Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-02-15
EIIg ALONG DELAWARE
|I KEN MOST VALUABLE CROP
u,yING MARSHES ON
sI lnoRE GET GOOD RETURNS

Ia SHORE Oh-
Great Demand for seal Skin
y u O..Lets of Trappers at Leip'
'l1 ;, woodland Beach iclnity
~ neIts of the common musk
Eih I lns at from $50 to SIZE
. aSi corners of Delaware have
' = . Relation that these TO
q Z, !, @es regarded as pests c eG ST.
a '.t Il the greatest assets s. Of fo the
y weeks j ii there are possibly more more
s ,soaoOc worth of skins taken
~ Stt ~ market, or sold directly at
q and there is no doubt the
a ~ far more profitable than ever
!. .t III of peaches proved.
' i,rners. and they are fortunate
y r. get a farm wit. marsh land
= ne \ Delaware Bay shore from
n. Woodland Beach Taylor's
pot Penn and on to Della
T. Civ realize from $3.50 to $500 on
T. = t srs Of marshland they own and
|, ,rs now considering proposition
,.r,cp Systematically and scienti-
M h the propagation of these
s+,,1rg rodents. 1t is an estab-
i fact that muskrats breed and
.FIT as rapidly as their kin, the
f. and barn rodents, which means
4 Zach pair of these swamp deni-
I, multiply more than twenty times
,.,,or. With one pair actively en-
"a in the rearing of young it is
xsnsted that their offspring repre-
+,vsue Of more than $50 a year
AgGve harmoniously in large
,rD,-iu, fact they are the most
s,ssble Of all wild rodents-a hun
u Dsirs could find housing accom-
Editions and forage on an acre Of
t,rh 50 that with care and proper
rgtOn the hitherto useless waste
h and marshes of the State may b
rrdomed into the most profitable
Etun Of the farms.
Hundreds of Acres of Marsh Land
there are hundreds Of acres of low
Ad N Delaware that cannot be use,
b growing crops or other purpose
Ein the raising of rats is rapidly be
uhg the stay and support of tn
ranzie owners in these days whe
nng has ceased to pay a profit
i believed that with the waste Ian
Ena to proper account and the prop
nhun Of muskrats we'll establishe
BE marshes would net more tina
AVeVO to the farmer trappers. TIL
FTime demand for furs first sent til
PIE Of rat peltS up to a dollar eac
rng the early days of fighting, bl
vas believed that after the retur
peace they would drop to their o.
Pc, ten Or fifteen cents apiece. II
sent season has disproved that pr,
np1on, however, and now the bus
has assumed the Importance ar
lF Of vocation of very fir
'a' Also it is an industry that ne
As, for rats are affected in nur
= Or quality of fur by neither d.
vet weather, heat or cold. Tn,
N'nlly have no off-season and d
Y he high price set upon the
- 0y fashionable women they ga
numbers constantly.
~ ! Protects Fur-Bearing Animal
~ aad almost as we'll shoot /
sl0'f or at least his neighbo.
- " COW as to kill a single mus
se'ade Of the drastic laws tn
y them. To destry their hous
l'est them in any way that mig
y uem to move to other quartz
IuNsaaOle with a fine OF 500 or
y Gays in Jail, while even trespa,
n ! u me marshes where they ma
/ ny nome Is no less severely punt:
lucy must not be hunted with
~. ! u SHOT, or shot at. under su
I ~ as grant them immunity fir,
~, -'a. y or hunters using unfi
= !. y u capturing them. Neitl
~. aey be killed at times WI
\ H. ss are 0verfOwing their lairs, f
j mem senn out into the open. Tn,
~. Ia.are laws the muskrat
n M ~ with the greatest care. and
b ~s'ufOs or resorts to the an;
!, y, process Of capturing them or t
NJ " 'a y, of them in any way
N, T. candidate for the workbous,
= no bank balance. = '''
I Ii..s Need no Care or Attent
D. ssea the veneration in which
es,s any, :, muskrat is held in the G
lsost VI, " me law makes his post
]. y !. analogous l. to that Of the pe sac
tS,n in a or the white eleph
49,. ~. ne possibly deserves ali
u \ 'a. m for he has come int
ss6s,s !. Time when the farmers
e,ns ,, money, and he eventually lHl >
NJ ~ s's e chief asset left to
spss ! y, al = other i of its natural
Rits,son NJ fading away for lack
sspst ,.,a and appreciation.
linDIv q p, no care or atten
= ny Sl needs to be let alone .i in
's6 d ItIsl s and increase
sqS. ne T land owner whose e
hssls :. Inc rat is by far tho =