. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Game Commision), no. 11. Game protection; Birds. May 15lli. J'ractically all the shrubs, as well as the trees. ret[uire siinlijL;ht. C'()nse(|uently the ])lantinj4- must be made where they re- cei\e li<4ht. h'ood i)r()(lucJnj^ i)lants should be set close to cover or some co\er ])lants set out iu couuectiou with the food producers. A very j^ood plan is to i)lant a clump of 25 or 50 everg"reens and nearby a clump of mixed shrubs. If these in turn are located near a food patch of grain, j^ame is almost certain to he found there. The ])lanting' can be made on .Stat
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Game Commision), no. 11. Game protection; Birds. May 15lli. J'ractically all the shrubs, as well as the trees. ret[uire siinlijL;ht. C'()nse(|uently the ])lantinj4- must be made where they re- cei\e li<4ht. h'ood i)r()(lucJnj^ i)lants should be set close to cover or some co\er ])lants set out iu couuectiou with the food producers. A very j^ood plan is to i)lant a clump of 25 or 50 everg"reens and nearby a clump of mixed shrubs. If these in turn are located near a food patch of grain, j^ame is almost certain to he found there. The ])lanting' can be made on .State owned land or lands upon which permission to hunt can be obtained. Farmers, no doubt, in manv instances will readily j^iNe permission to hunt in return for the l)lantin«4- of trees and shrubs on their land. These trees increase the \alue of the land and most of the shrubs are \ ery ornamental and attract son<^ and insectivorous birds as well as game. The \alue of insectivorous birds lo the farmer cannot verv well be. Photograph by Walter A. Gresh. Wild grapes provide excellent game food and cover. estimated in dollars and cenl>. inidoubtedK it i> enornujus. Some ])riars. grape \ine>. bittersweet, should be encouraged along fence rows, old dumps, stone (juarries. gullied area> and other unused corners of the farm. \ great many of the Iree.^ and shrubs, as widl as vines, including the valuable wild grai)e. which pnKluce desirable foods for upland game, are more or less ol)jecti(jnal)le to the forester whose aim it is to produce the greatest volume of wood on a gnven area. Un- fortunately. UKJst of the food-pnjducing species have little or no I Unuber value and are considered undesirable by the forester and are termed "forest ; The ultra-scientific forester, failinj^ to realize their inestimable value to wild life, looks with disdain upon these "forest weeds" and desires above all else to replace them with hunber trees. h\)rtu
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