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HARD STEM BULRUSH 
(Scirpus acutus) 
The Hard Stem Bulrush is excellent for Wild 
Ducks, it provides food and cover. It is the most 
important of Round Stem Bulrushes as a wild duck 
food. Also ideal for borders of fish ponds, provid- 
ing good cover for game fish. Muskrat not only 
feed upon its roots, but also build their houses of 
its stems, 
This species of bulrush is very hardy, it will grow 
in either wet soils or shallow waters to two feet in 
depth. It thrives in either a sandy soil or a rich 
mud bottom, from the Gulf of Mexico to Hudson 
Bay. FEither fresh, acid, alkaline or brackish waters 
are suitable. 
Due to the stout stem and sturdy root system, the 
Hard Stem Bulrush will break wave action, thus 
preventing erosion. Wild ducks love to huddle 
among the tall growth because of the quiet waters 
it commands. Here they find food as well as pro- 
tection from raw weather on cool Fall mornings, 
feasting upon the many seeds that it produces. 
The root stocks of the Hard Stem Bulrush can 
be planted during Fall or Spring. Southern orders 
will come direct from our Southern nurseries, for 
Northern waters we will ship from Wisconsin. 
To plant the Hard Stem Bulrush simply set the 
root stocks in wet soils or shallow waters. They 
will send out running roots which will multiply and 
reproduce. They are indestructible by carp due to 
the fibrous roots. Two hundred fifty rootstocks will 
start a quarter acre bed. 
Price—Delivered 
Hard Stem Bulrush Rootstocks 
$5.50 per 100, $12.00 per 250, $45.00 per 1,000 
rootstocks. 
PREDICT—GOOD DUCK CROP 
Favorable weather conditions over the past year 
in the great Canadian wild duck factory will give us 
a larger crop of wild ducks. The national organiza- 
tion of wild fowlers, Ducks Unlimited, Inc., contrib- 
uted liberally in its most successful work of uphold- 
ing the supply even though the number of hunters 
have increased materially. With continued favorable 
weather plus good work of re-establishing more 
breeding and feeding grounds, all will enjoy better 
duck shooting next Fall. 
WM. O. COON, Naturalist. 
REED CANARY GRASS 
(Phalaris Arundinacea) 
A popular food with the mallards, blacks and pin- 
tail. On the lowlands where the Reed Canary Grass 
grows, from Canada to the Gulf these shallow water 
feeders will surely stop during their fall flight. They 
are particularly fond of feeding upon the Reed Can- 
ary seed in places which overflow in fall or places 
dry in summer and flooded in duck season, where 
they may dibble the seed from the mud in shallow 
waters. 
WHEN AND WHERE TO PLANT 
Seeds of the Reed Canary Grass may be planted 
anytime of year. It will grow to maturity in 45 to 
90 days depending on the climate. It will grow on 
dry or moist soils, wet lowlands are ideal or along 
the banks of ponds or streams. 
HOW TO PLANT 
It is best to drag or disc the soil before planting if 
soil is dry. On moist soil just broadcast the seed no 
need to work the soil. Sometimes on wet soils it is 
well to whip the surface soil with a brush or drag it 
over just to imbed the seed. 
QUAIL AND PHEASANTS 
Upland game birds will feed upon the seed of Reed 
Canary Grass where it grows along the high banks 
or in fields near natural cover. 
Ten Pounds of seed 
plants one acre. 
Price—Delivered 
Reed Canary Grass $66 
per 100 lbs. seed; 25 Ibs. 
@ $18.00; 50 lbs. @ 
$34.00; smaller quanti- 
ties $.85 per lb. 
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