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The following article was oom- piled and submitted at the megs. lng of the International Fur Con- ference held at The Charlottetown Hotel on Monday“ It is an author- ative. account of the origin of the

“fur 1min‘: industry. ohvvlne the difficulties which confronted Jr Charles Dalton and his co-partner. Robert oultolr and other pioneers in their breeding experiments. It shows. too. how nobly they over. calm these obstacles and origin.

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maturity. but they failed to -pr0- duce another litter and were pelt- ed. Ir. Dalton continues:

"I bought two pelts from Hay. wood and sold thorn to Daniel Crcnan, a fur buyer of Halifax, N.

It was then that I commenced to. think seriously silver foxes and came to the conclusion that if one litter could be bred in captivity, Why with proper care could they

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BAILIE

At certain seasons of the year Bailie Macrae went to London. and even at an odd time crossed the Channel. in the interest of business. On such excursions the worthiee of Auld Ayr. away from home and in a sense incognito, indulged in a kind of implshness. that would have been-quite out of place in their home town. For instance there was that episode in the train between Carlislc and London. The Bailie had a com-

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pulled out a strop and than he btlan to strap the razor with the wildest look I ever saw in the eye of man. After thathe puttho edge of‘ the razor to his own throat to see if it would do. and then he looked at me. That was: enough, and I escaped The man's a rav- ing maniac." There was method in the madn as tho’; for all the rest, of that night Bailie Macrae slept secure from intrusion.

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not be bred annually? I kept a rood lookout to see if x could get hold of a pair of black foxes. ~I had I 10110 wait but eventually my eye

’6:00-7:30—Ioll Games. (See below). --7:45-—Farmera mess meeting or P, W, C, Mg“

Special Speaker: H. H. Hannam. I \ caught an advertisement of two

“M, M" mm‘, m mg on the IODO-Billlflfll "ilelllib-P. E. I. Federation of Agriculture. Island of Anticosti. -

"I answered the ad and. secured the pair for 0100. I kept them for two years in a shed attached to. my barn. They were medium sil- ver foxes. of good size and perfect- ly clear color. I managed to get them to breed but to my surprise and great disappointment the off- flvflng were all crosses, and in those days cross fox pelts only fetched about 0i! en the Inndon fur market.

"Then I heard of s. black fox for sale at Int 0, P.E.I., and I bought it for 050. I mated him with a native rad female fox and got a litter of five rods. The following shrine the male died and I sold his pelt for 0100. It was my in. tention to keep a pair of the red pups but one night they all escaped. The next fall I pelted the Anti-

months. we may look for the long bright streaks which we have a- greed to call "shooting stars." The astronomer. however. refefs to them as "meteors" and tells us that their appearance is caused by solid fragments of matter-

paftment all’- to himself till he got to Carlisle. but just as the whistle blew for leaving the Cunabrian city. the carriage door opened, and a fellow traveller. popped in.| The Bailie hated to be disturbed. but he said nothing. stretched mm,“ “on: m, ‘a; "ranged from. outer space- entering the m. mum “d 91mm.“ l? emu). earths atmosphere at a high . so“ 5mm m, other d hub] speed. The air offers resistance M“, md m, two o; mm dokland the friction generated usual- ed avfiytlli the min "u mwl ly burns up the fragments which u,‘ “gum l; Nmmmmm H,“ leave the familiar luminous train m. door w“ "am ‘brawn apex-p as they are vaporized.

and a tuna individual presented Somotilnoo the fragments an himself. This was too much for too large to be entirely dluivot- m, 3d“. but h, coy-well“ m, ed. and. their remains reach the mmenurl m4 5m“5d_ "Con"; earth's sumace as meteorites or ‘wul 1n, gig; come awe‘ in." he act-elites, as they are indiscrimin- said pleasantly: “my freend here." Billy called. Occasionally thew he continued. pointing to the larscr meteors erolode in mid-air 31mm: mam oppmm “y, y“; with a brilliant light and a ioua convalescent from smallpox, but oxnloaion- before their irosmcnts I “m” y, the"; m. gm“; reach the earth. Analysis of the whatever." The intruder started meliwfllefi TWQHI-t 1100111110 i-hll l! bu‘: and exclaimed, "$1,, ygu not found on or in the earth: ‘have n-o right to be travelling some are nearly nun "metwriv he" Wm, a smallpox plum“ 1g iron." while others are fragments I did my duty, I Show; c311 m; of limestone. magnesia or silica.

ated an industry that has spread to l0 countries and led to the ptcdug- lion of over a million dollars Wort-h of furs that had the efforts of the pioneem not been success- ful would never have been sold.

