WISCONSIN AQUATIC NURSERIES, 
WATERSATONE 
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 oY days—feeding grounds. Waters 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. 
Water Cress 
The Water Cress is used largely by breeders of 
Wild Ducks, who consider it very valuable as a food 
plant for their Duck Farms. It grows very rapidly. 
WHEN, WHERE AND HOW TO PLANT 
Water Cress may be started either by planting 
seed or transplanting plants from April to July. It 
grows in -cool waters, usually where there is a slight 
current, like in springs, brooks, small streams or 
shallow ponds. In transplanting plants simply set 
them out by hand in shallow waters 1 foot or less 
in depth. Seed is best planted by mixing it with 
mud and dropping bits of the mixture here and 
there in the waters. One Thousand plants or 3 
pounds of seed for one Acre. 
Water Cress Seed $7.50 per pound. 
Sweet Flag Seed - $2.00 per lb. 
Water Iris Seed - $2.00 per lb. 
Both the Sweet Flag and Water Iris ape important 
food and cover plants for Muskrats. They are also 
important cover for waterfowl and provide excellent 
nesting places. Seed may be planted during spring 
in wet low lands or marshy places. 
1000 Roots $30.00; 100 Roots $4.00 
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