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Mammala, wild, objects of breeding 141 



Management of fox ranches, causes of failure in 46 



Manitoba, fur-farmers, list of, in 250 



Manufacture, preparing skins for 117 



Manual of fur-farming 20 



Marine and Fisheries, Dept. of, assistance of re reindeer 115 



Maritime provinces, (see also under iVeio Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince 

 Edward Island). 



blue foxes in 67 



minks found in 90 



mink pelts of, valuable 90 



Marketing skins of fur-bearers, how to pack 121 



Marketing of foxes 56 



Marmot fur, reference to 7, 8 



Marmot island, fox-farming on 70 



Marten, American, value of skin of 90 



Marten, black, an imitation fur 7 



description of 150 



domesticated by Romans 13 



fur of, reference to 7 



habits of 97 



haunts of, destroyed 4 



mating of 98 



notes on 150 



number of, shipped to P. E. Island, 1912-1913 31 



progress in farming of 97 



Marten, pine, decrease in number of 5 



increase in price of 5 



Maryland, karakul sheep in 87 



muskrat skins from 160 



Meat diet for foxes 44 



Mendel's law of hybrids 24 



Menier, M., experiments with foxes, by 16 



Merchandise Marks Act, 1887, (Engluid) reference to 8 



Merriam, classification of red foxes by 20 



Middlewater Cattle Co., breeding of karakul sheep by 81 



Mink, description of 150 



destruction of homes of 4 



dressing of furs of 123 



fur of, reference to 7 



Mink, notes on 150 



number of, shipped to P. E. Island, 1912-1913 31 



reference to 1, 5, 10, 90 



Mink-farming, the colony system of 93 



experimental 91 



the natural plan, of 92 



nests, description of 93 



the pen system, of 94 



practical hints on 96 



sites for pens 95 



