. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 8 BULLETIN 58, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. CHUFA. VALUE AS DUCK FOOD. Like some of the other duck foods mentioned in this circular, chufas are at present known to be of only local importance. Those best ac- quainted with conditions at Big Lake, Ark., one of the most famous hunting grounds of the South, believe that the chufa, or nut grass, as it is there called, is the principal element in rendering that lake so attractive to waterfowl. Examination of stomachs fi^om that local- ity seems to justify this behef. Six
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 8 BULLETIN 58, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. CHUFA. VALUE AS DUCK FOOD. Like some of the other duck foods mentioned in this circular, chufas are at present known to be of only local importance. Those best ac- quainted with conditions at Big Lake, Ark., one of the most famous hunting grounds of the South, believe that the chufa, or nut grass, as it is there called, is the principal element in rendering that lake so attractive to waterfowl. Examination of stomachs fi^om that local- ity seems to justify this behef. Six out of a series of nine mal- lards collected at Big Lake in December, 1910, had fed on sedge tubers, the average percentage of which in the total food of the nine. Fig. 7.âRange of the wapato. was 56. Tubers of tliis species or others of its genus have been found also in duck stomachs from Florida, lUinois, Minnesota, and California. The species of ducks now known to feed on chufas are the wood duck, mottled duck, mallard, and canvasback. DESCRIPTION OF PLANT. The chufa (Cyperus escuUntus) (fig. S) belongs to the group of ]ilants known as sedges. These arc grass-hke and usually classed ^^â ith the grasses by nonbotanists. Many of the sedges, however, including the chufa, have triangular, not round, stalks. Tlie members of the genus Cyperus have a group of leaves at the base from which rises the stalk bearing the flowers and seeds. In the chufa these stalks are from 1 to 3 feet high. Several flower clusters on peduncles of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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