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In addition to contending mth the ducks we v/ore coiapelled to 
guard^ our v.'heat and barley fields until about the first of April to pre- 
vent our plantings fron being destroyed by geese, which were also in this 
disti'ict in unusually large minbers. 
-Under conditions such as existed in autumn and vdnter of 1S17 and 
18, we are placed in a peculiar position of either devoting out money and 
' effort to the production of feed for 'supporting migratory g.me birds, or 
committing acts which are in opposition to established laws. You v/ill 
agree with me that under existing conditions a reasonable man will take 
chances in opx>osition to established law in order to save food crops, piir- 
ticularly grain, but it is nevortlieless a vorj'^ unfavorable position for ■ 
individual to Jbe placed in,, _ . 
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perrait grain grovirers to x^rotect their croj^s against destruction by mi- 
gratory gome birds and yet be able to stay within the lav; ax)pjortaining 
to the treatment of game birds . can submit evidence in su£)X)ort of our 
statements and can also i^rocure additional evidonoe from xjeoplo simi- 
larly situated and completely establish the fact that the losses incurred 
by the inroads of migratory game birds are now a very serious matter, 
which in our opinion requires x^^omxjt action along effective lines 
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