Fillmore Progress | 1923-03-09 | Page 2 | Wealth in Maine Fur Trade

wealth in maine fur trade trad As for the fur trade in maine ie careful place a I 1 money value of a million on tills this business to lc bit sure sam this Is through i tile lie figures reported liy by the ali state ganie game department iut but the OfIr lal totals do not give elve the catch on thousand of firma farms where eliere we ali i boys do their own shooting shoot ln nad nor do they include ninny intine thousand sId dollers dolln rs worth of furs shipped directly out of the state without check on them says the hie lewiston journal To a funn forin li Is borth fur far more for tile the hirs furs it bears cars than fur for the garden stuff it arnises the alie Is 13 rich in ili sla inks fur for instance which is 13 one of the most valuable crops we have though ll iouI not so sn plentiful when dyed forin the fisli conable hudson real minks and raccoons and weasels and foxes with other game constitute the bulk of f thu this wealth