WISCONSIN AQUATIC NURSERIES. 
DECOYS ALONE 
WON’T 
BRING DUCKS 
Would you like to have duck hunting like the 
old-timers tell about? Would you like to have 
hundreds and thousands of waterfowl come to your 
favorite waters every fall ? 
If you do, restore what brought the ducks in the 
good oT days—feeding grounds. Decoys alone won’t 
bring ducks. But natural aquatic foods will. Ducks 
are gluttonous feeders, and will fly hundreds of 
miles to find abundant food. Wild ducks cannot live 
upon waters without food and therefore migrate on 
to the places where they find plenty of the kind of 
food they like. 
In waters where their natural food does not grow 
now, it can very easily be planted and the waters 
made attractive to the wild waterfowl. There are 
important food plants for these wild waterfowl 
which will grow under almost every water condition 
that exists. 
The future of your duck hunting rests in your 
own hands. You will provide food and nature will 
provide the ducks. There are plenty of waterfowl 
in the country, but they are found in great numbers 
only where there is sufficient vegetation for them 
to feed. 
Now is the proper time to plant aquatic foods. 
By next Fall the plants will be full grown. Year 
after year they will reseed themselves and remain 
a permanent attraction in your waters. 
WILD DUCKS MUST EAT 
Did the wild ducks and geese darken the sky 
over your local waters or at the preserve last fall? 
If not, there is some reason, undoubtedly the very 
reason is that there is not enough natural food 
growing there to attract them. 
Wild ducks cannot live upon waters without food 
and therefore migrate on to the places where they 
find plenty of the kinds of food they like. In waters 
where their natural food does not grow now, it can 
very easily be planted and the waters made attrac¬ 
tive to the wiid waterfowl. 
There are undoubtedly several food plants adapted 
to your water conditions and it will be advantageous 
to have a variety growing in your waters. Different 
kinds of waterfowl are fond of different kinds of 
food. Different plants produce food in various 
forms at different times throughout the season. 
Therefore, a variety of foods attract a larger num¬ 
ber of ducks and holds them for a longer interval. 
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