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THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



nish booklets sliowing liow 

 to proceed. Further, pheas- 

 ant raising is considered 

 the most lucrative branch 

 of game breeding at pres- 

 ent, even thongli many are 

 going into it. Tlie birds 

 are light eaters, of good 

 size, very prolific, and both 

 birds and eggs Ijring ex- 

 cellent prices, with wide 

 demand for them. The 

 common ring- necked pheas- 

 ant is the best all-round 

 species for market and for 

 stocking game preserves. 

 Many other kinds are 

 reared also, more particu- 

 larly for ornamental pur- 

 poses, being rather less 

 bringing fancy prices. Of these the 

 best known are the golden, silver, Man- 

 churian, Eeeves', and Lady Amherst's 

 pheasants. Beginners had better learn 

 with ring-necks before trying these. 



The breeding and rearing of quails 

 of several kinds, now has been made en- 

 tirely practica]>le, although the com- 

 niercial side has not l)een thorouj^hlv 



Ring-necked pheasants, being easily oV)tained, hardy, and 

 less liable to disease than other wild fowl, are usually chosen by 

 the beginner in wild game farming. This flock is on the farm 

 of .John Hevwood, Gardner, Massachusetts 



hardy, but 



the iiuai 



The California quail (note that tlie b:ood is under the care 

 of a bantam hen) is a beautiful bird with a glossy black plume- 

 like crest. It takes kindly to civilization, and the young are de- 

 lightful to handle. The brood liere sliown was raised at the 

 Experiment Station, Amston, Connecticut 



worked out. Young (piails arc delight- 

 ful to handle, and the actual rearing 

 of them on a small scale is considered 

 by some to be more easily accomplished 

 than the rearing of even pheasants, as 

 they stay with the hen and run with 

 her for shelter to the coop during show- 

 ers, whereas the young pheasants often 

 merely squat in the grass, and, further, 

 -tay better in one locality 

 when grown ujx The stock 

 in confinement, however, 

 cannot l)e crowded as 

 much as pheasants with- 

 out danger from epidemic 

 iliseases. Also finer wire, 

 which at present is very 

 costly, is required for (juail 

 ])cns. 



To rai.<c })heasants. we 

 may l)egin in either of two 

 ways. We may buy eggs 

 from a game farm and set 

 tlicni under hens, or we 

 may l)uy. in late fall or 

 early winter, adult l)reed- 

 iiig stock, usually one male 

 to four or five females. If 

 the second method is fol- 

 lowed, the pheasants, with 

 wings clipped, should be 

 kept in a wire enclosure, 



