WASIHINGTON STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY 
  GAME COMMISSIONURS AND GAME WARDENS 
 
 
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      A report on the recent meeting of the above organization tas been re-

ceived and contains some rather interesting data, extracts of which are quoted

herewith, but it is to be understood that these extracts are taken at random

and do not cover all counties reported on. 
 
      Kittitas County - Liberated 4,978 pheasants which were reared on 
                        the "field rearing" system, at a cost estimated

                        to be about 80$ per bird. 
 
      Okanogan County - Hungarians are making a rapid comeback. Grouse 
                        plentiful. 
 
      Lincoln County  - Hungarians show a marked increase. Reports of 
                        two years ago show Hungarian as being depleted. 
 
      Spokane County  - Liberated over 2,000 Chinese Pheasants. Secur- 
                        ing 66% raise from their hatch on the County 
                        Game Farm at a cost of 92.00 per bird. This 
                        county reports 30,000 acres in game refuge. 
 
      Putnam County   - Reports Hungarians plentiful. This is another 
                        county which had shown a decrease the last two 
                        years. This county also estimates 35,000 pheas- 
                        ants killed during this year's hunting season and

                        have raised 950 Chinese Pheasants at the Pull- 
                        man Game Farm at a cost of 956 a bird. 
 
      Yakima County    - Report they are keeping apace with the demand 
                        of the hunters through the trapping of magpies. 
                        They report 41,000 magpies and 18,000 magpie 
                        eggs taken by the Department this year, and as 
                        a result, believe they had an increase of 30% 
                        in the hatch and raise of their field birds. 
 
      Cowlitz County - Released 1,120 Chinese Pheasants since the close 
                         of the upland season and report sportsmen's clubs

                         carrying on educational campaigns with schools,

                         civic clubs, etc. 
 
        King count    -   Released 4,500 Chinese Pheasants and are coan-

                          sidering ralis   the bag limtt to five birds 
                          for 1929. 
 
        Lewis County      Reports Hungarians increasing and Chinese Pheas-

                          ants in good condition at the close of the sea-

                          son, owin to their system of liberating birds 
                          after the season closes. 
 
       Skagit County      Reported increase in grouse and Hungarians, also

                          that there are more ducks on the flats than in

                          the past 8 years.