48 w. cook's turkey, goose, and pheasant book. 



If ferns or nettles are grown in the run so much the 

 better. I have planted gooseberry trees in some of my 

 runs, which give them shelter in the summer. Shrubs are 

 the best because they are evergreens. Greenstuff should 

 always be provided for pheasants, especially if they wear the 

 grass down in the runs. 



A few turnips ought to be set in their runs, as pheasants 

 are particularly fond of turnip topis. 



If the turnips are grown elsewhere, and transplanted in 

 February or March into the runs with just a few bushes laid 

 over them slightly they will begin to sprout out, and after 

 they begin to get green the bushes should be taken off, and 

 the pheasants will keep pecking the tops as they grow. 

 White turnips are better thaa swedes as they have more 

 tops. 



A little piece of rape can be sown the last week in March 

 or the first week in April, and just protected with a few 

 thin bushes till it gets well up. Turnip seed can be sown 

 in just the same way only later. Where pheasants are kept 

 in large numbers during the winter, swede turnips should 

 be cut in two and put into the runs, then they will peck the 

 middle out. 



In all cases, pheasants should have sharp grit laid in their 

 runs for them to help themselves. Some breeders never 

 think of supplying them with this necessary material. 

 Road scrapings will do very well if it is from a flint or 

 gravel road, but I always provide mine with flint grit and 

 they keep in splendid condition. 



During the breeding season dummy eggs should alwaj's 

 be laid about the pens, if not, the cocks are liable to begin 



