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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[July 23, 1898. 
WESTERN TRAPS. 
THE CHICAGO CHALLENGE TROPHY. 
The race for the Chicago challenge trophy took place between 
A. C. Paterson, holder, and Henry Levi, challenger, on Friday, 
July 15, at Watson's Park, Burnsidc Crossing, 111. 
There was a large and enthusiastic crowd present, among whom 
were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Hicks, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. 
Mussey, A. W. Adams, J. L. Jones, "Old" John Glover, Abe 
Kleinman, C. S. Wilcox, J. M. Gillespie, Ben Dicks, Bill 
Cutler, W. M. Wegg, C. P. Richards, C. C. Hess J. H. 
Amberg, Silas Palmer, Charles Hadwin, Joseph Beem, Mr. 
Howe, Rice and many others. Excitement ran high, and con- 
tinued throughout the race. Mr. Levi had previously stated that 
with the handicap given he was certain to win, and it is said he 
even went so far as to wager something like one hundred dollars on 
his skill and ability to win, under the conditions existing. Pater- 
son simply sawed wood with the result as shown hereafter. 
The wind blew hard from the left quarter, and the sky was over- 
cast. The birds were an excellent lot and got away quick, large- 
ly tailers and right-quarterers. 
The best run made by Mr. Levi was on his last eight birds, 
which he grassed in fine style. Many good kills were made by 
both contestants. Paterson showed himself equal to the occasion 
even at 32yds., and made some remarkable second barrel kills, 
which drew applause from the audience. 
Levi, who lost the toss, went to the score and killed his first 
and second birds in good form; his third and fourth, both right- 
quartering incomers, he missed clean. His seventh, a good, swift 
outgoer right quartering, he killed nicely with the first barrel. 
His eighth was a similar one, which took two barrels. His seven- 
teenth was a swift left-quartering which was nicely stopped with 
the second barrel. Paterson made good kills on his fourth, fifth, 
fifteenth and nineteenth; his twentieth, the easiest bird of them all, 
was a left-quartering incomer which he shot behind, not allowing 
for the wind. Several good kills were made of low, swift outgoers. 
Following are detailed scores of the contest. Henry Levi shot 
al. 33 birds, 27yds. rise. A. C. Paterson 25 birds, 32yds. rise: 
Trap score type— Copyright, isss, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
Henry Levi \ 
355 3 5213284352355524 3 522408532528 
220020120000022*2020102001122111 2—19 
585444 2 445133122 3 24841515 
A C Paterson 1 1 2 1222112222 2 2212202122 1-24 
Levi shot a Jordan Krupp gun, with Zy± and 3% Schultze pow- 
der, No. 7 shot. Paterson shot a B. E. O. Remington, with 3%, 
1% No. 7 shot. 
On the termination of the contest, several challenges were sent 
to the proper persons. Among those were V. L. Cunnyngham, 
Thos. P. Hicks and Ed. Bingham. As near as can be ascertained, 
it appears that Mr. Cunnyngham was first in, and will be the next 
contestant. Mr. Cunnyngham has twice contested for the trophy, 
tieing the first time and meeting with defeat the second. 
EUREKA GUN CLUB. 
Tee Eureka Gun Club, of Chicago, held its regular weekly tar- 
get contest on the club grounds, corner Seventy-ninth and Vin- 
cennes avenue, on the afternoon of July 16, with a fair attendance. 
The day was very warm, with a mild breeze from the right quarter 
and an overcast sky. 
Following are the scores in the practice events, Nos. 1 and 2 
were at 3 unknown traps; Nos. 4, 5 and 6 were from the magautrap: 
Events: 
Targets : 
1 2 4 5 6 
15 15 15 15 15 
'Doc" 13 12 6 10 13 
14 12 14 10 13 
Events: 1 2 4 5 6 
Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 
Buck 12 10 12 11 10 
J S Houston 13 11 12 .. .. 
R B Carson 6 9 9 11 . . 
H Vetter 12 8 12 13 13 
H F Carson 13 8 14 9 12 
Bockie 14 . . 9 12 10 
Valentine 1 
C E Morton 9 3 
A W Adams 
E M Steele 13 11 9 13 12 
"Nita" 9 9 10 10 13 
F P Stannard .... 12 11 10 11 14 
A C Borroff 8 11 
L PI Goodrich 15 13 12 
A W Morton 11 10 
Grieff 13 
Following are detailed scores in trophy contest of 25 targets, 
known traps, unknown angles; classified, Class A, won by F. P. 
