DECEMBER 24. 1931

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J i, or FilXES ',_S0me Timely Hints Q Offered Ranchers

By Superintendent e. Ennis Smith.

-._.__.. The following address was recent- ly broadcast by Mr. G. Ennis Smith, Superintendent Exper‘ ‘l Fox Ranch, summerside: ' | A yield of the maximum number f0! Dubs has become the determin- inB point of the paying possibilities of silver fox ranching. Numbers count. the wide difference that ex- isted in the prices of high class and low grade pelts has been brought down to a narrow margin by the recent world wide depression, "l9 mflfkin is so narrow that from a financial standpoint number at the present time has become a. more important factor than quality. If fox breeders are going to stay in the business, they must raise a. large crop oi pups. Fox breeders who can not raise two pups to the pair have very serious thoughts for consider- ation. They moist make radical changes ether in the management of their ranch or in their breeding stock else they will go w the wall. On the other hand, fox breeders who can raise three pups to the pair should be on “easy street" even with the present low prlcea oi pelts, so that the produc- .tion oi the maximum number of Duns is the most important phase in silver fox ranching. It always has been and it always will be. While from a financial ,polnt number counts at the

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go by, not only on account oi the i, direct financial returns, but the in- direct influence and benefit it has upon breeding. If fox breeders wish to have good breeders, they must have well furred foxes. The better furred the foxes, the better will be the breeding possibilities. I do not wish w be misunderstood on this point. Undoubtedly there are some high class, prize winning foxes who

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. in the reproductive powers of those foxes. On the other hand, if the '1, fur of any particular foxes should deteriorate and get worse or had a pronounced setback to that ex- ’ tent the breeding qualities would be undermined, so that when the fur has been so affected that the

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“STREET P SCENE”

increased demand. Ii fox breeders M were i0 spend their money educat- l, v lng the public instead of on such I'll‘. advertisements that do more harm y‘. than good, for when the public can recognize what is a. poor silver fox fur, and what is a good silver fox iur, then itlsabaolutely certs-in that» the women will demand high class l“. furs. Educate the ladies so that they l‘. become authorities on the out- standing desirable characteristics of silver fox furs, then fashion will l‘ ,1 demand quality in silver fox furs M and fox breeders will obtain more V‘

abundant returns for their antic-i?‘ = lency in raising high class foxesfil. Efficiency must be the watchword’,

for the success of any industry. 4W1 ," V any industry is doomed where ef- it

iiclency fails to set its Proper re- WMd. and the silver fox industry ‘é in many respects has failed to come "l to that buainmc basis.

Quality counts, and while it may“? not be in demand at the presentii time, it still is an important factor; and will be more so, the older the iV industry, not only for the direct fln- _ ; ancial returns, but from a breed-I. ing standpoint, a point that 1 wish 1i

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and those factors that tend to pro- duce normal and continuous repro- duction, also tend to induce the de- velopment of the outstanding qual-

ities of the fur. l months, but certainly before the‘

end of December they should bcl placed in large pens so that they [I have the opportunity of taking the

Important Factors

What are the factors that a fox breeder must take into considerat- ion with regard to breeding. In the~ maximum amount‘ of exercise. The ‘ first place I would like to re-em-lpoint that I wish to emphasize is phasize the most outstanding fact that while the males like the fe-I in connection with our work. Foxes males should put on a. maximum a- mount oi weight in the full months they should lose their weight early in the season, much earlier than the females, more especially with‘ males that are required for poly- gamous mating. Males that are ov-- erlat at the beginning oi the breed- ' lng season will be of very little use for polygamous mating. The maj- ority of females do not require much exorcise during the iallg months. There are many_ ferrules‘ that if given the opportunity will run themselves to death during the, fall months. Those females should‘

iat as possible at this time oi‘ the

August. Foxes that are overweight September. whether they are males or females. will not be oi much value for breed- ing purposes the coming season, if‘ ever. Either they have not been properly fed or there is something radically wrong with them. The weight of a fox cannot be judged by its appearance and fox breeders who are attempting to do thls—are working in the dark and deceiving themselves. It would repay every fox breeder to weight his foxes the first of September. with foxes that are much overweight at that time, it is just as well to decide then

during the summer and fall months in small pens, but there is a time of the year that the female does re- i’ quire a maximum amount oi exer- cise and that is at the time they

se come in heat earlier than the nor-

them would be sterile. While facts would lndicae that the diet during the early part of the breeding seas-

on, that is before the mating been“ have taken place should consist mostly 11°?“ meat’ two or

. ~ th l. o it is o! meat. yet it should only be fed ln greskt 121th treeymfioulllain bé M quantities. More» ~

relatively small

so is this the case with females a‘ wide variety or offal meat’ til i tn th b ti»: . ‘ that are on the border line between wider e var e 5 e e r

light and heavy weight foxes, that is to say the lighter the weight oi the fox, more precuatlons should

be taken to avoid feeding a high.

meat ration. On the other hand]

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FORMERLY ALLEYS

to dwell upon tonight, as iur andll-"i w breeding qualities go hand in hand . .

