Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1908 — Berries a Trap for Gama. [ARTICLE]

Berries a Trap for Gama.

Black hawberries are now furnishing delicious meals for hunters In the mountains. They are also being devoured by bears, and they are being picked ofT the branches by coons and opposums. Indeed the black hawberry Is one of the real food products of the woods, and there Is no danger of a lost person starving. You cannot convince a mountaineer that the haw Is not a fttod. The only trouble about It Is that It takes a great many berrleß to make a banquet. It Is the thick, mealy flesh surrounding the seed that is eaten, and In some sections housewives make them into a sort of jelly. Experienced hunters make it a practice to look for bears and grouse in the vicinity of a clump of haw bushes, and generally succeed in finding the game there. The berries grow in large clusters like elderberries, and a quart can be picked In a few mlputee.—Minneapolis Tribune.