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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1952)
Vi'KDNKKDAY, MAY 7. 10.r.2 1IEHALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FAU.S, OREGON PAGE THIRTEEN Pesky Muskrat (titter Useful Bead or Alive GENE BRANSON of Ihc Tulo Lake Wildlife Refuge looks over some of the government's share of muskrat pelts in the drying shed, located at the old CCC Camp: More than 12,000 muskies were trapped In Tule Lake and Lower Klamath Lake wildlife areas. ON THE DRYING RACKS, trapped musk rats await the skinning operations. Skinners become phenomenally quick in stripping the fur from the carcasses of the muskrat. HCOUTS AID BLOOD DRIVE NEW YORK Ml Boy BoouU, nmc 90.000 htronu will start knock ing on doon soon to help tho American Urd Cross get pledges for blood donations. RADIO COURTESY OF V. 8.. SAIOON, Imlo-Clilna Un Thous and o( Vietnamese villagers 'In rrmote, uncleclrlflfd areas will be lliienhig to International and local v.idiorHstn. The American Mutual B-rurlty Administration Is dlmi'l billing 400 community luiumlng j,".irilo sets. &d'irtch' cut and wrap your beef . and pork for your locker And we still cure your hami and bacon' SMOKE HOUSE 427 Marker A. G. "Butch" Zweigart Klamath Falls Phone 7060 fly MAMOI.M KPIKV JR. There are lots ol folks who like whut the muakral has to oiler al ter he's already dead fur coal, muHk for perfume, mink food ami "inninh rabbit" dinners. But the Tulelake Pish and Wild life Refuge like a certain number ol the peaky little varmints alive and well mi their properties. De aplle the fact they are the banc uf the Irrigation district manager and the farmer, they serve a use ful purpone on tho rufuge. Amn.lngly enough, the Klamath Bttbln's vast marshlands don't como hv muskrahi naturally. Man Intro duced them here some years ago from the Great Lakes region. Prac tically every other marsh In North. America could boast lor wony about) them. The quality of the original plant ing stock of Klamath muskrat wai 4i I g h, and consequently, locally trapped furs have always sold at a premium in the Pacific Coast states. Because the muf.krat Is constant ly In search of food, he does a Job lor the Wildlife Service at Tule Inke that otherwise would cost loin ol money. He feeds on the root stalks of marsh plants, keeping thr growth opened up Instead of allowing It to become a vast. Im penetrable ftlAWl of tti'.e which would turn away waterfowl. Other food rnd aquatic planu grow on the openings made by the rat, and during bad weather wild ducks and geese find shelter there. FAVOR Still another thing from the wild life standpoint In favor or musk rat Is that his house makes a line nesting place for the wild blrdi Mgr. Tom Horn of the Tule Lake Refuge says there's hardly a rat house without a nest of some sort on It. Muskrats, Horn says, have cyciic peaks of population which rise nn.l fall without regularity and whether or not their populations arc trapped, lliey produce two or three litters per year and average lour liltl? ones per Utter. II some tort nl control were not exercised over them, Horn notes, cither natural or man made, the populations will build rapidly. He describes them as lazy little animals, evidently always hungry "Evidently." he says, "all ol '.he muxkrat's activity revolves around getting something to eat. When cold weather approaches they shiv er unprotected until forced to build houses. They do this by clipping nl rattalls and bulrush stalks and dragging them Into big plies. In side they burrow out rooms and passngeways. HI BHLKB They store no winter food, but live "bv hand to mouth" bv diving under the Ice through a hole main tained throughout the winter in their house. They pull up and clip MORK MKAT THIS YEAR COLUMBUS. O. Ws-The average U. fi citizen probably will cat 2 or 3 pounds more meat this year than last, says C. F. Christian, consumer specialist at Ohio Stale University. Total meat production this year is expected to be larger than last year. Average meat con sumption Last year was 138 pound. So lovely! So lively ! So lasting! Pink IP'" Holds the set longer than 4J am other IHT permanent J tlmtlsw fabulous new lotion shampoo by Toni WW ft.oo tins LEE HENDRICKS Your Neighborhood Druqqist 2212 So. 6th Ph. 4321 off the roots of bullrushea and cat tulli. They can swim long distances under water, and Horn notes that some people think they can catch their breath by finding air pockets between the Ice and the surface if the water. Sometimes muskrats will build Into steep banks (or rooms and that's the main objection of farm ers to the versatile animals. Many limes they'll drill right through the bank unci washouts occur wfien water levels are raised the next spring. In the deep South, Horn says, muskrats are commonly served In cafes under the delicate-sounding title "Marsh Rabbits." Apparent ly, though, our tastes haven't de veloped yet In the West to that point. The past season, Horn reports, 12 trappers took 8;)72 mm.krats off the Tule Lake wildlife area, and four more took 4.036 off the Lower Klamath area. This, the first sea son's trapping In three yeara there, brought trappers the present mar ket level of 1 per pelt. TO BUREAU Trapping permits are Issued on a 50-W) basis, with the government getting half of the pelts taken for the trapping rignui. atraiw the government's share of the trap pings this year will be credited to the Bureau of Reclamation, Horn said. The wildlife manager reported "clean trap" operations were madu along agricultural areas of the rel uge the League of Nations and Prog Pond areas to keep dike-bor-Ing muskies from doing damage. The same was done In the lower Klamath area, he said. Muskrat skimming has become b Diriii with crnod sktnuei? developing phenomenal speeds ol stripping the furs from the tiny bodies. After skinning, the pelts are placed on stretchers for dry ing and are then shipped; the government ships lln share In baled of 1000 pelts each. Hom tells a story oft-told In tin Louisiana country where the "marsh rabbit" Is such a delicacy every year, ne says, a coo- I test is neid mere to ueiermme me state champion muskrat skinner. The Idea was that the signal to start skinning Is given when tho starter throws a muskrat Into the air. The man who won the cham pionship began skinning at that alg ' nal nnd skinned six muskrats be fore the starting rat had hit the ground." Horn suggests we take this with a grain of aalt. OFFICE SPACE " For rent in Stewart-Drew Building. Inquire at Orew't Manstore, 733 Main. JAMES MURRAY "Red" Britton DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE ' SHERIFF Present Incumbent Experienced World War 2 Veteran PS. Adr. I. M. 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