RURAL LEGISLATION 



duce foreign species, as the Japanese pheas- 

 ant. It is, however, with fish that the most 

 has been accomplished in replenishment. 

 The federal government and several of the 

 states have been active in regularly restock- 

 ing, each season, certain streams with "fry" 

 of edible and game fish. 



Information concerning the open season 

 can be obtained from the proper state 

 officer. The fish and game laws are usually 

 under the control of a commission with a 

 secretary as the executive officer. 



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