MINK FARMING. By R.B. Serjeant.

(1949) 1959 3rd edition. 12mo (124 x 183mm). Pp69,ad. B/w photographs, line drawings, brief bibliography. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt.

Written in an era when there were over six hundred mink farms in the British Isles. The book concentrates mainly on the covered shedding system of farming. Chapters include: Trapping and farming; Situation and farming - location, outdoor cages, enclosed houses; Selection of stock; Mutations; Feeding; Mating; Whelping and care of litter; For primeness and killing; Killing methods; The humane killing of mink; Diseases; Recording cards; A mink calendar; Growth of the fur breeders' association.