Aug. 24, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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THE OUTDOOR LIBRARY 
Seasonable books dealing with every phase of life 
in the Open. Handbooks of sport. Books that 
make “roughing it easy.” Books for Fisherman, 
Hunter, Yachtsman, Canoeist, Camper, Nature 
Lover. Books of Travel and Adventure for 
Young and Old. 
AN OPEN LETTER TO BUYERS AND 
SHIPPERS OF EGGS. 
From Department of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary, 
\\ ashington. 
It is a conservative estimate that more than 
$15 000,000 are lost in the egg-producing sections 
annually because of improper handling. This 
enormous loss is due to small eggs, cracked and 
broken eggs, dirty, stale, heated (hatched) and 
rotten eggs. 
When farmers, peddlers, merchants, etc., 
come to you with eggs for sale, talk to them 
about the improvement of the market egg, and 
enlist their co-operation in the elimination of 
this great loss. Here are some of the funda¬ 
mental points to be considered by all egg men, 
whether producers, shippers or middlemen: 
1. Encourage the production of large eggs. 
This can be accomplished by keeping pure bred 
"general purpose” breeds of fowls hatching only 
the eggs that weigh at least two ounces apiece 
and from only the most vigorous stock. A 
higher price for large than for small eggs will 
help along the argument. 
2. Infertile eggs do not hatch, do not form 
blood rings and seldom form black rots. If the 
male birds are sold or penned up after June 1, 
the flock of hens will lay more eggs and they 
will be infertile. 
3. More than 10 per cent, of the eggs received 
in New York during the year are “seconds” be¬ 
cause they are stale. Tell your egg men that 
gathering eggs every afternoon, or twice daily 
in hot or murky weather, keeping them in a 
cool, clean, dry place until marketed, and mar¬ 
keting at least once a week and more frequently 
in the summer time will reduce the number of 
stale eggs greatly. Of course, stale eggs are 
worth less money than fresh eggs all along the 
line. 
4. Can you convince your trade that eggs 
from stolen nests and from incubators are never 
fit for sale? If the farmer thinks they are good, 
reliable food, urge him to eat them at home. 
For since the egg buyer can afford to pay more 
for large, clean, fresh, whole-shelled eggs, it is 
good business for the farmer to use small, dirty, 
cracked eggs at home. 
5. Do you know how to candle eggs? If 
not, learn, and learn quickly. There is no other 
way by which you can determine the worth of 
what you are paying for. Having yourself 
learned how to grade eggs, show the merchants, 
peddlers and farmers in your neighborhood, by 
means of the candle, what kind of eggs they 
are bringing to you. Farmers are not scamps, 
nor egg buyers’ angels. Show the farmer the 
kinds of eggs you cannot pay for and he will 
find a way to eliminate the bad egg and to make 
the good egg even better. 
6. Candle in a room where the temperature 
does not go above 55 degrees F. Ship chilled, 
in a good refrigerator car, in carlots. If you 
cannot chill the eggs before shipping, use a re¬ 
frigerator car, well iced, and ship only the mini¬ 
mum load that the eggs may receive the benefit 
of the ice before the market is reached. 
SALMON HATCHERIES. 
Besides a Dominion game fish hatchery at 
Cowichan River, on Vancouver Island, the Do¬ 
minion maintains eight salmon hatcheries located 
at the following points: Bon Accord, Fraser 
River; Pemberton, Lillooet district of Fraser 
River; Granite Creek, Shuswap Lake, one of the 
sources of the Fraser River; Harrison Lake, an¬ 
other of the sources of the Fraser River; on the 
sources of the Skeena River at Babine, Stuart 
and Lakelse lakes, and at Oweekayno Lake in 
the Rivers Inlet district. It is reported that ad¬ 
ditional hatcheries are contemplated. 
In 191T the number of eggs taken at most 
of the hatcheries appears to have been far below 
their capacity and the needs of the industry, the 
output in some of them falling below the poor 
record for 1907. For instance, at Pemberton, 
12,500000 were taken as against 27,000,000 four 
years before, and at Harrison Lake, with a capa¬ 
city for 50,000.000. 10.224000 eggs were taken as 
against 22,000,000 four years previous. 
Uncle Lisha’s Shop. 
Life in a Corner of Yankeeland. By Rowland E. Rob¬ 
inson. Cloth. 187 pages. Price, $1.25. 
The shop itself, the place of business of Uncle Eisha 
Peggs, bootmaker and repairer, was a sort of sportsman’s 
exchange, where, as one of the fraternity expressed it, 
the hunters and fishermen of the widely scattered neigh¬ 
borhood used to meet of evenings and dull outdoor days, 
“to swap lies.” 
Hunting Without a Gun. 
And other papers. By Rowland E. Robinson. With 
illustrations from drawings by Rachael Robinson. 
Price, $2.00 
This collection of papers on different themes con¬ 
tributed to Forest and Stream and other publications 
and now for the first time brought together. 
Forest Runes. 
Poems by George W. Sears (“Nessmuk”). With arto- 
type portraits and autobiographical sketch of the author. 
Cloth, 208 pages. Price, $1.50. 
American Big Game Hunting. 
The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club: Editors: 
Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell. Illus¬ 
trated. Cloth, 345 pages. Price, $2.50. 
Trail and Camp-Fire. 
The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club. Editors: 
George Bird Grinnell and Theodore Roosevelt. 
Illustrated. Cloth, 353 pages. Price, $2.50. 
