. Pheasants in covert and aviary . ad-ditional cost. Cord netting canalso be supplied for the is a capital form of fenc-ing, and one that is efficientand economical. Runs that have been usedthe preceding year should eitherbe turned over with the ploughor trenched, and then welldressed with hot lime sub-sequently exposed to the airfrom the autumn until the fol-lowing spring. The action of the ozone in the air, to-gether with that of the lime, is one of the most powerfuldisinfectant agents that can be employed, and it is alwaysadvisable to adopt some such plan in pheasantry pens. Itmus
. Pheasants in covert and aviary . ad-ditional cost. Cord netting canalso be supplied for the is a capital form of fenc-ing, and one that is efficientand economical. Runs that have been usedthe preceding year should eitherbe turned over with the ploughor trenched, and then welldressed with hot lime sub-sequently exposed to the airfrom the autumn until the fol-lowing spring. The action of the ozone in the air, to-gether with that of the lime, is one of the most powerfuldisinfectant agents that can be employed, and it is alwaysadvisable to adopt some such plan in pheasantry pens. Itmust be borne in mind that Pheasants, unlike fowls, are,whilst in the pens, exposed to all conditions of weatherboth night and day, though the author considers that acertain amount of protection, especially during winter, is anecessary part, though we will not say indispensable portion,of the Pheasant-rearers plant. The other portions of the plant, which will either haveto be purchased in the material or else already constructed, 229. HIGH MOVABLE FENCING PHEASANTS IN COVERT AND AVIARY comprise the Pheasant coops, hatching - boxes, feedingutensils, a portable boiler, a fodder house, baskets for thetransit of birds and for eggs, vermin traps, incubators,etc. etc. Egg cabinets to hold several thousand eggs should beon every game farm, as the eggs keep fresher much longerthan when they are stored on bran, etc. The tray shouldrun in and out of the cabinet, and the eggs fit into holesdrilled in the trays. The best time to commence a Pheasant farm is at thebeginning of the year, so that the opening operations, if asuccessful season, will at once bring immediate return,through the sale of eggs, which constitutes the principalsource of revenue in all game-farming operations. Earlymaturity and sheltered pens are mainly conducive to earlyproduction of eggs, and the highest prices are obtained foreggs that can be put down early. For instance, eggs whichcan be sold in April up to the loth of
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