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known, system which seems to merit 

 rather a close examination of its workings. 

 The dry -food system, although first 

 originated some years ago, has not yet 

 met with much favour among keepers ; in 

 fact the writer had some little difficulty 

 in getting in touch with any one who 

 could speak of its merits from practical 

 experiment. Eventually Mr. G. Evans, 

 M.F.H., was kind enough to furnish him 

 with the following account of his own 

 experiences : — 



The Kennels, Ropiet, Hants, 

 Dec. 28, 1912. 



Feeding pheasants on dry food — no doubt 

 this is the coming way for rearing pheasants, 

 although the food is not quite perfect yet. I 

 have tried several dry foods, and the foods I like 

 best are Armitage's of Nottingham; therefore 

 when I write about dry food, it will mean his 

 food. He has Nos. 1, 2, and S foods. 1 and 3 

 are excellent, but birds do not seem to grow so 

 well on No. 2 as they do on soft food. This year 

 I added a little soaked wheat to his No. 9, food 

 with the greatest success. 



Dry food has many advantages over the old 

 way : no cooking, no food lying about to get 



