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time is obviated. In the case of stationary pens, feed clover, 

 chick-weed, lettuce, oats, rye, etc, cut in half inch, or less 

 lengths. This should be given fresh daily and only in such 

 quantity as the birds will eat up well. In the winter seasbn 

 substitute clover meal. 



Egg-0 is also highly recommended by some fanciers as great 

 food for quail, but as we have never tried it we cannot speak 

 for or against it. Where the prepared foods are not obtainable 

 or not preferable, a wholesome feed for a morning meal is a 

 mash composed of clover meal, middlings, bran, ground beef 

 scraps and boiled potatoes. In the evening the grain food as 

 before stated. 



Another good feed is a mash made of wormy currants or 

 raisins ground up and mixed with coarse ground corn meal, 

 bread scraps, middlings, and boiled potatoes. Merchants often 

 throw out currants and raisins that have become wormy, which 

 are alright for quail feed, and can be had for the taking of 

 them away. During the winter the mash should always be 

 fed warm in the mornings. 



Among other good foods for quail are millet seed, kafRr com, 

 hemp, sunflower seed, fresh ground green bone,maggots,meal- 

 worms, etc. From the food in the wild state, as noted in the 

 Ornithological portion of this work, other foods will be noted 

 that might be fed if they can be secured. Quail are also very 

 fond of ants and ants' eggs. These may be secured by digging 

 out an ant-hill, placing dirt, ants, eggs and all in a grain sack 

 and subjecting them to the heat of an oven for a short time to 

 cook them. Feed when desirable for a change, or mix with 

 mash. They make quite an article in the way of a substitute 

 for the insect food but should not be depended upon entirely as 

 a substitute. They also make excellent food for the little 

 chicks. 



For a grit use crushed oyster shells ground fine, mica crystal 

 grit of the pigeon size, or coarse sand and fine gravel. A 



