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

 

CONTENTS

Chapter.  
I. History of the Art
II. Outfit—Tools and Materials
III. Preservative Preparations, Formula, etc.
IV. Panels, Shields and Natural and Artificial Mounts
V. Field Work, Collecting
VI. Skinning and Preserving Skins
VII. Making Scientific Skins
VIII. Preparing Dry and Wet Skins for Mounting
IX. Mounting Small and Medium Birds
X. Mounting Large Birds
XI. Tanning, Cleaning, and Poisoning Skins
XII. Making Animal Fur Rugs
XIII. Fur Robes and How to Make Them
XIV. Mounting Entire Small Animals
XV. Mounting Large Animals
XVI. Mounting Heads of Small Animals, Birds and Fish
XVII. Mounting Heads of Large Game
XVIII. Mounting Horns and Antlers
XIX. Mounting Feet and Hoofs
XX. Mounting Fish
XXI. Mounting Fish—Baumgartel Method
XXII. Mounting Reptiles, Frogs and Toads
XXIII. Skulls and Skeletons
XXIV. Sportsmen's Trophies
XXV. Odds and Ends, Taxidermy Novelties
XXVI. Groups and Grouping
XXVII. Animal Anatomy
XXVIII. Casting and Modelling
XXIX. Market Trophy Hunting
XXX. Collecting and Mounting for Sale
XXXI. Prices for Work
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