. Breeder and sportsman. ecretary, Richmond, Va. Dec. 1—Indiana Field Trial Club. Annual trials. Clay City, Ind.,C. , Seoretary, Clay City, Ind. Amateur Field Trial Association of Maryland and Dis-trict of Columbia. ——, Md. Wm. R. Armstrong, Secretary,Baltimore, Md. Deo. 5—Continental Field Trial Association. Thomasville, White, Seoretary, Hempstead, L. I , N. Y. Duck and Quail Outfits. Skinner, this week, had the record sale of sportsmens outfits,ammunition and guns. A large stock of goods put in for the open-ing of the season was not sufficient for the unusual demand forhunting


. Breeder and sportsman. ecretary, Richmond, Va. Dec. 1—Indiana Field Trial Club. Annual trials. Clay City, Ind.,C. , Seoretary, Clay City, Ind. Amateur Field Trial Association of Maryland and Dis-trict of Columbia. ——, Md. Wm. R. Armstrong, Secretary,Baltimore, Md. Deo. 5—Continental Field Trial Association. Thomasville, White, Seoretary, Hempstead, L. I , N. Y. Duck and Quail Outfits. Skinner, this week, had the record sale of sportsmens outfits,ammunition and guns. A large stock of goods put in for the open-ing of the season was not sufficient for the unusual demand forhunting suits, rubber bootl and hunters footwear, canvas andfolding wooden decoys, gun cases and a new design of leather-covered shell boxes. One make of shotguns was sold out place is 801 Market street. You oan get anything thereyou need for duck or quail shooting. Send for a catalogue, if youhavent the time to come, and try a mail order. October 17, 1903] ©:jte gvee&ev cmt> &p0vtenttxn 11. Alfalfa to be the Leading Product. The overshadowing question interest-ing every one seeking a permanent homein California is What can I producefrom the soil that will bring a sure anditeady return for the money invested andthe labor expended? The ringing answer;omes unchallenged from the alfalfaaeldi of the famous San Joaquin andSacramento valley, where the actualreturns are from five to ten crops a year,yielding from ten to fifteen tons per acre,ind where five crops are cut and there israzing for the herd for six months ofShe year. The price of the hay will befrom $S to $12 a ton, if sold in that form,but if fed to the herd or to dairy stock,10 other crop—gold, fruit nor grain—willbe more remunerative The dairy is theidjnnct of the alfalfa field. Twenty acres>f alfalfa will keep thirty head of cows,ind each cow will return a net proceed)f from $5 to $8 per month for butterilone, leaving the by-products for the:onsumption of other stock on the is no


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