. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Game Commision), no. 11. Game protection; Birds. but as .t is less transported to the most f-"-" /""';, "'jj^", less practical to use. In many instances uncut corn Ictt n the fi IJ has furnished food for ring-necks and squirrels, but it - --'--*^'; ''' \'^' buckwheat uncut, since buckwheat, unless cut and shocked, be bent to the ground and covered by winter snows. Shocks of corn not only provide food, but if the lower part of the shock is parted a very practical feeding shelter can be arranged. Fre- quently farmers can be persu
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Game Commision), no. 11. Game protection; Birds. but as .t is less transported to the most f-"-" /""';, "'jj^", less practical to use. In many instances uncut corn Ictt n the fi IJ has furnished food for ring-necks and squirrels, but it - --'--*^'; ''' \'^' buckwheat uncut, since buckwheat, unless cut and shocked, be bent to the ground and covered by winter snows. Shocks of corn not only provide food, but if the lower part of the shock is parted a very practical feeding shelter can be arranged. Fre- quently farmers can be persuaded to leave food patches for game here. I'hotouraph by Seth Cordon Shocks i»f corn ih»I only provide food luil ran be Iliad*' into a pracliral shellor under whieh t«» place olher feed and pril. and there on their farm. A patch cf ^rani or a fence row left without cutting will be particularly beneficial to ring-necked pheasants and quail. Following is a list of our upland game. Under each species is given a statement of the normal winter food, according to the reports c^f the field force and the investigations of stomach contents made by the Bureau of Research and Information. A list of the suitable winter foods for game which can be procured locally without much difficulty is also given. 36 BOBWHITE OR QUAIL Normal Food: The bobwhite in winter lives almost altogether upon weed seeds, grass seed, dried berries such as can be found in the open or along fence rows, and upon waste grain. Very little insect food is consumed during the winter. Stomachs of winter specimens taken in Pennsylvania contained over seventyfive per cent of weed seeds. Prom- inent among the species represented was the wild lupine. Food at Shelters: Commercial scratch feed, good screenings, com- mercial chick feed, wheat, oats, rye, barley, broom corn, millet and sun- flower Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readab
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