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is all I had to actually pay for food in cash. Of course, if you overstock 

 your coverts you must feed, and feed heavily if you wish to keep your 

 birds ; but even then, if you buy your stuff from the farmers, you will 

 save pounds and pounds. 



This letter really sums up the situation as regards the cost 

 of feeding pheasants after they have been turned into covert. 

 If the covert is sunny, sheltered, and well suppHed with water, 

 grit, berries, acorns and other natural food, the birds will 

 largely feed themselves, and also will stay at home. If the 

 covert lacks these necessities, the keeper will have to feed his 

 birds hard to prevent them straying, and, as a well-known 

 writer on game subjects has put it, " hard feeding means hard 

 cash." 



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