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California Rancher Praises Plantings 
__. Differences between wildlife and agricultural interests occur 
so frequently that it is really news when a farmer praises 
the wildlife managers. But that’s just what happened in 
~ California. 
Landowner Baxter Loveland of Brawley told commissioners 
at their April meeting that State and Federal attempts to 
keep ducks from damaging crops in the Imperial Valley has 
produced one of the easiest years on record for local crop 
depredations. He stated that the cultivation of sub-marginal 
lands for growing duck feeds has saved Valley farmers “a 
considerable amount of money.” 
Courtesy—Outdoor Sportsman ; sine 
“When you see the hunter draw a bead on you, ~ 
go into a thirty degree bank and fly hell bent for 
election.”’ tee [ace eae 
WILD DUCKS NEED GRAVEL 
If your favorite duck shooting place has a soft mud bottom 
soil and no gravel or coarse sand, it will be a real improvement 
to establish a small bed or two of gravel or sand for them 
in shallow waters. All wild waterfowl have a very active 
digestive system (unlike upland birds they have no crop in 
which to store feed) therefore, they use more grinding 
materials in their system to rapidly dispose of their food. 
Courtesy—Outdoor Sportsman Waterfowl eat at least twice daily, and if they don’t find that 
BTN Hobe iio Gree fOr entine Geneon needed gravel or sand, they must leave your waters to obtain it. 
you'd let me ROT in that horrible place!” WM. O. COON, Naturalist 
