Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-26

season, for tho abundance OF tho game do.
termines largely the price no can obtain
Tor the shooting privilege. great deal Of
the shooting land Is owned by the farmers.
who do not inclosc II, and tho communal
authorities usually have the renting OF tho
shooting privileges. These renting priv.
loges amount to many millions OF marks
every year, and they constitute very Inn
portant revenue Of tho agricultural GLASS
The communal authorities credit TO each
farmer his due share OF the aggregate rent.
al In proportion TO the area of his land.
The leases OF the shooting privileges are
usually from to or IL years, and by
furnishing proper financial guarantee that
tho rent will DO paid tho privilege goes to
the highest bidder Mt public auction,
The club or individual leasing tho land
then assumes all responsibility. both MS to
tho rearing and preservation Of the game
aud to the damage done TO growing crops
Two communal assessors determine the
amount Of damage done 10 farm crops by
the harcs, birds or deer, and they levy the
tax to be paid to tho farmers. Generally a
local gamekeeper watches over the small
preserve TO SEQ that the game is not mo-
Tested.
oulcated by this system. Is that tho game
birds are Just AS much private property MS
the poultry or cattle Of tho farmer and TINT
It Is Just as punishable an offcnso TO kin
them without powr- from tho authorities
us II Is to rob n honroost or kill a farmer
COW or pig. A long course Of public edu-
cation would be required In this country
before people could bc induced to look upon
wild game in this light. Naturally there
Is ponching in Germany the same Us there
Is chickon stealing In America, but IL IA
doubtful II tho former Is much more gon.
ernl than the latter Moreover by this
system the farmers crops are protected
from all injury by Irresponsible deprcdn.
tors In search OF game. The law forbids
hunting on tho farms when the crops are
growing Tho field shooting begins late
In the fall when the crops nrc all harvested
No one Is allowed to wander over the
fields with n shotgun and hunters accou-
terments without license from the local
authorities. In order to secure license
the applicant must bo a man In good stand
Ing and not under IL years OF age. Those
licenses to shoot on certain fields cost from
rs cents to s3 u year. Any infraction Of
these rules Is punishable by fines, conisca-
ton OF the gun and accouterinents and by
Imprisonment. Poaching Is thus kept
down, and the professional bird and ami
mnl killer is abolished.
sportsmen who pay for shooting privi-
lcgcs arc not governed by any unwrittcn
code such rs prevails In America that II IN
not good form to sell their game In tho
open market. In Germany they kill the
rame for tho sport, and thon sell II TO help
pay for the expenses Of the preserves. On
some Of the best preserves the returns from
the farms more than pay nll the expenses.
Men OF limited means can In this way en-
joy shooting to their hearts content by
using little business shrcwdness In con
Quoting preserve. without this system
mnny lovers Of the sport could not afford
to indulge In the chase mt ALL Tho game
Is plentiful aud very gentle when the shoot
lnn season begins, and every owner feels
assured that the multiplication OF the birds
md animals will go ON without Interior
ence from ponchers.
The principal wild game In Germany
arc the stag the doer, hnres ana rabbits
pheasauts, partridges, snipe, woodcock'
wild ducks, swans, foxes, badgers ish or
tiers and many others. This haro is tho
great national game animal. hunted allke
In every part of the empire by the PLAIN
average German sportsman. II Is su'
perior animal, both In size and quality, TO
iho common brown American rabbit. IL
does not burrow, but seeks shelter In
cold weather behind stones and roots OF
trees. The small AMIR Il Is in great abund.
nnee. and II forms O staple article OF FOOD
far tho lower classes They are very pro-
life. ono mother often bringing out from
ib 10 "a young oncs In one season. Thoy
nre preycd upon by hawks, foxes and other
enrmies besides man, but they multiply so
r,pIdiy under the fostering caro- oil the
laws that Ia December, when the shooting
hcelps the hunters find plenty OF game
paris is a great market for harcs, and It Is
not unusual for gamekeepers In one place
N order n spcciul car each day during the
shonting season to send straight through
10 m, French capital, In Prussia alone as
many ne $500, 600 harcs have been Killed
In one season, representing an Income 10
the agricultural classes oil noariy sl'"VV'
900. ,-..,
The gray partridge Of northern Europe o
found In considerable abundance III vi
many. greatly resembles our guam, oh,y ~ "a
IN larger. 1t is one OF inc most sn'ny n.y.
birds, aud its flesh is highly priAeu " .N1
enieurcs. So carefully are they prv'eo'eu,
that they live upon tho open hcius nv
meadows close To tie fafinhouses nv
birds bring forth two broods IN oh,so'sS o.,
and the hunting begins IN septohipe aco o ~.
most farms Of 1870 ncres' IN extent, ayV y,
800 birds are killed In ono season, hnu ~
some very good ones the average scofs ,''.,
run up to 1000 birds Toward 'le e 'i,,,, y,
ths shooting seasun they peooinv W. ,,sl
and harder TO bag, and consider'.olcs pu'''-
mans blood Ia required to shoot many
Country Gentleman