Stannard; Class B, won by H. Vetter, and Class C, won by A. C. 
Borroff : 
Class A 
F P Stannard 1 - .1111111110111101111110111—22 
Steck 1011101101111101100100011—16 
Houston ' 0111001111101011011101111—18 
Adams ., 1111111101111110111000110—19 
Goodrich , • .1101111011101101111111110— 20 
Class B. 
H F Carson 1001111101011010110111010—16 
Vetter 1101111111110111101001011—19 
C W Car=on 1111111010110101101100101-17 
R B Carson 1110010111000001000011111—13 
Buck 1100101010111101101110111-17 
"Neta" C ! a f ?. .1 . . .1101000111110000100100000—10 
Borroff 0000110101101001111110101—14 
GARFIELD GUN CLUB. 
The Garfield Gun Club held its regular weekly target contest on 
the club grounds, corner Fifty-second avenue and Monroe street, 
Chicago, on the afternoon of July 16. 
There was a fairly good attendance, and the shooting continued 
well into the afternoon, notwithstanding the intense heat of the 
sun. 
Following are scores in the practice events. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 
and 5 were known traps, unknown angles. No. 7 was 15 singles, 
known traps, unknown angles, and 5 pairs: 
12 3 4 5 7 
15 10 15 10 15 
.. ..16 
7 .. 
5 8 
5 7 
6 10 
6 11 15 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 7 Events: 
Targets: 15 10 15 10 15 Targets: 
Nusley 9 6 5 -7 7 
Shaw 13 9 8 
Demaris 10 3 . . 6 . . 
Richards ....... 9 6 9 9 7 12 
Hellman 5 4 7 13 
Fehrman 9 
Kuss 14 9 
9 10 17 Workman 13 6 
Sweig 9 6 
Pollard 5 6 
Peffey 4 .. 
T W Meek 10 13 
7 8 12 19 Comely 
S M Young 
'T P Hicks 7 13 16 Eaton 5 4 11 
C Steiger 13 S Palmer 
13 
Following are the detailed scores in the trophy event of 25 
targets, known traps, unknown angles. Classified, Class A, won 
by Thos. P. Hicks; Class B, won by Chas. Steiger, and Class C, 
won by Workman, all three making good scores:. 
Nusley , 0101011001111101011001111—16 
Shaw 1111111111111011111101111—23 
Demaris 1111010001101111110111111—19 
Richards ' 1111111111111110111101111—23 
Kuss 1111111111111111011011111—23 
Workman 1011011111110111011111111—21 
Sweig 1111001110000100001100011—12 
Pollard 1100001100111010010011100—12 
Hellman 1111111101101100110110111—19 
Fehrman 1011111111111111101111111—23 
Stiger 1111111111111101111111100—22 
Meek 1111111111101011111000011—19 
Cornelson 0001101011111000101001101—13 
Young llllOOllOllllllllOOllllll— 20 
Eaton 1101000110111111110011111—18 
Hicks .' 1111111111111101111111111—24 
A. C. Paterson. 
Dttpont Gun Club. 
Omaha, July 11.— Subjoined are some scores made at the last 
shoot of the Dupont Gun Club. At this meeting a great deal of 
interest was shown and quite a number of visitors were present. 
About 1,500 targets were thrown: 
Schneider 11110111111111111111—19 
Watt ... ..11111111011101111111—18 
Snapper" " V ' ......11101111111011111111—18 
Nasoii . . ."......... .11111111111111110100—17 
Welch ..... " .......11100111111111100111—16 
Bishop 11011111111111100110—16 
Dvorak 11011010110111111011—15 
Townsend . 10111111101110100111—15 
Brucker 01101101111010011110—13 
Curtis . . A • • .01100111101100111101-13 
Tohn=on .............. 01101101101110101001—12 
J Bauman- 11111110001101000001—11 
In a practice shoot the following good scores were made: 
Parmelee 20, Snapper 20, Welch 20. Brucker 19, Curtis 19, 
Schnieder 19, Snapper 17, W T Townsend 18, Curtis 17. 
Shoot-off, miss-and-out: Snapper 23, Curtis 24. 
John - Lewis. 
