. Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana. Montana Fish and Game Commission; Game protection; Wildlife conservation; Fisheries. MONTANA STATE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION MONTANA HAS LARGEST MUSKRAT FARM IN AMERICA MONTANA has the largest muskrat farm under fence in the United States. Through the activity of James M. Hall of S'wan Lake in Lake county, five acres is fenced, more than 100 experimental pens have been constructed and weekly shipments of these fur bearing- animals are being received for breed- ing purposes from Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. Within
. Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana. Montana Fish and Game Commission; Game protection; Wildlife conservation; Fisheries. MONTANA STATE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION MONTANA HAS LARGEST MUSKRAT FARM IN AMERICA MONTANA has the largest muskrat farm under fence in the United States. Through the activity of James M. Hall of S'wan Lake in Lake county, five acres is fenced, more than 100 experimental pens have been constructed and weekly shipments of these fur bearing- animals are being received for breed- ing purposes from Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. Within a short time the operator of the enterprise expects to produce 20,000 to 30,000 pelts annually. Regular reports from the fur farm are made to the state fish and game depai'tment as provided by law. Applications for live muskrats produced on the fur farm are constantly pouring in, these shipments being made by permit issued by the Till' pltotoarapli above .s7(0( the luaiii (uid a portion of tif loinl imilcr fence at the Hwan Lake fur farm. The lower fence fronts on the lake .shon . The experimental pens are located hack of the buildings and the fence is so arranged that thr fnr-hearin;; animals may be controlled anil Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Montana Fish and Game Commission. Helena, Mont. : Independent Pub. Co.
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