State Game Farm

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The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries established the first Virginia State Game Farm nearby in 1920. The state initially raised quail in captivity there to restock the birds throughout Virginia. The game farm was one of the earliest state facilities to breed quail in large numbers. Virginia's program attracted the attention of other states' game departments. In subsequent years the farm also bred wild turkeys for restocking. The site included a building for hatching eggs. In 1946 the farm's activities were transferred to the Cumberland Game Farm at the Cumberland State Forest in Cumberland County.

Department of Historic Resources, 2005

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References/Bibliographic Citation:

Annual Reports of the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, from 1920 to 1947, Library of Virginia; Fifth Annual Report of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1921;“Report to the Commission-Sussex State Game Farm and Quail Program March 3, 1945,” Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, Darden Executive Papers, Minutes of the Meeting, Box 39, Library of Virginia; “State Game Farm Makes Excellent Record,” Virginia Wildlife Autumn 1940: 32-33; Beverley W. Stras, Jr., “History and Organization of the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries,” (Richmond, 1952); Dorothy Troubetzkoy, “The Cumberland Game Farm,” Virginia Wildlife December 1955: 18-19, 22.