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where Nature leaves the ground bare give her the 
benefit of the doubt and believe that she may know 
something after all. Partridges need places to dust 
and wild grasses and plants are important in the 
game’s dietary. Some refuges should have no forest 
at all. We must not forget the wild grass swamps 
for pheasants. : 
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 condi- 


tions required, in this 
booklet. 
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Willd Ricememme cae omens sve: Sweet Blag -....-........ 24 
Wildu@eleryaeneereenreneen g Water Iris .. 
Sago Pondweed .......... 10 Burreed ..... 
Wapato Duck Potato ..... 20 Cattails ..... <a 
Spatterdock RA een he, eae). 19 eed Grassmencn cc scennieuies 26 
White Waterlily .......... 19 Bulrush .................- 26 
American Lotus .......... 19 Packerelep lancer etre 25 
Deep Water Duck Potato . 18 Three-Square Rush ....... 25 
Banana Waterlily ........ 15 Southern Plants .......... 21 
Water Shield’ <o.5: i. 3-55. 23 
INFORMATION FOR 
THE MUSKRAT FARMER 
Man has been engaged in the trapping of fur- 
bearing animals since the early ages. The women 
of the stone age wore furs as clothing, the modern 
women wear furs, not alone because of the warmth, 
but for the beauty and their personal adornment. 
Trappers, spurred by high prices, have ruthlessly 
depleted the wild supply. The drainage and reclama- 
tion of swamp lands have destroyed the breeding 
grounds of millions of muskrats. So, if we are to 
have a dependable supply of fur, they must be raised. 
Statistics compiled by Frank G. Ashbrock of the 
U. S. Biological Survey, show that the muskrat is 
the most important of all fur bearers. More than 
fifty per cent of all fur used today is muskrat. His 
glossy pelt is not only used in its natural state, but 
when dyed is sold as Hudson seal, river mink, south- 
ern beaver, neutria, otter, sable and many other 
popular furs. For the past few years the demand 
for muskrat pelts has exceeded the supply by from 
fifteen to twenty million pelts. The result of this 
demand has prompted the commercial raising of 
this little fur bearer, by some of our largest manu- 
facturing furriers and far-sighted individuals. Musk- 
rat farming is a business, the same as banking, 
manufacturing or mining. It is as practical as the 
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