Rod and gun . egulations, shall cause thesame to be made public, and shall allow aperiod of three months in which said regula-tion may be and considered beforefinal adoption, permitting, when deemed pro-per, public hearings thereon, and after finaladoption shall cause the same to be engrossedand submitted to the President of the UnitedStates for approval: Provided, however, thatnothing herein contained shall be deemed toaffect or interfere with the local laws of theStates and Territories for the protection ofnonmigratory game or other birds residentand breeding within their borders,
Rod and gun . egulations, shall cause thesame to be made public, and shall allow aperiod of three months in which said regula-tion may be and considered beforefinal adoption, permitting, when deemed pro-per, public hearings thereon, and after finaladoption shall cause the same to be engrossedand submitted to the President of the UnitedStates for approval: Provided, however, thatnothing herein contained shall be deemed toaffect or interfere with the local laws of theStates and Territories for the protection ofnonmigratory game or other birds residentand breeding within their borders, nor toprevent the States and Territories from en-acting laws and regulations to promote andrender efficient the regulations of the Depart-ment of Agriculture provided under thisstatute. There is hereby appropriated, out of themoneys in the Treasury and not otherwiseappropriated, for the purpose of carrying outthese provisions, the sum of SI0, Small Fur Bearers and How to Take Them Bv GEORGE .1. THIESSEN. A series of articles by a recognized authority on Traps ^nd Trapping and includingtlie following: Introduction; Traps, their uses, etc.; Skunk and Civet Cat; Minkand Weasel; Muskrat; Marten and Fox; Skinning and Stretching Furs; Preparingfor Market; etc. The Muskrat ARTICLE 5 THE muskrat is the only one ofthe commoner fur bearers tnatdoes not eat flesh. Its foodconsists chiefly of roots, barks, grain,etc. Some of the best decoys areapples, parsnips, carrots, beets andcabbage. Further, unlike most of theother animals, its pelt is not of goodfjuality imtil late winter and muskrat is extremely active inthe Fall of the year and can easily betrapped. In the colder weather itdens up, so to speak, and does notventure out much when the streamsare frozen. Some pelt hunters imagine thatthere are two kinds of muskrat,(musquash)—two distinct species—one of which has its den in the sidesof the banks of some water and theother which builds its house out ofmud and sticks
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