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water. When thoroughly incorporated, the meal should 

 be in a fairly dry, crumbly state, and the addition of the 

 custard will complete the food. Two parts of custard 

 should be added to each part of meal. If the mixture 

 clogs at all it should be rubbed through a sieve suitable 

 for the purpose. As soon as the chicks are large enough 

 to feed from feeding-troughs or pans these should be 

 provided. They must be of enamelled or glazed ware, 

 and should be removed, together with any surplus food, 

 after each meal. Food left either in pans or upon the 

 ground soon becomes sour and unfit for the birds' con- 

 sumption. 



As soon as the chicks have completed a fortnight's 

 growth they may be put on to grain feed. At first this 

 should be given only at the midday meal, then at this and 

 the evening meal, and finally at all, when the custard may 

 be discontinued, which will be about the time when they 

 are one month old. By grain feed is not meant a simple 

 diet of whole grain ; on the contrary, the grain feed of 

 young pheasants must be of the varied character and form, 

 as far as possible, that they would discover for them- 

 selves in a natural state, and may be compounded on the 

 following lines : 



(2) Coarse oatmeal 16 parts. 



Broken wheat 16 ,, 



Millet seed or dari 8 ,, 



Canary seed 4 ,, 



Hempseed 2 ,, 



Linseed 2 ,, 



Crushed blue peas 8 ,, 



Crushed maize 8 ,, 



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