46 QUAILOLOGY - DOMESTICATION, ETC. 



such as wheat, buckwheat and cracked corn. Tie this to the 

 crate with instructions to express messengers, which should be 

 printed on your tag or label, to feed and water at 8 a. m. and 

 5 p. m. , and that the stock is domestic and for propagation, 



( U i In Conclusion j ^" 



You have read the fore-going pages of this work, and if you 

 have gone over them carefully, as you should have, the ques- 

 tion of whether it is much trouble or not, to raise quail, is set- 

 tled in your own mind. They are much easier to care for than 

 chickens, take less feed, are more cleanly, more interesting and 

 fascinating than chickens. If the work of caring for them is 

 properly attended to daily, and nothing left undone, the time 

 required will be a very small consideration in caring for a large 

 number of birds. 



The pleasure you will secure from the the culture is limited 

 only by the attention you give them. Treat them kindly, care 

 for them well and they will entertain all of your spare moments 

 with their antics and cheery note calls. 



The work of keeping up the aviary and caring for the birds 

 is not heavy. The greatest care being the patience of feeding 

 and raising the young chicks not raised by the parent birds. 

 Yet it is a pleasure, rather than labor, to care for them if you 

 are in any way inclined to the Love of Nature. 



As an article of food; it is unnecessary for us to say that the 

 meat is a prize and that quail on toast is a delicacy. 



The profit in the culture we have only to figure from a fanciers 

 standpoint. They are now being quoted from $3.00 to $3.50 

 per dozen on the markets. That the bob-white may be in- 

 creased in size under careful breeding, and command a better 

 market price, we do not doubt. Again, when it becomes per- 

 missible to sell live domesticated quail frys, we believe that the 



