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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 17, 1890' 



SHOT COUNT AND WEIGHT. 



No. 6 Shot. 



Il¥l W WI1W II 



Chabge 

 No. 1. 



Charge 

 No. 2. 



Charge 

 No. 3. 



Charge 

 No. 4. 



Charge 

 No. 5. 



Charge 

 No. 6. 



Charge 

 No. 7. 



Charge 

 No. 8. 



Charge 

 No. 9. 



Charge 

 No. 10. 



AVERAGE. 



Three Charges 

 100 pellets each. 



























































Weight 

 grains. 



ount 

 illets. 



Weight 

 grains. 



ount 

 illets. 



'eight 

 ■ains. 



ount 

 illets. 



eight 

 •ains. 



11 



'eight 

 •ains. 



§,2 



Weight 

 grains. 



4-3 m 



eight 

 'ains. 



ount 

 sllets. 



"eight 

 :ains. 



ount 

 illets. 



Weight 

 grains. 



ount 

 illets. 



eight 

 ■ains. 



(A 



§1 



eight 

 ains. 



eight 

 ains. 



eight 

 ains. 



eight 

 ains. 



1 





OS 



P» 



° P, 







v : r. r ( 



° ft 





Oft 



°& 





ft 





ft 



ft 







j> be 



>• El 





> El 



> 



AMERICAN CHILLED. 



Collier Shot Tower Co. . . i 

 St. Louis, Mo. ' 























































250 



578 



250 



583 



254 



583 



254 



584 



265 



60( 



254 



584 



252 



58:; 



253 



584 



353 



583 



250 



576 



253 



586 



230 



230 



228 







229 



Leroy Shot Company i 



New York. < 



268 



573 



266 



573 



270 



582 



361 



573 



271 



58; 



269 



574 



371 



58C 



269 



575 



3 73 



582 



271 



578 



269 



577 



214 



214*3 



315 



214*3 



Tatham & Bros \ 



New York. ' 



290 



")'i9 



294 



55; 



288 



§49 



284 



544 



3SS 



544 



293 



558 



286 



544 



289 



550 



384 



541 



286 



m 



288 



547 



189*3 



189 



190 



189*3 



Selby Lead Company J 



San Francisec:, Cal. ' 



316 



580 



294 



578 



291 



570 



289 



500 



389 



566 



389 



568 



393 



568 



293 



573 



396 



576 



288 



564 



293 



570 



193 



191*3 



190 



191*3 



Thos. W. Sparks J 



Philadelphia, Pa. < 



311 



§90 



306 



571 



299 



B6fl 



307 



58 [ 



311 



590 



309 



588 



304 



576 



310 



588 



309 



585 



308 



583 



307 



582 



189}£ 



190 



189 



189*3 



Bailey, Farrell & Co \ 



Pittsburgh, Pa. t 



309 



576 



319 



590 



311 



577 



31 9 



590 



304 



57f 



308 



57:.' 



315 



58^ 





587 



313 



584 



308 



571 



311 



578 



188*3 



187 



184*3 



187 



Merchant's Shot Tower J 

 Co., Baltimore, Md. ' 



