The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-06-28
--'' MORE KANSAS QUAIL.

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 Two hundred and four quail, all the way from the soil of bleeding Kansas, arrived in this city Wednesday after noon, having made the journey in four days in charge of the Adams Express company The birds were confined in five crates competed into two frames, two in one frame and three in the other.
 The crates were addressed to W. F. Longden, gun dealer, Fairfield avenue. When they were opened only four birds were found to be dead, and even two hundred being full of life after their four days of jostling in express cars. A shipment received by MT Longden about ten days ago comprised four hun dred birds, andsof that number all ar rived here alive and well with the ex- ception of seven.
 The small loss is attributed to the system of crafting and shipping the birds. The crates are constructed With canvas tops and buttons, which pre- vents the birds from beating their brains out, as they would do If the crates were topped with wooden slats. Attached to each crate, on the outside, is little feed trough containing wa ter pan On the journey east the birds are fed and kept supplied with fresh water by the express company's people. The very greatness of the number or birds packed into each crate Is source of safety to them, it being the eXperi- ence of the shippers that the birds are far less subject to injury when so packed than when fewer birds are con tained in each crate; the compact mass of birds acting as a cushion for the pro- lection of the individutl.
 These Kansas quail are brought here, not by owners of private game pre- serves but at the expense of number of genuine and enthusiastic sportsmen who go down into their pockets and set tie the bills without the slightest guar antee that they will benefit any moref by their action than will other gunners who do not contribute to the expense.
 The quail are liberated in Easton, Long Hill, Trumbull and the northern part of Stratford, each subscriber to the fund placing his quota of birds, The sportsmen depend upon the great pro- creat tive qualities of the bird to provide better shooting next fall.
 Quail breed later than any other game birds, the season occurring in June The number of eggs to the nest Is ten to twenty, and it is seldom that one fails to hatch. Each little bob-white hen will raise on an average 75 per cent of the young quail. It is therefore to be ex- pected that for each pair of birds libe- rated now there will be an additional five pair by the time the shooting sea- son opens. Figuring on that basis, the investment of the gentlemen interested in this movement promises to result in an addition of ahalt thirty-six hundred quail to the stocks6f game in the locali- ties most easily reached by Bridgeport guns.
 The importation of Kansas quail into this locality this spring is really due to the indefatgable labor of Frederick D. Stickles, chief engineer of the Bridge port Electric Light company. Mir. Stickles Is an ardentSportsman and un- dertook to raise the funds necessary to the experiment. He interested about twenty-five gunners and secured their, cooperation. The cost of the quail is s4 50 per dozen in Kansas, with an addi- tional dollar per dozen for express charges.
 The manner in which the quail are captured is interesting. There are men in Kansas who make a big business of catching the birds and selling them for the stocking of game preserves. Their method is to stretch a great net through the wheat fields-a net a mile long, with an aperture in the middle that opens into a big net cage or balloon. Men on horseback beat over the country adja- cent to the net On the approach of pedestrian quail as a rule take flight, but it is fact that they will run before a horse for long distances without fly ing. On reaching the net the bird works it's way along the barrier till it comes to the opening, through which it pops and is like fly in a trap Thousands upon thousands of quail are taken alive in this manner, and go to populate sections of the country where game is scarce.
 novel idea is to be put to test with the birds received yesterday, The sportsmen have a natural desire to learn just how far the quail will depart from the spots upon which they are liberated or row near they will remain.
 A novel idea is to be put to test with den yesterday placed upon the leg of each twentyfour cock quail numbered brass band. A record will be kept of the precise locality in which wach of these marked birds is set free. Next fall all gunners will be requested to re- port, in case any of the banded cocks fall to their guns, the precise spot in which SuCh q bird is killed d-RridgeDOrt