Show MUSKRATS PLENTIFUL FOR THE TRAPPERS Iff Bv Th isdal S Nei COLUMBUS Ind Dec 23 23 John Vorwald a fur buyer hero says that all aU kinds of fur tur bearing animals seem scent to be getting scarcer with th exception ox- ox of muskrats and that ho lie believes be be- 1000 of or these havo have been trapped this fall between Columbus and Sey Sey- mour Mink 1 Is very scarce and there is a shortage of other fur tur Vorwald believes the reason for this Is that It is easy for a muskrat to make mako a a. living The rats build their dens with the openings under water They go Into a neighboring cornfield and carry corn one ear at a Do time to the water then dive with It until they thoy reach the opening to their dens They drag the ear in Sn and above the water line Trappers who have havo du dug into muskrat dens this fall fail report finding from a bushels and a half halt to two bushels of ot corn com in each of them |