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I have no doubt but the continual letting out on wet grass, 

 previous to the sun having power to counteract the bad effects 

 of the cold wet dew, is the cause of many of the ills they are 

 subject to. Feed twice or thrice, if necessary, previous to 

 letting out. The principal food I give for the first fortnight 

 is composed of eggs and new milk, made as follows : In pro- 

 portion, one dozen of eggs, beaten up in a basin, added to 

 half a pint of new milk ; when the milk boils add the eggs, 

 stirring over a slow fire for a short period to thicken, when it 

 will form a nice thick custard. This I give for the first three 

 days ; then I commence to add a little of the best oatmeal, 

 and any greens the garden can produce, finely chopped, for 

 the next three or four days ; after seven days I add to their 

 diet a little kibbled wheat — being kiln-dried previous to kib- 

 bling — also split groats and bruised hempseed, occasionally a 

 handful of millet seed ; taking care all their food is of the 

 very best, and that the feeding dishes are scalded in boiling 

 water daily. This food I use until they are about 

 three weeks old, when I add minced meat mixed with 

 oat or barley meal, with the broth from the meat, the meat 

 being composed of sheeps' heads and plucks, taken from the 

 bone and finely minced, and just sufiicient of the broth to 

 form a dry crumbly paste. At five weeks old I consider a feed 

 of good wheat and barley alternately, the last thing at night, 

 quite necessary, not forgetting, at this age, to add a little tonic 

 solution of sulphate of iron to their water daily. At this time 

 the growth of their feathers requires a great deal of support, 

 and if the bodily strength is not supported by a strengthening 

 diet they must give way. Continue the custard up to eight 

 weeks old, but adding more meal to it, with the green food. 

 Give one sort of food at a time (just so much that they eat 

 it clean up), and attendance every hour from the time you 

 commence to feed until shut up for the night. Change the 

 water repeatedly during the day." The choice of a field or 

 ground on which to rear pheasants depends upon simple 

 considerations, but it is not always easy to fulfil all the 



