Oct. 5, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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Hunting and Camping Days! 
D AYS of good sport and good fellowship in the deep woods! 
The man who knows prepares himself with suitable clothing. For this 
purpose we have produced Forestry Cloth, Shade 65 , a fabric peculiarly 
adapted to the hard usage of camp-life in the woods. It is soft gray-green in 
color, closely woven and firm, defying wear, 
wind and cold. Made in light, medium and TADPCj E/V^( | ATH 
heavy weights—every ounce pure wool. '‘-'lALOI f\ I V/LX' ' 
Forestry Cloth makes ideal clothing for outdoor Winter ?'•"> stamped on back 0 / cloth 
sports —skating, snowshoeing, toboganning. 
Another special cloth for sportsmen’s wear is Olivauto Cloth, a beautiful olive-brown, closely 
woven serge for riding and motoring clothes, golf-suits, etc. 
Samples of FORESTRY CLOTH and OLIVAUTO CLOTH sent upon request. If you are unable to 
procure these fabrics from your tailor, we will see that you are supplied upon receipt of price, through 
regular channels, as we do not sell at retail. When ordering specify fabric and number of yards de¬ 
sired. Forestry Cloth, $2.75 for medium weight; Olivauto Cloth, $3.50. (3 )4 yds. to a man's suit.) 
AmericanWooIen Company 
WmM Wood. Presiden t. 
Selling Agency : American Woolen Co. of New York 
American Woolen Bklg:., 18th to 19th St. 
on 4th Ave., New York 
THIS PICTURE GRATIS 
JOHN PEEL. 
The above picture of the immortal John 
Peel, framed and glazed, will be presented 
free to all new subscribers to “The County 
Gentleman & Land & Water,” England’s 
leading weekly illustrated sporting paper. 
The picture measures n in. x 7V2 in. 
(frame 17 in. x 12 in.). The original was 
painted by Mr. Joseph Simpson, R. B. A., 
from old photographs and prints of the 
famous huntsman. It is said to be the finest 
representation of John Peel ever published, 
and is worthy of a place in every sports¬ 
man’s home. 
The subscription to “The County Gentle¬ 
man & Land & Water” is $9.50 per annum, 
payable in advance, for which the paper will 
be sent, postage free. Checks should be 
made payable to the County Gentleman Pub¬ 
lishing Co. and crossed the London County 
& Westminster Bank, Hanover Sq. Branch. 
Address the Publisher 
“The County Gentleman & Land & Water” 
36-38 Southampton St., Strand, London, W. C. 
OVER 100 AMERICAN GAME BIRDS 
Pictured in Natural Colors 
“GAME BIRDS” is the only book, regardless of size or price 
that describes and shows in color all our game birds. The plates 
are made by the very best process by the very best engravers 
from accurate water color paintings by Chester A. Reed, S. B., 
whose books on Nature Subjects are standard and have had 
much larger sale than any others. * 
SPORTSMEN This book will identify any game bird you 
“ 11 1 see or kill, and will also show just what your 
brother sportsmen in other parts of the country are getting for 
game. j 
Finely printed on heavy paper; bound in an unique reproduction 
of snake skin leather; neatly boxed. You need it yourself and it 
will make an ideal gift book for your friends. Order quickly, as 
this first large edition will soon be exhausted. 
Only 65c. Postpaid 
*,■'0 3 . ’Colored booklet of Nature Subjects Free. 
CHAS. K. REED 3 Chadwick Bldg., Worcester Mass. 
CRABS GETTING SCARCE. 
If protective measures are not adopted and 
enforced, the hard and soft shell crabs, which 
have been abundant in the Chesapeake Bay and 
its tributaries, will meet the fate which has 
overtaken the terrapin, which awaits canvasback 
ducks and which at times has threatened the 
oyster. 
This declaration was made by Swepson 
Earle, topographical engineer of the shellfish 
commission, who has made a study of the crab¬ 
bing industry, and who was delegated by the 
late Governor Crothers to suggest remedial legis¬ 
lation. A bill was prepared meeting Mr. Earle’s 
views, and was submitted to the last Maryland 
Legislature, but it got tangled up with the op¬ 
posing oyster bills and never emerged from the 
pigeon hole of the committee on Chesapeake 
Bay and tributaries. 
“The best evidence of the scarcity of crabs 
is afforded by prices at Crisfield, the main ship¬ 
ping point,” continued Mr. Earle. “Prices for 
soft shell crabs have been as high as $1.25 a 
dozen at Crisfield during the seas.on, though 
there was a decline during the last few days. 
Only a few years ago soft shell crabs at Cris¬ 
field sold as low as twenty-five and fifty cents 
a dozen. In the waters of Anne Arundel county 
only a few years ago a man could easily catch 
four barrels of hard crabs in one day. Lie is 
fortunate now if he can catch one barrel in a day.” 
Crisfield as a shipping point (the most ex¬ 
tensive in the world for crabs) shipped in T910, 
estimated, 120,000.000 soft crabs. 
It is believed by most watermen that the 
crab, like the diamondback terrapin, which was 
once so numerous in this State that the slaves 
objected to being fed on them more often than 
once a week, is not beyond extermination. — From 
the Washington Star. 
