. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 170 •CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME Artificial Feeding A unique feature of the Dune Lakes quail management program was the practice of scattering grain on the feeding areas of the various coveys. Steel-cut yellow corn was the commonest grain employed, although whole wheat was scattered to a lesser extent. The amount of feed so used varied from year to year and season to season, but observed limits ranged from six to 12 sacks per week. Durin
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 170 •CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME Artificial Feeding A unique feature of the Dune Lakes quail management program was the practice of scattering grain on the feeding areas of the various coveys. Steel-cut yellow corn was the commonest grain employed, although whole wheat was scattered to a lesser extent. The amount of feed so used varied from year to year and season to season, but observed limits ranged from six to 12 sacks per week. During the nesting season, from April to July, feeding was cut to the minimum; in the late summer the amount was gradually increased until by September, up to 12 sacks per week were scattered. The usual yearly quota was 500 sacks costing approxi- mately $1,000 at that time. Feeding was ordinarily done three times per week, Mondays, Wed- nesdays, and Fridays, and the amount of feed used was gauged to some extent by the use by quail and quail Fig. 53. Feeding quail at Dune Lakes. Feed is scattered along predetermined routes by means of this blower device mounted in the bed of a pickup truck. The low, moderately dense brush apparent in the picture is typical of the quail area. During the first years of such quail feeding the grain was scattered from horseback. Later, feeding was done with the aid of an ingenious blower device mountedjn the bed of a pickup truck (Fig. 53). This consisted of a one-sack capacity hopper which fed the grain to a blower powered by a small gasoline engine. The grain could be blown to the right or left of the truck by turning a deflector in the outlet tube, and was scattered in a band roughly 15 feet wide along the side of the road. Regular feeding routes were traversed by the pickup and the grain was scattered on predetermined strips. The location of the feeding routes. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that
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