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1943 Good Eating from Woods and Fields (possum, muskrat) 1939 Fishing - $35 (near Chelsea)
condition:
fair
make / manufacturer:
State of Michigan
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The pamphlet measures 6 3/4 x 3 1/3 inches folded and 6 3/4 x 17 1/2 inches unfolded.
The booklet is in accordion, fold-out form. The first part of the booklet has a graph showing the sessions, size, daily and possession limits. The dates were a bit different for the UP. There’s a county-by-county list of designated trout and pike lakes. The back pages have a detailed explanation of the regulations in very small print.
Good Eating from Woods and Fields was put out by the Michigan State College Extension Division in 1943, right in the middle of WW II. The cover has come off and there’s a small tear in the upper right corner of page 3. It’s has 22 pages, and measures 6 x 9 inches. The back cover is gone, but there are about 40 recipes recipes for wild game. Check these out:
—3 pheasant recipes
—3 wild duck recipes
—3 wild goos recipes
—5 rabbit recipes
—grouse, prairie chicken, and woodcock recipes
—3 beaver recipes
—3 woodchuck recipes
—3 possum recipes
—4 raccoon recipes
—5 muskrat recipes
—3 squirrel recipes
Some good eating’ here!
One of the reasons for this booklet is to help with the war effort. Readers were asked to save any fat that came from hunting wild game. Rendered fat helped produce bombs.
Both of these booklets are a neat look into hunting and fishing life in Michigan many, many years ago.