JANUARY, 1916 TRAPPING METHODS, SCENTS. TRAPPERS, ATTENTION-If you want a scent TRAPPERS-"The Colorado Wolfer," 35 years' TRAPPERS-I have a bait which I make myself BARGAIN OFFER-Method for taking skunks TRAPPERS-One dollar will bring you a bottle TRAPPERS, LOOK!-Large bottle bait free; state kind wanted. CHARLES M. NEIL, Elk, Wyoming. I CAUGHT SIX FOXES IN ONE TRAP in one or MISCELLANEOUS. ECZEMA, PSORIASIS, CANCER, GOITRE, tetter, old sores, catarrh, dandruff, sore eyes, rheumatism, neuralgia, stiff joints, itching piles cured Write refunded. for particulars. money Price $1.00. ECZEMA REMEDY COMPANY, Hot (Apr.) Springs, Ark. BOWMAN, W. Falmouth, (March) WANTED-Every reader of Fur News to use my I now offer you family cough and cold cure. Order now. TRAPPER'S POISON-Goes' Liquid Poison Capmy family recipe for only 25 cents. sules kill the animals on the spot. Tenth seaMake it. Try it. And if not satisfied write me L. 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Happy New Year to you, one and all! NEW YORK TAKCE & GORDON, 257 Seventh Avenue, NEW YORK RAW FURS WANTED WE WANT YOUR RAW FURS, Will pay the Best Market Prices. Mr. J. Takce, formerly with Wm. Eitingon & Co., will reach the best markets to sell your Raw Furs to the best advantage. Mr. I. Gordon will not leave the premises until your shipments are justly graded and returns with remittances will follow immediately. world under the most trying circumstances. I Wolf Skins thank you for the interest you have taken in the Once more let me wish you a Happy and S. C., Dayton, Pa.-1. If I track a skunk into a hole and set a trap for it and a person who rented the land for farming purposes digs it out, could I take legal action and make him give me the skunk or pay me for it, providing I got written permission from the owner to hunt and trap on the land? 2. Could you tell me where I Skins Wanted Ship us your wolf skins. We are the largest handlers of same in the country. We can use from the very flattest to the very choicest. Cash paid same day goods are received. Top market prices at all times. We can use all other furs as well. JAFFE & KASS The Wolf Kings 38-44 West 26th St NEW YORK Reference-Union Exchange Nat. Bank, 5th Ave. and 21st St. N. Y. could get pivots for a Johnston's muzzle-loading WARD rifle? Answers-1. From the information you give me you have no legal action against the party. The owner of the land has leased away his right to the land and therefore could not give you a permit to hunt and trap thereon. 2. Schoverling, Daly & Gales, 302-304 Broadway, New York City. C. H., New Ulysses, Kan.-I. Can coyotes be snared? If so, how would you set the snares? 2. What is a good scent for coyotes? Answers-I. Never heard of coyotes being snared, although it is possible that it might be done by using the same methods as are used to ROBES We custom tan and dress out W. W. WEAVER, READING, MICH. & KNEZEL RAW FURS, GINSENG Send us your Furs subject to your order BRODHEAD, WISCONSIN 4 DON'T WASTE THE SKUNK'S OIL ALWAYS MENTION FUR NEWS snare foxes up North. 2. Putrid animal matter seems to be about the best scent. A. A. D., Conn.-Wants to know where to find the musk of a muskrat. Answer-The musk sacks are found, one on each side of the vent. 0. W. O., Jefferson Highland, N. H.-Will you kindly tell me where parts for a 10-gauge shotgun made by T. Barker, Belgium, can be purchased, and where I can get a catalogue of parts? Can a reader answer this? Answer-Try Schoverling, Dale & Gales, 302304 Broadway, New York City. L. K., Va.-1. My local authorities say that I am not allowed to kill anything but game birds, and them only in season. I am getting along nicely with my taxidermy work. I learned entirely from the "Amateur Taxidermist." I cannot find much time to devote to the work, but would like to make a private collection if I can. 2. Does the State Department issue a permit to taxidermists to collect birds? If so, to whom should I apply for permit? 3. If there is no such permit issued, how do other taxidermists and collectors keep within the law? Answers-1. Your authority is quite correct. The taxidermist does not enjoy any privileges not extended to other citizens. There are, however, several birds that are not protected by the Federal law, such as hawks, owls, blackbirds, English sparrows, etc. 2. No permit can be obtained to make private collections. Permits are issued to make scientific collections for schools, etc. 3. Most private collections of the protected birds were made before the Federal law went into effect. 4 4 4 GINSENG AND GOLDEN SEAL. The ginseng market was fairly active during December. Holders of root in the country showed a disposition to sell at current prices, and the receipts of goods were taken well by the exporters, who appeared willing to buy at the prevailing market. Prices remain the same as quoted in our December issue and there seems to be no reason to expect any important change in either direction in the immediate future. Cultivated ginseng is quoted at $2.50 to $5.00 per pound. QUOTATIONS-WILD GINSENG. Cen. O., Ind., Ill. and So. Pa. Mich., Iowa., Minn., Wisconsin Maryland and No. W. Va. So. Ohio, Ind., Ill. No. Car., Va. and So. W. Va. .