The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-12
GOOD YEAR FOR FUR HUNTERS
AND PRICES WAY DROP ( little
NENT SEASON.
Russia May BE Too Poor 10 Buy 80 Many
skins. and There Are More and Better
ones In the Market Than lsual-i1rN
Reports In From the Hudson Bay.

LACHNE, Canada March 1.-THE trap
per- of the north. the fur collecting depot=
and the ordinary country storekeepers
are accustomed az this season to send
oiI their bales Of skins to the wholesale
dealer, ia Tie great centres \ little later
the breaking up OF the snow road. will
hinder travel, and the increasing heat will
uurn and throw such pe.t- n have not
been properly dried upon the hands Of
the men who atr iraSt able to stand tho
loss
A great deal of the fur is shipped n il
has been ever since the time Of Charles
II directly 10y water from Hudson Bay
tnul the annual sales have been held.
which is after the arrival Of the steamer
from Great Britain the prices Of furs for
the coming season are never established
That is the great rounding up time when
the extent Of the winters harvest u FUR
the world over is exactly calculated A
fair estimate Of 70 may be made however.
from the size OF the bales and the quality
of their contents as they arrive Just AT this
season
Trapper- VINO work south II the height
of land which divides old Canada from the
Hudson Bay territory are generally heard
from carly this month for the first time
since they went for their lines in the autumn.
the reports SO far received are decidedly
encouraging
There has been great deal OF snow. but
also good many fine bright DAYS and
clear nights. In cloudy times most wild
creatures stay under cover as much "a
possible and the hunters bats are likely
70 De showed under. II Is in clear weather
that animals get out 10 forage for food
and 10 play about in the snow.
Then. the cold has teen steady since it
ret in early In November, with no prolonged
thaw 10 loosen the hair The snow has been
kept in good order the moisture being
frozen out Of it. which keeps the fur from
fading
Many Of tines" conditions were so un-
propitious last winter that the supply Of
furs taken from the woods was smnllcr than
usual That meant 80 many mon, animals
loft 90 mature. or To breed for this season.
Rabbits. or rather bush hara-. have seldom
lecL so plentiful a. they have this year
and these inonen-iye creatures are the
common food Of all who live In the woods.
from men 10 the tiny weasel or ermine.
But most important Of all l., the fact
ha' thi- il a fisher year. Why. no ono
knows. but 20 II Is that for Il year or two
the.a valuable black animals are 10 H.
found in creu'er or smaller number Then
for perhaps six or eight years there will
be nothing seen Of them at all Old hunters
make mauv gue--e- A. to what becomes Of
hem and why or where they hide, but no
me hn. ever been able 10 furnish really
reason for their temporary
Suddenly some winter the traprars'
hearts ara gaddened by the sight of their
peculiar Trail or they x, them in fox traps
Fishers have been plentiful this winter.
hough they were scarcn az hens teeth
asr year.
II Is always sure 10 be good trapping
year when fishers are about In fac'. they
Gem To be kind u gauge whereby the
ur season NAV boz tested II II is good
'nough for fshcr-. then every other fur
.carE'z animal may boz expected 10 do
soil.
50 il ha- been this last winter Fur has
seen plentiful Trappers have been IN