Allow corners, ditchbanks, old orchards and gulleys or other 
waste areas to grow up to grass and vines. 
Fheasants.—(1) Ungrazed standing corn, marshlands or 
weedy fields are the most important pheasant cover in Illinois. 
Cover of this type is most effective when brush or hedge cover 
is also present. Hedges, dense willow patches along streams, and 
brushy gulleys are important for travel lanes and for headquarters 
for the male birds during the nesting season. 
(2) Dense herbaceous growth, grass or food patches 
along ditches are attractive hiding places. 
(5) To insure adequate winter food, leave several rows 
of ungrazed standing corn, preferably weedy, with part of the 
ears unhusked until spring, or plant food patches along ditches, 
marshlands or close to brushy cover. 
(4) The majority of nests are made in hay or grass 
fields in most sections of /Tllinois.- Look for nests in the outside 
eoigr oO fest of.hay, fields. 
(5) Frevent dogs and cats from ranging the fields 
during the nesting season. 
Hungarian partridges.—(1) Brushy cover is not necessary 
for Hungarian partridges if ungrazed standing corn fields are 
present during the winter. Several rows should be protected from 
grazing to provide winter cover and food for each covey of birds. 
(2) In small grain sections stubble should be cut high 
to provide cover for young in summer. Strips of weedy stubble 
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