ONE-MAN SLEEPING-BAG 
rjN a two months’ sojourn in the 
^ cattle country of western Ne¬ 
braska, I used a one-man sleeping-bag 
described in the following. It is pat¬ 
terned on the model of the double sleep¬ 
ing-bag my wife and I have used on 
trips during the last four years, and 
expect to use on the many future trips 
we have in view, which I described in 
Forest and Stream. March. 1917, is¬ 
sue. 
The idea is to do away with many 
contraptions, such as tie strings, snap 
buttons and lacing one finds so many 
bags adorned with. These are all good 
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if used in tents, gloves and shoes, re¬ 
spectively. This sleeping-bag can be 
made of light-weight material or me¬ 
dium-weight canvas, 12 ounces, as mine 
is, according to one’s experience or use 
it is intended for. For bedding I use 
one eiderdown quilt, 60 by 78 inches, 
and two single wool blankets that are 
sewed together in this way. One is 
doubled lengthwise and the sides of the 
single are sewed to the sides of the 
doubled one. This forms an oblong bag 
open at both ends, so it can be used 
either way for head end, and is easily 
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nights the sleeper can top the pile of 
bedding with just the canvas cover 
above, which is very cooling, then when 
the cool of the early morn comes on just 
shift himself in between the prear¬ 
ranged blankets. To get the bedding in 
the case just run the hands in the two 
holes at the foot end of canvas cover— 
see drawings—and out through the 
head end. The cover forms itself 
around the arms. Next grasp the foot 
end of blankets formerly folded at the 
corners with both hands, then with a 
flit and a shake the bedding is tele¬ 
scoped inside the canvas cover. But¬ 
ton the tabs covering the holes at the 
foot end and tie the corners over with 
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aired. The double thickness is for 
underneath. On cold nights the feather 
quilt is to be placed on top the single 
wool blanket, and warm nights under¬ 
neath the doubled blanket, on very hot 
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the tie strings to the loop sewed on the 
underside of foot end. This will make 
it snug for the tootsies on a cold night, 
then roll up the bed, beginning at the 
head end, till wanted. 
Material needed is close woven khaki 
6 or 8 oz. 14 ft. long x 40 inches wide. 
Cut and sew as shown in the drawing. 
In connection I might as well describe 
my bedding. One eider-down quilt with 
three sets of tie strings. When this 
quilt is folded lengthwise, the sets of 
strings tied, it forms a feather bag. I 
formerly sewed the edges together but 
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