-AIRPLANE /TO SCARE DUCKS. 
Reader Says u>n£ Could Be Plotrn 
Over Yolo Rife Fields Each Night. 
To the Edirpr of The Bee — Sir: 
Considerable discussion has been go-j 
,ing on lately! regarding the vast 
damage done by ducks to the rice 
fields. 
Over in Western ^olo County, and 
possibly twenty miles air line from 
^Mather Field are about 4,000 acres 
U>f growing rice that could easily be 
protected by government assistance. 
One airplane sent over nightly to 
circle over the rice fifelds ‘ w'oulfl 
scare the feeding ducks away and 
save several thousands of dollars in 
foodstuffs. Very truly, 
A. A. POIRIER. 
Sacramento, September 3, 1918. 
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