El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-02
SPORTSMEN CONFRONTED
WITH PROBLEM Of PRESERVING CAME
President Diaz of Mexico Buys Pheasants From Colo
rado-Pot Hunters Slaug liter Deer-Buffao Only
Number 5000 Modern Methods Employed in
Whaling-Big Game Hunting.
BY Frederic J. Haskin.
TTHE forest. fish and game exposi-
ton now being held in chicago

THE forest. fish and game exposi
tion now being held in Chicago
u has brought together a mos
| unique collection of outfits for fisher
I men and hunters. There never mas
| been so many devCtees of the rod anc
| the gun as there are today, and manu-
| facturers and dealers are reaplng
| harvest from ii. a Massachusetts au-
thoritv estimates that there are 10000
| hunters and fishermen in the Bay state
and if the same proportion obtains In
other states the number Of mighty
hunters before the Lord" in America
must run Into the millions
GaIhe DIsaSpe ardng.
The great problem confronting the
American sportsmen today, with re-
spect TO fish and game. is how TO eat
cake and have it," They realize that
the pot-hunter is cutting down the sup
plv below the danger limit The quail
and the pheasant are disappearing ana
in the effort of the sportsmen TO re-
stock the country with these game
birds there has come new INDUSTRY
that OF quail and pheasant raising
Young Quail have been grown with
only indifferent success. but pheasants
are comparatively easy 10 rear A
Colorado corporation has been organ
lied to raise and sell pheasants. ana
has been receiving orders from every
where. Among the patrons of this cor
pora4ion is president Diaz of Mexico.
The National Association of Audubon
Societies of America is making earnest
Efforts TO conserve the game of the
country. and the protective laws that
ere on the statute books of nearly all
the states are for the most part re-
sulf of IFS IaborS. 1t is now making an
effort to have taken a bird census or
the country in order to get full details
as to the destruction that has taken
Mace. and the best methods of protect
ing the birds in the future. The asso-
citation has issued a number OF educa-
tionaI leaflets intended to interest
scchool boys. one of which is entitled
THE Aigrette has lost Caste" 1t in
cludes letter from former president
Roosevelt declaring that Mrs Roosevelt
will not wear an aigrette, thus showing
her disapproval Of the slaughter OF the
beautiful birds which bear them.
Refuge for Birds.
Another work of the association is
the purchase Of islands off the coast or
Florida and Louisiana, and their con-
version into Ravens of refuge Tor the
millions of shore birds which inhabit
those regions. The year 1908 saw the
extinction of one of the most beautiful
species of birds America has ever pos
sessed-the white heron. Along with the
great aux the white heron persisted be-
cause of the love of woman for its beau
tiful plumage.
1t is said that over 100000 robins
are Slaughtered annually in Louisiana
alone. and the department of agricul-
ture thinks that the eastward spread
of the boll-weeviI is to be traced d.
rectIy to the destruction of these birds
in the Mississippi country. 1t has been
estimated that the annual loss from in
sects in the United States amounts to
something like a half billion dollars,
and that a large percentage of this sum
might have been saved by the pro<ec-
ton of all soft billed birds.
Slaughter of Deer
One of the greatest natural deer
parks in the world is the Cocodrie