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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[April 8, 1911. 
Time To Start Practice 
At The Traps 
The big season for clay pigeons is here. Are you ready to better your last year’s 
average ? 
Your scores in all registered events will be compiled by the Interstate Association, 
S and become part of its permanent records. 
The way to be a record breaker and prize winner is to start practice early and use 
only powders of uniform reliability. 
| The Greatest Events are won Annually 
i With cBUPOHD SPORTING POWDERS 
5 This is not accidental but due to superiority of formula and expert methods of manufacture that ensure 
■ uniform efficiency. Every load of Du Pont Sporting Powder is backed by over 107 years experience. 
In buying shells be sure to specify Du Pont Louis. 
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U. S. R. A. 
The unofficial scores made at St. Louis during week 
of March 19 to 26 in indoor championship matches ot the 
United States Revolver Association follow: 
Match A, revolver: . ... 
C r Trossman . 89 92 92 88 94—455 
f'has Dominic" . 90 99 89 91 88 ~' 447 
\Vm c Tv7r . 83 89 88 92 86-438 
k M R Moore . 92 82 90 88 85-437 
Paul Frese .: . 81 81 84 87 90-423 
W H Soence . 86 92 87 73 81-419 
Dr A EEvereti!. 7S 83 82 83 89-415 
Dr M at RMoore St ° 1: . 88 91 87 91 92-449 
rhas M Dominic . . 83 85 88 93 85-434 
WmCAyer .. 86 80 82 83 88-419 
C C M Cross F m a r ket . 33 34 36 42 36-181 
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Dr M R Moo^::.26 27 30 26 37-146 
Clarence E Orr, a professional from Alton, Ill., shot 
on the range of the St. Louis Revolver club. His scores, 
which will S count in connection with other contestant 
living in Illinois, f°U°w: 8g gQ gg gg go— 432 
Match B 1, . ss 93 89 95 88—453 
April 1.—Below find unofficial scores made by St. 
Louis Revolver Club, against National Capitol Club, of 
Washington, to decide tie for place in final standing of 
Indoor League: 
C C Crossman . 42 44 45 44 39-214 
ivt T? Moore . 35 43 44 44 -lo 
Pa r ufFrese 10 . :::: . 44 40 39 42 42-207 
W C Ay’eT.^YlYY'Y7 40 3S 40 41 44—203—1044 
Intercollegiate Rifle Shooting League. 
Washington, D. C., April l.-Massachusetts Agricul¬ 
tural College and the University of Iowa are tied for 
first place with a clean record of twelve wins in the 
Intercollegiate Rifle Shooting League matches. 
J Results "this (the twelfth) week were: Columbia de¬ 
feated Arizona, 1879 to 1675 ; Iowa defeated Dartmouth 
1876'to 1783; Cornell defeated Rhode Island State, 1,83 
to 1703; Washington State defeated Missouri 1773 to 
1732; Massachusetts Agricultural defeated New Hamp¬ 
shire, 1870 to 1706; Purdue defeated Princeton, 1745 to 
1739; North Georgia Agricultural defeated Louisiana 
State, 1746 to 0 (by default), and Minnesota defeated 
California, 1604 to 0 (by default). 
PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. 
Mr. Geo. L. Carter, of Lincoln, Neb., won high gen¬ 
eral average at David City, Neb., March 22-23, using 
Peters factory loaded shells. He scored 293 out of 315. 
At Peoria, Ill., March 26, Mr. E. K. Crothers of 
Bloomington, won high amateur average, 93 out of 100, 
and Mr. H. W. Cadwallader won high professional 
average, same score, both using Peters factory loaded 
shells. 
At Crawfordsville, Ind., March 17, Mr. H. W. Cad¬ 
wallader won high professional average, 191 out of 210; 
also high general average at New Holland, Ill., March 
14, 193 out of 205. At the New Holland shoot, Mr. A. C. 
Connor, of Springfield, was high amateur, 1S5 out of 
205. Both Messrs. Conner and Cadwallader used Peters 
factory loads. 
At the second annual Maryland Trapshooters’ tourna- 
ent, held at Baltimore, March 18, Mr. Clarence Malone, 
son of Capt. J. R. Malone, scored 39 out of 40 live 
irds from the 29yd. mark, and not only won the high 
i^erage, but the live-bird championship of the east, 
his is a most creditable performance, inasmuch as the 
ther competitors included some of the best live-bird 
lots of the country. Mr. Malone used Peters factory 
laded high grade shells, and every bird was killed clean 
s a whistle, except his 19th, a difficult bird, on which 
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USEFULNESS OF BIRDS. 
Did you ever stop to think how much we owe 
to the birds for their care of our spreading 
shade trees, our fruitful orchards and our ver¬ 
dant woods? 
The birds is just as necessary to the tree as 
the tree is to the bird. The tree furnishes the 
bird with nestling places, shelter and food. It 
bears buds, blossoms and seeds which birds eat, 
and also furnishes food for insects and other 
animals on which birds feed. 
In return the birds distribute the seed of the 
tree, that other trees may succeed it and that 
its descendants may occupy more ground. They 
assist and regulate nature’s pruning of the tree; 
they guard the tree against destruction, for they 
check the increase of many creatures that feed 
upon it. 
The truth of these statements has been proved 
by a study of the habits and food of birds. Let 
us see then how birds work for the welfare of 
the trees. 
As the trees grow they produce too many 
limbs and twigs, too much foliage and fruit. 
The pruning of limbs is left by nature to shade, 
wind, ice and snow, but much pruning of twigs, 
leaves, buds and blossoms is accomplished by 
the birds that feed on them. The ruffed grouse 
or partridge, rosebreasted grosbeak, purple 
finch and other species live largely on buds, 
leaves or blossoms. 
Such pruning as they ordinarily give the trees 
is beneficial. The food habits of many wood¬ 
land birds also tend to prevent an excessive 
amount of pruning by insects, and this brings 
us to the most important office that is per¬ 
formed by birds. 
Birds guard all parts of the tree from the too 
injurious attacks of its insect enemies. The 
young or larvae of beetles and cicadas live in 
the ground, where they feed on roots. Birds 
which feed much on the ground scratch or dig 
up such larvae or grubs, or eat the beetles 
and cicadas when they come out of the ground 
to fly about and mate. These insects form a 
favorite food of very many birds. Other insects 
which feed on the tree bury themselves in the 
ground to undergo their transformation; others 
still hide among the dead leaves of the forest 
