. Fur-farming in Canada . Sitting on the Box in Which He Made a Railway Journey September Fur FUR-FARMING IN CANADA I. Introduction. UR-FARMING is a new industry in Canada, but itsdevelopment has been rapid. A particular investi-gation conducted in the latter half of 1912 and furtherinquiries made during 1913 revealed numerous instanceswhere animals of various species were being bred incaptivity for their fur. Foxes of two species and of allcolour varieties, skunk, mink, raccoon, fisher, beaverand muskrat were found upon fur-farms. The martenand otter are likewise being domesticated for their
. Fur-farming in Canada . Sitting on the Box in Which He Made a Railway Journey September Fur FUR-FARMING IN CANADA I. Introduction. UR-FARMING is a new industry in Canada, but itsdevelopment has been rapid. A particular investi-gation conducted in the latter half of 1912 and furtherinquiries made during 1913 revealed numerous instanceswhere animals of various species were being bred incaptivity for their fur. Foxes of two species and of allcolour varieties, skunk, mink, raccoon, fisher, beaverand muskrat were found upon fur-farms. The martenand otter are likewise being domesticated for their fur. During thepast two years the number of fur-farms has multiplied the province of Prince Edward Island, which may be consideredthe centre from which the fur-farming interest has chiefly radiated,probably six hundred ranches exist where one species or another iskept in confinement. In Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfound-land the industry is extending with great rapidity and at this date—November, 1913—^practically every trapper is trying to capture foxes,mink, marten, otter and skunk for purposes of do
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