REARING OF PHEASANTS.
WELLINGTON SUCCESS.
The rearing of pheasants throughout the ■ Wellington Province '-. is progressing steadily, 'and a number of interested people "are aiding, the Acclimatisation Society in this work, v The birds require a great deal of attention, and one must have a technical /knowledge of the work in order to carry it out successfully. One man to- whom the' 5 society had supplied a couple of \ brace some time back had lately written to the secretary intimating that he could now supply them, with a dozen for liberation. When the society first took up this matter it used ,to do al! [ its own breeding, but at present the usual procedure is to buy the birds when about four months old. Weasels, stoats, and ferrets are a great hindrance to the activities of the society in this matter, and the birds have to be kept nn enclosures of good wire-netting.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18297, 13 January 1923, Page 10
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151REARING OF PHEASANTS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18297, 13 January 1923, Page 10
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