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Show Chukars planted in 14 sites through state Chukar Partridges were released re-leased into fourteen planting sites over the state during the last two weeks to complete the spring releases in Utah this year. The Department of Fish and Game said some 3500 adult birds made up these latest releases. re-leases. The birds came from Springville Spring-ville and Price Game Farms, where they had been raised and matured through the past year in a continuation of the program pro-gram to establish this upland game bird species in Utah. Since many . of the birds were at a peak of the laying season when the releases were made, they are expcted to nest and rear young in the . wild this year. I Plants in the northern part of the state were made on Pi- ' lot Mountain, Desert Range near Etna and on the south end of the Grouse Creek Mountains: Moun-tains: In the eastern area, birds were released near Cisco, Hansen Creek, Lake Canyon and Red Canyon. All of these birds came from the Price Game Farm. Releases in other parts of the state were made near Piute Reservoir, Warm Creek, High Rock, Chalk Creek, Topaz Mountain and Ashley Creek. Eggs taken from the adult brood birds prior to their release re-lease are now in brooders and most of the young birds from ! these eggs will be released at i nine to ten weeks of age this I summer, with about 5,000 to be held at the farms as brood stock for the 1965 program. During the 1964 season, the record shows 16,090 chukar hunters taking a total of 42, 973 birds. If the sun were made of best quality coal, it would have burnt out within 8,000 years. A patent for the accordian was issued to a Philadelphia man in 1854. |
