﻿BOB 
  WHITE 
  ON 
  THE 
  FAKM. 
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  bobwhites 
  from 
  September 
  1 
  to 
  April 
  30 
  in 
  Virginia 
  and 
  Xorth 
  Caro- 
  

   lina 
  amounts 
  to 
  1,341 
  tons. 
  It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  remembered 
  also 
  that 
  if 
  it 
  

   were 
  not 
  for 
  foxes, 
  hawks, 
  and 
  trespassing 
  pot 
  hunters 
  the 
  birds 
  

   would 
  be 
  more 
  abundant 
  and 
  their 
  services 
  correspondingly 
  greater. 
  

   Insects 
  form 
  about 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  bobwhite's 
  diet 
  from 
  June 
  1 
  to 
  

   August 
  31 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  calculation 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  one 
  employed 
  above 
  

   shows 
  that 
  340 
  tons 
  of 
  insects 
  are 
  destroyed 
  during 
  this 
  period. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  insects 
  consumed 
  by 
  the 
  bird 
  are 
  such 
  very 
  .harmful 
  

   pests 
  as 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  locust, 
  the 
  chinch 
  bug, 
  the 
  Colorado 
  

   potato 
  beetle, 
  the 
  Mexican 
  cotton 
  boll 
  weevil, 
  cutworms, 
  the 
  two 
  cot- 
  

   ton 
  worms, 
  and 
  the 
  army 
  worm. 
  The 
  highly 
  insectivorous 
  chicks 
  

   cause 
  a 
  proportionally 
  greater 
  destruction 
  of 
  insects 
  than 
  the 
  adult 
  

   birds. 
  Further, 
  while 
  many 
  other 
  useful 
  birds 
  confine 
  themselves 
  to 
  

   the 
  woodland 
  or 
  swamp, 
  or 
  merely 
  scout 
  along 
  waterways, 
  hedges, 
  

   and 
  fence 
  rows, 
  the 
  bobwhite 
  feeds 
  directly 
  among 
  field 
  crops. 
  In 
  

   the 
  South 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  cotton 
  fields 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  Xorth 
  it 
  delights 
  in 
  the 
  

   ragweed-grown 
  wheat 
  stubble; 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  its 
  favorite 
  feeding 
  

   ground 
  is 
  corn 
  fields, 
  and 
  it 
  often 
  spends 
  the 
  night 
  there 
  instead 
  of 
  

   flying 
  to 
  cover 
  as 
  do 
  most 
  birds. 
  The 
  facility 
  with 
  which 
  it 
  passes 
  

   from 
  field 
  to 
  field, 
  either 
  on 
  foot 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  wing, 
  distributes 
  its 
  serv- 
  

   ices 
  to 
  an 
  unusual 
  degree. 
  

  

  BOBWHITE 
  AS 
  AN 
  ASSET 
  OF 
  THE 
  FARM. 
  

  

  Every 
  landowner 
  should 
  realize 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  bobwhite, 
  and 
  

   should 
  demand 
  from 
  sportsmen 
  a 
  fair 
  price 
  for 
  the 
  birds 
  killed 
  on 
  

   his 
  property. 
  With 
  proper 
  management 
  some 
  farms 
  of 
  from 
  500 
  

   to 
  1,000 
  acres 
  would 
  probably 
  yield 
  a 
  better 
  revenue 
  from 
  bobwhites 
  

   than 
  from 
  poultry. 
  ♦ 
  Many 
  farms 
  in 
  North 
  Carolina 
  derive 
  a 
  regular 
  

   income 
  from 
  this 
  source. 
  This 
  is 
  obtained 
  by 
  leasing 
  the 
  shooting 
  

   right 
  to 
  wealthy 
  sportsmen, 
  who, 
  in 
  localities 
  Avhere 
  birds 
  are 
  abun- 
  

   dant, 
  willingly 
  pay 
  considerable 
  sums 
  for 
  the 
  privilege. 
  This 
  is 
  

   probably 
  the 
  most 
  profitable 
  use 
  to 
  which 
  certain 
  poor 
  lands 
  in 
  the 
  

   South 
  can 
  be 
  put. 
  In 
  some 
  places 
  in 
  Maryland, 
  Virginia, 
  and 
  Xorth 
  

   Carolina 
  the 
  sportsman 
  often 
  pays 
  the 
  landowner 
  from 
  5 
  to 
  25 
  cents 
  

   for 
  every 
  bird 
  shot. 
  In 
  other 
  places 
  the 
  farmer 
  or 
  his 
  boy 
  is 
  hired 
  

   as 
  guide 
  to 
  locate 
  the 
  quail. 
  In 
  addition 
  the 
  sportsman 
  pays 
  liber- 
  

   ally 
  for 
  his 
  board 
  and 
  otherwise 
  adds 
  to 
  the 
  farmer's 
  income. 
  Wide- 
  

   awake 
  farmers 
  appreciate 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  genuine 
  sportsman 
  pays 
  

   well 
  for 
  his 
  sport 
  and 
  should 
  discriminate 
  between 
  him 
  and 
  the 
  

   market 
  hunter. 
  Millions 
  of 
  dollars 
  can 
  be 
  realized 
  by 
  the 
  proper 
  

   management 
  of 
  the 
  quail 
  crop 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  The 
  time 
  is 
  per- 
  

   haps 
  not 
  far 
  distant 
  when 
  landowners 
  will 
  protect 
  their 
  game 
  birds 
  

   from 
  foxes, 
  injurious 
  hawks, 
  and 
  human 
  poachers 
  as 
  diligently 
  as 
  

   they 
  now 
  do 
  their 
  poultry. 
  The 
  sooner 
  the 
  farmer 
  realizes 
  the 
  value 
  

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