Mississippi ASSOCIATION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF WILD LIFE 
                 ORGANIZED 1927     INCORPORATED 1928    CHARTER MEMBERSHIP
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Association Wants Mississippi to Have: 
(1)  More, sport for the sportsmen. 
  (2)  More furs for the trapper. 
  (3)  More fish in the streams. 
  (4)  More beneficial hawks and owls to eat 
       field rats and field mice. 
  (5)  More song birds in town and country. 
  (6)  More holly, wild crabapples, dogwood 
       and azalia to beautify roadsides and 
       woodland. 
7)   More boys and girls, 
    men and women who 
    love the outdoors and        Mississipp 
    who go there with see-     in the Unio: 
    ing eyes and hearing       have an of 
    ears.                      life conservw 
8)   Now, before it is too        The Mis 
     late, some lakes and      tion for the 
     streams, marshes, mea-    Wild Life i 
     dows and woodlands to      organizatior 
     be forever recreation     clusively w 
     places for the people     and proper 
     and refuges for the       wild life r 
     wild life resources of    state of Mis 
     the state.                  "Educatio 
9)  Public hunting grounds     vation."  M 
    modeled on those of        spending a 
    Pennsylvania, which in     wild life c 
    practice   give   good     cation. 
    hunting   for hunters, 
       yet also increase the supply of game. 
(10)   A State Department of Conservation 
       to enforce the game laws, to investi- 
       gate the economic status of our native 
       fauna and flora, to establish and care 
       for sanctuaries and s.hooting grounds 
       and to educate the people in conser- 
       vation, all support from    hunting 
       licenses. 
 
 
  As one means toward overcoming that public 
inertia which recognizes the need for con- 
servation but allows our wild life resources to 
continue to slip away, the association offers 
three competitions: 
  1. To the Sportsman Club, Womans Club, D. 
      A. R. Chapter, Civic Association or other 
      organization in Mississippi that during the 
      year 1928-29 accomplishes the most out- 
      standing piece of wild life conservation 
      work, a gift will be made of the value of 
      $50.00. At the option of the winning or- 
      ganization this may take the form of 
      nursery grown grafted holly toes, or of 
      nursery grown seedling magnolias, or gar- 
      land crabapples, or regal lily bulbs, or a 
      bird bath, suitably inscribed; or young 
      game fish for stocking ponds or streams. 
  2. To the Mississippi school boy or girl who 
      designs the best emblem expressive of the 
      activities or aims of the association and 
      suitable for reproduction on the associa- 
      tion letterheads and literature, a reward 
      of $25.00 in gold will be given. This will 
      be conducted through the cooperation of 
      the State Teachers Association. 
   3. To the member of the association who 
      coins the best slogan for the use of the 
      association, a living Christmas tree, of a 
      variety suited for growing in that park, 
      school yard or church lawn in which the 
      winner wishes to Dlant it. The executive 
      'committee will act as final judges of these 
      three contests. 
 
 
Address The Mississippi Association for the Conservation of Wild Life. Mrs.
F. Belk Smith, 
                         Secretary, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI 
 
 
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Some of the Things Done During the First Year 
   of The Association: 
     1. Secured the active cooperation of the 
         State Plant Board. 
         The State Department of Education. 
         The State Teachers Association. 
         Sportsmen Clubs in different parts of 
         of the state. 
         Federation of Womans Clubs. 
         American Legion, Mississippi Division. 
                       Daughters of the Ameri- 
                       can Revolution. 
he only state         Mississippi Parent-Teach- 
ich does not           ers Association. 
I state wild           Fair Associations. 
department.            Federal Fish Hatchery, 
pi Associa-           Tupelo, Miss. 
servation ofs o.           . C. A. and Girl Re- 
e only state           serves. 
ncerned ex-        2. Visited 20 county and 
conservation          state fairs with exhibits 
ilization of           and literature. 
rces in the        3. Gave illustrated lectures 
ppi.                  to 20,000 school children, 
eans conser-           conducted   20   nature 
sippi is not          study tours. 
e dollar for       4. Aided in making a state 
,vation edu-           wide distribution of fish 
                      rescued from overflowed 
    '1,              area in the summer 1927. 
    5. Visited 15 boards of supervisors in in- 
         terest of better wild tife conservation. 
     6. Answered many letters of inquiry from 
         sportsmen, teachers and students and 
         furnished literature when possible. 
     7. Sponsored a pie&e of legislation which 
         sought to provide a" state wild life con- 
         servatic,:n department at the last ses- 
         sion of the legislature. 
 
 
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    MEMBERSHIP DETAILS 
 
    All persons in sympathy with 
the objectives of the association 
are eligible to membership, and 
to share in the duty and privilege 
of preserving for our own use, 
and Ifor that of future genera- 
tions the wild life resources of 
the state. 
   Active members pay $1.00 in 
advance for the whole or part of 
the fiscal year-August through 
July. Supporting members, $5.00; 
Research members, $10.00, and 
Sustaining members $25.00 an-; 
nually.  Life membership (no 
other dues) $100.00.   Patron 
membership, $1L,000.00.  '