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Show Let 'Em Fish It! Young boys and girls can have lots of fun fishing in a farm pond. Many youngsters wish that they had a pond nearby in which they could fish. Some know of ponds In their vicinity but are afraid to inquire of the owners whether or not they would be permitted to fish. If you are an owner of a pond, you should encourage boys and girls to fish in it. This is as true for young folks as it is for adults. You may not know that It is next to impossible for you to "fish out" your pond. Your pond is more apt to be under-lished under-lished than over-fished. Why not invite neighborhood youngsters, groups of Boy or Girl Scouts, 4-H, F.F.A., F.H.A., or any of the many clubs or church groups which are organized for youth? You need not fear that a gang of kids are going to ruin a pond. They might clutter up the grounds a little but I am sure that if you have an appreciation apprecia-tion for the habits and ways of boys and girls you will be able to clean up after them when you know that they have thoroughly enjoyed themselves in catching fish in your pond. These young ones may learn more than you ever could realize of what conservation is; and they will Itarn much about the management of fish in ponds when they have the opportunity of fishing, or merely visiting a pond from time to time. Many ponds lie idle at various times throughout the year. Why J not invite people to come over the hill to fish in your pond? A child is far better off out at , some pond fishng than were he to De free to "run on his own" somewhere some-where where he does not have v something to keep him occupied. ' Fishing has meant much to many ' people since ancient times and it will ever be a great value to those to come; in so far as it is a wholesome whole-some type of recreation, builds perhaps per-haps not only better bodies but better bet-ter characters. AAA A-l - Star Stuff The sun and the stars have much to do with the laying out the lines . and boundaries of these United States. The Ephemeris 1950, a re-j re-j cent publication of the Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Man-agement, is the guiding star for cadastral engineers who have been surveying the public lands and setting set-ting the boundaries of this country since the days of George Washington. Washing-ton. This publication, in its 41st edition, edi-tion, provides astronomical data on the sun, Polaris and other selected stars. The Ephemeris is not a popular pop-ular publication, and it Is not offered of-fered for free distribution. The Government Printing Office sells the scientific pamphlet for 20 cents. "Surveyors and navigators all over the world use this type of star guide to determine meridians, petitions and thereby chart their courses," Dr. Marion Clawson, Director Di-rector of the Bureau of Land Management, Man-agement, said. The book, an annual publication of the Bureau of Land Management, is the authoritative source of data necessary in surveying public lands. AAA Snowy Owls A large number of snowy owls, rare visitors from the arctic, have been reported in the vicinity of j Washington In greater abundance f than at any time since 1926-27. In I the capital, the welcome visitors I breakfast and supper on starlings, says the U.S. fish and wildlife seiv-t seiv-t ice, and in the country they are t equally welcome because they eat t quantities of small rodents. These large white birds nest on S the Alaska and Canadian tundra. Some of them migrate southward as far as the northern United States I nearly every winter. On very rare t occasions they penetrate as far youth as California. Louisiana, and I Georgia Unlit mnSt owls, the ; snowy owl Is diurnal. AAA legal Duck Kill The legal duck kill for the United States is estimated at 18.5 million by the fish and wildlife service, the figure being based on an analysis of data gathered from bag checks and post season hunter contacts. The Pacific flyway had 21 per cent ol the hunters and 23 per cent of the kill; central flyway, 24 per cent of the hunters and 18 per cent of the kill: Mississippi flyway. 42 per j rent of th hunters and 46 per cent J ef the kilL |