Hunters' Union

Reports promulgated by the Russian Information Bureau declared that, on Feb. 1, the All-Russian Union of Professional Hunting Cooperatives had enrolled 230,000 families. Although this figure (if correct) is but a small part of the 9,000,000 individuals who are more or less dependent upon hunting, it was estimated to represent nearly a third of the several million Russians whose lives are spent in the chase. Russian fur-getting thus takes its place as one of the organized occupations in the world. The organization is less than two years old.

At the same time, it was announced that Russian fur and game exports last year amounted to $75,000,000-second only to grain. And it was pointed out that sable was worth more than its weight in gold: 36 pounds of gold are worth 21,000 gold rubles, whereas 36 pounds of sable (180 skins) are worth 22,500 gold rubles ($11,565).