By Ferd. J. Sudow, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



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To illustrate how much depends on feeding, a neighbor of mine one season fed corn 

 exclusively, kept it before the birds permanently and realized nine eggs of a Silver Pheas- 

 ant hen, where I succeeded to average 51 eggs of each silver hen during same season. Pheas- 

 ant hens commence to lay in April to August. They make their nests by digging a hole in 

 the ground. Varieties of pheasants lay from 10 to 80 eggs in a season. After the breeding 

 season is over and during the winter I feed principally corn, cabbage and apples, and put lots 

 of cornstalks along the west and north fence of run for shelter and have lots of pine needles on 

 the ground ; it helps to melt the snow quickly and Iceeps the birds off the wet ground. I do not 

 use boards at the bottom of south side of pen, as I want to give as much sunshine as pos- 

 sible to the aviary. Pheasants should always be caught with a scap-net and taken up by the 

 body, as the legs are very easily broken. It is a good idea to clip one wing short in order 

 to keep them from flying heavily against the wire, for they are apt to kill themselves in 

 this way. If minks or weasels are in the neighborhood, one-inch mesh wire should abso- 

 lutely be used for three feet at the bottom of the pen, keeping these devils out and put six 

 inches in the ground to keep dogs out. I know an occasion where a mink killed 41 pheas- 

 ants in one night. 



SOEMMERING— JAPANESE COPPER PHEASANT 



A Few Hints on Good Health 



Instead of cofEee or tea, drink cocoa shells; costs 3c pound, enough for a 

 month. A wonderful tonic for the nerves. 



Walk erect, throw out your chest. Breath through the nose. 



Use freely of Italian Olive Oil for all purposes. Drink it. Rub it on the body, 

 behind the ears, on the soles of the feet, palms of the hands, etc. Oil will preserve 

 life, vitality and strength in the human system the same as in machinery. Use it 

 every day. When a cold comes on you, snuff olive oil up your nostrils every hour. 

 It will effect a cure in 12 hours. 



For cold and wet feet take a hot foot bath. It is beneficial for all purposes. 



To retain an active liver, drink at least three glasses of water a day. 



