The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-24

Nhere few years aEc or BEFORE
Ducks Unlimited and the federal
government begsn lseoring 70
build up the duck flights there
were only 5000 600 ducks BY sur
vey. there Was this year = flight
Of 100000 900 birds from the
northern Canadian prsiries
A few more years q federal
work and Ducks Unlimited effort
and you can realize what the pos
sihilities are for even far greater
duck flights.
The duck hunter who would
refuse 10 contribute 10 this
great ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS or.
ganlzation Ducks Tn
limited has no right 10
kin 4 duck.
Without Ducks Unlimited. which
functions on very little salary out
put but on volunteer work Of
sportsmen. the great duck flights
of this year never would have been
realized.
Anyway. II IL time the Tacoma
/ Sportsmens club. q real. live-wire
organization. or some other group.
gets busy and assumes the re-
sponsibllity Of gaining cash men,
bers for Ducks Unlimited.
This corner viii 20 about
In assisting this truly worth
while work.
And. now here Is the last
1912 Psychological report from
Winnipeg:
The biggest migration OF ducks
from the great breeding grounds
Of Western and Northern Canada
approximately one hundred mill
lion BIRDS, was finished by Nov.
Il.
Canadian birds started TO move
south in Sept, chiefly Pintails
and Teals.
Cold weather and some snow
produced the first major migra-
ton southwark during four or five
days, centering on Oct. "A. The
balance of the Pintails, many
Bluebills and most Of the Cad
walls, Baldpates. Redheads. Can
vasback, etc, were the chief MI
grants.
These birds were replaced
by big Mallards and Bluebills
! forced Into the prairie and
parkland country from the
north by the same storm
Fairly heavy snow and cold
weather during the first week
In November forced the bal
ance OF Mallards and Blue
bills south. This was the most
complete evacuation for many
years, due chiefly TO snow
that covered grain fields. thus
shutting off food supply for -
the Mallards.
We have had a most favoraoir
season up here for ducks and
wheat. Mother nature signed on
the dotted line for DU and gave
the largest contribution yet re-
corded. Unfortunately, she would
not nromise to continue her con-
tribution for the usual period OF
five years as do most Of our other
sponsors. We will be in luck to
get one year in five like the past
season.
Our final estimate Of duck
population in Manitoba. saskat-
chewan. Alberta, and the North
west territories las at Sept. 1,
1922. was 81 million. That's ~
million above 1871; an increase oil
% To-. and the biggest increase
in anv year since we started our
DIJ restoration work in 1888.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED
Dear Met: How does one can
yenison or elk? Does one have TO
have individual game tags on Jars
of canned game meat7
ELwooD B.
Dear Elwood: No. you do not
need individual tags on jars. But
Won should have a tag In your
locker or pantry explaining when
and where the deer was killed.
Now. about canning and pre-
serving game meat:
Cut meat into pieces that
will 1T nicely into preserving
ars. The pieces should be
packed down we'll
The jars should then he set
on n wooden rack In the hot
tom Of a boiler and water
added to the boiler until "
comes within two inches Of
the tops Of the jars.
The jar covers should then os
fitted on very loosely. Boil the
water for thre hours and then seal
the Jars. The meat VIII keep,
sfor about 10 years" which should
take us well by the rationing.
An alternative 10 to fry the
steaks and chops. cram them into
lars as IN the above recipe, except
that the cooking period IL Of only
an hours duration.
Before cooking. add the
gravy to the jarred meat.
open a jar. heat II up and you
have something that closely
approximates freshly cooked
steak.
Bones and odd pieces Of meat
IL