Piute Chieftain | 1918-03-28 | Page 3 | Farmers Would Save Quail to War on the Boll Weevil

farmers quail to war an on the boll weevil 1 11 when a G georgia farmer found the crop of adall that thac he had killed on his hial farm loaded with boll weevils he immediately conferred with county anith authorities ith ties to ascertain if he be could keep hu hunters n off his land which la Is not fenced ile he was vr very y much disappointed when he could not hot do so it la is staged on good authority that in farms in this part of the county where the quail and other insect de straying ying birds have been protected the boll weevil Is but seldom seen while on adjoining farms where the public Is permitted to hunt cotton crops have been practically devastated by them A concerted movement Is now on foot among the formers to conserve the quail in nn an effort to combat the boll weevil bevil the matter will in all probability he be brought to the attention of the tha legislature when lt it meats this summer rummer with the idea of having baing more stringent laws passed for the protection of insect destroying birds