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HOW TO CHOP TREES. 
W HEN you’re chopping down trees, 
get enough room to swing your axe, 
by clearing away all stubs and 
branches of nearby trees. If you don’t, 
as sure as a buck goes off a-courting his 
spouse in the fall, your axe will slip—and 
a broken bone or other injury will be the 
result. When the tree begins to creak 
preparatory to falling, don’t stand behind 
that tree, or you’ll hit that Last Trail if 
you do. One of my closest friends paid 
with his life on account of thoughtlessness 
in this regard. 
SLEEPING BAG COVER. 
1 HAVE tried many models, from the sin¬ 
gle piece of canvas with its ring and 
snap fastening known as the tarp, to 
the oblong canvas cases, some laced along 
the side, others double-breasted on top 
and fastened by snap buttons, or tie strings. 
I don’t favor any having the same meas¬ 
urements for both foot and head end; they 
should be sloped, for not many campers’ 
feet call for the same amount of space 
last a week or more and no chance for 
airing the bed. 
O N all ready-made sleeping bags the 
sporting goods dealers show the head 
covering or flap is sewed to the bot¬ 
tom layer and when wanted in place over 
the head, one has to juggle to get it there. 
Now most travelers on a trip are limited 
for sleeping space on account of the small 
shelter tent they have to carry. Suppose 
the sleeping bag flap managed in some un¬ 
accountable way to get out under the tent 
a few inches; a shower falls, is passed on 
by the tent to the edge of flap and then 
into your own waterproof bed comes the 
water. That little incident happened to 
me once, and is the reason I put the flap 
where it should be—on the head end of the 
top cover. 
For getting the blankets in the bag 
quickly, without all that lacing and tying 
afterwards, I devised the way shown and 
after two summers’ use of six months each 
I am well satisfied it fills the bill. Place 
the bedding on the ground as one intends 
it to be when inside its canvas cover, or 
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their shoulders require—at least mine don’t. 
Also most models need too much time to 
get the blankets in place, especially if the 
traveler is rushed to get his camp in shape. 
For the man who likes to have his wife 
along whether traveling by canoe, bicycle, 
motorcycle or cart trekking, carrying every¬ 
thing with them, putting up a tent for the 
nights, preparing the meal with grub pur¬ 
chased in the last town, camping out in all 
kinds of weather that one is sure to meet 
along the water or the high and by-ways— 
have you ever tried it? If you haven’t, 
those that have will bear me out when I 
say if the trip failed the fault was mostly 
with the bed, for a traveler should have his 
sleep in comfort. 
To get that comfort the canvas cover¬ 
ing although the least cost when figuring 
the expense for a sleeping bag, is to me a 
big item if made and shaped right. For 
material I use ten-ounce canvas. It should 
be close-woven for breaking the wind 
and withstanding rough usage. The 
under side may be water-proofed but not 
the upper side, for it will be taken care 
of by the tent and not being treated, there 
is chance for some of the body moisture to 
escape through it; otherwise with the 
moisture condensing inside, the bed will 
be pretty cold, for there are storms in the 
spring and fall of the year that sometimes 
better still have it all sewed before leav¬ 
ing on your trip. I’ll give a description of 
my way. 
One eiderdown quilt 6o by 78 inches; 
one wool army blanket doubled length¬ 
wise, 33 by 84 inches. The 78-inch sides 
of the eiderdown quilt are sewed to the 84- 
inch sides of the doubled wool blanket, 
both ends being left open for airing easily 
I cariy a good all-wool steamer blanket 
separately for the chilly nights around 
camp. Through the two holes at the bot¬ 
tom or foot end cover run your hands in 
and out through the head end. The canvas 
cover forms itself around your arms. 
Grasp the foot end of blankets formerly 
folded, with both hands, your partner stand¬ 
ing with a foot on either side of the blank¬ 
et pile. In other words straddle them and 
take hold at each head corner of the bot¬ 
tom bag layer; then with a steady pull the 
blankets and canvas cover will telescope 
together. Button the two tabs covering 
the holes at the bottom end. 
The diagram shows two tie strings at 
each foot corner of cover and a loop 
sewed on bottom about one foot from end. 
After the blankets are in place turn the 
corners under, tie the strings in the loop. 
This will make it snug for the feet. Then 
roll up your bed till wanted. 
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