. . ll. It should be sownas quickly as possible after removal from cold storage, andquite thickly, as the growing plants when near together sup-port one another, and their root anchorage holds the mud inplace. Wild celery is the food that has made the Canvas-backfamous; but many other Ducks feed upon it, and it bettersthe quality of their flesh. The Redhead, the Scaups and otherdiving Ducks easily can obtain the succulent buds of this plant;but none feeds on it so habitually as does the non-diving Ducks cannot, as a r
. . ll. It should be sownas quickly as possible after removal from cold storage, andquite thickly, as the growing plants when near together sup-port one another, and their root anchorage holds the mud inplace. Wild celery is the food that has made the Canvas-backfamous; but many other Ducks feed upon it, and it bettersthe quality of their flesh. The Redhead, the Scaups and otherdiving Ducks easily can obtain the succulent buds of this plant;but none feeds on it so habitually as does the non-diving Ducks cannot, as a rule, secure the tender buds 576 GAME BIRDS, WILD-FOWL AND SHORE BIRDS. and the rootstocks unless they steal them from the divingDucks, but all parts of the plant are eaten by Ducks, and it isa very important duck food. Mr. McAtee found that eventhe Scoters, or so-called Coots, on a Wisconsin lake in falllived mostly on this plant, and the real Coot {Fvlica americana)is fond of it and commonly dives for the buds. The non-divingDucks feed mainly upon the Fig. 23. — Wild celery. (Reduced from Reichenbach.) (FromCircular No. 81, Bureau of Biological Survey, United StatesDepartment of Agriculture.) Wild celery is found in some of the best ducking ponds ofNew England. It is a submerged plant, with long, flat, flexibleleaves of light translucent green, from one-fourth to three-fourths of an inch in width. A leaf held up to the light showsnumerous fine, straight, parallel veins running along its entire
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