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i pfiiKlKK it! rKai'ilitt i-hiKki-trs :u 1 m ii is h t
jr.." sai.i Mr. K - rt1 vt. k. "A:! t ho Itliia
ttttK I ko:,M p.H!!. v. tn ;h subu-Kt told
liv .Jt-liKato tht- ht I h' pht-HSM nts worr
ui what h'SK :it ten t -iTt ami et rout
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h. i;iTi r:hr. 1 m.-o; an Kr.hsh
ivrkri'ivr, w ho was siti postal tv havn
i.i w Kp. r-oTiKK in iho w.ok. He was
t!! ,! ail k:n.:s .f rons. iical id.-a
. K- i mim;-k. o'
;r;:it c'tu-ky
: t.',M o;i a v
w n T hat if t ho nhf.i
iVJ the same Ninoiint
1 nt i. y i ; ,:i t t iny were
c:v Tt a . oh', o.iy. tm v wottki i k,
1 t i i ha l Im-k for s.-ti.o tmiK. a:ul fin-
u" -oi tt-vct-st. .1 with the f.-'ow ami tiretl
. p;:i t in r!i:irt a pi rf . 1 y Rr-t-on.
ii'i! ni t li e. ii t man. Mini w coriitiionr-eti
w k o:i a so;:mt KOinntoti-SKtis-- basip.
' i 1 1 k l :' : is tiKit w e . h:t vk oome to the
Ki'i'i hi.-ion that nrnt of the pheasant rn-s
:,.; iy Ik t h. ir birds ton TmH'h, ftrul
I .it ne:;:2 -otaasants is not mmii tiardt r
t'.;i:i m'S't:c k1 i- kr:'s. atiii !Mt near as
.h:T- rlt as ivfii-t.c inikey.
"Th.- hh .is irnon w f:i h we r !y for o;ir
S,m:,t!T's hatch a', e iU:i i:ic the Winter
I., ft i" 1 "'t fa'k. Mnn.ire.s of them,
Koi-ks. t ns ur-ti yo!inc b'tiis. of the sea
o;i 1'ifore. are sro-ipe in eaeh lar.iP
h :ht . The spe. ies wh seh w e make a
;tviH.y of rais ::c is the pure 'hintse
t ric-peek pli-sant. h:;t all of the spe
k ( s that we have, the "htnee. !,ady
A"'h rst. R cvrs, pohien. silver and virs
f..!.ir. a: e poly ntnnsts
lien the rake.l skin a it ihe head
hi t-lose inlhienuMt phensinns rnrcly i
bitild and lav Ihrtr cbuk in " newt. A
fast h supplv Is Riithrred. we rush
thi in off In our eonnirv butelniiK hiu! :
iMottdtilK kioiiihIs.
' I ui Iti ir the tirt of The pea son the ckk
are eolleeted t W ire a ilv. but the I
wither beeoinem warmer the rounds are
made three and four time-, for tlw sun
Is a nt to start inetiba t Ion and the eool i
ts miKht ehill the life Kertn and ,
wefiUen or kill it. Then, tbere is danper .
of the pheasant." peeking lioles In the I
shell and eating the ckk. ns tliey are
sometimes wont ti do.
"W heu lilnnated pheasants wilt neKt and j
rear their yonnis. but in the ronum ra t ive! y ;
small im Insures that We ive thrill, there
(s no use tryttiK to et them to breed. We 1
h-4 ided on that lone huo. Kven when they ;
sn.-eeed in hnlehiiiK out n brood, the old
bin) en n not supply t he younn ones with
the needed insert food, and we are unable
to handle mid feed them as we do chioks
that are under the tutorship of n hen.
Then we tried ineuhntors and while we
i ded in batching " the opirs. the
t hteks sron sicketHal and many died of
dta rrhoea.
r.iirnynrd Urn as n Strpmotlirr.
After these ami other experiment, we
"have found that the common monsrel or
baTin.ird hen is the best means of hatch
ing the eR. and makes the best foster
mother io brood the tittle ehieks until
thov i an take ere of themselves: Bantam
hens are also ijoori. but they cannot cover
a lat ko sett inn of esss.
"l ast year we bad Hnn hens workinR
for lis. each me coverinR from 14 to IS
reus. Sentenced to solitary confinement
for days with leave of absence just
loop enoiiKh to fill one's stomach. mv not
be as t tresome ;is manual labor, stilt it
must Ret awful monotonous before the
time expires. We are piad that there fs
no such association as the "Western Fed-.
