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B! lmlltrolv TOBIN lmrrirllll Fur Breeder p; the educational programs ANl”. ft nan, and the , 1 Fur Breeder and the ‘w; nS.~Ol"l.llll7lla. therohas been a. WW pnprovelucilt in the con- m. or tux pelts reaching the - the post few years. pe luld style of almost univer- r-li. \\'.'l.\' one of the first lln~ -.u~p-. advanced to brilltl . of greater lmiform~ p.~.| "lime. with corre- vnhllured values. In ﬂﬂnl-y .1 ly,. oi the American fur or =tllllllllllng down to com- ;-'l‘lll t.lll'.‘$. the vlild- 1‘ tr tux. taken from the . llllrl‘. native trapper. ,- > ilnlbcr cruiser, al~ I ,.j;ul nlay have been a quwilucn whcn prime. .,~l1 the London or oven Yull‘, uulrket iu a sorry lls-hapcu, stale, soil- the slzlpper of these r ‘r ':\'t‘(l but a fraction .li value, clue to poor "~l-,. ‘You; except for mis- c. u lltllfllllll. carelessness, or. l instances, ignorance "ml nlllinn, the mnk and lllec.’ tlzl» v enlarged in taking pelts 1t lll.ll'l('.‘l» ‘skhr which arc 1w!‘ from unnecessary

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As the pcltlug season approaches, IWVWV?!’ it may be of interest to operators of the smaller ranches, or to beginners. who have never taken many pelts, to know the methods Qmhloyed satisfactorily for many years on the Hzllvkeye Itasca ranch, In referring to the various stages of pelt handling, it will be assumed that the leader ls familiar with the style, type and measurements of so-callcd "stretching" or drying boards, com- IIlClIly accepted as the mot desir- able. If not, the first step to be taken by the beginner. is to get in touch with the editor of this mag- azine. or with tllc American Na- tional office at Wallsau, Wisconsin. null Ulffllll this highly essential data forthwith. Then get out the boltrds and hllvc them ready, and, have plenty of them.

Killing

When the winter's beloved old friend Sir Charles Dalton, and his partner Robert Oulton. first coll- cludcd to pelt solue of the foxes raised in secrecy ill the Savage or Cherry Island ranch, AlbcrtonHrlr- hour, P ,E. 1., they’ discussed var- 1011s. modes of killing the animals to be pelted. As an ardent fox hunter, Dalton had learned that the pelts from foxes killed wiill tile rifle or shotgun, brought lower price: in London. than did the lkins

‘ The fox bccplnes unconscious

from those taken in traps or snares It was immediately decided that except as to animal: which had es- caped and were running at large on the island. none of the pclting foxes should be disposed of by shooting. Fox tongs for handling were then an unheard of luxury.‘ and all animals handled . were either "tailed," trapped, or corner- ed in the log dens, and. dragged out by bru h or legs, It was agreed that striking the fox with any instru- ment would somewhat injure the pelt. Finally it was determined that the best method was to swing the . fox with a whirling motion‘ and‘ bash its head against a smooth- l barked tree. Observation disclosed . that even this method was not rat- isfaetory, as the skin was bruised and discolored in the region of the head and neck. Shortly aftcr- l wards, in attempting to pry a fox from a burow by using a short l pole. ‘the animal was killed by pres- l sure of the lever across it: chest. ' Always alert and ingenious. Dalton l noted that the skin from the anl- l mal was not damaged when remov- ed. Other foxes were deliberately killed in a similar manner. From this idea of killing was soon evolv- ed the method of extinguishing life from petting foxes, by "step- ping on them." Cruel as it may :0und. most ranchers still agree that it is the most humane and-cf- ficient method. With the (ox held l, at the neck, with tongs in the op- ‘ craters left hand and hind legs 7.1 l his right, the animal is placed oh its right side with shoulders on a clean, hard surface and its real‘ , quarters elevated at an atlgle oil forty-five degrees. Standing on his right foot the operator place‘ his left foot just back of the left shoulder of the fox and suddenly shifts his weight to his left foo.. al-

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cry and no indication of pain.

Death enrues within three or four

minutes. Killing boxes have been l devised for suffocation or for ad~ ministration of ancsihetics, and in- l jectiorls of strychrlille solutions l into the. region of the heart have l

been TQAJIIIIIICIIKILXI. but the writer" 1 still believes that the old fashioned I way to kill a fox, as learned fronl l Sir Charle: Dalton, is the best way, and that is to “step ou it!"

Cooling Time _ It is conceded that it is not cu- lflrelgy practical to reluore the pelt immediately after the kill. Many hold the belief that unless the alli- lnal heat is per-nutter! to leave flu body. the fur will deteriorate or even "slip“ from the leather. It has been demonstrated time and again that this theory is flllaclous. However, it. is generally agreed,

that for bet results, a cooling tune 1

of two or three hours should be al~ lowed in moderate temperatures. The. carcass should not. iu the writer's opinion. be permitted to

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freeze before skinning. After a two-hour cooling period, the body is still sufficiently flexible to be l easily workable. Grasping the fox between the peltefs knees, or placing lt on the pcltulg table orl bench. the feet and legs are fir t ‘ skinned out. giving particular at- l teution to the toes. removing all

pelt, leather side out, over l fasten in lmsitlon with a few lacks.

