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THE OOLOGtST. 



An Automatic Blower Interesting- 

 Oolosrical Items. 



1 liasc iisi'd ;i ])i;iii of l)l()wiug eggs 



iiitciy force all rciuainiiig' inoistmc out 

 of llic Iiolc ami will no) injure tlie egg 

 in tile least. I llnnk it a good |)laiv to 

 rinse iill eggs, frest or otherwise. 



will, eon,, , lei,, sueeess f..r several ye:u^, i ^ ^'"""'^ '' "'"=^1' "*''^ "'^"1'' ''>' ''<'"«'i' = !^ 

 and as Ihave not .<een anything like it 1=' J^'*''"'' "*' ""■'' '" '' '•'•'•'" =''"""' ■^'•^ 

 .leseril.ed. 1 will gis.. a de.serii.tion of T^^"'^''" '""'■"■'^'■^ =""' ^■^'■^l''"i"f^- ^'""i '"' 

 il for the henelit of th<.,s,Mvho still use T" """ ■■^"' " "-'mhl loi n. a bag, fasten 

 the old uielhod, vi/.: Blowing (h.' air ! ^''^^ '" ^' '"'''■ ^''""" ^'^^'•■^■^ '""«■' ='-''^''^^ 

 lln-oughllH..noulh. II is .simply this: ^-''^'Hieuee ui -ethno- a set of Hawk's 

 (iet a small rulihtr hr.lh, such as are 

 \\sct\ on small .-_\ringes. ete., and insert 

 the l)!()\v])ij)e in this and it is ready for 

 use. All you lunc to do is to eoni])ress 

 the liulh and the air is forced through 

 t!ie l)loA\[iipe. The ])ull) I use is one 

 I got from a (loodyear im]ri()\id. atom- 

 izer No. (i. It has an air \a!\ c in one 

 end. This is an ad\antage in one re- 

 spect as it docs not suck anything u]) 

 through the blow iii])e. But for rinsing- 

 eggs it does not couu' so handy, as it 

 will not suck up w ater unless the air 

 valye is sto])ped. This is easily done 

 by ])lacing your finger over the air hole. 

 A rubber ball will do but is iu>t so good 

 as an o\al bulb, as eon!])re.ssing the 



i)all will move the blow ]ni)e upAvards [ ha\e fa\(>rcd me with their c.x]!eriene( 



while in the other the ])ii)e remain.s sta- The Cam ass Back can distance the 



tiomu-y. 1 think 1 can blov,- eggs in j wlio'e Duck family. When tliis duck 



c^;;s tl at were en a h anmg linu). 



I have taken twi'lve s( ts of Ked-tai!((l 

 Hawk's eggs this sjjring. I lind that 

 the eouii)lete sets in\ariai)ly ha\e o 

 eggs in this locality. I U' ver found 

 but one complcle set that had less tlum 

 8 and ue\-cr found tuie th.at had more 

 than 3. 



I hope some one \\\\] try m_\ method 

 of blowing eggs and report what suc- 

 ce.ss he has. (i. H. LocKWOou. 



Flight of Ducks. 



I ha\ e held my watch on se\i'ral 

 kinds of Ducks and Ceese. But the 

 nuiin ])art comes from old gunnels \\ho 



one-fourth the time I could i)y the old 

 way and I \ cry seldom Ijreak one. 

 Tliis maki's bloiving eggs a pleasure 

 where it was to me, i)ef()re I got on to 

 this scheme, one of the dreaded jobs of 

 collecting. To come home from a col- 

 lecting tri)) wiih say 80 or 40 eggs and 

 to have to twist your neck out of shape 

 to blow what little wind there is left in 

 you after a. hard day's tramp through a 

 small blow ])ipe and ])robably have the 

 contents of a "<'hecked" egg squii't in 



takes it easy it makes 30 miles an hcjur. 

 But if it has some ])U.siness somevrhere, 

 it leaves back of it 2 miles a minute, and 

 do(\s it easily. If y(<u don't believe it 

 just lire at the leailer of a string of 

 Canvass Backs thr.t are out on Inisimss. 

 Duck shot travels })retty fast, but if 

 3'ou happi'ii to liit one yen see if it isn't 

 the iifth or sixth one bacl^ of the drake 

 or Icadei-. A diake does not always 

 lead, i)Ul it generally docs if there is 

 oiu' in tiie Hock. If tliei'c is more they 



your fare, or by mistake suck it up in [ will seldom lead. If 3011 wish to bring 

 your mouth, is, to say the least any- | down the leader yoo must a'm al a 

 tiling but ple-is:Mit work for me, and l).\ , space .aboiil S feel ahead of him, and 

 using the above ])lan it is entirely un- ! llr.Mi if he falls you will bnc a lony; d.is- 



necessary. 



Th(> best way I have found to dry 

 eggs, is to hold them h.ole tliMvn near 

 a lighted lamp. This will imnied- 



taiice oil'. The I\!allar<l is a slow one. 

 It is all he can do to make a mile a 

 minute, but he can if he wants to. His 

 regular rate is alxmt 40 miles an hour. 