By M-Col. D-A. MeoKinnon, 0.10.

Silver fox farming has been called the world's greatest fur in- dustry. and while we may ques- ticn this statement today there would be no doubt about its ac- curacy some years ago when silver fox pelts were produced on them. ends of ranches large and email, in ten countries and marketed by the hundreds of thousands by the world's leading suction Cdlnplnleg, 1t is therefore of interest to in. quire into the origin of this un. usual and fascinating imugsgy,

Pix-st we may ‘state that silver "fox has been known to be worn as far back as 1506 at the coronation .o'f Ivan the Terrible of Russia, and silver fox pelts found their way from Canada-then New Frame-a

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A GREEN CROSS ‘FIELD LEADER PRODUCT

Four-leaves! Cloves-a. This season has produced a great crop of these monstroeities,

be spread (but not evenly) over the orbits entire circumference.

. I I‘. d1 H th $13M gfilciiilnefg; ggxfazffif “Sill???” “n t B55959" "N'- (“79- ' Egg)?! pttalylialfwr) 33g. hTiLVZK-‘l fssvzysgmaitlr-mngvtlizgzr T125101“: wv-aryminmSI-iillfilzlffy‘. bu: for such they are. In their way ' l n years cons ant- ' .. ' r, ' y | they are just as odd as the gen- Province-then tho 151, 9g ;"n_ l, thmum and endeavor,“ to Softball Throw. sake. dinna dae that. remon- pea. And as it is estimated that there is a maximum a mAeigfisi try with ext“ mum mama l m

several million of them enter the earth's atmosphere yearly we have good reason to feel thankful for their dlsihtegra/tlon.

Much rarer is the fall of the

of 108 years. Since the meteors seem to radiate from the constellation Perseus. they are referred to as the "Perseids." The Perseids must be looked for on

strated the Bailie; "I assure you hels nearly better. Come on in. and say naething about it."

But the man was not to be

noticed the quality of the black fox pelts trapped by the native Ind- lam and Samuel Holland, a sug. vcyor sent out by the British Gov-

(boys and girls). Volley Ball Contest. ‘ Scripture. when clover attains a ' lush growth, favored by good soil- plenty of rain and perhaps not too much sunshine. then look fol

successfully procure and farm sil- . ver-or black foxes as they were then known-in captivity, and with "f! success; but I was

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"nmmt- "w"! "1' hi" M"! not totally discouraged and in . “Wm m“ my; he slammed 1 m | I mu extra leaflets Even the stead] seen 51...). quuuy mug mm u m“ I h Hardball-St. Peters vs. Eastern Stars (Elmira). the door angrily and nude for Iarser aeroites- Perhaps o ars- Ausuet i um m“ -, 1 w“ m, m,“ hem“ "'81"! Pill’ 0! dirk 811V" another mmpamneng when; he est of all was that prehistoric The November meteors radiate thutyeygr. on‘? gggfou?" m‘

yo", gm“ John Mary,“ o; Lot 4°’ Sofrboll-Hillsborough vs. Cherry Volley. P. E. I., for $100. He had dug them out ~of the ground the previous year but could not get them to breed.

“This Pair of loses from which I Rot two litters, was the foundation

meteor that fell in Arizona. and buried itself so deeply that nobody has yet seen it. Its impact is said to have shifted the polar axis of the earth. In 1784. at Atumlpa. near Buenos Ayres, there fell a monster aeroilte weighing 33.000

(apparently) from a point in .the constellation Leo. so they are "Leonids." The Leonids at times give most extraordinary displays- usually 835 ‘years apart. 1.u 1700 the great display was on Nov. 10th.; in i832 and 183$ it was on

found a seat, and sat brooding over the iniquity of the Scot Who had brought a smallP°x 11-1-18!" on board the Midland , E4110"- While thus darkly sloomina ho , was- shocked to see the door sud- denly thrown open. and the small-

silver or black foxes were also found in other parts of Canada. notably the Peace River Valley and to some extent in Labrador. The idea of breeding them in captivity originated with Charles Dalton of

"daisy" (the Moon-daisy of Eng- land) is very steady in its flow- ering here. and pursues the eveil tenor of its way without-any cd- ' dities no matter what the sea- son. I.n England however. it prc- , duces monstrous fiowems. two of ‘

