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Show PHEASANTS TO BE RAISED AS CLUB PROJECT BY 4-H Among the 4-H club projects of the state pheasant raising is beginning to be one of the popular popu-lar phases. In Washington County Coun-ty this year 500 pheasant eggs have been received from the State Fish and Game department which have been distributed to boys and girls in Enterprise and Washington, according to AnsoD B. Call, county agent. "It is the purpose of the club primarily to create interest in our game birds, " said Mr. Call, "and also to raise pheasants until they are large enough to take care of themselves and then the Fish and Game department take the pheasants pheas-ants back and liberate them in localities where there is a shortage short-age of pheasants, at which time the club members will receive eighty cents per bird for their efforts ef-forts in this project." He went on to explain that each boy and girl receives twenty eggs which- is consisdered one setting. set-ting. These are hatched under hens, then a very tight confinement confine-ment pen is made so that the little lit-tle pheasants will not get away after the 23 days of patient effort of the old setting hen. "The Fish and Game Departs ment this year are putting out approximately 5000 pheasant eggs to 4-H club members within the state. The different counties receiving re-ceiving these eggs are: Boxelder, 1080; Davis, 400; Morgan, 700; Piute, 600; Cache, 300; Salt Lake, 880; Utah, 400; Washington, Washing-ton, 600. These eggs come from a Fish and Game farm at Spring-ville. Spring-ville. Here at this" farm they have approximately 1000 pheasant pheas-ant hens from which they get their eggs. The farm at Spring-ville Spring-ville also hatches most of the eggs under setting hens," said Mr. Call. |