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

n.ye been placed On the statute books !
~ Che State. This 3 ten laws for |
each county in the State. Bound in j
me volume, this would make a book !
of about 1900 pages. Zach one Of |
the 1000 laws has its own individual |
~, No attempt has been made TO |
consolidate II s-ysteInatize the game |
laws of the State. It is necessary to
40 through all the acts pertaining to
each county to know what the Law
IS for any particular county.
Game Birds.
~,:ru,ise. partridges, quail, pheasants,
Wild turkeys, and shore: on wading
birds. such as plovers, sIipe, wood
..ock. curlews and sandpipers, are
usually classed as game birds. To the
sportsman any bird hunted with gun
and dog Is classed as a game bird.
~ IS for the protection of these birds
that the game laws We're enacted.
Faxtritlges ar Quail.
The quail includes the several
american partridgcs, especially tho
hob white, or Virginia, Maryland and
california quail. The genera are COM
uinn ali over the world, however, and
their propagation and protection are
being more u more considered by
All civilized people every year. There
ere many kinds OF cartridges; the
bamboo or spurred, the night or
woodcock, mountain or piumed part
ridge. snow partridge and seesee
partridge Of Asia, spruce partridge or
American grouse of the North, wood
or hill partridge Of Asia, the rain
nudil of India. the stubble quail, the
Australian swamp quail, the Au-
s~t,rllian painted quail. bustard quail.
button quail. etc. Every country has
MS species OK quail Oh partridge.
Number Of Quail in State.
There is no way Of estimating the
unmoer Of Gasi! in the State. We
tnow, however. that the number is
greatly decreasing yearly in h face
-r all the legislation enacted for their
protection. We have farm of five
hundred acres which a few years age
had ut least five hundred quails on it
Now there are not fifty. There are
only four pieces OF coyies left this
year and the Pot hunter will no dOub,
set them before Matching time. Thi.
condition prevails all over Mecklen.
burg county, a. far as I have beer
ADJ. TO ascertain, and also in the ad-
joining counties. Conditions sheuI(
ne such that every farm could bcas
the beginning OF each hunting season
These figures skcw the urgent neet
III some steps adequate not only 70
the protection OF these valuable bird
hut also fer their propagation an'
Increase.
Multiplication OF Quail.
ASter some effective protective legiS
l-tion has been enacted, then method
o'IerlG be introduced to multiply tn
n"mher of suails. Food and shelte
arc as necessary for quails as 70
human beings. l do not mean tn
ssr;s bind. of course. Wheat field
a.,sd pea patches furnish the best feed
t,g places, and small patches 9
ground should be sown in peas Q
wheat in many different places on tn
piantation in or near o sedg
'"sds and allowed to grow up an
NOT he harvested. These patchs
Should be near water. The Whes
straw and the broom sedse and tn
w,id grass ana the thickets, which al
s'loWed to grow up on every Earn
furnish the best shelter for the bird
a patch of canes here and there
the bottoms is also good shelte
There Is no better shelter than goo
lands with thick underground aft'
,hs birds can fy. 4 bushel OF graz
ard u days work on the farm w
Furnish feeding places for hundre
IF these birds. These birds will nc
near their feeding places and Their
fore IL hoove one who wants plcD
of them On his farm to have As maj
feeding places as possible. Quail W
eat dogWood berries and other thing
bat the hest meat is obtained by fee
ing them on grain. The more gra
patches . have on your place q
more covies you will get.
protes4tSn OT PzPtridEeS.
The $500 statutes on the books pu
porting to protect partridgeS are b
little more than So much legal jul
and NJ but little more value than h
mi"h waste paper.
First, there is no Systematized iOi
effort on rhe part OF the people OF t
State To protect and multiply t
birds.
Second, the laws on the statl
books are not Sufficient OF adapt
10 the multiplication and protecti
of The birds.
Third. the laws on the books
nrt enforced or observed, but {
openly violated and d~isrexarded.
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