Milford chronicle., 1932-02-05
DELAWARE GAME AND
FISH COMMISSION NOTES

LAlcll hctS SlfSu dSIlCulbuIS It's pres
ent pressing problem of over-pro
= ductiOn. ,.. ..
> A recent netting of the State Pond
at st, Georges, produced the follow
ing fish:
- 132 adult large-mOuth bass.
so small large-mouth bass.
! 1000 catfish.
95 carp.
1000 mud-shad.
$50 crappie.
Sd calico bass.
500 yellow perch
10 pike. ..
100 sunfish.
These fish with the exception OF
the carp and mud-shad were used
for restocking ponds in the State.
Tie extremely mild weather has per-
mitted this work and a number of
the streams and tumbleholes have
also been netted with the following
results:
1853 large-mouth bass.
24S pickerel.
726 crappie.
lis white perch.
200 yellow perch.
20 sunfish.
200 catfish.
The mild weather during January
has permitted the spOrtsmen to con-
tinue his bass fishing, and the re-
suits have been very good. This sea-
son, however, closes on February
first, and remains closed until May
25th. The season for pike and pick
erel closes March first, and re-opens
also on May 25th.
| The presence of great numbers of
ducks and geese this winter suggest
the speed at which these birds travel,
an dthe American Game Association
has issued the following article:
The luckless hunter who, missing
q flock of ducks looming straight
over his blind, shouted after them,
Go it, you idiots! The world is
round and you'll be back in five min
utes anyhow!" was slightly exagger-
ating the speed of waterfowl accord
ing to statistics compiled by the U.
S. Biological Survey. Earlier esti-
mates of the swiftness of ducks cred
tied these birds with phenomenal
speeds, but airplanes and autOmo-
biles have made possible an accurate
check on the speed of their fight
under varying conditions. The sur
vey has concluded from it's collec-
tion of reports that ducks and geese
do not ordinarily fly more than 40
miles an hour, although they are
capable of increasing their speed
greatly for a short time when fright
ened. The Survey places the high
speed of mallards, spoOn-bills and
black ducks at SO miles all hour;
pintail and wood duck at 60: wild
geon and gadwall at 20; redhead at
30; bluewinged and greenrwinged
teal and canvassbacks at 100. The !
Canada goose can fly around so miles
an hour. The fastest bird timed was
a duck hawk in California, which is
said to have darted at the rate of |
165 to 1S0 miles an hour while chas-
ing its prey. f-- III
1t is the duty of every person of .
the State of Delaware outside OF the |
limits of the City of Will
mington owning or having under
conrtOl, or on premises upon which
said person resides, any dog over
four months of age, to pay on or be-
fore the first day of March of each
calendar year, license tax of one
dollar on such dog to the Board of
Game and Fish Commissioners of the
State of Delaware.
n,, - =, har ftaur
been found in the neighborhOod of
Rockland, all of Brandywine Hun
lrcd and that portion of Christiana
Hundred, east of the Kennett Pike,
has been quarantined until further
notice and all dogs in this area must
De securely tied or confined on own
,rs premises. Any dogs running at
arge i'll this area, unless accompa-
lied by the owner or custodian, shall
Je killed
License laws for cats, similar to
hose in force for dogs, have been
as the 1882 objective of
he International Cat Society, as its
.ctive move toward abolishing all
tray cats in the cities and country.
The society is pointing out that ex-
,erts of the U. S. Department of Ag-
iculture and state conservation de-
'artments have branded straying
nd night-hunting house cats as one '
f the greatest obstacles in the way .
f efforts to increasing bird life in !
rban and suburban communities.
lame authorities have outlawed the |
bandoned or straying cats found in !
he fields and woods as serious
to game birds. {
The society officials have warned !
bat an addition to their destruction v
t bird life, which is economically in
cats. are Subject to a more /
irulent form of hydrophobia than v
he dog, an dto the human form of
lberculosis, diphtheria, ringworm, b
nthrax and scarlet fever and are {
specially undesirable when infest- t
lg city filth" |;