Safflower as a Winter Game Bird Food

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For 2 yrs. exptl. plantings have been made in northern Idaho using safflower, Carthamus tinctorius, as a winter pheasant and Hungarian partridge food. The plant resists wind, hail and heavy winter snows and the seeds are available during midwinter. In feeding trials penned pheasants were maintained on a diet of safflower during two months of winter weather. It apparently rates high in palatability for pheasants. Recommendations are given for growing safflower in Idaho as a winter game bird food.

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