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put out with the coops. This should be shifted every 

 year. 



It follows that you must not hamper your keeper 

 by not allowing him suitable places for these objects. 

 Even if you have to pay for it, it is wise to let him, 

 granted he be an experienced man, have such ground 

 for his pheasantries and young birds as he wishes. 

 This must — for the young birds, at least — be fresh 

 every year, as just remarked, and must not be cold 

 or damp. Nothing so injuriously affects the health 

 of all gallinaceous birds as to have their feet constantly 

 on wet and cold ground. 



Personally, I am against the formation of phea- 

 santries of such a permanent structure that birds are 

 penned in them on the same ground for several con- 

 secutive years ; but some great authorities, including 

 Jackson of Sandringham, believe that the best results 

 may equally be obtained in this way. 



H.R.H. the Prince of Wales has just sanctioned 

 the erection of a pheasantry, which, for a permanent 

 one, is probably the most perfect ever seen. The 

 corrugated iron fence which surrounds it rests upon 

 low concrete walls, which go down a long way into the 

 ground, so that the inclosure is practically vermin- 

 proof. There are two large runs, each nearly an acre 

 in extent, with bushes in the centre, and in these runs 



