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Sangamon $200 $1.40 
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Winter Losses and Other Fluctuations The accompanying list gives 



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the winter losses reported by sportsmen and farme1 
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41. order. All of these are from re@ollection and hence 
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.stance, doubtless all refer to the hard winter of 1917-8 which caused 
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Nneavy losses as Tar east as Ohlo(see P.la,VALO report.) 
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The List substantially corroborates the conclusion already 
te ~“ 2 | > > hen a B ae nepil Ss = ae ‘ ot ee mae Ta : <7 2 a7 
stated in the Ohio Report: that winter losses in the cornbelt will 
ye pen w = ea ~ me ee Re 4. ns ie ea Laid hans 2 a i. st a 
average,far any one Imality, ten years or more apart,and are there= 
ig nt . 1 » at i Wa - i Doin, she my te eer sya en es ~ oy WT x Aaotkavn iy : 
fore not a heavy enough risk to deter any reasmably determined 

sportsman or farmer from a quail erop. 
Map G shows the line below. which the risk of winter loss is 
believed to be negligible. This line is surprisingly far south,for 
two probable reasons: 
(1) The sleet risk in-central Illinois seems to be almost 
as heavyras the risk of protracted, eold and snow in nor- 
thern Illinois. 
Most sleep reports are from central counties, 
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