The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-29
QUAIL FARMING
FOR AMBUSINESS.
Missouri Man Embarks nj a
Novel and Profitable
Pursuits.
Pursuits.

A special 10 the st. Louis dlobe-Den1o.
crat from Columbia, Mo-, says;
a new Industry with interesting poss!-
billties has been lrinuguiated by Guy
Gordon, Of Columbia. lie calls It quail
farming, and Is working on tho theory
that the birds can be raised on the Same
principle as barnynrd poultry. His ox-
pcriinents have already demonstrated tho
fact thnt qiails can be raised as easily,
and With as ttle exp rsn9 s as cnSne|hn
to be determined. 4, :,
Tho quail farmer, who IS q son Of !; ri !. g s.
Gordon propretoGg Ct INC t GofS or h o
ground Just west OF he hotel. tho farm
being fenced with closely %9X zen ,, Wire.
whose wings arc. clipped ut an early age.
soon to Ar * where
enough to operate the farm on all cxten.
sive SYSTEM.
His FIRST experiments have already indt-
possibilities, and he hopes to soon have
tho birds on the ma rket at prices that
may mean a fortune, His present design
ss to fa;f Gey p nGod Gha de Snfh bains
well up with the supply.
It was purely BY accident that young
While he was engaged in H Cleaning ss out a
chicken incubator one day, Speed Nit
chel Of Boone county. lcancdMover tho
o ense anda s5mied tie ne eoa Sdaa
cOntrtranccs sjh1l{4's Al-#t 3l1,l. 81
h5 MHy a saa z2S snse aass ia q f S2d
week and didn't have half Y the e trouble ,Ia
S a. Vt ~, It q as you are going to with that
''Bring mo some eggs and WILL" said
Gordon, and thought NO more about n
But the next week Mitchell came in WITH
S,s DOZEN esss fresh from quail nest o.
cubator and within twenty-ono days nina
OF the eggs We're hatchcd. Three of the
young quails died. but six thrlved and arc
now full grown. l7t7.s'7'
don abandoned the chicken business and
now possesses a big covey OF uualls OF All
s s,zeg The youngest BIRDS are kept in q
larger ones are permitted to play at viii
about the premises. their wings having
been clipped when one, month old Tho
youngest birds must be handled with
temperature. They are Matched In the In
| cubator at n temperature OF l04 degrees,
and while IN the care OF the mother get
ar3as hea Iii dur hG Gay H. e b wh9D.
| ever, 1t Is necessary to lhep lamp
burning in the broodhouse to Insure q
temperature Of at least 80 degrees Like
\ an luCuUdlOI pIOuuCLSr lHG DlTuS are sur
prisingly tame. and even the fll-grown
| quail can be picked up and fed out OF
/ the hand at Will.
I The quail breeder has one peculiar OBJ
| production. "A pair Of quails once mated
are. strangely enough united for HE.
Neither the malc nor the female will de-
| sert Its mate for another, and the loss OF
one out OF a pair Is equivalent to the LOGS
! OF both. Even after the dpnih OF one
1 the other Is not tit for reproduction pur-
| poses. II the hen quail is paired with any
| other bird than her original mate, her
| prove fertile under any conditions. This
peculiar law OF nature is a serious draw
back. as It Is necessary to keep the males
1 and female in equal numbers but other
wise quail breeding has many advantages
| over poultry
I Gordon does not expect to market any
I Of his qualls for food purposes for sew
eral years. and his present design is only
to secure 4 good supply for breeding pur--
poses. Even II he SO dlsired, he could
not market them In Missouri at present
game law, which Will for several years
! prohibit the killing. selling or buying OF
! duaiis. owing to the scarcity OF the sup
| ply In this State.
| in time prove a solution Of this very
| problem as to the future supply OF birds
for sporting purposes; II they can be
rasedh as EASILY as fba of h
| sport, as It would do away with all pos
|, sjbilIty Of tho birds becoming extinct.
The average quail hen lays about six
| teen eggs per year, the setting season
! OF April to the last week In June.
| AS there Is a good demand for live birds
at 81 a pair, the possible profits OF the
i no reason why the breeding of quails
should not become as important an indus
try as the raising OF poultry.
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