Kane County Standard | 1929-09-13 | Page 5 | Muskrat, Once Thought Nuisance, Now Valued |

Type	issue
Date	1929-09-13
Paper	Kane County Standard
Language	eng
City	Kanab
County	Kane
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	Muskrat, Once Thought Nuisance, Now Valued
Type	article
Date	1929-09-13
Paper	Kane County Standard
Language	eng
City	Kanab
County	Kane
Page	5
OCR Text	muskrat Mua krat once thought nuisance now valued in the early days of the fur trade it was the practice in canada for frari nippers to keep foxes or other wild fur benr bearers ers caught in warm weather un til the fur was prime and from this custom custori has arisen the modern indus try of fur farming in recent years tho the development of muskrat forms line has progressed rapidly particularly in western cannan marsh lands hitherto considered almost worthless have suddenly increased in value at one time the muskrat was looked upon us a pest and was disregarded by the trapper unless a great ero oum her bey could bo be taken with little trouble today this little slough dweller Is one of the chief factors in a high total value for our fur production and in commercial imbor tance heads the list of tur fur bearers enlen in carinda canada this growth in pop poll flarity Is due to 0 o two valuable prop crules namely the pelts long benr ing i qualities nod and its suitability for dyeing exchange
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