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THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



covered pens, especially if the wire is of one-inch mesh, in a locality 

 subject to snow storms, is always a source of annoyance and frequently 

 much damage may be done. Its advantage is its durability. But per- 

 haps the greatest advantage in using twine netting will be found in 

 the fact that birds cannot injure themselves by flying against it, as 

 is frequently the case with wire covered pens. If you cover your pens 

 with wire netting, stretch it loosely. It may not look so well, but it 

 will save the birds. 



THE BREEDING PENS 



The breeding yards with removable partitions set over against the 

 fence, for pinioned breeding birds, are a great improvement over the 

 old-style stationary pens. These pens are twenty-four feet square, have 

 no covering and accommodate six hens and one cock during the laying 

 season, immediately after which the birds are turned out into a large 

































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General View of Pheasant Yards at the State Game Farm. The long line of 



pens running* across the field are where the breeding* birds are kept 



one cock to six hens in each yard. Partitions are removable. 



open field adjoining. At this season the cocks will not fight, and but 

 little time is consumed each day in caring for several hundred birds. The 

 partitions are then set aside, the entire strip cultivated and sown with grass 

 seed and the work may be done with a plow, whereas if the partitions were 

 stationary it would take considerable time to spade and rake each individual 

 yard. About the first of March these partitions should be put back into 

 place and the birds mated up for the laying season. 



Breeding yards for full-winged birds are the same size as the open 

 yards above described, but the partitions are stationary and are covered 

 overhead with wire netting stretched loosely. One side is boarded up 

 tight, which, together with a three-foot roof on the side from which the 

 storms come, forms sufficient shelter. Under this shelter ample perches 

 are provided, but must be removed just before the laying season to 



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