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FOREST AND STREAM. 

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[Auc. 24, 1907. 
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REARING GAME BIRDS IN CONFINE- 
MENT. 
Continued from page 294. 
only three when young; then until nearly mature a loss 
of only four from cats and accidents. When nearly 
grown, the ameebic disease* caused a loss of seven in 
the two oldest lots. The third lot went through the 
whole period of life in the brooder and small pen at- 
tached nearly three months without loss. All of these 
lots were on the same ground, which was infected with 
the amceba early in the spring by hens passing over. 
Promptly upon the appearance of the disease the coops 
were moved to fresh ground and moved again after any 
loss suspected to be from the disease, until the loss 
ceased. 
Of the two younger 
lots, one escaped the amoeba; 
the other was attacked 
at a very early age, because the 
coop chanced to be placed on ground more liable to 
infection. Both lots having been hatched very late, the 
early cold weather of the fail caused a heavy loss in these 
lots. The heat used was not greater than for the early 
lots, but the early lots stayed out in the grass practically 
all the time, day and night, while the late lots at the 
same age kept as closely to the brooder. 
The yards attached to the brooders varied in size from 
16 to 250 square feet; but no difference could be ob- 
served in the health or vigor of the birds that could be 
attributed to any advantage of one pen over another, 
but this would hardly apply to partly mature birds 
taken from the brooders. [f overcrowding is avoided 
and green food supplied it seems as though the birds 
will thrive in small pens as well as in large, and in the 
small pens become much tamer, They need no special 
attention, except to keep them tame, and, if supphed 
with dust and food and given a suitable temperature 
(starting at 95 degrees and dropping gradually every 
two or three days until after four weeks 80 degrees F, 
is reached), will take care of themselves. A good ex- 
ample of this is the way in which one lot, ‘kept for a 
brief period under a hen, rid themselves of head lice. 
When it was found that they were rather badly infested, 
they were supplied with dust. They burrowed in it 
vigorously, and very quickly cleansed themselves of the 
lice. So little difficulty was experienced in feeding the 
young quail that the only problem seemed to be the 
best food for a large stock of birds. Flies, maggots, 
ants and ant eggs, dried and fresh, were used for ani- 
mal food, and any of these alone would supply that 
part of the ration. Fine grain and seed was eaten from 
the first, and formed a larger proportion of their food 
than it did of the grouse. This fondness for seed con- 
tinued through the season, and nothing was eaten more 
eagerly than the seed of various weeds supplied te ~ 2. 
Green food was freely eaten, especially lettuc 
Like the grouse, the birds as they grew up strip 
pens of everything green. 
Not all of the berries and fruit fed to the grouc’ 
available for the quail. The season for strawb 
blue berries had passed; raspberries, though 1 
eaten, could not be supplied long; blackbe 
eaten, but not as eagerly as the raspberrie. 
berries were used more than any other, as they 
the right season and were more easily taken 

birds. For natural fruit food nothing is so pron’ ug 
the elderberry. Probably it will give very satisfacto. 
results if cultivated. The hatchery grounds contain an 
abundance of soil suited to it. Other foods that can be 
profitably cultivated or collected are wild cherries, and 
any weeds that can be gathered without shedding seed. 
Foul seed which is mostly weed seed can be obtained 
from threshing machines, and should form an abun- 
dant source of suitable food. 
All vegetation about the grounds that is likely to 
yield any food has been protected and encouraged to 
grow, and plantations of promising kinds started. 
Further extensive plantings will be made of known 
valuable kinds, and new kinds tried as information can 
be secured about them, or stock obtained. 
Another experiment was made at Sharon, 
under the observation of the writer. Two lots 
of Alabama quail, a total of sixty-eight birds, 
were placed in a pen containing 8,400 square 
feet, surrounded by a wire fence five feet high. 
Their wings were clipped to prevent escape. 
The pens surrounded a _ patch of blueberry, 
sumach and barberry bushes, in a tangle of climb- 
ing bittersweet, where quail had formerly nested. 
Some of the birds were undoubtedly infected 
by disease germs before arrival. In spite of all 
attentions and the best of feed, a disease ap- 
peared which manifested every symptom of 
chicken cholera, and the bacillus, which was pro- 
nounced by Dr. Tyzzer to be apparently the re- 
sponsible agent, was described by him as very 
similar, if not identical, with that which is known 
to be the cause of chicken cholera. 
The object was to feed and protect these birds 
and their progeny until such a time as the moult- 
ing renewed the flight feathers, when both old 
and young would gradually work out over the 
fences and seek the abundant rye, buckwheat and 
sumach which were accessible close by thé pen. 
The ravages of the disease impaired the re- 
sults, so that not more » eleven quail have 
been seen at one time _ are, however, so 
tame that it is difficul. 1.0 flush them without 
a dog. 
These observations, however, supplemented by 
*Caused by the intentinal parasite Amceba melzagridis, 
which causes ‘‘blackhead’”’ disease in turkeys. 



