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Dec. 5, 1918.

ORDER

PERMITTING THE KILLING OF MIGRATORY DUCKS WHICH HAVE BECOME SERIOUSLY INJURIOUS TO RICE CROPS IN ARKANSAS.

Information having been furnished the Secretary of Agriculture that migratory ducks have become, under extraordinary conditions, seriously injurious to the rice crops in Arkansas and an investigation having been made to determine the nature and extent of the injury complained of and whether the birds alleged to be doing the damage should be killed, and if so, during what times and by what means; and it having been determined by the Secretary of Agriculture that migratory ducks have become, under extraordinary conditions, seriously injurious to the rice crops in Arkansas County, Arkansas, and that the migratory ducks doing the damage should be killed by shooting from sunset to half an hour before sunrise from December 5 to December 31, inclusive, 1918:

Now, therefore, I, D. F. Houston, Secretary of Agriculture, pursuant to authority in me vested by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918, and agreeably to regulation 10 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act Regulations approved and proclaimed July 31, 1918, do hereby order that persons owning or leasing land in said Arkansas County, State of Arkansas, on which rice is being grown or being harvested, or has been shocked, or their agents, may kill by shooting