Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-10-13
CHINESE
>n& PHEASANT

UNIQUE md REMrSERaTfve
INDUSTRY ESTaBL.ISREO

Near Roseburg. Oregon. an luduatgy
has been established which pson ses
TO become "a Femuneraslve a. Il Is
unique. W. l. Dyslngsr began year
or two ago to propagate Chinese phea-
SAINTS for sale. The output Of his pens
last year was about seventy birds.
nearly evenly paired. and this year
the product will probably be- several
times as great.
fhe Chinese pheasant Is n0w the
eommonest OF Oregon upland game
birds. II eas introduced iuto the
state by the late Judge Owen VI. Den
ny. while he vas United States consul
general at Shanghai. China. Judge
Denny shipped twenty pairs OF the
birds TO Portland by a sailing vessel.
They were liberated at prupltlous
time and place. and the Oregon leg
isiatnFe enacted laws protecting them.
That was less than dozen years ag1.
and now there are countless thousands
OF them. There Ia now an open season
when they may be shot. aud a go9d
wing shot in half a day. IL he has n
decen, day. can bring in a seore-the
limit for one days shoot allowed by
Law.
But the Chinese pheasant IL by no
means goose. He IA hard to ap-
proach and hard to lift when hr rises
but he has become go numerous that
he has far outstripped the grouse.
quail and partridge. the native game
birds In popularity.
The fame OF the Oregon game bird
has extended beyond the limits OF the
state, and some time ago Inquiries be-
gan to come In from eastern states
Tor the birds. At FIRST the shipping of
specimens OF Chinese pheasanta ont
OF Oregon was prohibited by statute
This law was repealed. however. and
Mr.. Dysinger ut once set about 10 70
into the business of supplyiny Tho
Eastern market with live birds He
round q nest containing fifteen eggs
one spring and placed them under n
men. They all Matched. but he sue.
ceeded only In bringing half a DOZEN
OF them to maturity. Since. then
however. he has been more successful
ms ne gained in skill and experience
and now his losses amount To hut q
small per cent OF the total.
Although his enterprise ia eomn.r.
tiveiy unknown at home. Mr.. Dysiurer
had no trouble in dsposing OF all the
birds he raised last year. in fact a,
ne had known how much IN ask no
could readily have secured more mon.
ey than he did for the birds He ella
.nem at the rate OF from IS to s25 Der
pair. He has shipped pheasan,s from
ms pens to Alabama, Florida New
Jersey and Pennsylvania. and vii,
again ship as great distances this year
ne says that he could readily .o,,
nifty pairs this year II he had ,haua
Every pair he will raise this year and
next Is already sold
MS year he has undertaken o.
i"'se SILVER pheasants. and Unmarried
pair at great cost. lie nnds thar,
naruier than the Chinese phcasan,s
wh'ch are delicate while young. There
10 known to be but one other ns,r -,
si'Ver pheasants in the state whsu
e. are IN the City Park at Portland. I,
=, 20 sara, however, by expert Judges TIA,
."e pa'r owned by Mr.. Dysinger IA
"uen superior to the pair in Portland
AZ, .nese pheasants require a rrea.
us~' vi care while young. In thu r...
Where these pheasants are ken, ,h. n
40 many pretty and valuable b,rds
1890 ~" accompanying Illustration show,
twenty full grown cock ph....v.S