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Show Game Officials Call For Aid In Feeding Of Birds DEEP snow and continued subzero sub-zero weather are hitting hard at wildlife in the Uintah Basin, and fish and game department officials of-ficials are asking residents to turn a hand in the feeding of game and song birds. Pointing out that severe winters win-ters always cut deeply into Utah's wildlife stock, conservation conserva-tion clubs arc being urged to help in a pheasant and quail feeding program, v while housewives house-wives are asked to throw out a handful of crumbs now and then for the song birds stranded by the thermometer. Utah towns close to big' game ranges, report that deer are moving mov-ing in away from the deep mountain moun-tain snows. State game heads have established feeding grounds to take care of the herds, but feed dealers in the Salt Lake area are not too optomistic about the supply holding out if severe weather continues. In the Basin, pheasants and quail are causing the greatest concern. Low temperatures are notoriously hard on quail since they have a habit of congregating congregat-ing in semi-sheltered spots where they seldom move around. Many of them are freezing to death in the sub-zero weather. In such areas game wardens are establishing estab-lishing feeding grounds, with a view to limiting the quail loss by providing sufficient food to help the birds combat the cold weather. 1 ' PHEASANT feeding grounds are being set up on the state-owned state-owned pheasant refuge in the Roosevelt area, and on private land. Feeding operations are being be-ing directed by Deputy State Game Warden Harry Sprouse. The state-wide feeding of game birds is an expensive process, and Wednesday State Game Commissioner George H. . Harrison Har-rison and Mr. Sprouse were considering con-sidering calling upon the U. S. Fish- and Wildlife Service for assistance in feeding waterfowl caught in the throes of a Basin winter. "Wherever pheasants or quail are observed in bunches, report to your nearest game department officer; but where only a few birds are seen, help them out and also help to relieve the pressure pres-sure on game department funds, by tossing out a few handfuls of crain," Mr. Harrison requested Wednesday. Although song birds are not inhabitants of the Uintah Basin in great numbers during the winter win-ter months, there are always robins, rob-ins, chickadees, meadowlarks and buntings that stay the yc?r around, and conservation leaders lead-ers appeal to housewives and farmers to feed these birds. |