1913. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
253 
Shooting Mink and Muskrat. 
A. B. F., Princeton, N. J. —I have read 
with interest the articles in your paper in 
regard to game laws. Is it necessary to 
have a license to shoot mink, muskrat, etc.? 
1 wrote to the chief warden of New Jersey 
and was told that they are "not protected 
by the game laws." A local warden says 
you must have a license to hunt anything. 
Ans. —The game laws of New Jersey 
state the following 
1. No citizen of this State shall at any 
time hunt, pursue or kill with a gun, or any 
firearm, any of the game birds, wild animals 
or fowl which are protected during- any 
part of the year, or shall use any gun or 
firearm for hunting, except as herein pro¬ 
vided, without first having procured a li¬ 
cense so to do, and then only during the 
respective periods of the year when it shall 
be lawful, and, for the purpose of this 
act, the word citizen shall be construed to 
mean any person, male or female, who has 
resided, or shall reside bona fide in this 
State for the period of one year immediately 
preceding the application for license; pro¬ 
vided, however, that the occupant of any 
farm in this State, and the immediate mem¬ 
bers of the family of said occupant, resid¬ 
ing on said farm, shall have the right, with¬ 
out such license, to hunt, pursue or kill on 
said farm any wild animal or fowl pro¬ 
tected by law in the manner provided by 
law at any time when it is lawful by law 
to kill any of the wild animals or fowls 
protected by law. 
manure well, Fall plow the land and the 
following Spring fertilize and thorough¬ 
ly prepare it. This should put it in 
fine condition for high-class agriculture. 
T. E. MARTIN. 
Box Trap for Rabbits. 
J. J, M., Sinclairville, N. Y. —Will you 
give me full directions how to make a 
box trap to catch rabbits? 
Ans. —Material required : Sides, two 
pieces, 2 feet by 10x34 inch; bottom, one 
piece, 2 feet by 9xJ4inch ; top, one piece, 
9J4 inch; back, one piece, 2 feet by 
10^xj4 inch. In the picture T, trigger 
about 10 inches long; B, brace which 
fits in notch at N; P, wooden pin used 
as hinge at X. After box is construct¬ 
ed from material given above, bore a 
hole in the back a little larger than the 
trigger; take a stout cord, fasten it at 
S, draw through notch at R, and tie to 
center of brace. Stick an apple on trig¬ 
ger as shown in cut, and the trap is 
ready for the rabbit. 
HERBERT L. DOTY. 
Water Lilies and Malaria. 
O. F. P., Locust Valley, N. Y. —I have 
been told that where abundance of pond 
lilies grow there is no malaria. If this is 
a proven fact I intend planting in pond on 
place, provided I can get a variety that 
will grow in these parts. All drains or 
ditches have been open about here for some 
time. I had the malaria almost all of last 
Summer except the time I was in New Jer¬ 
sey, where the pond lillies grow in quan¬ 
tity. 
Ans. —One of the most interesting 
and valuable discoveries in modern 
medicine is that malaria, so long sup¬ 
posed to be a miasm from the swamps, 
is caused by the presence in the blood 
of a parasite which finds entrance to 
the human body only through the bite of 
certain variety of mosquitoes. This 
mosquito, the Anopheles, easily recog¬ 
nized by its disproportionately long legs, 
and its habit of holding its body at a 
sharp angle with the surface upon which 
it stands, when biting, in order to trans¬ 
mit malaria, must have previously bitten 
some one suffering from that disease, 
and taken into its own body the para¬ 
site which it injects with its saliva at 
the time of biting its victim. As mo¬ 
squitoes breed in swamps and pools of 
stagnant water, it is easy to see how 
the vicinity of swamps early acquired 
an undesirable reputation as a dwelling 
place, and how night air fell under sus¬ 
picion, since it is chiefly at night that 
mosquitoes fly and bite. With this 
knowledge of the cause of malaria, it is 
difficult to trace any connection between 
the disease and the presence of water 
lilies, unless these plants afford shelter 
and protection to small fresh water fish, 
all varieties of which greedily devour 
the larvae of mosquitoes, and prevent 
further propagation. m. b. d. 
“So the appendix is useless, then, 
doctor? We could live without it?” 
“Well, the patient, perhaps, but not 
the surgeons.”—Pele Mele. 
“Begin at the bottom and work up, 
Patrick; that is the only way.” “It 
can’t be done in my business. I’m a 
well-digger.” 
This appears to mean that a farmer 
may without a license shoot mink or 
muskrats on his own farm at any time. 
When it comes to shooting these animals 
off his farm we should judge that he 
must have a license. 
Cost of Draining an Acre. 
R. II. It-, Brooklyn, N. Y. —What would 
it cost to tile-drain one acre of land? The 
soil Is sandy loam. I have seven acres 
at West Egg Harbor, N. J.; six acres are 
dry, one acre, part of it, is wet. 
Ans.— The cost of draining an acre of 
land depends on several factors, such as 
outlet, distance apart of laterals, depth, 
character of soil, grade, efficiency of 
men and size of tile. Orinarily the out¬ 
let and fall are the first considerations. 
