WISCONSIN AQUATIC NURSERIES, 
HOW TO GET MORE DUCKS 
If Jack Miner, with nothing but a brick yard pond, 
a few live decoys, plenty of food and a lot of per¬ 
severance can bring thousands of geese from all 
points of the compass, surely the great State of 
Pennsylvania, and all the other states, can material¬ 
ly increase the waterfowl supply within their 
boundaries. 
Because a state is not in the beaten path of the 
large regular waterfowl flyways is no excuse for 
hesitancy. Mr. Miner’s experience shows that the 
ducks and geese will go many miles out of their 
way to get a good meal at a cafeteria that is proper¬ 
ly safeguarded against intruders. 
Many States have been planting duck foods in 
suitable waters, and I am informed the results have 
been gcod in many places. If the duck hunters want 
more of this work done they must not only make 
their wants known, but they must also get busy and 
do a lot of duck food planting, lake building, creat¬ 
ing refuges, etc. 
FACTS ABOUT DUCK MARSHES 
There are millions of acres in this country that 
have been drained to make farming lands. Much 
of it would be worth more today if in its original 
state. There is more money in one hundred acres 
of good duck marsh than there is in an equal acre¬ 
age of corn. The duck marsh properly handled will 
exceed the profit of the average farm land. 
To attract wild fowl to your marsh lands you 
must take means to conserve a sufficient amount of 
water, plant the food on which they thrive, pro¬ 
vide suitable cover and protect them from their 
natural enemies. This will attract the birds and 
you can hold them if the food holds out and you do 
not shoot too heavily. The investments that are 
made in this direction will be well repaid. 
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