. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. THE DISTRIBUTIOX OF .MUSKRATS IX CALIFORXIA 67 111 1940 the cateh was just double that of 1939. a speetaeular increase. At this same time war conditions cut oft' a lar^e part of the shipments of China mink and kolinsky from the Orient. Furriers developed new processes for blending, dyiufr. and cutting muskrat pelts whereby muskrat fur was made to resemble mink. "'^Mink-dyed musk- rat'' became fasliionable. replacing many of the f
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. THE DISTRIBUTIOX OF .MUSKRATS IX CALIFORXIA 67 111 1940 the cateh was just double that of 1939. a speetaeular increase. At this same time war conditions cut oft' a lar^e part of the shipments of China mink and kolinsky from the Orient. Furriers developed new processes for blending, dyiufr. and cutting muskrat pelts whereby muskrat fur was made to resemble mink. "'^Mink-dyed musk- rat'' became fasliionable. replacing many of the furs that could not be CALIFORNIA -» ^ J» rfJ •© 'S. Fig. 24. The distribution of inuskrats in California. obtained from overseas, in I94ll furriers estimated that 93 per cent of all muskrat fur was dyed or blended. As a result the trappers received more for their furs and this stimulated heavy trapping. Fortunately at this time muskrats in Calif(triiia were more abundant than ever before, so trappers made good catches. The map (,Fig. 'i.'-v"! shows strikingly that the bulk of the muskrat trapping is done at either end of the State and also that Siskiyou. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game. [San Francisco, etc. ] State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
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