Show I I Sports In The Open Space KAK partridge brood stock at the Price and Springville game bird farms will be selected and placed In laying pane within the next as the department of fish game program to establish basic pop-lations of this game bird in Utah swings into its ninth Approximately birds wil be selected from the more than mature held during the winter at the two A ratio of one male and three females is maintained in the brood pens for the major portion of the laying are normally a monogamous bird in the However under game farm conditions they are polygamous Highest production and fertility rates have been found to result from the one to three sex ratio RANGE SURVEYS The annual program of range surveys and deer trend count rides on the deer wintering areas of the state's 62 herd units swung into full gear this week as generally spring-like weather prevailed throughout most Early survey reports coming from department of fish and game field men throughout the tats indicate range utilization conditions over the state are j The rides are slated to continue through April and depart-j ment spokesmen asked that all groups or individuals who plan to take part In any of the surveys to watch their local weekly daily papers for tion on dates and meeting The department once again urged as much participation as possible from interested individuals or sporting groups in these surveys to sec range conditions Information gained during this period is of basic importance in formulating recommendations from which the fall hunting seasons are FISH PLANTING The planting of fish into any Utah water must be done or under the express permission the department of fish and game The department noted that the reason for this strict regulation in the law was to assure that the most suitable fish species are planted in each water and to prevent the scattering I Of trash fishes into otherwise waters This is also the reason for the present law making it illegal to use live fish in an water of the The law concerning planting of Pah corporation or agency may place into the waters of the State of Utah any species of fish without first obtaining permission from the Utah State Department of Fish and |