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ally convinced it is'a fact. If it is, it further emphasizes the funda- 
mental importence of not tampering with indigenous strains by importatim 
of Mexican or other more southerly stock, 
No study was made. of yearly fluctuations due to weather or other 
accidents. It is my impression that the types of 
northern and southern quail: daid down in ‘the Mississippi report hold 
eood for northern and southern ThLbinois respectively. 
1928 Loss Grit Consumption. .It is as.yet too early to appraise the de- 
cree of loss sustained during the hard winter of 1928-9.There is general 
ne A 4 A PE A a ane wh ry ee es aed Pa AAtne } arc a ee = i) z P a 
agreement that there wes more wWinver~-iecaing than usual,and that the loss 
~ laa We wy: 7. } [ex iT +-} - Ses oll a a ras Avi ie] lan eS ote Cry Tey > te < 
was not as heavy as the depth ana duration o1 snow would lead one to an- 
ticipate. Lodge counted 65 quail and 119 pheasants at his feeding station 
in Pratt County last fall, of which 41 quail ana 29 pheasants were still 
there in the spring, a survival of 61% and 55% respectively ,assuming no 
shifts.Since he feeds a sack of grit to @ sack of ‘grain (it is consumed 
in almost this ratio)and sinee surrounding coverts are scarce,there may 
haveobeen no shifts in this instance. Shifts of location toward the end 
of the winter were very noticeable in southern Wisconsin,and seemed to 
be associated with gritless feeding stations. 
Conifers for Winter Cover Norway spruce has heretofore been advocated as 
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the quickest-growing coniferous cover'for winter feedings stations in the 
cornbelt.Bowmen challenges this for’ the Alton tegion,and says that White 
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pine,Scotch, and Austrian pine will all outgrow (and outlive)it in that 
locality. He has obtained 3 ft of height growth in» young white pine while 
spruce grew 
