January, 1922 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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according to quality. Minks and de- 
scented skunks can be kept in an ordi- 
nary back yard provided it is partially 
shaded. 
If one wishes to dress his own furs, 
the following recipe for a tanning liquor 
may be used, but time and patience are 
required to produce soft, pliable skins, 
as the process is largely one of manipu- 
lation : To each gallon of water add one 
quart of salt and a half ounce of sul- 
phuric acid. This mixture should not 
be kept in a metal container. Thin 
skins are tanned by this liquor in one 
day ; heavy skins must remain in it 
longer, and will not be harmed if left 
in it indefinitely. When removed they 
are washed several times in soapy water, 
I wrung as dry as possible and then rubbed 
on the flesh side with a cake of hard 
^ , soap. They are then folded in the mid- 
dle, hung lengthwise over a line, hair 
side out and left to dry. When both 
surfaces are barely dry and the interior 
is still moist they are laid over a smooth 
rounded board and scraped on the flesh 
side with the edge of a worn flat file or 
a similar bhmt-edged tool. In this way 
an inner layer is removed and the skins 
become pearly white in color. They are 
then stretched, rubbed, and twisted until 
quite dry. If parts of a skin are still 
hard and stiff, the soaping, drying and 
stretching process is repeated until the 
'entire skin is soft. Fresh butter or other 
animal fat worked into skins while warm 
and then worked out again in dry hard- 
wood sawdust, or extracted by a hasty 
bath in gasoline, increases their soft- 
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THE FASTLY VANISHING 
ALLIGATOR 
(Continued from page 19) 
obsolete in many parts of the South 
owing to the scarcity of alligators on 
ithe easily accessible streams. But a 
I score of years ago the hunters used to 
paddle up stream during the night, shoot- 
ing the alligators and leaving their car- 
casses upon the bank to be picked up in 
the morning. 
But this is all now a memory of the 
past, for no more will the alligators 
“make the night hideous with their bel- 
lowing.” Of course, hunters will still 
kill occasional specimens for some time 
to come. But as a familiar sight along 
the river banks of the South he must be 
referred to in the past tense. 
You should ^o,downwhrethJi?xd/P^hs^oH^^ 
T hrills aplenty await the experienced 
sportsman, and the novice, too, in Amer- 
ica’s livest and fastest - growing Winter 
Resort. 
The climate in the Miami zone is ideal, and the 
outdoor life is the real and only one. 
GOLF, TENNIS, POLO, YACHTING, 
FISHING, HUNTING, MOTORING, 
SURF BATHING, AVIATION, etc. 
NATIONAL MOTOR BOAT RACES 
DURING THE SEASON. 
ARTHUR PRYOR’S FAMOUS BAND 
will play in Royal Palm Park, December to April, 
protect your health and prolong your life by spend- 
ing the winter in Miami. 
For further information and handsome booklets, write 
THE MIAMI 
CHAMBER OF 
COMMERCE 
MIAMI, FLA. I 
NAPLES ON THE GULF 
FISHING, HUNTING, GOLF 
Modem Hotel open November let. 
Special rates till January 1st 
Let Us Send You a Booklet 
E W. CRAYTON, Mgr., Naples on the Gulf, FLORIDA 
f Bead HuTiters and Trappers 
Audi • Life, a monthly devoted to 
Hunting and Trapping. 60c per year. Trial, Three 
Months, Ten cents. Money back if not satisfied. Hunters 
and Trappers Life, Dept. 22, Northup, O. 
QUAIL TURKEY FISHING 
HUNTERS LODGE 
Dogs, Gnides, Comfortable Cottages, Baths, etc. 
Abundance of Game and Fish on Beautiful 
Lake Weir, near Leesburg 
Open December 1st to May 1st 
ADDRESS PROPRIETOR 
HUNTERS LODGE, East Lake, FLORIDA 
FOR SALE 
Owing to an accumulation of other busi- 
ness interests, I offer for sale at the right 
price 
Two Nice Seaside 
Waterfront Farms 
containing 150 acres each, especially adapt- 
ed to the growth of all crops. 
Fish, Wild Ducks, Geese and Quail in 
abundance. Located two miles from Belle 
Haven Station, Virginia. Each farm has 
two settlements in good shape. Can give 
possession January 1st, 1922, -if purchaser 
desires. 
Apply to 
J. W. DOWNING (Owner) 
MAPPSBURG, VA. 
NEWFOUNDLAND 
A Country of Fish and Game 
A Paradise for the Camper and Angler 
Ideal Canoe Trips 
The country traversed by the System of the Reid Newfoundland Company, Ltd., is exceedingly rich in 
all kinds of Fish and Game. All along the route of the Railway are streams famous for their_ Salmon and 
Trout fishing, also Caribou barrens. Americans who have been fishing and hunting in Newfoundland 
say there is no other country in the world in which so good fishing and hunting can be secured and with 
such ease as in Newfoundland. Information, together with illustrated Booklet and Folder, cheerfully 
forwarded upon application to 
F. E. PITTMAN, General Passenger Agent, 
Reid Newfoundland Company, Ltd. St. John’s, Newfoundland 
FOREST AND STREAM 1921-1922 Outdoor Book Catalog is the most complete ever pub- 
lished. Sent free on request Write to FOREST AND STREAM, Book Dept., 9 East 40th 
Street, New York City. 
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