312 



5',::, 



346 



608 



340 



BOS 



332 



582 



312 



mi 



312 



591 



390 



660 



300 



620 



282 



583 



241 



596 



312 



597 



183 



189 



186 



187 



Colwell Lead Company.. J 

 New York. 1 



310 



m 



308 



559 



316 



m 



305 



559 



323 



588 



311 



570 



313 



87+ 



321 



581 



323 



587 



319 



579 



314 



573 



181 



182 



182*3 



182 



Cincinnati Shot Works.. J 

 Cincinnati, 0. \ 



317 



663 



311 



564 



314 



557 



324 



574 



313 



557 



314 



501 



316 



563 



310 



5J9 



314 



553 



313 



553 



315 



560 







178 



177*3 



St. Louis Shot Tower Co. J 

 St. Louis, Mo. 1 



319 



574 



326 



578 



321 



571 



321 



583 



310 



567 



312 



571 1 



321 



58-1 



318 



581 



319 



577 



320 



591 



319 



577 



181*3 



181 



179 



180*3 



Chicago Shot Tower Co.. J 

 Chicago, 111. 1 



320 



559 



315 



555 



321 



559 



317 



.770 





577 



331 



577 



324 



570 



326 



570 



339 



588 



329 



576 



325 



569 



174 



172*3 



176*3 



174*3 



Chicago, 111. 1 



326 



579 



317 



565 



322 



575 



324 



577 



331 



588 



333 



598 



328 



584 



332 



592 



333 



593 



334 



596 



328 



584 



177 



179 



179*3 



178*3 



Jas. Robertson & Co , \ 

 Baltimore, Md. 1 



364 



588 



360 



576 



362 



578 



365 



58:3 



355 



51.8 



360 



577 



364 



581 



357 



808 



358 



572 



353 



562 



359 



575 



161 



161 



159 



160 



AMERICAN SOFT. 



































A 



veraares 





307 



575 









172 

















































North Western Shot Co. J 

 Omaha, Neb. 1 



258 



583 



257 



584 



260 



588 



259 



58:.; 



261 



591 



259 



581 



260 



580 



263 



592 



258 



579 



264 



596 



260 



586 



225*3 



225*3 



227*£ 



236 



ENGLISH CHILLED. 



England. ( 



367 



590 



368 



5ill 



358 



580 



353 



579 



360 



581 



360 



583 



363 



580 



355 



568 



364 



588 



365 



581 



361 



581 



161 



161 



158 



160 



Abbey Shot j 



England. I 



355 



580] 



367 



598 



353 



579 



355 



578 



359 



583 



360 



585 



352 



571 



347 



567 



351 



571 



353 



572 



355 



580 



162*3 



164*3 



163 



163 



the sale of game was illegal, but the actual bearings of 

 the case are plain and important." 



A transcript from the record of the Supreme Court will 

 be had as soon as possible, and the matter in its entirety 

 offered to the readers of Forest and Stream. From 

 what is known of the case in this city, at the present 

 time, it appears to be one of singular importance. 



E. Hough. 



SHOT COUNT AND WEIGHT. 



THE table of No. 6 shot completes our examination of 

 the present state of manufacture of chilled shot. The 

 figures of this number are secured, as were all the others, 

 by the careful weighing and counting of the ten charges 

 of l}oz. each measured out by the companies and kindly 

 sent on at our request. 



The table, it will be seen, displays about the same run 

 of variation as did all the others from No. 10 shot. The 

 smallest count, and hence the largest shot of the series, 

 goes in this size to the Collier Co. of St. Louis, with the 

 Robertson tower of Baltimore at the other end. Reckon- 

 ing from the former the latter shows a variation of over 

 40 per cent., and yet the change is not in the weight 

 since the smaller number of pellets runs the heavier in 

 weight, and when a perfectly uniform basis of compari- 

 son was secured by counting out 100 pellets of each the 

 weight runs as 229 to 160, or in other words the same 

 number of pellets of the same number of shot from 

 one factory would have over 43 per cent, more 

 weight than if procured from the other factory. This 

 means the placing of that additional amount of work upon 

 the charge of powder, and the extra work is altogether 

 too great if anything like careful experiment has, in the 

 first place, fixed the powder charge. The Sparks shot 

 from Philadelphia runs on the average so far as count is 

 concerned, but is out a few grains on weight. The two 

 English companies get together on this size shot very 

 closely m count and weight as well, and the difference 

 between shot used in this country and that from the 

 other side is very clearly shown. It will be noted that 

 the Robertson shot of Baltimore is exactly in line with the 

 .English sizes and that average American size is far away, 

 with the difference in favor of the American shot for large- 

 ness. A glance down the column of average weights 

 shows a rather large run of weights. The Tatham shot 

 average up 547 grams per charge of ljoz., while the 

 Merchant s tower shot of Baltimore reaches 597 grains. 