4-iatuMi of Feathered Incubators.' or the
Foster Mothers' Protective I'nton. for 1
fear its scratching deletes would or
der a strike at once when they discovered
the tricks we practice. on their members.
As soon as one old hen has brought up a
brood of chicks we start her to work
rearm another: that is njovidod Dame
Nature doesn't call a halt, as she fre
quently docs.
" have adopted the plan of not
letting the hens hatch the eges. but as
soon as the little chicks peck through
the shell we hustle the whole settins into
an incubator and let the pheasant chicks
stay there until they have come out and
are drv and stronp enough to run about.
This lessens the danger of their being
trampled by the hens when they are
weak and helpless. In the meantime her
hen-ship is presented with a beautiful set
of china epps to keep her occupied until
we can smuppie the chicks back to her.
Follow ins Nature.
As far as possible we follow nature.
For instance the nesting and hrooding
coops are all located in the meadows and
the nest. are placed on the ground, where
the epps get the moisture they require.
tk. ..citr milt r ml it some fine sub
stance in which the chicks cannot tangle
their feet or pet strangled; fine hay or
fine straw is best.
The ring-necks epgs are nearly all
fertile and we often get a perfect setting,
that is every epp hatches. During the
first of the reason we use 14 or lb egg
to a setting, but when It gets warm, from
lrt to IS eggs are placed under a hen.
Last year the eggs accumulated so
rapidly that we did not have hens enough
to handle them, ho we placed them in
the incubator for a few days ami gave
them to the hens as fast a we-found
birds, under which to place thorn.
' It takes from -1 to J4 days to halh
rinp-neck "d golden pbensajit eggs, attd
about 21 days fr 1-Hdy Amherst eggs.
"The coops are placed about -0 feet
apart and as you look over the breeding
grounds it reminds you of a miniature
white city. Pome of the coops are sur
rounded by a pen PJ Inches high. In
which the chicks are kept prisoners for
the first four days: This is necessary be
cause experience has taught us that
young pheasants, like young partridge,
will run away and become lost if given
their liberty as soon as hatched. They
do not seem to understand the language
of their foster-mother, but after the lapse
of three or four days they learn her call
notes and obey, returning to her for food
and to be brooded at night. We do not.
as a rule, liberate the hens with their
broods.
Foot! for the lilrks.
"During the first 14 hours we do not
feed the chicks; they do not require it.
as the nourishment obtained from the
yolk of the egg i sufficient. For the
first four datf! they are fed plain table
custard mixed with chick food. Then
we gradually break them in on a more
substantial diet; eggs that have been
dropped into boiiing water and allowed
to cool in it. then strameh through a
piece of common wire mosqiito netting
and mixed with Sprat s Pheasant Food,
bread crumbs, corn meal and crumbled
corn bread. After a week of such feed
ing we change' again, this time gradually
diminishing the amount of boiled egg and
adding raw food, such as fine corn meal,
crushed, grains, and finally the best of
raw Hamburg steak. We keep them on
this food until they are old and strong
enough to be given the regular food fed I
lO inc H (I II II Utrtl- . urn r. v urui. ii. a.,
cracked corn, kaffir corn, raw pumpkin,
squash, sugar beets, mangel wurxel. cab
bage, lettuce, dandelion tops and boiled
potatoes and turnips. The young phea
sants are very fosd of dandelion leaves
and people bring bag after bag of them
to the park for us.
"For the first three months we feed the
young birds considerable choped meat so
as to induce a' rapid and hardy growth.
"Aside from the fact that when be ins
Big Concern in Colorado
Where the BarnyarcJ Hen is
Utilized as a Stepmother
Full Instructions On the
Rearing of Game Birds Applic
able to the Pacific Northwest
reared they should be kept mi a grassy
meadow or flat, the care of pheasants
shou'd be quite like that given to chick
ens. !st year we experimented with a
few of our birds and were so well pleased
with the result that we shall adopt It on
a mjeh larg'-r scale this season, and If
we are as successful as before, the renr
lup of pheasants will be no more difficult
than rearing chicken.
"We have tried feeding the chicks on
maggot as they do In Kurupc. but so
many of them died of ptomaine poison
that we found It an utter failure In 4hia
section of the country.
