ON CALLERS AND CALLING 183 



oughly cleansed of all its marrow. After cutting 

 off nearly one half inch from each end of the bone, 

 the ends are made quite smooth with a file, all 

 rough surface removed, and the bone finished 

 with fine sandpaper or emery. The round end 

 of this bone is packed and glued into the end of a 

 piece of reed cane joint two inches long and 

 three-eighths in diameter. Then a nice nickel- 

 plated ferrule or thimble is fitted on the cane to 

 prevent splitting, and the sloping end is wrapped 



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Jordan's turkey call 



with silk. Next, get another joint of cane that 

 the first piece will just fit into and glue them 

 tightly together; then cut off until the right tone 

 is produced. The flat end of the bone is used as 

 the mouth-piece. The end of the bone that is in- 

 serted in the cane is wrapped with tissue paper 

 wet with glue and pushed firmly into the cane 

 three quarters of an inch, and care must be taken 

 to make this call air-tight at the joints; when the 

 glue dries, it will be strong, air-tight, and durable. 



