THE GAME BREEDER 



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Placing Day-Old Pheasants in Breeding Coop. 



plete with a hamper of broody hens 

 strapped under the box. 



The prices for day-old pheasants are 

 given by Capt. Maxwell in pounds and 

 shillings. In our money they would be : 



Per Per Per 

 doz. 100 1000 



May delivery $4.38 $35.00 $325 



June 1 to 15 3.75 32.50 300 



June 16 to 30 3.25 27.50 250 



July 2.75 22.50 200 



The above prices are somewhat over 

 twice the usual prices for pheasant eggs 

 in England and we believe American 

 breeders easily can . sell one-day-old 

 pheasants for two and one-half to three 

 times the price of the eggs in America. 

 Pheasant and duck eggs sell for about 

 twice as much in America as they do in 

 England. 



During the coming season The Game 

 Conservation Society will have a num- 

 ber of experiments made with one-day- 

 old pheasants and ducks— the birds will 

 be shipped in some cases long distances 

 and records will be kept and published 



of the results. The matter will be han- 

 dled by a sub-committee of the Game 

 Guild, one of the most important com- 

 mittees of the society. 



More Prize Quail. 



A Letter from Miss Mary Rahlman. 



[For the benefit of new members we print 

 this outline of the now celebrated Rahlman 

 case. Miss Rahlman has a pheasantry in Cali- 

 fornia. She secured some quail eggs in irri- 

 gated fields when the nests were destroyed and 

 the quail driven off by the water, and she 

 hatched the eggs under hens successfully. A 

 game warden informed her that she had se- 

 cured the eggs illegally; that she was subject 

 to a large^ fine, and she referred the matter 

 to the Game Conservation Society, of which 

 she is a member. She was informed that the 

 Society would send her $300 by telegraph to 

 begin her defense if the claim was pressed, but 

 the California Commissioners wisely decided 

 to give her a permit to keep her quail instead 

 of prosecuting her. As a reward for her cour- 

 age in opposing nonsense and for her good 

 story about her experiences in breeding the 

 quail the Society awarded her a prize of live 

 quail which were purchased in a state in which 

 permits are issued to take live birds for propa- 

 gation. The birds arrived safely, according to 

 the following letter, and we have no dnulit 



