PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALEXANDER WETMORE 
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Levee on south shore of Tulare Lake, Calif., with dead birds washed 
against it. In a distance of three miles on this levee and on five 
sections of ground north of it, 10,170 dead birds were estimated. 
Nov. 6, 1914. 
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get out. This well was the only water supply in miles. Tulare Lake, 
Calif., Nov. 7, 1914. 
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Slough adjoining rice fields. Flocks of pintails rising from water. 
(Field and'Tfule Gun Club in distance). Live Oak, Calif., Aug. 24, 1918 
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Field of heading rice in whicn ducks were doing damage. Smoke near 
center marks exploding duck bomb. (Sue Hero Rice) Bismark Harden ranch. 
Maxwell, Calif., Sept. 7, 1918. 
Method of setting mortars for firing duck bombs. Maxwell, Calif., 
Sept. 7, 1918. 
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Thin stand of rice destroyed by Pintails. The dark line in background 
shows grain, as yet untouched, that was eaten later. (Sue Hero Rice) 
Bismark Harden ranch. Maxwell, Calif., Sept. 7, 1918. 
