. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. 1786 THE AMERICAN FARMER. Canada geese, and water-fowl not previously mentioned) are protected through the year. Forfeit, ten dollars for each offence. The State constabulary, mayor and alderman and selectmen of the several cities and towns of the Commonwealth shall cause the provisions of this law to be enforced in their respective places; and all forfeitures accruing under these sections shall be paid, one-half to the infonnaut or prosecutor, and one-half to the
. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. 1786 THE AMERICAN FARMER. Canada geese, and water-fowl not previously mentioned) are protected through the year. Forfeit, ten dollars for each offence. The State constabulary, mayor and alderman and selectmen of the several cities and towns of the Commonwealth shall cause the provisions of this law to be enforced in their respective places; and all forfeitures accruing under these sections shall be paid, one-half to the infonnaut or prosecutor, and one-half to the city or town where the offence is committed. In itself, perhaps, no fault can be found with this law. It is only because it is not properly executed that it falls short of accomplishing its object. In the neighborhood of the large cities, it doubtless prevents some injury to birds: but in the small country towns we think it is very rarely that an arrest is made; and the selectmen are quite apt to look the other way to save the trouble of interfering with a neighbor or townsman. We have repeatedly seen strings of ruffed grouse, containing some dozens, wliich had been taken in alwminable snares, being sent in to the Boston market from the small towns of Massachusetts. We believe it is still a common practice with many boys to make collections of birds' eggs, and to take not one egg only, but the whole nest, eggs and all, and shoot the parent birds, too, if possible. It is difficult to say how such things may best be prevented; but much good would be done, we are confident, if the selectmen would take the trouble to hunt up and punish a few cases which should serve as an example to others. Parents and teachers also may do much by way of precept and example, and right-minded boys may do their part by influencing their companions to abandon so cruel a practice. Bird Houses.—Next to the law, the most important measure for the protection of birds is the putting up of accommodations
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