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Usually communicated by Wash affected parts with 



affected hens. paraffin. 



Infectious; induced by Careful selection of hens 



weak parent stock and and of breeding stock. 



interbreeding. 



Various tape-worms affect Burn affected birds ; allow 



young pheasants, prob- no refuse, likely to 



ably gaining access attract flies, to lie about. ^ 



through the agency of 



insects. ^__^ 



ivy, and lead pellets picked up after the 

 shooting. 



The cost of rearing pheasants is largely 

 influenced by the many varying conditions 

 of each particular case. Taking every- 

 thing into account, including rent, rearing, 

 feeding, wages, incidental expenses, de- 

 preciation of plant, and interest on capital 

 expenditure, a pheasant is probably a 

 cheap bird if he has cost about seven 

 shillings by the time he is shot. 



The importance of keeping the stock 

 healthy and the ground clean and sweet, 

 is easily appreciated by glancing through 

 the long list of pheasant diseases ; and 

 here we must take into account the claims 



1 In compiling above list, the writer must admit his 

 indebtedness to Mr. William Carnegie's Practical Game- 

 Preserving for information about some of the less 

 common complaints of young pheasants. 



