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OnQffhird Million Furs Sold in Old Dominion A total of 351,029 furs and hides were purchased from hunters and trappers in Virginia during the 1963-64 fiscal year, according to fur dealers’ reports submitted to the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Muskrat pelts accounted fO/T'275,359 of this total followed by 36,098 raccoorrpelts and 13,32^ deer hides. Other segments of the total fur harvest included 7,314 opossum pelts, §041 mink, 4,901 beaver, 4,134 skunk and 1,942 fox pelts. The fur take even included 1,237 nutria pelts from the Back Bay Area where these undesirable animals have become established. A total of 63 dealers reported^fcrandling Virginia hides and furs at the wholesale or retail level during the year.
90.5%