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50 Tons Wildlife Seed Given Landowners
Nearly 50 tons of wildlife food and cover planting materials were distributed free this spring to landowners across Virginia by the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, Game Management Field Coordinator Kit Shaffer reports. Properly planted these seeds will yield 33,000 one-eighth acre wildlife food and cover plots. A total of 12,826 landowners co-operat ed in this year’s habitat improvement program, an increase over participation during the previous year. The materials included the Commission's game bird mix, sericea and bicolor, lpspedeza seeds which were distributed free to landowners and interested groups by Game Biologists and Wardens. Requests for the materials are accepted by Game Commission personnel early in the spring. The game bird mixture is packaged in 3 pound bags considered sufficient to plant .a 1/8 acre food plot. I Long narrow strips along field edges are considered the most productive form of food or cover patch. Distribution was heavi est in the Southwest Piedmont Section. Other heavy distribu tion points included Northern Virginia, the Eastern Piedmont,' the Southern Tidewater Area and Southwest Virginia.
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