| Show GOOD MARKET FOR CAT FUR trappers Trap peri find a demand tor for almost any kind of hide that dean bears fur dar bar harbor mo ile doys days and men w who he make a business of trapping and hunting in this vicinity and thero there are many such are all smiles over tho the ot of their winters work last year tho the bottom was knocked out ot of the fur buBl business ness by the ho U european uro war prices were very low and there was in consequence very little trapping done this caused a short ago afia afi a of man jurod an 41 alum A decided increase in the number ot of animals available this winter fur bearing animals according to the woodsmen woodsman woods men were never so BO plentiful in this part of new england time was when only a few kinds 0 of animals wore were much sought bought for their pelts with the increased demand however thero there Is hardly anything that wears fur from the bear to the muskrat and rabbit whose skin t la not sought even the humble he house u a cat brings a price the muskrat was waa formerly considered one ona of the poorest ot of all furs fure now there Is a steady demand demind tor for it and it appears in the fur shops shape as american brook mink certain kinds or of lamb pelts sell as iceland to fox certain kinds inda of dogskin are in high favor as manchurian wolf and quantities of ca lakins are arc also offered under various names deaver beaver coon mink fox and weasel have no difficulty in finding a sale and do not have to masquerade as an their fur Is sufficiently well known and prized in itself |
