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 ihey will reseed them¬ 
selves and spread out. 
FOR SHALLOW WATER UP TO 1 FT. DEEP 
§*$ Sweet Flag, §*$ Cattail, *Wapato (Muskrat 
Potato). *§ Bur Reed. 
FOR WATERS 6 IN. TO 3 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. 
Wild Rice and Muskgrass are described on the 
inside pages and can be planted this fall. Other 
materials recommended above are furnished for 
planting in spring. 
Prices: Sweet Flag roots. Cat-tail roots. Bur 
Reed roots. Bulrush roots, 1,000 - $30; 300 -- $11; 
100 - $4. 
Waptato Duck Potato (Muskrat Potato) tubers, 
1000 - $14; 300 - $4.50; 100 - $1.75. 
White Water Lily tubers, 100 - $7.50; 12 - $1. 
Extra large tubers with strong growing points, 
produce quick results, $15 per 100; 12 - $2.50. 
Yellow Water Lily, large tubers with strong 
growing points, 100 - $18; 12 - $3; 3 for $1. 
- • -- 
"The Wild Rice we bought of you last fall has grown 
. . . samples of it are lying on my desk.” — South 
Carolina. 
"The Sago Pond Plant placed in the ponds . . . en¬ 
couraged the duck life to come our way . . . Natural 
foods are of greater benefit . . . for the protection of 
wild life and the commercial value of Muskrats . . . We 
were able to sell to our local buyer approximately 1400 
Muskrats." — Delaware. 
Day was just breaking. The sky was gray with snow 
clouds and ice was beginning to freeze around the 
edges. The dogs were leading through the Wild Rice, 
when all of a sudden -- you know the rest of the story. 
Doesn't it give you a real thrill and make you anxious 
for the opening day to come? 
