Yale Forest Sc:ool
New E-aven, Conn
October 23, 1038
Yr. Aldo Leopold,
424 University Farn Place,
Madsion, Wisconsin
Dear Mr. Leopold:
In the WPA proposal, there appears an ttem marked
'ew Wrk:   I might explain that this is rat new work but was so
marked because it was work that had not been described in detail
in any other proposal. We had merely called it"Meteorologigal
Data", "Population Data" etc. The recent trend is to want things
in epecific, rather than general form, so Jenks, Saks, and I thought
that we had better describe these in detail so as to hrve it on file.
We could not put them under "Old Worke' because they were not referable
to previous procedures described in earlier documentations. On the
surface this looks like new work nd for technical prurposes must be
carried as such, We know different but the IPA doesn't.
I stopped in Pennsylvania and lobked at the "Climatologied.
Chamber Machine" that Gerstell has constructed and publicied. It is
located at a game farm and consists of a cold chamber with overheid
spray nozzles, wind blowers, etc. Gerstell and Wight are the brains
behind it. I am a bit dubious about what they will accomplish, since it
looks more like a machine for a high-po ered physiologist. Gerstell
has gone to Ann Arbor to get a PhD with Wight. It would be my guess
that you are lucky. What is Michiganks loss it WisconsiAh gaint Why the
Devil should the Game Commission, with no research output of conseouence
so far, embark on a detailed p)Ysiological experiment, highly artificial,
before they have their general studies under way ?
One of the students here took a game course under Hatch
at Idaho. Hatch teaches them to use the King Census on Pheasants and
has them out doing it as part of their field work. LY guess would be
that it doesn't give reliable results since a pheasant may run a hundred
feet or more before getting up, especially if going your way.
Niel Hosley's name seems to be one of those in the
hat.
It is possible that Dean Graves might ask Mrs. Oastler
to suscribe funds to start some foundation work. I am merely putting
one and one together to make four--mostly a hunch. This would seem to