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TIEhIsh, Prince Edward Island. He of the domggflg you,” Eqwu-d - hie l lbs) is h- 1806 and 1067 it , ponsored by.- . 11mm. m,“ u, m. lbs.. pm of w u (-400 . Nov. 1st .,

u . - P0X w" P . . mu 1 k tched. an first is “*5 ’ m” w ° 1m“ "I" m“ Itlwd Silver For. I pelted the ~, m. "You can't get in here: he in the British Museum. at Du: was on Nov. ma. This vesi- the m‘: '10:’; on one :6“, ‘m!

doors: born to the life of a hunt- PQQfQQQ on” ‘M "mud mp P. E. I. JUNIOR FARMERS’ FEDERATION shouted’ “Go "my ‘y, om. or ango. Mexico, in 1511. fell one date is Nov. 15th.. but the display

er in the woods-in fact shootin , -- --- : . , s.. moderate. or by side. and reminding one of fishing and trapping were his bring- 31:0“ thegagbnfirrlesleda ‘glint! mfg“ the tglaulmafstonlshgdn their‘ if.‘ vlrzggesrfteitvgdisirbfikggolosg 221d 1.1.2:? only 0W1’! 0W! Th! 09h" 1' "ll-Wm clpla avocations. He had from boy- m, yum ‘gm “m; I bwghé Q ; f,“ “kg. “Yew know vary well distributed. There are 45 notable (Th; gum "meteor" was at one and could be imitated by pinohinl “W! 0mm"! "W" and the two pairs of black foxes from Alberton r a- r in 1000 l-Ie paid non dollars y why m: you know very well “heavyweights” in the list. The um more elastic and included a flower from its stalk Ind It- umlis °7 the ‘"155 "i4 Ill-ll‘ blly- Louis Holland of Bedeque Pr‘! us $340 for’ them I was also as- Among other notable ioneer W)‘: 1m .0 r state you ought I10! 8191M“ mam!‘ 1311 °l "W!" ruin. 550W. wind. and many other "chin! it. face to face. to a In! and re-seliing some trapped gnd the“ your together with trill-e; sociated with James Rayner Kil- breeders were the Rayners? Silas um benol); “the train at all.‘ "In yetro- Say! tho ASI-rvmmtl‘ R-Wll- m, hommem when“ the 31mm‘? ‘IP15? awe" n“ m1 m all“: gililclufltheyylaeégxrezred reds. were dug, out of a den and I dare. P. E. I. and we were’ fast the father, who bred some ‘of the 2y state. did you “ say?"_ “lifts- $231536]? g; glilflseibellrli; wozmzqnm.‘ in,” m}. u ‘he 52:1? Lg. Enagsxélfiuliofa waged that the hick fox w" 0:; save him $300 for the lot. ' 5:152:21: 2.81:1 xxrfilefrdayner was a suc- very best that were Produced in gizmien oyoltlértaeisles. doviglgplt ‘gnaw; ova“ about 70o mues norm o, ..meu°,,°1°'m_..) i. wnducw, u, the” glmggmfl

mere freak of nature and that it pram“ gm,"

“In the year 1012 I sold out my

captivity from Dalton stock, and his sons B. I., James and E. H.

eouid be successfully mated bred in captivity.

Dalton‘: own story is that in i874 the first pair of Islgnd blank We! ‘Jill-I'- Wore used for breeding purposes in captivity had been dim out of the ground at s place

“d “ham these two pairs of silvelc

and the silvers I got from Mr. Mar- tin, I produced litters for two years. Then they stopped breed- int. which I attributed to the con- ditions under which they were kept. That convinced me that iif I were to make a. success of silver fox farming I must ranch them as

Daltonfi Story

‘F’. E. 1., by a. fisherman named

iept them for two years in an old

Ii d F0 Hill, ‘a ‘e x he” North mp0’ nearly as possible under Tb-Omllson. They were ,_urchased wndluon“ I by Benjamin Haywood, Tignish, for

is (about $16.25). Mr. Haywood m‘ 5°

rangement Little Shem

lam. They produced one litter of

near Alberton.

lube. two of which were raised to

natural

. "In 1&0 I entered into an ar- rt Oulton of , .B.,_who came here and settled on Cherry Island, This proved an

