The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-15
South Britain Briefs

convoy. The recruits are enticed into the trailer and are there shown the same old colored post CTS used 50 successfully in 1917. Almost before the new recruit has picked the type of plane he hopes to fly, the sergeant has his name on the dotted line and the Air Corps has another tally to check off the 100000 vacancies Watch for the U. s. Army trailer.
 The U. s. Senate confirms the appointment of Albert II. Buck ingham as the ROxbury pOstmas- ter. Everybody on this side of the hill sends their sincere c0ngratu- lationS.
 The Department of Fish and Game has been authorized to make another study of fish and game conditions in this State. We suggest that one crew be sent to South Britain to look over the trout waters and to find out just how much stream pollution we have to contend with here. Our three rivers and our score of brooks need protection and only the most fearless measures will assure the continuance of good fishing in this area.
 The game protectors can pass this area by. Sp0tters at Kettle town and Georges Hill furnish all the information necessary about the deer hunting and we are not very well-pleased about the out- put of other game ln this terri tory. We could use more deer but we can give away few pos- sums and jack-rabbits and never miss them.
 Smoky Jenson claims that fox and coons aren't game, anyway. Furs are 50 priced that coons are @ drug on the market, except when the Mems Club sets Up a coon supper. Nate Evarts man. ages to keep the fox crop under control without any very valuable assistance from any other hunt. CTS or trappers. skunks arc q pest and woodchucks bulk heavy on the list of crop destroyers. A skunk ran into our minister once and thereafter traveled only on the back roads. Skurks raid an occasional chicken coop and cause a lot of damage there, but they offset this by digging up yellow jacket nests and thus make 1t easier on the hired men during having. .. .-. ..
 Since so many of our younger men have joined the army, hunt ing will improve here naturally and without too much outside aS- sistance. We know boys now serving with the armed forces who annually accounted for enough game to make Daniel Boone look like g ping pong play CT. But the youngsters also shot woodchucks and that excuses them for 6 little extra work on t0OthsOme game.
 Ed Scoville has a good wood- chuck dog, but he never loans it. This dog is built close to the ground and has a protective color ing that fits the landscape per- fectly. It can sneak up on an old-time campaigner groundhog and kill the beast before it has a chance to whistle. If we had more people like Ed Scoville and his woodchuck dog, we could plant a crop of beans and get harvest, if the bean beetles quit gnawing of the leaves.
 Something should be done about crows. We have far to many and they are far too wise and hostile. Crows can snatch corn patch ragged in just one befOre-break- fast fOray. Tar on the seed helps some, but crows are so curious that they pull tarred corn just on the off enhance that they will find Q hill or two where the tar ran thin.
 Nate Evarts handles crows in stride. He always has few hang ing up to season in his corn lot and the live crows fly right past without stopping to investigate. George Holmes has 6 tame crow that talks, when George gives him q zilis-zl : THE LARGEST STOCK OF Venetian Blinds IN WATERBVJRY