THE GAME BREEDER 



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sold this year as were sold last year. 

 There will be hundreds of thousands of 

 eggs sold next spring to new breeders, 

 shooting clubs and preserves. We are 

 glad to learn that many thousands of 

 birds will be sold as food in the mar- 

 kets. The ratio of increase, as we pre- 

 dicted it would be, is geometrical. 

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Another Game Breeding Association. 



The Game Breeder: 



Please send me one copy of "Our Wild 

 Fowl and Waders" and one copy of Dr. 

 H. K. Job's book on "Propogation of 

 Wild Birds." 



We are organizing a game breeders' 

 association. 



Jas M. Perry. 



Periods of Incubation. 



(Furnished by R. A. Chiles.) 



Impeyan, 32 days. 



Peacock pheasants, 26 to 28 days. 



Melanotus, 28 days. 



Elliott, 24 days. 



Swinhoe, 24 days. 



Soemmening, 24 to 27 days. 



Golden pheasants, 22 to 23 days. 



Amherst pheasants, 23 days. 



Silver pheasants, 26 to 28 days. 



Manchurian eared pheasants, 24 to 26 

 days. 



Ringneck pheasants, 23 days. 



Reeves pheasants, 24 days. 



Quail, 24 to 28 days. 



Peacocks, 28 days. 



Guinea, 28 days. 



Swans, 28 to 32 days. 



Ducks other than Mallard, 24 to 28 

 days. 



Dr. Herbert K. Job, author of "Prop- 

 agation of Wild Birds," says: "As to 

 the periods of incubation, aside from 

 what are given in my book, I have only 

 the following: * * * Golden Pheas- 

 ant, 22 to 23 days ; Silver and Reeves, 

 24 to 26 days; Lady Amherst, 23 to 24 

 days; Canada Goose, 28 to 29 days. 

 These are on the authority of Ludwig 

 Seidler." 



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The Game Guild. 



The Game Guild is a committee made 

 up of members of the Game Conserva- 



tion Society, to pass on complaints made 

 by members and readers of The Game 

 Breeder against advertisers from whom 

 they have purchased stock birds and 

 eggs, to prevent all unfair dealing and 

 poaching and illegal sales of game. 



When this committee sustains the com- 

 plaint against an advertiser he is noti- 

 fied of the fact and if he does not settle 

 with the complainant after a hearing 

 and decision against him, his advertise- 

 ment is ordered discontinued and the 

 amount he has paid for his membership 

 is returned. He can no longer be a 

 member of the Society or advertise in 

 its publication. 



Several cases were passed on recently. 

 Where unfair dealing was proved the 

 defendants either settled with the pur- 

 chasers or were dismissed from the So- 

 ciety. 



Of especial interest was the case of 

 an advertiser who offered "fertile eggs," 

 which turned out not to be fertile. The 

 committee decided unanimously that the 

 ofifer amounted to a guarantee or war- 

 ranty and the purchaser was notified that 

 he could have the advertisement re- 

 moved upon request. 



We would advise advertisers not to 

 offer "fertile" eggs, but to word their 

 advertisements so as to read that they 

 will send eggs exactly similar to those 

 they are using, or words to this effect. 



Many eggs which are fertile when 

 shipped are not so upon arrival and 

 controversies about fertility can be 

 avoided by writing the advertisements as 

 we have suggested. 



The Game Breeder will not tolerate 

 unfair dealing. 



The Game Conservation Society is 

 now the largest association of game 

 breeders in the world and in so far as 

 it is possible it proposes to protect its 

 members from those who do not deal 

 with them properly and fairly. All com- 

 plaints receive immediate attention. 



This is a new department of the Game 

 Conservation Society and all breeders 

 who wish further information can ob- 

 tain it by writing to the Secretary. All 

 breeders who becom** members of the 

 guild can mention the fact in their ad- 

 vertising. 



