vitli «OBBd aid from blaoicblrds bad dastroyod about 20,000 bushels of rloe 
whioh at tiu> prevaliinis price of ^2*00 per bushel was worth ^0,000> Of 
this damage it would seem that at least ^35,000 was to be asoribed to 
ducka, mainly to jiallards* 
Attempts made to keep the ducJcs out by night shooting v;ore suocess- 
ful in some oases and in others were without effect* 
drove the 
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birds out by frightening them with lanterns and by setting dogs on them. 
\iihen 1 ‘esort was had to ni^t shooting on the Basye plaoe a looal gamo war~ 
den in Stuttgart was much incensed and secured the naises of roost of the 
insn participating in order to proeooute them for hiolation of the game 
laws* Before proceeding however it was said that he examined the field In 
company with ilr* Basye and that when he saw the dani8.ge that had been dona 
he carried the matter no further. It was reported that ho was requested 
to •rn-iiii* a report to the btata Game Commission and that ho did so, but no 
further action was taken. The mattor of the damage in this particular 
field was givsn considerable publicity in the looal press' and it vns even 
stated that the State Game Coimaission had sanctioned night shooting in or> 
dor that the farmers might protect their orops, & statement that this body 
ib said by Ur. Ylsart to have nellhor affirmed or denied. This led to 
considerable infraction of the game law, in pertlouler near Gillett, a 
section idich devoted to hunting where it was reported that many hundreds 
of ducks were thus killed Illegally though the farmers of that area were 
suffering no losses. proseeutions 1 however h ad been made. 
As a pravontlvs measure against loss to rios by duoke it may be 
recommended that rloe growers make every effort to complete the harvest 
of their crop before tt^s middle of Piovemter. A sihbII number of ducks 
