A WOMAN'S FARM JOURNAL - University of Illinois

MONEY IN FURS THIS YEAR
Trapping And Hunting Are Profitable Sport
M. o. CUTTING
HERE'S A FARM NAME
PRIZE LIST
IN
FIVE lines at the foot of a page in
THE FARMER'S WIFE for September,
we offered a little prize of two dollars for
the best list of fifty names suitable for a
farm home. In answer to this we received
412 lists. It was "some" job to
Meadowbrook Sprucemead
Hillandale Green Meadows
Boulder Ridge Prairie
Rose Hill Idlewild
Pleasant Valley Oakland
Woodcote Woodbine
Evergreen Lone Tree
Edgewood Running Brook
Cedar Lawn Crossroads
Home Ridge Overlook
Poplar Grove White Clover
Riverside Heart's Delight
Pinehurst White Feather
Fairvietv Riverview
Sunny Slope Rocky Creek
Hillcrest The Pines
Elmenhurst Plum Grove
Limvood Orchard Farm
Inwood Village Park
Oak Lawn Garden Spot
Wayside Maplerow
Golden Rule Golden Corn
Clover Leaf Blue Grass
Burr Oak Willow Bend
Urbandale Sunnybrook Farm
Homewood Dairyland
Walnut Grove Honev Bee Farm
If we have not yet named our farm
homes, let us do it now! Should you not
find a suitable name here send us a brief
description of the distinctive features ol
vour farm or ranch or homestead and we
examine these and arrive at a fair decision
The prize was awarded to Dorothea S,
Leffler, Inwood Farm, Iowa.
Following is a list of some of the best
names received including those sent in by
Miss Leffler. Every farm should be named.
Valley Farm Restawhile Farm
Golden Rod Farm Mulberry Drive
Wheatland Wide Awake Farm
Hilltop Farm Honey Suckle Acres
Long Cane Farm Popple Creek Farm
Hay Seed Meadow Meadow Sweet
Fertile Acres Lookout Farm
Grain Valley Comfort
Acres of Plenty Everfree
Homestead Pride Victory Grove
Patch o' Paradise Grassyland Stock
The Service Farm Farm
Acorn Bridge Farm Quictdale Farm
Echo Farm Golden Harvest
Horseshoe Bend Dairy Farm
Mount Hope Stock Well Farm
Wayside Rest Welcome Way Farm
Early Sunrise Cool Waters Farm
Sunlit Lands Mossy Creek Farrn
Old Trail The Pride of Crea-
Joy Homestead tion Farm
Nature's Farm Future Hope Farm
Sunset Hill Farm Cabin o' Wildwinds
Deerlodge Cabin Courageous
Happy Valley Deerwoods
Broad Acres The Place
Spring Dell Farm Cumanstay
will suggest some appropriate names.
Address inquiries to Editorial Service Department,
THE FARMER'S WIFE, St. Paid,
Minn. Letters not including a stamped ,
self-iiildr essed envelope , will not be answered.
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oldest trappers and fur dealers have
Furthermore, trapping is not necessarily
a man's job. The staple furs of this
the prices of raw furs reached the country are the furs of the smaller animals
- astonishing heights they attained which are neither dangerous nor physically
this fall, and never has the remunera- difficult to catch. There are farm girls
tion to trappers been so great.
and even farm women trapping this win-
There are three very djstinct reasons for ter who never set a trap before. There
this. In the first playjr?; so many regular are countless farm boys spending their
trappers, both professional and amateur, spare hours along the water-places and in
have entered the service of their country, the woods, and making more money than |*"^"
that manufacturers expect a shortage in
the supply of raw furs this winter and have
been competing for the available supply at
they could possibly earn in any other way.
It is a healthful and profitable occupation
for any girl or woman whose time is not
almost any price. In the second place, the
demands of the Government for wool have
left very little of that commodity for civilian
uses, resulting in enormously high
prices; and civilians are finding it practicable
this winter to pay the extra premium
for furs. In the third place, the
earning power of the masses in this country
is unusually high at the present time,
and a great many people are gratifying a
longing for furs that never could be gratified
before.
It is, then, a combination of enormous
demand and expected shortage that has
raised the price of raw furs to unheard-of
figures this fall. As this is written, the signing
of the armistice injects an element of
uncertainty into the future fur situation;
but, unless manufacturers refuse to follow
the present trend of values, there does not
seem to be any reasonable possibility of a
material drop in prices during the forthcoming
winter. The American and Allied
armies will not demobilize with the cessation
of hostilities. The trappers will not
return for some time to come, wool will
remain scarce and high in price, and American
prosperity should continue. Nothing
seems more certain than that those who
fully occupied at home, and to the boy it
is the supreme happiness of life. In every
farm family there must be one person—
father, son, mother or daughter—who can
tend a fewtraps this winter and take advantage
of a situation which may never come
again.
The staple furs in this country are the
skunk, muskrat, mink, weasel, raccoon,
opossum, foxar)(l wolf. Then therearethe
civet cat and badger which enter largely
into the trade this year. All of these animals
are distributed over large sections of
the country, many of them over the entire
country. With the exception of the wolf,
none of them requires very large traps or
great physical strength in trapping. They
are the commonest of our fur-bearing animals,
the smallest, and, with a few very
rare exceptions, the most valuable. That
is what makes their taking so attractive to
the amateur.
The prices which have been paid for
some of these furs this fall are undoubtedly
tempting. According to size of the pelt
and latitude of origin, manufacturers have
been paying according to the following
schedule for No. 1 skins: skunk, $2.50 to
$8.00 ; mink, $2.00 to $8.00; raccoon from
take furs this winter will receive prices for Middle West, $1.00 to $3.00; Northern
them higher than ever have been known. raccoon , $5.00 to $10.00; muskrat from
To farm people who have never trapped
before, the interesting phase of the situation
is that this is their golden opportunity.
Agreat many of ourregular trappers
have gone to war. It is known that
fewer pelts were taken last winter than the
Middle West, 50 cents to $2.00, and Eastern
higher; white weasel, 75 cents to $2.00;
civet cat, 25 cents to $1.00; badger, $1.00
to $3.00; opossum, 50 cents to $2.25; red
fox, $15.00 to $40.00; grey fox, $1.50 to
$4.00; soft-furred wolves, $15.00 to $35.00.
year previous, which must have had a ten- These are the prices which manufacturdency
to allow the fur-bearing animals to ers have paid to dealers this fall for sup-
increase. The enormotis demand for furs plies kept over from last winter. As this
of all kinds has given a real value not only is written, it is impossible to quote dealers'
to the commoner furs but also to the poorer prices to trappers, since the trapping sea-
grades of fur, which never were worth much son is just opening up and since the uncer-
before. With fur-bearing animals increased, tainty of the world situation makes dealers
experienced trapping competition diminished,
and an insatiable demand for almost
a little wary of quoting prices in advance.
It does not seem likely, however, that
any kind of fur, the amateur farm trapper
comes into his own — if he only will.
prices should fall materially, and ic does
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