Draw a line around the hog-and-corn area of the United States, and within it you will find more spring shooting, more sale of game and more extermination of species than in any other area in the United States. I refer to Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. In not one of these states except Missouri is there any big game hunting, and in the majority of them spring shooting is lawful! In the Island of Mauritius, it was swine that exterminated the dodo. In the United States, hogs and game extermination still go hand in hand. Since the days of the dodo, however, a new species of swine has been developed. It is now widely known as the "game-hog," and it has been officially recognized by both bench and bar. KENTUCKY: Nearly everything that a state should maintain in the line of wild life protection _Kentucky lacks_! It is easier to tell what she has than to recite what she should have. Kentucky _permits spring shooting_; she has _no bag limits_, and she has _long open seasons_ on everything save introduced pheasants; She protects from sale only quail, grouse and wild turkey _killed within her own borders_. This means that her markets are practically wide open. Until recently the people of Kentucky have been very indifferent to the value of her wild-life; but with the new law enacted this year providing for a game commission and a game protection fund, surely every member of the Army of the Defense will wish God-speed to her efforts in game conservation, and stand ready to lend a helping hand whenever help can be utilized. Kentucky should at one grand coup _stop spring shooting and all sale of wild game, accord long close seasons to all species that are verging on extinction, protect doves, establish moderate bag limits and stop the use of machine guns_. If she takes up these measures at the rate of only one at each legislative session, by the time her laws are perfect _all her game will be gone_! LOUISIANA: On more counts than one, Louisiana is in the list of Great Delinquents; for behold the things that she needs to do: Protect deer for five years. Instantly take the robin, red-winged black-bird, dove, grosbeak, wood-duck and gull off the list of birds that may be killed as "game." Stop all late winter and spring shooting. Stop the sale of all native game, and the possession and transportation of game sold or intended for sale. In short, Enact a Bayne law. Re-establish a game warden system. In legally permitting the slaughter of the robin, red-winged blackbird, dove, grosbeak, wood-duck and gull the state of Louisiana is very culpable.