Jan. 25, 1913 
FOREST AND STREAM 
99 
1913 
Nineteenth Annual 
SPORTSMEN’S SHOW 
Third Annual Indoor 
TRAP SHOOT 
Annual 
ANGLERS’ CASTING TOURNAMENT 
February 27th to March 5th, inclusive 
Madison Square Garden 
Exhibits: —Everything the Sportsman Wants. 
Features: —Outdoor Sports and Life Acted and Pictured. 
Activities of Campers, old and young. 
Camp Exhibits and 
STEPHEN N. VAN ALLEN 
Gen’l Manager 
ADMISSION 50 CENTS 
CHILDREN 25 CENTS 
WILLIAM J. POTH 
Business Manager 
ALLEN S. WILLIAMS 
Publicity 
Telephone Madison Square 5100 
Office: The Tower, Madison Square Garden 
Copyright Judge 
A COLD AND FOGGY MORNING IN CAMP 
This is another of the Camping Series. It is hard to give a real 
idea of the beautiful coloring of this picture. You can almost 
feel the cold, damp, foggy air upon your cheek as you look at it. 
There’s a snap and dash of realism about the Camping Series 
that is irresistible. It’s yours at 50 cents each, or four for $1.50, 
or see special offer. 
Special 
Offer 
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of JUDGE will 
let the subscribers 
of Forest and 
Stream have a set 
of these pictures 
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JUDGE 
COMPANY 
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Wild Geese in Louisiana. 
From the time that the earliest settler first 
reached the shores of Louisiana this State has 
been famed as a feeding ground for innumer¬ 
able wildfowl. Each fall countless thousands of 
ducks and geese, to say nothing of the waders 
and long bills, come out of the north and spend 
the winter in the marshes and on the prairies 
of the Delta State. 
But of all these thousands of birds, scarce¬ 
ly any remain within the borders of the State 
to nest and rear their young. A few varieties 
of ducks, such as the wood duck or brancheur, 
the Florida duck or canard des isles, an oc¬ 
casional pair of teal—that is about all. As for 
geese, at the earliest sign of spring these big 
fellows start for the far North and select the 
wildest and most inaccessible portions of this 
as the most suitable location for their summer 
homes. . . 
Not until the past season, it is believed, 
have a pair of Canada geese ever been known 
to rear young in Louisiana. 
About two years ago a sportsman living in 
West Feliciana while hunting in the marshes 
near the Mississippi River shot and slightly 
wounded a pair, male and female, of wild 
Canada geese. Seeing that the wounds were 
very slight and would not permanently injure 
the birds, except to prevent them from flying, 
he took them home and placed them in his 
barnyard. 
As time passed the birds completely re¬ 
covered from their injuries, became quite tame 
and associated with the other domestic fowl. 
They were novel pets, and were kept and fed 
for this reason. 
Winter passed and with the coming of spring 
the instinct to gO' North, mate and rear a 
brood of downy goslings took possession of 
the birds and they would have carried out their 
desire had it not been for the fact that neither 
could fly. 
This being the case, they did the best they 
could, and mated and produced their brood 
where they were, probably a thousand miles 
further south than they would under ordinary 
circumstances have remained. 
The young birds thrived and grevv and the 
flock, now numbering five, was the pride of its 
owner. Then came tragedy in the shape of a 
hungry dog, which happening to catch the 
mother goose on land one day ran her down 
and killed her and was in turn killed by the 
owner for its murderous propensities. 
The damage it seemed was irreparable, for 
no other wild goose could be secured as a rnate 
for the old gander. With the advent of spring, 
however, the old fellow solved the problem for 
all by mating with one of the tame geese on 
the farm and from this mating was produced 
a hybrid, a pale edition of the wild stock. 
The old gander, the three young birds and 
the hybrid are now alive and well, according 
to the owner, who intends trying a number of 
experiments in mating with the rare stock that 
he possesses as a result of two lucky shots.— 
New Orleans Times-Democrat. 
Municipal Forest Growing. 
It is a rather novel experiment for a 
municipality to go into the forestry business 
on a large scale as Montpelier proposes to do 
by planting seedlings on thirty acres of land 
about Berlin Pond; but it is likely to turn out 
as a profitable investment, given time. 
The initial cost of the experiment, the land 
being at the municipality’s disposal, is not great 
and the care of the growing trees will not im¬ 
pose any greater outlay, the trees really taking 
care of themselves; but the results in the re¬ 
forested area will be entirely out of proportion 
to such combined expense, for timber is valu¬ 
able now and is bound to be more valuable by 
the time these trees have reached a sufficient 
size. 
Therefore Montpelier will realize good re¬ 
turns on the experiment and at the same time 
it will be utilizing land which otherwise would 
lie idle or grow np to useless accumulations of 
plant life. Moreover the example which the 
municipality is setting may be of value in that 
it will encourage the reforestation of other 
tracts of land in the vicinity. 
Other Vermont communities which have 
idle land would find it a good investment to 
set out seedlings now and let nature work for 
them in growing trees. Such efforts would 
counteract in part the devastation of the forests 
which is constantly going on in Vermont.— 
Barre Times. 
Irish Rain and Game. 
It is frequently said that Ireland will never 
be able to equal England and Scotland for 
game, because of its heavy rainfall, but it is 
doubtful if that exercises any adverse influence. 
At all times of the year the rain in Ireland is 
beautifully soft and warm, and those marrow- 
chilling falls so often experienced elsewhere 
never occur. Most of the soil, too, is very 
porous, and water does not easily accumulate 
on the surface, except in a low-lying district. 
The Irish peasant has the greatest contempt 
for rain, and is to be seen working placidly 
in the fields on a thoroughly wet day, which 
would send his English confrere home in an 
hour. Irish game birds treat wet weather just 
about the same, and seldom seek shelter as 
birds on this side of the Channel do. In Ire¬ 
land cold is seldom added to the discomfort of 
wet.—Shooting Times. 