"When we have old birds confined that
we have decided to use for restocking the
covers, we liberate them at a time
when grasshoppers and, insects are abun
dant. Hut we. pay little attention to the
young birds used for that purpose, for
after they pas the stage where they re
quire artificial food tliey" naturally leave
their foster-mother and seek their free
dom. Danger From Vermin.
' One of the greatest dangers to the
successful rearing of pheasants ts from
lice. We begin to fight these pests from
the time that the setting hens are
brought to the grounds until th,e phea
sants are able to care for themselves,
after which they spend much of the time
rolling in the dust and sand, which is
nature s method of keeping off these In
sect pests. -
"The coops and chioken-housee are
thickly coated with whitewash and they
are frequently sprinkled with other insect-preventive
washes. In a season we
use barrels of different washes.
"As soon as the hens are bought they
are thoroughly dusted with insect powder
and their feet and legs are dippd in
kerosene oil. When they show a tendency
to set. the hens are placed on trial nests
and given a setting of -china eggs. A few
days later the nesting material is burned
and the coop fumigated. Then the old
lady receives her set of pheasant eggs
and is disturbed as little as possible until
the eggs hatch. This method eliminates
the possibility of Insects infecting the
chicks. One should never put a hen on
pheasant's eggs' immediately after her
legs have been oiled, for the oil will kill
the life germ.
"Body lice are not very harmful: the
head lice are the ones we dread and fight
most. When the young pheasants are
taken from the incubator and before they
are placed In the brooding coop with their
foster mother, their heads and the bare
spots beneath their wings and about their
thighs are well greased with vaseline and
a. very weak solution of carbolic acid.
This operat Ion Is repeated about every
week until they become difficult to catch.
"If you enjoy natural history you
should come out to our brooding grounds
during the height -of the season. say In
.Inly or August. You could spend a week
there watching the little tlrds, but we
could not let you Inside of the wire en
closure, because you would unknowingly
trample fin the young birds. Kven my
keepers have to exert, the utmost caution
in this respect and sfy In the well
beaten paths leading from place to place.
Study oT Natural Illslory.
"You sej the natural instinct of all
game bird nf this family to hWe at the
sight of danger causes the young phca -sants
to talfe sheRer in the grass as soon
as they getr scared. But the little rascals
are much brighter than you would sup
pose, for they soon learn the uniform of
the keepers and will come for their food
quite like little chickens, but the instant
that a stranger appears they scud for
shelter. Even when I visit the grounds
I have to remain motionless for some
time before they gain confidence and
come out. In the meantime you ee little
heads appear here, there and everywhere,
and finally they leave their hiding places-.
, "Thousands of pheasants ranging In
age from a few day to birds almost
ready to fly. swarm in the grass. They
d not play as do young mammals, for
young birds seldom frolic, but as you
look over the meadow you see the grass
waving here and there where tne multi
tude Is busily engaged catching grass
hoppers and insects.
"People from Denver and picnic parties
from adjoining villages come to my eoun
trv nheasantry and visit my exhibition
aviaries In City Park, where I rear just
enough young birds to give one an idea1
of what the industry is like.
"It would be interesting to know just
how many Insects a pair of these birds
will eat in a year. Nearly 1200 wire
worms have been taken from the crop
of a single pheasant, and for another
bird 440 grubs of the grand-daddy-long
legs, constituted a single meal. That
they are great destroyers of the seeds of
noxious weeds iswell known.
Pheasants Destroy Mice.
"Would vou suppose that a bird like a
pheasant would kill? those destructive lit
tle field mice or meadow mice, as they
(III X t r (III
Mnii)ririi('i r- n i I mil I I
-jaoaarzArz- czrfL oaks of zce
are culled ? Well (bey do. and II would
mirpr Me von to Me how iuf k ly Mii-v do
It. FhenHJltitM lire perhaps the wwlftest
bird afoot of all tho small Unlllita. eon
gnme, and they can nick tin a moiu-p be
fore lh ttt'e ha fulrlv bf-Riin. Then
they thrnh It upon the ground and keen
peeking It until It I dead, after wbl'-h
t h"V eat every vet Ige nf .the body but
the skill Uttd nktlll. Y filing: mice Utey
wallow whole and epses are on reeofd
wr,re they have been choked to dnth by
(be rodent,
"rheanaiit do not ''rtcn like chick
ens, their bill taking the place of Ihelr
feet. Thev will even peek a hole through
any moderate thick no of le for water,
and In the fame manner they dig out
buttercup ruilbn arid hmect larvae. They
do tint roost on the ground itnlll the
foliage t'n vei the t ree. hut a pet id th
night high if f among the branch where
fhey are not jHiblect to the a I lacks or
the pn-rintriry HtilmulK, Their tnot
dreitdf-d enemy Is the Weft tern horned
owl.
