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KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



The snap enables one to unsling 

 the canteen in a jiffy. 



Just try this combination on 

 your own canteen or creel. To my 

 way of thinking it is far more 

 comfortable than the shoulder 

 strap, and if you don't like it there 

 is nothing wasted but a few cents' 

 worth of materials, since the can- 

 teen or creel are not injured. But 

 you will like it, I know. 



LINE-DRYING DEVICE 



BY CHARLES D. LEONARD 

 An excellent device for drying 

 lines may be made from one of 

 the heads of an old barrel. I at- 

 tach mine to the sunny side of a 

 woodshed, leaving it outdoors 

 throughout the summer; but it 

 could be adapted easily for in- 

 door use. The expense of mak- 

 ing it is practically nothing. 



Procure a barrel head and cleat 

 it across center to prevent split- 



holes, giving each hole a slight 

 slant toward the outside of the 

 barrel head. In each hole insert 

 a meat skewer, which will prob- 

 ably be given you at the market. 

 Drive the skewer entirely through 

 head, otherwise the swelling of 

 the wood in a rain will force 

 skewer out. Cut off pointed ends 

 of skewers flush with back of bar- 

 rel head. 



Attach head to casing at back 

 of house, or other convenient 

 place, by setting screw in hole, 

 using washer on each side of head 

 to insure easy turning. 



A foot or more to right set 

 screw eye in side of building 

 large enough to take ferrule on 

 butt joint of rod, and a screw 

 hook spaced far enough back to 

 hold grip of rod. I use a joint 

 from a discarded rod, but no 

 harm would be done to a good 

 one if the hook were padded with 

 felt or cloth. 



ting. Cleat should be on side to 

 be attached to building. Bore 

 hole through center to take screw, 

 spoke or bolt upon which head is 

 to turn. Draw a circle around 

 head about two inches inside the 

 circumference. At equal distances 

 on this circle bore eight small 



Attach reel to reel-seat in ordi- 

 nary manner, thread line through 

 first guide, pass it outside screw 

 eye, tie loosely to one of skew- 

 ers and start turning barrel head. 

 One hundred yards can be trans- 

 ferred to head in a very short 

 time. After drying, take rod from 



