of the skin, but not so much as to make the fur 

 thin. When thoroughly dry, trim off any little 

 pieces that spoil the appearance of the skin, but 

 leave on heads, noses and claws. 



No. 1 Skins Must be large and full furred or 

 prime; remember they grade down to 4. 



Do Skinning, Stretching 1 , Etc. After you 

 have tended all your traps, bkm and dry care- 

 fully if you market. 



Jerked Meats. If you have the fortune to kill 

 a deer or moose in warm weather, and have an 

 over-supply of meat that is likely to be tainted, 

 you can preserve it by the following process: Cut 

 all the flesh from the bones in thin strips, and place 

 them for convenience, on the inside of the hide. 

 Add three or four quarts of salt for a moose, and 

 a pint and a half for deer, well worked in. Cover 

 the whole with the sides and corners of the hide 

 to keep out flies, and let it remain in this condition 

 about two hours. Drive four forked stakes into 

 the ground so as to form a square of about eight or 

 ten feet, leaving the forks four feet high. Lav two 

 poles across one way in these forks, and fill the 

 whole space the other way with poles laid on the 

 first two, about two inches apart. The strips of 

 flesh should then be laid across the poles, and a 

 small fire of clean hardwood should be started un- 

 derneath, and kept up for twenty-four hours. This 

 ^Jr process will reduce the weight of the flesh more 

 til than half, bringing it to a condition like that of 

 dried or smoked beef, in which it will keep any 

 Y length of time. This is called jerked venison. It 

 * is good eating, and always commands a high price 

 in market. An over-supply of fish can be treated 

 in the same manner. They should be split open 

 on the back, and the backbone taken out. 

 ^ Never Set Large traps without a trap clamp. 

 J Never place your hands about the jaws or pan, and 

 ff don't handle a set trap. 



Trapper's Best Friend Is a good, well trained 

 dog. 



Don't Reset Where sprung traps are found; 

 try a new place thereabout. If bait is gone and 

 trap unsprung, you are at fault, so reset in these 

 instances. 



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