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a mixture of wheat, and buckwheat to which a very little 

 cracked corn is added is the best; in the winter have the mash 

 hot and add more corn to the grain mixture; outside of their 

 regular meals feed green grass or clover cut in proper lengths, 

 and a small quanity of fresh lean meat cooked and cut into 

 suitable pieces; always keep a supply of grit and fresh clean 

 water within easy reach, and see that the drinking vessels are 

 kept clean. 



I have also raised the Mexican and California varieties and 

 cannot see but that one variety is as easy to raise as another. 



The quail fancy, practically speaking, is new though they 

 have been kept as pets as far back as the year 1794, but as a 

 fancy it has only started in the last year and whether it is to 

 live or die depends upon the way it is supported by our brother 

 fanciers. Some, to be sure will make a failure of it while 

 others will make a grand success, but we must all take hold 

 and do the best we can and let our followers profit by the mis- 

 takes we have made, and we will soon have the raising of quail, 

 whether for pleasure or profit, one of the leading fancies. 



The quail as we all know are rapidly disappearing and it will 

 not be very long before they will be a bird of the past; they 

 will be hunted until the last one is gone. There remains but 

 one way to save this noble bird, and that is through the fancy, 

 so brothers let's put all of our efforts towords saving the noblest 

 of all our game birds, the "QUAIL." 



H. A. Boies, Detroit, Mich. 



Quails In Domestication.-=Extracts. 



Recreation, N. Y. City. ($1 00 per year.) 



Several years ago I procured 2 pair of quails from a friend in 

 Oklahoma. I placed them in an open cage, 5x12 feet, in the 

 garden, exposed to all kinds of weather. This was close to the 

 chicken yard, a fact which I afterwards regretted, as quail are 



