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A. RECORD 



GIVE quail and other birds that 

 destroy insect pests a chance to 

 multiply. Provide them with 

 cover and feed in winter. Stop hunters 

 from killing them. This is the way to 

 conserve wild life and the feathered 

 friends of the farmer. 



Although it is well known that the 

 wild life of this country, as well as 

 other countries, is diminishing to an 

 alarming degree, the fact that 70 per 

 cent of these birds and animals are 

 dying of exposure is not so well known. 

 Sportsmen kill too many quail and 

 other insect-eating birds, but cats, foxes, 

 crows, etc. destroy even more. Many 

 die from lack of food and cover to 

 protect them in severe weather. 



The decline of water fowl is due 

 largely to the disturbing of natural 

 breeding grounds and reckless killing. 

 Drainage of swamp lands to make more 

 tillable acres means destruction of the 

 waterfowls' breeding places. In Illinois 

 such drainage has all but destroyed 

 waterfowl during the past 100 years. 

 E^ly settlers had no closed hunting 

 season, nor did they have a bag limit. 

 They are not to be blamed for this. 

 They saw no reason for such a season. 

 Years ago, farmers used waterfowl as 

 food to a great extent. 



No Cover Left 



Today, many farmers have plowed 

 up every available foot of soil on their 

 farms. Consequently there is no cover 

 left for the birds. In order that they 

 may multiply, there must be a pro- 

 tecting cover, something more than the 

 shelter provided by cover under a 

 barb-wire fence. 



It has not been so many years 

 since wild life was plentiful. Many 

 people living today can remember the 

 abundance of game and wild life in 

 the good old days; when wild ducks 

 and geese were seen in the spring and 

 fall in huge flocks: when prairie chick- 

 ens and quail were to be found on 

 every farm; when the carrier pigeon, 

 now extinct, was knov^n to all land 

 owners, and when many other birds 

 were numerous. 



There is no reason to believe that 

 this wild life will pass out of existence 

 if vigorous efforts are applied for their 

 protection. The State Conservation 

 Department is making a desperate ef- 

 fort to save the quail, and the state 

 itself is raising thousands of birds on 

 its quail farm. Restocking is being done 

 mostly in the southern part of the 

 state where weather conditions are 

 most favorable and cover more plenti- 

 ful. It has been a disappointing adven- 

 ture in the northern part of the state 

 due to severe winters and lack of cover 

 and food. 



Iq addition to breeding quail. Ring- 



MAY. 1936 



Let's Give the Quail 

 A Chance. 



neck pheasants have been introduced. 

 This work is proving successful. The 

 pheasant is a hardy bird with a keen 

 sense of self-preservation. He has 

 multiplied fairly well. The state, with 

 the cooperation of various clubs, has 

 reared pheasants on farms every year. 



Hungarian pheasants, or grouse, have 

 been imported by the state, and they 

 are being propagated for the northern 

 half of the state. These birds are also 

 hardy creatures which thrive well in 

 severe climates, and which also have 

 a keen sense of looking after them- 

 selves. 



An eflEort is now being made to or- 

 ganize communities and urge them to 

 co-operate with the state department, 

 farmers who realize the value of wild 

 life, and sportsmen's clubs. In some 

 areas local clubs are working with the 

 state department in propagating game 

 birds, growing cover and feeding the 

 birds in winter. 



Replenishing Game 



Thousands of game birds will He 

 reared and released on farms all over 

 Illinois this coming fall. In addition, 

 these local clubs are seeding thousands 

 of fence comers with a mixture which, 

 when grown, will furnish an abundance 

 of shelter and feed for the birds next 

 winter. Polluted streams are being 

 cleaned up, and dams are being built 

 to hold water for fish during dry sea- 

 sons. 



The Illinois State Conservation De- 

 partment now has eight fish hatcheries, 

 maintains three waterfowl refuges and 

 four public shooting grounds. Illinois 

 is not very favorably located for water- 

 fowl propagation; however, provision 

 is made for refuge and rest areas. 



At the North American Wildlife 

 Conference held recently at Washing- 

 ton, D. C, the foundation for a national 

 program was laid. Every state in the 

 union was represented as well as Cai:- 

 ada and Mexico. The General Wildlife 



Federation was organized ■ in which 

 will center all activities to broadea 

 the hunting and fishing code, restore 

 old environments for wild life, an4 

 create more effective co-operation be- 

 tween private, state and federal 

 agencies. 



New Soybean Growers 

 Ass'n Considered 



A recommendation that a soybean 

 growers' organization be formed based 

 on county units affiliated into a state 

 organization was recently presented to 

 the Board of Directors of the I. A. A. by 

 A. E. Burwash, of Champaig^i County. 



A program to promote the interests of 

 soybean growers was outlined to:— 



1. Develop wider markets for soybeani 

 and soybean products. 



2. Carry on either independently or ia 

 cooperation with existing research 

 activities to develop new uses for soy- 

 beans and soybean products. 



3. To promote favorable legislation 

 and oppose legislation unfavorable to 

 soybean growers. 



4. Promote and develop marketing and 

 processing methods. 



5. Promote advertising and sales of 

 soybean products. 



6. Develop better methods of prodnc- ■■' 

 tion and handling of soybeans. 



7. Actively cooperate with other or- 

 ganizations in attaining these objects. 



Mr. Burwash asked that if these sug- 

 gestions met with the board's approvat 

 that the I. A. A. call a state meeting 

 to. further such an organization in the 

 near future. Earl C. Smith, president of 

 the I. A. A. advised that the Association 

 is ready and willing to assist the soy- 

 bean growers of the state whenever they 

 can agree upon a program that will 

 maintain and further the soybean indus- 

 try; and also advised that the budget of 

 the Association already has an item 

 therein for this purpose. 



President Earl C. Smith addressed the 



annual conference of Illinois High School 

 Ag Teachers in Chicago, April 18. . 



W. S. Myers has been chosen to suc- 

 ceed Farmer Rusk as farm adviser i« 

 Coles county. ■ ' 



Ray H. Roll is the new farm adviaer 



in Gallatin county. He succeeds Harry 

 Neville who moved to Saline county. 