Worcester Sportsmen's Club* 
Worcester, Mass., Julv 15. — The afternoon tournament of the 
Worcester Sportsmen's Club, Tuesday, July 12, was unusually 
well attended. On the club house balcony were nearly 100 specta- 
tors, and among them such old-timers as E. S. Knowles, J. G. 
Rugg, E. T. Smith, A. B. F. Kinney, C. W. Walls, G. Russell, 
who came to see the 100-bircl race between Jack Hull, of Meriden, 
Conn., and Charlie Forehand, of this city. Besides the large num- 
ber of the home guard there were representatives from several 
towns. Uxbridge sent Johnson, Whitin, Day, Rawson; Leominster 
was represented by Rice, Burbank, Spring and Stone; Griffith and 
Campbell came all the way from Providence to see the race; Dickey 
represented Boston alone; of the Worcester shooters Snell, Buck, 
Davis, Forehand, Bucklin, Emory, Kinney, Roach Knowles, Tol- 
man, Parker, Goodell, Tom Davis and Nick shot in the sweep- 
stake events. 
Things are moving in the tight direction for a rousing two days' 
shoot here Aug. 3 and 4, with about $200 added money. Pro- 
grammes will be mailed at short notice before the shoot. Follow- 
ing are the scores of July 12: ■ 
Events: 1 2 
Targets: 10 15 
Snell 10 15 
Griffith 10 15 
Hull 10 12 
Forehand , , 9 15 
W L Davis 10 14 
Dickey 9 12 
Day 6 12 
Nick 8 11 
Roach . 7 12 
Bucklin 8 12 
Rawson 6 10 
Campbell 8 15 
Fred 6 10 
Parker 6 10 
Burbank : 11 
Kinney 15 
Knowles 9 
Emory 12 
Rice 5 10 
Goodell 
T Davis 11 
Walls , 
Buck 8 .. 
Smith 11 
Johnson 10 10 
Stone . . 6 
Harrison 7 13 
Spring 6 
3 4 5 
10 10 25 
8 10 23 
7 7 25 
8 10 23 
7 8 24 
7 10 17 
7 20 
7 22 
9 22 
8 19 
9 19 
10 20 
7 14 
6 20 
. 20 
8 18 
7 19 
10 15 
. 13 
6 14 
10 19 
8 16 
. 25 
8 .. 
7 .. 
5 13 
4 .. 
7 6 ... 
Shot at. 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
60 
60 
60 
50 
50 
70 
35 
50 
35 
30 
35 
70 
30 
25 
30 
Broke. 
66 
64 
63 
63 
58 
56 
55 
55 
53 
53 
51 
49 
48 
44 
42 
46 
34 
32 
39 
29 
35 
33 
22 
23 
42 
16 
20 
19 
Following are the scores of Messrs. C. E. Forehand and J. R. 
Hull. The finish was very strong, Forehand scoring 49 out of 50; 
Hull 48 out of 50. The judges were Messrs. W. L. Davis and 
Fred Bucklin; referee, Jay Swell. 
Forehand 11111011111111101111111111001101111111111111111111 
11111111111111111111111111111101111111111111111111—94 
J Hull 11101011111011101111101111111111111111111111111111 
1111111111111011111111 111 1 11 11 1 1 1 1 1 11111 1111111101—93 
Arkansas and the South. 
The Memphis shoot, which took place July 9, was a nice in- 
teresting affair. There were not many visitors on hand, the only 
out-of-town shooter being W. R. Elliston, of Nashville, but the 
local shooters turned out to a man. The chief event of the day 
was the E. C. cup race, 50 targets per man, which was won by 
Dr. Gragg, who scored 46. He was easily first, no one being even 
in hailing distance. "Edrington and Elliston were second, with 41, 
while Poston, Bennett, Neely, Duncan and Walker scored 40. 
Frank, Schmidt, Tate, Scaife, Scruggs, Joiner, Weaver and 
Saunders had 39 to their credit. There were a number of others 
who scored 38 or less. Abe Frank was master of ceremonies, and 
perhaps for this reason he was up in the air. The balance of the 
day was put in shooting sweeps, , and a very pleasant time was 
had by those who participated. 
ST. LOUIS. 
That $500 race between Dr. Smith and Jack Winston did not 
come off as per schedule, but they shot a target race for the tar- 
get championship medal of the city. It was a handicap event, 
consisting of allowing each contestant to shoot at the number 
of targets he misses in the original event, and a few in addition. 
