208 BIRD FRIENDS 



enough birds to keep the surrounding country well 

 supplied. 



State reservations. Some of the States have also 

 set aside game preserves, notably Pennsylvania 

 (with five) , New York, Montana (with three) , Wy- 

 oming (with two), Rhode Island, Louisiana, Idaho, 

 California, Oregon (with six, including 1,700,000 

 acres). In Wisconsin are twenty-two refuges with 

 an acreage of thirty thousand acres, including five 

 state parks, the University grounds at Madison, 

 and a number of private refuges. The preserves in 

 New York State amount to about a million acres. 



In Iowa, game preserves are being established in 

 every county, wherein no shooting will be allowed 

 for five years, and where the birds will be provided 

 with food and shelter during severe weather. 



