By Ferd. J. Sudaw, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



Questions and Answers 



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Q. What can I feed in place of ant eggs? 

 A. Feed meal worms. 



Q. Can I keep golden and silver pheasants in 

 one pen ? 



A. All varieties of pheasants should be kept 

 separate, at least during breeding season. 



Q. What is the best way of feeding green 

 stuff? 



A. Seed down grass or clover in boxes and 

 place it in the aviary. 



Q. What is the best remedy for cancer? 

 A. Swab the throat with one part Listerine and 

 four parts water. 



Q . What is the best bait for catching cats ? 

 A. Use fresh fish. 



Q. When do pheasants begin to lay ? 

 All pheasants commence to lay in April till August. 



Why do you advise shipping coops for pheasants to be fifteen inches high ? 

 Because in order to digest their food and extend their stomach they should stand erect. 

 What is the best way of providing shade for the aviary ? 

 Put cheap muslin on top of wire, and fasten it to same. 

 How much do pheasants weigh ? 

 They vary in size according to varieties, their weight is from 1 J/ to 15 Ibs. 



JAPANESE SILKIES 

 Make good foster mothers for pheasants 



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This illustration shows a trap for 

 big game of all kinds. The bait is 

 placed in the middle part. The trap 

 has to be built according to the size of 

 the game to be trapped. After enter- 

 ing the trap the animal cannot get out 

 again, because passing the door will 

 push it shut. 



In a great many instances the 

 poultry and pheasant business is a case 

 of cart before the horse, particularly 

 when it comes to shipping birds. On 

 one occasion I had pheasants sent to 

 me in a trunk, and again in something 

 like a safe, all the birds arriving dead. 

 To be successful in the pheasant in- 

 dustry, practicability must be exercised 

 to the very utmost, to have things handy, easy to clean and to look for improvements right 

 along. 



What I have told you comes right from my practical experience and observation of hand- 

 ling a pheasant plant, and doing the actual industrious pheasant work, and not from a neat 

 feather-dusted polished-oak office desk and spring chair and a handsome stenographer along- 

 side of it. 



A TRAP FOR GAME 



