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 : 



Ounces. 



Astrachan-Moire 10 — 3 



'-Beaver-Natural 90 — i 



-Plucked 85—3% 



■ Bear-Black or Brown . 94 — 7 



-Chineliilla 15— IVa 



• Civet Cat 40—2% 



' Cony 20—3 



. Ermine 25—1% 



' Fox-Natural 40—3 



-Dyed Black 25—3 



-Blue 20—3 



Genet 35—2% 



Goat 15—4% 



Hare 5-2% 



, Jackal 27—41/2 



-Koala , 12—4 



Kolinsky 25—3 



Krimmer 60 — 3 



Leopard 75 — 4 



*-Lynx 25—2% 



xMarmot-Dyed 20—3 



Marten-Baum 65^2% 



" Blended 45—2% 



-Stone 45—2% 



" Dyed... 35—2% 



Mink-Natural 70—3% 



-Dyed 35—3% 



-Japan 20 — 3 



Ounces. 



Mole 7—1% 



'Muskrat-Natural 45—3% 



-Seal 33—3% 



'Nutria-Plucked 25—3% 



Otter-Natural 100—4% 



-Plucked 95—3% 



-Sea 100— 4y2 



Opossum-Natural .... 37 — 3 



-Dyed 20—3 



-Australian. . 40 — 3% 



Persian 65 — 3% 



Pony-Eussian 35 — 5% 



Rabbit 5—2% 



Eaccoon-Natural .... 65 — 4% 



-Dyed 50— 41/3 



-^Sable-Natural 60— 2Vo 



-Blended 4:5—2Vz 



Skunk-Natural 70—2% 



-Tipped 50—2% 



Seal- (Hair) 80—3 



" -Dyed 75—3% 



. -(Pur) 80—31/2 



" -Dyed .... 70—314 



. Squirrel-Back 25—1% 



" Blended. 20—1% 



■ Wolf-Natural 5,0—61/2 



-Dyed 30—6% 



_ Wolverine 100—7 



