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Show j FARMERS ARE URGED TO PROTECT QUAILj ST. PAUL, Minn., March 8. Quail are songbirds, according to the ex- 1 ecutivo committee of tho State Hu- 1 mane society. Maintaining that they j are also allies of farmers, resolu- tlons adopted by the committee urge that all farmers of the states they inhabit be asked to feed and can for them. It is asserted that the work and this small amount of grain thus expended would be abundantly repaid re-paid in the destruction of Insect pests and the seeds of noxious weeds- The resolution also proposes that quail shooting be prohibited indefi- nitely Without, such protection the I blrdf are in danger of extermination, says Sam F. Fullorton. executive , agent of tho society. The society wants quail shooting stopped for generation at least, he adds. Although Al-though there Is now a closed season on quail in this state it will soon expire. 1 .rn |