The sun., 1919-10-23
ROD AND GUN NEWS

per cent. Of the burrows In fence corners
or other out of the way places, and az to
.ewn Rs5' or are Sf men
willingly pay any farmer for all the dam
age done by ground hogs on his place Tor
the privilege OF hunting them.
Corn is the crop usually complained Of
by farmers and with the season opening
h,,Isa Ans. .ta the ground hog can be legally
nciently to be injured.
New fellow sportsman, let US protect
to the outdoors and the wild life as well
as for good article of game food and
hav. ,h newer ts,1a6 to my friends who
AS an example, in the late autumn OF
nd gave PSS SS 0unS 81 mS sGsa fsaas one
IN families Of whom I knew to be las,
tidious In their tastes and live on the
them nne and asked for more. pronounced
The ground hog is bought up largely
In every market where he is exposed Tor
OF his value for food Personally' howo
ever ever. ! prefer to do my own killing and
Pittsburg. Pa. Oct. II. W. H.
Has "Grape Juice" Presidents Complaint
II may be that our friend Grape Juies"
Is suffering from. the same complaint. tenn.
porarily afnictihg out beloved President
tU. s. Al. How about examining his
neaaIths mead the gland in his case may be To-
New York. Oct. 20.
The Kick" In q Casting Rod.
h have mentioned the fact that mo,,
casters mako an error In setting their
Euides At the weakest point of the ROD or
rod shows Its greatest weakness, a. IL
fa3y,v 5y It, bending LIN more readily
some Of the soft rods that are s'Vis used 0Gs in
casting are really fishing rods and require
| The beginner must never confuse . hsh.
Ing rod with q casting rod, for a casting
rod should have only one guide-not 10
after All IL the aim OF ali casters. who
| obviously does not care a tinkers note of
Joy Eor about .,tt,,, the reelins in Of the line.
note note well, MT Switch Reel" does not
sSould be- rss Sss.. s'qs ts spot
kick, Of the rod is developed, and as
n,,s said previously. the guide should be
where the rod Is strongest or most active
| in resiliancy. SO that after the lifting Of
the casting weight IL accomplished and
may speedily snap into a forward dirsc-
ton The quicker thi. is accomplished
most desirable virtue In a casting rod
with stin rod and a properly made
rod OF twelve feet the guide Is best placed
lDs
nine foot rod at about seventeen inches
the Increase of seven inches to tho added
three feet is the ratio which have based
posite. lexicon Of the Cheerful inventors"
long rod of twelve feet passes through
tions. There Is a side twis; impaired to
every rod during a cast. for in twisting
the casting weight" from, the rear TO
forward position Q torsion Is conveyed to
the rod, which Is taken up at the place
the guide In fastened. and at the very
tip OF tho rod. hence my calculations OF
bend. or arc. but a converse cyciOid curve
tudes.
cycioid curve when studied on the
curve of swiftest descent, for Il assumes a
high degree Of velocity, for It's path IS
sanw.t sdmost vertical one with rod this y !;
to a rod at the moment the thumb releases
the casting weight" i almost vertical,
ana the twist developed to do this and
est stress primarily at the tir then at
the guide. and lastly. throughour the cen.
tire OF the rod.
The oscillations Of a soft rod Is dis.
tinctly perceivable and interiors with the
transmission of the line through the tip
spon spide' ,b ior tit It produces ehopplns m9ton o
has been passed. retarding the line and
quite obviously breaking the pGth of mole
This pendicuiar action can b espe-
eially noted whom the right hand is re-
leased from the butt after tho cast has
Seen started which fault many casters
IN a forthcoming scientific article
! she.l explain more fully my theory OF the
tho entire cast depends once il has been
n GRAPE JUICE.
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