TROUT HABITS; LURES AND USE 



posits his freshly-dug worms, which cleanse 

 themselves beautifully in their passage through 

 the coarse mesh of the fabric. First wash out 

 all the starch from the lace, then squeeze up 

 tight, loosen up by shaking, and then place in 

 a waterproof worm-bag. 



When carrying worms to and at the water 

 don't put them in a box and dump dirt on top 

 of them; put in the soil first, worms on top and 

 let them find their own way into it. 



Worms may be bred in a worm-box, which 

 should be at least three or four feet square and 

 of nearly the same depth. In one corner of the 

 bottom cut a small hole for a drain and cover this 

 with a double thickness of wire mosquito-screen 

 tacked firmly in place. Sink the box where 

 it will not receive the full direct force of the 

 sun's rays, but a touch of sunshine at sometime 

 during the day is beneficial. The side of a barn 

 is a good place, where the earth is damp; but it 

 must have suitable protection from the rain so 

 as not to become water-soaked. Sink the box 

 two-thirds of its depth. Put in about six inches 

 of good garden loam and then a couple of good- 

 sized pieces of sod. Continue with alternate 

 layers of loam and sod till the box is nearly 

 filled, with loam at the top. 



The best time to collect your worms is after 

 a rain. Select only the liveliest, healthiest look- 

 ing ones, and of course unmutilated. About an 

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