Contents 



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I. INTRODUCTION 1 



II, EARLY ATTEMPTS TO DOMESTICATE THE FOX 15 



III MANUAL OF FUR-FARMING 



Common Red Fox: 



the science of breeding 20 



ranching practice 31 



financial aspects 59 



Polar or Arctic Fox: 



BLUE FOX-F.\ItMING 66 



blue foxes of the pribilof islands 71 



BIarakul Sheep 81 



Raccoon 89 



Weasel Family: 



MINK 90 



marten or AMERICAN SABLE 97 



FISHER, PEKAN OR PENNANT MARTEN 98 



CANADIAN OTTER 99 



SKUNK 104 



Rodents: 



MUSKRAT 110 



beaver Ill 



Reindeer and Moose: 



the reindeer in CANADA 113 



moose 116 



IV. PREPARING SKINS FOR MANUFACTURE 117 



V. THE COMMERCE IN RAW FURS 



Centres of the Fur Trade 126 



London Fur Market 127 



Prices of Silver Fox Skins 131 



VI. APPENDICES 



I. Value op Wild Animals 137 



II. Experience in Raising Virginia Deer 139 



III. Selected Articles from American Breeders' Association 



Reports: 



objects of breeding wild mammals 141 



exotic species for domestication 142 



breeding of the wapiti 144 



breeding the VIRGINIA DEER 145 



BREEDING FUR-BEARING ANIMALS 147 



IV. Reindeer Progress in Alaska 152 



V. The Romance of Fur 156 



VI. The Muskrat 159 



VII. Canadian Legislation Respecting Fur-farming 165 



VTII. Notes Concerning the Conservation of Game in Quebec. . 182 



IX. Statistics of Fur Production 186 



X. Statistics of Fur Prices 215 



XI. Fur-farming Companies and Fur-farmers in Canada 222 



XII. Report of Fur Sales, March, 1914, Lampson & Co 252 



VII. INDEX 257 



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