The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-27

goatskins. while the napobs wear fox-
skins. mink and sable. The Manchu
houses are poorly heated, and fur
lined clothes are worn indoors and
out. As a rule the best furs are ex-
ported. I had thought to have bought
IN o~vercoat here, but am told that I
can purchase one at d much lower
price in Picking.
AS to the extent of the fur trade, if
is enormous In addition to the vast
quantity used by the natives several
hundred thousand skins are annually
exported. A large part Of the product
goes to America, and among the
things sent there are thousands Of
dogskin mats and dogskin rugs as
we'll as bales of squirrel tails and fox
tails for muffs and hat decoration.
Some of the furs are fine. There
are tiger skins, which bring as high
as $500. and leopard skins at from
twenty to sixty dollars apiece. Some
thing like 5000 sables are annually
exported, the best of them yieldin@
s45 a skin. Last year about 1000
silver foxes were sold, some of which
Melted $50 a skin. Over 10000 red
fox furs brought from ten to thirty
dollars each, and as to the skins OF
wolves, badgers, goats n lambs, they
were sold by the tens Of thousands.
gfanchuria's Dog Farms.
The biggest part of the fur trad
with America is in dogskins. Tn
country is 50 cold that this animal
grows a long thick coat worth 50
much that dogs are raised FOR tho
skins. The best skins bring 81 apiece.
and they make beautiful rugs. | am
told there are many dog farms BE-
tween here and Siberia, where The
animals are bred for this
They are killed just before sprinG,
while their coats are still long and
warm. The killing IS done by
u: 80 tho acCnl +hat sd
knife might injure the fur. The dogs
of the cities are treated in the SAM
way. | see many in Mukden tod2E
which I doubt not VIII be turned ind
American rugs in the next year "r
\ Japanese Speculation in Doc.
The people here look upon dos az
SO much live stock, and bitterly Teae~
their being killed on the ground e
h~vdrophobia or for sanitary reason.
st the close OF the Russian war .WhHi
the Japanese took possession OF MuE-
den they cOrnered the dog market,
and made something ike $4,000 in
selling the skins. The scheme
originated by a party of Japan"at
traders, who are charged with bri6ioF
certain OF their military officials i.+'
casing an order that all the dog
the city should be destroyed on tn.
grounds of hydrofhobia. h @. "
enabled their own killers to aCoa-
fanny them and thus they got pc.
sion Of the skins, which nuIn3r
ON 10000 or SO. Among II
We're many pet dogs. The p"".t
would not stand such an OUtraSe
day.
Dog for Dowrics.
In the northern parts of ManChrr..
it is said that dog farming is carr
on much after the manner OF @3 D.
farming in Australia. In some p
the dogs are reared in cOnNo,.
with goats, and a single farm f.
nave a hundred or SO. In such
gions dogs are often given a
ding presents, and a girl may r.
a half dozen as her doWry. J.
much as a dog is ready to br2s.
eight months it will be seen II.
fortune could easily arse frCr1
q beginning. Such dogs are fl
millet; and they have also what
can get by f%oraging outside.
flesh of the animal is used for
the dog meat being largely ga.
both Mancnuria and Korea. Jn s
there are certain seasons WIN
flesh Of these animals is cons.
the sweetest. I have tasted dos
in Seoul and in Canton once r.
a reasturant where a dog stew
cooking.
Connected with the fur bu
are certain drugs, which come in
tigers bones and claws. $
pounds of tigers bon:
annual exported from ManchD
China, and the deer horns u
the same purpose numbered
hundred pairs in one year. 4
par of sue horns is worth So. -
one with many antlers will hri
much as 5000.
n Manchus use dog mFrt
medicine, and as a rule the H. y
q black dog is considered tn j.
Not long g a German consul
mere bringing two pet daC,a
aloDS. One was brown n tn g..
black. At about the same tim
Chlnese doctor had a ManchG