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Bob White! Bob White! Every boy and girl knows the cheery call of the quail as it rings out over the upland meadows from spring until the snow flies in the fall. You know, too, what a friendly bird Bob is, nesting so near the farm and so low down in the meadow grass as to be easily destroyed by the trampling of cattle, or by wild animals. You have watched Bob, himself, a big, mottled bird, and easily seen against the green of his surroundings.

He is close enough to be an easy bird to bag. You raise your gun! aim

But wait a moment before you pull the trigger!

The United States Government tells us that we and our foreign neighbors need every bit of food that can be raised. We shall need every vegetable, every kernel of grain, every fruit that the farmer can produce to spread the world’s dining table and not leave any hungry mouths. The most difficult part of farming to-day is to get men to work on the farm. There is not enough labor to go around. And you were going to shoot one of the most helpful farm laborers there is, Rh