DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 
                               INDIANA UNIVERSITY                 V 
 
    FRANK C. MATHERS 
rmormsmom O INOGASNIC CHEMISTRY                         BLOOMINGTON, IND.

 
 
                                                              Dec. 27,1 29

 
 
 
 
 
       O s" ii:- 
 
                 I ~i +mnloýing the quail tallv "or t'is v''.
A freilnd 
 
     ,ing out ,Tith me ei~ch day mnd I never, 'nY3' juit how ,n'ry ea3h of
us 
 
     k1illed. flovev,3r I le2o-)Tl1l t,-l4liefI rl  the og hence the sex

 
     ration is co.r3ct.   I note on my crd a girvaal incaf;a3ein cocks 
 
     to.- --Ii the last of thie -,son. 
 
                    There were 'ior, co-lefe this veer then lfIst. I tni
k 
 
            tis) ,ch l     J - in-- due, to bcvi 7;ther. There wA,%tvery

 
     rnPPV P'ys of 3ev*-.re rIin And Ft other tiesthe cold              e.

 
     I also hA4 much les3s tine .vTirhble for 'uitin- this yRr than in 
 
     prst y<,irs.   Theae is unlimitndt food (rag weeds) unless- tihe
cold. 
 
     veftber co nbi ed with qlet or ice m-kes the food unvw-ilRble.  A 
 
     che< of food. contenti   showed thot in the (nrly rqWrt of thi s-ison

 
     the rsg weed ,vas almJost the eole fool.. Llt ý', corn vms the
',in 
 
     food. Thej  reqj3on for tim c    e to corn is that corn wvcs not 
 
     availsbl-:i on thnj     until nfter buskinp   was pnrtlv comrwD1ted.

 
     T'ue v,-- fewer' rqbit:3 lth,'vn in other"                 3-1
that 
     ,ne bunch of rinip necks   hsf b er  .n sev r~1 ties. 
 
 
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