Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit is a practical guide by taxidermist Albert B. Farnham on preparing and mounting animals, birds, fish, reptiles, and other specimens for home, den, or office decoration. It combines instructional essays with advice for hobbyists who want to preserve and display natural specimens. It offers a window into mid-twentieth-century craft techniques and home workshop practice.
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"WHOO" SAID WISE OLD OWL. 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 Published by A. R. HARDING, Publisher Columbus, Ohio Copyright, 1944 By A. R. Harding Pub. Co.
ALBERT B. FARNHAM, Author CONTENTS PAGE. CHAPTER. 13 INTRODUCTORY 17 I. HISTORY OF THE ART II. OUTFIT-TOOLS AND MATERIALS 21 III. PRESERVATIVE PREPARATIONS, FORMULA, ETC. 38 IV. PANELS, SHIELDS AND NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL 48 MOUNTS гад V. FIELD WORK, COLLECTING VI. SKINNING AND PRESERVING SKINS 64 VII. МАКING SCIENTIfic SKINS 77 VIII. PREPARING DRY AND WET SKINS FOR MOUNTING 84 IX. MOUNTING SMALL AND MEDIUM BIRDS 87 X. MOUNTING LARGE BIRDS дв XI. TANNING, CLEANING, AND POISONING SKINS 102 XII. МАКING ANIMAL FUR RUGS 110 XIII. FUR ROBES AND HOW TO MAKE THEM 123 XIV. MOUNTING ENTIRE SMALL ANIMALS XV. MOUNTING LARGE ANIMALS 141 XVI. MOUNTING HEADS OF SMALL ANIMALS, BIRDS AND 151 FISH 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 211 216 XXV. ODDS AND ENDS, TAXIDERMY NOVELTIES 221 XXVI. GROUPS AND GROUPING XXVII. ANIMAL ANATOMY 224 XXVIII. CASTING AND MODELLING 227 XXIX. MARKET TROPHY HUNTING 233 XXX. COLLECTING AND MOUNTING FOR SALE 238 XXXL PRICES FOR WORK 241 List of Illustrations Page. "Whoo? Said Wise Old Owl" Frontispiece A Specimen of the Early Day 18 22 Work Table, Supplies, Tools, Etc. Home Made Tools 24 Taxidermists Tools 27 Taxidermists Tools-Scalpels, Scissors, Stuffers 28 29 Egg Drill and Other Tools Glass Eyes for Animals, Birds, Fish 31 33 Sizes of Glass Eyes 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
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