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                     January 9-13, 1933. 
 
 DOSer it ion: 
      Leaders:   Harry P. KilkellY, Agricultural High School, Ithaca 
                 J. W. Duirst, farmer, Ith~a 
      Area:      Sees. 22 and 27, Ithaca Township (TlON, R2E), Richland 
                 County. 920 acres mapped; can be expanded as desired. 
                 Represents the upland type of quail range. The creek 
                 bottom type is probably more promising, but of lesser 
                 extent. 
      Species:   4uail, rabbit, squirrel, pheasant, ruffed grouse, 
                 Hungarian Partridge () 
      Warden:    George Johnson, Richland Center. 
      County Agent: None. Harry P. Kilkeily of Agrioultural High 
                 School is interested. 
      Organization: None asyet. Farmers meeting to be held 
                 January 24. 
 
 Appraisal. of Range: 
            This is natural quail country, but grass and winter food 
      is laoking. brush is still present but Is gradually being grazed 
      out. The range must be largely rebuilt to support quail inany 
      Numbers. Pheasants will never increase greatly due to the lack 
      of marshy land. 
 
Objects of Daevlopment Plan: 
           It is desired to prove whether a shootable quail population 
     can be built up and maintained, and at what cost in land and care. 
     If this can be done, then it is proposed to encourage groups of 
     farmers to go into quail production and lease or sell limited 
     shooting privileges under special open seasons applying only to 
     the producing area. 
           An equivalent area of Creek Bottom should also be tested, 
     provided a group of farmers can be found who are willing to make 
     the test. 
Food and Cover Devdopment: 
           There is any amount of nesting range, but very little 
     winter range, because: 
           1. Grazing has removed grass from the brush. 
           3. The hilly topography makes north slopes uninhabitable 
              in winter. 
           3. All the grain is out and most of the weed food grazed out.