$8.50 to $9.00 7.75 to 8.25 7.25 to 7.75 7.75 to 8.25 6.50 to 7.00 6.25 to 6.75 6.50 to 7.00 6.25 to 6.75 WHAT'S IN A NAME? There is one name in the banking business, one name in the jewelry business, one name in the mail order business, one name in the meanest of all businesses, in fact, one name in every business, which in the popular opinion is the standard for reliability. There is such a name in the RAW FUR business, too. Write to us. J. P. GLASSER CO. 158-160 W. 27th Street, NEW YORK REFERENCE: UNION EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK, N. Y., COLUMBIA NATIONAL BANK, N. Y. A NEW JERSEY OPOSSUM HUNT. Well, comrades, I am going to tell you of my experience on an opossum hunt. One time I saw an advertisement that opossum sell at $4.00 a pair. So one morning three inches of snow had fallen and I made up my mind to go and look for some opossum tracks. I took Sport, my opossum dog with me, and so we started off. We had gone about half a mile when we met another hunter who told me that he was also looking for opossum, so we went, No. 3. We had gone about 10 minutes, when Sport found an opossum track. He ran the track about a quarter of a mile, when he started to bark like wild; we went there and saw two opossums sitting up on a tree fighting for a bird. Well, I climbed up the tree and dropped them down where my partner caught them. I took them home, and was back in about 15 minutes, so we went on, hoping to get some more. We walked about 10 minutes when Sport looked up and gave the alarm and there sat three hunters on a log having a good time, so we joined them and asked them about their luck. They told us that they were out since 6 o'clock and had got nothing. I told them of our luck, which made them mad, as they thought there were no opossums in this neighborhood. Well, we went on together and soon we found an opossum track. The dogs then followed it, making a good noise. They kept this up for about 20 minutes, when they came to a standstill. We went there and they were barking at a hole which was in a bank. Now we all stood there and did not know how to get them out as we did not want to break their den, so I thought of a trick I once read in a paper, to I smoke out with sulphur. So I went home and got some sulphur, rags and a bellows and was back in a jiffy. I then made a small fire just in front of the hole and told my comrades to watch at the other end for them to come out. I then commenced to blow with my bellows and out came one dozen little opossums that wasn't fit for the ragman. Well, we then made up our minds to go home, as it was 12 o'clock. I gave the opossum to my partner, who skinned him and shipped him to some raw fur house and got 15 cents for him. I put mine in a pen, where they still are yet. Game and fur-bearers are about the same as they were 10 years ago. William Dammann. 4 4 4 FLESHING SKINS. While among the Cree Indians in the Northern part of Alberta, Canada, I noticed that they were using a bone similar to the one in the cut for taking the fat and flesh off the bear and moose hides, and I thought why wouldn't it do for fur-bearers, so I made myself one and I found it very good. The one end is like a wood chisel and the other is the same, only it has teeth, which are made by filing notches with a three cornered file. The ends should be sharp like a wood chisel. A bone taken from the leg of most any animal will do; it should have one flat side for the face. Melvin Cross, Montgomery Co., Mich. 44 4 SUBSCRIBE FOR FUR NEWS PUBLISHED MONTHLY FIFTY CENTS PER YEAR SHIP YOUR RAW FURS to a house where you get top market prices at all times, together with a liberal assortment. Send me a trial shipment and convince yourself. I pay all Parcel Post and Express charges. Your shipment held separate for your approval of my valuation upon your request. (Continued from Page 19). inches of a fish appear above the ice, then a splash, and I though I heard Jack say something; I am not sure. What he said to me was, "Well, I made a good beginning, didn't I?" "You may try the next one," he told me, and soon another flag went up. I hurried to the hole and got the line, gave a jerk, but failed to hook the fish. I was as disgusted as Jack; but he said not to feel badly, as we would have enough for supper yet. Jack was right, for we were fairly busy until the middle of the afternoon, when they stopped biting. We had fifteen fish in all, ten pickerel and five pike. They were not grandfathers, but good fish, from eighteen to twenty-two inches long. They never catch any fifteen or twenty pounders in this lake. Jack said it was no use to fish longer, so we took up our lines and signals and went to the cottage. Our fire wasn't out and we had plenty of hot water for our dishes. We washed them and dressed enough fish for supper, got our potatoes ready and visited until it was time to get supper. What a supper we ate that night! Those pickerel tasted fine taken from the ice cold water of the lake. We rolled them in meal and fried them. We had baked potatoes, with butter and cream, bread and n ore mince-pie. It is a wonder we didn't have "a spell of indigestion" after such a meal; but we didn't go to bed very early. In the living room of the cottage there was a fine fire-place and after the supper dishes were put away we fired that up and drew our chairs up to the cheerful blaze and told hunting and fishing stories. A neighbor fisherman dropped in for an hour or two and added a few stories to ours. We finally "turned in" and how we slept that night! I don't think we would have known it if the cottage had slid into the lake. We were up at six o'clock and got our breakfast and were soon out on the lake. It had frozen but very little during the night and we soon had our lines out. It was even warmer than the day before and there was no need of heavy sweaters or mackinaws. We had taken a few pictures of our outfit and Jack wanted some more; but he said to be sure and save a film for our catch. He had taken pictures of me in various positions and then I took some of him. We were fairly busy all day running from one hole to another, pulling out a pike or pickerel, and |