Fur Farming

About this eBook

Author

Harding, A. R. (Arthur Robert), 1871-1930

Title

Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc.

Credits

Produced by Peter Vachuska, Chuck Greif, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net.

Language

English

LoC Class

SF: Agriculture: Animal culture

Subject

Fur-bearing animals

Category

Text

eBook-No.

33830

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33830

Release Date

October 2, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.FUR FARMING. — FUR FARMING — A BOOK OF INFORMATION ABOUT FUR BEARING ANIMALS, ENCLOSURES, HABITS, CARE, ETC. — BY
2. 2.A. R. HARDING
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.INTRODUCTION.
6. 6.FUR FARMING.
7. 7.CHAPTER 1. — SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
8. 8.CHAPTER II. — WHAT ANIMALS TO RAISE.
9. 9.CHAPTER III. — ENCLOSURES.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. — BOX TRAP TRAPPING.
11. 11.CHAPTER V. — FOX RAISING.
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. — SKUNK RAISING.
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. — MINK RAISING.
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. — OPOSSUM RAISING.
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. — MUSKRAT RAISING.
16. 16.CHAPTER X. — RACCOON RAISING.
17. 17.CHAPTER XI. — THE BEAVER AND OTTER.
18. 18.CHAPTER XII. — KILLING, SKINNING AND STRETCHING.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII. — DEER FARMING. — INTRODUCTION. — IMPORTANCE OF THE DEER FAMILY. — THE DOMESTICATION OF DEER. — SPECIES TO BE SELECTED FOR BREEDING. — THE WAPITI, OR ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK. — Habits of Elk. — Elk Venison. — Domestication of Elk. — Management of Elk in Inclosures. — Breeding the Virginia Deer. — Experiences of Breeders. — Management of Virginia Deer. — Wild Deer in Private Game Preserves. — GAME LAWS IN RELATION TO DEER FARMING. — SUMMARY. — Hunter Trader Trapper — Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants — Land Cruising and Prospecting — Bee Hunting — A BOOK OF VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR BEE HUNTERS. Tells How to Line Bees to Trees, Etc.

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