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FOREIGN GAME INTRODUCTION PROGRAM = 4 
Table 2. Summary of Foreign Game Bird Propagation Results = 1960-1963 (continued) 
Number of Total Average Number Number Number 
breeding How eggs per of eggs Percent of chicks of birds 
Species State Year hens Penned laid hen fertile fertile hatched raised 
Western South Carolina 1961 Ze 1:5 - - - - - 62 
Iranian 1962 ~ 1:5 - - - - - 60 f 
ringneck 1963 - - - ~ - - - 200 f 
cross 
(cont 'd.) Tennessee 1961 40 1:34 2258 56.2 ~ - 1343 1100 
1962 45 1:6 1477 32.8 - - 880 694 
1963 100 1:6 3459 34.6 2750 79.8 2158 1667 
(Talish 3/4x 
ringneck 1/4) 1962 43 1:6 1427 33 2 - = 794 648 
1963 Discontinued 
(Talish 1/4 x 
ringneck 3/4) 1962 48 1:6 2460 51.2 ~ ~ 1175 961 
1963 Discontinued 
Virginia 1960 40 1:5 ~ - - - - 874 
1961 30 1:5 1888 62.9 1507 79.8 1272 944 
1962 30 1:35 1981 66.0 1605 81,0 1316 933 
1963 29 135 1621 56.0 1243 76.7 1043 834 
Pe Pe ee eee nN EO eae ek ee ee LR ee ee Ne eee ee 
Eastern Lowa 1961 - ~ 100 =—éi 79 79.0 67 58 
Lranian 
pheasant Kentucky 1961 10 1:4 326 32.6 248 76,1 112 70 
(pure strain) 1962 20 1:5 479 23.9 403 85.0 320 103 
(Phasianus 1963 22 1:6 831 37.7 646 77.7 518 441 
sohenecus | 456 68.2 342 246 
persicus) Missouri 1960 24 1:5 669 27.8 5 P 
1961 24 1:8 616 25.6 333 (1) 80.1 246 ~ 
1962 27 1:5 686 25.4 444 79.2 281 221 
1963 57 Les 2142 37.6 1592 ee 1266 1124 (2) 
(1) 200 eggs sent to Iowa. 
(2) Birds banded at 6 weeks. 
