"Rodney" wrote in message
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Tightwad wrote:
I've heard of it several times over the years but not lately.
I think it was practiced more in the Northern areas of the Country.
I can't comment on how productive it is.

It is VERY productive,, if "fiddle" worms are there, it has also went
high tech, today we do it with a chain saw,, you clear the leaves out,
and sit a running chain saw on the bear ground, the vibrations really
bring the worms to the top, it is better than using a hand saw,,
sometimes we drive a steel 1/2 inch pipe in the ground about 6 inches,
then tap it with a hammer,, any type vibrations bring them out of the
ground. Scientist think that moles create vibrations when they tun
through our dig their tunnels,, moles favorite food is earth worms, this
species of worm escapes the moles

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Cant tell whether you are joking or not but (I dont know about fiddlin for
worms) we used to run a rod into the ground and hook it to a battery IIRC
and drive the worms out of the ground.