The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-27
TadpoIes, Ticks and
tuberculosis
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tnkle Inn, Temptation Peak,
~ hn1DE horn h. tho Cane EeaE

Inkle Inn is perched on the very
brink Of the turbulent Cape Fear
river where | sleep so easily that do
not awake myself with snoring.
There is no noise. The waters of
the river, after passing through the
three great wheels Of the Power and
Light Company, are too much ex-
hauSted to make much fuss in rush.
ing and tumbling yer the rocks.
This particular brink is a good 100
yards from the river. and my castle
was stuck up in q Well-wooded hill,
very picturesquely. If you could see 1t.
I had no regular routine Of ser
vice but just let things wag without
worry. Pleasure was my work. Union
hours did not bother me. Sunlight
was my delight.
In the Buckhorn country nobody is
steals. The woodland is free to roam
over. The rocks are terribly hard.
and the water is awfully soft, but the
landscape is beautiful.
II the river and creeks would not
get muddy there might be something
doing. Game fish must see before
they will give a chance to fight. The
club must see temptation, he is not
g smel!er nor a feeler. However. he
will naturally strike when hungry,
and often when angry. If you want
to make him mad. spring a small liz
gard on him. He will sure kill and
pouch the lizard regardless Of appe-
tite. A Piute Indian could not do it
so deity.
While perch also must see the bait
wiggle. as a rule, therefore, the wa
ter must be reasonably clear.
June is undoubtedly the worst
month for fishing. as October is the
best. Waters clear up quicker in the
autumn because the falling leaves
tote the mud down stream. 1 expect
ed no great luck, and was not dis
appointed. l had plenty of occupa-
ton. Fell uphill, hit the rocks chin
first, spilled a bucket of minnows and
dislocated my big thumb joint. !
knew falling upstairs was dangerous.
I had turtle hooks and trot-lines to
attend to, minnOwS to catch, worms
to dig. blackberries to pick, plums to
eat. red bugs to battle, and ticks to
eradicate.
Ticks by the way appear to be
abundant where cows roam at large.
When I was but a country boy, and
the bell-cow neglected her duty I had
to tramp into the woods and drive
30 odd scrub cows home to be milk
ed. On the way they would almost
peel the bark Of trees trying to rub
off big ticks. And we would get SIX
quarts Of milk from the bunch OF
cows.
Years later. in order to accentuat<
their own importance veterinarians
made the COWS have consumption an6
named 1t tuberculosis. Since then thu
real doctors have appropriated tn
word and trust it upon men and wO
men, so hat the cow has only got tn
tick left for a disease.
Gov. Winston relates an instance
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two S-inch catfish In a long disuse'
brick hole q mile from other water
Man did not put them there. How
did they get there? The sun got tn
clouds to work and transplanted tn
tiny fsh-rained them down.
Eels may easily travel overland
sort distances. They have been know
20 pond during the heavy dews Q
early morning in search of NOR
water.
THE American bull-frogs, tadpol'
about six inches long, gets rid Of II
all during the second year. He the
toses both tail n gills becoming
oimpet. and changing from fish t
lnimal. This tadpole appears to /
in~distinctly related to the Kangaro
tamily-in it's agitating conditiO
Using it's tail as a rudder.
If you are q somewhat true sport.
nan who would be satisfied with tt
thrill afforded by catching one blac
bass in a day, let your grubstake ma
furnish o a plentiful supply Of sa.
dimes for the outing. They are good
sat Bass are good to look at. II HOY
ever you only fish with your mind {
Jour belly better pa%tronize home il
iustry and get your eats from Il
ash -monger. 1t is cheaper, more no
sst and less hog-like.
a friend suggests and should lii
to discover some fishy water in
dense Jungle at least ten miles fro
any human habitation, amidst birl
bugs, animals, reptiles. IND wild flo
ers; where I can slip in and out a
think, without help, for myself, fir
from movies. grass widows, and bas
ball tara paradise indeed,
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