Show TASK OF RAISING PHEASANTS barda aro carmera Far mera friends as they live on insects and weeds RIng necks are hardy pheasants are very hardy they live in zero weather in an open field without shelter and each ben averages eighty five agga egga a season agga egga are hatched and raised by chickens and the birds mature in alx lx months they weigh about three pounds at maturity are free from most diseases and live on one tenth ot the amount required by chickens pheasants are farmers friends they live on insects and weed seeds pheasant eggs batch in about twenty three days and the birds sell at a dollar a pound in market they are much easier to raise than chickens every law tor the protection of game make it lawful to keep in captivity any bird for the purpose ot raising birds ot that kind and provide that any person who hatches birds in captivity may sell ship or otherwise dispose of them england long ago saw the wisdom 0 such laws with the result that 21 firms known as the farmer associates were reported by the shooting committee field sports guild to have bad in the season of in their raising pens pheasant hens no account being made at males |