. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. 134 THE COTTAGE GAKDENER. minutes tlie outside of the hive felt quite waiin), are earUer still, whilst those placed in a greenhouse are eai-lier than either, but the earliest are those covered with firmenliiiff stable lillir—yefi, literally placed in the centi-e of a hotbed, leaving only a passage for the ingress and egress of the bees; choue bees have been seen issuing from this hive for some time past, and a swai-mis now (May l'-2th) looked for from it daily. PHEASANTS. Let mc offer a few preliminary directions fur the con- sti'uction of hen-coop
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. 134 THE COTTAGE GAKDENER. minutes tlie outside of the hive felt quite waiin), are earUer still, whilst those placed in a greenhouse are eai-lier than either, but the earliest are those covered with firmenliiiff stable lillir—yefi, literally placed in the centi-e of a hotbed, leaving only a passage for the ingress and egress of the bees; choue bees have been seen issuing from this hive for some time past, and a swai-mis now (May l'-2th) looked for from it daily. PHEASANTS. Let mc offer a few preliminary directions fur the con- sti'uction of hen-coops, with reuiai-ks for the fiu-lh(;r benefit of my readers ; and although not stiUlhj beai-ing upon the matter of pheasants, they are, notwithstanding, more or less blended with it. I have a double object in thus descanting, for wlienever I throw a stone, I consider it reasonable to hit two birds if one can. The observations may be taken as generally applicable to poultry: hints, by the way, for all persons who possess choice and valuable breeds of the latter; Avliereby that very disagreeable feeling disappointment, may, I almost venture to say, be allowed to turn on the pivot of success, by adopt- ing a method deducible from the mauagement I am about to jioint out relative to the former. No. 1 is a coop combiiiing nearly, if not entirely, all that. Roofed part, 2 feet square, 14 foot higli in front; 9 inches iiigli behind. Latticed part, 4 feet fong, 2 feet wide, 1 foot high. is recommendable for the safe housing and protecting pheasants in tlieir young and tender state ; it almost speaks for itself, but I shall have something further to state about it auon. A fatting-coop for fatting, by consequence of the bountiful, though not e.\travagant, system of feeding we resort to, I am compelled to own is a needless structiue, for those fowls which we tlo not jiut tip to fatten, are in the majority of instances quite as well up in condition when killed, as those which we <h. I wi
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