CONTENTS 
CHAPTER I 
THE Pest or Rats 
Varieties of rats—Cost of their board—Destructiveness— 
Carriers of disease—Breeders of bubonic plague—Pre- 
cautions and suppression—Need of codperation 
CHAPTER II 
THe Pantry Mouse 
Dancing mice—Rapid increase—Carrying diseases—Musi- 
eal mice . 
CHAPTER III 
THE MEADOW-MOUSE AND ITS MISCHIEF 
American voles—Prairie-mice and Pine-miee—Multiplica- 
tion into plagues—Prevention of plagues—Damage to 
crops considered—Protection of young trees 
CHAPTER IV 
PROFIT FROM THE MUSKRAT 
Damage by muskrats—Excellence of muskrat flesh—Fur 
in demand—Methods of trapping—Cultivation of 
muskrats . a a a ee ee ee oe 4 
CHAPTER V 
CAN THE BEAVER BE SAVED? 
Possibilities and difficulties of rearing captive beavers 
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