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probably a better venture than cattle, especially 

 if you get into the business before everyone else 

 is in the race. 



Dog breeding is not a new occupation, but 

 many persons make money by it. It does not 

 require much land or capital and there is al- 

 ways a profitable market, particularly for fancy 

 lap-dogs, like the King Charles spaniel. To 

 make profit on the breeding of retrievers or any 

 sort of hunting dogs, kennels should be located 

 in a game country and the puppies trained by 

 a practical hunter. 



Breeding cats is a newer and better paying 

 venture than dogs. The purchasers are women 

 who will pay any price for a cat that strikes 

 their fancy, and as fashions in cats change fre- 

 quently, there is always a demand. Parti-col- 

 ored cats are just now in vogue, the favorites 

 being Persian, tortoise-shell, and coon, but any 

 oddity like the tailless Manx cat, or the lynx 

 cats will find a ready market. 



At Dover, Maine, there are two fox ranches 

 where from twenty to forty silver foxes are 

 raised each year on less than an acre of land. 