"With the ring -neck pheasant the
bright pi timi. if; of the males begin to
appear about the fourth month, and tn
eight month they are gorgeously plutn
flged. The golden, silver and l,ndy Am
hern I. pheaaants do not get full plutnnged
until the Hechnd year. The difference
between the Vexes Is fttMt tint bed when
the birds are al.out two month old - then
the tall of the male I longest. Kven
when adult. It I hard to distinguish the
I different specie of hen pheasants, and
only riii expert can Identify them. There
I prnctlcJilly no marked difference, be
tween the female rfng-nern and the
vlrn-color birds, or the golden and Idy
Amhetat.
IlHlc-hliiR Wild Ducks Hint f.ccsr.
"N, we don't confine our experiment
to pheasants only. We consider II a
grea t favor when sport men eud u fn.
netting of eggs of some other game bird.
In fad. at t lie present t irne we have
mixed In with our pheasant a. scale
partridges from Southwestern t'nltcd
State. ( 'all font hi mount a In parti iflgei
valley partridge and the K-'istern bolP
while. We have had eale partridge and
bob-whites build their lost ami rear their
young in capt Ivfty, and we have tnett -bated
and reared large numbers of bol
whites. "Wild ducks' epgs hatch easily and the
ducklings are preity ami Interesting crea
tures. The species tha t nd u rally feed
upon giJiln and Metds are easy to rear,
but the nsh-catlng kind are more diffi
cult. We have lit clip or pinion their
wings or they would migrate south In
the Fall with the wild water fowl.
"A friend of mine owned a thick of
Wild g"eo tha t he neglected to pinion.
Epsom Salts as
New York American.
ANNOi;X('KMKNT of th" discovery of
a new anesthetic-safer,' cheaper and
simpler than any hitherto known is about
to he made bv the Rockefeller Institute
for Medical R search. Plans are under
way for the spreading of the Important
tidings to the medical and surgll world.
The new anesthetic in nothing e: thin
plain, common Wpsom watts, or. to give It
its scientific name, sulphate oT- magnesia.
It was discovered by Dr. Samuel .1.
Meltaser. one of the Rockefeller experi
menters. Its greatest value is that It
permits any sort of an operation without
any danger to the heart of the patient.
Either local or general anecttheaia. It
Is said, may be produced by the injec
tion of a '2ft per cent solution of the fa
miliar drug into the nerve tract govern
ing the sensations of the part to oper
ated upon.
The beneficial effects of the discovery
the number of lives that may he saved
through its us will more than repay
the with which John D. Rocke
feller has endowed the institute.
It will prevent deaths from the power
ful reactionary Influence of ether and
chloroform, the institute workers believe.
And It will give a chance of life to those
whose fragile hearts will not stand the
stress of the administration of those
drugs.
Dr. Meltzer's exeriments have been
going on quietly for a long time. Bui
such success has crowned his efforts,
that it will not be long before he makes
public the result of his many tests.
Th present discovery came about al
most entirely by accident, the director
explained. Dr. Meltzer was experiment
ing about two years ago with various
simple drugs to find out "what place they
had in the economy of the body." He in
jected for that purpose a solution of sul
phate of magnesia into a dog.
It was noticeable after a few minutes
that the animal grew quiet and listless.
Its respiration grew slower and fainter.
Finally the breathing apparently ceas-d.
That was a new bit of knowledge that
.magnesium sulphate affected the respira
tory system. Dr. Meltzer pondered over
It. Then he got a bellows, and. with a
tube, produced artifical respiration in the
and on" day In Die Fall l-e had the pl
mim v "f cin I h'-m mount high hi t h
air and bead for the Mouth. Hut as h
bad expected, they returned In the HprtMK
their Identity being establiihed b th'
holes mad- in Ihelr webbed fret with
I tllekep punch.
