The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-12
Your Friends Mr.. and Mrs. Quail.


Hardly q farmer. gardener or horti-
cmifufallsf ia without some very EN-
rierf free heip in hia work 81 prudur-
fmN cereals. vegetables end fruits Ou
every farm are hundreds. N not thou
sands. ~ little servants induHfriouaiF
telling i8 Increase the farmers profits
They never look AZ the clock. though
they wcrk VERY regularly. and theF
never strike Par higher wages Most
Of them cost tne farmer nothing at all
few ~ them ask for a few berries
during fhs season. and occasionally a
Few grains 81 wheat barley. or corn.
Most. in fact. nearly an. ire grain
they take a. from the ground. that
which would 81 fo waste are result Or
VOLUNTEER plants where not wanted.
Accommodating an this valuable
service. many 81 these unpaid and
often unknown friends are persecuted
and destroyed hY or with the consent
81 thn very persons who are probing
~ their presence on tho farm. whore
the farmer. from purely selfish moo
tivea. should give them all the protec-
tiun and announcement possible.
knak THIS condition Cd Improving and
Il am proud to say that. many farmers
appreciate the service they see from
partridge robins. woodpeckef8 and
some other birds. end DO not allow
them DESTROYED. hut protect them Coz
The fakc ~ thc good they %.
one progressive farmer has a larFe
family of boys ard iheg ester into the
spirit ~ the fhlnF They often end
the meets OF parfridwes CAS- quail are
offsn called when theY are mowiuE
haF. and they always cat hround the
nest. leaving srass standing 20 protect
a.. So the ben vii NOT aeHert her nest
o. enemies End it None 90 these boys
ponid harm q bird
Scar the house are numerous nests
built Tor various kinds ~ birds 90
suit the fancy of each species. and she
nests arc murh used About this place
are more birds nests. OF more different
kinar. than auY other place in thia Sc
ri0n. any farmer might have thc
sane delightful and helpful nelrhhorn
with q feW hours work. one day a
naiEhhor upon whom this farmer
named cos Chlda. vas urging bro
Profession. said there waa one bird
that deserved to be- killed because %
ate cherries and Etra wherrles. That
waa ire cat bird
We'll now. replied ar Chuds. 70
don't beBrudae the cat bird thn few
berries if wants for Few dava OH the
season. when tnat Del al Sc asks for
wurkinE Gov ne ire whole year VIA.
90 you think would become uf your
rnrden m f wasn't Cor cat birds and
rob na eating the cut-worma ana other
rorma and Insects that would cat up
evsrythinr 500 tried 60 ralaef A man
toid me fhr other dav that BE- had
tiuef T5 rofira fhis summer because
lheV ate hls cHorriea Z told him : Sass
"a that ! haf raised az least twice
aH many to faae their Places A man
30 would k.H a. robin - Just fool
AmVune who wiI examine thf
stomach 81 q quail VIII have uo trouble
fn anfisfyimN himself about what tne
HftIe fruuw haa been doing f1r Sc wlH
prove that hla time haa been spent On
aathrnnG thousands uf weed seeds
Frum fan to auriuE thn uttie crop Hlu
he found almost hurafing with These
fInF seeds fof BE- 81 ForT Industrious
harvester. and believes In feeding htm-
self literally More than hair bis food
consists So weed seeds naEwted
sheep sorrcL pigeon araas. p.g weed
smart wned. dock. cImuinu faiHr hurh-
wheat many kinds of Hrassea and in-
Vulnerable other seeds ~ plants that
are obstacles 10 hHrIcuitHFc.
ne has been estimated that n VIE
Euia there arc f0uf quail o. each
square mile. That mar hr hIf COO
hlrh far loua. though. perhaps. noe Hn
whole. Cor In aauT parts Do iH far
zoo low Auowinn cnrn bird a quarter
90 an ounce. cr half ifs stomach core
tents. twice a daV duInE ere weed
seed season. from September q ta April
f0. fhis would FIEr about lst tons of
esea seed annually destroyed by quail
in lows. one quail alone is known fo
have eaten iu enc day more than 5000
seeds % piaFon Eraas. while thc stnm-
arh 81 another VAS found o. contain
more than to Gee pia weed seeds
Wecf seeds however are noe OBJ
falnahle dufInN toe summer. ana. be-
sides. veunE quail require aalmal food.
49, a. au menfiinas. Thls s why 30
many birds ere Fo valuable to 4Erieui-
care. that tbrf are driven to hJnt Az
hard Coz worms and ntrrta for their
Young The quaH. or bobwhite. not