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ARE NATURAL WILD DUCK FOODS LEGAL 
TO PLANT AND SHOOT OVER? 
Yes, indeed they are, both the U. S. Fish and Wild- 
life Service and your state game department endorse 
the planting of natural foods. It is not their inten- 
tion to prevent sportsmen from duck shooting. Bait- 
ing with grain is illegal, but planting a natural feed- 
ing ground is legal and considered as an act of 
conservation. Natural foods that grow in and about 
those waters provide for the waterfowl not only 
during the shooting season, but prior to and after 
the season. They support the waterfowl during their 
Spring and Fall migration as well as provide those 
most needed breeding grounds. 
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WILL THEY POISON LIVESTOCK? 
In the history (56 years) of this duck food busi- 
ness, we have never learned of one instance where 
livestock ever have been affected by eating natural 
wild duck foods. In fact, unless forage is very short, 
the livestock will not molest these duck food plants. 
No, they are not poison to man, bird or beast. 
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 (un- 
like 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. Water- 
fowl eat at least twice daily, and if they don’t find 
that needed gravel or sand, they must leave your 
waters to obtain it. 
WM. O. COON, Naturalist 
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