Texas Game and Fish, Volume 9, Number 4, March 1951 Page: CONTENTS
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Game-Fsh
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DE-
VOTED TO THE PROTECTION
AND CONSERVATION OF
OUR NATIVE GAME AND
FISH; AND TO THE IMPROVE-
MENT OF HUNTING AND
FISHING IN TEXAS.
TEXAS GAME AND FISH is pub-
lished monthly by the Texas Game, Fish
and Oyster Commission. Subscription price
$1.00 per year. Single copies 10 cents each.
TEXAS GAME AND FISH regrets that
it cannot continue subscriptions beyond
date of expiration. Checks and money
orders should be made payable to STATE
GAME, FISH and OYSTER COMMIS-
SION. Editorial and Advertising offices,
Walton Building, Austin, Texas. Entered
as second-class matter May 19, 1943, at
the postoffrce at Austin, Texas, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
Postmaster: If undeliverable, please no-
tify TEXAS GAME AND FISH on form
3578-P at the Walton Building, Austin,
Texas.
Members of the Game, Fish and Oyster
Commission: W. Scott Schreiner, Kerrville,
Chairman; Gene Howe, Amarillo; Dr. Will
E. Watt, Austin; A. T. McDannald, Hous-
ton; V. F. Neuhaus, Mission; Walter Lech-
ner, Fort Worth; H. D. Dodgen, Executive
Secretary; H. E. Faubion, Assistant Execu-
tive Secretary.
Directors of Divisions: F. M. Cowsert,
Austin, Law Enforcement; Marion Toole,
Austin, Inland Fisheries; W. C. Glazener,
Austin, Wildlife Restoration; Robert G.
Mauermann, Austin, Departmental Publi-
cations; Joe Marks, Austin, Hatcheries and
Engineering; W. J. Cutbirth, Austin, Chief
Clerk; J. L. Baughman, Marine Biologist.
Manuscripts should be addressed to
Editor, TEXAS GAME AND FISH, Wal-
ton Building, Austin, Texas. All manu-
scripts should be accompanied by photo-
graphs. TEXAS GAME AND FISH al-
ways is interested in pictures of game and
fish catches, unusual hunting and fishing
scenes, bird dogs, and in group pictures of
hunting and fishing organizations. Photo-
graphs used in TEXAS GAME AND
FISH will be returned after publication.
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COVER--By Orville 0. Rice*
March, 1951
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Vol. 9, No. 4
CONTENTS
Menhaden Operations ....................... 2
By JACK BAUGHMAN
A discussion of the effects purse seines have on game and commercial fish.
Raising Catfish in Texas ....................... 6
By MARION TOOLE
The production of channel catfish in Texas is confined to rearing southern
channel catfish.
Brownwood High Sportsman's Club .............. 11
Members learn the principles of sportsmanship and an appreciation of the
outdoors.
Wildlife Restoration .. .What of It? .............. 12
By W. C. GLAZENER
To the men bearing the responsibility for wildlife restoration programs, night-
mares are more common than pleasant dreams.
The Mockingbird ............................ 14
By C. E. CHAMBERLIN
The mocker has a repertoire of rich melodies and imitations that is equalled
by no other American bird.
Don't Throw Gran'pa Back ..................... 16
By CLARK HUBBS
This article tells why you should throw back the larger-sized fish and keep
the smaller ones.
Texas Skunks ..............................18
By WILLIAM B. DAVIS
The January cover of TEXAS GAME AND FISH, which pictured the striped
skunk, aroused such favorable comment from our readers that the editors
decided to print an article discussing all the skunks of Texas.
Conservation in the Schools of Texas............. 22
By EVERETT T. DAWSON
Is it not good business to include the boys and girls in the public schools in a
plan whereby they acquire the knowledge and understanding of the production
and wise use of our natural resources?
Marine Fishes of Texas .......................25
By J. L. BAUGHMAN
Eleventh in the series about the marine fishes of Texas.
National Wildlife Restoration Week.. . ...........26
The fourteenth annual National Wildlife Week has been announced for
March 18-24.
Fishes of Texas. . . . .........................27
By MARION TOOLE
Thirteenth in the series about Texas fish.
Letters ..................................28
Books . ...............................32ROBERT G. MAUERMANN
Editor- Fr
C~ndPia The aCover
The road runner or Paisano as he is known
along the Rio Grande is one of the most
colorful birds of South Texas. On this
month's cover, Orville Rice has portrayed
the Paisano feeding on one of his favorite
foods. Road runners are thought to destroy
ground nesting birds, but their main diet
consists of lizards and snails.MARCH, 1951
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