PRACTICAL
SKUNK RAISING.
A BOOK OF INFORMATION CONCERNING THE RAISING OF SKUNKS FOR PROFIT.
By
WILLIAM EDWIN PRATT.
Published by William E. Pratt.
Copyright 1915,
By WILLIAM E. PRATT.
CONTENTS.
- Chapter—
- 1.—Introduction.
- 2.—Ground.
- 3.—The Fence.
- 4.—Pens.
- 5.—Dens.
- 6.—Cage Litter.
- 7.—Food Troughs.
- 8.—Food House.
- 9.—Feeding.
- 10.—Water Troughs.
- 11.—Examining Box.
- 12.—Diseases.
- 13.—Rats.
- 14.—Disinfectants.
- 15.—Hospital.
- 16.—Breeding and Winter Management.
- 17.—Barren Females.
- 18.—Breeding Mothers.
- 19.—Young.
- 20.—Escapes.
- 21.—Disarming.
- 22.—How to ship skunks.
- Conclusion.
Practical Skunk Raising.
By William E. Pratt.
The supply of wild fur has already fallenbehind the demand and the time is in sightwhen wild fur will form but a small per centof that in use.
All furs trapped in steel traps are lessbeautiful because the animal suffers. It isa well-known fact that the less the animalsuffers, the better the fur.
The time is not far away when nearly allfur will be grown on fur-ranches. Fur-farmingunquestionably has a great futureas an industry.
Without detailing countless failures; it iswell to begin by disposing of the wrong ideathat most people begin with, that all theyneed to do is secure an island or a bigfenced area, and throw in much feed to abunch of selected fur-bearers, and reap aharvest of so many pelts each year.
The absurdity of this is seen if we compareit to a horse-breeder who would put ahigh fence around a large pasture and turnin a couple stallions and a dozen mares;throw in much feed daily, and