HOBO'S HANDY HEATER. 

 By Henry H. Farquhar. 



To foresters who, because of temporary work or lack of proper 

 transportation facilities, find themselves in the woods on a cold 

 night with only a tent, their bed, and a supply of provisions, the 

 following description of an excellent substitute for a stove, doing 

 away with the unpleasant necessity of trying to keep warm or 

 ^jtiying to cook in the rain by means of a camp fire, will un- 

 doubtedly be of interest. 



The scheme first came to the attention of the writer in the 

 fall of 191 1 while gathering cones on the Kaniksu National 

 Forest He had never heard of it before, and has spoken to 

 many foresters and others without finding one who had seen 

 it, used, or even heard of it. 



Its chief merits lie in its simplicity — an old piece of tin or a 

 five-gallon kerosene can, two or three lengths of stove pipe, and 

 a shovel or axe being the only necessary "materials of construc- 

 tion," — the fact that it is not exposed to the weather and may be 

 used for interior heating and cooking, and last but by no means 

 least, its rapid construction. That it works admirably, can be 

 attested from personal experience. 



Take a five-gallon coal-oil can, cut one end entirely out, and in 

 the opposite end cut a hole near one edge the size of the stove pipe 

 available. If the can is not available, an old piece of tin may be 

 rounded into funnel shape and similarly treated. 



Dig a trench about i ft. deep by i| ft. wide, and about li ft. 

 long, under one edge of the tent wall, so that a few inches of 

 the length of this trench are outside of the tent, the remainder 

 extending into the tent. 



Place the can, hole for stovepipe up, and open end towards in- 

 terior of tent, lengthwise in the trench so that 5 or 6 inches stick 

 beyond the wall into the open air. This leaves over a foot be- 

 tween the open end of the can and the end of the trench through 

 which the wood can be fed into this fire-box ; and with a 

 piece of tin to cover the top of this opening, the draught can be 

 regulated by having a small slit for the entrance of air. This 

 also gives considerably more heating surface and may be used 

 in cooking. Insert stovepipe into can at an angle of about 45° 



