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12_40 -O.B. Cromwell, of S.P. Co at [Cyrgrus?] station says: "The tall round tule growing only in soft mud is 'Bull Tule'. The one with the [sprangly?] flowers is 'Common Tule'. Then there is the 'Nut Tule', on account of the shape of its flower clusters. The geese eat the roots and clean out areas of 5, 10 _ 20 acres or even more. Many of the duck ponds, now used by the hunters have been made in this very way. The geese keep feeding as long as they can get at the |
12_41 roots and they can get at the roots as long as they have something to pull against, that is as long as they can pull against the bottom. Sometimes these 'geese wallows' become 4 or 5 ft. deep, as the waters recede the geese work down. They will clean the roots out completely or the next year they get at the tender shoots and complete the job." No. 2459. Scirpus campestris Britton = S. robustus. Bull Tule. "The roots are sweet and succulent like sugar cane. They are eaten by the Indians - [illegible]. I have |
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