The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-04

work Of Wardens at times necessarily
intensified in certain localities and
transfer points where the game inter-
ests We're largest and the o%ppOrtuni-
ties offered more prospects Of accOm-
plishinS the greatest good for the
states interest as a whole.
1t might be stated in this onnec
ton hat many Of the provisions Of
the IL Law were not affected by
the change by this recent legislation.
The song birds and the inSect-eating
BIRDS so essential to the agricultural
and horticultural interests of the
State are still protected by statute; it
is still illegal to ship quail out Of the
State, and it is still against the law to
kill plume birds or rob their nests.
The Audubon Society Will continue to
push its policy Of distributing the
game law, cloth warning notices, and
literature on the value of birds to the
farm. There Will be no abatement in
its efforts to rouse q deeper interest
on the part of our people for bird n
game protection, and it Will toll inces-
sanity for the securing Of good and
Statewide uniform avs for game
protection.
when the Audubon Society vas or
ganized in March. 1902. there were on
the statute books Of North Carolina
SeV~entN-eiSllt l1S) game laws chiefly
of course, OF a local character. These.
however. were Woefuliy inadequate.
Fourteen counties had no absolute
close season On quail and in ten cOun-
ties wild turkeys We're not protected.
TWenty-seVen counties had not the
slightest safeguard thrown around
the killing of deer. The song and val
liable nsect-eating birds of the State,
numbering over two hundred varieties,
were not protected by law. The sea
birds were shot for millinery purposes
or their nests robbed by fishermen.
Quail were openly shipped out Of the
State by tens of thousands and there
was not Il warden in the State to stop
it. \ prosecution for a Violation OF
of occurrence
These conditions have been great
" changed since the u Society
came into existence. To-day quail, tur-
keys. doves, robins and meadow larks
are protected by close season in every
county in the State; deer are protect
ed in virtually every county where any
are to be found; plume hunting IS mo
longer carried on: song birds are pro-
tected; and shipping out Of the State
has been greatly reduced.
A large un1be of additional game
laws are now passed at each meeting
Of the Legislature. At the past season
II I No''
laws were enacted, which was five
more than We're to be found on the
statute books in 1902, the
ton OF all the wears before the Audu-
bon Society was organized. And all
this work. accomplished by ne Rudu-
bon Society. its agents, its friends, ana
bv the sentiment it created, mas never
cost thp state Of North Carolina one
nenl5v. The membership fees ana
ro~ntpih,tions which the Secretary an
nualIv collecta have, Of recent years,
far exceeded the amount provided by
the Board Of Directors for MS salary,
travelling and office expenses as Wei
as many other expenses Of the society.
.Sure1y the Audubon Society mas
won for itself q place of appreclatlon
j., the hearts of the good people OF
North Carolina. We know without
doubt that today, as q result Oh us
work there are thousands OF addi-
tional happy birds in the state Wnlcll
hy their songs and usefulness are add-
ING cheer and joy to people whose
carts are receptive TO the messages
of these beautiful creatures.