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A Judge Can’t Smoke 
in the courtroom — but he’s going to enjoy his tobacco 
just the same. He gets a good, juicy chew of “PIPER” 
—that’s the tobacco — real tobacco — rich and mellow 
—and chewing it gives him calmness —“the poise that 
comes from rumination”! When you chew 
PIPER Hslilstsck 
CHEWING TOBACCO—Champagne Flavor 
you get the epicure’s delight. 
The taste of “PIPER” carries 
with it that wonderfully wine¬ 
like flavor which has made the 
brand so justly famous. It 
combines with all the natural 
richness of splendid tobacco 
the mellow tang of ripe cham¬ 
pagne. 
Try “PIPER” just one week. 
You’ll see why thousands and 
thousands of American men of 
brains and eminence have used 
“PIPER” for years. 
Only finest leaves of choicest 
tobacco go into the making of 
“PIPER.” We go to the ut¬ 
most expense to keep this su¬ 
perb tobacco clear up above all 
others, in a class by itself. 
5c and 10c cuts, foil-wrapped, in slide boxes. Also 10c cuts, foil-wrapped, in metal boxes. 
THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY 
seem to give. Very few persons will take the 
trouble necessary to unravel the red tape inci¬ 
dent to breeding game for pleasure or profit in 
New York State at present. Also, those in au¬ 
thority seem not inclined to permit the fullest 
use of permissions given by the present laws. 
For example, 1 wish to engage in the raising of 
ruffed grouse for my own pleasure. We have a 
considerable area of fair grouse cover now and 
are improving if every year. Under section 159 
■of the game law the Conservation Commission 
has power to permit me to take ruffed grouse 
for propagation purposes provided I file written 
testimonials from two well known scientific men, 
pay a license fee of one dollar and furnish bond 
in the sum of two hundred dollars that I will 
not use the privileges of the license for improper 
purposes. Further, on payment of a license fee 
of one dollar and (at the option of the Commis¬ 
sion) with or without a bond I may receive a 
license to keep these grouse for propagation 
purposes. I may sell these birds at any time for 
propagation purposes and may ship them under 
permit issued by the Conservation Commission. 
I am informed that the second license mentioned 
above will be issued and that I may breed ruffed 
grouse if I can find some one who is able to sell 
and deliver the birds to me. I have not recently 
asked the Commission in regard to the first men¬ 
tioned permit but am informed from other 
sources which seem to be correct that such a 
license is issued only to certain persons who are 
by law exempt from paying any fee or giving a 
bond. 
The pheasant is a beautiful bird and easily 
domesticated. If the laws of the state were 
framed in accordance with reason or sound busi¬ 
ness principles a large number of the farmers in 
this vicinity would raise one or more broods of 
these birds each year and let them go free in 
the fall. They will not bother with the formali¬ 
ties now demanded. 
Alfred C. Weed. 
DUCK HUNTING IN ONTARIO. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
There are in all probability a number of read¬ 
ers of this magazine, who are familiar with and 
have shot over the rice beds of the well known 
Rice Lake adjacent to Lake Ontario. A visit to 
this locality is well spent, whether it be summer 
or fall, as there are many attractions to interest 
both the disciple of Isaac Walton and the devotee 
of the gun. 
The lake, I believe, is approximately twelve or 
thirteen miles in length, and four miles at its 
widest point, dotted here and there with pretty 
wooded islands, unspoiled by the axe excepting 
in rare instances where cottages have been erect¬ 
ed. There are many deep bays, extensive marsh 
and back channels, so attractive to the single 
canoe man who can potter about from dawn to 
dusk, through rice bed and bog, always protected 
from open water that may become impassable 
owing to high winds. Canoes constructed on 
Rice Lake, are built flat on the bottom, which 
allows the occupant considerable leeway with 
calisthenics without evil results, but woe unto 
the man who tries a hard shot to the right hand 
without well bracing his knees as he is liable to 
have his ears filled with mud from a quick plunge 
in the vegetation. I have had the pleasure of 
shooting and fishing in this district for the past 
six years, in the months of September, October, 
and November, and for the life of me it is hard 
yet to decide which month is preferable. Sep¬ 
tember brings with it the green unharvested rice, 
yet unspoiled by canoe travel, the bog hunting 
for black ducks, wood duck, teal, mud hens, and 
several species of rail. All the bird life runs 
riot on the southern migration, thousands of red 
winged black birds feeding on the rice yet in 
the milk, countless numbers of barn swallows 
congregating for the migration, tiresome to the 
eye with their darting back and forth over the 
rice in search of insect life. Black and white, 
myrtle and yellow warblers all busy at their 
daily occupation of sustenance. What a pleasure 
and rest to just sit idle on the canoe thwart, 
watching and studying nature’s offerings. If one 
grows weary of the steady push and paddle in 
bog hunting, there is always the green bass and 
lunge to be obtained in the numerous channels, 
both by skittering and trolling. 
Then we have October with its change of foli¬ 
age tinted by frosts, intermingled with many 
shades of greens; the changing of the rice stalks 
from green to straw color, accentuated by cloud 
shadows. With it comes the advance guard of 
wild fowl, red heads, canvas backs (not numer¬ 
ous), lesser and greater scaup, pintail merganzer, 
coot, all eager for their favorite foods, wild cel¬ 
ery, rice, and fish life. All eyes are cocked heav- 
