GOOD MUSKRAT FOODS" 
The number of muskrats you 
can raise on your marsh o1 
waters depends on the food 
supply. Muskrats will increase 
. in numbers as far as the food 
Pactra! supply permits, but no farther. 
Furbearer Provide an abundance of musk- 
rat pasturage and you may 
find fences, to retain them. unnecessary -- in fact. 
muskrats from other marshes will be attracted. 
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. 
KEY: * For Hard Waters. *For Soft or Slightly 
Acid Waters. | House Material. (Number follow- 
ing name of plant indicates page on which plant 
is described.) 
T** Sweet Flag p. 10. +*# Cattail p. 10. 
“= Wapato (Muskrat Potato) p. 1. 
t* Bulrushes p. 2. t*= Phalaris Grass p. 9. 
T* Burreed p. 2. T* Wild Rice p. 3. ° 
*E Waterlilies p. 6. 
SWEET FLAG. Excellent Muskrat food and house 
material. For wet, marshy places and along streams. 
Roots: 100, $4; 1000, $20. 
CATTAIL, Roots: 1000, $35.00; 100, $4.50. 
GET MORE AND BIGGER FISH 
Certain plants provide plenty of food, also cover 
where small fish can escape from their enemies. They 
insure more young fish reaching maturity and increase 
fish production. Fish feed on parts of the plants and 
on the countless numbers of small insect and animal 
life which these plants support. 
The following are excel- 
lent food and cover pro- 
ducing plants for fish: 
Coontail, Ducks Meat. 
Pickerel Plant, Sago Pond 
\ Plant, Water Cress, Water 
\ 
\ 
Lilies, Water Milfoil. Water 
Shield, Wild Celery, Wild 
‘| Rice, Horned Pond Plant, 
Longleaf Pond Plant, 
Brown-leat Pond Plant. 
Plants mentioned above 
are described and prices 
given on inside pages. 
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