| Show M MANY r A ANIMALS IM L I IH SCATTER H lt SEEDS I Surprising and Useful Object Lessons Brought Drought Out by Nature Study I WHAT THE BIRDS ARE DOING I il nt iii I k lo So loor SoI I for or ur Many 1111 ny Animal A and a tel 1 Iet The practical value of ot a II knowle of nature study w was IIa g strIkingly bugh out in Cummings claw cines ela t tat at t the U V nf ot U V when ahen It K was ws l learned m M from frum toni the th testimony of ot students that three thre Ih greet great t curses with which we H Mr are re renow now hOW d In this it state l w were r i put ur urI poorly poely I here her by b but who know not rot nature Thea pe pests pett l at ate 1 the tb Imported M U a II supposed ed killer the Iho wild burdock Imported u a a nt ii elM cine and the Ih white clever Imported Imp an as ank asa k a 11 bay y or fodder Animal and plant Importers Importer ought to lu know what bal Ih y yare are art doing before they act Af A SElm CARRIERS The wd wed that float noal on the surface of ot Inland pond ponda adhere to the Ih feet teet t ami asid feather of or the wild lId duck dukA and ind when thee Ih fowl owis fly ity Ii to 10 other ponde perhaps rh i far fur distant they the Ih reeds The a seeds di will UI mak asak k khen when hen tb ho br breaks ak and wIt wll lodge looe In III th Ih the mud to 10 grow again her here the herons crine and snipes K pj wails wade freely while the swallows alloI martins martin till the robins and thrushes thrush conic CUnO In early cars cummer and AI of course mun many other bIrd rome conic to 10 the pond penis to 10 drink and anet bathe At A they tiler wade Ad In th the mud It II adheres mixed with M ili to th lr fret feet anti ami again iRaln e ln the Ih seeds ma may b be car carried tied ried away tn ti sprout foul and anti grow crow III In other plater Darwin from a ten tee cupful of ot pond J mUll nud W 17 pl from rein the Ihl coeds that had accumulated In lit ilio muil muti of the tho I Kind d Kemer Kmer gives given H It till list listo of ot o 11 21 FH Ins ut of t pond poul duo IliA 1111 whose whoa fl he lie found In the mud Ink tak Inked ed ou Irma from tile the h feet t Mild end f M of ot if R snIpe Mill anti anil nd jick c of plants now found all allover 1 over Vr the world HorM and which up quite quilt unexpectedly at plAce placer N ml mci grating bird have h r reeled t d mid Ron gon to 10 drink d AIr After rainstorm tuo tue the he ee d I I or of lark lanai plant Pilate get gl mixed fluxed with lIb the and adhere to 10 the feet teet of Itt birds bird and maci 3 lad lada mammal a m mal II and many man of or the zhe weedy plants plant are thus spread Wild cherries an are distributed by II the birds bird which eat MI them whole Iud and timid then throw up from the crop rop the tho undigested stone eloise The be n rolAn Mn thrush thru catbird and crow fe feed d upon cherries WHAT TilE CROWS CHOWS DO DOMany Many lher berries pokeweed poison Ivy 1 lv Virginia creeper sumach red lIce ce cc cedar dar Nark Mack alder aider bayberry barberry nail antt wild dork dock or sorrel I are art tf M car carried carneal neal ried Harrow narrow found that front from a it typical typiCal cal ct one pound of oC the aver Ar Arn averne n ne dello lt remained contained the following Number of wed needs polton polion Ivy Iv 1011 poison other othor am 1211 71 red IM cedar 98 96 dogwood N sour soar a gum Rum S 1 total of or jG seeds from a 1 fair air sample ample of surface earth from a place llac frequented only on In the tho by b theae Ih birds This Thu roost of ot U IL acres acre rl would furnish seed Ned enough to 10 sow oO 11 across acre a as AI thickly a as 01 wheat In iii sown OTHER ANIMALS Amus HELP Sheep art are great carrier carriere of th the eds of or pleats plant The little white and blun bluis flower that bloom early earl in III spring over oer overall all our hills hill and mountains mountain noti nola have h rows of ot small email on each seed and antI the plant dante grow row from one Olle to 10 three feet fee I high just high enough t to 10 Ut ho caught In the wool of ot the sheep heel he p the tha manes of ot the hor horses r the Ille tails of or cows cone and dog dogs High trees tree I do not bear Mat th tb u burrs burnt tot fur the animals animal do ilo not reach them And nd further those t plan plants II that thata are at a not nol edible lo to seem e in n to 10 seek k bl bre that thai are A and to grow amon them Henre the tb seeds deed ire are II b the squirrel the Ibe gopher the prairie J dog do th Ih the In carrying away thy edible nuts nut The burdock the burr marigold the crowfoot or buttercup b gar etc ete are ar almost universally Many In d moreover ar u are covered with Ith a coating Ilk like sheLlac that prevent their digested dl I when eaten by b the animals animal And then In the railroad the Ibo emigrant etc lite do Ui lie same esma work In oth other er em r way saye a MISTAKEN FARMERS I I I Two Faa farmers farmer who lived In the Tenth I of ot thU thia city brought In for I at atlon ton two 10 plant plan that thaI now aa AI wee 11 waco l have han overrun almost th the entire stale state the tb whit clover which WM aas pot to 10 I 1 a good rood kind of ot fodder and aM burdock which wan isa o 5 to II hate soul com valuable proper tie U Oilier prominent In Hn titI Ih state cute brought III in the U sparrow to t rat cat 1 fruit but thIs tribe of ot fair live moMI no WI grains grain The Tb of 0 agriculture fen bat Mil Issued a II return on n e d a Look book lag Ing th Ih the met flirts about of ot needs for tor and it win par eny v ry f t tl get St a copy rop Op ot Of It in order to lo select litter eci I only the Ibe pure pers and Ind eNd aeed peed eda are aN distributor Pods cedI c eda d often burst hural opt optand and amid scatter their II aa III th tb the and of at I be the pea IH faintly fawny the t violet 1 the lb squirting ahki burst bul open and vends sends the seeds rd Oral yard ards other plant climb tin tall tree u and ana better to the sine vino tu to crry esMa the Ih d de clot a sticky seed 1 and ld the bird ear car carry ry TI th ta from tree to 10 tree Ue the Ih wild r 1 a sued awn rm a cherry erro and ant K off by b presently t drip theta them SElm HARRIER HARRIERS t oc orean climate may ml four form barriers barrier stick will pate I vent tn the dispersion n of or plant plants ao so that Met eack ci Mite mew ha baa after an all It its III v But BUS the peach and anti wheat CoAt satires o og Of Aa A and amid the tomato and potato SElves 1111 of ot America no stow i grow InOW In bearly ne rI all an temperate cli 11 climatic matlo matic rii ns |
