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Game Survey of the North Central States 



prairie chicken and the drama of economic development of the region, but also, 

 with only a little imagination added, the "personality" of the conservation move- 

 ment in our diverse States. For it is plain without any table that each State, as 

 well as the region and the nation, expresses its individual character in its con- 

 servation laws. 



SEASONS ON PRAIRIE CHICKENS 



LEGEND 



IN SOME COUMTIES ^CLO 

 (FIGURES INDICATE DAILY BAG LIMIT) 





CHART 11 



IrFthe years 1900 to 1905 we see a nearly unanimous restriction of the deadly 

 long open seasons which prevailed in the days of the "chicken trains." This is 

 also the period of general establishment of game commissions, of anti-sale laws, 

 and of the first game farms. It was evidently the time when the region felt the 

 first real pinch of an impending game shortage. At this time Ohio had to write 

 "finis" on her chickens. They were gone. 



