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CHAPTEE XY. 



PHEASANT EEAEIXG.^ 



Whex we know that with ordinary kick 

 and good management six hen pheasants in 

 confinement will produce at least one hundred 

 birds/ while these six hens left at liberty 

 would probably produce about eighteen, 

 one would expect that everyone who likes 

 to see pheasants on their ground in autumn 

 would keep at least this number ; but the 

 supposed difficulty of rearing them deters 

 many, and the supposed great expense deters 

 others. They need not cost more than the 

 same number of chickens. We would not 



^ The autlior has never seen Mr. Tegetmeier's -work on 

 Pheasants. These remarks are entirely the result of his own 

 experience. 



