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[Sept. 22, 1906. 
FOREST'AND STREAM. 
way it is done all over these counties. They 
does the farmer a right smart of good and no 
hurt. What’s in their crops? That tells the 
story of their livin’. Yer’ll find, if yer look, 
that the crops is full of grass seed and a few 
bugs. Some little buckwheat yer’ll find, for if 
there’s any think a partridge ruther have than 
buckwheat, I hain’t spied it. Ther ain’t nothin’ 
purtier than them birds is, and we’ll have laws 
in Maryland some day to stop the killin’ ov ’em 
off every fall as many as the old ones can bring 
up in summer.” 
This seemed a good deal to come from the 
lips of a man who was guiding two hunters to 
the hiding places of the quail at a good price 
for his daily services. It was probably an in¬ 
stance where his honest sentiments for the 
moment got the better of his avarice, for he 
seemed to catch the twinkle in the eyes of his 
auditors and stopped his eulogy of the quail 
as quickly as he had begun. But it is probably 
true that if the farmers generally better under¬ 
stood the service these sleek birds are doing in 
autumn and winter, eating up the seeds of in¬ 
jurious plants and capturing the adult fall insects, 
there would be laws making it a penal offence 
to shoot quail at all. In fact, some of the 
farmers in southern Maryland have notices up 
about the borders of their farms warning off 
the hunter on pain of the law, and most of these 
men will not allow the quail to be shot on their 
premises. There have been a number of prose¬ 
cutions in Prince George’s county of those who 
did not heed these warnings. 
We are told that the result of the teachings 
of the Maryland Agricultural College is that the 
farmers place a higher value upon the wild 
birds, among them the quail; that there are 
farmers who regularly scatter grain for them to 
eat in winter and encourage the negroes to kill 
off the skunks and foxes which prey upon the 
quail. These farmers are moving for a closed 
season for quail in Maryland the year through. 
J. Clinton Ranson. 
Hunting in Colorado. 
Denver, Colo., Sept. 16 .— Monday, Sept, the 
loth, was hailed with delight by the duck shooters, 
and the late trains for the lakes Sunday night 
were crowded with enthusiastic sportsmen, keen 
to begin shooting at the first peep of day. Mr. 
Marion C. Armstrong, and four of his friends, 
went below Barr Lake, and before he could see 
clearly the point of his gun, he commenced shoot¬ 
ing. Mr. Armstrong is one of the best wing 
shots in Colorado and in an hour and a half had 
killed the limit of twenty-five ducks; twenty-two 
teal, fat and tender, two mallards and a redhead. 
His friends were equally successful and there is 
every indication that game will be very plentiful 
in Colorado this season. 
Hunters who have during the open dove sea¬ 
son shot a pheasant or two stand an excellent 
chance of being brought before some court and 
assessed a good big fine. W. F. Kendrick is 
materially assisting State Game Commissioner 
Woodward, and is quietly gathering evidence 
against a number of parties who have violated 
the law in this respect. Mr. Kendrick is in 
daily communication with farmers in different 
parts of the State, who have taken a decided in¬ 
terest in pheasant culture, and several of these 
are furnishing names of hunters who have shot 
one or more of these birds. “By the next open 
season for doves,” says Mr. Kendirck, “I be¬ 
lieve the farmers will so fully appreciate the 
value of the pheasants that they will treat the 
hunter killing one the same as if a cow or 
horse, instead of a bird had been shot.” 
“Another thing the farmers will have to learn 
is that a license to hunt does not mean that a 
man carrying it, is privileged to hunt on property 
where the owner does not want him. Many 
farmers are laboring under the delusion that a 
State license gives the hunter the right to tramp 
over any farm he thinks may afford good shoot¬ 
ing. This interests all those who are looking 
after the breeding and preservation of the pheas¬ 
ant, because it'is mostly on private property that 
the bird is found.” A Social Tramp. 
Boone and Crockett Club Game Book. 
Under this title the Boone and Crockett'Club 
has just published a handy pocket volume in 
which is set down a uniform standard of meas¬ 
urements of the large game of North America. 
The volume is illustrated by cuts, three of which 
are presented herewith, in order that the method 
of making the measurements may be clearly 
understood. The book is compiled by Mr. Jas. 
H. Kidder, of Boston, Mass.; and will be sent 
by the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., on 
receipt of the price, $1.50. 
This note book should be a part of the outfit 
of every big-game hunter, and after each shoot¬ 
ing trip the members of the Boone and Crockett 
Club are requested to send to the secretary a 
list of the game killed and the measurements 
taken. In order to avoid error, all measure¬ 
ments should be taken with a steel tape, or a 
cloth tape which has been verified by com¬ 
parison with one of steel. Body measurements 
include standing height at shoulder, length from 
nose to end of vertebra;, girth of body just back 
of shoulders, of head just before ears, of neck 
just back of the ears, of upper arm, of forearm; 
measurement from base of ear to outer corner 
of eye, from inner corner of eye to end of nose, 
and gross weight. 
In order to measure the standing height at 
shoulder, the animal should be dragged flat on 
its side and placed as near as possible in a life¬ 
like standing position. The foreleg is then to be 
held perpendicular to the axis of the body and 
pushed up until the elbow is in the position it 
would have been when the animal’s weight is 
resting on the leg. Then hoof or foot should 
be moved to the position of an animal standing 
on level surface, and a stake driven into the 
ground to the sole of the foot, half way be¬ 
tween toe and heel. Another stake is to be 
driven into the ground close to the body at the 
highest point of the shoulder. Those stakes 
should stand vertically and the measurement be¬ 
tween them, giving the standing shoulder height, 
should be from a point on each stake at the 
same distance from the ground. 
Horns of course must be measured differently 
in different animals, but the diagrams show the 
measurements for elk, moose and mountain 
sheep. For the elk, the length is measured on 
the outside curve, and width from tip to tip and 
across greatest width. The number of points 
for each antler is to be given, and the circum¬ 
ference of the beam between the bez and trez 
antlers. Moose horn measurements are the in¬ 
side curve, circumference above burr, tip to tip, 
greatest width, breadth of palm and number of 
points. For mountain sheep’s horns give length 
on outside curve, circumference at base taken 
at right angles to axis of horn with tape drawn 
tight, and from tip to tip. 
It is advised never to divide the skull of an 
antlered animal; to photograph a head before 
skinning; to preserve the skulls of all animals, 
and to note the condition of teeth and stomach 
contents. 
There are 50 pages of the book with blanks 
for locality, date and sort of animal killed, and 
with lines on which are printed the body meas¬ 
urements and the horn and antler measurements, 
with blanks for entries. Facing each of these 
pages is a blank page for remarks. 
The little volume, which is of a size to slip 
in the pocket, ought to be carried by every big- 
game hunter, and if every big-game hunter had 
one of these books, measured his game accord¬ 
ing to its directions, and reported on what he 
killed, a very considerable amount of useful ma¬ 
terial would shortly be accumulated. 
The Forest and Stream may be obtained from 
any nezvsdealer on order. Ask your dealer to 
supply you regularly. 
Length on outside curve, 47% inches. Circumference between bez and trez. 6 % inches. Tip to tip, 40% inches. 
Greatest width, 45% inches. Number of points,, 6 + 6 .—Boone and Crockett Game Book. 
