6—Lancaster Farming, Friday, April 20, 1956
DESTRUCTION OF
GAME BY DOGS
The Game Commission re
minds dog owners that wildlife
nesting and rearing time is here.
Though dog owners are respon
sible for keeping their pets tied,
penned or under control at all
times, this typical report from
Game Protector Robert Sphar,
Centre County, tells what hap
pens too often. “Reports of deer
killed by dogs come to me al
most daily,” he says. “This
spring has been very hard on
deer. With a foot of snow stall
in the mountain areas, dogs have
no trouble running on the crust
ed top. But winter-weakened
deer break through and become
easy prey for dogs.” ,
On the matter of training dogs
on wild game the Game Law
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MIRACLE ENGINEERED
MASSEY-HARRIS
WITH 2-ROW COTTON AND CORN
AND 4-ROW BEET AND BEAN
FRONT-MOUNTED
CULTIVATORS
Hassey-Harris Field Demonstration - - Sat
At Martin M. Weaver Farm adjoining Shop, one mile north '
of Route 23, Opposite Groffdale Church.
Demonstrating New Hydramlc Power MHSO and
333 and 444 Tractors and Tillage Tools.
™ M. M. Weaver & Sons
m on
MASSEY’HAKKiS
BA RE VI LIE, R. D. 1 Ph. Uola 6-3321 ■
reads: “Except as otherwise pro
vided in this act, or in defense
of person or property, it is un
lawful for the owner of any
dog or a dog under his control,
to permit such dog to chase, pur
sue, or follow upon the track of
anv wild bird or wild animal,
either day or night, between the,
first day of Ap'ril and the thirty
first day of July next following.”
The one exception, during this
closed period, is made when a
sufficient numbed of hunters
and farmers in a county petition
for the right to hunt foxes. Even
then the Game Commission
stipulates a sixty-day no hunt
ing period between April 1 and
July 31, to protect wild game
during spring and early sum
mer when most young are born
or hatched.
'Early Fishing
Sunday rains convinced Lan
caster County fishermen the
trout just Weren’t biting as the
1956 fishing season opened. Some
19,770 brook, brown and rainbow
trout, stocked in the County’s
21 approved trout streams, re
fused to make contact with the
hook
Trout were small, -most rang
ing from six to .eight inches.
Light, steady rams began falling
around 11:15 Sunday morning,
and by afternoon a good fisher
men gave up the idea.
Many fine catches were taken
from the Tucquan Creek and
Steinman Run, in Martic Town
ship.
According to William Voight
Jr., executive dierctor of* the
State Fish Commission, pre-sea
son stocking totaling 1,804,669
borok, rainbow' and broWn trout
in the State ~~
More trout will be distributed
as the season advances.
CONSCIENCE HURTS
, SALT LAKE CITY, Utah A
letter, unsigned, from someone in
Butler, Pa., was recently receiv
ed by the Utah Road Commis
sion. The letter, enclosing a $5
bill, read: “For stolen road sigh ”
PLUMBI 'G HEATING (
QUIET MAT |
OIL BURNER J
Complete line of plumbing. \
water pumps and sheet metal <
work. *
RALPH J. FISHER )
Cochranville, Pa.
Phone West GroVe 5637 ,
Hand-hoe close? Easy with the
MHSO. You work right up next
to the row ... cleaning out
more weeds, loosening and
aerating the soil for fast, sturdy
plant growth. Thai’s because
you see where you’re going.
You look ahead ... get a full
view of what the shovels
arc do.*s.
You can move in close without
damaging young plants or
pruning root systems. The
MHSO and cultivator turn as a
unit.. . dodge .. . move into
or away from the row as
one implement.
Massey-Harris front-
mounted cultivators attach
quickly. Take less time to get
ready. Spring Trip or Spring
Tooth fronts and rears—or
combinations. Attaches to
ALL MHSO models.
See vs for details—
ask for a demonstration
on your farm.
April 21
Be Sure To Register for
Prize Drawing !
