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-NOVEI‘/IBER l4. 1936

TIMELY NOTES 0N TOPICS CONNECTED WITH

Silver Fox Farming

llixJ. B. Louis of Owassa, Mich- igan, was a visitor to Charlotte- town this week, returning home on Thin-stay. l-le was much pleased “m, lis companys foxes at. the ppm-shield ranch. The total pro- ductiOl of his company's farms this y,“ b in the neighborhood oi 3,- 000 aid of these only e. small pro- poiiior are darks, that type of pm iringing very little in the U. S. A.

It l: interesting to note that the best sock in Mr, Lev.'is's ranches are the offspring of seven pairs of Prince Edward Island foxes of a. parliclillfly high class strain that were removed to Michigan 50mg nine years ago. He is a firm be- liever through experience in the nxcs=lty' of careful selection of brmlng stock.

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Mr Lewis is absolutely wedded to lie wire boiiom pCIlS. The us- ual tvpc lll hi‘ ranches are six feet aide with a one foot board along each side. four fcct beirg one-half iizrh mesh wirc. The Slflfliillllilﬁillld i:i fret tho cider foxes too, usually rm along the boards on the sidcs and iako plenty of exercise that war 'l‘lu~ pslis arc cilthtccn inches oft the ground. The boards nre heavy force ilumps and the refuse tinder the pens raked out from time to tfriic To keep tlicm sanitary.

1' il'[‘?‘.il'lli‘(l to Mr. Lcizi" that svm‘ cf the brcrilcrs ltcrc found the rirc floors caused rubbed hips, llc mid he did mt notice any my- iiculy of that kind in 1\iich‘v'an-- perhaps {t is bwausc they urc-tlic bi-aiis around the sides.

Diirussing feed prices and cost~ 1|: fcx: with Mr. Lewis i Pa‘. for the 511K110 number . 's that we are raiiciiiiig h‘..- rc». is ouiy two-thirds of ours for iciil, bcirg only eight dollars pr imp per 3cm \\‘ll|1 all the costs o: (m? placed on the lsups. Iii our " t. tests ovcr $1‘: a yzar, The a on that itcrn alone for

( AI ... \ 150i) ion-s is s3;000~a nice profit.

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: how we go about it we i lli our foxes as cheap as lil or Wi cousin brood- (‘illl buy tripe at. two cents aril and boneless iior c meat’ cents prr pound, other

most cereals ere also from 20 to 33 1-3 per cent cheaper.

new 15 not. so very much d1!- ference in the price obtained by the average American fox rancher for his pelts and that recelvedbli the‘ Canadian fox rancher except where the farmers pelts run to palES and extra pales and are clear colored, then the prices soar. Pelts of that description that we would obtain $00 for here would bring $90 across the line. On the other hand the mediums, dark silvers and slightly silvered skins bring much less than we get for them.

As far as statistics g0 it seems that the total production of Am- cricanuranches that can be traced for 1035 is 135,00 skins, but it seems improbable that these figures can be correct because Fromm Bros, produce 15,000 pelts, Nieman and as cclatcs 25,000, leaving only 95.-

iu the United Slates, which Just rloes not seem right. The figures are more probably 175,000 skins total production, about on a par with Canada. Then too, there were qultc a few skins brought in from Canada. and NLrWay lust year. The N0l‘\\'l“,'l1lll .\llif“"i‘1iT- that was sold in New York did not create n great furore aunsugh heavily ad- vertised. The skiir. were evidently not up to those offered at auction in London. Up to this year the Plllliiflilil! of pelts was mostly" done tlii';;i:i-,ii the American Nat- iciial Fox Breeders‘ Association. but Ed Ficmm became dissatisfied and has withdriuvn, setting up his new auction lest spring at Ham- burg. Tho As ociation still has the Niemaus with a production of some 25,000 pelts, and about 60 per cent of {he independent ranchers,

Capafn Thicrry Mullett, Presid- cnt of Rcviilon Frcres and consid- ered one of the best judges of fur in North America, states that there 5"“ m? "lillk Cﬂlluht in Labrador n"l that; the term Labrador mink is incorrect. Labrador is a bleak, trccless strip of Atlantic coast and the ro-callcd Labrador mink are trnpp-cd by Indians and hlllf-bmeds several hundreds of mllcs in the interior of the peninsula. of Un- gara in Northern Quebec. These skins are brought down the rivers in the Spring and part of the ¢o1_

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The Provincial Departmc ranged for Felting Demonstr Prince Edward Island. Ono

at the Borden Show.

formation in this features.

