26S COMMISSION OF CONSERVATION 



PA(iK 



Karakul sheep, circular on, by U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 86 



difficulties in obtaining 85 



experiments of U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, referred to 86, 88 



fine wool type, where bred 82 



high price of breeding stock 88 



how to remove skin of 88 



importations of, to America 82, 85 



in Prince Edward Island 81 



reference to 1 , 2, 7 



in United States 11, 85 



Karakul skins, number of, and how imported 87 



preparing and marketing 84 



Karakul wool, utilization of, in Bokhara 85 



Karpov, M., quoted re prices of furs 84 



quoted re Tartar names 83 



referred to, re karakul sheep 81, 85 



Karshi, district of, habitat of karakul sheep 81 



Kendall & Sterhng, blue fox farmers 70 



Kennels for foxes 41, 43 



Kerki, district of, habitat of karakul sheep 81 



Khiva, khanate of, karakul industry in 81 



Kodiak islands, fox-farmers on 69, 70 



Koordiuk, derivation of term 83 



Kotzebue, Alaska, use of reindeer at 153, 155 



Krimmer furs, reference to 7 



where obtained 81 



Kuskokwim river, Alaska 152 



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Labrador, diseases of foxes in 55 



fox-ranching in 29 



fur exports from, referred to 129 



otter m 100 



reindeer herds in 113 



Lac Chaud, Quebec, mink ranch at 91 



La Compagnie Zootechnique de Labelle, mink-farniers 91 



Lamb, baby 7, 85 



Thibet, reference to skin of 8 



Lampson, C. M. & Co., fur dealers 127 



fur sales of 130, 252 



furs sold to 134, 135 



sample fur purchases of 134. 135 



statement based on sales of 5 



statistics from 198-200 



Lantz, D. E., chairman American Breeders' Association 141 



: . estimate of, re species of animals 12 



'^' quoted, re muskrat 159 



La Tuque, Que 184 



Laurentian plateau, mink pelts of, valuable 90 



