est and refilling the depleted wood 
reservoir. 
11. In addition to the material bene- 
fits, many intangible benefits have re- 
sulted from forest protection. Water 
supplies are being improved and safe- 
guarded, fish are becoming more plenti- 
ful, game is increasing, and recrea- 
tional spots are being provided in in- 
creasing numbers throughout the State 
—all important factors in sustaining 
health, welfare, and happines of the 
citizens of Pennsylvania. 
Too Many Crow Eggs 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
N regard to Mr. Pyle’s letter in the 
February issue I would like to say 
that he is either misinformed on the 
“number of eggs a crow lays or it is a 
misprint. 
I have paid considerable attention to 
-erow’s nests and their habits, and I 
have rarely, if ever, found the eggs to 
exceed five in number.’ 
_ Perhaps Mr. Pyle will explain to us 
‘how a bird not much larger than a 
partridge can cover 15 to 24 eggs nearly 
the size of hen’s eggs, and also how she 
ean care for 15 crows, about the size 
of robins at two weeks old in a nest 
about 15 inches in diameter. 
I agree, however, with Mr. Pyle, that 
it is the duty of every sportsman and 
nature lover in the country to destroy 
every crow and nest whenever possible. 
And you duck hunters: crows afford 
excellent practice in wing shooting dur- 
ing the closed season, as they have 
sharp eyes and are very wary. They 
are also an excellent object for nature 
study. 
Don ADDIS, 
Holly, Mich. 
Likes the .20 Bore 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
M a regular and interested reader 
of your magazine. In your Jan- 
uary number there appeared an 
article by C. S. Landis on “Duck Guns 
and Loads” that especially interests me 
on account of a recent experience. Last 
Christmas day I went “down home” 
expecting to shoot quail—carrying as 
equipment a .20 gauge repeating shot- 
gun and a standard brand of shells— 
with no designation as to exact powder 
and shot load—marked “quail load.” 
Weather conditions and failure to se- 
cure good dogs caused a last minute 
change in my plans and I decided to 
take my “day off” on the lake with the 
ducks. Had no time or chance to 
change guns or secure any other am- 
munition. I went out just for “old 
time’s” sake, feeling that I would be 
more than satisfied, just to get out 
again in a duck blind and get a few 
shots over the decoys and perhaps bag 
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