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[Aug. 27, 1910. 
with those that have to do with the known speed 
of your plates, and agaih with other figures on 
the scale giving diaphragms and speeds, you have 
at all times an accurate guide. Observation and 
experience will in time enable you to do without 
the meter. Where conditions are unusual, or 
you find yourself in a strange place where the 
light is much stronger or weaker than you have 
been accustomed to, refer to the meter now and 
then. Most of these are small affairs that will 
go in a vest pocket. 
In the-woods the main fault is under-exposure; 
in the flat country it is difficult to avoid a sky 
background for persons or game; on the water 
one is likely to over-exposure. 
Perry D. Frazer. 
Game Prospects. 
New Orleans, Aug. 15 .—Editor Forest and 
Stream: Among the new hunting laws passed 
by the recent Legislature of Louisiana are the 
following: Doves and woodducks may be killed 
from October to February; bucks from October 
to December. No doe or fawn can be killed at 
any time. Wild geese, brant, and various species 
of ducks may be killed between October and 
February; wild turkey cocks, between November 
and April 15; quail, red-winged black birds and 
robins, Nov. 15 to March 15; blue-winged teal 
and snipe. Sept. 15 to April 1; woodcock, January 
and February. Wild turkey hens are protected 
until 1915. Rails may be killed from October 
to March. Upland plover, July to April. 
The kill of ducks is limited to one person 
to twenty-five per day; game birds, including 
quail, fifteen per day for one person. It is un¬ 
lawful to kill any game bird, except with guns 
shot from the shoulder. The penalty of violating 
the game law in regard to deer is a fine of from 
$25 to $200, or imprisonment, and for game 
birds it is $5 to $100. There is also a penalty of 
the forfeiture of the hunter’s license. 
The game and fish laws have been distributed. 
It is believed by many that the coming fall will 
be one of the best years for the hunters, as 
the particular food upon which ducks, geese and 
other game thrive is more abundant than usual. 
The best time for ducks in Louisiana is from the 
last of November until the middle of January. 
It is thought deer will be in evidence in a num¬ 
ber of parishes where they have been specially 
protected. Wild turkeys are expected to be in 
greater abundance than last year. It is said that 
in the parishes in the center and northern por¬ 
tions of the State turkeys are increasing rapidly, 
these parishes also, report a larger number of 
quail than ever before. The corn and other grain 
crops have been excellent, and this, together with 
the protection the quail have received, will pro¬ 
duce good results this fall and winter. Doves 
have raised tens of thousands of young during 
the closed season. There is no doubt that the 
people, as a general rule, respect the game laws. 
YY hen the oyster and game commissions are 
consolidated, Judge L. J. Dossman will be made 
superintendent of the oyster division. Judge 
Dossman was the president of the Oyster Com¬ 
mission until its consolidation, and is one of the 
best posted men in the State on this subject. C. 
S. Babington will be made secretary of the con¬ 
solidated boards. Frank M. Miller will be a 
member of the commission, probably its presi¬ 
dent. He has served at the head of the Game 
Commission since it was organized two years 
ago. Amos L. Ponder will be the attorney. 
Henry Jacobs, who has been the secretary of the 
Game Commission,' will be appointed to a 
position under the new body. Headquarters 
will be removed from the Maison Blanche Build¬ 
ing to the new court house early in October. 
F. G. G. 
Massachusetts’ Needs. 
Boston, Aug. 20 .—>Editor Forest and Stream: 
The Massachusetts Legislature, just before the 
close of its last session, passed a law asked for 
by the Commission on Fisheries and Game, pro¬ 
viding for the appointment of six additional 
deputies. The board held an examination, and 
the number of candidates who presented them¬ 
selves for examination was between ninety and 
one hundred. From the fact that eight of these 
were s'elected. I infer that there were two 
vacancies in the corps as it stood last year. The 
successful candidates were: James Toomey, of 
Essex; Mr. Goodman, of Boston; Wm. Day, of 
Marshfield; Wm. H. Jones, of Nantucket; A. L. 
Stratton, of Athol; C. H. Gehle, of Westfield; 
N. W. Pratt, Middleboro; Wm. W. Stargood, 
and E. Hampton. 
With the increased number there will be thirty 
wardens in the State, and a new arrangement of 
districts will be necessary. These men are to 
serve on salaries and are expected to devote their 
whole time to the work. I do not understand 
that the commission contemplates abandoning 
wholly the appointment of so-called unpaid 
deputies. From time to time a number of men 
have rendered valuable service to the State with¬ 
out salaries, and the commission has had the as¬ 
sistance of men for a few weeks, at seasons when 
they were especially needed, who have been re¬ 
munerated for their services at a certain rate per 
diem and expenses. 
