JULY, 1917 
FOREST AND STREAM 
325 
joint the rod, and go over it all with a 
moist oily rag. Always hang the tip on a 
nail or peg. It will stay straight if so 
treated and will remain a most desirable 
friend both as to looks and service. Noth¬ 
ing gives more pleasure to the true angler 
than to know that his tackle is always 
ready and sightly in appearance. 
As to baits, almost every species of 
fish which are taken along the beach have 
either a favorite kind or a required way 
in presenting it to them. This will be 
discussed in a future issue of Forest and 
Stream. Could a proper compilation be 
made, it would be a matter of surprise to 
learn the amount of money annually ex¬ 
pended in pursuit of this pastime as well 
as to know the increase in numbers of 
those who have decided to be known 
among the great family of surf fishermen. 
[Mr. Hulit has kindly consented to an¬ 
swer communications from readers of 
Forest and Stream concerning dates, points 
of advantage or any other information as 
to surf fishing on the New Jersey coast 
Address him in care of Forest and Stream. 
—Editor.] 
INTRODUCING MADEMOISELLE 
LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS AND 
M’SIEUR ALLOLOBOPHORA FOETIDA 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
I am sure that Forest and Stream will 
pardon the statement that a letter in its 
June issue will go down to posterity as one 
of the most important of all recent scien¬ 
tific contributions, or else is destined to 
call forth sundry speculations as to the 
intoxicating influences of long continued 
worm breeding a la route of the wooden 
box. A certain experienced angler, in a 
contribution to that issue, has revealed 
skill which has been denied the scientific 
world, lo! these many years. To make the 
pill more bitter still for the scientist to 
swallow, let me quote from page 268 of the 
June number: “Select the choicest worms 
you can lay hands on, half females and half 
males. You can tell the males by the fact 
that they do not wiggle much, but are dull 
when you pick them up. The females wig¬ 
gle the most and are the liveliest.” 
Shades of old Isaak! and he can tell the 
difference, too, by just looking at them. 
What a pity that our angling brother did 
not set the scientific world aright in this 
matter of sex recognition in the lowly 
earthworm, years ago! 
Had the article in question been an ordi¬ 
nary contribution to the pages of our good 
Forest and Stream, I could have laughed 
all by myself. But Brother G., of Minne¬ 
sota, was asking for information regarding 
the starting of a worm ranch, and R. P. L. 
has taken it upon himself to supply the 
needed information. Now I have no criti¬ 
cism to offer as to the method suggested 
save this, Brother G.: Don’t let Robert 
send you after any left-handed monkey 
wrenches, and fight shy of holding the time 
honored sack while he drives in the snipe. 
In short, dont’ let him cause you an over 
amount of worrying in trying to sort out 
“wiggling females” from “dull males.” 
Why? Simply because there ain’t no such 
thing —expert angling advice to the con¬ 
trary notwithstanding. 
The earthworm is an hermaphrodite. 
That is, both male and female sexual or- 
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