Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 160, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1910 — Quail from Egypt. [ARTICLE]

Quail from Egypt.

A record consignment of 100.000 live Egyptian quails, requiring special conveyance, from Alexandria to London by way of the Manchester Ship Canal, left Alexandria on March 25, and reached Manchester last Saturday' when they were transferred to a special express tor London. Twenty drays were required to convey them from King's Cross to their destination. It is most extraordinary that although on many occasions search has been made, the breeding ground of the quails is absolutely unknown. They are trapped by Arabs, who deliver them in half dozens in boxes and baskets to the Egyptian Quail Syndicate s collecting depots, situated at all stations on the Egyptian State Railways between Alexandria and Assiout and Khartaum, and sent to the warehouse in Alexandria to await shipment. This warehouse is used exclusively for the purpose of keeping he quails until a sufficient number has been received, and is as large as the Agricultural Hall. The quails are placed in crates six feet long with six tiers and capable of holding 600 birds for shipment. As the syndicate only receives payment for birds which are alive when delivered, very great care and attention has to be paid to them during transit. Six Arabs are told off whose special duty it is to feed and water the birds twice every day, and during the present journey 100 bags, each weighing two hundred-weight of millet seed were consumed. One fine days the crates are .brought up to a sheltered position on deck for airing. —London Express. ■