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a chopping or a mincing-machine (Fig 12) for preparing 

 the meat. If it be chopped up on a board, unless this be of 

 very hard wood indeed, small splinters are sure to work in 

 with the meat, and these, if taken up by the birds, will cause 

 inflammation of the bowels and death. The proportion of 

 chopped greaves should be two quarts to each bushel of 

 grain feed. 



The amount and the nature of the green food to be 

 given must be regulated by the growth upon the rearing- 

 field, and should consist of lettuce for the most part, but 

 green buckwheat grown for the purpose is an admirable 

 addition or substitute. To ensure an abundant supply of 

 the former the brown cos lettuce planted out in the late 

 autumn is sure to provide abundant supply. The buck- 

 wheat, if cultivated for the purpose, will be in its best 

 condition for the use intended when the supply of 

 lettuce is running out. Both of these should be given in 

 a finely cut form if possible, and in just such quantities 

 as the birds will pick up. In addition, from time to time 

 a small preparation of chopped onion may be provided 

 for the birds, notably during cold or showery weather. 

 Where garlic is grown, a few of the cloves of this vege- 

 table may be chopped up also and given. It is at once 

 beneficial and enticing to the birds; garlic seed, it may 

 be mentioned, and the essential oil produced from it, being 

 the " secret " factor in most of the draws advertised for 

 the purpose of enticing birds over the boundary or keeping 

 them from straying. 



Before passing to the final stage of pheasant- feeding, 

 I will give the particulars of two other mixtures of grain 

 feed which may be given occasionally as being of a more 

 stimulating character. 



These mixtures, it is necessary to point out, must not be 

 regarded as being in any way of the nature of spiced 