In the main race Winston scored 87 and Dr. Smith 77, thus 
Winston was permitted to shoot at 13 birds and the Doctor at 28. 
Winston scored but 7 out of his allowance, making his total 94. 
The Doctor broke enough to beat Winston 1 bird, thus still re- 
taining possession of the medal. 
Paul R. Litzke. 
Uxbridge Gun Club. 
Uxbridge, Mass., July 9. — Johnson was the winner of the 
medal, his score being 42 out of 50. Nos. 1, 3, 5 and 7 were 
regular; the remainder unknown angles. Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 8 
were the medal shoot: 
Events: 12345678 Shot 
Targets: 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 at Broke. Av. 
Fred 10 8 10 .. 12 7 13 7 90 67 . 740 
Coffin 7 8 9 6 9 8 10 6 100 63 .630 
Rawson 10 9 9 6 11 7 11 7 100 70 .700 
Ford 10 8 11 7 9 7 14 6 100 72 . 720 
Tohnson 12 8 U 9 14 9 12 7 100 82 . 820 
Day 11 9 11 7 11 8 11 10 100 78 . 780 
Gibson : 10 6 10 9 11 6 75 52 .700 
Club average 665 484 .728 
W. S. Hobbs, Sec'y. 
lifle ^%n$e and %nlhfQ+ 
Rifle at Shell Mound. 
San Francisco, July 11. — Yesterday was medal day for most of 
the Shell Mound clubs. Attendance was not great. Messrs. 
McLaughlin, Young and Gorman are in New York attending the 
triennial Bund shoot. They were missed by their fellow shooters 
of the Columbia Club, but we get reports of their good work in 
the great shoot. The only extra good scoring yesterdaj'- was done 
by President Rodgers, of the Columbia Club. He is a member 
of the Germania Club and shot his medal score after taking one 
sighting shot. In this club 20 shots, no re-entry, 25-ring target, 
one score a month, are the conditions. His score was 451 rings; 
first 10 shots, 226; second 10 shots, 225. 
The marksmen here are much delghted over the decision of the 
Bund to hold the 1901 festival in San Francisco. 
Scores of the day: 
Rifle, Columbia target, 200yds.: Champion class— A. H. Pape 56, 
F. E. Mason 65. First class— O. A. Bruner 61, A. B. Dorrell 82. 
Second Class— M. J. White 120, G. M. Barlev 134. Third class— 
E. M. Moor 91, C. F. Waltham 111, G. Mannel 123, Mrs. White 176. 
Members' rifle medal, re-entry matches, 200yds.: A. B. Dorrell 
59, G. Mannel 83. 
All comers' rifle medal: Dr. Rodgers 50, F. E. Mason 75. 
Bushnell military rifle medal: C. F. Waltham 45. 
Columbia target, medals for members only, pistol, 50yds. : Cham- 
pion class-±)r. Rodgers 43, M. J. White 56, A. B. Dorrell 65. 
First Class-^F. E. Mason 56, G. M. Barley 72. Second class- 
Mrs. M. J. White 70, C. F. Waltham 95. Third class— J. P. Cos- 
grave 58, Mrs. C. F. Waltham 103. 
Re-entry, open to all comers, Siebe medal: A. B. Dorrell 45, 54; 
G. M. Barley 56, 58, 68, 69; J. P. Cosgrave 68. 
Twenty-five and .22cal. rifle, for ladies, 50yds., and Roos trophy 
for ladies: F. E. Mason 19, 20. 20, 2L 22, 23, 26, 26; Mrs. G. Man- 
nell 30, 38, 39; Mrs. C. F. Waltham 34, 38, 39. , ' 
First champion class, Dr. L. Rodgers, 451; second champion class 
L. Bendel, 411; first class, John Thode, 381; second class, E. Goetze, 
414; third class, W. Goetze, 380; first best shot, D. B. Faktor, 23; 
last best shot, F. P. Schuster, 25. 
A. H. Pape, 437, champion medal; second class, Frank Koch, 398; 
third class, Otto Lemcke, 395; fourth class, John Beuttler, 362; 
first best shot, F. P. Schuster, 24; last best shot, A. H. Pane, 25. 
Roeel. 
Rifle Contest. 
