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W HEREVER running water is 
needed from the smallest farm ^ ^ 
estate, Kewanee Systems give the : 
supplying an abundance ofjwater 
age—barns and stock. Excellent fire 
protection. No elevated tanks. Any- 
body Can Operate. All expert work “Kewanee plant installed in 1910 — never one 
done at the factory. Kewanee is a particle of trouble and is most satisfactory.” 
complete and compact system. It is ' gms ' RR ’ No ’ 10> Ind,anapolls - Ind - 
real trouble-proof machinery for the inexperienced man and is ready for a life-time of 
good service as soon as the shipping crate is taken off. Do not be satisfied with a hasty 
collection of pipes, pump and tank thrown together on the job and "called” a system. 
The Kewanee System is the result of years of actual experience with water problems 
in every state of the Union. The cost is reasonable—from $45.00 upward, depending 
upon the capacity desired. Our dealers are high class mechanics and will install a 
Kewanee System, with our guarantee, to your entire satisfaction. 
Kewanee Private Utilities 
like Public Utility Plants give every city com 
fort to the man in the country. The last 
objection to living in the country or on the 
farm has been removed by these successful 
Kewanee private utilities: 
Water Supply Systems 
Sewage Disposal Plants 
Gasoline Engines Electric Light Plants 
Gasoline Storage Plants 
Vacuum Cleaning Systems 
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By use of Kewanee patented extended base, 
the engine which pumps the water can run 
the electric lighting plant, the washing 
machine, cream separator and churn within 
floor space of 6 x 10 feet. Get our advice 
for best grouping of your home power plant. 
Formerly Kewanee Water Supply Company 
122 South Franklin Ave., Kewanee, Illinois 
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bittern “pumps” away near by. Black 
terns and Forster’s terns are flying about 
actively, and sometimes numbers of the 
beautiful, rosy-breasted Franklin’s gull. 
In the reeds the long-billed marsh wrens 
are singing vociferously, and, like as not, 
there is a cocoanut-shaped nest close at 
hand, suspended in the reeds, as is the 
case with the nests of innumerable yellow¬ 
headed and red-winged blackbirds. An 
incessant chorus is heard, all manner of 
notes and cries. Something is constantly 
happening. 
The ways of that singular creature, the 
ruddy duck, are curious. The mated 
pair swim past, the male, as always, in 
the lead. His hill is the color of the blue 
sky, and his back a rich chestnut-red, so 
different from the winter plumage. His 
little tail stands straight up and is proudly 
spread, each feather revealing its sharp¬ 
ened point. The demure little, dull-col¬ 
ored female, with no jaunty erection of 
the tail, follows obediently, and admires 
her wondrous lord as he displays his 
charms. He throws back his head, draws 
in his chin, and, with down-pointed hill, 
strikes the water with a rapid series of 
blows, making a noisy splashing and also 
a grunting vocal effort, both of which 
are audible at some distance. I have 
often heard these performances by va¬ 
rious male ruddies all about me. But, 
what else does the singular creature at¬ 
tempt? Does he help build the nest, hid¬ 
den over there in that jungle of dead 
stems or in the clump growing out of the 
water in the middle of the slough? Does 
he, unlike other ducks, condescend to 
nursery work? Once I saw a female bring 
out to him from the reeds a fine brood of 
soft, downy, black-and-white ducklings. 
He actually stayed near-by for half an 
hour, while he exhibited his funny per¬ 
formance, showing them what a wonder¬ 
ful father he was! 
It may be of interest to name and com¬ 
ment briefly on the wildfowl species 
which occupy this great breeding area. 
The group of ducks known as the river 
or pond ducks are well represented by 
nearly all the species, notably, mallard, 
pintail, gadwall, shoveller, widgeon, blue¬ 
winged and green-winged teals. These 
all nest by the prairie sloughs or on the 
edges of marsh or muskeg. The nests 
are placed in thick grass or among weeds 
or low brush. In some cases, particular¬ 
ly with the pintail, one will nest as far as 
a mile from water, in the prairie grass. 
The black duck and wood duck are prop¬ 
erly Eastern species, and only a few 
stragglers reach this region. In the far 
western part the cinnamon teal is found. 
Another class of wildfowl are the so- 
called sea and hay ducks. It is curious 
that a number of species usually consid¬ 
ered distinctly marine breed in the in¬ 
terior of the continent. Those nesting in 
the southern part of the region described, 
as well as further north, are the canvas- 
back, red-head, ruddy duck, greater, less¬ 
er and ring-necked scaup ducks, golden- 
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