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Inv« 0 tl£&ti<m mad # in Arkansas from November 24 to 30 f 1919* 
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revealed that, owing to unfavorable weather about two-thirds of the 
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rice crop in that state wae still unharvested* The total acreage for 
this year was about 175*000 acres* The flight of wild ducks fro® the 
north earns in about November^, and these birds* practically all Mallards 
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began at onoe to work In the rice fields where the grain was still In 
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Much additional damage was done by Blackbirds of four species* 
The grain was being harvested as rapidly as weather conditions 
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permitted but serious damgge from wild ducks was loninent as the birds 
were feeding at night in the fields* It was recommended therefore 
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that permission be granted to kill ducks at night in fields where rloe 
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was still standing or in the shock* under Begulatlon 10 of the federal 
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Migratory Bird Treaty Act* Inhoeordanoe with this such permission 
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was granted* extending to and including December 31* 1910* 
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