The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-01

| Iege, and the bacteriologieaI part be- ing contributed by The Storrs AgTt- cultural Experiment Station, received the interest and attention of Presi- dent Beach, Of Prof. CaN ton the Di- | rector of the Experiment Station, of Prof. Stoneburn who is head of the Poultry Department of the College, | and others. and is fully approved by them. The Experiment Station Is un- der the Federal Government and has regular Government inspection. The
 quail experiment, being connected, as
 above with the Station, received Gov , ernment inspec> ion, and was approved. The work was also done in close CO., operation with the Poultry Depart ment, owing to. which no accidents oc- | cured. Unremitting care was given | to the work those mentioned above | will testify The work with the young Quails lasted each day till late even ing, with night watches additional. in Yolying sleeping outdoors by the brood CTS In a hammock.
 The College and the Experiment Sta ton officials, together with other In1-
 portant interests, believing that this
 work is of value and economic inn
 portance and that it gives promise of solving problem which would be
 worth a large amount of money to the
 State and the public, urge that it be continued for at least another year.
 To stop midway in promising scien- tific quest already productive of use ful results, on the ground that the
 final goal was not reached in few
 months,t appears to them an amazing
 proposition. The Stations inVeStiga-
 tion~of the white diarrhoea of chicks
 has already taken three years, and a
 proposed cattle disease investigation
 is liable to extend over five years. Yet the Government considers money thus
 we'll expended.
 The ornithologist is now completing a Report on quail propagation, em-
 bodying the results of this experiment at Storrs and of another quail experi- ment in Connecticut carried on pri- vately in cooperation with him. It is the most thorough treatment of the subject that has ever been prepared. The Director of the Experiment Sta ton has examined the material, and, considering it valuable, has asked per mission to publish it for the Experi- ment Station a Government Bul1e- tin. in cooperation with the Commis- sions at the expense of the Govern ment. Many persons who are experi- menting with quail are asking for the
 Report, so as to have the benefit of
 the new information for the approach ing season,
 Until the diseases, feeding. and hard ling of quail are thoroughly worked out in a scientific manner, the whole problem of the artificial increase of quail will remain at a standstill. The depletion of the quail in one State for the benefit of another will never solve the problem. Just so long as ship ments of quail are tried without un- derstanding the disease problem. large
 numbers of them are practically sure
 to be swept off with the dreaded epi- denlic, with grave danger of spreading it among the native quail and grouse. A small fraction Of the game fund would continue this fundamental work. It may be remarked that the exPense was not as large as stated in some of the papers This whole matter nat urally rests with the sportsmen of Connecticut, and it Is for them to de- eide as they believe it most for the public good.