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LIVE
MINK
WANTED
ALSO MINK PELTS
GINSENG YELLOWROOT ETC.
Highest market price paid for A1 Live Mink and Mink fur. Write your dealer for quotations, then write us. We pay express charges and remit same day goods are received.
WILLIAM WEDDLE
SPENCER, IND.
FUR FARMING
FOR PROFIT
With Especial Reference
to Skunk Raising
By
H. B. Laymon
Proprietor of the Laymon Skunk Farm
1913
The Laymon Fur Farm Co.
Spencer, Indiana
Copyrighted 1913
By
H. B. LAYMON
PRESS OF THE EPITOMIST PUB. CO.
SPENCER, INDIANA
CONTENTS.
| page | ||
| Introduction | 5 | |
| Frontispiece | 8 | |
| Chapter I | 9 | |
| General Character of the Skunk—Skunk a Clean Animal—Grading. | ||
| Chapter II | 19 | |
| Fur Farming—Supply and Demand—Opinions—A BrightFuture for Fur Farmers. | ||
| Chapter III | 26 | |
| Enclosures—Dens—Food—Care—Breeding. | ||
| Chapter IV | 39 | |
| Trapping—Skinning—Shipping—How to Handle Skunkwithout Being Scented. | ||
| Chapter V | 51 | |
| Habits of the Skunk—Breeding—Size of Litters—Ideasof Trappers and Farmers. | ||
| Chapter VI | 58 | |
| Miscellaneous Information—Removing the Scent Sacs—Laws Relating to Skunk Raising—Dye Markings—Howto Ship Live Skunk. | ||
| Chapter VII | 72 | |
| Questions and Answers on Many Subjects. | ||
Breeding Range, Constructed of Galvanized Iron.
INTRODUCTION.
"I came from a family of hunters and farmers." This reminds me of aquaint saying I heard when I was a boy. We were talking