Bulletin 320 



CONTROL OF THE COYOTE IN CALIFORNIA 



397 



3. All pelts should be thoroughly fleshed; that is, all fat and 

 adhering pieces of meat scraped from the flesh side of the skin. 



4. Each ear should be^ skinned out so as to turn inside out clear 

 to the tip, in order to prevent "slipping" of the hair on the ears. 

 The cartilage should preferably be left in, attached at the rim, 



5. The pelt should be dried, flesh side out, on a stretching board, 

 in an airj', shadj^ place. Before it becoines entirely dry it should 

 be turned fur side out and thenceforth kept that way. 



6. If coyote pelts are to be kept for several months they should 

 not be left hanging over a beam in a shed or building to be ruined by 

 motlis and dennestes. They should be fiunigated by placing them in 

 a tight box together with a saucer nearly full of carbon-bisulphide. 

 Care should be taken to keep all exposed lights away from the explosive 

 carbon -bisulphide fumes. The pelts will then be safe from insect pests 

 for months if left in the box. 



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