THE FUR, LEATHER AND HIDE TRADES 



6l 



Mini- Maxi- 

 mum mum 

 China and Japan (dam- 

 aged) $ i.oo $1.25 



Sable 



Russian 13.00 350.00 



Japanese 20.00 21.00 



Shiraz (broadtail) n 5.70 



Skunk 



Northwest 2.60 3.65 



Iowa i.oo 3.10 



Kansas and Nebraska . 1.95 2.90 



Coast 2.00 2.75 



Southwest 20 2.55 



New York and Pennsyl- 

 vania .10 3.10 



New England 75 3.10 



Virginia 1.35 2.55 



Squirrel, foreign 08 1.56 



Weasel, Chinese 20 .45 



Wolf 



Canada 7.50 27.25 



Montana 10.00 24.50 



Washington and Ore- 

 gon 10.25 18.50 



Northwestern 2.60 19.75 



Western 50 10.75 



Southwestern 01 3.00 



Russia i.oo 12.25 



Wolf, Timber 



Arctic 25.00 28.00 



Dark 8.50 19.50 



Gray 10 32.00 



Wolverene 2.75 26.50 



The large fur dealers are alive to the need of wise regulation and 

 less wasteful methods of trapping, and of saving the pelts in good 

 condition. Some of them are engaged in a campaign of education along 

 such lines, as they realize that the future of their trade depends upon 

 keeping up the supply. Laws regulating trapping have been adopted 

 in many of our states, as well as in the Canadian provinces, providing 

 close seasons and carrying other provisions for the conservation of 

 fur-bearing animals and the betterment of the condition of the average 

 catch. The laws are discussed in a special chapter. As furs taken in 

 proper season are much more valuable than those taken out of season, 

 confining the legal open season for trapping to the few best months of 

 the year does not reduce the total value of the annual catch. 14 



The license fees, taxes on pelts and royalties in some jurisdictions 



14 Walker, Getting public support for mammal protection, Journ. Mammalogy, ix, 

 196-200, 1928. 



Mini- Maxi- 

 mum mum 



Virginia and Carolina $ .64 $ 1.44 

 Arkansas and Okla- 

 homa 24 1.45 



Southwestern 16 1.38 



Southern 05 1.18 



South American 44 .68 



Australian 35 3.20 



Otter 

 Labrador and Province 



of Quebec 20.00 39.00 



Alaska 23.50 30 oo 



Northwest States 28.00 28.00 



Carolina and East 18.00 32.00 



Louisiana, Mississippi, 



and Alabama !5-5O 26.00 



Florida 9.00 20.50 



Norway 14.00 23.00 



South America 9.75 14.50 



Lake 3-5Q 975 



Persian Lamb 25 8.75 



Petchaniki .34 



Pony 80 2.60 



Raccoon 



Eastern 2.20 15.00 



Carolina 5.40 7.50 



Northwest and Coast . . 2.50 12.00 



Central 1.70 9.00 



Alabama and Mississippi 2.20 8.10 



Louisiana 5.00 8.80 



Salt water 1.50 6.40 



Florida . .10 6.60 



