The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-08
CaracuI Squirrel and Seal Are Most Popular, Dealers Say
Hudson Is Musuat-Cony Is Another
Name for Rabbit
Name for Rabbit.

watch for Tate winter" and early
spring" Hudson seals, for they are
the best.
FavOrite Furs
The most favored furs, according
to prominent fur dealer, are: Cara
cul, squirrel, seal, coney, raccoon,
mole. weasel. including mink, err
mine. sable and marten, fox.
Caracul is a lamb skin The best
grade is the Astrachan, "a species
found in the province of Astrachan
and other parts of southern Russia
and Asia. The poor grade is the
Chinese or Monaghan lamb, soft
wool, moderately long-haired lamb
of those parts of Asia.
Squirrel skins from Russia and
Siberia are best, those from the Sec
lions east of the Ural Mountains
being valued above all others for
their clear gray color. In two of
these districts it has a rich blush
shade. The reddish cast is char
acteristic of many of the European
squirrels.
Sealsixins Rare
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classes; the sealskin aud the real
seal, while the latter is actually
muskrat The most popular seal
skin is the Alaskan, the catch Of
which has been severely restricted
in recent years to save the man.
NAL from determination. Only about
$4,000 sealskins are offered for sale
by the Government annually.
Coney is only another name for
European rabbit. The finer white
and silver-gray skins are worked up
in their natural state, but many mill
liens are either dyed in the hair or
converted into NEAR seals" mo
lines and electric comics" by hav-
ing the top hair removed before be-
ing dyed the desired color.
Raccoon of the large. heavy
furred variety coming from Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota, Dakota and north
ern Iowa. are most valuable. South
ern coons" are much flatter in fur
and poorer in color than the cen
trail" and northern" varieties.
Mole is found in North America,
but this variety is of poor quality.
The best moleskins come from Scot
land and Holland, although the
Dutch moles are not as ful! and
silky as the Scotch moles.
Weasel and Fox
Weasel furs are the ermine. mink,
sable and marten, especially. Fin
est varieties of ermine come from
Siberia. Canada and Alaska The
white skins come from Ishim in
western Siberia. but the Babinskys
skins are the largest and most valu-
able.
America only, the finest being from
Maine. Labrador. Nova Scotia and
other sections of Canada.
Sable ic a variety OF marten, of
which the Russian sable is the most
valuable.
The marten, of which Kolinsky is
a variety. is most common as the
Stone Marten from Europe and the
Brown Marten. or Hudson's Bay
sable from that district.
Fox is most popular in silver. nat
ural blue, white, red and cross va
rieties Silver or black fox are
found in high northern ATTITUDES, the
finest specimens coming from Alas
ka, Labrador, New Brunswick and
the Hudson's Bay country. Only
one skin in 400 is full black, the rest
being more or less silvered. Silver
foxes are being raised successfully
on farms in Canada and northern
United States and their skins are
said to be superior even to those OF
wild foxes.
Blue fox is found in Alaska,
Greenland and Denmark.
White foxes are found in the
north polar regions.
Red fox is the most common va
riety of the animal. The annual
production is over 100000 skins.
Most Of these skins are dyed black.
blue, brown. batlleship gray, Isa-
bella, mar ten, sable, victory gray,
taupe or Sitka color, and some are
also pointed" to initiate the nat
ural silver fox.