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ideal location for a fox ranch. I later took Mr. Oulton in as a part- ner. We hld hunted and fished together and he was a man utter my own heart. I cannot speak too highly of his assistance in solving the difficulties and many early problems in breeding and raising foxes to maturity in captivity. "This friendship and partnership continued for eighteen years dur- ‘in which time we never had an unkind word pass between us. w. * _ Oulton waa a believer in large size ' ' . pens. l0 x 00, considering that the extra space caused the foxes to exercise ore and produce better pelts. At first we neglected to put up an over-hang and_ that winter lost three beautiful foxes. Our foxes on Cherry Island in natural surroundings in the woods never failed to breed and gave us large litters of fine, healthy pups. “Our style of den was at first a hollow pine log, for in such in our hunting expeditions we usually found red fox dens. Later. we built a medium sired box inside of a larger box and found it worked out satisfactorily. I am convinced that Prince Edward Island silver fox is a distinct strain. I have bred Island silver foxes year after year and have never had an d!- eoier fox excopt l l h imported foxes. f?

at Cherry Island '

v “In our Cherry Island days we . always selected the darkest color- "ed foxes we had and after several years succeeded in producing an absolutely perfect blue black pelt. heavily furred. The production oi’ these pelts had a most remark- able affect on the London market. Such furs had never before been seen and never could have been produced except by selective breed- ing. Pelts from our Cherry Island ranch obtained world wide renown and brought the highestpricea in Inndon year after year. In 1000 we ahipped a skin from a nine- rnontha-old silver fox which brought I80 (QLQB). It was pur- chased by a buyer from Paris and ro-aold by the same auction com- pany three months later hr rseo (00,010). , “lnlllcwesentfldskinstoC. M. Lampoon i! Conjcndoam-ma- land. and received s cheque for 001.000. ‘lhree of these skins sold for over 01.000 each and one of them realised 0M0 or 03.50. ‘their quality wee incomparable. They always showed a bluish tinge which scarcely ever faded oven up to sheddinl time. Thia quality was never obtained from an imported

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ranch to a company-the Cherry Island ranch having been discon- tlnued in i910 due to termination of partnership with Mr. Oulton. who desired to go back to his old home in Little Shemogue. NB. The agreement was for me to furnish twenty pairs of Dalton silver foxes with a guarantee of forty pups the following season, raised to matur- ity.

“The company was capitalized at $025,000. I was paid 0400.000 cash and $100,000 in stock of the company. Over forty pups were produced and sold for over 812.000 a pair in i013. The company paid its shareholders a dividend of 40 per cent. The directors decided that the ranch should be moved from Tignish and a new ranch was built at Scuthport, near Charlotte- town. ‘Phat move, astrange care- taker and other factors made the breeding season of 1014 a most disappointing one."

intervening Years

Filling in the story of fox farm- ing in the years covered by‘ Mr. Dalton would be a tremendous task, so I shall touch briefly on some of the principal figures con- nected with it. Robert 'I'uplin, who bought the air of foxes from lMr. Dalton in 1000, soon mastered the details of fox farming and after a few years set his son James up in business. Ills Tuplin strain of foxes were “tops" for many years and he mceived prices of over 02,000 at auction for several pelts. His ranch at Black Banks was widely knhwn and furnished breeding stock, some of the des- cendants of which are producing winners at fox and pelt shows not only in this Province but in Ont- ario and other parts of Canada.

Robert Tuplln also loaned a pair of foxes to his nephew. Frank ‘Ifiipiin, of New Annan. and in a few years he was producing a very beautiful type of blue black silvers. His finances had been at a very low ebb when he started fox farm- ing, but in 1000 he could not "resist an offer made by a leading business man of Bummereide on behalf of a syndicate. of 005.000 for ten pain of pups. ‘There had been a tacit agreement between the fox breed- ers up to that time not to sell live foxes as they feared the market would Morne flooded and pelts would drop very greatly in price:

‘but the lure of the large prices

changed things and all the ranch- ers were soon offering fexsa for sale. As a matter of fact they did not have to advertise or solicit. The savings banhawere full of money and ranchers were besieged with offers to buy. Six farmers near Victoria. P. Ii. 1., bought a pair of breeders with a guarantee cf four pups. from Prank Tuplin for 000.000. The female rewarded them with six pups and they soid them. cleared off their original lu- vestment. bold a handsome divi- dend and had the pair left.

But to return to Prank ‘hlplin. fle was one of the first to follow the example of Dalton and cash in. selling his herd to the ‘nmlin Pox Corporation for 0000.000. It

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B. "Irnsyner became one‘ of the "greats" of the fox farming world. His foxes were more silvery than Dalton foxes and were usually very prolific. He established ranches in Nova Scatia, and his breeding stock was used by many of the most successful farms in this Prov- ince. JB. I. formed a. company in i018 capitalised at $000,000 with 20 pairs of proven breeders. In order to carry out his promise to the letter he was known to have paid $24,000 for a. pair of two- year-old breeders necessary to complete the twenty pairs.