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Strong Cocking Hook 
To cock gun takes 1% 
lbs. at muzzle, 3 lbs. at 
breech end of stock and 
7 lbs. at grip, yet the 
Parker cocking piece is 
strong enough to lift 
1200 lbs. 
UNFAILING! 
No better word could be found to de¬ 
scribe the Parker cocking mechanism. 
The Cocking Hook is of Chrome Van¬ 
adium Steel, heat treated and of such 
strength and toughness that it will lift 
a dead weight of 1200 pounds. 
Every part that goes into a Parker 
Gun is rigidly inspected for strength 
and fit. Because of this careful super¬ 
vision the Parker never fails under 
the most exacting hunting conditions. 
Each is a masterpiece of modern gun¬ 
making—perfect in bore, balance and 
finish. 
PARKER BROS., Master Gun Makers 
MERIDEN CONN., U. S. A. 
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for 
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Bo* 280 Eagle River, Wis. 
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Double guns for 
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Single barrel trap 
guns $75 up. 
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Ithaca, N. Y. 
Box 25 
Capt. E. C. Cross¬ 
man, U. S. Army 
instructor in the use 
of fire arms, world 
wide authority and 
writer on guns and 
ammunition said: 
“The more I use 
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Duck Foods That Will Grow 
If the reader is interested in growing duck foods. 
Wild celery, Sogo pond Widgeon grass or any of our 
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Waterlily, Currituck Sound, N. C. 
Catch Fish 
5 l 
Eels,Mink,Muskrats and other 
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J. F. GREGORY, Dept. 16, Lebanon, Mo. 
would describe bewildering circles. Fr 
quent reference to the compass togeth 
with numerous intermediate landmark 
to go by are necessary. Pick out a di 
tinctive tree some paces ahead which tl 
compass tells you is in the direct line 
your route, put the compass away in yoi 
pocket for the time being and wa 
straight to this tree. When you g 
there, stop. Take out your compass, g 
the bearings of another landmark sot] 
distance ahead and stride ahead to tl 
in the same manner. 
Careful traveling of this sort w 
carry you in a straight line, even in tl 
densest kind of forest, and you knc 
every minute just where you stand 
relation both to your starting-point ai 
destination. By continuing on in 
northwest line you will arrive at yo 
destination or very close to it, or 
turning back at any moment and travi 
ing in a southeast line you will arrive 
your starting-point. 
If the straight line happens to cro 
some such obstacle as a pond it is nect 
sary, of course, to change one’s direct! 
temporarily while rounding it. But t 
fore doing so, make a clear mental m 
of the opposite shore and pick out 
landmark in the line of direction to sts 
from when you reach the other side. 
In traveling through wholly unknov 
territory it is essential to have a pap 
map as well as a compass. A compa 
will not take you to an unseen spot t 
yond the horizon unless you know t 
location of the spot in relation to Non 
South, East and West. But through t 
mutual workings of the compass and m; 
the right direction can easily be det< 
mined and followed. 
T HAVE abstained from using the wo 
* “correct” in connection with the coi 
pass for the reason that the compass 
very seldom correct. In using a compi 
with landmarks and in following gene: 
directions in the manner shown in soi 
of the foregoing examples, extreme ; 
curacy is hardly necessary. The f; 
that in reality the north end of the co 
pass seldom points out the true Noi 
need not worry one. Traveling by m; 
however, is a different matter. In tl 
case it oftentimes is important that 
lowances, he made for the element 
variation. 
There are only a few places where t 
compass needle points true north. Th< 
are located on a “no variation” zigz 
line which runs through Michigan a 
thence southeast through South Carol! 
At all places east of this the north e 
of the compass needle points to the w 
of true north and at all places west of 
the needle points to the east of tr 
north. In the extreme eastern and we 
ern sections of the country the elenn 
of variation is so great that if you w< 
to travel ten miles in a straight line 
map and compass and made no alio 
ance for variation, you would, at the e 
of the ten miles, find yourself more th 
three miles away from the spot for whi 
you had started. 
On any good map the direction of ti 
North is clearly indicated, either 
meridian lines, an arrow, or some sinu 
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