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KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



The carrier is very handy for 

 the mttskrat trapper also. Can be 

 used with shoulder straps if de- 

 sired. 



Brothers, stick one in your 

 pocket and try it this fall. 



NEEDLES AND THREAD 

 BY D. WIGGINS 



Many of us wish to sew on a 

 button or a patch for ourselves 

 when out conversing with the red 

 gods. We usually find that nee- 

 dles and thread have been left be- 

 hind. 



In my haversack is a spool of 

 linen thread, with the hole through 

 the spool reamed out to a suffi- 

 cient diameter to accommodate a 

 paper of large needles folded up 

 into a roll. 



In this manner the needles are 

 always where I need them, and 

 are not sticking me in the back. 

 I always have one threaded with 

 a good, long thread, as when your 

 hands are cold or you are tired, it 

 is a great help. 



ANOTHER PORKER 



BY L. K. HARVEY 

 Here is a good dress for a bit 

 of pork rind on a No. 4 Skinner 

 spoon that has proven very at- 

 tractive to the bass at times. Cut 

 a wedge of pork rind about a 

 quarter of an inch thick, an inch 

 and a half wide at the base and 

 two and a half inches long. Let 

 it run to a triangle as shown in 

 the diagram and shave the under 

 side until it runs down to a true 



point. Slit the base of the tri- 

 angle into three equal parts and 

 hang one of these pieces over each 

 hook in the treble gang. Then 

 pull the pork rind straight out 



Side View 



View 



with thumb and finger and give it 

 a little twist. This will tend to 

 make it spin when in the water. 

 This bait has caught bass for me 

 sometimes when all others failed. 



RAW ONION POULTICE 

 FOR SNAKEBITE 



BY G. E. WHITMORE 

 Take an onion or several of 

 them if they are small, crush or 

 pound them to a pulp and use as 

 a poultice on the wound made by 

 the reptile. Whisky, if at hand, 

 should be taken in moderate 

 doses, and of course, a doctor 

 should be sought as soon as pos- 

 sible. 



Twice I have used and with 

 good results the onion poultice 

 on dogs that were bitten by rat- 

 tlesnakes. I also know of two 

 persons who were bitten by rat- 

 tlesnakes and whose lives were 



