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and refurnishing the main house the foremen’s house, and havt already restored a very old lof cabin on the farm.
The farm was formerly knowi as “Rappahannock River Farm’ and before that as “Mt. Ida.” 1 was purchased by Mr. and Mrs Harris in 1959 from the estate ol the late George Hewitt Myers who had bought it from Mr. am Mrs. James Yates. Hie Yates family had owned the farm foi many decades.
Mr. and Mrs. Harris have leaser Mountain Green near Washington Va. from Capt. and Mrs. George Sharp who recently purchased ii from Mrs. Marietta Cheatham They plan to build a new home when they find a suitable location.
4.5 Million Squirrel,
Rabbit, Quail Taken
It is estimated that Virginia hunters brought home a combined total of nearly 4.5 million squirrels, rabbits and quail during the 1965-66 hunting season, based on the results of a Game Commission mail survey involving some 2,472 hunters. Squirrels were the most popular of all state game involving the most hunters, the greatest amount of effort and the largest kill, some 1,941,862 animals. Rabbits ranked second in both number of hunters and effort expended. Deer hunters were the third most numerous group but they ranked fourth in hunting effort while quail hunters ranked iust the reverse, fourth in number but third in effort. Questionnaires were sent to 5,386 Virginia hunters including all license types and all geographic regions. The 7 page form was designed to measure the hunter’s participation in hunting the various species, his license buying habits and his bag. The 46% return was considered good.
An estimate of 116,032 raccoons bagged during the year, nearly 5 apiece for the estimated 23,477 hunters, was a surprising statistic. Another interesting figure brought to light by the survey was the estimate of over 15,000 hunters who bagged an estimated 121,473 doves during the second half of the state’s split dove season. Spring turkey hunter* ; -■•n'ort about
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