Contents 



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I. INTRODUCTION 1 



II. EARLY ATTEMPTS TO DOMESTICATE THE FOX 15 



iii manual of fur^farminq 



Common Red Fox: 



the science of bbeeding 20 



ranching practice 31 



financial aspects 59 



Polar or Arctic Fox: 



blue pox-farminq 66 



bltte foxes of the pribilof islands 71 



Karakul Sheep 81 



Raccoon 89 



Weasel Family: 



MINK 90 



MARTEN OR AMERICAN SABLE 97 



FISHER, PEKAN OB PENNANT MARTEN 98 



CANADIAN OTTER 99 



SKUNK 104 



Rodents: 



MUSKBAT 110 



BEAVER Ill 



Reindeer and Moose: 



THE reindeer IN CANADA 113 



moose 116 



IV. PREPARING SKINS FOR MANUFACTURE 117 



v. the commerce in raw furs 



Centres of the Fur Trade 126 



London Fur Market 127 



Prices of Silver Fox Skins 131 



VI. APPENDICES 



I. Value of Wild Animals 137 



II. Experience in lUisiisra Virginia Deer 139 



III. Selected Articles from American Breeders' Association 



Reports: 



objects op breeding wild mammals 141 



exotic species for domestication 142 



breeding of the wapiti 144 



breeding the vxrqinia deer 145 



breedino fur-bearing animals 147 



IV. Reindeer Progress in Alaska 1S2 



V. The Romance op Fur 156 



VI. The Muskrat 159 



VII. Canadian Legislation Respecting Fur-farming 165 



VTII. Notes Concerning the Conservation op Game in Quebec . . 182 



IX. Statistics op Fur Production 186 



X. Statistics op Fur Prices 215 



XI. Fur-farming Companies and Fur-p.ahmers in Canada 222 



XII. Report op Fur Sales, March, 1914, Lampson & Co 252 



VII. INDEX 257 



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