TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PART I. 



The Fur Traders Their work as Empire Builders. 

 First charter granted the Skinners Guild of 

 London in 1327 History of the Hudson's Bay 

 Company and the Great French Fur Merchants 

 The Rise and Fall of the Northwest Com- 

 pany The Struggle for the Mastery Lewis 

 and Clark Expedition John Jacob Astor's 

 attempt to control the Fur Trade of North 

 America The Voyage of the Tonquin The 

 Overland Journey to the Columbia The Sur- 

 render of Astoria Lord Strathcona The 

 Passing of the Russian Traders Under the 

 American Flag The Fur Traders of Today. . 1-28 



Fur Farming 1 Its Past, Present and Future Suc- 

 cessful Experiments General Information- 

 Fox Raising on Prince Edward Island What 

 can be done with other animals Skunk Breed- 

 ing The Possibilities of the Industry Mink 

 Raising The Obstacles to Success Govern- 

 ment Experiments with the Persian Lamb. . . . 29-40 



The Furriers Relations to other Branches of the 

 Fur Trade The Old New York Houses, Where 

 are they? Old and New Methods of Merchan- 

 dising Increase in Number of Small Factories 

 The place of the Specialty Man Fur Dealers 

 and Fur Fakirs 41-44 



Fur Markets Seal Sales at St. Louis Leipzig Fur 

 Mart The Fairs at Irbit and Nijni Novgorod 

 in Russia New York as a Fur Market The 

 London Sales The Offerings Moscow, Tien- 

 tsin and other Fur Centers 45-46 



Dressing, Dyeing, Improving and Grading The 

 Dressers The Evolution of the Dyer's Art 

 Plucking, Pulling and Machining Imitations 

 and Substitutes How to Remove the Skins 

 from the Carcasses Stuffed Animals versus 

 Scientific Taxidermy 47-56 



Size, Color and Quality Largest Species near the 

 Poles Females smaller than the Males In- 

 breeding makes the stock become smaller 

 Larger Animals produced by Crossing Most 

 Powerful Animals on the Barren Wastes 

 Predominating Color White as a Mark of Dis- 

 tinction The Influence of Cold on Color Fur 

 becomes lighter with Age When Fur has its 

 full Growth Best at from One to Two Years 

 of Age Finest 'Specimens found in High Lati- 

 tudesThe Effect of Climate . . 57-58 



