S . i^HAKKKTANS ret^tralnir 
from trtps alohff. the ’wedt 
H ■ * / • ' ' y 
.«lde of th« river, as weU 
. as the farmers in that 
. cinlty. and up the valley 
ed, report that wild ducks are swarm '* 
in& over the fields and that within 
three or four weeks the grain will be 
« ^ 
at a stage of ripeness when It will, be 
be no Inducement in the ornithologi- 
cal world stfff icient to allure -them 
^from the banquet that hJTature.and the 
‘energy of the farmer has spread on 
r those fertile reaches. • t 
Here Is one . case wjiere; direct ac- 
tion is just the thing, ; 
food, they will have to encourage the 
gated by the department of Agricul^ 
ture to come’to California and See for 
- Wetmore should conduct a thorough 
and Independent' lnve^gUgatibn on hiS 
on both banks wherever rice is plant 
most In danger from the fowl V ■ 
( . • 
«; .If ‘the ranchers” want- a’' rice crop 
they will have to V«t rid of the ducks 
• ♦ » • • ^ * 
If the people want plenty of eh^ap 
; farmer. 'And If the Government wants i 
. ■ ‘ . T '{ 
the ultimate maximum of rice pro- 
, duction as a war aid. It will have to 
back, up The People, by connivancy 
at least, if not by open approval. 
‘ * * * • * ^ • I . 
Alexander Wetmore has been del^ 
ft . * * * 
• V ’* 
But Wetmore should* aboM being 
taken on a personally conducted tour 
of the rice region by any membe^ or 
member of the, State Fish and Gal •, 
Commission. ’ They are too opUmlstis 
about the matter. ^ ^ 
that is to jsave his crop, even at th® 
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the others of ths invlolats breed. .. 
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