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of the Game and Fish Departments is 

 expended for fish hatcheries the sports- 

 men often have urged in other States 

 that the anglers should contribute. About 

 6,000 deer were shot in Vermont during 

 the open season. A yellow horse was 

 also dropped in the shafts to the surprise 

 of his owner, who was driving on a road. 

 The game commissioner heard a story 

 that a colt, which had just been placed in 

 a barn to remain during the deer season, 

 was killed by a stray bullet which came 

 from a distance. 



The use of long-range rifles in heavy 

 woods has been the cause of many deaths 

 of sportsmen and others. It seems 

 doubtful if rifles should be used in the 

 farming regions of Vermont, where many 

 farm animals are in the fields and where 

 many travellers are on the highways. 



Cheap Pheasants. 



One of our California game breeders, 

 writing to the Game Census, says most 

 of our birds are sold by July or August. 

 "The pheasant business," he adds, "is 

 being ruined in California. Imported 

 birds from Japan in cold storage here 

 sell at $8.00 per dozen, so we can sell no 

 more to the hotels. Politics may do the 

 rest to finish the business." 



Cold storage birds from abroad have 

 not been found to be very satisfactory in 

 New York, and the hotels are paying ex- 

 cellent prices for pheasants and ducks 

 from the game farms and preserves. 

 They cannot get nearly enough, and we 

 hope it will not be long before California 

 breeders have the same rights in the New 

 York markets which foreign breeders 

 and New York State breeders now have. 



The California Commission in a re- 

 cent publication, California Fish and 

 Game, offers to give advice to breeders 

 and to publish information on game 

 breeding, so we are inclined to believe 

 there are good times coming for Califor- 

 nia breeders. 



Trouble in Illinois. 



Members of the Farmers' Protective 

 Association, composed of farmers of 

 Coal Valley, Hampton and other points 



in Illinois, met last week to take action 

 in relation to rabbit shooting at night. 

 It was reported that many hunters now 

 seek this game along the country high- 

 ways, the animals being attracted by the 

 dazzling glare from automobile head- 

 lights. The hunters frequently kill live 

 stock standing close to fences and which 

 are not seen, owing to the darkness. It 

 is maintained that this method of hunt- 

 ing is illegal and a menace to public 

 safety. Efforts will be made to have it 

 suppressed. 



Farmers are making trouble for Illi- 

 nois hunters. Many farms that were 

 always open to hunters in the past are 

 now barred, while a strict watch is kept 

 to see that there is no trespassing. — The 

 Sportsmen's Review. 



Trout in New Jersey. 



New Jersey state wardens have com- 

 menced the fall distribution of brook 

 trout and rainbow trout reared at the 

 state fish hatchery at Hackettstown. A 

 half-million of these game fish will be 

 put in the inland waters of New Jersey 

 before the end of the year, while several 

 hundred thousand more will be sent out 

 next spring. The Fish and Game Com- 

 mission is following the policy of using 

 only large fish for restocking the streams, 

 which proved so successful this past 

 year. The trout liberated measures from 

 seven to fourteen inches in length. The 

 restocking work is under the direction 

 of State Protector James M. Stratton. 

 Auto trucks of the commission are trans- 

 porting the fish from the hatchery ponds 

 to points of distribution in north Jersey 

 counties. The trout will be shipped by 

 train in carload lots to counties south of 

 Mercer. The fish are sent out from the 

 hatchery in cans of iced water, in which 

 they reach their destination in any part 

 of the state in prime condition. Reports 

 from fisheries in all parts of the state 

 where trout were liberated last year in- 

 dicate that anglers are delighted with 

 the results of modern methods in stock- 

 ing streams. The rainbow trout is a 

 new variety in New Jersey, but has done 

 exceptionally well, where brook trout 



