Show swamps putto put to new use furs have become so BO po popular in america that a now new industry has sprung up in swampy districts muskrat firming farming for years carried on oil as a pastime only now Is a thriving industry IP in some boine sections of lot the untied united states it Is found that captive rats become torne tame easily though they are prey cormany for many enemies they require no feeding feedings as they live on the vegetation of marshes and ponds twenty years ago the inus krat was waa considered a pest some swamps where they are bred and taipei now are worth more than the arable land nearby |