FORM It *-t7.28 
 
 
AMERICAN POWDER COMPANY 
           OFFICE AND PLANT 
 
 
P. O. ADDRESS: MAYNARD. MASS.                    8 Middle St., 
TELEPHONES: CONCORD, MASS.                       C 1 Concord, Mass. 
                                                 Feb. 3, 1929. 
 
 
     Mr. Aldq Leopold, 
     Madison, Wisconsin. 
 
     Dear Mr. Leopold:- 
                       I have finally gathered together what information

     I have found on local partridge conditions and here it is. 
 
                       Information from my own diary, based on about three

     days shooting in the one month allowed in this state and covering 
     about the same ground each year in Westford, Acton, and Boxboro, 
     Mass., shows as follows: 1921, plentiful; 1922, plentiful; 1923, 
     plentiful; 1924, moderate or less; 1925, scarce; 1926, plentiful 
     in the Westford cover; 1927, fair; 1928, not able to judge, season 
     closed. 'Plentiful' is of course a relative term, but when we find 
     enough in each cover to keep us chasing them, and can get the daily

     limit of three birds each (two of us) in about half a day, not being

     what would be salled expert shots, I should say that was plentiful 
     for this locality. 
 
                       Mr. Harry E. Tuttle, of this town, who has hunted

     around here and in New Hampshire for 30 years or more says that this

     year, with the closed season, the birds are coming back pretty well

     in this state; another year's protection should mean a lot of birds.

     The last good years here were 3 and 4 years ago. In New Hampshire, 
     around Keene, Amherst, Milford, Mason, New Boston, Rindge, birds have

     been scarce for the last three years, particularly this last season.

     Good shooting 4, 5, and 6 years ago. He says that he has heard that

     the birds have been coming back this last year in Maine, New Bruns-

     wick, and Nova Scotia, There being now some protection in the latter

     two places.   He was not able to give me any 'ancient history' when
I 
     talked with him. 
                       Speaking of ancient history, in looking in files 
     of the "Concord Enterprise* for another matter, I ran across the
item 
     published Dec. 31, 1894 that game was plentiful, "George Holden
shot 
     over 200 partridges,* This was at the cloae of the season. At the 
     opening of the 1897 season partridges were reported scarce. (Do you

     wonder?) This confirms the recollection of my shooting companion, 
     Mr. Herbert E. Tyler, of Weston, Mass., who recalls that about 30 
     years ago there was a very dry season with birds plentiful (he shot

     about 90), followed by a wet season when birds were very scarce. 
 
                       I have yet to hear from Mr. Henry B. Bigelow, of 
    Concord, xxmmdmg  an amateur game raiser, and naturalist of some note,

    interested particularly in fish. He tells me that he has details of 
    the number of birds he has started during the last 10 years or so. 
    Will forward his dope to you when he has gotten it together and sent

    it to me. 
                      I hope this does you some good. 
  2/19/29/ Thanked nim. Promised   Sincerely yours, 
         him a copy of blueprint.        ýý       1%