Pelting Demonstrations

fruit cr-iannojifrizrgmr swarm/w ,__

nt_ of Agriculture has ar-, ations at various points on . of these demonstrations will

be conducted at the Charlottetown Fox Show on Wednes- day, November 18th immediately after judging for the day has been completed. Another demonstration willbe held

In both ' - - demonstrators will take cliargzdbes expert [mums and

Breeders wishing in-

"Sllect should intend these important Other announcements will follow later.

finally reaches thdia

Four men were convicted as fur smugglers at Burlington, Vermont.

‘ - The big silver fox show at Chur-

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lottctown gets under way on Mon- day. Foxes will arive from ell parts of the province, be clasified and

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out paying Customs duty.

wlia‘ retail store is one of the largest in London, have in co- operation wiih the

,exhibltioii of fur bearing animals

,on the Company's store roof in mid-September. Fifty animals in all took part in the airplay’, coni- ing from all parts of Great Brit- ain and including silver fox, mink. nutria, fitch and marten. 1t is

‘said to have stimulated the sale of furs tremendously.

The visit of P. S. Andrew, Hub- ert Payne and Gilbert Landry oi.’ Bathurst, N. B., to this province recently with a. view to interesting fox ranchers here in mink raising, has, we understood, resulted in some sales. The e gentlemen have been ranching mink as a hobby for about ten years and now have about 250 mink. A total of 5000 mink were raised last year in Bethurst and vicinity. They are of dark colored native New Bruns- wick stock.

Th“ d!“ ‘Md bl’ u“? mmk breed‘ Agriculture throught its Bureau of

crs of New Bzuitswick consists us- ually of about 80 per cent fish, the remainder cereal and meats. During the mating scu on they. feed mostly tomcod and flat fish, which are very cheap. They do not have difficulty raising their mink, averaging four or fvc to the lit-

and each sentenced to sane a year ﬁnd 8- dly 1n 3101- The chﬂree was lug. On Tuesday morning at nine conspiracy in violating the tariff act by bringing in $12,000 worth of alver fox furs from Canada. witli- |

Selfridge and Company Limited.

placed in their cages by that even-

oclock Judging will start. Every detail is ready and Secretary W. R. Show is convinced -thut this will be the greatest show of all time both in quality of entries and int general interest. Indications arIi that many buyers and visitors will

lattcnd from other provinces. British Fur.

Breeders Association, condutcd an ,

'I‘uesday night will be banquct night at the Canadian National llolel and any fox men who can, should take the opportunity of be- ing there. The Hotel will provide an excellent rcpast and the enter- tainment committee will supply good musis, good singingn end lots of fun. interspersed with the pro- gmm will be short snappy speeches by prominent foxmen.

The American National Fox and Fur Breeders Association taking a leaf out of the Canadian National Silver Pox Breeders’ Association's book. have o. corp: of field men visiting the different fox ranchers in the United States. One of the functions of the group is to advise ranchers on ranch problems and each inspector has been furnished with e list of 4,000 possible ques- tions and their answers to facilit-

tate them in their advrory work. ,

The Untcd States Department of

Animal Industry, is deeply inter- ested in breeding experiments which may mean that ultimately American farmers can produce fur for ivhich the American fur trade paid more than two million dollars

‘lust year. The three types of fur,

ter, the important thing being as‘ mentioned in these notes lust week ‘

to keep plenty of straw in the dens and clean them out frequent- ly during the cold or damp weather.

The 0. W. Thompson fox ranch, four miles out oi’ Powassen, O tario, is nearing completion. It ucill ihave 300 pens for breeders cover- ‘ing between three and four acres

of Btound. Tom of special galvun- ‘

ized woven wire from England. 50,000 feet of spruce ups used for the iwork and 40,000 fcet of pine for ‘the kennels, etc. The cost will be in the vicinity of $15,000. It is rumored that Mr. ‘Thompson will be a. visitor to this province next week during the fox show, with the intention of purchasing some new breeding stock.