Ollc at the nose, two or three at the base, and one at the tip of the tail are sufficient. The skin should not be stretched tightly, but simp-

tissue and fill, and severing thc l 1y spread firmly down the board to bone at the joint next the outer l 1L5 hﬂl-llfﬂl 1011K!“- or nail section, leaving all claws

intact on the skin. Th9 3W8“ and 1N5

The appearance and value of many skins have been deteriorated by the handling of the brush after pelting. If not thoroughly dried. the brush will taint and the hair slip while handling. If the cut opening the brush has been care- fully made, when laid open the leather of the tail will pre enl two straight outside edges without any irregularities. and there will be no loss of fur. The brush being held by the one tack at the tip, should be spread evenly and smoothly

The Skinning Yoke Allhough not in universal usage, l the writer has always found al skinning yoke a most convenient I acce sory in removing pelts of any sort. The yoke consists of a short length of cak about an inch square, and twelve inches in length. All inch front each end the wood is cllt half-way though with a saw. and triangular chip from the upper end edge to the bottom of the cut is removed. On the bottom edges a half-inch is whittled aWaY upward, and lllc sides and corners at

;oon as completely fleshed. slip thel the l suitable size of drying board audl

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down the base of the drying board,‘ with the fur zpread well out at the ‘ sides. Two narrow strips of wood,j such as lengths of lath, are then’ trailed to the board along thel fur at the edges of the brush, hut the nails should not penetrate the 1 tall leather. Two somewhat wider stripes of wood are then u ed, on which the front legs are then spread and tacked at intervals. and the paws inverted to permit dry-l Lug thoroughly up to the claws, The hind legs are spread and tacked out in a similar manner on the drying board. In good drying weather only two or three days arc required in . which the skin will dry sufficient~ l, ly for turning fur side" out and re- l placing on the, board. At thi= time l l I

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all irregularities in shape should be corrected, so that When completely dried after another short pcriodl

the pelt wlll retain its pcrtectl shape until marketing time. Upon‘ (Continued on page l3) '

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each end of the yoke. A swivel is then attached to the upper edge of the oak piece, by wire, bolt or clamp. To this srvivcl a short length of chain leads to any con- l l l

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vcnient support. which will bring the yoke at a level with the oper- ator's eyes.

The legs being sklmled out. a short cut is made down the base of the lower side of the brush, an inch in length, and the skin is looened from the rulnp and lower buck for o. distance of all inch or tvro. Tile carcass is then hung on the skin- ning yoke. the cncLs of the oak piece being inserted through the ham strings. The tail boue is cas- ily and more quickly and safely rc- moved by using a zmall block of , wood on both sides of the bouc at l the base. grasped tightly and held . firmly with one hand. and thcl bone stripped out by a strongl steady pull with the other hand. l After the skill is removed conlpirte- l ly, the brush should be then opened its entire length either by

the knife inside the tail and carc- l fully eating outward to make al clean, ztraight opening cut. \

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seconds to strip the skin down to

the shoulders and neck. Siding: the thumb along the rrccdnlg edge of the rklll and working it

(town lllc body, will aid in removal and wiil prevent all excessive a~ l luount cf fat from adhering to the ' skin. Use of the knife may occa- sionally be llccc ary along the belly and across the shoulders. Pllll the . skill well down the neck, without ' stretching it, until the base of the l ears is reached. At this point rc- 4 move the care as from the yckcl l and place it across the lwltiug ‘ l table, with the head just over the l edge. By throwing, the pelt under the l l l

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opcratol-‘r- arm it can be llcld while the head is skinned out. Cut through the ear gristle. hofdlug the head with the muzzle up. s0 thatl any blood which accumulates wllll drain back cu the carcass and will l not soil the skin. A few dcftl touches with the knife, along tl\c skull and under the eyelids, along the lips and a slash to ICVOI‘ the SllOllL. and the skill is off. Cor- rectly executed, there should be no blood on the skin and very little fat, after the above described on- erations have been carried out. However, any blood or moisture adhering to the skin should be l wiped away with a cloth. If the operator has worked carefully there will be no grease or stains on the

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l fllr or on the brush. Any unusual Aunts for amount of fat coming off with the skin may be removed at once. I . ‘ Flushing I'll‘ l 0m“! i u Removal of rnellt tiwle and

heavy fat may be best accompilsh- ed by using a regular flcshlng board. However. on the small ranch with but a few pelts to be handled, flcshillg may be done satisfactorily by slippplng the skin_ over n snlall drying board, with rounded edge". The fat ls then scraped away with a blunt. straight, or slightly curved‘ edged instru- ment. Hard wood scrapers have been used, and regular flushing knives or blocks. The writer has come to use an ordinary broad, blunt double adged kitchen spat- ula. more easily and with less el- fort than anything else, I-lcld edge-ways by both hands, the spatula is drawn down the skin al- ways in the one direction. with just enough presure to remove the fat and ally thsue which may have adhered to the skin. Beat re- sults have been obtained by delay- ing the fleshlng process for twelve hours after killing. The fat, before complete cooling time, tends to run and soil thedut and brush. As

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