Birds The Quail, Bobwhite 
In case the quail live naturally upon the farm, 
they may be encouraged by winter feeding. There 
should be a regular feeding place near the house 
or barn, a place protected by brush is the best. 
Quail like almost any kind of grain. It is a good 
plan to plant buckwheat in the late fall in a field near 
the Bobwhite coverts, so as to give an abundance 
of food to the young birds. 
REFERENCES 
Description of habits, in Birps THAT HUNT AND ARE HUNTED, 
Neltje Banchan. 
UsEFUL BIRDS AND THEIR PROTECTION, Forbush. 
Bob and Some Other Birds, Witp LiFe IN THE ROCKIEs, 
Enos A. Mulls. 
One Touch of Nature, Ways or Woop Fox, W. J. Long. 
Birps oF New York, Eaton and Fuertes. 
THE BOY AND BOBWHITE 
“Dear little Bobwhite, where do you live?” 
“At the edge of the wood where it borders the wheat. 
I eat all the weed seeds and my energies give 
To helping the farmers, who pay in deceit 
And shoot me to death,—my dear chicks they eat.” 
“Dear little Bobwhite, where do you sleep?’’ 
“Down there in the fence-corner close to the hay. 
My wife and chicks seven so cosily peep 
As we nestle together, heads pointing away 
To watch for the foe, come whence he may.” 
“Dear little Bobwhite, I’ll care for you good; 
I will make you a brush pile where blackberries grow, 
I will feed you and all of your quaint little brood, 
With buckwheat and screenings spread over the snow, 
And I’ll chase off the cats and every fierce foe.”’ 
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