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Clyde B. Terrell, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, who has done a 

 great deal for the scientific propagation of wild rice and 

 wild celery. It is a pity that more sportsmen do not engage 

 in this field, as nothing is more beneficial for the increase 

 of wild water fowl, now so greatly decimated for lack of at- 

 tention and protection in years passed by. 



Where to Plant Wild Rice: 



Wild rice thrives best on a mud bottom, though it has 

 been known to grow in sand. This may be underlain by 

 various soils, but there should be a layer of mud from at 

 least 2 to 4 inches deep, preferably even deeper. Wild rice 

 usually does not do well where there is much current or 

 change in the level of the water, although it grows abund- 

 antly < n tide fhits. It i.> not adapted to entirely stagnant 

 water. 



From 4 inches to ti feet of water are about the limits of 

 its usual occurrence, and it does best in from 1 to 3 feet. In 

 shallow water it may be killed by heat in summer, so it is 

 best, in southern localities especially, to sow the seed in not 

 less than 2 feet of water. 



How to Plant Wild Rice: 



The least possible time should intervene between re- 

 moval from cold storage and sowing. Broadcast sowing an- 

 swers every purpose, and seed should be sown thickly, as, 

 when near together the plants support each other, the root 

 anchorage is protected, and a good stand is more likely to re- 

 sult than if the seed is more widely scattered. 



When to Plant Wild Rice: 



The most desirable time for sowing is usually said to 

 be in the fall, but it has been proven that spring sowing will 

 bring a full crop, and for several reasons spring sowing is 



