| Show GAME AND BIRD PROTECTION N The work of oC our lawmakers III maker In be boo behalf half of 0 the tho birds compares favorably with that of t Ih of at almost any all other Male Hut nUl the good work Is b not nol yet ret There are several Important matters which should re receive tho early careful consideration tion ol 01 our body bO y Among Amone these the following may 1111 b specified el DOVES which shall hall recognize the tho fact that the chief of ot the mourn mournIng moUrnIng Ing dove doe tie not In Its itA carcass us liS nn nil article of ot food but In Its III to 10 tho Utah farmer hB 18 a II of ot lIst amounts of ot nox lous seeds eeds Not only has our stale placed this most useful bird upon the game list but bul the law provides for Cor nn extended open alien season Benson permitting Its slaughter during n 1 period of with no restriction re upon the tho number that be token taken by one person In ft II day One of our local sportsmen i toll told Ine that he lie W 40 of or these birds In Iou than two hours soon Roan litter after tM opening of the season in III August This ought rot not to 10 bo bp If It full protection IH not nol within the range of possibility pos at nt pres present ent thello ld ought to bo be ma materially a It limit placed upon the number to be bt taken by b one perron But Dul Utah OUght might to t take her herstand i stand by b the tM of ot Montana and Ne Nevada vada BOll other sister lster states of or pro spirit and extend full rull protection O Olion lion tion ta to tho mourning dove Sumo Same of ot th Ih reasons this action should bd Ink InU II r hf In i nn i rO 1 first class Clus at as nn An of food at If II that Is tho judgment of or many and It ID I In n slow breeder Although A fairly abundant ant throughout thu tIl state It Is IB not pro lido IIno ns nil some ome other game birds an anU U H ream but hUI two oung nt III n time Mon even with two broods brood annually It cnn can cannot not rapidly With slow Io breed bread breadIng breedIng Ing long open season Ison and unlimited by b hUnter this most service serviceable I able bird Is 18 In n way wn to be exter exterminated nut Hut the most potent lIt reason for tor the protection of ot this Ihl bird hint hu al nl already ready rend been Indicated viz Iz Its lis great reat 1111 to the If It the tho of at our oUI this t would not bo we WI nave 1 Ht legislation on this matter DUCKS Another Aluther which should the tho attention Itt of our eur lawmaker re to relates lates to 10 ducks The barbarous and In Indefensible Inel defensible el practice a of af spring shooting ought to lu be he abolished d the tho number of at ducks that mn be killed by b on oM person In n d y ought to 10 bo ho rut In two the th sale MIl of ot ducks ought to bo hI prohibited shooting should lie 1111 abol abolished abolIshed bemuse the Interests of Ill true n Id III because b the Iho ducks duck which come c tn to out our wat r In tho spring arc for most mol part Il rl not In In good birds being b thin th n and the meat blue And tough and lId be bl e th dunk lu kh be he 11 to toIa pass Ia freely treely to their th lr not them rn breeding grounds or to take Inke tip liP their abode within our own borders where they may Inn thc tho supply of ot their kind Spring shooting menna the destruction not net only of ot the killed but bul of 01 the broods that hould ou d havo been hl n raised et during the fl r For t oth other other er reasons such lIuch state ll na nil New York Vermont New UIn Ohio Mich MichIgan Igan Wisconsin WI Minnesota Montana and others prinK shooting Till The number II bPI of ot that may lawfully hll taken by b one In III a n day rillY ought to be lessened 1 from MM part flut or of Ilia Ih countr I Baltic nf ot u It In III l Um no allowed by II our nur lu moro ony nil sportsman should rare IlIr to Ink 20 0 would abundantly satisfy Inn tru while tho spirit would not bo he With 1 hundred The Tho sale of 01 should houM b 11 prohibited for lur the tho given 1110 and so o n to prevent pothunters from 1101 ruining such uch sport ersi lr on ornithology who visited vl our MIlito 25 5 ears or more mor ngo tell of durka se e In Incredible numbers upon Utah policy nf of killing the th pose goose that lays the golden egg tIJi hm 1111 borne bOIno Its legitimate fruit Mr Law Lawmaker maker give adequate protection to o tile the ducks duk Another matter Upon which legisla Ip l la tion should b had relate to the grouse H considerations cOli make 8 JIh ac M t lIan on advisable As the law stands these the o birds may be bl taken at III uny time lime the Uth day of or August the lit 1st day Ilay of December The sinson HIRltOn Is too long lOll It Il opens at It If four weeks surlier than It should During the sum mar mor of ot 1903 while on a trip from Provo to 10 wo frequently mot met with IIO hens hen a with lIh broods of chick which were W ro rofO so fO small that thai wo we could catch the young with very er little trouble and we repeat odly did so to 10 tent the th matter thlU wan ns nR late ns the th latter II part of or July Juh 15 or IS daa before the open Oll n ng of ot th Ih season thin th tho breeding range of ot these birds is ally all being restricted hv hy gr it hands hll of ot sheep which h are kept In the th moun lain from early cUI spring till late III te ID the fall nil tl Immense nocks of from to 10 or Of more not only anI Is III thing thin on the IIII ground d ct s royed but bill they the trample upon de do def f tha OIlI of at birds Give the grouse gr ue a 1 fair not only Oil for lor the Iho reasons named ell but alo because they do much to lesson le fn the Insect PIll pest by II lilt of ot grasshoppers Morten the open w onby b at lit least 30 days malting It Il begin Sept 15 Holh farmers ts should nAk for tur this change chang S II Gooding In Deseret Farmer I |
