Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-02
RECOMMEND new RULES
IN HUNTING AND.F|sH|NG
State Department Presents Annual
Report Of Activities to Chief
Executive OF Virginia
WOULD HAVE STREAMS CLEAN
Advocate Two Systems, One OF Which
& Would Be Kept Free Of Refuse and
pofsons From the Industrial
4 Plants.

s-;f Establishment OF a.systcr OF streams
ito be used for commercial purposes
and In which 81 would not be Illegal
TO dump pollution or poisons from
4 mills or factories, and another system
which would be used only for recrea-
tional purposes. fishing and angling, is
= recommended in the annual report OF
: the Department OF Game and Inland
Y Fisheries TO Governor Westmoreland
.Davis.
to sec the value of our streams diss-
: pated' by an unwisc and indiscr!minate
use, the report reads: We Viii be
s:ing 70 propagate fish in waters pois-
!. oiled by tho waste from industrial en-
/ .dsrpriscs which might have been To-
Gated ~ a distance eliminating any
g chance of pollution.
go Seek Licenses for Anglers.
c"N Further in the report the following
suggestion is made:
"Anslers Interested in the game fish.
such as bass and trout. have suggested
that a fishing license DC required OF
), all fishermen using rod and reel or
artificial bal. and the money collected
Establishment OF FISH hatcheries for these
:. game fish and 10 enforce the fish laws
In reference 10 hawks: the report
tells Of the distribution of 5000 hawk
traps and the destruction OF 1000
hawks. The best authorities arc quoted
in the report as, Disappearing OF the
claimed that only three kinds are real
~ harmful; These species. are the
Coopers. Sharpskin and the Duck
Hawk.
Hunters arc said to take the, oppo-
site vicw OF tho matter however. and
claim that all OF the hawks should be
destroyed TO protect birds.
Would Use Moderation.
either these experts or the hunters in
this matter too fer. and are of the
opinion the situation would be just as
bad with too many hawks as with too
Few. and VIII continue our crusade
aEains: these predatory birds with
this in mind" the report reads
II IS also estimated in the report
costs the department $4,000 year.
not one cent OF the revenue from
which roverts TO the game fund, ac-
cordinE to the report.
Speaking OF quail, the following ref
crencc is made TO the efforts being
made s.T to Keep up the supply OF birds:
us definite information from our game
wardons to the effect that the previous
winter had injured the game supply,
greater. extent than we had thought,
and unless our native stock was aug
mented It would be several winters
before tho hunting would he as good
as III was prior to this severe winter.
Shortage of Quail.
IT Immediately placed an order for
1000 quail with a TcXcs man. the only
available source of supply. and was
notihcd that he would be unable to hll
II because OF shortage OF the birds
on account OF q drought"
Further references TO quail STATE
mat w. +. Coleman. OF Amelia County.
VINO Is said TO he = practical quail
breeder. has been engaged TO lake
charge OF such work here
~ was also stated that seventeen
IcNas quail had been obtained by the
department and th~t nracticaI rrnnri
ntnts in crossing the breed with Viz
Sinia and North Carolina breeds were
nS,ins made by =. II. Shelton. OF aIo7
f'o!d Avenue. FOR the department..