Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit

Home Taxidermy for Pleasure
and Profit, by

Albert B. Farnham
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Title: Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who
Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for
Home, Den, or Office Decoration
Author: Albert B. Farnham

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HOME TAXIDERMY FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT
A Guide for those who wish to prepare and mount animals, birds, fish,
reptiles, etc., for home, den, or office decoration
by
ALBERT B. FARNHAM, Taxidermist

[Illustration: "WHOO" SAID WISE OLD OWL.]

Published by A. R. Harding, Publisher Columbus, Ohio
Copyright, 1944 By A. R. Harding Pub. Co.

[Illustration: ALBERT B. FARNHAM, Author]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER. PAGE.
INTRODUCTORY 13 I. HISTORY OF THE ART 17 II.
OUTFIT--TOOLS AND MATERIALS 21 III. PRESERVATIVE
PREPARATIONS, FORMULA, ETC. 38 IV. PANELS, SHIELDS
AND NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL MOUNTS 48 V. FIELD WORK,
COLLECTING 59 VI. SKINNING AND PRESERVING SKINS 64
VII. MAKING SCIENTIFIC SKINS 77 VIII. PREPARING DRY
AND WET SKINS FOR MOUNTING 84 IX. MOUNTING SMALL
AND MEDIUM BIRDS 87 X. MOUNTING LARGE BIRDS 98 XI.
TANNING, CLEANING, AND POISONING SKINS 102 XII.
MAKING ANIMAL FUR RUGS 110 XIII. FUR ROBES AND HOW
TO MAKE THEM 123 XIV. MOUNTING ENTIRE SMALL
ANIMALS 131 XV. MOUNTING LARGE ANIMALS 141 XVI.
MOUNTING HEADS OF SMALL ANIMALS, BIRDS AND FISH
151 XVII. MOUNTING HEADS OF LARGE GAME 155 XVIII.
MOUNTING HORNS AND ANTLERS 165 XIX. MOUNTING FEET
AND HOOFS 173 XX. MOUNTING FISH 178 XXI. MOUNTING
FISH--BAUMGARTEL METHOD 185 XXII. MOUNTING
REPTILES, FROGS AND TOADS 203 XXIII. SKULLS AND
SKELETONS 206 XXIV. SPORTSMEN'S TROPHIES 211 XXV.
ODDS AND ENDS, TAXIDERMY NOVELTIES 216 XXVI.
GROUPS AND GROUPING 221 XXVII. ANIMAL ANATOMY 224
XXVIII. CASTING AND MODELLING 227 XXIX. MARKET
TROPHY HUNTING 233 XXX. COLLECTING AND MOUNTING
FOR SALE 238 XXXI. PRICES FOR WORK 241

List of Illustrations
Page.
"Whoo? Said Wise Old Owl" Frontispiece A Specimen of the Early
Day 18 Work Table, Supplies, Tools, Etc. 22 Home Made Tools 24
Taxidermists Tools 27 Taxidermists Tools--Scalpels, Scissors, Stuffers
28 Egg Drill and Other Tools 29 Glass Eyes for Animals, Birds, Fish
31 Sizes of Glass Eyes 33 Sizes of Glass Eyes (Style 1) 34

Shields--Various Kinds and Sizes 49 Shields, Foot and Hall Rack 50
Gun Rack, Fish and Game Panels, Hall Rack 51 Some Shields and
Panels 52 Home Made Shield 54 Small Bird 55 Marbles Shot Gun and
Rifle Combined 60 The "Stop Thief" or Choke Trap 61 Outline of
Muskrat 65 Skinning Small Animal for Mounting 66 Skinning Large
Animal for Mounting 69 Skinning Bird--Breast Cut 70 Hooded
Merganser 71 Opening Cut on Bird 73 Scientific Skins, Small Animals
and Birds 80 Foot Skinned Out 86 Clinching Leg Wires in Artificial
Bird Body 88 Wire Loop for Bird Body 89 Wiring Leg of Bird 90 Bird
Wired 92 Bird Wound With Thread 95 Pose or Position of Certain
Birds 96 Natural Standing Position of Small Bird 97 Fluttering Position
of Small Birds 97 A Bird of Prey--Limb Position 98 Spreading Tail of
Large Birds 99 Eagle--Wings Braced up to Dry 100 Fleshing Knife 102
Bench Beam 103 Adjustable Beam 103 Paper Head Forms--Fox 111
Paper Head Form--Dog Closed Mouth 112 Foundation for Tow and
Excelsior 113 Sewing up Bullet Hole 114 Pinked Lining, Briar Stitched
118 Sewing Trimming on Rug 118 Coyote Rug, Open Mouth 121 Coon
Skin Marked to Cut for Robe 125 Strong Hide (Cattle) Laprobe 126
Eight Skin Coyote Laprobe 127 Patagonian Robe of Guanaco Skins
129 Muskrat Legs Wrapped Ready to Clay 132 Wiring for Small
Animals 133 Opossum Mounted in Walking Position 137 Cat Sitting
and Watching 139 Frame for Bear Manikin 143 Bolting Leg Rods to
Stand 145 Fastening Rods to Back Board 149 Wild Cat Head Mounted
on Shield 151 Fox Head on Neck Standard 152 Leopard Head,
Artificial 153 Hawk Head 153 Sheep Head 155 Skinning Horned
Heads 156 Horned Heads--Antelope, Deer 157 Deer Skull on Standard
158 Neck Board 159 Paper Head and Ear Forms 161 Finished
Head--Author's Work 162 Elk and Deer