Muskrats + Food = $ $ $ 
The Muskrat, A Valuable Fur-Bearer 
The number of muskrats you can raise on your 
marsh or waters depends on the food supply. Musk¬ 
rats will increase in numbers as far as the food 
supply permits, but no farther. Provide an abun¬ 
dance of muskrat pasturage and you may find 
fences, to retain them, unnecessary — in fact, musk¬ 
rats from other marshes will be attracted by the 
food on your marsh . 
Foods Muskrats Love 
The following- plants are the mainstay of the 
muskrat’s food supply the year around. They are 
easily grown. Plant feeding beds here and there. 
When once started they will reseed themselves and 
spread out. Foods listed in the order of importance. 
FOR SHALLOW WATERS UP TO 2 FT. DEEP 
f*tSweet Flag, f*fCattail, *Wapato (Muskrat 
Potato), *tBur Reed, f*tWild Rice. 
FOR WATER 2 TO 5 FT. DEEP 
f*Water Lilies, *$Great Bulrush, JMuskgrass. 
NOTE: *For Alkaline (hard) Waters. fFor 
Slightly Acid (soft) Waters. $Used by muskrats in 
building houses. 
The additional amount of fur that can be taken 
will pay many times over for the planting- 
materials needed. 
For prices, description and quantity to plant per 
acre, see our price-list. 
Ask Terrell’s — Practical Muskrat Farmers Since I89t 
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Ornamental Water Plants 
Any bit of water, swamp, marsh, shoreline or an 
artificial pool, can be made a beautiful and inter¬ 
esting place like that shown below. By planting 
hardy varieties listed here, you can have flowers 
and birds all through the season. In waters up to 
four feet deep plant f*Water Lilies (white, pink, 
and yellow). 
in very shallow waters in the foreground plant 
t*Blue Water Iris, pink f*Swamp Loosestrife, gold¬ 
en f*Marsh Marigold, blue-flowered f*Pickerel 
Plant, white and yellow-flowered *Wapato, fWild 
Calla. 
Plant clumps of odd*Bur Reed, *Bulrush, f*Cat 
Tail, f*Sweet Flag, f*Wild Rice and bamboo-like 
*±tetd Grass with feathery plumes, where they will 
not hide other flowers. In moist soil along the 
shore plant the brilliant red f*Cardinal Flower, 
flagrant f*lndian Plume, f*Blue Water Iris, 
t*Marsh Mallow, f*Blue Lobelia, *Bur Reed; also 
such trees and shrubs as f*Pussey, f*Golden or 
Weeping Willow, f*Elderbeiry with large clusters 
of fragrant white blossoms, and evergreens such as 
f*Arbor Vitae. On higher ground plant flowering 
shrubs and trees recommended on next page. For 
prices and description see price list. 
*For Alkali (hard) water. fFor Acid (soft) 
Water. 
Ornamental Water Planting 
Terrell’s Materials Selected For Growing Ability 
