The Fur Animals of Louisiana 



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LICENSED TRAPPERS IN LOU ISIANA— (Continued) 



1924-25 1925-26 



1926-27 1927-28 



1928-29 



1929-30 



St. James 



St. John the Baptist . 



St. Landry 



St. Martin 



St. Mary 



St. Tammany 



Tangipahoa 



Tensas 



Terrebonne 



Union 



Vermilion 



Vernon 



Washington 



Webster 



West Baton Rouge . . 



West Carroll 



West Feliciana 



Winn 



Total Trappers 



Paid in Licenses . . . . 



102 



66 



209 



164 



565 



207 



141 



201 



1,851 



70 



324 



157 



129 



122 



54 



61 



55 



135 



| 20,149 |17,344 |12,973 

 |$25,186.25| $21,6S0| $25,946 



74 



44 



84 



45 



673 



194 



150 



171 



1,618 



125 



321 



293 



171 



150 



53 



77 



73 



227 



185 



100 



132 



21 



702 



142 



46 



265 



1,965 



84 



345 



222 



146 



109 



28 



44 



21 



97 



12,628 |12,603 

 $25,2561 $25,206 



12,878 

 $25,756 



Must Furs Come From the Snow Countries? 



Popular and colorful romance has been chiefly respon- 

 sible for the very general impression that only in the cold 

 climate, where snow and ice and Arctic winds forced the 

 furred creatures of the wild to grow a heavy pelage, are the 

 fur animals to be found. Popular belief, too, has been that 

 only in these northern primal wildernesses do trappers lay 

 their traps so that milady in search of creature comforts or 

 the bizarre may suitably adorn her figure — in winter as 

 well as in summer. 



As a mater of fact it is recognized that furs can come 

 from too far North. This is true of the average Canadian 

 muskrat, as fur experts have declared it to be the poorest 

 of all 'rats in wearing quality, this being due, they point 

 out, to the fact "that in cold weather they absorb their own 

 fat for food, which thins the pelt and impoverishes the fur," 



Despite the widespread belief that furs come only from 

 the rigorous sections, the tropics and sub-tropics have long 

 held their important places in the fur world. While it is 

 true that the silver fox, the pet of the fur trade and the 

 highest priced individual pelt in the commerce, is found in 

 the Arctic, on the other hand, the nutria, for by such name 

 does the coypu rat masquerade in the fur trade, comes from 

 the tropics and sub-tropics of South America; and the 



