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year and that all areas were not hit by this frost because of 
different elevations. In years of a poor crop of acorns, he be- 
lieves, more deer should be harvested because the food supply will 
be less, 
Full details are lacking from all northern Wisconsin but it is 
believed that acorns are not abundant anywhere in the northern high- 
land areas. The lack of acorns this winter is cited as Dossibly 
having a definite relationship to starvation in the deer herds if 
conditions become severe. 
The departmenit points out that there are indications of an 
unusually high population of gray squirrels in Washburn county and 
the possibility is seen that they will again do severe damage to 
maple trees by eating the bark. 
A report from irven 0. Buss, chief of game research, lists both 
gray and fox squirrels as numerous in St. Croix, Pierce, Polk, Dunn, 
Chippewa, Eu Claire, Buffalo and Pepin counties. There are in- 
dications of the tanimals moving to new localities in search of food. 
The situation raises the possibility of squirrel starvation or 
heavy inroads on -farm produce, such as corn. 
 
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