OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN 
If a muskrat farm is ideally located, properly 
fenced and well planted with natural foods, it is 
bound to be a money-maker. It is a never-failing 
crop, unaffected by hot, cold, wet or dry weather. 
Muskrats are hardy and immune from diseases. 
They multiply rapidly, being the most prolific of fur 
bearers. From actual observation one female pro¬ 
duced thirty-three young in one breeding season. An 
interesting experiment has recently been concluded 
in Manitoba. A pair of muskrats were put into a 
pen and in nine months they and their progeny 
increased to the astounding total of 138. 
It has conclusively been proved that the young 
female born in the Spring will produce the same 
Fall. We have had increases of a second litter in 
the Fall from a female born in the Spring; this, 
however, is unusual. The next Spring she has the 
average litter, which is eight or ten young. 
NATURAL MUSKRAT FOODS 
Listed here are the aquatic plants important as 
Muskrat Foods, all of which are listed with prices 
and description of growth and water conditions re¬ 
quired, in this booklet. 
Page 
Page 
Wild Rice 
4 
Deep Water Duck 
Potato _ 16 
W’ild Celery 
6 
Sv^eet Flag 
16 
Sago Pondweed 
8 
Water Iris 
16 
Wapato Duck Potato 
_ 9 
Burreed 
18 
Spatterdock 
15 
Cattails 
18 
White Waterlily 
15 
Reed Grass 
18 
American Lotus 
15 
Bulrush 
18 
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, 
Huntsville, Texas, Feb. 15, 1928. 
Wisconsin Aquatic Nurseries 
Oshkosh, Wis. 
Two years ago we bought some Wild Rice Seed from you for 
our lake. It grew fine and we had a very nice stand. How¬ 
ever, a few months later, a water spout broke our poorly con¬ 
structed dam and we lost it. We now have it in good shape 
for standing severe strain and have concluded to plant some 
more Rice. 
Kindly send me 25 pounds Wild Rice Seed for planting in 
our lake. 
Signed: Yours truly, 
G. A. WYNEE, Vice-Pres. 
Oct. 7, 1927. 
Wis. Aquatic Nurseries, 
Oshkosh, Wis. 
Dear Sirs: 
The Wild Rice Seed I got from your Company last fall is 
doing fine. I will send you another order a little later, as 
soon as I have made the necessary arrangements. 
Yours truly, 
W. C. WALLACE, 
Errol, N. H. 
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