FOREST AND STREAM 
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back lashes will occur so frequently that one will 
soon give it up in disgust. 
However, if the line be soaked in olive, or 
sweet oil before being wound on the reel for 
the first time it will help greatly in prolonging 
its life. 
Olive oil used for this purpose may seem rather 
expensive, but if used in a correct manner the 
expense is very infinitesimal. 
Take a shallow saucer and place in it two 
tablespoonsful of oil, run the entire line slowly 
through this in such a manner that the line will 
soak up all the oil it will hold. 
Let the line dry over night, or for a day in the 
sunlight and then wind it on the reel. 
The result- is that the line is just as pliable as 
formerly, if not more so and is waterproofed to 
a large extent, giving it at least twice the life 
that it previously had. 
If this process is repeated after every three or 
four trips the line will have an astonishingly long 
life, that is, it will seem astonishingly long to 
those who have been troubled with the quick 
wearing out of a bait casting line, and practically 
every steady bait caster is troubled more or 
less in this way. 
As a matter of fact it is a hard problem to 
solve and resolves itself into the few following 
precautionary points, to wit: use all agate guides 
and top, the best procurable, keep the line from 
twisting and dry it out thoroughly after each trip. 
GOOD CONDITIONS IN NORTH DAKOTA. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
On my way to Chicago I met a rancher from 
northern North Dakota, and he gave me a few 
pointers on the conditions of wild game in his 
neighborhood that may be of interest to your 
readers. He told me of seeing jack rabbits by 
the thousands and of the big jack rabbit round¬ 
ups, or drives, when a whole village turns out 
to hunt the jacks, perhaps several thousand be¬ 
ing killed at one drive. Some rabbits! How 
do you easterners like the sound of- that? But 
that s not all; he claims the wild ducks were so 
thick around his place that they actually attacked 
the crops and considerable damage was done by 
these birds; and prairie chickens, they also were 
thick. Every morning he could see them around 
the grain stacks, and in connection with the 
chickens he told me some interesting things. 
First, when the winter snows come on the 
chickens usually find enough grain in the stack 
to subsist on; but, if the grain should happen to 
be all threshed, they have a very good winter 
food in what he calls “chicken berries.” 
A NEW ENGLAND PARADISE FOR CAMPERS. 
The United States Bureau of Forestry has 
decided to throw open 650,000 acres of public 
lands in the White Mountains of New Hamp¬ 
shire to occupation by summer campers. A 
lease of thirty years may be secured at $5 a 
year. The same sum in many parts of New 
England will procure outright possession, but 
it cannot be denied that the White Mountain 
sites are likely to be found far more attractive 
in the particulars of climate, scenery and the 
primitive seclusion that offers a tempting pros¬ 
pect to the man with rod or rifle. He who 
yearns for a lodge in some vast wilderness may 
now indulge his fancy at a moderate outlay.— 
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