December, 1917 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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be done unless there is something to keep 
the pan from sliding forward off the grate 
and most likely landing bottomside up¬ 
wards in the ashes and litter of the fire. 
By using two pieaes of wire bent to the 
shape shown in the sketch, and slipped on 
the ends of the grate wire which hold the 
bread pan in place, you can hold the pan 
at the exact angle to get an even heat top 
and bottom. When bread or biscuits are 
properly made and baked in this way 
they are equal to, and I believe a little 
better than anything that can be baked in 
your own kitchen stove at home. With 
the pan fixed so it will not slide out, you 
can tilt your baker slightly forward after 
the bread begins to bake, by propping up 
the back legs on chips or a little piece of 
wood. This lets the heat get into the 
oven better. Do not let your fire burn 
down until the bread is baked to a nice 
brown, top and bottom. 
Good hot biscuits in camp are always 
appreciated, and more than pay for the 
slight trouble they are to make. Potatoes 
also can be baked in a reflector better and 
quicker than in the ashes. A wire toaster 
and broiler packs nicely with the folder 
baker and weighs only about seven ounces. 
C. L. J., Easton, Md. 
Hunter’s Method of Baking 
Sometimes when I am “going light” I 
do not take a baker with me and whenever 
I run short of bread I bake it on a stick. 
The prepared flours need only to be mixed 
with water to make a light, wholesome 
bread; stir in enough flour to make a stiff 
dough that can be easily handled and will 
“stay put.” Then cut a stick with two or 
three branches or forks. Place the dough 
on them and suspend as shown in the pic¬ 
ture, the bread hanging about ten inches 
from the ground. It must not hang direct¬ 
ly over the fire but to one side. Every 
little while spin the stick so that the bread 
will brown on all sides, and do not set the 
pole so close as to burn the bread. It 
should cook in ten to fifteen minutes. 
O. B., New York. 
Information About Nessmuk 
I have camped and tramped over nearly 
all of the States and in many cases I owe 
my comfort to hints derived from Ness- 
muk’s book on “Woodcraft.” From begin¬ 
ning to end it is full of information, and 
between the lines there is room for won¬ 
derful imagination, only for readers that 
can meditate as did Nessmuk. On reading 
the book, I have often wondered was 
“Nessmuk” his name, was he still living, 
or if dead, where he was-buried. In the 
book he speaks of going from Wellsboro 
over to the Blockhouse. And this spring 
while travelling through Pennsylvania, I 
resolved to find out. Soon after arriving 
at Wellsboro I began inquiring of Ness¬ 
muk and the Blockhouse. The first nine 
people I asked had never heard of either. 
Then I began to look for some older man 
for information, although several I had 
asked were on the wrong side of forty. 
Pretty soon I observed a man who looked 
like a woodsman. Unfortunately he was 
deaf, and in trying to make him hear me 
I soon attracted a crowd of listeners. But 
I was on the right track. He was an old 
Forest and Stream reader and had known 
Nessmuk personally, and as soon as he 
mentioned the name George W. Sears 
everybody could talk and the information 
1 then received would fill a book. I visited 
his last resting place in the Cemetery and 
wondered if he knew how many hunters 
revere his name. 
I always like to read the “hints” and 
find out what the other fellow is doing, 
and if his ideas are better than mine. How 
many have tried sleeping in a cot or ham¬ 
mock on a cold night with just blankets 
under them ? Unless you have a great 
many blankets the cold will keep you 
awake, as the cold air circulating under¬ 
neath will work up in time to the sleeper. 
This is the way I got around it: Under 
the cot I fill the space with straw. Same 
way with the hammock—it was lowered 
down to just above the ground, then plenty 
of straw was piled on the ground to meet 
it and I slept warm and cozy. 
If anyone has been unfortunate enough 
to experience the damage that can be done 
an outfit by a loosened cork in a bottle of 
liquid, he may be glad to know of this way 
to keep corks where they belong, and fully 
efficient. Take a square of cloth or paper 
according to the size of corked bottle; lay 
the patch on top and fold the edges down, 
then tie with a cord just below the bottle 
flange. Do not put the cloth' under the 
cork or it will surely leak out. This mis¬ 
take is often made., so I add the special 
word of caution. 
If a camper needs an extra pair of socks 
and has to buy them at an out of the way 
country store, he is apt to find that they 
have a bad seam across the toe and maybe 
in the heel too. This is true especially of 
gray cotton socks made to imitate the old- 
fashioned western round up sock. Before 
using the socks turn them inside out and 
wear them that way; then there will be no 
danger of the seams hurting the feet. 
Jim Ferguson, New York. 
A Handy Little Folding Stove 
Here is a description of a handy little 
folding stove that may be of some use to 
Forest and Stream readers who want a 
small stove of some kind and yet cannot 
carry much weight. I have used this kind 
on fishing trips for about twelve years and 
I have not yet found anything to suit me 
better, as it is not bulky and easily goes 
inside the saucepan with the cups. Three 
pieces of iron are required for its con¬ 
struction, i2 inches long by i inch wide 
by 1/16 inch thick. Bend at right angles 
in the center and put a small bend at one 
end as shown in the diagram. Then rivet 
these ends together. The small bend pre¬ 
vents the rivet head from setting up high 
and causing the pan to set unsteadily on 
STOVE CLOSED. TOP VIEW OPEN. 
the stove. In using this stove a good bed 
of coals should be prepared, or if you have 
a large camp fire for warmth or comfort, 
rake out a good bed of coals at one side 
of the big fire, plant your stove over it, 
and proceed to cook the dinner without 
roasting yourself. This stove sets solid 
and is in no danger of tipping over and 
spoiling the result of a day’s fishing. It 
can be used to hold a broiler, a frying pan 
or a coffee pot and serves its purpose as 
well as a high-priced store article. It is 
way ahead of other stoves that I have 
seen illustrated in other papers. 
R. L. G., Toronto, G'ntario. 
To Prevent Foot Troubles 
If the feet become blistered or you wish 
to prevent that calamity (it is a calamity 
on the trail) wear light weight woolen 
socks and coat the inside from ankles 
downward with common yellow bar soap, 
repeating the application for two or three 
days, or whenever you change your socks. 
There is no better remedy or preventive 
than this, and it is always easy to procure. 
