11/17/33 
 
 
                              MAN~AGEMEN2T PLAN 
 
                       MONROE CENTER GAME COOPERATIVE 
 
 
                         Aldo Leopold,Game Manager 
 
                         College of Agriculture 
 
 
Objects. The object of this test area is to prove that on favorable ground

 
bobwhite quail can be produced in shootable quantities even,- the extreme

 
northern limit of its range. 
 
     The strip of ground along the Wisconsin River, in which this area lies,

 
is believed to be the most favorable part of Adams County for quail, and

 
Adams County is believed to be the most favorable of the border counties
in 
 
Wisconsin. 
 
 
Organization. The area embraces about three sections in the southwest part

 
of Township 19 north, range 4 east. Part of it consists of flowage holdings

 
owned by the Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company of Wisconsin Rapids.

 
These flowage holdings are rented to farmers. The remainder of the area 
 
consists of adjoining farms not owned by the company. L. W. Murtfeldt, who

 
operates these lands for the Consolidated, is the game manager in charge.

 
 
Winter Feeding. The irmediate need is to prevent starvation of the existing

 
stock during the coming winter. Since the corn is already cut and most of
it 
 
moved into the barn, wire feeders will have to be erected for each covey.
Each 
 
feeder will consist of a cylinder of woven wire 18" in diameter filled
with 
 
ear corn and staked down to keep deer from upsetting it. To exclude crows
and 
 
furnish shelter for the quail, a lean-to roof, thatched with marsh hay or
corn 
 
stalks, should be erected over the feeder. The lean-to should face south
or 
 
southeast, and should be built stout enough to last several years and serve
as