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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1934
Page
8
Practical older field guide tips describe building a small night fire for a two man lean to. It covers fuel selection including sugar maple birch hickory beech and ash, log sizes, staking, and arrangement for steady heat and safety.
Venison cooks best when properly prepared. Roast or fry tender cuts over open fire, with salt and butter to preserve juiciness. Avoid salt too early, as it taints juices. coarser cuts suit stews and pot roasts with vegetables. Hang venison cold for 10 days to two weeks to improve flavor and prevent taint.
In vivid, grim prose the Forest Fire advances with smoky clouds and fevered heat. wildlife flees scorched, from a bear to a doe and fleeing fawns, as flames devour nests and roosts. The narrator blames reckless human carelessness for releasing the demon and starting the blaze, leaving blackened stumps and ruined soils in its wake.
An experienced grouse hunter describes a hunter’s sixth sense for locating shot birds. If the bird isn’t visible, listen for the thump and watch for drifting feathers. Follow the line of flight beyond expected fall and use a good dog to indicate downed game.
A playful description compares a creature to a duckbill couple, noting the male and female resemble beavers with thick fur and horny bills. The female reportedly lays 3-4 inch eggs with soft white shells. They live in water-adjacent burrows and eat mollusks. The passage hints you might spot one only if traveling to Australia or Tasmania by airplane.
In the Malay peninsula a three foot wide blossom attracts pollinators only when ripe, releasing a pervasive tainted meat odor that draws bees and flies to gather pollen from other plants. The insects gain nothing in return, proving even old horseflies can be fooled.
The Salishbury Meyersdale Sports men's Association ran a watersnake drive offering ten cents per snake. Final proofs show 3252 snakes killed during the contest. In Somerset county expectations rise for better fishing ahead despite the odd hospital ward note and d t over Baw.
An emergency lantern made from an empty tomato can uses a candle placed in a side hole near the bottom. The can top is bent back to form a handle while the bright bottom acts as a reflector.
A grouse that starts near the shooter and crosses front should be held up with moderate lead as speed appears slow. By contrast the bird with a fair start requires liberal lead since it gathers speed and then changes rating once it is under way, unlike the flashing bird with its thunder.
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