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dealt» and >111.» 11::11i.*i;ei's from this section oi the country, he ls studying a new and lmpoitant, dc- dcvclopment in blllflltig industry merchandising which culls for the organization of a "Housing Guild" 1n his locality. Membership in this Guild. which ls sponsored by Johns- urmvillc. would include contractors, lrchltects real estate nir-n. tinnnc- n‘ QRFIH l‘.'- llltllllllill ill?!" rl-IWI fill‘ distributors. Its purpose would

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Progressive

(G. Ennis Smith, “ _ rintendent. Eaperilnental Fox Ranch, Sumlnc '-‘ , PJSJ.

PART V

In the previous numbers of this series it had been contended that for breeders had failed to grapple with the problems regarding fall feeding and to cope with their breeding problems, s0 that on the one hand a. large number of good foxes were being ruined by impro- pcr feeding during the fall months. and on the other spurious off type pelts were being produced from real goncl foxes that had been improp- erly mated. These were the two main reasons for the large number of low grade pelts coming onto the market at the present time. It was further contended that the failure of the fox breeders to succeed in their breeding methods was due to the fact that they were not breed- ing to type on account of the lack of proper standards.

Before taking up the question of what. can be accomplished by breed- ing to type through the adoption or proper standards it wou d be oppor- tune to review what fox breeders have already accomplished in that respect. The chief standard set. up in the silver fox industry is that silver foxcs should breed true with respect. to the silver black charact- ler, should not show any rod or ruet, the standard set up for regis- tration, and it is remarkable the sticcesrs that has been achieved in this respect. When animals, pure bred or otherwise. are bred on an

sold for ten times the probable av- erage price of silver fox pelts this year, and was from a. one year old male. His sire and dam were pups when he was born, so were the sire and dam of the dam when the dam was born, whilst. the sire of the sire was two years old and the dam of the sire seven years old when the sire was bom, so that the majority of the improvement, if any, appears to have taken place in recent years. I did not happen to see the pelt and therefore will never have the satisfaction of knowing that even this pelt had no weak points, in fact. 1 have every reason to believe that there could be a vast im- provement, and it will be s long time before I will have the satis- faction of seeing a perfect pelt. This is only one piece of evidence among many that there is a demand and good prices can be expected for high class silver fox pelts. Whether or not. those responsible are con- tent to remain bound hand and foot by what other breed organizations are doing, or prepared to set. their house in order to foster s. greater production of high class pelts. silver fox breeders cannot afford to delay any longer but must adopt forth- with sound systematic methods of breeding to type.

Long furrcd type: There is no need to enumerate the advantages of breeding for this typc. Practi- cally all fox breeders are aware of that but few have attacked the problem of breeding for this type Iircpcily. The fundamental princi- ples in breeding for this type are cxnety the same as fox breeders

extensive scale, it would naturally be expected that certain mutations would occur. which hlcndcl desig-' imtcd as “sports? Two cases 01' rusty silver foxes have been re- ported which may be questionable mutations. But because mutations do occur authorities do not consider that the animals are not breeding true to type. as mutations am ex- pected in all animal and plant breeding. So that as regards the chief of all other standards that IHXFS $h0ll1d breed true as regards to the silver black character, it can be claimed that it has been I00 per cent. successful.

Also a standard “'11s sct up, with respect to the amount of the silver" colouring the foxes being classified according to whether they were black, dark, medium, pale. extra pale, the foxes being registered un- der the tyqze to which they belong- ed. It has been a ready DOIIIICCI out 111-11 when there was a swing in the market from a darker type of SIIWII‘ fox pelt to the all silver type, it is to the credit of the fox breed- cr-"that they have risen to the oe- B35101] and have been successful in producing 8,])l'f.‘p0l1dl‘ltl1C0 of the all silver type of foxes. But apart from thcse two standards. in which the fox breeders-have been notably successful. no other standards have

been set up. "fhesc two are tire only standards recorded on the certifi- cnflc and in the herd books. Of course the prw-clicc or absence o1 the white tip is mcutionrlrl: whether that is a standard or not is a ques- tion, but the tlXilfllllliitlOlls of the tielts coming 01110 the market at the present time shows that thorn is a

superabtiuzlatice of white tips. But

ll(.".\' that. the fox breeders have ful-

filled the standards that. have been

set up. or at least those worth men-

tioning with respect to fully regis-

tered Canadian silver black foxes,

it docs not appear to have in any

way filled the bill. Fox breeders. in-

stead of finding themselves in a

stntc of success, are approaching a

condition liable to wreck the whole

silver fox industry. according" to the

statements of fur buyers and co-op-

erntive marketers, despite the fact

that they have fulfilled the stand-

unis that have been set up. There-

fore. if standards are sct up in any

industry. which when achieved, in-

stead of producing a flourishing

condition border on a total collapse,

it is very obvious that something is

lacking.

There is every reason to beiieve

that if proper standards had been

set up the fox breeders would have

beet‘. as succcswful in breeding to

those standards 11s they have to those that have already been set.

up. and instead of the present very

imfortunutc conditions, the major-

ity of the Canadian pelts coming

onto the manket would be in cou-

formlty with the standafls adopt-

cd. 1f those responsible for registra- tion have not enough vision and foresight. to register and describe on certificates and hcrd books, accord. 111g to necessary standards. it is ab- solutely imperative that the fox Iircedcrs individually adopt proper standards in breeding their foxes. In that. respect one cannot help the thought that if the foxes were reg- lbLCfCd and demnbed under a sys- tem of proper standards it would be the surest and quickest way of mak- ing fox breeders realize that it was to their advantage to breed for proper types and standards, also in a system of registration where small, short weak 11nd fist furrcd lcxes with indifferent silver chur- acters. probably with a black streak down the back, are registered on s par and described in mnguage on certificate and herd book the same ns with large. long, strong, full furred foxes with desirable silver characters. as has‘ often been the case In the past, that registration has been a party to false represen- tations.

