Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-01-19 | Page 18 | Muskrat Crop worth $1,700,000 a Year

M MUSKRAT CROP WORTH 1 A YEAR It is not g generally known that tho the muskrat is the most important fur- fur bearing animal of or North orth America In one year alone 1910 6 muskrat skins were put upon the market realIzing realizing realizing real real- izing Izing- to the trappers a sum approximately approximately A large Jarge percentage of the muskrat catch is s s furnished bythe by bythe bythe the tidewater region of oC Mar Maryland land Delaware Dol Del aware and Now New Jerse Jersey In Dorchester count county Maryland Marland the marshes aro usually leased to the trapper for half halt the tho value Yalu of or the catch In that county some skins arc are taken annually says Harpers Harper's Weekly Not ot only the fur of oC tho the muskrat m is used but the meat also which finds a local consumption consumption consumption tion and Is shipped to Baltimore 1 Wil Wilmington 11 and other cities It is surprisIng surprising surprising ing to learn that the financial return exceeds that of oC tho the large largo oyster industry industry industry indus indus- try of oC the same region The fur of or the thc black muskrat commands tho the highest hest price and In n Dorchester county some of the marshes yield full fully one half of this arlet variety r A woman may always h help lp her husband husband hus bus band b by what she knows however little lit little lit lit- tle the b by what she Rhe half halt knows or mis- mis J knows s no she will only tease tense John him John And vowing vowing- I r will neer ne'er consent consents Dron consented Byron