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crown his efforts to raise them. But I have never since 

 heard from him. 



Since that time the quail of the country have been in 

 sad case. Even in the case of larger animals, feeding 

 has become necessary, portions of the Yellowstone 

 Park having been sown to acres of alfalfa so that about 



Quail Chicks at Connecticut Agricultural College, Feeding from Hand and 

 Getting Tame Enough for " Poultry." (Photo by Herbert K. Job, State 

 Ornithologist) 



100 tons of hay was available. About 5000 game birds, 

 besides pheasants, were imported in 1905, 2392 being 

 quail from Mexico. 



These Mexican birds were imported as a direct result 

 of the scarcity of native birds, to meet the great demand 

 for quail of any species for propagation ; many quail 

 having died in two severe winters just previous. The 



