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Show I NEW FOOD FOR WILD FOWL. H An Rxparlmont with Olilnono Plant on H Columbia Slouch L.ikes. The carp having played havoc with H tho wnpatoes in tho sloughs and ponds H on Sauvies island, on which tho ducks, H geeso and swan used to feed, Mr. H Recder, of Reader's Landing, has se- H cured a lot of Chinese wnpatoes, which n ho will plant ns an experiment, and, if H thoy do well, will try to introduce H them In the lakes, etc., says the Port- land Oregon inn. The Chinese here I consume a great? many wnpatoes, and H also bring over from China many which H aroof a different species, being larger and rounder. The only improvement H they will bo on tho natlvo kind is that H thoy aro too largo for a carp to swallow, while tho ducksr etc., can B perhaps bite them in pieces and swallow I them. Several efforts havo been made to H introduce plants on the island which H might attract tho waterfow.l nud take tho placo of the wnpatoes and widgeon H weed, but all jsuoh attempts have H "m-oved failures. Wild rico by. tho sack US II "i ' |