. Canadian journal of agricultural science. Agricultural Institute of Canada; Agriculture. April, 1921. SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE Some Problems of Fox-Farming' By J. A. ALLEX, Animal Pathologist, Fox Research Statiou, Health of Animals Urauch. 159 Introduction: For some years a very interesting bio- logical experiment has been in progress in Prince Edward Island. The valuable black or silver fox, wliieh is a sport of the common red fox, has become a fixed type; and the raising of this animal in captivity is now an established industry, which has spread to other pro- vinces of Canada, United State
. Canadian journal of agricultural science. Agricultural Institute of Canada; Agriculture. April, 1921. SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE Some Problems of Fox-Farming' By J. A. ALLEX, Animal Pathologist, Fox Research Statiou, Health of Animals Urauch. 159 Introduction: For some years a very interesting bio- logical experiment has been in progress in Prince Edward Island. The valuable black or silver fox, wliieh is a sport of the common red fox, has become a fixed type; and the raising of this animal in captivity is now an established industry, which has spread to other pro- vinces of Canada, United States, Japan, and some European countries. Although a few foxes have been kept in confinement in Prince Edward Island for a great number of years, the expansion of fox-farming did not begin until 1909, or thereabouts. Before this time, fox-raising was a secret pursuit in which only a few were allowed to part- icipate. The knowledge that the men already engaged in the enterprise were making handsome profits from the sale of the pelts of foxes which they were raising, gradually leaked out, and a scramble to get possession of foundation stock became a veritable craze. The practice of pelting ceased about 1911, and all available foxes were sold alive. So great was the de- have probably lasted longer only for the European War, which brought a timely end to speculative fox-trading. The war had a stabilizing influence and changed a higli- 1}- speculative venture, from wliich the stock promoter got most of tlie fruits, into a legitimate industry. So far as the fox industry on this continent is concerned, the day of speculation is apparently over, and live foxes are sold for what their pelts would bring, or a little more, because breeders recognise that every pair of foxes sold means a competitor. The market value of a pair of live foxes at present varies from .$500 to $2,500, according to quality and performance. Because of the newness of the industry one would ex- pect that fox-farmers wo
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