LOUISIANA CONSERVATION REVIEW 
 
 
            HUNTING IN LOUISIANA 
            (Continued from page 26) 
Duck Grass: This pondweed, sometimes termed "Red- 
    head Grass" because of its attractiveness to this 
    species oL duck, is another important duck food. 
Musk Grasses: Frog spit, green slime, and other grasses of 
    a group known as "Algae" are also valuable duck foods. 
    Most of the musk grasses are to be found in fresh 
    waters where they are attached to the bottoms. They 
    are dull green in color. 
Duckweeds: Green discs which cover shaded and quiet 
    waters, being abundant in the recesses of the cypress 
    swamps, and are relished by ducks of many species, 
    especially Wood Ducks, Mallards, etc. 
Fregbit: Found in shallow cypress-margined lakes through- 
    out the State, the seeds of which are eagerly sought 
    by ducks. 
Thalia: A water plant, the seeds of which constitute ex- 
    cellent duck food. 
Eel-Grass: The leaves of this plant quite closely re- 
    semble those of the wild celery; its seeds are eagerly 
    sought by ducks. 
Widgeon-Grass: Sometimes called in this State "Poule 
    d'eau-grass" because of the liking the coot has for 
    it. It is a brackish-water plant and can also be con- 
    sidered an important duck food. 
Water-cress: Known locally as "Bois Blanc" and valuable 
    as a waterfowl food. 
 
    All of the plants listed above are capable of 
being transplanted and propagated wherever 
water and other conditions are favorable, and 
should be a part of all "game farms" where 
waterfowl propagation is attempted. 
 
              PARISH CLOSE SEASON 
    Special parish close seasons have been estab- 
lished, by and with the permission of the Com- 
missioner of Conservation, as provided by acts of 
legislature, in the following parishes: 
Allen: The hunting of wild turkey and deer prohibited 
    ,or three seasons, 1929-1939, 1930-s1, and 1931-32; 
    squirrels may be hunted only trom November 1 to 
    January 15. 
Beauregard: '.the hunting of wild turkey and deer pro- 
    hibited for three seasons, 1929-30, 1930-31, and 1931-32; 
    squirrels may be hunted only from November 1 to 
    January 15. 
Bienville: The hunting of wild turkey and deer prohibited 
    for three seasons, 1929-30, 1930-31, and 1931-32. 
Calcasieu: The hunting of wild turkey and deer prohibited 
    for three seasons, 1929-30, 1930-31, and 1931-32; squir- 
    rels may be hunted only from November I to January 15. 
Catahoula: Prohibiting "camp hunting" for squirrels, rab- 
    bits, deer, and other game quadrupeds for more than 
    24 consecutive hours during the 1929-30, 1930-31, and 
    1931-32 seasons. 
Concordia: Prohibiting "camp hunting" for more than 
    24 consecutive hours. Sheriff must be notified of inten- 
    tion of coming into parish to begin hunt. 
DeSoto: The hunting of wild turkey and deer prohibited 
    for three seasons, 1929-30, 1930-31, and 1931-32; squir- 
    rels may be hunted only from November 1 to January 15. 
East Carroll: The hunting of wild deer and wild bear pro- 
    hibited for three seasons, 1929-30, 1930-31, and 1931-32. 
Jackson: Prohibiting the hunting of deer and wild turkey 
   for the seasons 1929-30 and 1930-31. 
Iberville: Prohibiting "camp hunting" for deer and squir- 
    rels for more than 48 consecutive hours during the 
    1929-30 season. 
Madison: The hunting of deer, squirrels, bear, and wild 
    turkeys prohibited for one year, 1929-30. 
Pointe Coupee: Prohibiting "camp hunting" for deer and 
   squirrels for more than 72 consecutive hours. Sheriff 
   must be notified of intention of coming into parish to 
   begin hunt. 
Rapides: The hunting of wild turkey and deer prohibited 
   for three seasons, 1929-30, 1930-31, and 1931-32; squir- 
   rels may be hunted only from October 1 to January 15. 
 
 
Sabine: The hunting of wild turkey and deer prohibited 
    for three seasons, 1929-30, 1930-31, and 1931-32; squir- 
    rels may be hunted only from November 1 to January 15. 
St. Landry: Prohibiting "camp hunting" for deer and 
    squirrels for more than 72 consecutive hours. Sheriff 
    must be notified of intention of coming into parish to 
    begin hunt. 
St. Martin: Prohibiting "camp hunting" for 'deer or squir- 
    rels for more than 72 consecutive hours. Sheriff must 
    be notified of intention of coming into parish to hunt. 
Tensas: Hunting deer December 26 to January 15. 
Vernon: The hurttifig-of wild turkey and deer prohibited 
    for three seasons, 1929-30, 1930-31, and 1931-32. Squir- 
    rels may be hunted only from November 1 to January 
    15. Prohibiting "camp hunting" for wild deer, squirrels, 
    rabbits, and. other game quadrupeds for more than 48 
    conseeutive hours during the 1929-30 season. 
West Baton Rouge: Prohibiting "camp hunting" for deer 
    and squirrels for more than 48 consecutive hours. 
    Sheriff must- be notified of intention of coming into 
    parish to begin hunt.       .-     I 
    State law permits hunting every day of open 
season, including Sundays. 
 
     ENCOURAGING OWNERS OF LAND 
              TO GROW FORESTS 
            (Continued from page 13) 
    Federal income tax laws require that expendi- 
tures for planting and improving forest lands 
must be accounted for as capital investment. 
These charges are not deductible as annual ex- 
pense against annual income, but forest crop 
expenditures must wait for deductions until the 
crop is cut. The interest cost of advancing money 
for forest crop production has no standing with 
Federal income tax authorities. Forest crop pro- 
ducers are not even allowed to count interest 
charges as operating expense. 
    Wisconsin's income tax law     cuts this entire 
tangle of complication by allowing expenditures 
for planting, protecting, and improving forest 
crops as operating expenses. This is a much 
wiser policy than the Federal -insistence upon 
penalizing the practice of forestry. If, as we 
claim, forestry should be an integral part of the 
business of primary woodworking, then certainly 
the Federal law should be so amended that such 
industries may deduct their annual forest operat- 
ing expense from annual income just as any other 
nonavoidable expense is deducted. 
    This is a matter of plain justice, but even were 
this not true, even if such an amendment were 
discriminatory in favor of woodworking indus- 
tries, we still would have grounds upon which to 
demand such relief. 
    The forest resources of the Lake States, the 
Northwest, and the South, are not the resources 
of the states alone; they are the resources of the 
Nation, important to the economic welfare, health 
and happiness of all the people of America, a 
nation carved out of a forest wilderness and 
which cannot long endure and prosper if the 
millions of acres of cut-over lands are to be fur- 
ther increased. 
 
 
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January, 1981