by tbs explosion of the bombs and shorn* d a tendency to avoid tboao pert* 
of the fields la which they bad encountered them. 
The use of) $umps throwing a ray of light for a considerable dia- 
tanca was advocated also* Auto lights with storage batteries were aug- 
gested by eons* The Dodge Land Company had an arrangement equipped with 
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a searchlight that threw a ray for half a mile* Current was supplied to 
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this by a generator operated by/ gasoline engine* Two of these outfits 
were on hand each costing about three hundred dollars* These had not 
been tried as yet* Although duoAs are afraid of a flashing light the 
method waa one difficult to handle* It was not practicable to move such 
outfits about readily and It was considered of doubtful value in the long 
run* It might aid in driving blrda out In connection with other methods 
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out when used alone It was believed that the birds would soon be come 
aooustomed to the lights* 
The method of driving birds away from the rioe fields that was 
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universally successful was that of stationing men on watch to fire at 
the duchs and so keep them moving. For this purpose shells loadsd with 
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black powder were best as thsy made a louder, heavier report than tboaw 
filled with smokeless powder and in addition were lass expensive* lien 
were stationed in the fields during the entire twenty-ftur hours with 
instructions to prevent the ducks from alighting* The common practise 
was to fire at the flooAs as they passed over* These duck-herders were 
worked in two twelve hour shifts changing usually at seven in the morning 
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with more men on at night than in the daytime* Thus the California Bloc 
Company (A Japanese firm) near llaxwoil employed 12 men, five for day and 
seven for night work* Between September 1 and 38 these men had fired 
30 eases of shells in guarding 1800 aerss of rioe* (to the 3ml t ten- 
