| Show B JIM RHODY Let Lot Em m Fish J It t 1 Young boys boy and girt girls can have lots of fun fishing In a farm pond ond Many youngsters wish that they the had hada a pond nearby in which the they could fish Some know of ponds In their vicinity but b are afraid to inquire of the owners whether or not the they would be permitted to fish If U you ou are an owner of a o pond you OU should encourage boys and girls alrh to fish to n It This IbI is as true for young folks folk as it is for adults adult You may not know enow that It is next to Impossible tor for you to fish Ish out your our pond Your pond is more apt to be under- under fished than over over Why not invite neighborhood youngsters r groups of Day Boy or Girl Scouts 4 4 U or any of the many clubs or church groups which are organized for tor youth You need not fear tear that a gang of kids are going to ruin a pond They might clutter up the gro grounds a little but I am sure sure that if you have an appreciation appreciation tion for the habits habits' and ways of boys and girls you will be able to clean cleanup up after them when you know that they have thoroughly enjoyed themselves In catching fish in your pond These young ones ma may learn more than you ever could realize reaUze of what conservation is and they will learn kern much about the management of fish in ponds when they have the opportunity of fishing or merely visiting a pond from time to time I Many ponds lie idle at various times throughout the year Why not invite people to come over the hill to fish in your pond A child is far tar better off oU out at some pond than were he to tobe tobe be free to run on his own somewhere somewhere some some- where where he does not have something to keep him occupied fishing has meant much to many I people since ancient times and it will ever be a great value to those to come in so far as it is fa a wholesome whole whole some rome type of ot recreation builds perhaps per- per laps haps not only better bodies but bet i iter ter characters A A A Star tar ar Stuff The sun and the stars have much to todo todo todo do with the laying out the lines and boundaries of at these United States The Ephemeris 1950 a recent recent recent re re- cent publication of the Department of Df f Interior Bureau of Land Man Man- Management is the guiding star for cadastral engineers who have been surveying the public lands and setting setting setting set set- ting the boundaries of this country since the days daYI of George Washing Washing- ton This publication In its edition edl- edl lion tion provides astronomical data on the sun Polaris and other selected stars The Ephemeris is not a popular popular pop pop- ular publication and it is not offered offered of of- for free distribution The Government Printing Office sells the scientific pamphlet for 20 cents Surveyors and navigators all aU allover allover over the world use this type of or star guide to determine meridians positions position and thereby chart their courses Dr Marioh Clawson DIrector Director Di Dl- rector of the Bureau of Land Management Man Man- said The book boole an annual publication of Df the Bureau of Land Management is the authoritative source of data necessary in surveying p pub public u b l 11 i c lands A A A Snowy Owls s A large number of snowy owls rare visitors from the arctic have been reported in the vicinity of Washington In hi greater abundance than at any time since 1926 27 In Inthe Inthe Inthe the capital the welcome visitors breakfast and supper on starlings I 18 says the US U.S. fish and wildlife service ice and in the country countr they are squally welcome because they eat quantities of small rodents rodent These Urge large white birds nest on the Alaska and Ind Canadian tundra Some of them migrate southward southwards as s tar faT as s the nort northern em United States Statu pearly every winter On very rare occasions occasion the they penetrate as a. tar far south as II California Louisiana and Georgia Unlike most owls the snowy owl is fa diurnal A A A Legal Duck Kill The legal duck kill for tor the United States is estimated at million by th the fish and wildlife service the II figure being based on an t j of data gathered lathered from ba bag checks check and post season bunter hunter contacts contact The e Pacific flyway nya had bad 21 per r cent ol oj the hunters bunter and 23 p per r cent of the kill kUl central flyway 24 2 per tent cent I of ot th the hunters bunters and 18 per cent of the kill Mississippi flyway 42 p per perI r rent of ot the bunters hunters and 40 6 per pr cent tent I f ct th the kill kUl J |
