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great duck hunter misses an occasional wild fowl. 
The best advice we can give you is to go out 
and shoot. 
Stocking Private Stream .—The commission 
does not furnish fry or fingerlings 'for private 
waters; but it has the power to give in ex¬ 
change for fish eggs “a percentage of the young- 
fish hatched or produced at any of the fish hatch¬ 
eries of the state from the eggs so obtained, 
and the placing of such young fish in waters on 
lands of such persons shall not be deemed a 
stocking of such waters with fish by the state 
or fish from state hatcheries-” This is quoted 
from Section 156, Page 12, of the Conservation 
Law of 1914. 
Thus, if private parties -wish to obtain fry or 
fingerlings from a state hatchery the way to pro¬ 
ceed will be to furnish eyed eggs to a specified 
hatchery and receive a percentage of the fry 
or fingerlings produced therefrom. The com¬ 
mission, in all cases, will have to determine 
which of its hatcheries can enter into such ar¬ 
rangement. 
AN EXHIBIT GIVEN BY OWEGO ROD AND 
GUN CLUB. 
By Frederick J. Davis. 
At a meeting of the Owego Rod & Gun Club 
held last January it was decided -to give an ex¬ 
hibit at the Tioga County Fair in September, 
and immediately thereafter plans were laid to 
carry out the idea. The Tioga County Fair is 
held at Owego, N. Y., the first week in Septem¬ 
ber and attracts from 15,000 to 20,000 people, a 
great majority of whom are farmers from the 
surrounding country. A growing sentiment 
among farmers generally has been manifest in 
the past few years against Game Clubs and 
members of such Clubs. One idea we had in 
mind was to attempt to remove this antagonism 
and to show the farmer that as an organization 
we were working for his interests as much as 
for our own in stocking the water and covers 
of the county with fish and game for his benefit 
as -well as ours. We succeeded admirably and 
secured a large number of farmers as members 
of our club. 
We secured the -co-operation of the Ameri¬ 
can Game Protective and Propagation Associa¬ 
tion, which sent us a large display of pheasants, 
ducks and geese in charge of their Special Agent 
Phillip S. Farnham. Mr. George M. Fayles, the 
secretary of the association, was also present 
and expressed himself as highly pleased with 
the exhibit and the manner in which it was 
carried out. 
The New York State Conservation Commis¬ 
sion also co-operated with us and detailed Pro¬ 
tectors Yaple and Vann to assist us, and also 
sent an expert from their Forestry Department 
with a display of seedlings, who explained to 
all interested how to secure young trees for 
re-foresting, and how to obtain the benefits of a 
reduction in taxation on re-forested lands. 
The exhibit was contained in two large tents 
occupying a space 100 feet by 200 feet. In the 
main or entrance tent were placed three large 
glass tanks supplied with a constant stream o'f 
cold running water pumped from a well by an 
electric motor into a large iron tank which gave 
30 pounds pressure all the time- In the first 
tank was displayed about twenty fine specimens 
of the German Brown Trout; in the second tank 
were river fish, such as black bass, pike, perch, 
sun fish, Oswego bass, eels, mullets and suckers; 
and in the third tank was a -magnificent display 
of brook trout which had been netted from the 
Owego Creek with permission of the Conserva¬ 
tion Commission. The commission had promised 
to supply us with trout from one of the hatch¬ 
eries but on account of a scarcity in funds were 
unable to do so, as practically all of the hatch¬ 
eries in the state have -been closed down. 
Then in the main tent were four attractively 
arranged pens, each 12 feet by 12 feet, in which 
small evergreen trees had been set. The first 
pen contained a large number of ring-neck 
pheasants; the second, several golden and silver 
pheasants. The first duck pen contained eight 
pairs o ( f wood duck and one pair of mandarin 
ducks. In the other were several specimens of 
mallard and black ducks and a pair of wild 
Canadian geese. Each duck pen contained a duck 
pond which was kept constantly filled with 
water. 
Three live alligators in a pen attracted con¬ 
siderable attention, as did a specimen of the 
great horned owl and sharp-shinned hawk, both 
alive. A label on these cages advised the kill¬ 
ing of this species of hawks and owls. 
In the -center of the tent was a large glass 
case containing mounted specimens of seed-eat¬ 
ing and insectiverous birds, beneficial hawks and 
owls, bird houses, birds’ nests, and proper nesting 
material for certain birds, all properly labeled 
so that he who ran might read. This collection 
was loaned -by J. Alden Loring, the noted natur¬ 
alist, who accompanied Colonel Roosevelt on his 
African trip. Mr. Loring also had on exhibition 
an attractively framed set of photographs en¬ 
titled “HoW to tame -and attract animals,” which 
created much interest. 
Through our Congressman we obtained from 
the Department of Agriculture at Washington, 
5,000 copies of Farmer’s Bulletin No. 54, entitled 
“Some Common Birds in Their Relation to Agri¬ 
culture.” These were distributed to all inter¬ 
ested in the subject. 
In the “Trophy -tent” which adjoined the main 
tent were to be seen mounted specimens of 
nearly every large game animal found in North 
America, game birds, trout caught by members 
of the club in Maine, the Adirondacks, and in 
the Owego Creek, together with enlarged photo¬ 
graphs of subjects dear to the heart of the 
sportsman, all of which were tastefully displayed 
upon a wall extending through the center of the 
tent, 16 feet long by 10 feet high and covered 
with “hunter’s green” paper. The railing around 
the wall was covered with the skins of moose, 
buffalo, bear, deer, mountain goat and a zebra 
killed by Colonel Roosevelt in Africa and loaned 
by Mr. Loring. 
It was estimated that at -least 12,000 people 
passed through the tents in -the four days. No 
admission was charged and the exhibit was fea¬ 
tured as one of the free attractions of the fair. 
The gathering together of all the material to¬ 
gether with its arrangement entailed a large 
amount of time and labor, but the club felt that 
the venture had been a success. We had re¬ 
ceived a large amount of publicity, had created 
a better feeling with the farmers, and had given 
to the people of this locality a novel, instructive 
and educational exhibit, besides instructing 
countless numbers in the beneficial results to be 
had in protecting and encouraging a-bout the 
home and farm the migratory birds. 
CENTRAL BEAGLE CLUB TO HOLD FIELD 
TRIALS. 
Pittsburgh,. Pa., Oct. 3, 1914. 
Fanciers of the beagle breed will get their 
annual chance to try out their dogs under hunt¬ 
ing-field conditions this fall at the field trials 
of the Central Beagle Club, which will be started 
on Wednesday, October 21, at Darlington, Pa. 
The beagle is becoming a favorite breed in this 
section of the country, as dog -lovers begin to 
appreciate his sterling qualities. Competition in 
the field trials is becoming keener every year, 
and, as the club is making special inducements 
to bring out the young dogs, this year’s trials 
should be classier than ever. 
The beagles will be run in two general classes, 
with minor subdivisions. There is an all-age 
Around the Old Wood Stove. 
