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Table I Rice destroyed by Ducks near Maxwell.

Area  | Estimated yield.
2 acres  | 10 sacks per acre
3 " [[ditto for: acres]] | 20-25 " " " [[dittos for: sacks per acre]]
15 " [[ditto for: acres]] | 12 " " " [[dittos for: sacks per acre]]
2 " [[ditto for: acres]] | 12 " " " [[dittos for: sacks per acre]]
40 " [[ditto for: acres]] | 10 " " " [[dittos for: sacks per acre]]
10 " [[ditto for: acres]] | 10 " " " [[dittos for: sacks per acre]]
4 " [[ditto for: acres]]| 25 " " " [[dittos for: sacks per acre]]
3 " [[ditto for: acres]] | 20 " " " [[dittos for: sacks per acre]]
50 " [[ditto for: acres]] | 12 " " " [[dittos for: sacks per acre]]
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The total loss in this estimate was 1544 sacks of rice which at $4.50 per sack was worth $6948.00. In other areas near Willows and on the east side of the river the loss was fully as great so that at a conservative estimate at least 250 acres of rice were taken by ducks, valued in money at about $13,500.

Protective Measures.

The fact that ducks were doing damage to rice was seized upon by market hunters and others who desired to kill the birds as a pretext for demanding an open season on these waterfowl to begin September 1 and to cover the entire northern half of the state. Certain newspapers took the matter up and made it the basis of a vicious attack upon the State Fish and Game Commission and upon Federal attempts to regulate game matters. Statements that rice growers were slaughtering ducks by the thousands and allowing them to rot in the fields caused demands that the 

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