March, 1918 
FOREST AND STREAM 
169 
HINTS, ¥ 
AND 
F. W. R., Holyoke, Mass.: 
[Relative to your query in the January 
issue of Forest and Stream as to the best 
method of keeping the feet warm when 
hunting, the following replies have been 
sent in. We hope that they will prove 
helpful, and extend our thanks to our 
readers for their ready response to a 
brother sportsman’s inquiry.— Editors.] 
I was born in the days of cowhide boots 
and my feet were always painfully cold 
and sometimes wet. Then came the rub¬ 
ber boots with the extra stocking foot to 
be worn over the regular sock—drier feet 
the result, also colder feet. Then came 
the shoes with the high cloth top overshoe 
so familiar to everyone these days. They 
were very warm indeed, and my feet were 
always comfortable. But if you want 
something in which you can sit on a log 
all day and fish, or sit on a rock indefi¬ 
nitely and wait for your game and have 
your feet so warm and comfortable that 
you will forget where you are, buy a pair 
of felt boots with a two- or three-buckle 
overshoe, the higher the better. Every 
night take off the overshoes and dry them 
out, and there you are! No matter how 
cold the weather, or how much snow or 
rain, your feet will be the least of your 
troubles. I have tried everything on the 
market and these felt boots are the best 
I ever have found. I have ridden all day 
in extreme cold weather on a load of tele¬ 
graph poles, driving team with my feet 
hanging'down uncovered except with these 
boots. I never knew real comfort in the 
woods until I had them. Of course they 
are somewhat cumbersome and not in¬ 
tended for the drawing room, but for 
warmth I can heartily recommend them. 
W. O., Wilton, Conn. 
My sympathies are extended to F. W. 
R., who inquires about a remedy for cold 
feet. I have done considerable hunting 
and surveying in Northern Ontario and 
the Rockies of British Columbia and until 
a few years ago cold feet surely were 
very troublesome. After trying everything 
in boots and socks I wear now a pair of 
medium heavy wool socks first, then a pair 
of mackinaw socks, the heavy lumbermen’s 
kind, and rubbers. The secret, I find, is 
not to get your socks or rubbers too tight. 
In very cold weather I wear medium 
weight wool socks, then heelless sheepskin 
i shoes, then the mackinaws and rubbers. 
It is rather bulky, but you will find it very 
i warm. On runways or running instru¬ 
ments I keep my feet moving continually, 
tapping my toe against my heel, each foot 
alternately. It becomes a habit and no 
'bother. If your feet do get cold for a 
spell, throw your foot forward full length 
with a snap a few times. It will warm it 
up. If you have to stand quiet much, keep 
off the snow or rocks and stand on a 
bunch of brush or limbs. I have stood 
the cold 35 0 to 40° below in this gear. 
H. W. P„ Windsor, Ont. 
Here in Northern Minnesota we have 
been having 45 to 50 degrees below zero 
during the last of the year. For winter 
wear I select a pair of light woolen socks, 
a pair of light weight leather soles with 
soft roomy toes and wear over these a 
pair of four-buckle Arctics. I have spent 
several winters in the logging camps and 
have had experience with almost every 
kind of footwear, but find nothing so com¬ 
fortable as this outfit. 
A. B. P., Big Falls, Minn. 
I live on a farm and am out on all the 
cold days as well as the warm ones, and 
have done a little hunting and trapping 
this fall and winter, as 'well as cutting 
wood when the mercury stood below zero. 
My “recipe” for keeping my feet warm is 
to wear a pair of home knit woolen socks 
next my feet, over that a pair of cotton 
socks, then a pair of leather shoes and 
leggins. If the weather is wet I put on 
two pair of woolen socks and a pair of 
moccasins inside my rubber boots. I have 
found that the secret is to keep the feet 
dry by wearing woolen socks. 
R. E. J., Newark, Del. 
I have been prospecting for years in the 
far north of Canada. Wrapped in two 
pairs of woolen socks, sheepskin mocca¬ 
sins and deerskin moccasins on top, your 
feet are liable to get cold when snowshoe- 
ing all day at 40 degrees or more below 
zero. Make a little fire and give your 
naked feet a good rub with snow until 
they get red. You may think it tough, but 
your feet must get hardened. In ordinary 
temperatures one’s feet should not get 
cold unless one’s blood circulation is bad. 
Try the following treatment: Give your 
feet a hot bath about twice a week, add 
cold water to the hot water and finish up 
with cold water. Dry and rub well and 
put vaseline or olive oil, rubbing in well. 
Thus your skin will be made healthy and 
do its work. Exercise your toes and 
ankles. Do not spoil your feet with too 
many wrappings or narrow shoes as this 
prevents free circulation and your skin 
becomes dead. Harden your feet. 
H. B., Cleveland, Ohio. 
G. L. S. Columbus, Ohio: 
You can buy a sleeping bag at any of the 
many establishments which sell sportsmen’s 
outfits or you can make one at home. 
Watch the columns of Forest and Stream 
as an article on constructing a practical 
sleeping bag will be published soon. 
J. W. B., Toledo, Ohio: 
In reading my January number I see you 
are going through New Mexico from Den¬ 
ver, Colo. If you have time and want a 
good day’s rabbit, quail and partridge 
shooting you will most likely go to Santa 
Fe and then on to Albuquerque, N. M. 
Take a run down to Columbus, N. M., and 
visit the hill where Villa had his machine 
gun planted at the raid in 1916, also the 
drug store near the bank where most of 
the fi;ghting took place. The Mexicans 
went in by the side door and came out at 
the front door only to be dropped and 
they were all burnt on the hill just across 
the railroad tracks from Columbus. You 
can go to Deming, N. M., and on the way 
have some fine shooting. About eight 
miles from Columbus take the left-hand 
road, it takes you up to the mountains 
and there is where we used to hunt lots 
of game. From Deming you go to Phoe¬ 
nix, Arizona. Wishing you a good trip. 
F. W. R., Holyoke, Mass. 
R. C., La Mott, Pa.: 
In the December issue of Forest and 
Stream you mention pumpkin seed emul¬ 
sion as a cure for tapeworm in dogs. 
Kindly let me know how to prepare this, 
the amount to give, etc. I have tried many 
different things on a young dog without 
results. 
Ans.—Shell one-half pint of pumpkin 
seeds, stew over a slow fire until soft. 
Give a dose of one teaspoonful to a dog 
the size of a fox terrier; repeat in three 
days if necessary. 
C. F. R., New York.: 
Please tell me through your “Seneca’s 
Hints and Helps” where I can get a new 
Springfield Army rifle, how much it costs, 
and what would the cartridges cost? 
Ans.—The only way you can obtain a 
new army rifle is by enlisting. If you are 
of sound health and suitable age and do 
so, we hope you will return safely a good 
marksman ready to teach a new genera¬ 
tion how to shoot, so that we will again be 
a nation of riflemen. 
“Very Much Interested,” New York: 
I have a piece of land of about 50 acres- 
suitable for game bird raising and am con¬ 
templating the raising of same, especially 
pheasants and probably quail. Do you 
think I would find sale for birds and eggs 
if produced in any large quantity or in 
other words, a paying proposition if prop¬ 
erly managed? I have had considerable 
experience in this line of work. 
Ans.—There is no doubt but that you 
can make it an interesting and profitable 
business. See page 162 of this issue. 
