New-York tribune., 1896-10-18
4 GREAT RICEBIRD SEASoN'
u,,r NEGRO R1cE-MlNDERs AND hun .
MEN GETTING BIG rRicEs-"'"
,,vDs ARE OBTAINED
THE BIRDS ARE oS1A''

nc, 1.-THE rcebird harves'
49,, more profitable to 'hose r.ap,,al
nos y, ,n il, than the rice "' ,,o rice
,,,,. considered. After c"'".ae, honanza
an an ro.s this fall have struck d P.x.,s with
s,n,,,;ne Northern ana Wcs.,'', r ~. North.
49, ,oo,hsome rcebird-the ree"0" .r,,.r climate
''o 80 ,,s annual night TO a wal lass
which 0' - here sufficiently long u ~ ,
has supp ~, living OH his late rice W." ,,,,,.
we p'' p,a,.,cy But this diet gives 80, .
creamy co" ,o,,,,ou, flavor. makes his noos
% D'l" ., delicate fat and his bones - .s,,.,
. ra consumed by the epicu'S w." .r,co-
yrv rice plantation has ''s - r,u.kets
r,;naers" These are negroes s'" -, ammunition.
, saving regular allowance " 4, IN the
ana ha''.e ,, ,hsv are expected 10 turn =" ~
III Wv 40 many birds for every ioau VI go. hc
O',' rr,,.rs are not permitted III '"o u'.,k,,u
sa,,sa the destruction Of rice oS ,s ,lanters
,,,a hs greater than the sA''"" " ,.h. how
~, .o,,ro birds kept of IL 10 ie" ,,,. dis.
os u" 80 are sometimes killed at S'"e' -.
many o'e' "a r,,,sket that has seen Se''''e
charge - IN, wilder game. with ok VI ''
AZ , ~ powder behind hano.u' uu,
- . negro knee deep In inuo am a,. of a
- his way through the riee - aescended
" coo, NJ the little birds when "n' snnr fo-
49,, c,oud upon the grain. oe'.o"o ,oo,,,e ,hs
80 The gunner is prohibited i'o',' .,aiIs and
h,rd. IN the rice for the sho' e"''
"A ha
then more Cd" ..ri. nlace has been rcacheo no
0o -" the waving grain and sN'' ,.s.
I, instant the air Is Hierah! .' ,o,her
~ &C. nd, seem 70 be room eno"s" " s n,rd
1t, ~ the tiny wings IL ~ '" ,,oL.x, mar
p,sc. p noints his gun toward '''e .n,,,oss tho
'ninu'' ,oud nd pulls the trigger '.o are
Oh 'n's IDS that hold the barre! M p'A.o -"
o'u h,,dpo and oftener than not INC ~ .
iaaae " ", -, the hands Of the shootcIt, mud be-
jumps measured his Iehs IN ,'r recoil.
ss.,,naaI.NSnocked down by tne sus throwing birds
He IL quickly uP, ~ 80.
into two-nre the negro proves himsei, vi, as
r,nr ricebird hunter; the %n rice he
many but IN vi ~ course great many deao n.y.
not nno nnd nearly all those WIN a,her up ten
but not unnsss .ss result s"i Of one shot. ,. been
dozen p,rGs % the demand for ricepIuIS pnI the prices
greater than ever known wNeWYork and ELSEWHERE e
offered In PhTsncy" that negroes on we seI ~
have oeen on the sautee River er,aoSs & 20 capture
ppa,ive ingenuity ano para no, permitted 20 shoot
the BIRDS meds The birds roost on nrt ~" n r,Se
in the theshes rree OF great marshes "a doIla- dozen'
anas an" and there the pro,Se thinning his boat up
has tempted creek he lands In the nts'i l. - s,ng
some .o1aerness bg;noprnen%. n. lef. hand is long
over his left sh shohotte terch. while in the sack there
blazing Sor it's repenishing cleaning grounds
Thns ne proceeds, kn~edeep sometime hip
Of the BIRDS and mud. Blinded by ,e me right
deep ~ maize no effort to o,s,o,cd Hsrd in picking the
hand OF the costs passing them 70 n!s 'o, II
birds from ,nc,h meet through thei' "NN"'' ~
shance 10 the bigmov'ne"n "nonsSdered fair night
Bctwev' cne man The season u e. e., me rcs,Ilts :
ard work. in this ievercaae" at present unusual
OF such n "is axpenses are paid to two 'non'"'
prices. VIZ VII with spade. hoe or piouS"'