. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GAME AS A ]SrATIO]SI^AL EESOUECE. 17 center of abundance of these birds, no longer afford quail hunting, Kansas was the pioneer State in attempting to curtail traffic in game birds by prohibiting export of quail in 1876. Iowa, in 1878, attempted to restrict excessive killing by establishing a daily bag limit. The Kansas law, however, did not remain in force very long. In the nineties southern Kansas was the center of the shipment of quail for propagation, and thousands of birds were shipped from the vicinity of Wichita
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GAME AS A ]SrATIO]SI^AL EESOUECE. 17 center of abundance of these birds, no longer afford quail hunting, Kansas was the pioneer State in attempting to curtail traffic in game birds by prohibiting export of quail in 1876. Iowa, in 1878, attempted to restrict excessive killing by establishing a daily bag limit. The Kansas law, however, did not remain in force very long. In the nineties southern Kansas was the center of the shipment of quail for propagation, and thousands of birds were shipped from the vicinity of Wichita to various States east and west, and also to foreign countries. In 1903 the State found it necessary to close the season on quail in 19 counties; in 1905 to extend the protection three years longer in 14 of these counties; and in 1913 to give quail pro- tection in all the counties for a period of five years. Following this. f^ONT. -1 NOAK. wvo. SOAK. .^ rftSR ZZZZ Hunting limited I 1 Hunting unlimited. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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