JUST LIKE OLD TIMES—Chit-chat of the general store post
office makes a halfway comeback- with installation of this stamp
, vending machine at the Federal, Building Post Office in Detroit,
| Mich, when money is deposited, user dials number and denomi
nation of stamps required Out come the stamps and a polite,
, tape-recorded ‘‘thank you.” Seasonal messages.-such as ‘‘mail
early for Christmas,” may also be recorded from time to time as
a reminder to customers
Wildlife Conference Opens May 14
In Pittsburgh; Other Game News
COMMONWEALTH OF
-PENNSYLVANIA HARRIS
BURG —, WEEKLY NEWS
LETTER issued by the
Pennsylvania Game Commission
BEAVER CATCH
OF 1956
The 1956 catch of beavers in
Pennsylvania was 2,973, which
was less than that of the pre
vious two years when, also a
three-week season was in effect.
Trapping success always
•varies from section to section
and season to season, but Game
Commission field officers in the
better beaver areas are of the
opinion two -adverse factors af
fected the harvest this year.
One was the continuing low fur
value; the other was unfavor
able weather and heavily-iced
water areas early in the season.
In 1954 the take of 3,45 Q
beavers was exceptionally high.
Last year trappers caught 3,176
as shown by the number of seals
used in tagging the pelts of
these large aquatic rodents.
In the 1956 season Crawford
Com 1 -' continued to provide
trappers with the largest catch,
357 beavers. Wayne County was
second with 284, and Susque
hanna was third with 197. Other
counties in which 100 or more
beavers were trapped this year
beginning with the highest,
were; Tioga, Potter, Bradford,
Elk, McKean, Erie, Luzerne,
Sullivan, Warren, Wyoming, and
Pike.
Flat tails were taken in 46
of the state’s 67 counties. In
those not named the catch, rang
ed from one beaver on up to
82.
WEASEL GETS
MEAL IN TOWN
Choppers in Bellefonterecent
ly witnessed an unusual demon
stration, renorts Game Protec
tor Charles Laird. “With a group
of people" watching”,* he says “a
weasel killed ~ a rat along "the
curb' on a main street. Then
the vicious little animaLxhased
another rat across the busy
street caught and -killed it.
Fascinated - onlookers watched
the weasel drag both rats -away.”
PUNGEVT QUESTION
FROM NEW MEXICO
A conservationist from the
State of New Mexico, comment
ing' on the recently observed
Wildlife Week, posed this ques
tion: “If we cannot figure out
how to save some wilderness.for
the grizzlies,'how to check the
soil erosion and pollution that
are wiping out the grajling,
how to manage the grasslands
so as to keep the prairie chicken
around how can we be cer
tain of our own future on the
face of- the earth?” "
WILDLIFE CONFERENCE
SHAPES UP
The three-day 1956 Northeast
Wildlife Conference will be
formally opened in Pittsburgh
Monday morning, May 14th.
Those attending will be wel
comed to Pittsburgh by Mayor
David L Lawrence. The con
vention theme will be “Prob
lems and Programs in Fish and
Game Conservation in the North
east ”
The remainder of the first
day, and all of the-next, will be
devoted to technical and gen
eral sessions covering the wild
life fields m research, manage
ment and administration On
these days the ladies will visit
the Carnegie Museum the
Heinz Company plant. At both
places they will be luncheon
guests. The convention . banquet
s scheduled for the evening of
Tuesday, May 15th.
On the next and final day of
the convention field ' trips will
be enjoyed by persons m at
tendance from other states.
These excursions will be to - The
Game Commission’s Wild Tur
key Farm, near Williamsport;
the Fish Commission’s Benner
Snnnes Fish Research Station,,
near State College; Fisherman’s
Paradise, in the vicinity of Bel
lefonter and the Pymatuning
waterfowl and fisheries projects,
not far from Meadville.
The conference is being spon
sored by the Wildlife Society,
the Eastern Branch of the Am
erican Fisheries Society,- the
Northeast Division of the Con
servation Law Enforcement
Chiefs Association, and the.
Northeast Association of Fish,
Game .and Conservation Ad
ministrators.
The, Allegheny County League
of Sportsmen and - certain in
dividual sportsmen of 'the* Pitts
burgh' area are aiding in the
arrangements of this conference.
WALKING BANK
- CHICAGO After making a
purchase at a department store,
Mrs. Mary Piekarz forgot and
left her purse, containing $1,430
on a counter. The store owner
turned the purse and money-over
to police, who notified Mrs-Piek
araz. Asked- about the-
sum of money in the purse, Mrs.
Piekarz explained she always
earned large, sums of money be
cause “I don’t trust banks.”