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January, 1922 
Before the War, one Russian fur 
farmer was experimenting with sable but 
nothing has come out to the trade of his 
results. 
DEKAN, or Fisher, and Otter, are the ! 
largest of the weasels coming on the ^ ■ 
market for furs. I am aware that wolv- | 
erine, skunk and badger are scientifically ! i 
classified in the same family; but as fur, 
they are not to- be considered in the same * 
breath as the minks, the martens, and tb-- 
sables. ' 
Among the high-priced weasel furs, | 
fisher or pekan ranks as a sort of Black, 
Douglass, not so costly and rare as the 
tiny sable, but a magnificent black \ 
coated fellow, the largest of the fui || 
weasels and such a veritable snob, he i 
associates his fur with no other fur, but | 
is done up in unique one-piece goods, in 
capable of imitation and unless brown-« 4 
tinged in his pelt, unneedful of dyes. He i 
is handsome, bold, a tree climber, a hun- 
ter, a fighter and a robber baron of all ; 
other animals’ stores and baits. He eats j 
fish, flesh, herring, mice, rabbits, squir- ! 
rels, birds, snakes, eggs, frogs, toads and 
moles. He can live in a marsh, or he 
can live next door to the marmot — whom 
he will eat — in a rocky burrow, or he wiT 
climb up and take his day sleep in a tree. 
He ranges from New York to the Pa- 
cific Coast and as far North as Alaska. 
Yet it is seldom more than 10,000 of this 
long, black, snaky, deep-furred fellow are 
taken in America in a year. His length 
is given as 24 inches in body, with a. 14 
to 18-inch tail, which he curls round his 
toes for warmth. 
Fisher, or pekans, are always favorites 
of the fur trader and will be to the end I 
of time. They are the biggest and most ; 
durable — except otter — of all the weasel , 
furs. They are known as “Black mar- i 
ten,” “Pennant marten,” “Cat marten” 
and they are true martens in all but ! 
color which is a jet black, or black: 
brown. 
I find less known of the fisher’s hab- 
its than any other fur bearer, and I can 
recall having seen only one in wild life 
— and it was a vanishing black streak 
making from a pond for the woods. 
Can the weasel family be fur-farmed? | 
After the record in silver fox, I should, i 
not like to answer that. The next ten 
years will answer the question. 
M r. NED DEARBORN, Assistant I 
Biologist of the Bureau in Wash- | 
ington, gives the following facts as to^ 
the weasel fur bearers : 
“The marten’s size is about twice that 
of minks. The fur which is very soft,, 
somewhat resembling that, of foxes, is 
about V /2 inches long when prime. The 
color varies, individually, from pale gray 
to orange-brown and dark brown. 
The color of fishers varies from gray- 
ish brown to nearly black. The fur when 
fully developed measures about 2J4: 
inches in length. 
The cost of installing and stocking a 
mink or skunk ranch is comparatively : 
small, depending somewhat on location. 
Material for a single pen for either of 
these animals can be bought for about 
$2. Live minks usually sell at from $8- j 
to $12 each and skunks at from $2 to 8„ j 
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