But if nature has been liberal on .these 
important points no discussion on them 
need follow. It is stated that the soil 
is sandy loam. Sandy soils are usually 
loose and open ones, and are easily and 
economically drained. For truck grow¬ 
ing the drainage should be thorough, 
perhaps 40 to 60 feet apart for the lat¬ 
erals. But for general farming on such 
soils in this case, probably 60 feet apart, 
three feet deep and four-inch round tile 
for both main and lateral ought to han¬ 
dle the acre proposition successfully. If 
the soil is naturally wet with a tight 
subsoil, 50 feet apart for lateral drains 
will be a safer and wiser distance. 
The parallel plan of placing laterals is 
the approved way of laving out a drain 
system. Lay out the long way if con¬ 
sistent with the fall. With laterals 50 
feet apart, 871 1-5 feet of drain would 
be required per acre. Excavating sandy 
loam three feet deep, will vary, 30 to 50 
cents per rod, which includes grading 
and laying the tile, would probably be 
a fair guess. If an easy or tough sub¬ 
soil is found the cost will decrease or 
increase materially, particularly the lat¬ 
ter way. Four-inch tile at $22.50 per 
1,000 feet would cost $19.50 for the 
871 1-5 feet or 53 rods of drainage. 
Calculating 40 cents per rod for the dig 
ging, grading and laying of tile, of 
$21.20 and $5 for the back filling, the 
total cost would be $45.80. This, of 
course, is excessive, but on a small scale 
and with unskilled men it is a fair 
average. With drainage machinery in 
experienced hands the cost could be les¬ 
sened possibly 30 per cent. After drain¬ 
ing the cleaning up of the land should 
not be expensive. Bushes mentioned 
could be grubbed out by hand or pulled 
out with a team, ground well plowed, 
harrowed, limed, reharrowed, manured, 
fertilized and well fitted. This should 
put it in shape and ready to grow any 
of the general crops adapted to that 
section. At the close of next season 
Cut Down Upkeep 
I have built cars for 26 
years—60,000 of them. 
But of all I have learned, 
nothing else com pares with 
these ways for cutting up¬ 
keep—shown in Reo the 
Fifth. 
The Final Cost 
The buyer sees just the car’s first 
price. But the vital thing is the 
after cost. 
That may be little or it may be 
much. It depends on the builder 
largely. And the difference to you, 
in the course of five years, may be 
$ 1 , 000 . 
How I Reduce It 
One big item is tires. 
In Reo the Fifth I cut this cost by 
using tires 34x4. They cost $60 per 
set more than tires often used on a 
car of this weight. But they save 
many times that in tire bills. 
I use in this car 15 roller bearings 
i—11 Timken, 4 Hyatt. They cost 
five times as much as common ball 
bearings. But they do not break. 
I use 190 drop forgings, at twice 
the cost of steel castings. But drop 
forgings don’t have flaws. 
'Ey R. E. Olds , Designer 
Margin of Safety 
Axles and driving parts should 
show very large over-capacity. I 
build them all to stand the tests for 
a 45 h. p. car. That leaves enor¬ 
mous margin. 
I have all steel made to formula, 
Then I analyze each lot twice. 
For testing my gears I use a 
crushing machine of 50 tons’ capac¬ 
ity. 
I use 7-leaf springs, two inches 
wide. And I test them for 100,000 
vibrations. 
Each engine is tested for 48 hours 
—20 hours on blocks, 28 hours in 
the chassis. I employ unusual tests. 
Each car in the making gets over 
1,000 separate tests and inspections. 
Costly Items 
I use a $75 magneto to save igni¬ 
tion troubles. I doubly heat my car¬ 
buretor, for low-grade gasoline. I 
use a centrifugal pump, not a 
syphon. That adds about $10. 
I use 14-inch brake drums. 
I give each body 17 coats, so the 
finish will endure. I use the best 
genuine leather in upholstering. 
Also the best curled hair. 
I am using flush electric dash 
lights in place of the old-style 
lamps. 
All these things are costly. Yet I 
supply them, through factory econ¬ 
omy, in a wonderfully low-priced 
car. 
A car without them is likely to 
cost five times as much for upkeep. 
There may be costly repairs, and 
frequent. 
I never would buy a lesser car. 
Therefore, I never shall build one. 
Our $100 Control 
Here is one feature worth $100 
which costs not an extra penny. 
It’s the Reo center control. All 
the gear shifting is done by moving 
one little handle only three inches 
in each of four directions. It is as 
simple as moving the spark lever. 
The driver sits on the left hand 
side, as in the latest high-priced 
cars. And this control lever is at 
his right hand. 
Both brakes are operated by foot 
pedals. There are no brake levers, 
so both front doors are clear. 
A car in these days should have 
these modern features. 
Sold by 1,000 dealers. Write for 
our 1913 catalog and we’ll tell you 
the nearest show-room. 
R. M. Owen & Co., General Sales Agents for Reo Motor Car Co., Lansing, Mich. 
Canadian Factory, St. Catharines, Ont. 
Reo the Fifth 
The 1913 Series 
$1,095 
30-35 
Horsepower 
Wheel Baie— 
112 Inches 
Tires— 
34 x 4 Inches 
Center Control 
15 Roller 
Bearings 
Demountable 
Rims 
Three electric 
lights 
190 Drop , 
Forgings 
Made with 
5 and 2 
Passenger 
Bodies 
Top and windshield not included in price. We equip this car with mohair top. side Curtains and slip cover, 
windshield, gas tank for headlights, speedometer, self-starter, extra rim and brackets—all for $100 extra (list price $170). 
