Some breeders have permitted the hens to run with the young 

 birds in protected fields and woods, just as hens are permitted 

 to move about with their chickens, and much success has 

 resulted from this method both at State Game Farms and on 

 private preserves. 



The incubator is often used until the eggs are nearly hatched, 

 when they are removed and placed under ordinary barn-yard 

 hens or bantams, and later taken with the hens to the rearing 

 field or permitted to run with the hens as above described. 

 I had great success with some pheasants which I permitted to 

 run in a corn field, and my friend, Mr. Bigelow, reared a lot 

 of pheasants in this way, letting the young birds run in asparagus 

 and rye fields. The young birds are shut up in coops at night 

 and liberated in the morning. For the first few weeks they 

 are fed on specially prepared meals, which are supplied by 

 dealers with instructions for their use. Hard boiled eggs are 

 chopped fine and mixed with the meal. Lettuce and other 

 green foods should be suppHed, also, and little pans of water 

 should be placed in front of the coops. 



I have had some good sport shooting pheasants over dogs, 

 but in countries where they are abundant the shooting is far 

 more difficult because the birds are driven over the guns and 

 they go high and fast when they are well handled. We have 

 plenty of room for every one who wishes to do so to have 

 pheasants in abundance and to shoot them over dogs or by 

 driving, as they may prefer. Pheasant clubs can be con- 

 ducted with small dues, especially if other game is reared 

 on the same grounds. I am quite sure that we soon will have 

 an abundance of cheap pheasants in our markets, and I hope 

 more attention will be given in the future to our quail, grouse, 

 wild fowl and waders, which are even more interesting objects 

 of pursuit, and equally as good, or better, as food than the 

 pheasants. 



