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Title: Bulletin
Identifier: bulletin2219411943illi (find matches)
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Illinois. Natural History Survey Division
Subjects: Natural history; Natural history
Publisher: Urbana, State of Illinois, Dept. of Registration and Education, Natural History Survey Division
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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September, 1943 Brown & Yeager: Survey of Fur Resource 491 producing areas. It is certain that a very large number of rodents are destroyed by these cats, and equally certain that thousands of song and game birds and rabbits are also destroyed. The fur, while salable for a few cents per pelt, is of prac- tically no importance in the trade. This circumstance further disqualifies the spe- cies as a worthy member of the fauna. The writers recommend strongly a material reduction of the free-ranging liouse cat population and suggest shooting and trapping by conservation officials, sportsmen and trappers as the best method of effecting such reduction. TOTAL YIELD AND VALUE The foregoing sections have given in some detail the yield and value of each important Illinois fur animal during the two seasons covered by the survey. The discussion is continued in the following paragraphs, but with all species grouped and the state considered as a unit. For convenience and brevity, much of this in- formation is presented in tables. Any consideration of the yield and value of the total fur resource of Illinois should be prefaced by a discussion of fur prices. The average prices of the seven most important Illinois raw furs, 1909 through 1942, is shown in fig. 31. With the exception of those for minks, prices during the seasons of 1938-39 and 1939- 40 were about equal to, or at least not far above, those prevailing during the worst years of the recent depression. Based on the opinions of hundreds of Illinois fur- takers, the fur catch has steadily declined O in RED FOX MINK RACCOON SKUNK -- GRAY FOX MUSKRAT OPOSSUM
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SEASONS Fig. 31.—Average raw fur prices, Central States, for seven important species, 1909-10 through 19+1-42. Sources of data: 1909-35, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, as adapted from Bennitt & Nagel (1937) ; 1935-42, Fur-Flsh-Game raw fur market averages for iNo. 1 medium pelts.

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