89 Pheasants. 



necessary at feeding-times in troughs or fountains, placed 

 in the rides, or adjacent to any food-shelters, or in any 

 similar way. The best means of preventing the water from 

 freezing in troughs and fountains is by means of thick 

 furze boughs, placed over them in such manner as still 

 to permit access by the pheasants. 



At times of long-continued wet and cold it is a salutary 

 practice to place a little powdered sulphate of iron in the 

 water, in the proportion of oz. of the sulphate to a gallon 

 of water. 



