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W. O.. Yonkers, N. Y.— For targets send to the Dennison Co., 

 No. 194 Broadway, New York. 



W. L. S., Boston, Mass., would like to hear (tnrough this column) 

 of a good shooting center in California. 



A. H. P., who asked about imnnrting hirds from Canada, is re- 

 quested to communicate with W. W. Hart & Co., 11 Jacob street. 

 New York. 



P. H.— There is probably nothing serious the matter with your 

 gun, but it might be well to show it to a gunsmith. The holes 

 might be filled up. 



E. U.— Please inform me through your answers to correspond- 

 ents what breed of dogs are considered the best for bear hunting 

 and where a dog and bitch can be bought. Ans. A cross-bred or 

 mongrel, liavlng some hound blood in him. We do not: know 

 where to refer you. Write to Mr. N. C. Locke, Salem, Mass. 



J. M. C, Chicago. Ill,— Frederick Law Olmstead, the landscape 

 architect for the World's Fair, wants to fill the lagoons in the 

 park with various kinds of actuatio birds. He says that by re- 

 moving a bone in the wing they would be unable to fly away. Is 

 it practical? and if so, what bone is removed? Ans. The scheme 

 is practicable. The bones to be removed are the pinion, which is 

 the joint at the end of the wing, and corresponds to the human 

 hand. 



C. C, Dundas.— The game laws of the Province of Ontario pro- 

 hibit the taking or killing of wild duck by means of any of the 

 appliances known as "batteries, swivel guns or sunken punts." 

 Would you kindly give a short description of the above through 

 your correspondence column, and oblige a subscriber? Ans. A 

 battery is a boat so constructed that when occupied by the shooter 

 its deck is on a level with the surface of the water. A sunken 

 punt is substantially the same thing. A swivel gun is a heavy 

 gun of large bore, too large to shoot from the shoulder, and is 

 mounted on a swivel for aiming. 



C. A., Hamilton, Ont.— Will you kindly furnish me information 

 as to the care and feeding of trout in winter in our not-over-mild 

 climate. My pond is near Hamilton, and is about an acre and a 

 half in size, with a normal depth* of say 6ft., fed by bottom 

 springs. In May last I put upward of 6,000 American brook trout 

 fry in it. They have grown amazingly— which is proof that the 

 water is suitable— and have not been much fed. except the first 

 two months on sheep's liver, fly food being very plentiful. The 

 very largest of them will measure about Bin. The pond is not 

 subject to flooding, as very little surface water can get into it, so 

 that I am practically supplied by pure spring water. The ice 

 last year at its thickest was about 14in. Please inform me as to 

 what I shall feed the trout on, how often and whether they will 

 require that the ice be broken up in some parts to admit air- and 

 any other information you or your readers may think necessary. 

 As this is my first experience in trout raising, I confess I know 

 little about the subject, and for that reason will be all the more 

 grateful for your published information concerning it. Ans. 

 Although your pond is shallow the probability is that brook trout 

 will winter in it safely, and require neither feeding nor cutting of 

 air holes. It is well understood among fisbculturists that when 

 the water cools to 36 deg. or less trout will take little or no notice 

 of food, but become sluggish and indifferent to animal life around 

 them. Feeding is not practiced, except in small artificial ponds 

 having a steady inflow and exit of water. The springs which 

 supply your pond will insure a safe temperature for the fish, and 

 natural food sufficient for their needs will doubtless be found. In 

 small artificial ponds trout are fed three or four times a week 

 during the winter in the warmest part of the day. There is no 

 natural food, and feeding is necessary to prevent the big fish from 

 eating the little ones. 



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