The Calumet Heights Club held its annual celebration on the 
club grounds, at Grand Calumet Heights, Ind., on July 4. The 
rifle range was open the entire day, and quite a few participated 
in the contests for prizes. Following are the scores made, Class 
A, 200yds., off-hand, any caliber rifle. The trophy the first day 
was won by A, W. Harlan, and on the second day hy L. L. Davis, 
C. C. Hess winning the merchandise in the 10-shot event, with 
S. H. Greeley in the 5-shot event: 
Dr Harlan 4 8 5 4 4 5 3 7 3 5—48 
Davis 2 0 2 8 5 7 3 4 6 2-^tf 
Lamphere 5 3 5 1 3 4 .0 3 0 0—24; 
Bruener 0000000005—5 
Paterson 2 0 0 4 5 2 0 0 2 0—15 
White 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 3 5 0—14 
Hees ,..0 6 3 5 4 5 5 2 2 8 — 40 
Dr Harlan 3 5 7 3 0 5 2 8 3 3—39 
Whitman 1 4 2 1 1 6 3 2 2 3—25 
Davis 7976 1 2615 2-^6- 
Lamphere 5 7 4 8 4 2 2 1 1 3—37- 
Bruener 0 5 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0—11 
Dougherty 1 3 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 3—33. 
Hess 033642436 3-34 
Paterson 4 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 4 0—14 
White 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—3 
Schmitt 252320173 2—27 
Tulv 4.— Men's prize contest, 10 shots, 200yds. : 
Harlan 2 0 3 0 0 2 4 3 6 2—22 
Davis 862123844 0—38 
Hess 7 0 5 5 2 4 7 9 3 4—46 
Paterson 0 3 2 2 6 1 3 1 0 1—19 
Schmitt 4 3 4 4 6 3 2 4 3 6-39 
Dougherty 4712000 1 0 2—17 
Whitman 2 0 6 5 0 0 4 1 1 0-19 
Tuly 4. -Men's contest, 5 shots, at 180, 160, 140, 120 and 100yds.: 
Paterson 1 3 3 5 2—14 Greeley 1 2 7 1 5— If 
Twitty 3 0 6 1 0—10 Dougherty .... 6 2 2 5 0—1 
Hess 0 1 4 3 3—11 Davis 3 3 0 3 3—1! 
The following are scores in Class B, won by Mrs. W. E. 
Schmitt. 10 shots, 100yds., .22cal.: 
Mrs Lamphere 123300000 0— ff 
Mrs Schmitt 446253365 2—40 
Mrs Morgan 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 5 5 1—31 
Ten shots, for merchandise prizes: 
Mrs Schmitt 3 2 5 2 3 3 7 2 3 7- 
Mrs Morgan 4 2 3 3 9 3 3 3 3 
Mrs Lamphere 2 2 0 0 0 7 6 3 2 0-1 
Mrs Andrews 234002000 0—11 
Mrs Dougherty 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 2 0—14 
Mrs Young 123040300 0—14 
Ladies' prize contest, 10 shots, 100yds.: 
Mrs Schmitt 0 3 4 3 5 5 4 3 3 3-33 
Mrs Lamphere 0 3 2 4 0 4 2 1 3 0—19 
Mrs Morgan 042593520 0—30 
Mrs Dougherty 2 0 0 0 0 3 8 0 0 0-13 
Mrs Young 2 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0—8 
Mrs Harlan 3 2 2 3 0 3 2 2 0 0-17 
Mrs Andrews 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0-2 
Mrs Twitty 100002300 0 — 6J 
Ladies' prize contest, 5 shots, at 90, 80, 70, 60, 50yds.: 
Mrs Schmitt.. 8 6 5 4 10-33 Mrs Young... 4 4 3 0 0—11 
Mrs Lamphere 1 2 3 0 0- 6 Mrs Harlan... 7 3 2 2 0-14 
Mrs Morgan.. 5 2 3 3 4—17 Mrs Andrews. 2 2 2 3 7—16 
Mrs Dougherty 7 3 3 2 0—15 Mrs Twitty . . 3 2 0 0 0—5 
A. C. Paterson. 
Mr. Talbot's Score. 
Springfield, Mass., July 16. — Editor Forest and Stream: In re- 
gard to that 99 score of mine: It was made under the following 
conditions at the Smith & Wesson pistol range: There is a 
standing offer to the club of $50 for a score of 100. We are all 
trying to capture it. The night I shot this score Mr. Albert 
Smith, who is acting for Mr, Wesson as official scorer, said: "I 
can beat you to-night." I replied, "I am glad you think so, for I 
know just what to do now." This was the first score of the 
evening. I started with a 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10—99. Mr. 
