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Indispensable to the BATHER to put your Eyeglasses, Jewelry, Bathouse Key in before going into the water. 
EVERY CANOEIST, FISHERMAN, HUNTER, ETC. 
should have one. Will keep your Matches, Cigarettes, Tobacco, Money, Jewelry Water-Proof, Dust-Proof, Burg- 
ar-Proof. Small and compact, made of Brass, Nickel Plated, Gun Metal or Oxidized, and furnished complete with 
fancy canvas belt. Sent anywhere on receipt of $1.00. 
HYFIELD MFG. CO., 48 FRANKLIN STREET, NEW YORK CITY 
Book on Dog Diseases 
AND HOW TO FEED. 
Mailed FREE to any address by the author. 
H. CLAY GLOVER, D.V.S. 
118 W. 31 st Street New York 
WANT TO SWAP OllNS? 
I will pay cash for your gun. rifle, or pistol, or 
exchange with you for any other firearm you may 
want. Write me what you have, what you want, 
and I will make you an offer by return mail. 
S. J. Francis, 8 Cornhill, Boston, Mass. 
DOGS FOR SALE. 
Do you want to buy a dog or pup of any kind ? If so 
send for list and prices of all varieties. Always on hand 
OXFORD KENNELS. 
35 North Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
KENWYN KOAT KTTRE 
Cures mange or eczema, and kills flees. $0.50 and $1.00 
sizes sent to any address by parcels post. 
KENWYN KURE KOMPANY, 
Point Pleasant, New Jersey. 
FOR SALE 
Setters, Pointers and Hounds 
GEORGE W. LOVELL, Middleboro, Mass. 
Telephone 29-M 
ARTHUR BINNEY 
(Formerly STEWART & BINNEY) 
Naval Architect and Yacht Broker 
MASON BLDG., KILBY STREET. BOSTON. MASS. 
Cable Address: “Designer,” Boston 
PIT GAMES 
GLOVER’S BLACK DEVIL COCKS -Hens, Stags, Pullets, Cocking 
Books, Gaffs, Muffs, Spur Saws, Dubbing Shears and Remedies. Cir¬ 
culars Free. F. R. GLOVER, Box W. Lisle, N. Y. 
IMPORTED NORWEGIAN BEARHOUNDS, Irish 
Wolfhounds, English Bloodhounds, American Foxhounds, 
Deer, Wolf and Cat Hounds. Illustrated catalogue for 
SC. stamp. 
ROOKWOOD KENNELS, Lexington, Ky. 
WANTED—Pointers and Setters to train; game plenty. Also 
two broken dogs for sale. 
H. H. SMITH, O. K. Kennels, Marydel, Md. 
BOUND VOLUMES OF FOREST & STREAM. 
New York, November 19, 1914. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Referring to your editorial in the issue of 
Forest and Stream for November 14, 1914, I have 
to say that the New York Public Library has in 
its reference collection at the central library 
building, Fifth avenue and Forty-second street, a 
file of Forest and Stream that is almost com¬ 
plete from volume I (1874) to date, as noted be¬ 
low. I scarcely need to add that if any readers 
have copies of numbers we lack that they can 
spare to complete our files, we shall he glad to 
receive them. 
The library has the following: 
Volumes 1-16 Volume 31, except nos. 1-3, 
Volumes 18-21 7-9, 16, 17, 20, 26 
Volume 22 except no. 6 Volumes 32-35 
Volume 23 except no. 16 Volume 36, except nos. 1-7, 
Volume 26, except no. 20 9-22, 24, 26 
Volume 29, except nos. 3, Volume 37, except nos. 2-16, 
7, 15 18-24 
Volume 30, except nos. 13, Volumes 38-43 
22-24, 26 Volume 44. except no. 2 
Volumes 48-83 
The New York Public Library, Astor Lenox 
and Tilden Foundations. 
Very respectfully, 
H. M. LYDENBERG, Reference Librarian. 
THE HABITANTS OF THE REED DOMES. 
(Continued from page 689.) 
rat is the barrel system. If you are in a terri¬ 
tory where rats are numerous this barrel may 
be sunken in the ground to the level of the 
surface and is filled with water to the center. 
