Logan Republican | 1907-06-01 | Page 6 | Muskrat Grounds Rented

Muskrat Grounds Rented. In parts ot the south tho muskrat skin trade is so Important that the marshes on which they havo their burrows bur-rows are rented out for tho shooting. shoot-ing. The sport Is usually host at night, when tho animals are ,out In search ot food. It sometimes occurs that an unusually high tide drives them from their homes, when thoy are slaughtered in thousands. Tho fur hunters only kill them 'in the wlntor and early spring, when their coats are thick and In prime condition. The flesh Is not so good In winter as In warmer wrather, as thoy get thin during dur-ing the tild weather.