly and at the end of the 



the ducks he wished to sell and was not season those who had any birds to sell 



offering any for less than $5.00 per pair. could m ake their own price. Some large 



He says he has decided to keep all dealers appealed to the Game Conserva- 



of his black duck eggs and hatch them. tlon Society- to help them get birds, and 



He sold red-head eggs for $3.00 per egg we were fortunate in finding a good 



last season, but they did not turn out number for one or two dealers who 



well and he says "to satisfy myself I asked for °ur assistance, 

 was obliged to refund the money." The opening of the New York mar- 



The market remained strong for duck k et to the breeders in other States will 



eggs until quite recently, when we had re sult in many new game clubs and 



reports from a few breeders that their preserves being started. We have been 



ducks were laying well and they still a sked to give advice about many ot 



had some eggs to dispose of. One says these places, and it is evident that next 



he is much pleased to learn that the season, if the war is not ended in the 



New York market has been opened to meantime, there will be even a bigger 



ducks and that he will hatch the eggs demand than there was at the last breed- 



and send the ducks to this market if he in g season. We would advise those who 



should have any eggs unsold. contemplate starting game breeding for 



. sport or for profit to get in touch at once 



t, ... , with our advertisers and to make early 



Keports wanted. contracts for the delivery of live birds 



We shall be obliged to readers of The in the autumn. The prices surely wi 1 ' 



<Game Breeder if they will report the rise rapidly as the breeding season ap- 



