Status 
the agricultural belt is not yet all stockd but the 
fact that the birds are spreading under a 5-day open sason 
is sufficlont evidence that they are firmly established, 
They are most abundant where ditch banks and bushy 
swales furnish yearlong cove*. Tho growing custom of follow- 
ing with sweet clever also furnishes cover when left u.ut. 
The most signifleant fat diseovredd uring the s- 
vey in that (in the Saginaw valley at least) the birds from 
several sections may congregate in a single swale in winter. 
this indicates that: (a) a single feeding station would serve 
a large territory; (b) winter .over Is th limiting factor; 
(a) a syste of small 0oe4 refuges is feasible, Apparently 
those seam  swal  s er   as A refuge from hunters. 
There is a coniderable lose of hayfield nsts, A- 
parently the first hay crop is ready to out early in July at 
whish time may hens are still setting. 
There have been attemts to establish pheasants on 
deer clubs and elsewhere in the foest belt. These have all 
failed eiept whe"   very enessive fWee-patehes, feeding eta- 
tiens, sand vermin control are offered. 
Parts of the transition belt, however, can be oout- 
ed upon. There is a thriving crop near Traverse City and 
Petosk y. This L exceptionally good land (former hardwoed 
forest) offering eoinferouA s   s ad ace et to frms, ad has 
 
a milder climate than the interior, as evidened by its coa- 
aerelal chery orehards. 
 
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