| ||||||||||
 
Dr. Ronald P. Rogers CHIROPRACTOR Support for your body's natural healing capabilities 270-384-5554 Click here for details 
  
Columbia Gas Dept. GAS LEAK or GAS SMELL Contact Numbers 24 hrs/ 365 days 270-384-2006 or 9-1-1 Call before you dig 
Visit ColumbiaMagazine's Directory of Churches Addresses, times, phone numbers and more for churches in Adair County Find Great Stuff in ColumbiaMagazine's Classified Ads Antiques, Help Wanted, Autos, Real Estate, Legal Notices, More... 
|
Letter: Historical perspective on quail program By Jim Yesterday's PR release concerning Kentucky's quail restoration program (Public meetings scheduled to discuss quail restoration plan) brought to mind two passages from the Adair County News. The first, an opinion piece, appeared toward the end of 1905. just days before the opening of quail season. Although unattributed, it possibly was written by C.S. Harris, himself a farmer as well as newspaper owner/publisher. "Wholesale Slaughter "What a slaughter of birds will be made during the short time the law legalizes their killing, can only be approximated after the season is over. "Hunters from every direction usually pitch their tents in old Adair and the large covies of quail are sacked in a short time, barely leaving enough to whistle 'bob-white' at harvest time, to remind us of the days of long ago when their whistle was heard in almost every field... "Every farmer has it within his power to prevent hunting on his lands and it would be to his own profit and pleasure, as well as protection for the birds, to enforce his rights in this particular." The other article, found in one of Melvin White's letters, appeared in early 1919 but in part harks evokes an era half a century before that. Wrote the ever-loquacious Mr. White: "Fifty years ago, virgin forest covered our domain, game was plentiful; and most of the people were too busy to hunt. Now cultivated fields have replaced the forest, the habitat of game is destroyed except for bobwhite; and he is needed to destroy the insect pests, of farm, orchard, and garden. "But a gang of men whose daddies left them land that cost one dollar an acre that now will bring from $25 to $100 an acre, must use a pump gun and setter dog and ruthlessly destroy an innocent, clean, and useful bird that is worth more to a community that fifty idle sportsmen..." This story was posted on 2015-04-16 14:29:03
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know. More articles from topic Jim: History:
The Saga of the Plum Point Bridge 1900-1914 Jim: Roads and weather were in the News 27 Jan 1915 Historical Word of the Day: Berties JIM: Rev. Hadley recollects, 100 years ago, nigh this day of year JIM transcribes postcard from Helm Ovalene Humble received JIM: The new Green River bridge at Tebbs Bend, 1907 100 years ago: a report on Russell Creek Academy, Dec. 1914 JIM: The massive 1914 CG&HS Gymnasium - we can seat 200 JIM: Thanksgiving in Adair County, 1914 JIM: Admonitions & Advices from 110 years ago, Adair Co., KY View even more articles in topic Jim: History |
 
115 Jamestown St. Columbia, KY. 270-384-2496 
  
   
 Provided by the Adair Co Fiscal Court and the Adair Co. Emergency Mgt. Agency 
|
||||||||
|
| ||||||||||
|
Quick Links to Popular Features
Looking for a story or picture? Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com. | ||||||||||
|
Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728. Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.
| ||||||||||
