OFTEN WATERS NEED REPLANTING 
DRAINAGE MUST STOP 
_._Water is just as important to man. bird, or beast as 
the air we breathe or the earth upon which and from which 
we live. 
Don’t drain that pot hole to make more farm land. 
Create a pond to uphold that water table which insures 
better crops on the surrounding lands. This will also aid 
materially in the prevention of floods from rapid run-off 
of water which destroys lives and property. Also creates 
a place for wild waterfowl and game fish, thus perpetuat- 
ing the great sports of hunting and fishing. 
Drainage is a serious threat and could destroy UStaeelt 
costs many times over to replace that pond which is so 
easily destroyed. 
Wm. O. Coon, Naturalist 
GAME FOOD NURSERIES 
Wild ducks travel thousands of miles searching for good feeding grounds, the 
It’s no trick to get large numbers of them 
coming to your favorite shooting place—just plant their favorite natural foods. 
Plant several kinds, for wild ducks like a variety of food and will remain longer 
where they find an assortment of the kinds they like. 
are permanent, reproducing year after year. 
No peg 
UST A HANDFUL OF RICE 
FROM J 
GOOD NUMBER OF WILD DUCKS 
New Haven 6, Connecticut 
February 21, 1953 
Game Food Nurseries 
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 
Dear Bill Coon: 
More and more folks are coming to me for suggestions, having seen 
what Oliver LaPlace and I have accomplished in our duck food growing 
area. 
If you could send me several price lists and an extra catalog, I will 
appreciate it. 
/s/ Howard M. Newton 
Cook, Newton and Smith, Ine. 
Bowmanstown, Pennsylvania 
: October 18, 1953 
Game Food Nurseries “~~ 
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 
Dear Mr. Coon: 
My efforts to raise duck food in the Lehigh River have produced extra 
fine results. 
At present I have large quantities of Burreed, some 600 ft. long, and 
15 to 20 ft. wide. This project is about six years old and grows very 
favorably in this coal silted river. Also have fine growth of Wapato 
Duck Potatoes, some Deep Water Duck Potatoes which are doing very 
good. Wild Jap Millet grows very well here and I have quite a large 
growth of this good duck food. 
~The Wild Rice I ordered from you last Spring grew real good and 
attracted not only wild ducks but muskrats and deer. These plants 
grow real well in the coal silt along the Lehigh River. Had quite a 
one described above really took a trip. 
few ducks here all Summer to raise their young. 
Expect to order more Wild Rice next Spring. 
Yours truly, 
Stuart F. Bartholomew 
Believe it or not! Sports- . 
men that hunt and fish ac- 
tually spend ten billion dol- 
lars a year on these sports. 
There are over 25,000,000 of 
them. Think of the industry 
this creates “and the thou- 
sands of families it sup- 
ports. 
1940 
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WILD DUCKS DO TRAVEL 
DEATH REWARDS CHAMPION DUCK 
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.—(AP)—A duck is credited 
with the longest recorded trans-Pacifie flight. 
A female pintail banded during August in northern Cali- 
fornia was shot in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific 
by a New Zealand hunter. The flight is estimated at 
4,500 miles. 
SPEAKING OF OLD DUCKS 
This One Was Lucky, Got By for 20 Years 
KANSAS—A duck banded 20 years ago near Ellinwood, Kansas, was shot by a 
California hunter and proved to be the oldest leg band return on Kansas records. 
Once growing, these foods 
WILD MILLET DOING FINE 
Canandaigua, New York 
August 15, 1953 
Mr. Wm. O. Coon 
Game Food Nurseries 
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 
Sirs: 
I have a wonderful stand of the Wild (Jap) Millet from the order 
which you sent me this Spring. Thank you very much. 
/s/ Mr. Rex North 
Lake Kelso 
Burton, Ohio 
Mr. William O. Coon = 
PaO Boxers it 
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 
Dear Mr. Coon: 
Had good luck with Wild Millet nlantings on the damp side of the dike 
and dams where the water levels kept the soil moist. The ‘“Duckwheat”’ 
is also coming along fine. ; 
/s/ Fred Neubauer 
Hibbing, Minnesota 
November 2, 1953 
Game Food Nurseries 
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 
Attention: Mr. Coon 
Dear Mr. Coon: 
During the past several years I have purchased Wild Rice and duck 
food seeds from your Nursery, and at this time I would like to have 
you send me immediately by express 75 lbs. of your Wild Rice for 
planting in the lakes. Last year I bought 40 lbs. from you and it grew 
up to about five feet to seven feet in height. I have never seen such 
beautiful Wild Rice growing so tall. 
Kindly see that this order goes out right away. 
Yours very truly, 
C. A. Nickoloff 
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A WORTHLESS MARSH BECOMES A WILD DUCK PARADISE 
SUBMERGED FEED BENEATH WATER’S SURFACE 
— GAME FOOD NURSERIES — P.O. Box 371 — OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN — 
