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Probably ilia most disappoint ed hunter m the slate during the past yruson was the quail hunter." declare 1 T. Quinn, executive di rector of the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Sui". eys made by Commission i staff members during the summer and fall of l!‘.r>2 indicated a larger crop of quail than in previous years. However, it is believed, said Quinn, ihai the lot g drought last sunime greatly reduced toe po tential quail peculation. Quinn pointed out that the quail hunter today faces a problem non-existent 10 or lf> years ago. Then the hunter f >und the bob white quail in the fields and open t farmland. Today, the quail has a tendency to seek foou and shelter | in the woodland. This.new tendency of the bob 1 white quail is attributed to the unprecedented demand for timber and other forest products, lesult ine in the cutting of many trees throughout th<* quail belt. The clearing of timber has permitted sunshine to reach ih'1 forest floor and stimulate the growth of game foods. Quail have abandoned the open fields and are seeking shel ter m the safety of the forests Plantings Neeessarv Quinn indicated that the food supply has proved adequate in the w.-oded areas for quail, and rela tively few find it necessray to ven I lure into the open to feed. In the hope of panally solving the hunting problem, as well as improving wildlife conditions, the Game Commission has instituted a Farm Game Program, which in cludes the planting of food bord ers and hedgerows to draw the birds out of the woods. Now is the time for farmers, in dividual hunt'i s and sportsmen's organizations t > mail their plant ing programs for the coming Spring, and place then requests for materials which will be need j vd. Effort is made to get all in I all requisitions beton February 15 Technicians of the Soil Conser vation Districts or ganv wardens may be contacted or requisitions may come directly to the offices • . of the Commission in Richmond V Basic ob.ieciives in all plantings | is to provide available food to c ir ry aitne through the critical months of later Winter and early Spring, when mortality is a’ its height btcati e of undu nourish-i

infill. In promotion of iln> habitat improvement, especial eilort also is made ro introduce landowners to leave briar patches and other rov er for aame wherever practical or. odds and ends of land which is not being: cultivated More and more citizens are treating wild! he as an important product of the land and availing themselves ol the opportunity to make it more abun dant The deer kill for the season which ended November 22 west of the Blue Bridge, and January ft. in the east, is expected to top las: year's total by more than 2000 Shenandoah County leads the deer kill tally with 1196, followed by Augusta with 1131. and Bath with 917. Bear kills already double those of the 1950-51 season, with a number of counties still to report. In the bear kill record. Augusta County leads with 105. followed by Rockingham with 48 and Rock b edge with 25. "Your husband gets a lot of sentiment out of hw> pipe, doesn't he?" "Indeed he does. It's perfectly disgusting to see him clean it.

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The cost of operating Veterans Administration during fiscal year 1952 took less than 5 cents out of each tax dollar that VA spent ir» that year. VA announced. Cash benefits took slightly more than 79 cents. Medical benefits and veterans' counseling tjok nearly 14 cents Construction and repairs took a little over 2 cents. This informa tion is contained in VA's Annual Report for fiscal 1952. now on sale at hie Government Printing Of fice in Washington. D. C. VA spent S5.99 billion during fiscal 1952. ending June 30. 1952 Of this amount. S4 8ti billion was spent from funds appropriated by the Congress and the balance from trust and other funds. How Taxes ( sed The amount spent from appro

printed funds came from the tax payers. whereas, the amount •spent from trust ant. other funds tame from the premiums paid by veterans on their tn hfe insur ance, for which VA acts as the trustee, and from additional sources other than tin taxpayers. O.i the *4.8'.; billion spent from the taxpayer.- dollars. *3.85 bil lion w as distributed in cash bent - fits to or in bt ltah ol veteran* or their dependents and beneficiaries under laws enacted by tlie Con gress. This represents 79.2 per t cm of the expenditures from the taxpayers dollars Fund Breakdown The remaining *1 billion of ex penditures from the taxpayers’ money was spent as ro . .» . S'i’ii million. «,r 13 7 jiercent. for medical, hospital anti domieiliar>

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care: for the legally authorized travel of veterans: for the coun seling ol veterans under the edu cation and training laws that VA administers, and for the burial of veterans who died in VA installa tions Also. S224 million, or 4 8 per cent. for administrative costs, in cluding th se for medical, hos pital and domiciliary care Alai. SI 13 million, or 2.3 per cent. for the construction ol new hospitals and other VA buildings and for major altera'tfons, im provements and repairs to VA hospitals and installation.-. Only person;: who have been dead for ten years can duality for election to the Hall of Fame

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Prices Slated To Begin Rising Will the egg-price slump con tinue? Thai’:; the question currently being asked by poultry producer, ip Virginia. And here-, the answer ;is summed up by Dr. Robert Krueger, associate agricultural economist at VP1. The increase in late of lay which took place in December w ill probbaly carry over into Jan uary and even slightly into Febru ary, thus partially offsetting the reduction in potential years. Later, however, perhaps the last half of February ana during the months of March. April, and May monthly egg output will probably fall off three to five per cent be cause of fewer layers and a re duced rate of lay. This should cause egg pi ices to auvance above last year's levels for the cor responding period. Another factor pointing to a more favorable situation for poul tjrymen is that current prices for frozen eggs are high enough to encourage expanded commercial breaking and freezing of eggs Present stocks of frozen eggs arc lpw and large scale commercial breakage is likely to be resumed as early in the spring as the yolk becomes deep enough, in color to satisfy the trade. BETTER BRUSH IT ON BEEF TECHNIQl ES With beef supplies increasing it's a good idea to brush up on the how and why of beef ■ Cookery. The most demanded beef cuts are the tendei ones which Come from the centei of the nai mal, right along lue backbone These cuts include rib roast of beef and the tender steaks. The tender cuts arc cooked by dry heat . . . that is by roasting. ! pan-frying, moiling and pan ijroiling. The oven temperature to Use m cooking a rib roast of beef , is 325 degrees. No water should be added to the pan and it should not be covered. The less tender cuts, and more Economical ones, come from the ijarts of the animal wnich get the most exercise. These are the shoulder, leg. and fund quartet ('hose less tender cuts should be cooked by adding watei or other

Off-Season Nitrogen Applications Seen Extending Grazing Off season applications • June <1 July - of mitogen have im proved the amount of summer p.owil: o! pastures when rainfall was available in tests at Orange and VHI branches of the Agri . iilumd Experiment Station. Dr. Rov Blaser. agronomist for the Station, says also that appli liquid. Examples of less tender cuts which require moist heat are round steak, flank steak, chuck loast. and rump roast

cations of nitrogen in August stimulated fall growth. The tests indicate that this latter practice should help to lengthen the graz ing season. By topdressing with nitrogen and removing the cattle ;u August, much growth can be accumulated for November and December grazing The amount of spring growth and its earliness also was un proved with nitrogen fertilizer in

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