FAVORITE MUSKRAT FOODS 
The Muskrat 
A valuable 
Furbearer 
The number of muskrats you 
can raise on your marsh or 
waters depends on the food 
supply. Muskrats will in¬ 
crease 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, unnec¬ 
essary — in fact, muskrats from other marshes 
will be attracted by the food on your marsh. 
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 
and spread out. Listed in the order of importance. 
FOR SHALLOW WATER UP TO 1 FT. DEEP 
§*$ Sweet Flag, §*$Cattail, *Wapato (Muskrat 
Potato). *§Bur Reed. 
FOR WATERS 6 IN. TO 3 FT. DEEP. 
§*$Wild Rice. 
FOR WATER 2 TO 5 FT. DEEP 
$*Water Lilies. *§Great Bulrush. §Muskgrass. 
NOTE: *For Alkaline (hard) Waters. $For 
Slightly Acid (soft) Waters. §Used by muskrats 
in building houses. 
The additional amount of fur that can be tak¬ 
en will pay many times over for the planting 
materials needed. 
Sweet Flag: 1000, $30; 300, $11; 100, $4.00. Prices 
and information on other materials inside pages. 
BUTTON BUSH (Cephalanthus occidentalis). 
Very good duck food especially for Mallards, 
which eat the seeds. Has pretty, white, ball-like 
flowers in summer. Likes low moist grounds, 
swamps or the waterside. 
1' to iy 2 ': 1000, $150; 100, $20; 10, $3; 35c ea. 
iy 2 ' to 2': 1000, $350; 100, $40; 10, $6; 75c ea. 
NIOBE GOLDEN WEEPING WILLOW 
PUSSY WILLOW (Discolor) 
Keep trout streams shaded, cool, furnish insect 
food: 3 to 4 ft. Trees 30c each; 10, $2.50; 100, $19. 
Assorted willow cuttings $10, $1; 100, $4; 1000, $30. 
WILD GRAPE (Beta). Excellent food and cov¬ 
er for quail, pheasants, grouse, prairie chickens, 
song birds and wild ducks. 
2 yr. vines 35c ea.; 10 for $3; 100 for $20. 
