Fur Farming : A Book of Information About Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. (Illustrated)

Ever since Columbus discovered America, furs have been an important article of commerce, but at the rate of the catch during recent years, the supply drawn from the natural sources—forest, field and stream—will soon prove inadequate if not entirely depleted in some species. This work has been hastily gotten out to meet this demand, yet the sources of information from which the work has been gathered, are authentic.