The rats are lured in by means of vegetables 
or apples, chipped, which are scattered about, 
yet leading to the barrel. Pieces of the lure 
are fixed firmly to the shingles which should 
float on the water in the barrel; the muskrat 
falls in and never gets out, it is a singularly 
good method and one far removed from the 
cruelty of the steel trap. The muskrat pelt is 
stretched in the shape and manner known as ! 
“cased” furs. That is to say, it is not split 
down the belly, from root of tail to chin, as 
are the “open” furs. At the insides of the back 
legs the pelt is cut and is turned over the body, 
ears, nose and all, left on the fur. The muskrat 
stretcher is usually made of a shingle. This 
shingle is on the average six inches wide at 
the bottom and tapers slightly toward the top, 
following the natural outline of the stretched 
fur. Over this the pelt is drawn, as tight as 
possible, and all surplus fat and adhering flesh 
is removed with a blunt knife. Care should 
he taken not to cut the fur. Skins are dried 
in places where the sun does not strike them- 
When removed from the stretcher they should be 
gathered together and wired through the head 
in bunches of twelve and hung up in a dry 
place away from dampness and the sun. All 
stretchers should be sand-papered, smooth and 
rounded on the edges and the pelts should be 
stretched as tight as possible. In the East there 
is a ready demand for the muskrat in the hotels 
and restaurants where it passes for “marsh rab¬ 
bit.” The flesh of this animal, if not spoiled by 
being stained with the acrid musk, is very de¬ 
lightful, and if prepared rightly, will satisfy the 
most exacting epicure. Muskrat farming is now 
becoming wide-spread and much money is being 
taken in by industrious men who have recog¬ 
nized in it a very profitable business indeed. All 
that is necessary is a swamp with water in it, 
same being fenced in and intruders kept out. 
Fur-farming is the goal of the future. It has 
come to stay. 
The Russian government has placed an em¬ 
bargo on all kinds of lumber, to prevent its ex¬ 
portation . 
WANTED—Pointers and Setters to train. Quail plen¬ 
tiful; first class kennels. References on application. 
JAMES L. PREVATT, Buies, North Carolina. 
HIGH CLASS SHOOTING DOGS. 
For Pale—Fifteen Pointers and Setters, guar¬ 
anteed thoroughly broken on Grouse and Wood¬ 
cock, by a professional handler. These dogs 
are all bred from the most fashionable strains 
of both bench show and field trial winners, and 
are all bench show winners themselves. 
Will be sold cheap to immediate buyers. For 
further particulars, address, 
THE MIDKIFF KENNELS, DALLAS, PA. 
OORANG AIREDALE PUPS for sale. Vigorous young¬ 
sters bred from true sporting stock that are unequaled 
is water dogs, retrievers and hunters of all kinds of 
game. They make trailers, tree barkers and stayers; 
will climb a tree or go to earth and fight anything from 
a ground hog to a grizzly bear. They are raised in the 
open and are the hardy, active and game kind with the 
hunting instinct bred in the bone. Having an iron con¬ 
stitution they withstand the hardest usage and make the 
ideal dog for both hunter and trapper. Stamp for reply. 
Oorang Kennels, La Rue, Ohio. ' 
DOGS BOARDED 
Conditioned for shows. Broken on game. 
Yard or house broken. Experienced atten¬ 
tion. Good kennels and food. 
PENATAQU1T KENNELS 
Bay Shore New York 
A square meal for your dog and a square 
deal for your pocketbook, if you feed 
Spratt’s Dog Cakes 
and Puppy Biscuits 
They are the products of a perfect process 
and there are no foods as good as Spratt’s 
Send two cent stamp for '‘Dog Culture” 
Spratt’s Patent Limited 
NEWARK, N. J. 
RIFLES-AMMUNITION 
Sportsmen’s Supplies 
Honest Goods, Bottom Prices, Square Deal 
Send three stamps for Katalog 
POWELL & CLEMENT CO. 
410 Main St., Cincinnati, 0. 
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JERSEY CITY. N. J. 
J. KANNOF5KY 
PRACTICAL GLASS BLOWER 
and manufacturer of artificial eyes for birds, animal? 
and manufacturing purposes a specialty. Send fet 
prices. All kinds of heads and skulls for furriers ami 
taxidermists. 
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