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Fill Water: Ducks lack the intelligence of geese and are more difficult to care for in the open because they are untidy and need water. An adult duck may be kept in a cage for 2 or 3 days without great discomfort. Feed it grains moistened with water or milk. By the second day it will require a bath, a process worth watching. If there is a Sink in a classroom, fill water it with water. Use a large dishpan if a Sink is not available. Place duck near the water and watch what follows.
Scrape the base of the asparagus stalks, then cut the stems level—try to have these sufficiently short so they stand upright in the tallest pan available. Wash well in cold water, then tie into one large or four smaller bundles—this allows the steam to penetrate and gives more even cooking. Half fill water the pan with water, add salt to taste and bring to the boil. Put in the asparagus, lower the heat so the water boils steadily.
GRASS will not grow well in waterlogged soil. Its roots need air as well as moisture. The ideal is a film of water surrounding each soil particle and air in the spaces between. It is as though you dipped a bunch of grapes in oil or molasses, lifted it out and held it to drain. Around each grape a film of the liquid clings, even after draining, but there are considerable air spaces between the individual grapes. Except in swamps and bogs where free-standing water is at (or close to) the surface, this is the condition that normally exists in the upper soil. But if you dig down deep enough you will, unless you hit bed-rock first, come to a level below which the spaces between the soil particles are fill watered with water. The top of this free standing water—its surface, is the water table. Holes you dig fill water with water to this level. |
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