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AMERICAS IMMENSE FUR REVENUES To aid trappers and hunters the United States Department of Agriculture has issued Farmers Bul ¬ letin 1022 Laws Relating to FurRearing Ani ¬ mals which is a summary of legislation in tho United States Canada and Newfoundland relating to trapping open seasons propagation and bounties Under the stimulus of high prices there is always danger that trappers will deplete the trapping grounds and permanently decrease the number of fur bearing animals the Federal specialists say Regulations and seasons should be carefully ob ¬ served so that the fur supply of the future shall not be endangered For tho fiscal year ending Juno 30 1918 the foreign trade of the United States in raw and manufactured furs reached the largest total in the history of the country While exports were only 13903031 as compared witii 15729160 for 1917 tins imports were 3SiSji72 as compared with 21553375 for 1917 The total foreign trade in furs increased over 40 per cent
