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foods. Their merit lies simply in the fact that they offer 

 a change of diet. 



(3) Broken wheat 12 parts. 



Coarse oatmeal 12 ,, 



Hempseed 4 



Linseed 2 



Crushed peas 4 



Crushed maize 8 



Crushed barley 12 ,, 



Millet or dari 4 



Buckwheat 6 ,, 



64 parts. 



(4) Broken wheat 20 parts. 



Millet seed 8 ,, 



Crushed peas 8 ,, 



Crushed maize 8 ,, 



Dari 4 ,, 



Crushed rice 8 ,, 



Locust bean meal 8 ,, 



64 parts. 



In considering what should be the main system of 

 feeding adopted for pheasant poults and the mature birds, 

 the chief point is how much natural food the birds can 

 pick up, and what will be the nature of it. Once birds 

 have got a footing in the coverts and the ground surround- 

 ing them, they will commence to discover food for them- 

 selves and afterwards to seek it. Under a high system 

 of preservation the woodlands, &c., will not provide one- 

 tenth the quantity of food the birds require. There will 

 be some which they will find very much to their taste, and 



