id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 34228 Schmidt, Arno Erdman The Accomplished Muskrat Trapper: A Book on Trapping for Amateurs .txt text/plain 12706 609 76 Trapping Muskrats--Open Water Methods. amphibious class of animals, consequently traps must be set in or One of the best traps for muskrats ever invented is manufactured by for trapping 'rats when streams are free of ice. animal, is to set traps at the foot of their slides, in two or three such a place, set a trap in the water at each end of the trail. good places to set traps, as every passing 'rat will visit such setting of traps in difficult places, especially under ice. set traps in or upon muskrat houses. traps through the ice, in three or four feet of water. spring, when pelts are strictly prime and the fur is at its best. Handling and Grading Muskrat Fur. Thousands of dollars are annually lost to trappers on account of the of fall muskrat pelts than among any other kind of fur. ./cache/34228.txt ./txt/34228.txt