Strong statements had been made to me regarding the poor quality of the silver fox pelts that prompted me to write this series. Since the first numbers have been published the statements made to me have become most vehement, and 1 have been subject to some abuse. which I naturally expected, good natured of course, by fur buyers and co-op- erative marketers for taking the stand that Canadian silver foxes were not. getting worse. According m those statements the general quality, to say the least, is poor, very pour; but there appears to be one bright spot and there has been at. least one good pelt this year re- puted to be the best. seen for overt ten years, which is paramount to saying that it is the best pelt that

I111: evrv been produced. This pelt

IHIW.‘ found to be successful in breeding for the all silver type, only more exacting. Fox breeders know that they should not breed black foxes extra pales; such matings rarely, if ever, produce the mean between the two very often the OIBPTIIIES are either extra dark and '~‘-\'l"-1 B61105. in many cases dark pivrloiuinating, sometimes all black. Fox breeders also are aware that there is a great risk in mating pale foxrs from one ranch with pale fox- es from other ranches. There are fnany known car-es where such mut- mgs have produced all blacks or all extra. darks.

‘Fox breeders shoufd stop to con- sider Wliill} might cause short fur. when pure polled cattle, that is 218.!“ urally hornless cattle, are bred to 10118 1191116111 cattle all the offspring arc polled, the polled trait carries a factor that inhibits the growth of the horns. Therefore, a, single dose of this factor is sufficient to hin- dlfl‘ $110 growth of the Iiorns of all the offspring. When the offsprings of a cross between pulled and horned cattle are mated together, on the average three are poled, one Iiorncd. Of the three polled from this muting two are crosses between the horned and polled traits, one pure polled, but. the pure polled cannot be recognized from the cross between the lmllud and horned ex- cept by breeding a number of off- spring from them. It will readily be seen that when cattle breeders start to cross tmllcd cattle with horned cuttlc they run into end- less difficulties, if they want. to know what they are doing. Aw af- ter crossing polled and horned cattle, when the offsprmgs are bred there 1s not much difference in the chances of getting horned cattle from breeding polled to horned cattle or polled cattied to polled cattle. But why get into such a hopeless maize by crossing one type with another type. Keeping the types separate simplifies matters. Just as cattle breeders, when they start to cross the polled type with the horned type get into hopeless difficulties, so fox breeders wi.l get into the same, if not more, diffi- culties by breeding different types together. Like types should be mat- ed to like types; when short flirted foxes are mated to long furred fox- es there is no more chance of the length of the flu" of the offspring being the mean length of that of the parents as there would be of getting all medium silver faxes when black foxes are mated to extra. pale foxes. If the mean cannot be obtained In the one case, why ex- pect it in another? In the great ma- jority of cases when long, ull furred foxes are muted to short, ll furred foxes, the offspriugs ha e weak, open fur of a p001‘ quality. with this type of mating the fox breeders not on.y lose out in length, but. also in density and quality of the fur.

I. The long furred typc should be mated to the long furred type.

2. The short. furrcd type should be mated to the short furrcd type.

3. The chances of getting fairly long furred offsprings are as good. if not better, by mating short furred foxes to short furrcd foxes, as try- ing to mate long furred foxes to short furred foxes.

4. Similarly as pale foxes from one ranch are not liable to blend with pale foxes from another, the chan- ces are about the same that long furred foxes from widely different ranches will not blend.

5. When .ong furred foxes am mated to long furred foxes the fox- es should be as closely related ll feasible.

6. When long furred and short furred foxes occur in the same lit- ter they should be treated as two distinct different types. Mating long furred faxes to short furred foxes that are closely related will rarely produce favourable results.

There ls a wide demand for long furred foxes and to a great extent buyers are tabooing short furred foxes. If fox breeders expect to be in any way successful in producing uniformly this type of fox. they shoufd steer clear of mating the different types with respect to length, just as much as they have found it advisable to steer clear of mating all black types to all silver types.

Strong fur type: Among the vari- ous types of fur to be selected, there is none more important than this t-YIJB. 0n the other hand, the weak type of fur should be relig- iously eliminated. Experienced fur buyers purchasing silver fox furs not only take into consideration how the fur looks at that plrtlcu- lsr time, but. how, M. is going to

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stand up after being tanned and dressed. Weak fur will not stand dressing. Dense!‘ colour and smooth- er texture can be produced with o. strong coarse type of fur than ever poseibe with a weak fine iur type. I Imve seen some pelts where the fur has been too coarse, but I have yet. to see breeding foxes where I did not consider that coarseness and strength of fur were something to be prized rather than shunned. Plow-ever course the fur may be binding along fundamental lines. the offspruigs will have smooth and strong fur of a mos-t desirable tex- ture. Fox breeders at one time con- cicmiietl certain strains of foxes as being too coarse, and made the fatal mistake of selecting and purchasing foxes with nearly a worthless weak type of fur. I am quite aware that there are some strong types of fur with a very smooth cuticle that might be designated as fine fur which stands up and improves no mutter how much it is rubbed with the hand. ~