COUNTRY BOY'S WHISTLE.
Have you ever tried to make a whistle from a stalk of oats or wheat? If not, try it next time you have a long, dry stalk. Simply pull oft tlic leaf around
the upper joint of the stalk and cut the stalk as indicated. Then use a sharp pen-knife to cut a narrow tongue close to the joint end. You make it whistle by placing the lower end —that with the vibrating tongue—in your mouth.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 287, 3 December 1932, Page 3 (Supplement)
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