. Agri-news. Agriculture. June 9, 1975 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Al BERTA'S SPRING MINK CROP Alberta's spring mink crop is down from a year ago. Alberta Agriculture's fur farms supervisor,R. W. Gillies, reports this year's miss ratio (non-producers) is slightly higher than average and the litter size is somewhat smaller. Estimates show that the 1975 average litter will probably be about three and a quarter kits per female compared with an average over the years of three and a half kits per litter or better. Mr. Gillies says the causes of the smaller mink crop are open to speculation, but he feels
. Agri-news. Agriculture. June 9, 1975 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Al BERTA'S SPRING MINK CROP Alberta's spring mink crop is down from a year ago. Alberta Agriculture's fur farms supervisor,R. W. Gillies, reports this year's miss ratio (non-producers) is slightly higher than average and the litter size is somewhat smaller. Estimates show that the 1975 average litter will probably be about three and a quarter kits per female compared with an average over the years of three and a half kits per litter or better. Mr. Gillies says the causes of the smaller mink crop are open to speculation, but he feels that our unusually cold spring has undoubtedly had something to do with it in Alberta. "Mother mink," he says, "seem to have an easier time whelping and caring for their young when the weather is ; However, the weather cannot be the only cause. Other areas of Canada have also reported a smaller than usual mink crop. "Hopefully," say; Mr. Gillies, "the final count will show that 70,000 to 80,000 mink have been raised this year. About half of this volume will have been produced on four or five large Alberta mink ; On the brighter side, feed supplies have improved and prices for some ration ingredients are expected to be more reasonable. Feed sources that were thought to be lost to mink farmers a few years ago are apparently now readily available. In fact, according to Mr. Gillies, suppliers are glad to have mink farmers to use up their Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Communications Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Print Media Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. Publishing Branch. [Edmonton] : Communications Branch, Alberta Dept. of Agriculture
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