. Breeder and sportsman . havent the time to comeand try a mall order. _, It is not often that sea lions appear in the rivers asfar north as this county, states the Sutter CountyFarmer, but this season several have been seen in theupper river. One day laBt week Charles Ullrey andJames Murphy, two hunters, heard what theythought was a dog barking in the tules on the Brown-ing land southwest of Sutter City, and on investigat-ing the disturbance found a huge Bea lion stranded inthe shallow water. When they approached him heshowed fight and got around quite lively on his bigflippers until they fin


. Breeder and sportsman . havent the time to comeand try a mall order. _, It is not often that sea lions appear in the rivers asfar north as this county, states the Sutter CountyFarmer, but this season several have been seen in theupper river. One day laBt week Charles Ullrey andJames Murphy, two hunters, heard what theythought was a dog barking in the tules on the Brown-ing land southwest of Sutter City, and on investigat-ing the disturbance found a huge Bea lion stranded inthe shallow water. When they approached him heshowed fight and got around quite lively on his bigflippers until they finally had to shoot him. The lionwas eight feet long and weighed over 500 pounds. Hisskin weighed 150 pounds and the fur was fine andglossy. He had come up the Sacramento river on afishing excursion and wandered out into the water receding left him stranded and unable toget back. *. Strike!—if they dont give you Jacksons NapaSoda when you ask for it. January 16, 1904J ®fte gvee&ev cmt» &pavt&mcm 11. Scene at Burlingame—San Mateo Hunt Club, THE FARM. Controlling Egg Fertility. Many are now thinking about fillingtheir incubators with eggs and are won-dering how and where to get enough fer-tile-ones to do the business. If you raise your own it Bhould not be adifficult job to have them fairly fertile. Do not force your hens all winter tryingto make an egg record and then expect alot of fef tile eggs wbenthe breeding seasonopens in the spring. Just keep yourfowls healthy, do not feed them too muchstimulating food nor get them too they lay a few eggs it will do no harm,but do not force them with green bone,mashes, etc., until you want eggs forhatching, then do not overdo the matter. I always have noticed that we get themost fertile eggs after the hens havebeen out on the ground for a week ortwo. If we want fertile eggs early wmust follow these natural conditions asnearly as possible, supplying- food thatwill take the place of bugs, worms,grass, etc. Some form of


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