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VOL. LVII.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., FEBRUARY 1, 1902.
NO. 5
Game Law ia Hood if Enforced.
Editors Indiana  Farmer:
Aa to the "Game I.aw," it is all O. K.
and   only   needs   to  lie  enforced   to  be  effective.      There thootinf during
look for it. I think we had better have
our law makers (top framing such silly
The idea of not killing rabbits!
Kvery farmer and gardener knows that
rabbits ale outlaws and  i..~t-.  and slioiilel
attempts to return as they would banish a
thief from the house-. those painful
thoughts would cease to demand entrance.
We want all we can get of sunshine, encouragement and inspiration.      Life is too
would an Indianapolis merchant say if
we would ask for a written permit to go
behind his counter and tear down hia
goods and look through tliem at will? Instead of that he has a floor walker to eject
October an.l the closed period iu Nevem-
ber last than any time before. The Sunday closing clause is a good one. as many
1'elleews who know they are not wanted
bunting aronnd will Blip in on this day
when the farmer ami his family are liable to be away aud shoot all tiny please
and U- gone when the owner comes home.
Let us all combine tec enforce this part at
any rate. C. 0.  I..
Editors  Icdisos   Farmer:
I want to thank J. S. Pfrimmer. of
P.re<kenriil*se for what he said to the
game am! fish rammianinnrr As regards
"inmiinity it is a small matter. To
US the oflice is a nuisance. Land owners
are as well qualified to take care o* the
fish and game as they are to take care of
the soil, rocks, timber, etc., pertaining to
their land. Does the State of Indiana
have the right to colonize fish and game
• •n the community, and then compel them
to keep them until such time as their law
allows them to be killed? I want to
know who are benefitted? The farmers
are not much concerned. Why -
they  be,  when  there is  :.
Meramec Kiver,  Near  Valley  Park.  Miss om i    on   tin-   Missouri   Pacific   Railway.
short to dwell upon things which only
hinder our growth. If we keep the mind
filled with bright, hopeful thoughts—the
things only which can help us on and up
in the world—we shall make infinitely
greater progress than by burying ourselves
in glowing retrospection.—Succ
be exterminated.      We   believe  in  ev^ry-
oim" being protected in  his rights.      Speak
out. Mr. Fanner, and let ir be known there
is aome little sve-nse in >: "hayseed."
Harrison <'•-. J. M. Sieg.
TIIK ART OF LETTING GO.
W. held on to a good mauy things last
year which we should have let go—shaken
off entirely. In the first place, we should
• zpel from uni* minds i-ompletely the
tliitrgs which cannot be helped—our past
misfortunes, the trivial occurrences which
have mortified or humiliated us. Thinking
of them not only does no good, but it robs
us of peace and comfort. The art of
forgetting useless things is a great one,
ami we should learn it at any cost. It is
just as important to learn to let go as to
hold on. Anything that cannot help us
to (et on and up in the world: anything
that is a drag, a stumbling block, or a
hindrance, should be expunged from our
memory. Many people seem to take a
positive pleasure in recalling past misfortunes, sufferings and failures. They dwell
ind   repaint   the
They Like the Game Law.
Editors Indiana  Farmer:
By your consent I will give your readers
the ideas of at least quite a number of
Hamilton' county farmers in regard to
hunting and hunters.
Hamilton county is a level, rich, fertile
county all under fenco. and nicest
well cultivated, ami of course game is
rather scarce. lint notwithstanding all
that, hunters have the nerve and audacity
to come from Indianapolis and other cities
and towtrs and ask us farmers to sign permits that they may roam at will over our
farms, witli dog and gun. to (hoot and
scare away what little game yet remains.
Our farms and homes are clear to us, and
we are very thankful to our law makers
(or th<- protection they have already given
:is.     Our * heavy but we willing-
;.ny person that may even attempt to
loiter around in his place of business,
which is all right. But they must keep
off our farms.
.- Our own boys and tenants are entirely
sufficient to kill what little game is left,
and in fact quite a number of Hamilton
county farmers have forbidden their own
sons shooting quail under any circum-
stancee. We believe a quail is worth
much more to us alive than dead, as they
are our greatest insect destroyers. We
have a covy of 25 or 30 quails that daily
visit our feed yard for their rations, and
woe unto the hunter that would dare to
shoot among them. We would much rather
they would get into our poultry yard.
Wc live in the gas belt where there are
factory nun by the hundreds, and if we
were not protectee] by law against hunters
and trespassers are might about as well
ne eve- off. If persons can't find any
amusement to suit them, they must go
to some more suitable district to work
their business than* this.
We are not afraid of the law being repealed. Our law makers have more sense
and regard for the farmer than to take
Mich a back II. F.