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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1969
Page
4
Biologist Jack W. Walstrom discusses the bobwhite quail known as feathered bullets. He notes its historical role in early settlers diets and how market hunters lined many quails daily. He explains quail thrived with westward expansion and changing environments, leading to management programs and game laws.
A 1950s article discusses shifting U S attitudes toward land water and wildlife in Kansas and the Great Plains. It highlights game farming costs for quail, resource planning, soil and water conservation, population pressures, and interdependence of rural and urban needs. It notes quail densities rise with eastern Kansas rainfall and lists key quail foods and habitat factors.
A description contrasts glossy Madison Avenue advertising with a real scene at the Franklin County Extension Office. Chemist Lester Hoffman works in a basement lab on soil analyses using a battered spectrometer to quantify elements per acre for farmers, in a modest cluttered space with stained hands and a small counter lab. The Hoffman Laboratory analyzes eleven samples at a time for a fee.
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