The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-04

.eF@ft0SHt reg G-<0&>f 81 pOtis0 q
Chariette. N G, Who has . Hat<-
~ide reputation a. IN Officer ard de-
fectsve. . sportsman and the awner Il
Tine de~ says: Birds must BE pro-
! tected or there viii Soon BE- none 10
protect The close season should in
eidde all game. rsbbiss and everything
tina. is hunted With gun and dog.
! he-p mp the dogs during April. May.
tune. July n August. either blocked
or IN a pen where they canine get
IN the birds or the nests 10 destroy
thena- Also prohibit pos hunting and
the sale Of birds. Allow no hunting
during the close season with gan 81
cog. his should apply ~ the whole
State"
Mr. James ?inord, Of Lincoln cou.-
~. the most accurate shot ! have
ever known. says: THE laws sheuid
he uniform ana he equally enforced
all over tho State. The open season
should not begin until thu birds ara
full ITovE. dogs Shouts be kept up
during The laying and Matching sea-
son, q premium shoGI6 be placed OF
hawk sealps. the xaIe OF birds pro-
hihlIed. pot hunters outlaWec. and
t~reSpaSSerS prosecuted tn the tinlit 81
h law Most Ameri. ans are natural
~ Sood shots. The quail shoui,i b.
preserved FOR this purpose alone IT
for nothing else This is about the
only game bird left IN most 81 RI.
counties for people 30 practice on. II
our State Is To maintain ia reputation
tor marksuaanship The GEai! must ba
preserved for practice The training
OF the eye and nerve 10 shoot quail
on the Wing is quito an uptisis-
ment within itself. The good quail
! shot uould necessarily make - good
; soldier. Let us have the quail pre-
= served for the boys TO practice on
Mr.. Sirerd further said: II OF
course am not Natty Bumppe. ] can
!. not do the double potato 49, IN the
: ali With the rife. I have Killed 3s
! quail on wing without missing a shot
! That was when birds We're plentiful,
> however, and we could pick our shots.
l have shot them on the wing with
. old-time long Misunderstanding rife. tho
I magazine rife and the air rife. I
know whether a bird I shoot AT Is z
hen or cock. ani l often decide in
his way whether the bird that fans Is
= my bir.: or not. ! IAN trail birds IN
q the broom straw or grass or woods
a / know the quail from the egg u the
V game bag thoroughly. II We would
have nirds we must protect them In
future better than IL the past. u is
not the sportsman. but the dog. III.
pot hunter, the hawk and the tres
3 passer who destroy game"
Il housing Birds in Winter.
. Capt Harrison Watts, Of Charlotte
II said: Every means should be use.
le to the propagation OF quail
= When the winters are Very severe ant
- SHOW lies on the gToull.i and tho biTii
&c likely to die OF cold and St.t-N alton
g they can be caught ana put IL Ten
n and fed until the Vtathec inoG"rates
ii About twenty years ago. turing IN
III big STOW, / bought over 400 nv
birds LII cooped them and led then
70 until the STOW melted and the wc&the
r got warmer. They EOuid not car q
.irst, and q few OF them died. ho
Id most of them lived and Nhen til
% weather warmed up ] paiFe. the bro
nv of and Turned them loose in diffsreA
parts Of the county. For years afte
noticed the effect OF this in the mum
- Der of birds i'll this county compare
- with the a adjoining counties. Mech
enhurg has been noted for the nuIl
her cf her covies until The last fe'
=, years-
- live birds; bat, from a sportsman
~ standpoint, it was the best none
-. ever invested. Fol- years ! had th
-. here "a a result. Every man VII
81 birds. Not only feed them but .
ho them IL necessary. More anti no.
- individual effort win be required yea
On apt.r 90. If ua eypect Ia hzxa III
= festive quail remain as the chic
he so,r.s az rho SnortsYnan's pIe.x,r
And don't be q greedy sportslna
IL in a coEeS-