Like its predecessors, the present volume is devoted 
chiefly to the great game and outdoor life of Northern 
America; yet it does not confine itself to any one land, 
though it is first of all a book about America, its game 
and its people. 
American Big Game in Its Haunts. 
The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club for 1904. 
George Bird Grinnell, Editor. 490 pages and 46 
full-page illustrations. Price, $2.50. 
This is the fourth and by far the largest and hand¬ 
somest of the Club’s books. It opens with a sketch of 
1’heodore Roosevelt, founder of the Boone and Crockett 
Club, and contains an extremely interesting article from 
his pen descriptive of his visit to the Yellowstone Park 
in 1903. Other papers are on North American Big 
Game; Hunting in Alaska; The Kadiac Bear; Moose; 
Mountain Sheep; Game Refuges, and other big-game 
topics. 
My Friend the Partridge. 
By S. T. Hammond. Cloth, 150 pages. Postpaid, $1 00. 
An inimitable study of ihe noblest of our game birds, 
following the ruffed grouse deep into his haurts, de¬ 
tailing the experiences of more than 60 years in the 
field, and throwing much light on the habits, life history 
and habitat of the game. A most delightful reminder 
of happy days with upland game. 
Inter-Ocean Hunting Tales. 
By Edgar F. Randolph. Cloth, 200 pages. Postpaid, $1 00. 
A collection of stories such as are told about the 
camp-fire. Mr. Randolph offers a hunting experience 
bounded only by the two oceans, replete with incident, 
interesting from its novel viewpoint, and dealing with 
every kind of game that falls to the rifle of the American 
sportsman. 
The Spaniel and Its Training. 
By F. 11. F. Mercer. To which are added the American 
and English Spaniel Standards. Cloth. Illustrated. 
Price, $1.00. 
Men I Have Fished With. 
Sketches of character and incident with rod and gun 
from childhood to manhood; from the killing of little 
fishes and birds to a buffalo hunt. By Fred Mather. 
Illustrated. Price, $1.50. 
Training the Hunting Dog for the Field and 
Field Trials. 
By B. Waters. Cloth, 281 pages. Price, $1.50. 
This is the latest and best manual on the subject. As 
an owner and handler of field trial dogs, and one having 
had an exceptionally wide experience in the field and at 
field trials, Mr. Waters was admirably equipped to write 
such a work. It has already taken its place as the 
standard authority. 
American Duck Shooting. 
By George Bird Grinnell. Cloth, 630 pages. With 58 
portraits of North American Swans, Geese and Ducks, 
Plans of Boats and Batteries. Fifty Vignettes in the 
text and a chart of the topography of a duck’s plumage 
Price, $3.50. 
My Sixty Years on the Plains, Trapping, 
Trading and Indian Fighting. 
Bv W. T. Hamilton (“Bill” Hamilton). With 8 full- 
page illustrations by Chas. M. Russell. New York. 
Cloth. 233 pages. Price, $1.50. 
Manual of Taxidermy for Amateurs. 
A complete guide in collecting and preserving birds 
and animals. By C. J. Maynard. Illustrated. New 
edition. Price, $1.00. 
“The Long Shooters” and the Origin of 300 
Yards Revolver Shooting. (New.) 
By Wm. Brent Altsheler. Price 75 cents. Postage 4 
cents extra. 
Interesting alike to civilian and soldier, amateur and 
professional. A neatly bound volume; illustrated from 
photographs of shooters and shooting scenes. 
Woodcraft. 
By Nessmuk. Cloth, 200 pages. Illustrated. Postpaid, 
$ 1 . 00 . 
No better book was ever written for the help and 
guidance of those who go into the woods for sport and 
recreation. It is simple and practical, and withal a 
classic, written with a rare and quaint charm. 
Houseboats and Houseboating. 
By Albert Bradlee Hunt. The book contains forty 
specially prepared articles by owners and designers of 
well-known house-boats, and is beautifully illustrated with 
nearly 200 line and half-tone reproductions of plans and 
exteriors and interiors. A most interesting chapter is 
devoted to houseboating in England. Extra heavy paper, 
buckram. Thfe price is $3.00 net. Postage, 34 cents. 
Some Native Birds for Little Folks.’ 
By Dr. W. Van Fleet. Illustrated by Howard H. 
Darnell. Cloth. 146 pages, with 14 photogravure 
plates. Price, $1.00. 
Describes the wood duck, the great horned owl, ruffed 
grouse, killdeer, plover, bobolink, bluejay, chickadee, cedar 
bird, meadow lark, robin, woodcock, kingfisher, crossbill, 
and nuthatches. 
The Anglers’ Workshop. Rod Making for 
Beginners. 
By Perry D. Frazer. Cloth, 180 pages. Four full-page 
illustrations, 60 working drawings. Postpaid, $1.00. 
A complete, simple and thoroughly up-to-date work 
for the guidance of the amateur rod maker, carrying him 
from first principles through all phases of successful rod 
making. There is no theorizing or speculation. All 
terms are simple, and all kinds of rods and woods are 
treated of. 
Modem Fishculture in Fresh and Salt Water. 
By Fred Mather, author of “Men I have Fished With,” 
with a chapter on Whitefish Culture by Hon. Herschel 
Whitaker, and a chapter on the Pike-Perch by James 
Nevin. Illustrated. Price, $2.00. 
My Angling Friends. 
A Second Series of “Men I Have Fished With.” By 
Fred Mather. Cloth, 369 pages, with 13 illustrations. 
Price $1.50. 
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