 The difference is not explained by the increased number 

 of shot and must be due to the manipulation of the metal 

 ^dtempOT used in hardening the mass before dropping 



hw ICAG ,?' 111 ' J i uly , 9 -- Bi,1 y Mussey, Joe Card, "Slick" 

 bliarp and several other Mak-saw-ba men have, since the 

 opening of the season, killed a few woodcock on their 

 grounds along the Kankakee. They say that any one 

 with a good dog could get good shooting there, as the 



SIFKtJWRS this J^: Zt i8 P™bable g th a t about all 

 the Des Plames R 1V er birds m this State will be killed off 



^fwnn i^ al 8 f aS °i- ° pe ^ s ' f s the rather is now cooler 

 and more fit for hunting m the thick cover. The birds 

 here are, of course, as far advanced as they are in Indiana 

 and after a woodcock can fly he is considered about ripe 

 in this sinful world.— E. Hough. ^ 



No Extra Charge for fast time. No transfers Nn mi^ni^f 

 differential rates, which save money to trayelfrs.-S^. 



NEBRASKA PRAIRIE CHICKENS. 



OMAHA, Neb., July 11.— The various gun clubs of this 

 city have concluded to call a special joint meeting 

 to ascertain whether it is not possible to devise some wavs 

 and means of preventing the wholesale illegal killing of 

 prairie chickens this season, and it is high time this very 

 work was accomplished. The time will shortly arrive 

 when the pot and market hunters will shoulder their blun- 

 derbusses and sally forth to the slaughter, and there is no 

 time to be lost if anything is to be done toward the pro- 

 tection of this season's crop of birds. From all parts of 

 this State and the Dakotas comes the report of an unpre- 

 cedented hatch, and that the prospects are excellent for 

 the biggest phieken crop in fifteen years. The young 

 birds are now out and nearly half grown, and in the boun- 

 tiful stubble will be but a few weeks longer in reaching 

 their most delicious condition. The theories for the ab- 

 normal hatch this season are both numerous and reason- 

 able. Last winter was one of the mildest periods experi- 

 enced in these States for years, and the birds left over 

 have been undisturbed in their nesting. This spring, to be 

 sure, there was an excessive rainfall, but it had been pre- 

 ceded by such a long, continued drought that the earth 

 was simply one immeasurable sponge, and the water was 

 absorbed speedily, and inundations and overflows were 

 rare. 



. This summer more birds are seen in their accustomed 

 haunts than for many, many years. Even in localities 

 where the birds had been almost exterminated they are 

 now to be found in satisfactory numbers. The localities 

 in question last season were so barren that there was no 

 inducement for the market-hunter to visit them, and the 

 few birds that were left were almost totally unmolested, 

 and this summer every old hen is clucking proudly 

 through the long yellow grass with her fifteen or twenty 

 bright-eyed children. What glorious sport would await 

 the legitimate sportsmen now if effective means could be 

 adopted for checking the market-hunter. Delightful 

 September and golden October would be months of in- 

 comparable sport afield, if there was only some way of 

 preventing the devastation of our prairies before the 

 legal season opens. I have grave doubts, however, of any- 

 thing material being accomplished. 



The Legislature is seemingly indifferent as to the fate 

 ot both our game and fish. So thoroughly indifferent 

 was this body at their last session that they had not the 

 briefest time for the consideration of a code of excellent 

 game laws drafted by the well-known Judge Kennedy 

 and the Omaha Gun Club, and forwarded to the very 

 members whom it was thought would take a robust 

 interest in the matter. Persistency may win, however, 

 and action on the part of the sportsmen's clubs cannot be 

 too prompt or too decisive. Last season as early as the 

 middle of this month half-grown prairie chickens were 

 being served regularly at our leading hotels, and they 

 were being transported from the State in refrigerator 

 cars by the thousand dozen. It is a certainty that there 

 will be a speedy resumption of this order of things, and 

 ma tew years more, at the present rate of destruction, 

 prairie chicken and grouse will be no more a welcome 

 slight along our prairie highways. 