The record of convictions for 1909 shows 94 
for illegal taking of shellfish, 33 for hunting on 
the Lord's Day, 20 for hunting without a license, 
23 for illegal possession of game, 18 for killing 
song birds, 56 for illegal fishing in ponds, 38 for the 
possession of feathers of certain birds for millinery 
purposes; several for dogs chasing deer, killing of 
deer, hunting with ferret, taking birds’ eggs, kill¬ 
ing bittern, short trout, trout out of season, torch¬ 
ing herring and illegal use of traps, seines and 
nets. A careful inspection of the names shows 
that a large percentage of those convicted were 
immigrants. 
There are no officers of the law who are more 
in need of the co-operation of the public than 
the fish and game wardens. Not until the public 
shall appreciate at its real worth the value of 
recreational gunning and fishing, will it be pos¬ 
sible to secure adequate enforcement of the laws 
for their protection ; and not until every sports¬ 
man and every lover of the denizens of the 
sjream. the field and the forest, is willing to lend 
a helping hand, will these officers see their labors 
crowned with success. 
The sportsmen of the State are deeply inter¬ 
ested in the work of reforestation, which 
Forester Rane and his assistants are pushing 
with great vigor. On about 1,000 unused acres 
of worn-out land they have planted this season 
1,000.000 seedlings of the coniferous trees—some 
of which were imported from France, but the 
greater portion were grown in the nurseries at 
the department. The expense involved is about 
$10,000—a little less than $10 per acre. 
The State has as a result of two years’ labor 
about 2,000 acres of pine, spruce and ash planta¬ 
tions. Soipe of the land has been donated out¬ 
right to the State, and for some the State has 
paid at the rate of $5 per acre. One of Mr. 
Rane’s assistants, Air. Langdell, is now looking 
up more land for next year. The largest planta¬ 
tion is in Colerain, where 200 acres have been 
planted with imported Norway spruce and 100 
acres with pines from Amherst. One hundred 
acres have been planted in each of these places, 
Hubbardston, Sandwich and Oakham—smaller 
areas have been planted in half a dozen other 
towns. 
Mr. Rane expects to plant about 2,000 acres 
next year if he can secure the requisite appropri¬ 
ation from the Legislature. 
The prosecution of this work by the State is 
arousing an interest in these and neighboring 
towns among the landowners to take up the same 
line of work on their own places. 
By working in harmonious co-operation with 
this department, the sportsmen are looking for¬ 
ward to the time when there will be several large 
tracts of woodland that will serve as game 
sanctuaries. H. H. Kimball. 
Michigan Association. 
The Michigan Association, which has for its 
object the protection of fish and game, will hold 
a meeting at Owosso, Michigan, Sept. 14. There 
will be three sessions, morning, afternoon and 
evening. Among those expected from outside 
the State are likely to be T. Gilbert Pearson, 
George Strell, Dwight W. Huntington, and 
Charles E. Brewster, game law expert of the Bio¬ 
logical Survey, of Washington. Invitations have 
been extended to Dr. A. K. Fisher, Acting Chief 
of the Biological Survey, to Wm. Dutcher, Presi¬ 
dent of the National Association of Audubon 
Societies, to the Hon. Kelly Evans, Game Com¬ 
missioner of Toronto, and to others. 
The meeting is likely to be one of great in¬ 
terest, and a variety of subjects will come up for 
discussion. One of these is certain to be spring 
shooting, another will be that of a hunter’s 
license for residents and the disposition of the 
funds derived from the issue of such licenses. 
The setting aside and protection of State game 
refuges will be considered, and the educating of 
State game wardens to be game keepers, instead 
of mere policemen. All these and a number of 
other matters are likely to be warmly thrashed 
out. 
Mr. Mershop, the president of the Michigan 
Association, will be in the chair. He has posi¬ 
tive views on all these subjects, which are in¬ 
deed among those most vital to any community. 
The meeting Will be of very high interest and 
ought to be attended by all outdoor people who 
can possibly get to it. 
BoLwhite. 
I see you, on the zigzag rails, 
You cheery little fellow, 
While purple leaves are whirling down. 
And scarlet, brown and yellow. 
I hear you when the air is full 
Of snow-down of the thistle; 
All in your speckled jacket trim, 
“Bob-White! Bob-White!” you whistle. 
George Cooper. 
