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Show Swamps Put to New Use th Furs have become so popular In America that a new industry has w sprung up in swampy districts. Musk- cc rat farming, for years carried on as a pastime only, now Is a thriving Indus- sc try in some sections of the United J1 States. It is found that captive must- tv rats become tame easily though tbej are prey for many enemies. They require re-quire no feedings ns they live on the 81 vegetation of marshes and ponii 61 Twenty years ago the muskrat vii considered a pest. Some swamps a where they are bred and raised no n are worth more thnn the arable land a nearbv. |