Playboy After Hours

May, 1967

Deluged as we are with dull direct-mail solicitations, we're always on the lookout for an irresistible offer. We thought we had a winner recently when a letterhead emblazoned with large, carnivorous-looking insects caught our eye. The mimeographed missive was from one Hugh A. Carter of Plains, Georgia, who wasted few words getting to his point: "Sir: you can make thousands of dollars yearly raising gray crickets to sell as fish bait." This, frankly, is a way of making thousands of doll...