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Description: |
ii, 50 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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General Note: |
At head of title: United States Department of the Interior, Harold L. Ickes, Secretary. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ira N. Gabrielson, Director. |
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"This publication is a contribution (no. 2) from the Patuxent Research Refuge."--Page 1 |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: The bobwhite quail, one of the most popular and widely distributed of game birds, can be successfully raised in captivity for restocking depleted coverts. This bulletin gives the essential principles involved in its feeding and management. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Preliminary consideration -- Breeding. Selection of breeders ; Housing and equipment ; Care of the birds ; Feeding -- Incubation. Commercial operations ; Small-scale operations -- Brooding. Problems ; Housing and equipment ; Care of the young ; Growing diet -- Holding during winter. Danger at the time of change ; Housing and equipment ; Care of nonbreeding stock ; Maintenance diet -- Correcting deficiencies in the diet -- Additional equipment -- Disposal of stock -- Winter care of liberated birds -- General precautions. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: United States. Bureau of Animal Industry. Bobwhite quail propagation. Washington, D.C. : United States Government Printing Office, 1941 (OCoLC)681400566 |
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Name Added Entry: |
Bailey, Woodrow Wilson, 1912- |