The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-01
DEPENDS STATE GAME COM MISSION Dr. French, Famous Natural ist, Says Restocking of
 State Must be
 Slow.
  VARIED BIRDS PROCURED .------.------------------ Many parlridgcs Arc to be Set Loose To-day-N!onSolan PhcaS-
 ants Now Breeding
VARIED BIRDS PROCURED

Dl' Nt'll 'lcllti, lile lHlllouS udluI- % alist of Waashington, D. C.. in an in- tcrview with the rnal-Courier last night, defended the Connecticut Fish and Game Commission from the at tacks the hunters of the state nave made on 1t during the last six months for not spending the money collected for restocking the state with game.
 The commission has received from licenses and fees something like S20,- l 900 to buy birds for breeding pur- poses to be set loose in Connecticut and the hunters have been urging immediate action by the commission. but up to the present time the com mission has spent very little of the money and criticisms of every nature have been made.
 To-day probably the largest 1atch of birds yet purchased will be brought to Connecticut and set loose don, Danbury and other sections of the state. The importation this time consists of 1e0 pairs of gray par tridges brought from Hungary hy Dr. French. These cartridges cost considerable and this year the wet weather of Europe prevented tho us- ual amount of breeding. England generally imports thousands of par trdges from the continent annually and this year the demand from the British Isles could not be supplied, next fall, should the season be good and tho prices of birds not too high, the Connecticut commission through Dr. French plans to import 1000 pairs of gray partridges and set them loose In the state.
 Dr. French last night explained tho delay in the purchase of quail for Connecticut He said that the only state or territory In the Union which has not had laws against the eXpor. tation of quail during tho past few years has hccn Indian territory and that when this territory was joined with oklahoma into the new state, a law was passed which prevented tho cxportatlon of tho birds any longer The only other way to get quail In this country vas by smuggling, and as officers of the law the Connecticut commission could not he expected tc do this. Dr French said last lisht that he had received the unofficial in. formation that the oklahoma legisla' ture now in sesesion had repealed the law within the past week and the new net wns now waiting for the gotcr nor's signature As soon as the bill Is signed the Connecticut commission is planning to get several thousand pairs of 1uail and set them loose here
 The quail cost al least dollar pair and the hunters kill them ruth lesslv. so that it is probable that tn commission will try to get law pass cd hy the next legislature which wll make closed ecason on quail for th next five years This will give tn birds time enough to breed. and witt the regular closed season after that Dr. French says the supply can b kept mp indefinitely.
 Dr French said that it s hard L get good birds for importation eithe from Europe or the other states. II said that quail especially arc liable ( diseases and spread tho dis"ase broadcast Alabama had no laws pre- venting the cxportation Of quall nut few vcnrs ago but tho birds obtalnc from there had diseases which the spread among tho native birds or othe states and killed them. Care in keep ing away unhealthy birds pr. Frone : said Is ono of the principal thing which must be observed, and for th observance of this prceantion hc par ticularly compimcntcd the Connect put commission The commission ha hcen offered many supplies of bird choap but examination has shown tha the dealers who offered lho game q such reasonable rates had supple with contagious diseases.
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