Word: minked
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...bandit jumped into the automobile of Chicago Shoe Tycoon Irvinq S. Florsheim, forced his chauffeur to drive around while he took $400 from Mr. Florsheim, a $2,000 mink coat and $10 from his wife...
...Mink...
Sirs: TIME Nov. 13 outlines Fur Trade and Fur Farming Industry briefly, clearly. TIME does err in one particular, the price of select breeding mink. $300 a pair for breeding mink is reminiscent of the promotion days of fur farming when silver foxes sold for $5,000 a pair, frequently earning large dividends on the enormous investment. Today's prices of breeding stock based on fur value. Fur farmers today glad to get half the prices quoted by TIME for select Alaska, Quebec, Labrador mink. ROY D. HARMAN...
...mink is a long-bodied, short-legged, arch-backed member of the weasel family which likes nothing better than a fight. Minks fight each other, kill and eat almost any bird, fish or non-carnivorous beast smaller than themselves, some larger. In captivity they are clean, hardy, except for an occasional chirp almost noiseless. They need one meal a day, chiefly meat and fish. They like to swim but can do without it. Almost any country place where autumn weather is brisk will do for a mink farm...
...Minks with finest fur are in Labrador, Quebec and northeastern New England. A pair of breeding minks descended from their stock costs about $300. But breeders who try to start with one pair are apt to be disappointed. Female minks are choosy. Experienced breeders advise a minimum investment of about $650, which will buy three females, two males. Better plan, say some, is to begin with $1,000 worth of breeding stock, add $300 to $500 worth during the first three years. Each female mink should produce two to ten kits a year. By the fourth year it is claimed...