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STATE OF WISCONSIN 
Conservation Commission 
Madison, Jan. 12, 1931 
Dear Mr. Leopold: 
lue to the dry summer there was not enough grain on the 
64 patches to pay to cut any of it for the winter. The grain was all 
eaten by November first and at that time the stations were abandoned 
by the birds. Of course the grain they ate there in the fall helped 
to put them in good shape for the winter. 
Fall Stations - 1930 
No. of Birds 
No. Stations   :   Total   :  Per Station     :    Cost per Station 
64:            3200   :       50                   $15 
Although the $1,000 allowed for 1930-1 was all spent, 
Mr. Grimmer raised an additional $165 with which we bought two fields 
of buckwheat and 130 shocks of corn. 
The corn shocks and buckwheat bundles were used to construct 
lean-to shelters. These are located as follows: Wood County, 8; 
Juneau County, 2; Portage County, 3; Adams County, 4; Waushara County, 3.

The cost of these 20 stations, including lumber for hoppers 
but not grain, was $9 per station. Ten of these were put up at the 
grain patches which I listed as fall stations. 
The 20 stations in operation this winter are taking $2 worth 
of grain per month. I am going to put up 3 more yet this month, one 
at Princeton for pheasants, one at Poynette for turkeys, and one at