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Fox Field Day At Montague

The tnxst Demonstration Day of the Moniague i-ox Study Club wa. heiu at tiu: Dtllllilllll riiiicii of Ml‘. Harry UaHbOﬂ. 'liiis ranch siiuat- ed on Llle outskirts oi the town of Montague is a model oi efficiency and cleanliness, and the Wfllel’ neara many complimentary’ re- marks passed on the iiiccly while- washeo pens and luring houses, as one man remarked; ‘why it does not smell like a fox ranch."

This riincn. wits certainly an ideal place for the members of this enterprising club to meet for their first Fox Field Day. There were over 100 ranchers and visitors present and the Ficldinan, Mi", W. F. Burke of the Provincial De- partment Agriculture had a busy afternoon, cnticising the 5U or more foxes that were placed on ilie table.

Mr. Bipkc deserves credit for the way he criticises exit-h fox. without. fear or favour, he tells

each breeder just whole that p..r~ ticular fox is weak or a" icre il ex- cells. This part of the was followed with keen iiriirist by all present as everyone sci-med anx- ious to know just what. to look fur in the ideal fox.

Immediately following Mr. Burke's remarks on l:\c foxes, there was a killing and polling

demonstration conducted by the chief pelter of a Charlottetown Fur Sales House. The fox was killed by injecting stryelinine into Lhcl heart by means oi a hypodermic needle, the most. human vviiy of killing known, and easily done by i the ordinary rancher. In peltingi each operation was explained. Show» lng the ranchers how they should proceed and telling them. what they should not do, The proper use oi the stretching board was also shown in detail again explaining how a. pelt. may be improvctl or spoiled by proper or improper stretching

Dr. C. K. Gunn of the Ex- perimental Fox Farm at Summer- side was present and demonstrated the tise of the microscope He had slides prepared sliovring the diff- erent eggs from paradtcs that attack the foxes as well as the difference between prime and un- prime fox skins. He also demon- strated the use of the microscope in testing the males that a breed- er would use for polygainous mat.- ings.

This was veiy interesting to the breeders, as Dr. G. Etnii» smith, Superintendent of the Fox Farin at Summerside, showed the proper way to hold the female secure to procure the vaginal smear and followed through each. step until the smear was under the micros cope During Dr. Smiths marks he strongly stipporied the work Mr. Burke was tindcrtaking in trying to bring before the breed- ers the inost desirable t_vpc of fox to keep. He also advised the breed- ers to mate like types of foxes to- gether and not. to mate IQXCH with unlike silver bars. or the restilts would be undesirable. In feeding, if cereals are kept in storage too long and they become rancid they lose much of their nutritional value.

Dr. Smith svas kept busy during the afternoon an-Avering the many and varied questions from differ- ent. breeders, regarding the feeding and breeding troubles they had in their individual ranches. Each breeder found Dr. Smith a symp- athetic listener to their troubles

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Cereal Content of Fox Ratlonn

Cereals play an important part in the nutrition of foxes. Fox breeders have realized that meat ‘should be fed while still fresh, i but have not realized that cereals ishould also be fed in the fresh cereals deteriorate with storage through the action of moulds, yeasts, weevils. etc Rav cereals have consistently pi " ced

‘ better results than any other form

of cereals, particularly during the fall months. Experiments are be- ing carried out with rations which

jcontain fresh raw cereaLs. Wheat,

barley, oats and corn grains are being sent. to the mill and ground, when required, to insure that the cereals are fresh.

The So-called Mllk Fever

During recent years fatalities amongst new born pups have in- creased as a result of the females suffering from caked udders. The. factors that tend to produce this l condition are being studied. The results so far indicate that pre- gnant females should take the maximum amount of exercise and that ground bone or bonemeal should be included In the ration. and overfeeding avoided. The re- sults’ definitely indicate that ra- tions suitable for pregnant fe- males in large pens are not fav- ourable for those in small Dena.

The Silver Phase

Records are being kept of the body area and the density of the silver phase of all the experimental foxes. So far the most important factor appears to be the necessity of mating like types of silver to- gether. When like types of silver have been mated together an in- crease in the body area of the silver has occurred in succeeding years. while the reverse has oc- curred when unlike types of sliver were mated together, that is the foxes have had less silver as one year old than when pups. The "mating of like types of silver ts

more important than mating ac- ‘cording to the body area. of the l silver phase.

