FOREST AND STREAM 
[July 17 , I909- 
1909 STATE SHOOTS 
THE 
Amateur Championships 
of the Following States Worv With 
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Idaho 
Illinois 
Indiana 
Kentucky 
Michigan 
Mississippi 
New Jersey 
New York 
Ohio 
Oklahoma 
Pennsylvania 
Washington 
West Virginia 
Wisconsin 
The High Average 
in all Program Events at the following State Shoots won by 
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Idaho Kansas Mississippi Pennsylvania 
Illinois Kentucky New York Vermont 
Indiana Louisiana Ohio . 
Iowa Michigan Oklahoma West Virginia 
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SmJ, ildrt'tr Match 3 postponed to the 17,1 
300yds. 
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500yds. 
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44434-1 
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Sandman ’208, ’205 200; Ed Von Eitzen 203, 194, 19 
Henry Krah, Jr., 176, lib, los. ^ Watkii 
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W. A. Alexand er 53, 50, 47; Henry Krah , Jr., 4b, 3-, . 
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OSTRICH FEATHERS OF TRIPOLI. 
Consul William Coffin calls attention 
the following report from Tripoli-in-Barba 
to the ostrich-feather supplies entering tt 
African port, considerable of which is no dot 
purchased by American dealers from Englanc 
The trade in ostrich feathers is an imports 
item in Tripoli’s commerce. The feathers ; 
brought overland from central Africa by ca 
vans, and from here are exported to Paris a 
London. One of the largest dealers of Trip ( 
estimates the average annual imports from j 
interior at $100,000. The exports to Pans z 
London for 1905, 1906, and 1907 w ^ e res P 
lively $59,058, $54,040, and $50,180. There w 
no direct shipments to the United States. 
The usual kind of ostrich feathers known 
the trade come into the Tripoli market. In 
are whites, blacks, feminas, byocks, spadoi 
boos, drabs, and floss. The Arab dealers br 
them in unsorted packages containing feat! 
in various qualities of each kind, and it th< 
fore requires expert knowledge to buy adv 
tageously from the natives. The goods are f 
here by the “rotl.” (The Tripoli rotl is ah 
18 ounces.) , , 
The feathers are washed and sorted Here, 
are not dyed or curled. They are washec 
soapy water, and when still wet are beaten, 
handful of them are taken by the stems 
slapped against the floor with a force tha 
the uninitiated would seem to be enough 
break them to pieces. This is done to b 
out the flues or barbules, the miniature feat 
extending from the barbs, and gives the pht * 1 
a fluffier, richer appearance. A good ost 
plume will have two or three layers of featt 
its tip should be perfect, and it should hav 
transverse cuts along the vane. For the rl 
trade two plumes are usually mounted toge 
A large quantity of the Tripoli feathers c 
from ostrich farms in the Kanu district. 1 
finest feathers, which bring by for the 
prices, are from the Wadai and Darfur dist 
and are taken from wild birds. 
The prices in Tripoli are, to a certain e* 
influenced by the London and Pans mar 
The contents of the original packages 1 
largely in kinds and qualities, and as 
feathers are bought by the package the 
of course varies largely. Some idea ol 
Tripoli prices may be had from the folic 
quotation: Whites and blacks (parcel corj 
ing 20 per cent, whites and 80 per cent. bia> 
30 piasters ($1.12) per rotl (18 ounces); ; 
(parcel containing 75 per cent drabs, tne 
ance being feminas. spadonas, byocks, etc 
piasters (56 cents) per rotl. These are pi- 
prices, and are unusually favorable. 
