Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1908 — English Pheasants for Illinois. [ARTICLE]

English Pheasants for Illinois.

The game preserves !n Sangamon county have just received 900 beautiful specimens of English ringnecked pheasants, which cost the state game commission per pair. The pheas- , ants sold to the state game department will be used iu carrying out the scheme of propagation, commenced three years ago. Both eggs and young birds will be distributed among the farmers of the state, who will agree to assist in the work of stocking the fields and forests with the birds.