New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-27
PHEASANT FARMING ~ ,NEW JERSEY.

AN ENGIIsHMAN HAS NET SUCCESS AND SUP
PLIES SHOOTING CLUBS IN SEVERAL STATES.
Close to the small town of Mahwah. n. j.. an
Englishman Werner de Guise. has for the last five
years been engaged in pheasant farming. and has
made OF il a decided success. The Introduction of
birds or animals of country into another has
not been a blessing TO the new country. The Eng
lish sparrow is not looked upon az an unalloyed
blessing by the people Of this continent. Australia
and New-Zealand have spent millions in trying to
exterminate the imported rabbit. A sugar planter
in the sand Of Jamaica a few years ago Imported
the mongoOse to kill the rats that played havoc in
the sugar cane fields The rat had a mschlevous
way Of going from cane to cane. nibbinS them.
and as soor as the dropped 1T would run away
frightened. The then useless 10 the plant
or. The mongoose found that it was much easier
for him TO make living on the fowls. turkeys.
geese and, in fact all ground game OF the Island
than 1t was 10 hunt the rats. He therefore TOOK up
the easier role Of life. The consequences OF this has
been that whereas the supply of fowl flesh was
cheap commodity in Jamaica. 1t has so risen In
value that II commands so high a price that
only the rich have at their tables what was
formerly the food Of the poor.
The Introduction of the pheasant. II is hoped. how
ever will prove exception 10 the rule. ana from
all appearances this will certainly be the case Mr.
de Gulse has some fifty acres inclosed with wire
netting and has already raised thousands Of birds.
The bird that Mr.. de Guise is raising Is the COM
mon English pheasant. The cock pheasant is long
tailed with piumage that Is MADE up OF every
color To the unnitiated shooter II would seem the
easiest thing in the world TO grass one OF these
birds But a flying rocketer as he makes his way
upward between the boughs of trees In a wood or
copse is by means easy bird 10 hit The fe-
male is a dlngy bird in plumage compared with
her mate and few think Of shooting at her.
She is wanted TO lay the eggs for the next season
and a man in England who brings down one OF
these birds is not likely to get an invitation TO
shoot the coverts the following year
The introduction of these BIRDS at least among
the large preserves that are being formed In
New-Yorli State. and in fact In other States, is
matter of considerable interest The rufied grouse
is becoming almost extinct. and Will soon be ciassed
tracts OF land where they want 10 go shooting IN
worthless They are putting in English pheasants.
From Maine to the Delaware there seems no inner
scruo oak gives the bird a magnificent scratching
ground during the day, and wherever there Is un-
dcrbrush they sure TO do WELL For roosting-
place the copses and woods cannot be surpassed.
in breeding this bird the best way is TO collect the
open grass fields the hens confined In coops while
the young are allowed TO wander about. They VII
when a hawk appears. The food for the young ones
Ie the egSs of the ECON ant Nothing hrves
them better than this. When able 10 look after
themselves they should be turned out in the coverts.
They must be fed morning and evening, but they
Will soon be able pick up enough provender DIR
themselves That is about the month Of June. the
young having been Matched in the later weeks Of
March
The apparently tame fowl soon becomes az game
bird az a man wants to shoot Should the owner OF
the estate walk through his woodlands he will see
the so-caled tame bird running rapidly any
rabbit hare. whirring away on the wing at his
approach The bird IS home-stayer as rule. but,
speaking from the English point OF view. there is
no finer bird that rises out of old hazel hedge
than cock pheasant who has gone out to forage in
lands where he has right 10 be. As the setter
umbles into one of those great big hedges ten yards