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Title: Bulletin (Pennsylvania Game Commision), no. 11
Identifier: bulletinpennsylv11penn (find matches)
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Pennsylvania Game Commission
Subjects: Game protection; Birds
Publisher: Harrisburg, Pa. : Pennsylvania Game commission
Contributing Library: Penn State University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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28 tlieir inestimable value to wild life, looks with disdain upon these forest weeds" and desires almve all else to replaee them with lunil)er lives. Fortunately, most foresters in lliis country, not heini.reeiate the Tact that wild life in our wooded areas has a ^ircat eeonomie value a.id reali/e that the so-called "forest weeds" are'essential to its existence. Pennsylvania's State (Jame Lands and State Forests, more than one million aeres of -iood huntinj: territory, and owned by the (^unmonwealth, are manarodueinjr 'M'orest weeds" to make way for comparatively few additional lumber trees. Plantinjr of shrul)s, trees and vines which will i^roduee food for game and small birds should be carried on extensively by spoi-tsmen
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riidfoRijiiili liy Ciimc Commis^iont'i Hi»s L. I-«'fflfi. McKeespoit. Fm. Ul. AX KASII.V CONSTIU CTHI) IJOlJ WIIITK FO SIIKLTKU and lovers of wild life. The Board of Game (^onnnissioners have been setting an example for a luimbcr of years throu^di their (Jaine Pro- tectors and Game l\efu«re Keepers, and now have ))lanted most of the available areas under their control. They have no authority to ))lant on privately owned or controlled lands, and, consecpiently. such ))lant- injr as may be carried on in the future nntst be done by sportsmen and other individuals. 29 COVER FOR GAME AVliile considerin<2f the i)lanting of food-bearinj^ S))ecies, it is well also to give thought to the fuiTiishing of more and bettej- cover for game. The importance of cover must not be underestimated by foi'- esters, sportsmen, officers of the Game Gonnnission or others. Goni- ferous or evergreen ))lantations made for I'cforestation ))urposes are Avonderful havens of safety for i)ursued game, especially rutfed grouse. Under the thick canopy formed by the crowns of the planted trees grouse and other small game may obtain i)rotection from hawks. It requires but a very few years for the small seedling trees ordinarily planted to reach a size sufficient to ))rovide aderpiate and desirable cover for game. Also many birds and animals relish as food the seeds from cones of evergreen trees. A i)lantation of such species will fur- nish both cover and food for game as well as tindjer in later years. SUITABLE PLANTING STOCK Par better results will be obtained by i)lanting nursery grown .seedlings in preference to nuts or seeds. If inits or seeds are ))lanted or sown a large percentage of them will be eaten by rodents. Fx- I)erience has proved that the percentage of those which germinate is very low. Nuts and seeds of most sjiecies sown in a nursery may be expected to result in a good ))ercentage of germination and to ))ro- duce ffood healthv seedlings. These seedlings, after one or two y<'ars in the nursery, should be ;)la!ited in their permanent location. ^Fany commercial nursei'ies are now raising for sale at reasonable ))rices, fpiite a variety of trees and shrubs which are desiral)le as ))rod»u'ers of food for game and birds. Trees. shrid)s, and other ix'rennial jdants, which produce nuts, fruits or seeds desirable as food for game and birds, are listed below. No effort is made to list them in the order of their impoi'tance since th« value of each species li variable with locality and with difTerent kinds of game. The common name of the species is given as well as the scientific name of the group to which it belongs, but wo attempt is made to list all of the desirable species of each group, since such a list would be volunnnous and unnecessary. The seeds or fruits of almost all s))ecies of one group are similarly edible.

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