2. Manipulation of Pheasant Habitat 
Vol . 7 y Mo. 4 
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G* B. Joselyn 
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Investigations are bfelng conducted as to the feasibility of utilizing herbi¬ 
cides to control weeds on seeded roadside plots to improve the quality of the 
seedings for nesting pheasants and to make the plantings more acceptable to farm 
operators. Three age-classes of seedings currently exist on the study area: 
spring, 1962 seedings; spring, 19&3 seedings; and fall, 1963 seedings. Weather 
permitting, 1.34 additional miles of roadside (approximately 2.3 acres) will be 
planted in the spring of 1964. The new plantings will include separate seedings 
of (l) a grass-legume mixture, (2) a mixture of grasses only, (3) a mixture of 
legumes only, and (4) alfalfa only. The first of these plantings (grass-1egume 
mixture) is the same as was seeded in previous years. The other three plantings 
are being made for the first time this spring. 
For the control of annual grasses, pre-emergence Randox was applied in granular 
form, during April, to small segments of each age-class of seeding present on the 
area. Fostemergence 4(2,4-DB) will be applied as a spray for the control of broad¬ 
leaved weeds to segments of these plots later in the spring. These same two chemi¬ 
cals will be used along with Dalapon (for the control of annual grasses in the 
newly seeded mixture of legumes only) on certain segments of the spring, 1964 
seedings after they become established. 
3. Factors Inf1uencinq Distribution and A bund ance of Phea s ants 
17. L. Anderson, S. L. Wunderle 
In April, the annual spring censuses of pheasants on the Neoga and Bellmont 
study areas were initiated. Work includes crowing counts, location of territorial 
males by audio-triangulat ion, and determination of harem composition. Estimates 
of pheasant abundance and of winter mortality will be computed from the resulting 
data. 
Of particular interest this year is the survival and reproductive performance 
of 71 wild cocks obtained from southern Iowa and released on the Bellmont Study 
Area. Results of the spring censuses will be reported after completion of this 
work in late May. 
4* Resp o nses of Bofcwh i tes and Pra i ri e Chi ckens to Hab i ta t Man i pu 1 a t ? on 
J. A. Ellis, R. J. Ellis, R. 1. Westemeier 
A new area has been selected for the study of quail in a prairie-farmland 
environment. The new area comprises 6,000 acres and is located near Alma in 
Marion County. This area replaces the prairie-farmland study area at Bogota 
in Jasper County. ;he change in study areas was made to make more efficient 
use of time and manpower, as the Alma Study Area is only 2 miles west of the 
Marion County Wildlife Area. 
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