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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. 
