Contents 



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i. introduction 1 



ii. early attempts to domesticate the fox 13 



iii. manual of fur-farming 

 Common Red Fox: 



the scienxe of breeding 16 



ranching practice 25 



financx.\l aspects 48 



Polar or Arctic Fox: 



BLUE fox FARMING 56 



blue foxes of the pribilof islands 60 



Raccoon 70 



Weasel Family: 



mink 71 



marten or AMERICAN SABLE 78 



fisher, PEKAN or PENNANT MARTEN 79 



CANADIAN OTTER 80 



SKUNK 85 



Rodents : 



MUSKRAT 89 



BEAVER 90 



Reindeer and Moose: 



the reindeer in canada 92 



MOOSE 95 



IV. PREPARING SKINS FOR MANUFACTURE 96 



V. THE COMMERCE IN RAW FURS 



Centres of the Fur Trade 104 



Prices of Silver Fox Skins 109 



VI. APPENDICES 



I. Value of Wild Animals 115 



II. Experience in Raising Virginia Deer 117 



III. Selected Articles from American Breeders' Asso- 



ciation Reports: 



OBJECTS OF breeding WILD MAMMALS 119 



EXOTIC SPECIES FOR DOMESTICATION 120 



BREEDING OF THE WAPITI 122 



BREEDING THE VIRGINIA DEER 123 



BREEDING FUR-BEARING ANIMALS 125 



IV. Reindeer Progress in Alaska 131 



V. Canadian Legislation Respecting Fur-Farming. . . 135 



VI. Statistics of Fur Production 138 



VII. Statistics of Fur Prices 146 



VII. INDEX 161 



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