A HIGH GRADE WILD SKUNK 

 Skunk fur farming can be made a very ])rofitable industry under proper conditions, and as a 

 vocation it need not be at all unpleasant. In capti\ity or semi-domestication the unpleasant 

 factors are eliminated. The photoi^raiih shows a high grade star male which was bred to the 

 mutant female shown below, producing the normal wild type in Fig. 6. (Fig. 1.) 



AN ALBINOTIC FEMALE 



'IVappers in the liiilcd Slates gel aboiii $ i, ()()(), 0(10 aniuialK' lor skunk skins alone, I he >early 

 outpul liiing about 2,0()(),()0(). Skunks thus already form an important source of our native fur 

 supply, and the fur is said to be among the very best wearing kinds. This albinotic female (mutant 

 b) has black eyes, with brownish hair on the face. She is the mother of the litter shown in Fig. 6. 

 (Fig. 2.) 



