SIZE, COLOR AND QUALITY. 



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RELATIVE DURABILITY AND WEIGHT. 



The life of furs can now be so prolonged by dry cold 

 storage, which not only protects them from moths but 

 prevents the change of color and the deterioration that 

 formerly resulted from the evaporation in high tempera- 

 tures and hot atmospheres of the natural oils in the skin 

 and hairs, that the durability of the fur must be consid- 

 ered as well as the cost in determining its real value. 



Taking the Otter at 100 as the standard the relative 

 durability of some of the best-known furs is shown in 

 the following table, which also gives the weight per square 

 foot of the skins mentioned : 



Astrachan-Moire 



Beaver-Natural 



-Plucked 



Bear-Black or Brown. 



Chinchilla 



Civet Cat 



Cony 



Ermine 



Fox-Natural 



-Dyed Black 



-Blue 



Genet 



Goat 



Hare 



Jackal 



Koala 



Kolinsky 



Krimmer 



Leopard 



Lynx 



Marmot-Dyed 



Marten-Baum . 



Blended 



-Stone 



Mink-Natural 

 -Dyed 

 -Japan 



Dyed... 



Ounces. 



103 Mole 



904 Muskrat-Natural ... 



853% -Seal 



947 Nutria-Plucked 



1511/2 Otter-Natural 



402% -Plucked 



203 -Sea 



25 1% Opossum-Natural 



403 -Dyed 



25 3 -Australian.. 



203 Persian 



352% Pony-Eussian 



154% Rabbit 



5 2% Raccoon-Natural . . . , 



274% -Dyed 



124 Sable-Natural 



253 -Blended 



603 Skunk-Natural 



754 -Tipped 



252% Seal-(Hair) 



203 - < ' -Dyed 



6523/4 .(Fur) 



452% - " -Dyed 



45 2% Squirrel-Back 



352% - " Blended 



703% Wolf -Natural 



35314 -Dyed 



203 Wolverine . 



Ounces. 

 71% 

 453% 

 333% 

 253% 



1004% 

 953% 



1004% 

 373 

 203 

 403% 

 653% 

 353% 

 52% 

 654% 

 504% 

 602% 

 452% 

 702% 

 502% 

 803 

 753% 

 80-31/2 



251% 

 201% 

 506% 

 306% 

 1007 