" Y", phca."nlM. part leu Ittt-ty the ' 'bin-'
ee ring -neck, are very baidv bird and
hi thir naMe rnnntrie some .specie
range up Into the ex 1 1 entely high bioun
taln Those that I have Hbeirtted hero hoi
multiplying bv t lie thousand and '
doing finely. I believe that they can eailv
be 1 Hmalled In any ulhihe haallty In
the I'nlled State or Southern ' "Honda.
It would be difficult to find a Intter cover
for them than I to be bud InMhose por
tion of Alberta and Saskatchewan, wher
r lump and grove of poplar tree
abound. The wmk. too. I clean and very
fas'-lruitlng. and could be made profitable
for men or women."
The phenMHfiln that have been Intro
duced Into this country have taken up
tlielt honiM rt the brushy klrtlhgft oT Ihn
wood, field ami country road, where
there I also a rank growth of weed and
gras. Thev can likewise be found In an!
near ma i she. but unlike our ruffe!
grouse, they do not Inhabit the heavy tim
ber: their habit resembling those of
Fialern hob -white.
In section of the country where the
fibenauts have been protected since thHr
Introduction, they ate vnry, tama and lie
close, allowing ii peron to almost step on
t hem hefrwn taking flight. In fact, th
writer can reeall an Instance where
hen, biding in some reeds, eon Id easily
have been caught In bin hand.
In i regnn they offer' to the sport m an
a. form of hunting entirely different from
that afforded by any American gHm bird.
They d't not He before a dog, but run
with remarkable swlftne. In tall gras
and weeds the hunter can oftn mark the
course of a vanishing bird by th wake It
have behind. and after It has out
distanced the dog Pt yard, or more, it
take flight and If If Is an old cook. It
cackle a itfl n wears at you an tt wing
It way over the thicket and disap
pear in the dense brush.
During a day' hunt Indulged In by a
friend and myself near Albany, Or., we
bagged 12 bird and must have flushed at
Uiast ion. two-thirda of which got up far
out of gunshot. I was astonished at the
amount of shot a coek bird could carry
awav. Many time, judging from the
cloud of "feathers, we literally .filled the
bird with lead, vet he wnibl continue hi
course unffT out of sight.
The cock p hea Hants a re armed wit h
long spurn like t hose of a rooster. They
are aggressive birds, constantly fighting
with fne another, especially In the Spring,
and they will even enter a barn-yard and
whip a rooster before he can gat her hi
surprised senaes.
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an Anesthetic
dog 'ft lungs. The animal revived.
Heamp'-rcd away and still live.
. Further te.ts proved that with a weak
er solution the dogs respiration returned
nainrally. and that it was completely In
sensible to pain tluring the period of an
esthesia. While the dog wan senseless.
Dr. Meltzer found that Its temperature
neither riso nor f"lt. Temperature rise
with ether or chloroform. Hi found, too.
what was more Important, that his heart
beat witJi absolute, unswerving regu
larity. Irregular pulsation follows ether
ami chloroform.
Suspended animation was caused itt this
case by 6-urpcnded re.spii a t (on in plain
words, a prae( leal h toppage of the brea l h.
Test followed with other animals,
among them a monkey. This lat tot ex-T-rinient
was performed before many
members of the Academy of Medicine.
The beast, fll-tempered aqd vicious, was
calmed first by a small Injection. Th'-n
It was anesthetized.
This Fijggesfed that the Injection might
be valuable hi the treatment of insane
persons. So experiments were performed
for the first time upon human Iteing-s
at a looa I Inst it tit ion for the insane.
Several prrvons were rendered quiet and
tractable without being made unconscious
or Without apparently losing any of,
their faculties.
The Pokerbromide.
Tfi Kfjbinsnn. In Cleveland- laur.
Tlier never i a poker game
In which he do'-s not --:
The Poker bromide -he nl lame
And rubberstampy it
Of n't he never .- I can
Not open it " for tie's
T'io funrv he the IPtle msn
Who answers "Not with these."
He nver holds a flush not he;
He rreem to. it I true.
But rail him and he merrily
Makes aiu"er. "They're n!l blue!"
A viiite htti bv the kitty's br:m.
When "breathes" this bely hor,
!? no chip, but a "heart" to him.
And It Is nothing more.
H does not win he just "toc South,''
Tbif prince nf poker wags:
He opens "at the eannon i muth:"
He does not "stay" he "drag"."
Some day fit kill him. If he dares
One infamy. I'll strike
Him down, if he call" four "Two oatr
And bo'h of m a:ke."