The Newtown bee., 1908-12-18
LET US PROTECT THE BIRDS.
BY EDWARD TAYLOR.

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 to protect the noblest of all gam, birds, the partridge; at the same time to so fix it that they will gradually but surely increase; also to give the sportsmen some pleasure every year, but to restrict them by time limit and
 establishing game preserves so the
 birds will increase in spite of them. l This can be managed as well as most
 business propositions, you arrange it
 so the birds get 60 per cent and the | sportsmen, 40 per cent, and they are
 bourd to increase. Do not as a few
 have proposed, stop all shooting for
 three or five years. That would be
 worse than folly as there would be a
 great many that would sneak in with
 some trap or device to capture and do
 more damage than they would to let
 them shoot for short season. Besides it would be advertised in all the ad-
 joining states and at the opening of
 the first season they would flock in by
 the car loads and at the elapsing of the first open, season there would be
 less birds than when the law went in- to effect, neither would we have any capital to restock or protect with, no shooting, no license ard no money to do business with. This would be my idea to allow the sportsmen some pleas rre in hunting. But so restrict them by preserves and limiting their time to shoot, that the birds will increase in spite of them. The woodcock is a migratory bird. We can't do much to protect them. The quail can be re- stocked, should we have winter so severe as to kill them. otherwise they will increase under any law that will protect the other game birds. The partridge, the noblest of them all, can sot be restocked. Let us protect them. They break flocks :and scatter over aIl the surrounding country somewhere from the middle to the last of Septem- OCT. October is termed by some their ,razy month. They often fly against buildings even though not pursued by anything during this month, but sell lom in any other and donot come to- ,etber again until cool frosty weather n November. Therefore you could F How shooting through October when ; hey are scattered and the leaves are n also the early part of November. hat would give the sportsmen a little nance at the woodcocks without do- ng such great damage to the part idge. In ordinary seasons you can ill more cartridges in the last 10 Z avs of November than all the rest of \ he season. 1 would recommend talk z ng off the last 10 or 15 days in Mo- [ ember Have the season close on ! he 18th or 2Oth instead of December d and establish the State game pre- VI erves in town where suitable cover S xists. If that is not enough take off 2, few days more. It can be handled l1 cry easily. Be sure and give the II II rds the advantage for when they in- p' ease the sportsmen's pleasure also creases.
 Now I am going to plead with all al al e sportsmen in this state, also with of oh and every representative in our gislature that the game birds and ., rticular the partridge be protected Cl
 establishing game preserves and W oit 1ning the season 10 or l5 days in at e last of November and not to stop en ooting for three or five years as that sa rely would be the heighth of folly.
 Yours very respectfully,
 E. Taylor. IS ?. s. l also think the Hungarian ID rtridge if they stand our winters are great addition as they lay from 15
 "A eggs and would increase rapid Ca gS