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FOREIGN GAME INTRODUCTION PROGRAM 
Table 2. Summary of Foreign Game Bird Propagation Results ~- 1960-1963 (continued) 
Except for wild-trapped Reeves pheasants, breeding stock of the following species 
were obtained by the States indicated from private breeders or other States, 
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 hatches raised 
Reeves Illinois (1) 1962 16 1:4 good - - - - 348 
pheasant (game-farm) 1963 20 1:4 very good 442 
(Syrmaticus 
reevesii) Iowa (1) 1961 . ” 210 - 110 52.4 79 57 
(game~-farm) 1962 38 L#2 876 23.0 438 50.0 278 123 
1963 75 132 162i 21.6 962 59.3 601 415 
Kentucky (1) 1960 200 1:7 6429 32.1 5060 78.8 3607 2135 
(game farm) 1961 182 1:7 6352 34.9 4512 71.3 1811 1125 
1962 217 Le7 8141 37.5 6536 81.0 3972 2615 
1963 80 1:6 2091 26.1 1623 77.6 1191 1054 
Missouri 1960 14 1:7 10 0.7 0 0 0 0 
(wild- 1961 12 1:6 21 1.6 0 0 0 0 
trapped) 1962 5 1:5 30 6.0 2 7.6 2 1 
1963 1 ist 52 52.0 47 79.6 40 31 
Ohio 1960 15 1:21:35 45 3.0 20 54.1 (2) 16 ef 
(wild- 1961 13 1:2-1:5 183. 14.1 117 83.6 (2) 88 66 
trapped) 1962 25 13;2-1:5 239 9.6 169 74.1 (2) 120 75 
1963 none bred 
Ohio (1) 1960 572 flock 15998 28.0 10526 74.3 (2) 8736 6176 
(game farm) 1961 710 uM 19792 27.9 10791 60.2 (2) 9114 6763 
1962 9 Les 61 6.8 50 85.0 (2) 31 19 
1963 none bred 
(1) Breeders were the best obtainable from private game farms in the United States, 
(2) Percentages based on eggs set in incubator, not on eggs laid. 