Smith was scoring each shot through the telescope. There are 
several of the members who have made 99, and some of us are 
going to make the total 100. We shoot Wednesday and Friday 
evenings. I have shot many scores from 96 to 98, but only one 
99. If any shooter doubts the score I refer him^to^Mr. Albert 
Smith, of Smith & Wesson. 
285 Quincy Street, Springfield, Mass. 
Z. C. Talbot. 
The National Schuetzenfest. 
It was voted that the next festival of the National Sharp- 
shooters' Union be held in San Francisco, Cal., three years 
hence. Cincinnati, Boston, Hoboken and New York were mak- 
ing an effort to secure it, with San Francisco and Hoboken 
racing for it at the finish, San Francisco securing it finally 
by a vote of 27 to 19. 
The veteran William Hayes achieved the much-sought distinction 
of king of the festival, thus demonstrating that though he has been 
a practical rifle shooter for many years, he belongs to the "isers" 
and not the "has beens." 
JM,mwer§ to (^omzyondiptfa. 
J. D. H., Elizabeth City, N. C— You will find in Fred .Mather's 
two papers on black bass fishing in our issues of April 30 and 
May 14 full instructions for the various ways of taking this fish. 
W. V. W., Charlottesville, Va. — Can any of your readers tell me 
how to catch turtles. I guess they are "snapping" turtles. Ans. 
Bait with meat a place in the pond where the turtles are found, and 
after a few days of this bait a set line (with large hook) with meat. 
B. I. N., Cortland, N. Y.— We have just taken in a few trout 
from the river here which seem filled with a small white thread 
worm or hair snake. Do you know anything about this, or is it 
quite common in some waters? Ans. Parasites are not uncommon 
in fishes; intestinal parasites are harmless; certain of those found 
in the flesh should be avoided, through their capacity for harm 
is counteracted by thorough cooking. 
E. S. L., Troy, N. Y. — I have a mouse that sings as sweetly 
as any canary; some of his notes are similar to the twitter of 
a woodcock in breeding time. Have you ever heard of such 
a thing before? Ans. Yes; many instances of singing mice have I 
been recorded, and we have had in our Natural History columns , 
notes of several. Mr. Hough's book of "Singing Mouse Stories" 
is based upon the conceit of visions called up by the enchant- 
ing music of a singing mouse. 
Spa, Grand Rapids, Mich.— In a fly-casting contest A and B1 
tie for first with a score of 90, C scores 89y 2 , D scores 88. C is 
declared winner of second prize, D of third prize, while A and B I 
are ordered to cast off the tie, which is won by A. Now in the 
absence of any special rules to govern this contest (only general ] 
rules to govern, as in any similar event), who is entitled to 
second prize? Does it belong to C, or does it go to B? he having! 
made a higher score than C? Ans. In the absence of any agree- I 
ment beforehand, this is a question which cannot be decided by I 
any fly-casting precedents; but giving consideration to actual 
performance and merit it is clear that second prize should go io\ 
B, whose score was higher than that of C. 
F, L., Haslin, N. C— Please tell me about when I should] 
plant wild rice and how to sow it. Ans. We quote what has I 
been printed in earlier issues: "Wild rice is very prolific and] 
grows annually on the same grounds, requiring no care to cul-, 
tivate. It will grow well in almost any water that has a muddy 
bottom; is not too cold, and has not a strong current and is 
not more than 8ft. deep. It will succeed in any of the Middle 
States and northwest as far as latitude 50°. Rice has been found 
doing well on the prairie sloughs of Minnesota, the water of 
which is tinctured more or less with alkali; it has been success- 
fully introduced into many of the salt marshes of the Hudson, 
River and Long- Island, and it grows well in fresh-water marshes 
and on the banks of slow-running streams.^ The proper time for' 
sowing the seeds is immediately after it is gathered ripe, i. e-v, 
in September. The plant is hardy, prolific and aggressive, and 
usually more than maintains a footing once established. Itsi 
failure to grow in so many cases is due to the fact that the seed 
has been impaired by too long keeping, and in a number of cases* 
the seed used has been threshed by the Indians, who scorch the 
grain to facilitate the operation. A few months seems sufficient 
to destroy the vital germ, so that, though spring sowing has suc- 
ceeded in some few cases, the trial of winter storage is usually, 
too much for this delicate grain." 
