The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-22

been a tight between two bucks -
OF these antlers), occurring sTrwneri
s9 time last November, In he ce01HD 10y,
OF the pattie their horns had become meat nea'
di so 30 s1 ply that they fell without
The arena for this buck ,,,r,..
s So,srs ,s an Sres Of about tw enyasy.
bordering on small mountain Law
The bucks in their fury had i tran,
down the grass and vegetation And ppIed
their bo pisoes Proved up the ground with VIII
either the eanimals were oyercoyn. Tuggls
haustion or famished from hunxspy et;
winter came on, and covotss
predatory animals proving arnvrSS'ner
search OF something to deyour rnaSsu IN
h t,c,ous meal on their earcasses, ieavl DS'
tion In which i later found them 'Onul'
Investigating Black Drum Posslhu,...
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct s,D"N'
May and June one of the Bureaus Of E,Rs
eries' temporary assistants visited y, rsh.
tss ,,f sen ~ s IN the States bordering
garding possibilities Of estsblisSItns, re,
fishery for black drum.
Al Punta Gorda, Naples, Fort Mv,,.
Tampa this FISH is reported Ni TO- eI' and
tiful for about four months Of thu y y.nr
beginning with the first Of April year
The demand for those FISH being ,m,p
them as far as possible. A few ara sonnss
all the time mixed in with other az
Dealers will handle the medium-sIzsa H ~
In SINAI! lots. but will not handle I'm I'm
The fish are found chiefly in ,h,r.-
water near the mouths OF rivera nns
around ad oyster reefs. and many may bs
where there is smooth bottom and p paues
depth of water. p'Opsr
Robins I'm the North and in the Sou,h
In the North the robin is protected r.,
law and Is considered a songsfer az
when l lived in the North I thought a lot
the robins go South in large hocks
In southern Florida have seen hundr.s,
OF robins In one flock, and robin has 10
same as he would in Minnesota '''
In southern Florida corn is the second
crop on the land each year, being planted
In March and the fore part OF April Ana
when the corn comes up through tSa
ground flock Of robins will light in tbs
field and begin pulling up the blades a;
corn and picking of the grain Of corn
that will come up with the blades W."
Ana let each robin pull corn until m,
mock gets square meal and YOU viii
have a sick looking corn field indeed
The robins in south Florida do no-.
damage than the crows. have known
men to shoot hundreds Of robins in tbsi-
corn field and then have to go through
their field three times and transplant
they could get full stand OF corn. W
The damage which the robins do IN Inc
farmers in Florida would fatten a root
herd of cattle each year
The robin in the South is a pest When
l lived in the North I used TO respect
the robin; but when the robin coma,
south ne becomes worse pest than ,hs
crow, I lost all my admiration for Robin
Redbreast. -''O'"
want to see and hope / will Iva
long enough to see every FISH. every
bird and every animal that is WORTHY
OF protection protected by law. and 10
sec all violators of our game laws MN
ished SO severely that they will no. Wiz
late them again But the case Of M,
Robin is different ''''
am member OF the Sportsman,
Cub OF Duluth, MINI, and a chart.,
member of the Sportsmans Club a,
Jacksonville, Fla: so you may know that
would not wrong a bird, a fish or an
animal that did not deserve It to the best
Of my Judgment O. +. sHEPWAy
Jacksonville. Fla. Oct Is.