Show quail farmers friend must have food supply among the chief causes for or lack of quail and upland birds on farms arms may be scarcity of necessary food and cover Fal failure lire to supply substitute patches when natural feeding ground has been destroyed and neglect to pre servo the natural cover tor for the bobwhites habitat are among the chief causes of gradual reduction says the missouri farmer many measures measure may be taken on the average farm to increase or improve the food for quail and help bring about an increase in their numbers cumbers seed can be broadcast in early spring around gullens and washes on roadsides around the borders of fields and like situations cain hemp lespedeza clover and many species of small wild beans and cowpeas provide excellent sustenance for quail once started lespedeza volunteers year after year unless killed out by burning the land over after the seed germinates in the spring when harvesting gra grain in a few rows on the outside near cover way may be advantageously left for the birds quail at times do much work on the farm by destroying serious insect pests and are considered one of the farmers best allies and deserve the serious consideration on any mans farm |