Show tho the valuable quail tho the most expensive meat in america to la that thal ut the quail tho price of the bird may be moderate enough but the loss caused by killing it Is an other matter competent authorities ct that each quail la Is worth 10 to 25 to the american farmer as aa a destroyer of insects and devourer of weed veed seeds this Is particularly true la in those parts of the south afflicted by tho the boll weevil quail are as fond of weevils as weevils are of cotton and more than one farmer his haa noticed that when hla his fields are well stocked with quail tho the cotton crop to la safe there Is liable to be some very vigorous garne game preserving in dixie on economic grounds rather than toy for sport during the next dozen years yeara |