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makes the quickest,cheapest,and most acceptable quail cover in each 
of the Illinois soil types? 
&D Bowmen say wail Like Red Cedar, but that it is too slow and 
lacks spread. In Wisconsin quaik show no special liking for cedar( but 
rabbits do,especially the procumbent specie's,J. Communis). 
The prevalence of looust thickets in Illinois af: s especially 
favorable sites Tor coniferous cover Pp .Growth of conifers under 
or near locusts is often doubled by reason of nitrogen-fixation by the 
locust roots.It has the same ability to enrich the soil as alfalfa,and 
in addition the beans are an important winter quail food. 
Mexican stock Importations of Mexican Bob-white have ceased, but. in 
1925' had reached the rate of over 10,000 per ye E,compiled by the 
Conservation Department,shows the numbers distributed by c ijies for 
the three years 1825,6,and 7. Only the totals for 1926 and. %.were of re- 
cord.so the distribution was assumed proportional’ to 
1925 
Nothing better illustrates the tundamental fallacy the popu 
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Lar attitude toward Same COonsel Tagtion than the epeatea expena. ture of 
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| large sums for Mexican quails 
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Such importati SHOW, LL St os aay = he We tack of realization of 
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the fact that if the environment were in good conaition there wouid be 
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no need for adding to the native stock,except on those areas entire ) 
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& shot out. Complete extermination rarely occurs even in small spots. 
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Such importetions further show a lack of app egiation o1 tne ex~ 
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| treme intricacy of ‘the adjustment between any lo¢gal race of birds and 
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| its environment:The Mexican stock,in all probability, differs fran the 
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native stock enough to constitute @ risk of alsturbing that adjustment, 
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