The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-06-03

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many types OF fish. The appearance
of the grub every year in our creeks
and quarries at the same season
prompted letter to our Fish Man.
agement Agent at Ottawa, Foster
Roszman, to learn if there could be
any danger from eating fish con-
tanning these grubs.
Roszman replied that there is no
known danger and also there is no
method of controlling the presence
of the grub. The grub is a parasite
and is found in a high degree of in
festation in water that is we'll aero
ated and warm. In open streams
the grub has not a good chance to
congregate due to the flow of the
stream, and for this reason the
presence of this parasite is greater
in quarry waters.
The grub is found thruout the
waters of the United States even in
the coldest waters of Northern
Michigan and Wisconsin and is
more prevalent in the bass family
than in any of the other species of
fish. In the Blugton area the bass
is the most affected at this time of
the year. There are several stages
in the life span of the grub. First
when it lives in the adult stage as
an internal parasite in the intestines
of the fish, and the second stage is
when it lives in the muscles, liver,
or other organ in the cyst state. In
the first stage the parasite repro
duces and the eggs or young when
cast outside live in non-parasitic
life for short time until they be-
come attached to another aquatic
type of life. Sooner or later this
host is eaten by another fish and the
cycle starts all over again.
The trouble starts when the larva
is cast into the waters of the quar-
ries. There are millions of these
larva swimming about and soon it
is impossible for the fish present to
escape and as result nearly every
type of fish becomes more or less
infected.
These small yellowish worms,
nearly always less than Il inch in
length, when found can be removed
before cooking the fish. They are
harmless to humans and if they
should be consumed they will simply
pass thru the digestive system with
out causing the slightest harm.
There is no cure for the presence
of grubs in fish so the best we can
do is 'learn to love them, and dig
them out as we dig out dandelions
on the lawn.
We received letter from James
Benroth located in India. "knute"
read with interest the accounts in
the column on the development of an
archery organization in the old home
town. He says the natives of India
are expert archers in his present
locality. The bow and arrow are the
only weapons the natives use and
they really know how to handle
them. There is plenty of game to
shoot at and the Indians bag tigers,
leopards, wild boars, and deer as
we'll as smaller game and birds. He
says that many Jap Zeroes are found
cracked up in the dense jungles, and
suggests perhaps the natives are
even more adept with the bow than
even he knows about.
In an earlier letter James told of
a hunting expedition in which he
participated. The group armed with
all sorts of guns and ammunition
took an army truck along for the
hunting trip. The hunt was at
night and the boys had search lights
mounted on the truck bed. When
deer or other animal was seen on the
trail the spotlights were trained on
the game and the boys all opened
fire at once. They seldom missed,
and the deer which they bagged that
night were all full of holes after
the boys opened up on them! They
had a big time on the hunt and he
hopes they will get an opportunity
to go after a few tigers and bigger
game.
In recent letter he tells of the
many scorpions and spiders. Spiders
are found lurking in his tent as
large as his hand! Cobras are
plentiful and he is learning the
knack of avoiding them. He says
the snakes and spiders are as deadly
and as much to be feared as the
enemy.
Here are some methods used to
protect gardens from rabbits other
than fencing the garden with poultry
wire. Wire mesh, of an inch, or
inch and a half is best, but is prac-
tically impossible to obtain these
days.
However, other methods are very
effective also. These methods are as
follows: Dust the plants literally