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cannot get through when they are young. The ends and 

 sides should be boarded up. The covered runs can be 

 made various heights, twenty-three or twenty-four inches in 

 front, and the roof sloping down to fifteen inches behind, 

 made of three-quarter match boarding. It is well to nail 

 German felt on the top, this prevents any wet getting 

 through and will last for many years. I would advise 

 pheasant breeders to try one or two, then they will see 

 the advantage of them. Sometimes during the first and 

 second week in May, when pheasant eggs are hatched, 

 the weather is very chilly, especially first thing in the 

 morning, and in that case the runs are invaluable for 

 the early pheasants. The first few days pheasants are 

 hatched out they should always have something in the 

 front of the coop to prevent them from running away, 

 as they are very timid. 



The runs should be made with nine or twelve inch 

 boards on each side, that shelters them from the wind. 

 (Refer to illustration.) The top should be covered over 

 with half mesh wire. In wet weather a sack can be laid over 

 the top so as not to quite cover the whole of the wire, then it 

 gives them light. All coops and runs should be stowed away 

 in some old building or open shed for the winter, to keep 

 them dry, but it is well to give a coat of tar mixed with 

 paraffin or paint, while they are dry, before stowing them 

 away. As a rule, when tarring anything people heat the 

 tar, but when paraffin is used there is no need for this. 

 When tarring, the operator should keep on adding 

 paraffin to the tar, a little at a time, that will make it dry 

 so much quicker, and it will not stick to the hands. The 