Heath Bowness of Kensington, who has been uctiiig as field man for the Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders’ Association in Al- berta, has visited a large number of the 530 fur farms there and is convinced that. the quality of the fox stock compares very favorably with that of other provinces in Canada, while the production is equally as good. "The greatest ed-

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Charlottetown

vantage the Alberta fur industry has is the cheap food, because of proximity to large packing plants and a cheap source of meat which costs four cent". n pound less than the Mnriiimcs." Mr. Bowness states ma: ‘on ‘Association market- ed over 47,000 pelts during the 1035 seasom-e large percentage of these came from Alberto.

Export of rabbit skins from Ans. trelln. during the fiscal year end- ing J1me 30th, 1936. totalled 10,- 294,000 skins. The ureater part of the shipments went. to the United States, probably over seven mil- lions.

Fur breeding in Poland is still in the experimental stage, with the exception o! silver fox in which the annual production is between 500 and B00 pelts. ‘This is only e smell fraction of the number con- sumed in that coimtry. 1r. i; em- mated that nearly 15,000 silver

were imported ‘

frame i

fox pelts are imported annually. ‘

There are about 40 rui- farm; in Poland and 22 of these specialise in silver fox.

silver fox tails are now being ilscd effectively in a scarf arrange- mofit by Parisian designers, six tails making one scarf. Silver fox heads and tails are also used as trimming on hats, scarves end handbags. Three cheers for those

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designers. they should help out a whole lotl

all popular in the clothing trade today that tlicy desire to have the , farmers (lcvelop are broadtail, Pcr- ; sian lamb and karakul. The three ‘ are a general type but different in appearance and have a wide qual- ‘ ity range. i i

The criticism 0i’ the venture . from fur specialists is the variabil- ity of the market. Such fur may be ‘ in faliion one year and out the next, but perhaps, they say, the sale of wool and lambs would pm- sibly take cure of the expense in ‘

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Nowhere else in the world are such beautiful premiums and valu- able cash prizes awarded. The result is that the ﬁnest specimens 0i.‘ silver fox meet here and an opportunity is a fforded t0 silver fox ranchers and the iaublic generally to see the progress that is being made in this great industr .

This Exhibition is the talk 0f the silver fox world and will be visited by many prominent fur men, fox ranchers and others interested. You can- not afford to miss this show either as an exhibitor or spectator".

There are Classiﬁcations for darks up to 25 per cent, dark med- .iums, mediums, pale silvers and extra pale silvers, subdivided into adults, yczirlings, and pups, males and females. Classes for herds, senior yearl- ing, junior sire and three of his get, dam and two of her progeny", best. matched pair male and female, adults, best matched pair male and female, pups. Nine Championships and Grand Championship for best. tux in show. Prizes awarded 0n the basis of number of entries, one to entries three prizes, eleven t0 twelve entries six prizes, over twenty-in c entries twelve prizes. First prize $12, second $9, third $6, remaining‘ quail- ifying entries $4 each.

A unique feature of the Exhibition this year will be the award. if: a; of a silver cup t0 the exhibitor winning the greatest number of point-x m the Show. Many other features not offered by other exhibitions. ilpc-i ‘.0 foxes registered in Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders’ Asaociziiaim.

GRAND BANQUET CANADIAN NATIONAL HOTEL

i Big f0xmen’s banquet will be held on Tuesday, November lTth a t. the Canadian National Hotel and will be the highlight of the season. M: ly 140 tickets will be sold so as to avoid crowding and assure every truest oi‘ :1 pleasant and highly entertaining evening. D0n’t overlook this c". mt. Music, mirth and an unexcelled rep ast. Short, snappy speeches. will '1: given by leading men and prominent authorities on Silver Fox ranching;

SILVER FOX AUCTION

Requests have been made for the Executive (‘ommittcc to hold a silver fox auction in connection with the fox show. This has been ar- ranged for and providing the exhibitors are willing will go tlrrough- l‘ l“ a step in the right direction and should lead to great ﬂlillgS in the future. Hundreds of ranchers are anxious to improve their breeding stock. The)‘ are looking for opportunities to purchase quality anilllﬂlls- Th‘? SM“ “lib” a chance t0 both buyer and seller to come together with public (‘Olllilfdil- tion ﬁxing the price.

WRITE FOR PRIZE LIST GIVING FULIJ PARTWVLARS T0

JCIIN B. RCPER, President. WALTER R- SHAW. Secretary CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. I.

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