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ojeKo PHEASANT FARMING PRO 
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the Silver (Gennaeus nycthemerus) pheasants are all of a different 
genus, but they are almost identical in nature and require the same 
treatment in rearing. These three are favorite birds of the aviary. 
The Chinese or Ring-neck pheasant and the common or Eng- 
lish Black-neck pheasant are each separate and distinct varieties 
of pheasants, while the English Ring-neck is a hybrid of the two. 
This latter bird, the English Ring-neck is the common pheasant of 
England today. It is frequently confounded with the Chinese. The 
English Black-neck pheasant is in general nature and form the 
same as the Chinese, differing in this, that the English Black-neck 
is of a general mahogany red cast and has no ring around the neck, 
while the Chinese is lighter and brighter in color and has a silky 
white ring or band around the neck. The English Ring-neck retains 
the mahogany red cast, though not so pronounced as the English 
Black-neck, and has the white collar of the Chinese, hence the name, 
English Ring-neck, indicating the combination of these two dif- 
ferences. 
The old English Black-neck was probably introduced into Eng- 
land before the Norman Conquest, or it may have been native to all 
the northern countries from China to England. There is a record 
of the birds being served as early as A. D. 1059, but now they have 
so interbred with the Chinese that it is difficult to find a pure 
specimen. 
Of all attempts to raise game birds in captivity, greater success 
has been achieved with pheasants than with any other. In England 
pheasants have been raised in captivity from the time of the Norman 
Conquest. With all this private breeding, the pheasant 
has never lost his wild nature, but methods of feeding 
and care have been improved until the breeding of 
pheasants in captivity is well understood and certain in results. At 
this time there are practically no pheasantries in America where the 
birds are raised for the table, and yet there is no reason why pheas- 
ants may not be raised profitably as an article of diet. I do not 
wish to be understood as saying that they can be raised in compe- 
tition with chickens, but there is a constant demand among the 
wealthy persons of all cities for the luxuries, and the breeder of 
pheasants should cater to this demand. ‘There is nothing that so 
recommends itself to the suburban resident who has an acre or two 
of ground as pheasant breeding, not only as a source of pleasure, 
but of profit as well. 
Pheasant 
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