A CAGE TO TAKE ANIMALS OUT OF TRAPS ALIVE 
One man places a forked stick over the trap chain where it joins 
the trap and pins the trap to the ground. This will hold the animal 
at one point until his partner can throw the cage over the animal. 
This done, turn the cage, allowing the lid to partly close, pull the 
trap through one corner of the cage, release the animal and shut 
the door. 
The cage is simply a long square box with a lid, made of netted 
wire inch mesh. Make the frame first and cut the wire the length 
of the frame, make it fast to the frame on the outside and place the 
cross braces on the outside of wire. 
Make a cage for fox three feet long, one foot wide. 
For lynx, coyote or wolf, four feet long, two feet wide. 
THREE NECESSARY STRETCHES 
No. 1 is the shape to make all boards , to stretch cased hides on 
except the raccoon, which is special. Boards for coyote, wolf, Ivnx, 
should be from eight to ten inches wide, five feet long. Boards for 
otter, fox, lynx cat, fisher, six or eight inches wide, six feet long. 
Boards for mink, martin and small animals from four to six inches 
wide, two feet long. The thinner the board the better. 
No. 2 is shaped six inches on one corner for raccoon only. Place 
the belly edge on the sloping side and cut the skin off when dry, on 
the belly side. This 'leaves the skin a long square. 
No. 3 is a hoop in which to stretch beaver. This is done by plac¬ 
ing the skin inside the hoop and lace the skin to the hoop. 
No. 4 is a wedge used when stretching on No. 1. This wedge is 
slipped on belly side, between the board and skin, to stretch the skin. 
When the skin is cured remove the wedge and that will give slack 
to the skin which will enable you to remove it from the board. Stretch 
all skins flesh side out. 
Hang all skins in the shade in a dry, airy place while curing them. 
If blow flies are around look to see they do not blow your skins. 
Keep them away with smoke until the skins are safe. 
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