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vere winters kill more quail than all the 
hunters ever will; and it goes without saying 
that the hardier the quail the better able they 
will be to take care of themselves. This sort 
of information should be given the farmers. 
They don’t realize it. You fellows who 
know the facts should spread the gospel. 
Get your local newspapers, farm press and 
other mediums of publicity to publish such 
information. It is really ridiculous that 
quail should be called song birds on the the¬ 
ory of protection—when it really works out 
the other way. Let’s get the facts out of 
the darkness—let’s get editors to printing 
for the people the correct information. 
Plenty of publicity is what we need more 
than anything else—so let’s go after it and 
get it. It makes no difference how much 
we know if no one else knows it. Printer’s 
ink is what we sportsmen need more than 
anything else. That is what beats us, by 
being adverse; and that is the weapon we 
ourselves must use to win our way back to 
our fundamental rights. Much good can be 
accomplished if we will give all the facts we 
can muster to every editor we know. And 
