COME TO - - MUSKRAT C
BEAVER FARMERS CONVENTION
FOX LAKE, WIS.
SUN., OCT 5)1947                               (ALL DAY)
BRING THE FAMILY FOR AN OUTING!
Brother Fur Farmers:
If you are seriously tnterested in muskrat or beaver farming,
this meeting will help you make more money' You cannot very well afford not to be
there! Muskrat and Beaver Farmers of long experience from all over the state, as
well as authorities on ditching and muskrat farming, marsh management, muskrat
diseases, water rights, etc., will be there. You can discuss your own problems with
them and bring home helpful information that we believe w L1 be worth a great deal
to you.
Gordon L. Wedge, of Fox Lake, Wis., one of our directors; his son, Melvin; the Dodge
County Muskrat Farmers; and the business men of Fox Lake are making big plans to
show us a good time. The enclosed folder will tell you more than I could in a long
"spiel." Our members, Gordon and Melvin Wedge, who own Wedge's Resort and muskrat
farm (see folder) invite your wife and the kids to bring your lunch and make free
use of their picnic grounds, while you are attending meetings with other muskrat
farmers to learn how to make more money.    WVedge's Resort make us muskrat farmers a
special price of $1 per person, per night for cabins, and some of us are going to
stay there next Saturday night. If you want to stay there, drop them a line or
phone them. Wedges have clay pigeon traps, sandwiches, drinks, boats, etc. Their
16 cabins accommodate from 2 to 8 people each. Some I understand have cooking
accommodations. Fox Lake is one of the really good fishing lakes in Wisconsin!
All Meetings At Community Hall, Fox Lake (City) -- PROGRAM, Sun., Oct. 5.
9:00 to 10:00 A. M. Registration and Directors' Meeting, Payment of Dues
10:00 to 12:00 A. M. Licensed Farmers' Business Meeting
12:00 to  1:00 P. M. Recess for Lunch
1:00 to  2:00 P. M. Licensed Farmers' Business Meeting and Election
2:00 to  4:00 P. M.   Muskrat Farmers' Institute
Speakers: WM. FIELD, State Supervisor Fur and Game Farms.
(Inspects and estimates muskrat and beaver farms.)
DR, McDERMIDT, State Game Farm, Poynette, is.
(utorifty on diseases of fur-bearing animals.)
JAMES BEER, Zoology Dept., University of Wisconsin.
(Conducting special studies on muskrats.)
W. 0. TRUAX, Wildlife Biologist.
TM1930i Tugirat studies for state at Horicon Marsh.)
These men will answer your questions.
Come One, Come All! Bring Other Licensed Muskrat and Beaver Farmers!
Yours for more fur,
WIS. LICENSED MUSKRAT & BEAVER FARMERS ASSOCIATION
(Kiel, Wis.) Pres.                 I(Oshkosh)
Sec.-Treas.
P. S. For general information to muskrat and beaver farmers, this association and
its members were very active in your behalf during this year's session of the Legis-
lature. A muskrat and beaver farm bill had been introduced that would have taken
away many of the rights you have gained during these many years. We succeeded in
getting this bill changed so that it is the same as it was several years ago, and
has the backing of the Wis. Supreme Court decisions in your favor. We also killed
a bill that would have made it unlawful to use steel traps. We thank all of you who
helped us! As our legislative expense for travel, letters, etc., was more than
usual this year, will you please send us a few dollars and new memberships. Our
annual dues are still $1 -- less than the cost of one muskrat pelt and the best
insurance you can buy for the future of your business. -- Clyde B. Terrell, Sec.-
Treas., Oshkosh,