PENNSYLVANIA.--Owners of game preserves who hold a game propagating certificate may sell and transport deer or fawn alive for propagating purposes only, after securing the written consent of the president of the board of game commissioners.
In three or four other States game "under private ownership, legally acquired," is supposed to be exempt from general provisions of the game law; but in a test case as to its sale or export it is doubtful whether the courts would so hold without more specific provision legalizing such commerce.
SUMMARY.
The domestication of deer and elk offers an interesting field for experiment, as well as remunerative returns for the investment of capital.
The wapiti and the Virginia deer can be raised successfully and cheaply under many different conditions of food and climate. The production of venison and the rearing of both species for stocking parks may be made profitable industries in the United States.
Instead of hampering breeders by restrictions, as at present, State laws should be so modified as to encourage the raising of deer, elk, and other animals as a source of profit to the individual and to the State.
Safeguards against the destruction and sale of wild deer in place of domesticated deer are not difficult to enforce. For this purpose a system of licensing private parks, and of tagging deer or carcases sold or shipped, so that they may be easily identified, is recommended.
It is believed that with favorable legislation much otherwise waste land in the United States may be utilized for the production of venison so as to yield profitable returns, and also that this excellent and nutritious meat, instead of being denied to 99 per cent of the population of the country, may become as common and as cheap in our markets as mutton.
[Illustration: The above illustration shows the front cover of Hunter-Trader-Trapper, a monthly magazine, published by The A. R.
Harding Publishing Co., Columbus, Ohio, who are also publishers of books on Trapping and Out-o-Door Sports, bringing out new ones continually.
Their latest booklet descriptive of their magazine and books published will be sent free upon application. See following pages.]
Hunter Trader Trapper
As its Name Indicates is a Magazine of Information for Hunters, Traders, Trappers and Out-o-Door People.
If you are interested in hunting, trapping, raw furs, ginseng, raising wild animals, taxidermy, etc., you will find this magazine of interest and value. The magazine is published monthly and treats on the following subjects: Steel Traps, Where and How to Set; Baits and Scents; Proper Season to Trap; How to Skin, Stretch and Handle Furs; New Ways to Capture Mink, Fox, Wolf, Marten, Beaver, Otter and Other Shy Animals; Raising Fur Bearing Animals; Growing Ginseng and Golden Seal; Training Night Hunting Dogs; Leading Fur Markets; London Raw Fur Sales; Fox Hunting and Hounds; Coon Hunting; Letters From Old Hunters and Trappers, etc.
The Editor is a man of long experience in handling raw furs and trapping. The articles published and photos used are largely from those who have had actual experience with trap, gun and dog--you will enjoy them.
The magazine contains from 128 to 200 pages each month, averaging about 160 each month or 2000 pages a year. About 700 illustrations are used each year. The magazine is printed on good quality paper and the subscription price is only
$1.00 a Year
Single Copy
TEN CENTS
A. R. Harding Publishing Co., Columbus, O.
[Illustration: GINSENG PLANT.
Showing Root, Stock, Leaves and Seed.]
This is only one of about 75 illustrations shown in "Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants" as described on opposite page. The illustrations are of actual "gardens," as well as some fifty of the most valuable medicinal plants true to life. After reading this book and looking closely at the illustrations you should be able to distinguish the various plants. The paper used is of good quality so that the illustrations are clear and distinct.
Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants
This book contains about 300 pages and 75 illustrations (see opposite page for one of them) with chapters on the following: The Story of Ginseng; Something About Ginseng; Cultivation of Ginseng; Marketing Ginseng; Seeds and Roots; Letters From Ginseng Growers; Government Reports; Ginseng in China; General Information; Habits of Ginseng; Ginseng Prices; Diseases of Ginseng; Medicinal Qualities; Golden Seal Cultivation; Plants as a Source of Revenue; List of Plants Having Medicinal Value; Gigantic Mint Farm in Michigan.
The publishers say--A Book of Valuable Information for Growers and Collectors of Wild Medicinal Plants--Tells How to Grow, Medicinal Uses, Value, Etc.
Much additional information is also given about other Plants which furnish Root Drugs, such as: Male Fern; Wild Turnip; Skunk Cabbage; Sweet Flag; Helonias; American Hellebore; Aletris; Bethroot; Wild Yam; Blue Flag; Lady's Slipper; Crawley Root; Canada Snakeroot; Serpentaria (Southern Snakeroot); Yellow Dock; Pokeweed; Soapwort; Goldthread; Black Cohosh; Oregon Grape; Blue Cohosh; Twinleaf; Mayapple; Canada Moonseed; Bloodroot; Hydrangea; Indian Physic; Wild Indigo; Crane's Bill; Seneca Snakeroot; Stillingia; Wild Sarsaparilla; Water Eryngo; American Angelica; Yellow Jasmine; Pinkroot; American Colombo; Black Indian Hemp; Pleurisy Root; Comfrey; Stoneroot; Culvers Root; Dandelion; Queen-of-the-Meadow; Elecampane; Echinacea; Burdock.
A good photograph of each of these is shown with the description.
Considerable money can be made collecting and preparing for the market.
This book explains in detail.
Price, cloth bound, postpaid, $1.00
Land Cruising and Prospecting
Is a valuable book for homesteaders, hunters, trappers, guides, etc. The writer--Mr. A. F. Wallace, an experienced surveyor, land cruiser and prospector--in his introduction says: "To the men who follow the compass, the trap and the trail this work is inscribed. It is not intended for the "Professors" who can tell you all about things after they are done (by somebody else)."
The publishers say: A book of Valuable Information for hunters, trappers, land cruisers, prospectors and men of the trail--tells how to locate one's self on the map, etc.
This book contains about 200 pages 5 7 inches, is printed on good quality paper, with nearly 40 illustrations and contains 20 chapters as follows:
I. Maps.
II. The Compass.
III. Examining and Locating.
IV. Early Surveys.
V. Corner Marks.
VI. Miscellaneous Information.
VII. Points for Homesteaders.
VIII. Prospecting for Gold.
IX. Sampling Ore.
X. How to Locate a Claim.
XI. Poor Man's Ore Mill.
XII. Prospecting for Fur.
XIII. Prospecting for Pearls.
XIV. Prospecting for Bees.
XV. Rations and Camp Cookery.
XVI. Camp Kits.
XVII. Guns, Axes and Pack-straps.
XVIII. Building Cabins, Tanning, Etc.
XIX. Getting Lost.