CONTENTS. 
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Introduction. 5 
Species of pheasants. 5 
History of pheasant raising. 11 
Europe. 11 
United States. 13 
Pheasants in field and covert. 17 
Game pheasants. 19 
Methods of propagation. 20 
Obtaining stock. 20 
Prices. 20 
Pens. 21 
Protection from enemies. 23 
Attendance. 23 
Egg eating and feather plucking.24 
Food.. 24 
Mating. 25 
Hatching. 26 
Care of young pheasants. 28 
Food of young pheasants. 30 
Care in winter. 33 
Marketing pheasants. 33 
Shipment of live birds. 34 
Diseases of pheasants. 35 
Disinfection. 35 
Diseases affecting young pheasants. 36 
Diseases affecting mainly adult pheasants... 38 
IL LUSTRATIONS. 
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Fig. 1. Pheasants feeding—Illinois state game farm ... 4 
2. Ringneck pheasant. 6 
3. English pheasant. 6 
4. Mongolian pheasant. 7 
5. Reeves pheasant. 7 
6. Lady Amherst pheasant. 8 
7. Manchurian pheasant. 8 
8. Crimson tragopan. 9 
9. Monaul. 10 
10. Jungle fowl. 11 
11. Versicolor pheasant. r . 12 
12. Breeding pen on a Long Island preserve (showing base). 22 
13. Breeding pen on a New Jersey preserve (showing trough). 25 
14. Breeding pen on a New Jersey preserve. 26 
15. Rearing field. 29 
16. Coops used on a New Jersey preserve. 30 
17. Coop used on an Illinois pheasantry. 31 
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