Animals: Plane Feeding

From New Jersey skies there fell to snow-starved birds, one day last fortnight, manna in 1-lb. paper bags. Dr. Philip Gootenberg, president of New Jersey's Consolidated Sportsmen, had thought up the idea. The U. S. Department of Commerce had waived its regulation against throwing things from airplanes in flight. Paterson's Wright Aeronautical Corp. had lent a plane and crack pilot. Three times Dr. Gootenberg soared up from Paterson, flew low over inaccessible, snow-covered woodlands, pelting down 750 bags filled with corn, wheat, millet, rye. Consolidated Sportsmen was also busy last week adding...

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