. Fur-farming in Canada . he total cost of marketing furs in London up to about 9 per cent ofthe selling price. Statistics for 1908 and 1909 are wholly lacking, the records beingreported lost. Satisfactory proof was furnished that the following saleswere made, although possibly not more than one-half the total quantityof skins sold in the period 1905-1912 are represented: SALES OF P. E. I. SILVER FOX SKINS, 1905-1912 Year No. of Skins Total Value Average Value 190519061907191019111912 1182827101 85 $ 5, 9, 22, 36, 10, 1, $ ,,,
. Fur-farming in Canada . he total cost of marketing furs in London up to about 9 per cent ofthe selling price. Statistics for 1908 and 1909 are wholly lacking, the records beingreported lost. Satisfactory proof was furnished that the following saleswere made, although possibly not more than one-half the total quantityof skins sold in the period 1905-1912 are represented: SALES OF P. E. I. SILVER FOX SKINS, 1905-1912 Year No. of Skins Total Value Average Value 190519061907191019111912 1182827101 85 $ 5, 9, 22, 36, 10, 1, $ ,,,, Total $88, The average for the last seven years would probably be slightlylower if reports of all sales were available. On the other hand, the pricehas advanced since 1905, most noticeably so in 1910 and in 1912. On account of the demand for breeding animals, but few skins havebeen sold since 1910, and no ranches other than those on Prince EdwardIsland have furnished proofs of the prices obtained for Appendix Value of Wild Animals* BY C. D. Richardson, West Brookfield, Mass. THOSE beautiful wooded dells should be the haunts of the wildcreatures, as when first discovered by the white man. Too longthey, with their wild life, have been given over to the pot hunter andto him who would despoil them of their true charm. There is a growingrecognition that the strain of modern life can be best endured by oftenfleeing to the wilds, which calls at times to all, but louder to somethan others. All over this great country of ours there are vast stretches ofwaste land, with their variety of woods, swamps, and hillside, whichyield but little profit to the owner. Let us look a little into the we make something of this land, fence it in, reforest it, andstock it with game. It will require little care and the average farmermay realize from it more than he now does from his tilled acres. Thefence problem is practically solved in the use of woven wire, and a l
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