Last fall I indulged in a three weeks' outing in the 

 northwestern part of the State, and at no leRS than five 

 different points on the B. & M. road did I visit the ren- 

 dezvous of Eastern market-hunters, who have built per- 

 manent shipping establishments, with refrigerative 

 annexes and shipping departments, and carry on their 

 unlawf ul business regularly all the year round openly and 

 defiantly. These shippers not only employ all the farmers' 



boys they can roundabout the country, but they bring in 

 expert shots from the East, whom they pay a regular 

 salary for their work in the field. Now is not this a sad 

 commentary upon the laws of a great and progressive 

 State like Nebraska; isn't it an unqualified disgrace and 

 an outrage, and does it not call for a loud protest from 

 every true sportsman in the State, and a vigorous remon- 

 strance from all our lovers of nature ? I think so. 



Woodduck and some mallard are breeding at Honey- 

 creek Lake this season. Just north of this charming 

 ellipse of water is a long reach of low-lying,boggy meadow 

 and woodland, where the birds have secreted their nests. 

 Young squirrels, particularly fox squirrels, are reported 

 in exceeding plentifulness in the timbered bottoms along 

 the Missouri River, six or eight miles below the city. 

 Young squirrels are supposed to be at their best when the 

 alder berry is in bloom, and as this bush is now in the 

 height of its flowering, it is time to go a gunning. And 

 what sport it is, a day's squirreling in the odorous woods. 



Oris. 



LIFE WITH THE OLD HUDSON BAY CO. 



IN the spring of 1861 I enlisted for three years as an 

 apprentice in the service of the Hudson Bay Co., that 

 great corporation which for so long fattened on spoils of 

 the savage wilderness lying in what we speak of gener- 

 ally as the British Possessions. I cannot, at this date, 

 give any special reason for this step on my part, unless it 

 were a general love of adventure. I was then not quite 

 19 years of age. The pay of an apprentice was $100 in 

 money per year, with board, clothing and ammunition 

 thrown in. If one cared to devote a lifetime to it, he 

 might possibly hope that time and rotation in office would 

 eventually make him a "chief trader," entitled to one 

 share of the company stock, or even a "chief factor," 

 with two shares, in either of which cases he would have 

 a fortune. He might even become a director, if he lived 

 long enough. I question whether I considered all these 

 things very much. I was American born, of Lowell, 

 Mass, but enlisted at Montreal. 



Montreal was the initial point of our territory. Up till 

 1861 the recruits for the service, who came largely from 

 Scotland, the Orkneys or Shetland Islands, usually came 

 by ship direct to Hudson's Bay, then disembarked and 

 crossed to the remote West. There was also the freight 

 route of the great "North canoes," from La Chine, up the 

 Great Lakes and so by water to Winnipeg and the North. 

 In my time the journey was usually overland to La 

 Crosse, Wis., on the Mississippi River, then by steamer to 

 St. Paul, thence to Georgetown. Minn., and so on, either 

 by Burbank's overland route, or by the old steamer 

 Anson Northrup, which plied on the Red River of the 

 North. 



The city of Winnipeg is now a great populous place, 

 but in those days there was little to it but old Fort Garry, 

 on the north side of the river, and the old Cathedral of 

 St. Boniface, on the south side. There was a badly 

 mixed population of perhaps 15,000 souls and bodies 

 scattered along the river for about 25 miles. All the 

 trading done at that great post was done inside the 

 stockade of the fort. The wall was about 16ft. high, with 

 bastions at the corners. The stockade would cover about 

 two city blocks. The first frame house in Winnipeg was 

 built in 1861 by Norman Kittson of St. Paul. In that year 

 the great charter of the Hudson Bay Co., known as 

 Prince Rupert's grant, expired, after running its course 

 of 100 years. As this broke the monopoly, other traders 

 began to crowd in. The company till then had had all 

 the Indiana over that whole country bring their furs in 



