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February 21, 1914 
FOREST AND STREAM 
Vol. LXXXIl. No. 8. 
FEEDING THE OUAIL IN WINTER. 
Page 
A Bit of “Plain” Fishing. By Fred. E. Martin 239 
Another Suggestion for “Old Camper”. 23 7 
Archery in the University of Wisconsin. By May A. Brownell 24 7 
Coon Hunting in the Mississippi Valley. By R. H. McNair 233 
Early Days in Maine. By D. R. Howe 23 5 
Editorial . 244 
Heeding the Call of the Wild. By Wm. A. Jordan, Jr. 241 
Page 
Salmon Fishing in British Columbia. . . .By Bonnycastle Dale 236 
Sir Trout and His Alleged Goitre. 243 
Some Peculiarities of Trout. By C. McDougall, M- D. 245 
The Killing at Beach Point (Third Morning). 
By Frank L. Bailey 238 
The Problem of the Wildfowl. By Herbert K. Job 240 
Trapshooting . 248 
NEW GAME CLUB IN JERSEY. 
A temporary organization of the North Jersey 
Fish, Game and Protective Association was ef¬ 
fected recently at Dover, N. J. The officers 
chosen were: President, Arthur H. Goodale of 
Dover; vice-president, Edward T. Wills of Stan¬ 
hope; secretary-treasurer, Dr. Samuel B. John¬ 
ston, Jr. of Dover. 
Those present went on record as favoring the 
discarded plan of dividing the state in what was 
known as the northern and southern sections, 
opening the hunting and fishing dates in the 
northern section one month earlier than in the 
southern section, and dosing a month earlier. 
The meeting also declared itself absolutely op¬ 
posed to the plan to divide the license fee moneys 
or applying the same for any other purpose than 
at present. 
It was the consensus that any law now protect¬ 
ing vermin of any kind, such as foxes, skunks, 
minks, weasels, opossums or any kind of preda¬ 
tory animals or birds, be repealed, and that it 
shall be permissible at all times to kill or destroy 
such vermin. It was pointed out that if these 
destroyers of the game were obliterated it would 
hardly be necessary to expend the license fee 
money to restock the game sections. 
4,000,000 TROUT IN BLACK HILLS. 
The hatchery at Spearfish, S. D., distributed 
nearly 4,000,000 trout in the various streams of 
the Black Hills during the last year. Of these 
more than two and a half million were of the 
black spotted variety, 821,000 brook trout, 63,000 
rainbow and 141,000 locklaven. The spawn is ob¬ 
tained annually in the Yellowstone National Park 
and then nurtured at the hatchery until ready for 
planting, much of which is done by individuals 
on Government permit through the congressmen. 
All streams in the Black Hills are said to be now 
well stocked for this year’s fishing. 
Feed the Feathered Game 
The blizzards which have swept over 
the land within the last week or two, leav¬ 
ing the middle and northern, and even 
portions of the southern section of the 
country under a deep blanket of snow, 
will necessarily work havoc with feathered 
game. Much loss in this direction can be 
avoided if state game departments, private 
and public game associations, and indi¬ 
viduals in a position to do so, will take 
steps to feed covies of quail or place food 
where it is apt to be found. Such action 
is not only humane—it is economically 
sound from the standpoint of agriculture, 
for the quail is the farmer’s best friend— 
and last but not least, protection of the 
flocks now means better although even 
less destructive shooting next Fall. Let 
it not be forgotten that the facilities for 
obtaining winter food by wild bird life are 
growing less and less with every year. 
The old rail fences which once formed 
continuous lines of shelter and seed sup¬ 
plies for game birds are giving way to the 
modern wire fences of insufficient shelter; 
the winter coverts are being swept from 
the farms, and every agency seems to be 
working against natural preservation of 
feathered game. A few bushels of grain 
judiciously and intelligently scattered in 
favorable locations from now until the 
snow goes off will accomplish wonders. 
The work should be taken up by every 
game organization within the winter belt 
of the United States. “Forest and Stream” 
will be pleased to have field reports from 
its readers on the subject. 
ROOSEVELT AND RAINEY GIVE TO 
MUSEUM. 
The American Museum of Natural History, at 
New York City, has just received two notable 
wild game collections, one from Col. Theodore 
Roosevelt, who is exploring the wilds of South 
America, and the other from Paul J. Rainey, who 
is in British East Africa, hunting lions. 
The Roosevelt collection includes twenty-five 
mammals and 150 birds, many of them new to the 
’museum. Among them are an example of the 
early ancestral form of the guinea pig, several 
“night monkeys,” deer, wolves and rabbits. The 
Rainey contribution includes twelve African lions, 
two chetahs, a leopard, two striped hyenas, eight 
jackals, a hyrax, a dik dik, three zebras, a reed 
buck, and others. 
Including the Roosevelt party, there are. now 
twenty-three expeditions in the field for the 
American Museum. 
MANY MILLION FISH FOR INDIANA. 
The Tri-State station, near Columbia City, 
Indiana, plans to distribute about 15,000,000 wall¬ 
eyed pike and 12,000,000 cisco eggs in the north¬ 
ern lakes of the state this year. The Brookville 
station will specialize in small-mouthed bass, the 
Wawasee station will turn out big-mouthed bass, 
and other hatcheries in the state will be enlarged 
for this season’s increased work. Some of the 
stations are assisted by local fish and game asso¬ 
ciations. 
JERSEY FISH HEAVY EATERS. 
To feed the fish at the New Jersey hatchery 
from March 1st to November 1st, seventy tons 
of fish and 30,000 sheep plucks will be required, 
according to the commissjon’s^ITecent advertise¬ 
ment for bids. 
FEB 21 1914 
