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Show Hi GAME FARM HAS GREAT PRODUCTION YEAR 0 RECORD TO i BESOUGHT BY !i MANAGEMENT Pheasants And Fish Propagation Propaga-tion To Exceed All. Former Efforts, Witney Says With ibe hope of establishing a rwv record in bird production, the mnacemct of the state fish and nine farm at SprinKville expects to .reduce upwards of 5,000 Chinese 'ins-neck pheasanrs during the resent summer, according to William Will-iam Witney, manngcr of the farm. Last year's production of Utah's latest, and perhaps finest variety of me bird, was 4.940, which were distributed throughout the entire state, Mr- Witney says. Reports from' various sections of the state are to the effect that these birus ,re doing well, as they are said 10 he among the most hardy game birds in the world, and live principally prin-cipally on grasshoppers, weavel, cutworms, cut-worms, and other insect life. The first hatch to reach the farm His spring from the Mnntt butcheries butcher-ies was comprised of U00 birds. A Fecond batch of similar size Is expected ex-pected within a few days, Mr. Witney Wit-ney states. At the farm 200 hens are setting on 1000 eggs, from which 2,600 baby chicks are expected. expect-ed. In addition to these there are 2,000 baby chicks with hens. The egg production from the pheasants nt the farm averages 175 eggs per day, most of which will be placed In the incubators or under the setting hens. There are more lhau 250 brood hens at the farm all the time, it is reported. The fish hatchery has already produced one million silver, salmon fingcrliugs of the Columbia river variety this year. Approximately 500,000 of these were planted in the Strawberry lake, and another 500,-HJO 500,-HJO will be planted in the reservoir Ihls summer. This variety, of fish has been tried out in Utah streams and (lid exceptionally well, fish and same authorities state, the majority major-ity of them growing to a 10-incb size ia one year. Two million Rainbow fry will be planted in the streams of central and southern Utah in August, nc-rording nc-rording to Mr. Witney. Another million Fish' Lake Rainbow will be kept nt the hatchery ready fur Illuming early next spring. Plans fur enlargements at the local lo-cal butchery are under way, and the capacity of the ponds will be cu-lnri,'fd cu-lnri,'fd to about one-third their present pres-ent capacity. The game farm is full of Interest to one interested in wild bird and jjj animal life. For instance, there are four varieties of wild geese there, as follows : Canadian Honker, Know Gease, Cackling, and White Fronted. These arc beautiful birds, and are only kept at the farm by tHkiiiR a joint out. of the wing. There are also a great variety of other birds Including a talking magpie mag-pie that attracts the interest of visiL ors; owls, crows, an aged and si.-alle si.-alle eagle, as well as other varieties. varie-ties. Mr. Witney extends an Invitation to the public to visit the farm and hatchery, as the state fish and game department heads are always pleas-fd pleas-fd to have the public know of thvi work being carried out by this department |