The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-19
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10. 1899

the form Of sucking both colts She was
separated and kept twelve hours in stall.
At the end OF that time, milk was dripping
from her udder, and she was whnnying
as restlessly for her adopted children as
though they were her own.
Almost the same thing happened to a
heifer calf the pride of a Tennessee COW
pen, where calves were never weaned, but
sucked as regularly as milking time came
round. Two impish small black boys, who
had the job Of keeping off the calves >"
beguiled the tedium of waits by penning
the heifer calf in a fence corner, and pre-
tending to milk her into broken gourd.
They began It in June. when the creature
was six months old. BY October they had
brought her to her milk" 1t came in a
tiny stream. of course. but was milk I'M
mistakea BILE Curiously enough the heifer,
which had every mark of turning out a
valuable mixer, at maturity, proved al
most worthless for the pail
There are many odd and interestin g
things to be said of the quail, which is
known throughout large scope of the
country as the partridge. One is that 1t
has the power, when badly frightened, of
Withholding its scent. "A covey. QUICKLY
flushed. will scatter, and lie so close, The
best dog in the world will overrun them,
making no sign of point until bird futters
up right under foot. Another is that it
has the faculty of Stimulating death, If
taken winged, IN hand. ana OF comm 8
quickly to life, the minute the grasp is
relaxed in the neighborheod of good cover.
Further the birds have a sort of barom-
etric sense. A woodsman, marking the
direction in which they feed can almost
certainly foretell the days weather If
they choose stubble or corn fields, it viii
be mild and moist if they go to the open
woods, he looks for wind and sun; If they
scurry for thickets of brier and sedge. then
he knows bitter cold is imminent Unless
forced TO migrate by lack of fool a covey
always sleeps within a hundred yards OF
the nest it was Matched inland this, al
though il may have fed all days several
miles away The sleeping Is done in a hud-
died ring, tails in, heads out, all round,
and so closely punched that a good sized
napkin will cover it. Instinct possi bly,
lies back of the ring making. Thus the
shy creatures hope TO escape surprise from
creeping vermin, ninks, weasels, foxes
which steal upon them in the night.
Quail are mormons of the first water
In the mating season the strongest cocks
strut and preen themselves before theil
| several wives, ruffiing defiance the Will,
at the poor bachelor birds who flock by
| themselves in disconsolate pairs and trios
The wives lay their eggs together ant
| take turns in brooding them, as does AIS
the head of the family. After the covey
is full grown 1t runs in a long very keer
| triangle. like a file of geese, very much
exaggerated. They feed as they run
hence it is easy to toll them into a baitec
coop by means of tunnel full of grain
Once inside, they will run wildly around
| flying against the bars and trying t,
thrust their heads between, with N
| thought of returning by the way the!
came.
Wild turkeys have the same idiosyncra
cies Beyond a doubt it has contributed
largely to their radip extinction. WilC
and tame ones have in common the ha'bi
of pecking to death any one of their mum
Der who falls lame, or droops aggressively
They also share in wild dislike for tn
color scarlet A red rag, left at thei
mercy, will be pecked, and torn, an
trampled as hong IS there is sound shred
Martha McCulloch Williams.