PHEASANT RAISING IN THE UNITED STATES. 
INTRODUCTION. 
Within recent years a new industry, the rearing of pheasants, has 
begun to engage attention in the United States, and propagating 
ventures, ranging from the single pen with one or two pairs of birds 
to the pheasantry of many acres and thousands of birds, are scat¬ 
tered throughout the country. Some of these experiments have 
been conducted by the States through their game officials; others 
by associations and individuals. In a few cases large expense has 
been incurred and great care and attention have been bestowed on the 
experiments. Efforts have been made also to stock numerous public 
and private parks, preserves, and aviaries. To supply the demand, 
not only have pheasants been imported from the Old World, but 
many persons in this country have undertaken to rear them. In 
view of the widespread and rapidly increasing interest in the sub¬ 
ject, the Department of Agriculture has made a special investiga¬ 
tion of the methods of pheasant raising. The results are here con¬ 
densed in the form of practical suggestions for the benefit of those 
interested in the industry. 
SPECIES OF PHEASANTS. 
A few words as to different kinds of pheasants are essential to a 
proper understanding of the subject of pheasant propagation. 
The ringneck pheasant (Phasianus torquatus), usually imported 
from China, its natural home, has a broad white ring about the neck. 
It is variously called ringneck pheasant, Chinese pheasant, China 
pheasant, China torquatus pheasant, Chinese ringneck, Mongolian 
pheasant, Denny pheasant, and Oregon pheasant (fig. 2). a 
The English pheasant (Phasianus colchicus ) has no ring about the 
neck. It is imported from Europe, but in comparatively small num¬ 
bers, and is known as the English pheasant, dark-necked pheasant, 
and Hungarian pheasant (fig. 3). 
“Present knowledge indicates that the ringneck really comprises several species 
and subspecies that have been included under a single name, but in the absence of 
a final decision of the matter the name will here be used as referring to a single species. 
