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' ch cken should be beloved as the bar barbmger barbinger barbinger bmger binger of ot the lovely northern sprmg spring sprmgTHE springTHE springTHE THE C C1LIFORNII \LIFORNl\ LIFORNl CLIFORNl < \ 1LIFORNI LIFORNlQUAIL \ t QUAILOf QUAIL QUAILOf Of at all the charming charmmg b rds in m the theworld theworld theworld world none probably is more ap appeal appeal appeal peal ng to the b rd lover than the the1 1 ttle scuttling scuttlmg quail with its plaID plain plaIDhve plaintive plaintive hve tive peep ng cry Like the well wellkno wellkno wellkno kno vn en Bob White of ot the eastern easternstates easternstates easternstates states the quail is fond tond of cover coverdelight coverdelight coverdelight delight ng to d veil on unlffiproved unimproved unlffiprovedland unimprovedland unimprovedland land where trees and scrub alternate alternateWith alternatewith alternatewith With small natural parks of ot open openland openland openland land The author of the bulletin bulletm re referred referred reterred ferred to above states that he hasseen hasseen has hasseen seen a female quail sitting slttmg upon uponher uponher uponher her eggs m in a garden with n 30 feet feetot feetof feetof ot of a house between wh ch and the thenest thenest thenest nest toot foot passengers passed many manytlffies manytimes manytimes tlffies times each day In winter wmter a covey coveyfrequently coveyfrequently coveyfrequently frequently feeds with the farmer farmers farmersch s sch sch ch ckens cken and if I ! not disturbed will willcontmue willcontinue willcontinue contmue continue to do so until pairing palrmg t meIt meIt me meIt It must be admitted that qua quail . are aresometimes aresometimes aresometimes sometimes destruct destrud ve ye especially ill in illvmeyards invineyards mvineyards vmeyards vineyards they love grapes How However However However ever under normal cond cand tions hons the farmer and orchardist have nothmg nothing nothmgto nothingto nothingto to tear fear from its ravages It must mustal mustal mustal al vays be remembered in m favor of ofthe ofthe ofthe the quail tl tI a at t vegetable food con constltutes constitutes constitutes stltutes stitutes 97 per cent of ot h s d et and andthat andthat andthat that such food consists mainly mamly of ofseeds ofseeds ofseeds seeds of plants . which v.hlch vhlch are of ot noxIous noxIousor noxiousor noxiousor or troublesome species Quail when whenyoung whenyoung whenyoung young eat large numbers of msects insects msectsIncludmg insectsincluding insectsincluding Includmg including beetles bugs caterp Ilars liars Ilarsgrasshoppers liarsgrasshoppers liarsgrasshoppers grasshoppers fl fI es sp ders and andsna andsnails andsnails sna snails s They will also feed Joyously joyouslyit JoyouslyI , I it ! given the chance upon various variouskmds variouskinds variouskinds kmds kinds of scale insects 10sects Adult qua 1 I 1as Ias 1as as well wen as the young ones are par part t cularly fond of ants antsTIn antsTILE antsTHE TIn TILE : IIOi HOL.NED HOLNED 1I0hi'oED 1I0hioED . ' ED GREBEThe GREBE GREBEThe The grebes belong to one of the themost themost themost most interesting mterestmg groups of water waterb b rds It may be said in ill passmg passing passmgthat passingthat passingthat that the most remarkable remarhable tact fact about aboutthe aboutthe aboutthe the feeding feedmg hab ts is of ot the grebe IS ISthat isthat isthat that these b rds eat great quant ties tiesof tiesof tiesof of feathers Grebes have been ac accused accured accused cused cured of living Ilvmg e exclusively cluslvely upon uponfishes uponfishes uponfishes fishes and of ot doing domg therefore great greatmischIef greatmischief greatmischief mischIef in m fish hatcheries but care carefully carefully carefully fully collected evidence does not notsupport notsupport notsupport support this charge against agamst them themExammat themExaminat themExaminat Exammat Examinat on of ot many grebe stom stomachs stomachs stomachs I achs shows they eat large numbers numbersof of insect JDsect insects " ; . 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THE DEODAR DEObAR DEODARA DEObARA DEODARA I A particularly partlcularly symmetrical coni conifer coniter , fer is the deodar ( Cedrus deodara deodarawhich ) which is a native of As a but has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen , been very successfully grown on onthe onthe onthe I the Pac flc fic coast and m in the warmer warmerparts warmerparts warmerparts i parts of ot the M 1\1 1 \ ddle West and some someof someof someof of the Eastern sta states statesROSE statesROSE tes tesROSE ; ROSE CULTURERoses CULTURE CULTUm CULTURERoses : Roses are heavy feeders teeders and must musthave musthave musthave have rich neh soils if i1 good results are areto areto areto to be obtained The Tbe soil must be becarefully becarefully becarefully carefully prcpircd prep'lrcd preplrcd prep-tred prep tred ' - and heavily heavly ! ter far tertll fartil tertil tll til zed the tbe best fertilizer tertlllzer to usa USE ! be bemg being bemg mg ing cow manure |