k9ML     ta collected from the Seet Corn and Field Gor  were praotically

the s   ; both patches proft*4*  a .od crop of cm   and afforded fairly god

cver. These two patches sed to suffer the most from a lack of cltivation

as compared to the big field of shocked corn. The plants were short and not

as prodative. Both pheasants and qaall were flushd from these patches, or

in the vieinity, on nearly every trip, and sig was always plentiful. About

50 per cent of the ears dropped off the stalk, and the rest remained on the

stalk until the pheasants pulled them off. Lodging was slight, 20 per cent

of the crop being available after the heavy snows. These two pathes were
tuly 
e**tnsted; the pheasants would J     or fly up to pull ears to the grd and

by the first week in Janary there   as   ne   ft. This is suprising becese
of 
the hige supply of sced ern in the inary field. 
&. The Pp proved worthy ever until December 5 and that was the limit
of 
its valu. At no one time were there e       roppings and other indications

to assu   that the birds were using it for a ste  diet. It hattred e    
y 
in Aagust and lodged shortly after that. 
Mxo  2e. The stand of shocked corn was of great vulue as a sonre of food,

notwithstanding the fact that a good deal of food ws lost under the =y. If

it had not been for tho shocd corn the birds would either have moved or 
it would have been nossaM   to foed them at the patches in se manner. 
Although the first positive record of birds being in t   sho ed corn was
nt 
mde until after us* fell, there is no doubt that the birds visited the area

during the fall boane tW were seen fLyig from that field several time*s 
e           An Incidental crop which grow   r the fbod patches is worth 
mentioning. A dck pond had been dug (Pig. 1) near the wost end of the food

patches and on the soU  that mws removed a mot prolific amt of smartreod