Width oi Silver Band

Multiplicity Of

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Research Work At The Dominion. Exp e rimen tal For Ranch,

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breeding results. Here again it ap- pears necessary to mate like tyiWS of silver together, or foxes closely related. When this has been car» rled out _ln each succeeding year there has been an increase In both brightness and width of the .1!- ver band, whereas when unlike types of silver have been mated Lo- gether adecrease in the width ni the silver band has been obtain

ed which decreased still further in each succeeding year with individ~ ual foxes.

Fur Characters, Quality

In the research work with rc- gard to the inheritance of the dit~ ferent. fur characters an attemp ls being made to evolve delilil? yardstlcks for the various char acters in order that measure ments may be recorded independent of any personal factor. It is hop- ed that such yardsticks will de- finitely determine what actually is quality in silver fox fur and be confirmed by breeding results as to whether the attributes so meas- ured are a criterion of inherent quality. In the final analysis the inherent quality of the foxes is determined by the quality it will produce. Here again the results indicate the necessity of mating like types of fur together. When this has been carried out. the foxes have improved in each succeed- ing year, whereas when unlike types of foxes have been mated to- gether, instead of improving with age they have steadily become worse. There are many known cases where well furrecl pups have turned into samsons the next year.

Vitamin Requirements

Of all the various constituents of the diet the vitamins appear to be the most important grown promoting factors, also play an essential role in breeding and in the production of fur qualities oi foxes In captivity. Experiment: are being carried out to determini- the influence of the various vita- mins upon the increase in live weight and the development of the fur during the fall months and on breeding restilts ln gen- eral. An abundant amount oi vitamin C in the ration appears

‘rnis particular phase is being sttidicd very extensively. Micro- mctric determinations of the width of the silver band have been made

these have been correlated to the

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to be essential during the fnll months for ‘Oblllllllllg length. strength and colour of the fur. and also a favourable increase in live weight. During the gestation period vitamins B, A and D ap- pear to be the influential factors with regard to the ultimate growth and development of the pups af- ter birth.

Physiological Effect of Anthelmlntlcs and Therapeutics

Experimental work is being car- ried out to obtain information re- gardlng the physiological effect and the lethal dose of different therapeutics and iinthelminilns. This experimental work should give information so that these can be administered with a greater de- gree of efficiency and safety.

Digestion Trials

Experiments are under way to determine the digestibility of dif- ferent classes of meat, and other constitutents of fox rations. It is hoped that such experiments will give information which will help to prevent the fatalities that occur each year as a result of digestive disturb- ances.

Control of External Parasitic

Infestation

This question has been explor- ed nnd, after spraying the nests and kennels with fuel oil twice a year, no ﬂeas or earmltes have been observed 0n any of the ex- perimental foxes foi- several years. These results have been obtained without the use of flea powders or earmlte remedies.

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Control of Internal Parasitic Infestation

While experiments are being carried out with regard to the ef- ficiency and toxicity of different. worm remedies, an effort is also being made to ascertain if these parasites can be controlled with- out direct administration of worm remedies. Different sections of the ranch are being systematical- ly sprayed with different larvlcldes. Although it lo too early as yet to give any definite information, quite favourable results have been ob- tailned by spraying the soil bot- tom pens with salt and borax solu- tions. It is hoped from this ex- perlmental work that ways and means may be devised for raising Pull in soil bottom pens without fear of worm infestation. The present general practice of con- fining the growing pups to small Penn In covered sheds appears to

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QWUVEMBER Z, 1931

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be undermining their tlonal vigour. Ovulation A large ntimbei- of females have been sacrificed immediately after mating. It was found in those which were killed within five min- utes after unlocking that spor- matozon uiere quite as dense at, the ovarian end of the uterus is in the vagina. Hence the taking of smears after mating would not. seem to jeopardize the fertiliza- tlﬂll B! the eggs. The most strik- ing fact has been the variation in the development of the different ovaries, which would indicate that. in many cases there is a great pos- sibility that only the eggs from one ovary might become fertiliz- ed. The variation was great ln the foxes kept in small pens, _, is a well known fact that females have Pmdllwd 1811c litters some years and small litters In others tinder certain ranching conditions. The results so far indicate that it is advisable to mate the females late rather than early in the nan; period. i with the increase in the staff it is hoped that more rapid pm. Bress will be made and new prob- lems attempted which under pm. vlous conditions were altogether impossible. Amid the many vm-l- ed activities of the Experimental station the Superintendent 1g keenly alive to the urgent need for more adequate facilities and still larger staff, required to cope With the multiplicity 0f problgmg confronting and harassing me Canadian Fox Industry.

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