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WHOLESALE ANGLEWORM FARMING Michigan Mans Receipt for Easy Bait at the Fishermans Hand, This simple formula, according to W . Often Moon. the angleworm fanner of East Grand Bapida, Michigan, «ill Indnce the production of enonga bait in tea days for a fiahing trip, and the nnilt ipliiation will loiitiniie pi -opoi •: i..uately as time goes on. He lias used the recipe ancreasfnlly for several years, ami ii has been the mcana at bin establishing a lirojiijiidf bnsineaa. At the rate of a dozen huge wriggiera fi r ten eenta be dtonaaed of enongh in one sniumer to net marly sl.iiuo. Ill— farm consists i.f twenty etoefca, bozea and old cans |daccd an tin-slnidy side of his barn. Mr. Moon discovered the poaaibiUty of raiaing angleworms while prospecting in the western pari of Wyoming ten years ago- He had a cabin in tin-hamlet i f Meeteetae, not far from a Shoshone Indian leeeiiatten. One day while Rtroiling abonl looking for ■ likely ereraaae la the rock be wandered into a Sho-- ion.- camp. A big back was Mttin;; at the flat of Ins tepee hollowing oat a short lag. .Moon migned for an explanation of the labor, and for anawer the brave took him to a near-by thicket and pointed out ten loga hollowed and filled with earth. Then be reached throngh the opening in one and drew forth his band filled with writhing aagleworma. "Heap fine." the Indian gi anted. "Catch mnch fish. No hare lo dig." An. I h. 1 .hd lo tell M the formula, lie went back to hi- hamlet, and ragniaanl of the fact that be ..i- Juki na l.i:: as any Khoahone when it came to :: limp .-it i-.n of itigglna bail be hollowed out A |..e and wit bill a i a Uaya had a "warm family" of hi- own. All ih. time be remnlnf d la the weal he kept up the lo;;. .111. 1 when he reiuriid to Michigan In- -1. 11 te.i breeding the bait in boxea and cana. lie began t.. make aalea «uortlj and thea went Into the bnaineaa, derotuog bin entire time in the summer to i:. lie i- now imi.-.I an aneeeaaful. "If- no trick al all 1. raise the worms." the angleworm firmer said. "Anyone ran do it a- w.ll ai- I: la fact, s. Many bare uaed tlie formula thai 1 ..in -. e the effect on my bueineaa. The awaa will thrive and in 11I1 iflv on coffee ground* and corn meal, and it tak« - no time .it all to r.ii-e enough to apply the demand. And it i- some aathnTactioa on a hot day la summer when a fiahing trip i-plaaned to go out behind the barn and get enough hgtl in on.- awoop to la-i. Ml t.-U you it I, eats rpadlag over all the low -pot- in the garden In the effori to - 1 nre a half-can full. "I should think thai every fisherman in the world would adopt my plan. It- for the benefit of tie real angler and in the Intereftt of the meat international pa-tine- that I give the Information away.
