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ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY 



The only diamond-back terrapin farm that the author has visited, 

 may be, as claimed, the only one in existence. It is operated by Mr. 

 A. M. Barbee at the Isle of Hope, a suburb of Savannah, Georgia. 

 At this farm may be seen terrapin by the thousands, awaiting shipment 

 to hotels and restaurants of the larger cities. Not only are the live 



FIG. 96. Carapace of diamond-back terrapin, Malacocelemmys palustris (Mala- 

 clemmys canlratd). X%. 



terrapin shipped but they are preserved in jars and sold in this more 

 convenient form. 



The butts, cows and heifers, as they are called, are kept in separate 

 pens, except during the breeding seasons, and the sick animals are 

 isolated until their recovery or death. The death-rate at the farm is 

 said to be extremely low. The following facts were obtained directly 



