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THE GAME BREEDER 



Dynamite to Stop Prairie Fires. 



Sounds queer, doesn't it, to suggest 

 dynamite to stop a fire? However, it 

 has been successfully used to blast 

 ridges of fresh earth in the path of for- 

 est fires and for years, it has been used 

 to blast down buildings in the path of 

 conflagrations in cities. 



Mr. Gove, the Massachusetts blaster, 

 suggests an extension of the idea. He 

 has used dynamite to stop a prairie fire. 

 This is even simpler than stopping for- 

 est fires or conflagrations in cities be- 

 cause it is only necessary to blast a few 

 feet of shallow ditch across the path of 

 the fire. The fire will not ordinarily 

 cross the fresh moist earth thus thrown 

 up and dies out for want of fuel to 

 feed on. — Du Pont Magazine. 



Will a Dog Run From a Rabbit? 



Will a dog run from a rabbbit? "Of- 

 fice Appliances," in describing the trip 

 of the Stationers' Convention through 

 Glacier Park, says that several observers 

 testified that they saw a rabbit chase a 

 dog from its sojourning-ground in the 

 park. Other members of the Convention 

 derided the story, saying that the "rab- 

 bit" was one of those pretty black and 

 white animals that know well how to 

 make themselves shunned. The original 

 observers return to the attack by making 

 affidavits that the rabbit was a real one, 

 and by submitting a photograph of them- 

 selves as men unlikely to prevaricate 

 about a matter that did not concern busi- 

 ness ! — Outlook. 



We once observed in a small garden 

 in the rear of the studio of an artist 

 friend, a young pointer which evidently 

 was having some fun with a tame rab- 

 bit. The dog pointed the rabbit as it 

 sat behind a shrub and when the rabbit 

 hopped away to another part of the 

 garden the dog ran about apparently 

 hunting it, casting to right and left, al- 

 though I was quite sure he knew where 

 the rabbit was all the time. From time 

 to time he discovered his game and 

 drew up carefully to a point. When the 

 rabbit moved away the dog repeated his 

 amusing search for it and again located 



it and pointed. At length, much to my 

 surprise, the rabbit, (evidently having 

 become tired of the game) sprang at the 

 dog and appeared to bite it. Where- 

 upon the pointer retired from the hunt, 

 and coming to the porch where we were 

 seated he dropped as if ordered to 

 "charge" with his nose on his forelegs, 

 and it seemed as if he was a little 

 ashamed of his defeat. 



Wild Ducks for the Market. 



Mr. W. L. Finley, State Biologist, of 

 Oregon, says: 



"The Mallard is one of the easiest 

 ducks raised in captivity. It is not at all 

 difficult to domesticate. It is surprising 

 that farmers do' not raise more of these 

 birds from a business standpoint. They 

 not only bring a good price as decoys, 

 but they always demand a good price 

 for table use. Since the sale of ducks 

 in the wild state was prohibited in Ore- 

 gon, there is no reason why the demand 

 cannot be partly supplied by wild ducks 

 raised in captivity. The Oregon law 

 permits this to be done by licensed 

 breeders and sold when they are tagged 

 under the authority of the Fish and 

 Game Commission. A fat wheat-fed 

 Mallard is a fit article for any table. The 

 proof is in the eating." 



There is no reason why the Oregon 

 market should not be fully supplied with 

 wild ducks from game farms and 

 "shoots." Oregon can send ducks to the 

 best market — New York market — and 

 get the best prices, when such industry 

 is no longer criminal. 



More Dinners. 



Next winter The Game Conservation 

 Society hopes there will be more game 

 dinners. The president of the society 

 expressed the hope that in the future 

 they might be given jointly by the asso- 

 ciations interested in making America 

 a big game producing country. Mem- 

 bers of The Game Conservation Society 

 in many states can supply all the game 

 needed for such dinners all duly identi- 

 fied as produced by members of the 



