Fur Farming for Profit, with Especial Reference to Skunk Raising

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Fur Farming for Profit, with Especial Reference to Skunk Raising by Hermon Basil Laymon.

Contents

• FUR FARMING FOR PROFIT7
• CONTENTS.9
• INTRODUCTION.11
• CHAPTER I.14
• General Character of The Skunk.14
• The Skunk a Clean Animal.15
• The White Skunk.18
• The Black Skunk.18
• Short Striped Skunk.19
• Narrow Striped Skunk.19
• Broad Striped Skunk.19
• One Striped Skunk.20
• CHAPTER II.21
• Fur Farming—Supply and Demand.21
• CHAPTER III.26
• Enclosures, Dens, Food and Care.26
• Feeding.31
• Breeding.33
• CHAPTER IV.35
• Trapping, Skinning, Shipping.35
• How to Kill Without Being Scented.35
• Steel Traps.36
• A Box Trap.36
• A Barrel Trap.37
• Killing, Skinning and Stretching.40
• Two Methods of Skinning.40
• Skins Should be Fleshed.41
• Stretching Important.42
• CHAPTER V.44
• Habits of The Skunk.44
• Breeding.46
• CULLED FROM CORRESPONDENCE.47
• CHAPTER VI.49
• Miscellaneous Information.49
• Removing the Scent Sacs.49
• Description of The Scent Glands of The Skunk.50
• Directions for Removing the Scent Sacs From Live Skunks Without the Escape of Any of the Scent Fluid.51
• Laws Affecting Fur Farming.57
• Dye Markings to Denote Sex—Toe Clipping to Denote Age.58
• A Simple Fur Press.58
• Live Skunks Can be Shipped by Express.59
• CHAPTER VII.60
• Questions and Answers.60
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE70

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