Size, Color and Quality. 



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RELATIVE DURABILITY AND WEIGHT. 



The life of furs can uow 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 -Bauni 



- " Blended 

 -Stone 



- " Dyed... 

 Mink-Natural 



-Dyed 



-Japan 



Ounces. 



10—3 Mole 



90 — 4 Muskrat-Natural . . . . 



85—378 -Seal 



94—7 Nutria-Plucked 



15— li/o Otter-Natural 



40—2% -Plucked 



20—3 -Sea 



25 — 11^ Opossum-Natural .... 



40—3 -Dyed 



25 — 3 -Australian.. 



20—3 Persian 



35 — 2% Pony-Russian 



15—41/8 Rabbit 



5 — 21/4 Raccoon-Natural . . . . 



27—414 -Dyed 



12 — 4 Sable-Natural 



25—3 -Blended 



60—3 Skunk-Natural 



75 — 4 -Tipped 



25—2% Seal- (Hair) 



20—3 - ' ' -Dyed 



65—2% -(Fur) 



45—2% - " -Dyed . ... 



45—2% Squirrel-Back 



35—2% - " Blended. 



70—314 Wolf -Natural 



35—314 -Dyed 



20—3 Wolverine 



Ounces. 

 7—1% 

 45—314 

 33—314 

 25—314 



100—472 

 95—3% 



100—41/0 

 37—3 

 20—3 

 40—3^2 

 65—3^ 

 35—31/2 

 5—2^ 

 65—41/2 

 50—41/0 

 60— 21/0 

 4.5—272 

 70—2% 

 50—2% 

 SO— 3 

 7.5—314 

 ^0—31/0 

 7U— 3l^ 

 25—1% 

 20—1% 

 50— 6 1/0 

 30—6% 



100—7 



