Good Populations Of Game For 1968 Hunting Season Good populations of most ologists report that the popula game species will be available tion of cottontails is up at least for Pennsylvania hunters this ten percent in nearly all areas fall, -according to Held reports of the state compared to last of the Pennsylvania Game Com*, year. There are always local ex mission. ccptions, of- course. Statewide, 1088 has been a Vegetation and feeding habits good year for reproduction, of rabbits start to change about food supplies have been suffici- August 10; that is, rabbits be ent' and cover for wildlife has come nocturnal, feeding at been more than adequate. night and spending more day- Cottontall rabbit habitat. light hours in dens which supports the number one Rainfall also seems to have an game animal in terms of abun- effect on rabbits dog trainers dance and harvest, is recovering found fewer bunnies during the from a drought which plagued latter part of a dry August and the northeastern U.S. for about more cottontails following early five years. Game Commission bi- September rains. gjgfc CH r^of '* peiatia* Dear* I*®* 1 *®* S*! JJSs^Ss® 8 * flgg B*'” 8 *'” . _ ■pgpCtO also "S ® 4 carload o* ®4rß ca S«f»»”'■? SS^t ntostoP atoUr I , e « s wv«' oca Rlngneck pheniant, tho most abundant game bird, will be plentiful in the primary range. Lost year’s bumper crop was at or near an all-time high, and this year promises to be almost as good. A late, wet spring this year resulted In later nesting, more nest destruction and additional i e-nesting. Broods were similar to or slightly smaller than 1967. Because of the later hatching, some cockbirds in the 1968 hunting season may not be fully feathered and may resemble hens. Continued, although slight, improvement is expected in the availability of ruffed grouse. Populations of the state bird ap pear to be starting to recover from their cyclic low of the past few years, and should offer fair to moderately good hunting for the state’s sportsmen. . ro 19 &R Lat vcastev SinceteW^ 5 ’ 3aTQ esW- Lancaster Farming, Saturday. October 19.1968—19 Squirrels are probably the most underharvested small game species and are abundant state wide. Some migration of squir rels has been noted from the northern to more central parts ol the state due to a lessening of favorite food supplies for bushytails. Populations of turkeys and bears are the major question marks this year. Turkey nesting was also late this spring because of cool, wet weather. Brood counts in July indicated that there might be a decline in the overall supply this year, but Au gust observations indicated that there were almost as many sightings as during August, 1967. Data currently being collected may give a clearer picture of turkey availability in another few weeks. However, there cer tainly are enough of the big game birds to provide exciting hunting this fall. Keystone State hunters re ported taking almost 1,200 bears during the past two seasons, and it cannot be expected that har vests of this magnitude will con tinue Techniques to inventory Raise Prime Beef Economically /O— ■34 DOUBLE booster (Stiibestrol) -t&QDMIVSSV" 40 STEER XiZmmmmmmMmJ SUPPLEMENT 4-h beef BUILDER Brown's Beef Supplements provide abundant proteins, minerals and vitamins to balance home grown grains and roughages to promote GOOD CATTLE PROFITS. M. BROWN'S SONS, INC. F. Birdsboro Sinking Spring the prized big game trophies have not yet been perfected. A number of sightings have been reported, but there are other strong indications that the pop ulation has declined. Game technicians are more confident about estimates on the availability of whitetail deer. Deer are abundant throughout the Commonwealth, with local populations at or exceeding the comfortable carrying capacity of the range. All in all. it looks like anoth er good year for Pennsylvania hunters. Value of Farmland Increases Since 1960, the increase in the value of farmland has been rap id, says Virgil E. Crowley, ex tension farm management spe cialist at The Pennsylvania State University. For the U.S. as a whole, farmers ar; the ma jor buyers. But in the northeast part of the country, active farmers only accounted for 44 percent of the buyers during the period March, 1966, to March. 1967 32 BEEF BOOSTER (Stilbestrol) 40 BEEF SUPPLEMENT CRUMBLES 60 STEER CONCENTRATE (Stilbesfroi) Fleetwood
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