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them employment searching for it. Young pheasants which 

 are intended for sport for the coming autumn should be 

 placed near a wood, when they are about three months old, 

 so that they can get accustomed to it, and it is a good thing 

 to keep the old hens in the coops as long as possible. In 

 fact, they are often kept in over three months, as they are 

 a great protection for the young ones. It is well to put the 

 coops right in the middle of the wood, as the birds become 

 much wilder than if they are put in the open. Of course the 

 wilder they are kept the better, as it makes more sport when 

 the final time comes for shooting. 



