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ego PHEASANT FARMING ORK 0 
CHAPTER ALT 
The Chinese Pheasant in Oregon 
"TT WAS stated by an eminent authority on 
pheasants that in 1895 there were more 
Chinese pheasants in Oregon than in the 
whole Chinese Empire. Credence is lent 
this statement when it is remembered that 
it is rehably estimated that in one year 
30,000 were killed in one county in this 
State alone, and the same year 1,200 dozen 
were shipped to the San Francisco market. 
There could be no better testimonial of the adaptability of the Chin- 
ese pheasant as a bird for restocking a state with game than this last 
statement, which comes from no less an authority than Judge Denny, 
the man who introduced the pheasant into Oregon, and after whom 
the bird is often called. For some time Judge Denny had been 
United States Consul General at Shanghai and it was from there 
that he sent the birds to Oregon. The rapidity with which the birds 
increased in this State is made more marvelous when it is remem- 
bered that they were not introduced until 1880 and 1882, and then 
less than fifty birds were liberated. They were protected absolutely 
for ten years, and thereafter an open season of six weeks was provid- 
ed, which was later lengthened to two months, but shortened again 
in 1909 to thirty days on males only. The rapidity of their increase 
is doubtless due to the large egg production. It is held by those most 
familiar with the birds that under ordinary conditions the hen will 
raise two broods, and in favorable seasons she will care for three 
bre ods. 
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