I believe that it would well rc-l pay fox ranchers to divide their foxs both males

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mated, then lhe horse mean should not be fed more than once or twice cash week and it would probably ho just as well to eliminate horse meat entirely from the rations to i-llose foxes and feed it to those

hurt males t” keep them l“ small ling qualities of the foxes will be|and that is the only difficulty with times each week until they have pens during the summer and fall seriously undermined, A high meatifat foxes, but lf they do‘ come in ration during the early Dart of thelheat and mate. they W111 mvellebll‘ ason would force the females to become Pregnant and Wm their litters. Fag foxes can be fed mal period. and the majority of a meat died consisting mostly of red meat such aa horse meat. beef and beef hearts. Foxes that relatively light in weight should

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are beef hearts can be fed the remalnd or of the week. The border lint foxes should not bc fed horse meat more than three times each week bu; it is advisable that they should llflvp as wide a variety of meat a: r-possibk‘. preferably offal meal ‘Special steps also should be taken to insure those foxes eating a cer- tain zlmollnt of biscuits, cereal-l and other substances besides meal and while similar steps should be fallen with the fa‘. foxes, it is not

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‘emales that are fat require a’ meat into two classes, the relatively fat ‘ so imperative as with the border ration and not a. diet that is rich

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latively thin readily come‘ in heat and mate, but the majority of them do not become pregnant. On the

other hand. the difficulty with iat

foxes is they may not come in heat,

come in heat and mate and for a‘ short time previous to that, also‘ when carrying their young. It has been the unfortunate practice‘ of many 10x breeders to place their females in large pen-s during the] fall months or at least during Nov-f this time and the end of the year. Embfif End 176691115", but t0 keel)! All light weight foxes should be I their males confined to very small! pelted. Ii fox breeders would make pens until they are actually needed a, practice of polling foxes that l for breeding purposes Fox breeders were over-weight at the begin- would be well advised to reverse ning oi September and from thei this practice. Keep the females con- remainder of their foxes only keep fined in small pens until the actual those foxes that were well furred‘ breeding season and while it will and fat at the end of the year.‘ not hurt to keep the males confin- they would not have :0 much to ed 1n small pens during the sunk

and there that it would be the best thing to pelt them that year, as there is very little question that they will be a financial burden to the ranch in the long-run if kept for breeding purposes Foxes be weighed again between

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foxes develop info samsons, they‘ worry about during the breeding have lost their reproductive powers‘ season, and ninety percent of their’ entirely and are worthless as breed- breeding troubles would be elimin- ers. Tile better iurred the foxes ated. H the better will be the breeding: With regard to the pupa. at this possibilities oi those foxes, so that} time oi the year, fat pups will be‘ quality in the fur is just as im-l good breeders. All light weight and

portant in silver fox ranching as] poorly developed pups should be‘ ever it was and fox breeders who; pelted the first year and fox breed- are not using all the powers with-l era should get what money they can in their ken to produce high grade out of them immediately. The blast- foxes will soon find thenlselvea with ed hope; of keeping underweight

a lot of worthless breeders.

Quality Counts Quality counts, and in silver fox furs in will count more in future years. Ladies at present do not know the good points in silver fox furs. Just as long as it is called a. silver fox, they appear to be quite satisfied; "Where ignorance is bliss it is folly in be otherwise," but it is a female trait to desire and seek perfection. Ladies learn and learn quickly if given the opportunity and when they realize the diflerence between high class and low grade ailver fox fur as readily as they can between high priced and cheap jewelry, they will seek quality in silver fox furs which will create an ever increasing demand for high class pelts. Unfortunately the only education they are getting at tho present time is from glib salesmen or from outlanW-b advertisements. which like practically all advertise- ments at the DNMM. make moat at- rocious claims for the superiority of thzir own particular commodity in comparison with the some oom- modity offered by their competitors, which cause suspicion and disgust leldlnl moi‘! W I boycott than an

and poorly developed pups has un- dermined the confidence and bred more dissatisfaction in silver fox ranching than probably any other single factor. It may not be an im- possibility to get some of them to breed in future years. but only a vary small percentage of them ever will and zlinety-nine out of every hundred of those that do breed will not be a paying proposition. Rafa- ing a crop of healthy and visorfiufl pupa ia the great keystone to suc- cess in silver fox ranching. Keep only the best developed and fat pups for breeding purposes and don't

bother with the others. l

Pen Accommodation

Pen acoommodatlcu l5 ill-SO 8H importnt factor. When foxes are not properly panned the breeding

possibilities will be greatly jeopar- dized. Males at this time of the year should be in large pens 80 that they can take the maximum a- mount of excl-cine. Fat and indol-

mor and early fall months, before the end of December they should be placed in large pens, where they can have an opportunity of taking] the maximum amount of exercised so that they wliibeinconditionati the beginning of the breeding season. ; Condition with the males only I counts aitthebegillningoftheb ‘ ins season. With the re-’ males it is entirely a different question. They should be placed in small pens during the fail months and with the majority of the fe- males it is not advisable to place them in large pens until the breed- in! season. On the other hand, it would be a fatal policy to keep fe- males in amall pens during the bfeedlni? season and during the time that they are carrying their YOURS. The great majority of ah- ortlons are directly due to the fact that the females have been confin- ed to small Pens and ii by chance females should raise their young when confined to small pens. they Wm 30$ produce vigorous and healthy oflgprjngq

. Feeding

Wm‘! "Kurd t0 the all-important“ qu§5fl°n ‘l! 19941118. it will only bc| mam" 3°!" m8 wnlfllt to dlvcil on‘ 0'19 l-Sllect oi this phase, the m at 4301158115 0t the deft. At this time of‘ the rear foxes should be fed lllrgol" amount! 9f m?“ than It any iliher time. mcesaivc qualities oi mi-nl

ent males at the beginning oi’ the breeding aaaaon will be a burden to any fox rancher. The more active tile males throughout the breeding sewn. the better the breedlna r8-

eulta can be expected. 1t may not

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