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proper feed for the young pea-chicks consists of hard 

 boiled eggs, cracked wheat, coarse oatmeal, and bread- 

 crumbs; and they will soon hunt after and consume in- 

 sects and worms of all kinds. It is necessary to protect 

 the young birds from wet and cold, and they require the 

 same care which is needed for young turkeys. 



TRAINING PEA-FOWLS TO STAY AT HOME. 



At "Rose Lawn," Paterson, N. J., there is a flock of 

 pea-fowls half a dozen or more. They are confined, or 

 rather kept, in a lot of perhaps two acres in extent, which 

 has a high fence of wire net, and where they are associ- 

 ated with a small herd of deer and farm-yard poultry of 

 all sorts. They fly into the tops of the apple-trees to 

 roost, but never fly out of the enclosure. Seeing them 

 so apparetly contented, day after day, and knowing well 

 the restless habits of the bird, especially the male, which 

 generally makes himself a nuisance to the whole neigh- 

 borhood within half a mile, this domestic trait of these 

 birds interested us, and we learned that if one flies out, 

 he is condemned to wear a ball and chain, or rather a 

 cord and block, for several days. It is thus applied: 

 Strong list of woolen goods, or other soft, strong band, 

 is passed about the leg of the peacock, so that it cannot 

 tighten, and to this is attached a block of hickory or 

 other heavy wood, weighing three or four pounds. The 

 block should be round or conical, and should have a hole 

 through it lengthways, and the cord should pass through 

 this, and be well knotted at the end. It must turn in 

 the block so as to prevent kinking. These gorgeous 

 fowls would be much more frequently kept if it were 

 known that they might be so easily trained. 



