Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1919 — Indiana Youngsters Make Good Profit in Operating Back Yard Fish-Worm Farm [ARTICLE]

Indiana Youngsters Make Good Profit in Operating Back Yard Fish-Worm Farm

This is a worm story and it concerns fishermen, angleworms, three boys and the unusual but profitable business in which the lads are engaged. All the facts scrambled together and the result —the angle’worm company of Indianapolis, Mike Cain," aged twelve, . president. Three years agoi the boys, who were playmates, were offered a dime, by a merchant to get him a quart of angle worms. That was their start, and during the seasons for angle worms since then they have built up a trade which last year called- for them to supply about ten galloris of worms a week to fishermen. At the cTbse of the 1918 season they decided to form a company and announcements were sent to customers recently that the company would supply the worms to the trade this year. A “worm farm” has been developed in the back yard of the president. The worms are fed at regular intervals and cared for as a farmer wquld his live stock or a poultry faricier his chickens. .Almost every day boys add to the stock on hand by digging in places where experience has taught them Worms are certain to be found. If one wants ordinary worms he can ! get them cheaper than he can “the big ! striped, fat ones” which the company advertises as -choice, andcheones fish in Creeks and rivers- like best. The “choice" stock is retailed at 10 cents i a quart more than the ordinary worms. . The company pays no taxes, no rent, has bought only an occasional spade or bucket, aud has no financial losses. .However, the president, saidheis nOt certain some of the. worms have not crawled away.