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THE GAME BREEDER 



A small shipment. 



Shipping crates 



lasso the feet of the quail and throw the 

 trap. Only one to five birds are caught 

 at a time, but the trappers, working sev- 

 eral traps, made a good daily showing . 

 and good wages. 



I found milo maize and cane seed to 

 be the grain the quail liked best and, for 

 green food, cabbage. 



I consider the quarantine established 

 by the government proper. It is a pro- 

 tection to the purchaser. But if the 

 Department of Agriculture puts a stop 

 to the importation because from one to 

 one hundred per cent, of the birds die 

 of quail disease, the sportsmen should 

 get busy because Mexico is the only 



source of stock for propagation pur- 

 poses. The policy of the Department 

 in closing the importation of quail on 

 account of an occasional outbreak of 

 disease sounds as logical as the argument 

 of the drummer who refused to ride 

 on a train because of an occasional train 

 wreck. 



The hybrid shown in the photograph 

 is a rare and beautiful bird. It has the 

 blue wings, back and tail of the Mexican 

 blue quail or scaled partridge, a typical 

 bobwhite breast, its head is not that of 

 either bird. It has a slight crest, but 

 this does not show while the bird is be- 

 ing handled. In size^ the hybrid is larger 

 than the bobwhite. 



A car full of Quail. 



