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WT etter of information on the planting of Disk, Fish and other Game 
“Foods in Oregon and Vicinity. 
. Qur oganization has vceen sending duck foods to sportsmen for a great many 
years, in fact, the Tertell organization, started by my father in 1896, will 
have reached the age of 50 years this coming yeare: I-took a trip out. west 
and stopped at Oregon a few days, and-was: interested) in, studying your wates 
., We, also have‘a great deal of information: about the results that various 
Oregon. sportsmen and duck fooa’planters have had with different plantings. 
Ihavé given a good deal of study to the problems. that. you are confronted 
with, based on this information. Ohne could: write a book, .or.a good .gized 
bulletin, at least, aoout the planting of duck foods in the different 
types of Oregon waters. I will just hit ¢he: highy spots,and give, you, some 
bulletins and other things that will help you to work out your problems. 
Generally,.the success of growing duck foods in Oregon has been most out— 
‘standing in the western part of the state, that as: west of the Cascade 
Range and including Klamath Lakes, westward. As an example, I might 
mention two of your Oregon sportsmen who: have & good deal of planting done; 
Lewis McGeorge of the McGeorge Gravel Company at Marshfield, Oregon, and 
Frank 0. Resse, an attorney at Astoria, Oregon. nee aie | 
Mr. McGeorge just wrote me last month, and I do not.know as I can do 
better than to uote you from hie Letter: 
"CGoontail is doing almost too well in sheltered places such : 
ag the East Arm at north end of lake. Wild Gelery is doing very 
well and distributed in many beds all over the lake. The : 
Wild Rice which was planted in the mouth of the West. Arm has 
made very thick growth, some of the plants are 6: to ./ feet 
in length and is slowly spreading south along the west shore." 
; | _. Lewis McGeorge 6-7-45. ~ 
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The following is quoted from Mr. Hésse's correspondence. Mr. Hesse-has 
been experimenting with duck foods and has been @ cut omer of ours for 
25 years. He succeedéd in establishing very fine stands of Wild Celery 
and Wild Rice in these lakes, eonserming which he wrote me; ot 
"There is no question but that we got results from these Celery” 
Plants so far as the ducks are. concerned. We hail many more last 
year and particularly the diver ducks,like the canvasbacks and: © 
blue bills were very much more in evidence. Furthermore, at the 
end of the season, we had ffom 250 to 1000 canvas backs on thee... 
lake, whereas heretofore: wenever had any ducks on the lake on 
the first of January. I lay it all to, this Wild Gel ery and. for 
that reason we ordered 3500 more plants from you last year, which 
we planted this spring."< © ovo =eRrank G. Hesse, 7-26-21. 6 
Mr. O, 4. Sheppard, another attorney, Located at, Portland 4 Oregon, who 
has also done a lot of experimenting, claims to find among the various 
duck foods, that he planted, that Ducks Meat proved most satisfactory... 
He also grew Wild Duck Millet to a height of 4+ feet. oe 
Generally speaking, the best results are had.in hard fresh water, that 
warms up enough so 4% is comfortable to bathe in during the summers. 
There is a consideraole advantage in growing many kinds ‘of duck foods 
if there is 4 slow current moving through it, as most plants seem to 
like and thrive,in fresh moving Water, altho they do not all require: 
it. There are specific plants that will grow, in seit water, acid waters 
“ena the so=called Nalkali" waters found frequently in the’ eastern part 
Aone ee totes TF am-enclosiag & chemical tes’ At with which a simole 
test can ve made of waters to determine which one-of- the three types 
- the water,you have in any particular area, is, especially fresh water. 
__.pyve I is very soft water} type il is slightly acid of neutral water, 
Type III ia hard water-or decidedly alkaline. We also have a special 
test for indicating waters of very nigh alkalinity... We usually use 
this test where we want to grow Muskgrass or Chara, or-Sago Pond Plant 
or (potemogeton pectinatusd, which require waters of rather high alkalinity 
On, lime content. 

