We Need State Legislation to Protect Boll Weevil-Eating Partridges, 1921

Originally published in the Wadesboro paper and then reprinted in the Dec. 1, 1921, issue of the Rockingham Post-Dispatch.

This from last week’s issue of the Wadesboro paper: “Mr. W.T. Treadaway reports that his cat brought in a partridge a few days ago, and when the bird’s craw was examined it was found to contain 12 boll weevils.”

And one hears just such reports on every side. The pot hunters very naturally ridicule the idea of boll weevils being eaten by partridges, but the vast majority of opinion is that weevils do form a good meal for such birds. It is to be hoped that the Legislature will pass an act restricting the killing of quail in Richmond County.