The value of the animals on exhibit was con- 

 servatively placed at half a million dollars. 



The Fur Breeders' Association Formed 



While the exhibition was in progress, the 

 "Fur Breeders' Association of Canada" was 

 formed, which will take charge of further 

 exhibitions, to be held annually, and their scope 

 extended to include mink, beaver, and other 

 fur-bearing animals raised in captivity. The 

 fine results of the recently concluded exhibition 

 justify the formation of the association and the 

 continuance of the annual .event in bringing 

 together fur men for mutual discussion and 

 observation, and stimulating the industry by 

 interesting in it those on the outside. 



One of the principal -exhibitors from Prince 

 Edward Island, Frederic L. Rogers, has the 

 following authoritative statement to make on 

 the industry in Canada. 



Strictly in line with the objects for which the 

 Commission of Conservation was established, viz.: 

 "The Preservation of Natural Resources for Economic 

 Use," may be ranged the Canadian Silver Fox Breed- 

 ing Industry. 



Through the inception and development of the 

 breeding of the silver fox in captivity, there has been 

 saved from practical extinction an animal whose pelt 

 has been aptly described as "the richest fur in the 

 world." Nor have the breeders ceased their efforts 

 at this point; they have gone further they have, 

 by following well-established principles of breeding 

 science, produced in quantity silver fox fur of purer 

 color, greater beauty, finer texture, and consequently 

 higher value, than any silver fox (except the exceed- 

 ingly rare specimen) ever found in the wild state. 



They have done still more. The moment the 

 problems connected with the domestication of the 

 fox had been solved, the way was paved for continu- 

 ing the process, where desirable, through the whole 

 range of wild animal life; and already in Canada 

 successes are being won in breeding several of the 

 other valuable fur-bearing animals. 



This is real conservation. The world needs furs, 

 and the world's natural supply is becoming depleted 

 at an alarming rate. As population increases and 

 new areas become settled, the denizens of our forests 

 and lonely places are pushed farther back beyond 

 the pale. Once the annual harvest of furs outnumbers 

 the increase, then the exhaustion of that natural 

 resource has begun. And the trend toward exhaus- 

 tion, while slight at first, becomes increasingly rapid. 

 In the case of the silver fox, breeders have at least 

 begun to offset the natural shrinkage and thus supply 

 good reason for the claim that they are adding to 

 the country's wealth. 



Utilization of By-products 



And this is not the only sense in which the silver 

 fox industry increases the general wealth and proves 

 itself to be in line with conservation. Substances, 

 fit and useful for animal food, which formerly were 

 simply waste products of our farms and fisheries, 

 have, through the existence of fox farms, become 

 quite valuable. The old and useless, and the injured, 

 cattle and horses and the culls of the fresh fish ship- 

 pers are cases in point. Abattoir by-products, 

 formerly marketable only when used as constituents 

 in commercial fertilizers, are now shipped a distance 

 of a thousand miles to find a ready and profitable 

 sale in the fox farming districts of Canada. The 

 little second-growth woodlot on the farm has, because 



of the demand for ranching sites, become much 

 enhanced in value. 



The fur is produced very largely for export 

 a particularly desirable feature in these post-war 

 days, for reasons that are obvious but without 

 depleting the breeding herds which are not only 

 kept intact but actually increased from year to year. 

 Canada possesses, in silver fox farming, a compara- 

 tively new industry which is extremely profitable to 

 those engaged in it and which brings a large amount 

 of foreign money into the country, while entailing 

 absolutely no depletion of any of our natural resources. 

 This industry had its birth in Canada. Climate 

 and other conditions in nearly all of Canada are 

 favorable for it. From the viewpoint of the con- 

 servationist its extension is most desirable. 



Across Canada Toronto 



Toronto, which rejoices in the appellation of 

 the "Queen City," is the second in importance 

 and population in Canada, and the capital of the 

 Province of Ontario. It is intrinsically Cana- 

 dian, reflecting faithfully Canadian conditions 

 and characteristics, portraying truthfully the 

 national life, and being in all respects most 

 loyally British. Ideally situated on Lake On- 

 tario and Toronto Bay, it is in touch with the 

 most important centres of Canada and the 

 United States through many railroads radi- 

 ating from it. It is a city of clean, spacious 

 streets, of commodious parks and open spaces, 

 and possesses handsome public and private 

 buildings. 



Toronto has a population of 562,585 accord- 

 ing to the latest computation, and, like Montreal, 

 whilst one of the foremost industrial centres, 

 plays a major part in the artistic and literary 

 life of the Dominion. 



1,400 Manufacturing Establishments 



According to the latest statistics available, 

 Toronto has 1,400 lanufacturing establishments, 

 giving employment to 85,000 people and 

 accounting for an annual production of $300,- 

 000,000 and a payroll of $60,000,000. Practi- 

 cally all commodities in general use by the 

 Canadian public are manufactured, whilst a 

 considerable export trade has been built up. 



Foremost in importance is the clothing 

 industry, followed by the metal trades. Then 

 in order of importance come chemical, printing, 

 book publishing, jewellery, lumber and wood- 

 ware, with a host of smaller industries. Indus- 

 trial concerns from the British Isles and the 

 United States are continually swelling the tide 

 and expanding the city's manufacturing activi- 

 ties. 



One of the principal livestock markets of the 

 Dominion is situated in Toronto, and the value 

 of the animals received there in the year 1919 

 amounted to $68,978,000, whilst the value of 

 trade done in the meat packing industry in the 

 same year amounted to 99,900,698. It is 

 second only to Montreal in the number of its 

 banks, eight of the Dominion's chartered bank- 



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