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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 214

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n injury. igo6.J NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. 749 makes a large mass with wood-fibers runningin every direction, thus producing the beautifulcarved appearance. Professor Ward refers tosuch growths as burrs and knauers. They arealso sometimes called burls or wood-warts.Certain big burls give… … VERY TAME WATER FOWL.Our young folks will remember the articleon Wild Ducks in Autumn in November,1905 Nature and Science. Under the head-ing the editor put this quotation from the Rev.Herbert K. Job as to cultivating the tamenessof water fowl: Why should not the great nature-loving public findalso…

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